One Word Substitution Part – 8

1. A shortened version of a larger work [SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (1st Shift)]

(a) Summary
(b) Précis
(c) Shorts
(d) Abridgement

Correct Answer: (d) Abridgement

Solution:Abridgement - a shortened version of a larger work
Summary - a short description of the main ideas or points of something but without any details
Précis - a short version of a speech or written text that contains only the most important points
Shorts - a type of short trousers ending above the knee that you wear in hot weather.

2. Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth [SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (3rd Shift)]

(a) Superior
(b) Vain
(c) Otiose
(d) Domineering

Correct Answer: (b) Vain

Solution:Vain - having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's
appearance, abilities, or worth
Superior - better than usual or than somebody/something else
Otiose - serving no practical purpose or result.
Domineering - having a very strong character and wanting to control other people

3. A speech made without preparation [SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (4th Shift)]

(a) Extempore
(b) Rhetoric
(c) Deliberation
(d) Spontaneous

Correct Answer: (a) Extempore

Solution:Extempore - a speech made without preparation
Rhetoric - a way of speaking or writing that is intended to impress or influence people but is not always sincere
Deliberation - discussion or thinking about something in detail
Spontaneous - done or happening suddenly

4. A loud appeal or demand [SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (3rd Shift)]

(a) Protest
(b) Entourage
(c) Clamour
(d) Gambit

Correct Answer: (c) Clamour

Solution:Clamour - a loud appeal or demand
Protest - a statement or action that shows that you do not like or approve of something
Entourage - a group of people who travel with an important or famous person
Gambit - an act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage

5. The study of languages [SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (4th Shift)]

(a) Philology
(b) Anthropology
(c) Lexicography
(d) Philosophy

Correct Answer: (a) Philology

Solution:Philology - the study of languages
Anthropology - the study of human beings, especially of their origin, development, customs, etc.
Lexicography - the theory or practice of writing dictionaries Philosophy - the study of ideas and beliefs about the meaning of life

6. Sharp and direct [SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (4th Shift)]

(a) Acerbic
(b) Zoonic
(c) Anodyne
(d) Acidic

Correct Answer: (a) Acerbic

Solution:Acerbic - sharp and direct
Zoonotic - a disease able to spread from animals to humans
Anodyne - a painkilling drug or medicine.
Acidic - sharp-tasting or sour.

7. The act of washing oneself [SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (2nd Shift)]

(a) Ablutions
(b) Solutions
(c) Steaming
(d) Bathing

Correct Answer: (a) Ablutions

Solution:Ablutions - the act of washing oneself
Solutions - a way of solving a problem, dealing with a difficult situation, etc.
Steaming - to place food over boiling water so that it cooks in the steam
Bathing - the act of swimming in the sea, a river or a lake

8. Rearing of silk worms is called horticulture. [SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (3rd Shift)]

(a) pisciculture
(b) agriculture
(c) sericulture
(d) apiculture

Correct Answer: (c) sericulture

Solution:Sericulture - rearing of silk worms
Pisciculture - the controlled breeding and rearing of fish
Agriculture - keeping animals and growing crops for food
Apiculture- the keeping of bees especially on a large scale

9. The act of killing one's mother [SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (4th Shift)]

(a) Regicide
(b) Homicide
(c) Uxoricide
(d) Matricide

Correct Answer: (d) Matricide

Solution:Matricide - the act of killing one's mother
Regicide - the action of killing a king
Homicide - the illegal killing of one person by another
Uxoricide - the killing of one's wife.

10. Existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists [SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (2nd Shift)]

(a) Native
(b) Ancient
(c) Aboriginal
(d) Original

Correct Answer: (c) Aboriginal

Solution:Aboriginal - existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists
Native - connected with the place where you were born
Ancient - belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past
Original - the first document, painting, etc. that was made