One Word Substitution Part – 9

41. Mohan frequently wastes his money on luxurious objects such as cars and digital devices. [SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening)]

(a) Extravagant
(b) Businessman
(c) Consumer
(d) Capitalist

Correct Answer: (a) Extravagant

Solution:Extravagant - spending or costing too much money

Businessman - a man who works in business

Consumer - a person who buys things or uses services

Capitalist - someone who supports capitalism

42. An outlook that is influenced by people from all over the world [SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening)]

(a) Cosmopolitan
(b) Epitome
(c) Unrefined
(d) Cantonment

Correct Answer: (a) Cosmopolitan

Solution:Cosmopolitan - an outlook that is influenced by people from all over the world
Epitome - a perfect example of something
Unrefined - not processed to remove impurities or unwanted elements.
Cantonment - a military garrison or camp

43. The state of being full or complete [SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon)]

(a) Plunder
(b) Plebiscite
(c) Plenitude
(d) Pliability

Correct Answer: (c) Plenitude

Solution:Plenitude - the state of being full or complete
Plunder - the action of stealing from people or places, especially during war or fighting
Plebiscite - a vote by the people of a country or a region on a question that is very important
Pliability - the quality of being easily bent

44. The love of man or mankind [SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Evening)]

(a) Philology
(b) Philanthropy
(c) Phylactery
(d) Philosophy

Correct Answer: (b) Philanthropy

Solution:Philanthropy - the love of man or mankind
Philology - the branch of knowledge that deals with the structure,
historical development, and relationships of language or languages.
Phylactery - a small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum
Philosophy - the study of ideas and beliefs about the meaning of life

45. Reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure [SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning)]

(a) Reiterate
(b) Putrid
(c) Putrefy
(d) Quash

Correct Answer: (d) Quash

Solution:Quash - reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure
Reiterate - to repeat an opinion, statement, etc. that has already been said to make the meaning clear or to emphasize it
Putrid - smelling bad after being dead for some time
Putrefy - decay or rot and produce a fetid smell.

46. A sudden unsteady movement; a stagger [SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Evening)]

(a) Lupin
(b) Lurch
(c) Lugger
(d) Lumen

Correct Answer: (b) Lurch

Solution:Lurch - a sudden unsteady movement, a stagger
Lupin - a plant of the pea family with deeply divided leaves
Lugger - a small fishing or coasting boat that carries one or more lugsails
Lumen - the SI unit of luminous flux

47. Allowing or assisting to discover [SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Morning)]

(a) Conceptual
(b) Ineducative
(c) Unempirical
(d) Heuristic

Correct Answer: (d) Heuristic

Solution:Heuristic - allowing assisting to discover
Conceptual - based on ideas or principles
Ineducative - lack of education
Unempirical - not based on observation or experience

48. Something that is pertaining to controversy [SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Afternoon)]

(a) Poignancy
(b) laudatory
(c) Putative
(d) Polemical

Correct Answer: (d) Polemical

Solution:Polemical - something that is pertaining to the controversy

Poignancy - a very sharp feeling of sadness

Laudatory - expressing praise and commendation

Putative - generally considered or reputed to be.

49. A person as a source of intellectual light or moral inspiration [SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Afternoon)]

(a) Lurch
(b) Luminary
(c) Luminaire
(d) Lunette

Correct Answer: (b) Luminary

Solution:Luminary - a person as a source of intellectual light or moral inspiration
Lurch - a sudden movement forward or to one side
Luminaire- a complete electric light unit
Lunette - an arched aperture or window, especially one in a domed ceiling

50. To dispute angrily [SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Evening)]

(a) Wrench
(b) Wreck
(c) Wrangle
(d) Wrack

Correct Answer: (c) Wrangle

Solution:Wrangle - to dispute angrily
Wrench to pull or turn somebody/something strongly and suddenly
Wreck - a ship that has sunk or been badly damaged at sea
Wrack - the violent destruction of a structure,