Sample Material of Online Coaching For SSC CGL (Tier - 2) - One Word Substitution
Sample Material SSC CGL TIER-2 Online Coaching
General English (Chapter: One Word Substitution)
- A person who is out to destroy all government and order - Anarchist
- Government by the people -Democracy
- The whole mass of air surrounding the earth - Atmosphere
- One who is not sure of the existence of God -Agnostic
- A medicine which prevents infection by killing germs -Antiseptic
- One who does something not professionally but for pleasure -Amateur
- A statement open to more than one interpretation -Ambiguous
- One who makes an official examination of accounts -Auditor
- Marrying more than one wife or more than one husband at a time -Polygamy
- The science that studies plants -Botany
- The science which studies natural processes of living things- Biology
- People working together in the same office or department - Colleagues
- The state of remaining unmarried -Celibacy
- The action of bringing into completion - Consummation
- To give one's authority to another-Delegate
- Study of the relation of living things to environment - Ecology
- The action of looking within or into one's own mind - Introspection
- One incapable of being tired -Indefatigable
- A letter, poem, etc. whose auther is unknown - Anonymous
- Work for which no salary is paid - Honorary
- One who looks at the bright side of things - Optimist
- One who cannot read or write - Illiterate
- A game or battle in which neither party wins - Draw
- Holding established opinions - Orthodox
- Hater of women - Misogynist
- The study of the origin and physical and cultural development of manking - Anthropology
- The science which studies the crust of the earth - Geology
- The science which studies animals - Zoology
- Happening at one and the same time - Simultaneous
- Murder or murderer of oneself - Suicide
- Lasting only for a very short while - Temporary
- Capable of being seen through - Transparent
- The first speech delivered by a person Maiden
- The art practised by statesmen and ambassadors - Diplomacy
- One who walks on foot - Pedestrian
- One who lives on others -Parasite
- One who speaks for others - Spokesperson
- One who spends very little - Miser
- One who prossesses several talents or gifts - Versatil
- One who eats vegatables only - Vegetarian
- A thing that is fit to be eaten - Edible
- A statement absolutely clear - Explicit
- A widespread disease affecting many people at the same time - Epidemic
- A trade that is prohibited by law Gala - day
- A desire that cannot be represented - Illicit
- A method that cannot be imitated - Irrepressible
- Remarks which do not really apply to the subject under discussion - Inimitable
- A story that can hardly be believed - Incredible
- A comparison that is out of place - Inapt
- That which cannot be satisfied - Insatiable
- A remedy which never fails - Infallible
- A thing that cannot be seen with human eyes - Invisible
- One who is very easily made angry - Irritable
- An ordinary and common place remark - Platitude
- A sum paid to a man for a piece of work - Remuneration
- The act of violating the sanctity or destroying the property of a sacred place - Sacrilege
- To make up one's mind and change it quickly - Vacillate
- A person with a long experience of any occupation - Veteran
:: Exercise for Practice ::
Directions: In each of these questions, out of the four lternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence, group of words or clauses.
1. Parts of a country behind the coast or a river's banks.
(a) Swamps (b) Archipelago
(c) Hinterland
(d) Isthmus
2. A lower-area storm with high winds rotating about a centre of low atmospheric pressure
(a) Cyclone (b) Tornado
(c) Typhoon (d) Hurricane
3. One who promotes the idea of absence of government of any kind, when every man should be a law unto himself
(a) Anarchist (b) Belligerent
(c) Iconoclast (d) Agnostic
4. Something which is not through or profound
(a) Superficial (b) Superstitious
(c) Superfluous (d) Supernatural
5. Indifference to pleasure or pain
(a) Docility
(b) Stoicism
(c) Patience
(d) Reticence