One Word Substitution Part – 13

41. To increase the speed. [SSC CGL 06/03/2020 (Afternoon)]

(a) Activate
(b) Accelerate
(c) Assimilate
(d) Exhilarate

Correct Answer: (b) Accelerate

Solution:Accelerate - To increase the speed
Activate - make (something) active or operative.
Assimilate - take in and understand fully (information or ideas).
Exhilarate - make (someone) feel very happy, animated, or elated

42. A person who attracts attention with a flashy style. [SSC CGL 06/03/2020 (Evening)]

(a) Glutton
(b) Flamboyant
(c) Jockey
(d) Vagabond

Correct Answer: (b) Flamboyant

Solution:flyambount - A person who attracts attention with a flashy style.
Glutton - an excessively greedy eater.
Jockey - a person who rides in horse races, especially as a profession.
Vagabond - a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.

43. A game in which neither party wins. [SSC CGL 07/03/2020 (Morning)]

(a) Equal
(b) Flop
(c) Draw
(d) Quit

Correct Answer: (c) Draw

Solution:Draw - A game in which neither party wins
Flop - fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way.

44. That which cannot be satisfied. [SSC CGL 07/03/2020 (Morning)]

(a) Insatiable
(b) Insane
(c) Ingenuous
(d) Inapt

Correct Answer: (a) Insatiable

Solution:Insatiable - That which cannot be satisfied

Insane - in a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behaviour, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill.

Ingenuous - innocent and unsuspecting

inapt - not suitable or appropriate in the circumstances.

45. A place where plants are grown for sale. [SSC CGL 07/03/2020 (Afternoon)]

(a) Yard
(b) Garden
(c) Aviary
(d) Nursery

Correct Answer: (d) Nursery

Solution:Nursery - a place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for planting elsewhere.
Aviary - a large cage, building, or enclosure for keeping birds in.
Yard - a great length of something.

46. To brighten up with lights [SSC CGL 07/03/2020 (Evening)]

(a) Infuriate
(b) Illuminate
(c) Elucidate
(d) Illustrate

Correct Answer: (b) Illuminate

Solution:illuminate - To brighten up with lights
Infuriate - make (someone) extremely angry and impatient.
Elucidate - make (something) clear; explain.
Illustrate - explain or make (something) clear by using examples, charts, pictures, etc.

47. Person or animal living on another. [SSC CGL 09/03/2020 (Morning)]

(a) Heir
(b) Successor
(c) Pupil
(d) Parasite

Correct Answer: (d) Parasite

Solution:Parasite - Person or animal living on another
Heir - a person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
Successor - a person or thing that succeeds another.
Pupil - a person who is taught by another, especially a school child or student in relation to a teacher.

48. Anger about an unfair situation or about someone's unfair behaviour. [SSC CGL 09/03/2020 (Afternoon)]

(a) Indigenisation
(b) Indulgence
(c) Induction
(d) Indignation

Correct Answer: (d) Indignation

Solution:Indignation - Anger about an unfair situation or about someone's unfair behaviour :
Indulgence - the action or fact of indulging.
Induction - the action or process of inducting someone to a post or organization.
Indigenisation - the action or process of bringing something under the control, dominance, or influence of the people native to an area.

49. Working very hard and very carefully. [SSC CGL 09/03/2020 (Evening)]

(a) Dilatory
(b) Indulgent
(c) Diligent
(d) Indigent

Correct Answer: (c) Diligent

Solution:Diligent - hard working
Dilatory - slow to act.
Indulgent - having or indicating a readiness or over-readiness to be generous to or lenient with someone.
Indigent - poor; needy.

50. A person who held a job or office before the current holder [SSC CPO 09/12/2019 (Morning)]

(a) Successor
(b) Ancient
(c) Predecessor
(d) descendant

Correct Answer: (c) Predecessor

Solution:Predecessor - a person who held a job or office before the current holder.

Successor - A person or thing that succeeds another.

Ancient - belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence.

descendant - a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.