One Word Substitution for SSC CGL, CHSL & other Government Competitive Exams in English important previous year mania Examples

One-word substitution questions are asked in various Government job examinations, which include SSC CGL CHSL CPO, IBPS SBI Bank Po. One word is easy to remember and relates to practical life. Therefore examiner put this type of question in the aptitude test; Specially SSC CGL has the major gravity of one-word questions in the main exam.

Fear

One words list relates to fear-

• Aerophobia: Fear of Height.
• Bibliophobia: Fear From the Books.
• Claustrophobia: Fear of the Closed/narrowed Place.
• Ecophobia: Fear of Surroundings Home.
• Necrophobia: The Fear of Dead Bodies.
• Ophiophohia: Fear of Snakes.
• Syngemophobia: Fear of Relatives.Hydrophobia: Fear of Water.
• Xenophobia: Fear of Foreigners.
• Zoophobia: Fear of the Animals.

Religion

One words list relates to religion-

• Atheist: One Who Doesn’t Believe in the Presence of God.
• Monotheist: One Who Believes in the Theory of Only One God.
• Pantheist: One Who Believes That God is a Union of All Forces of the Universe.
• Polytheist: One Who Believes in Many Gods.
• Theist: One Who Believes in the Presence of God.
• Theomachy: a Battle Among the Gods.
• Theomania: Religious Madness.

Study

One words list relates to Study-

• Acoustics: Study of Sound and Sound-waves.
• Anthropology: the Study of the Evolution of Mankind.
• Astronomy: Study of Stars.
• Astronomy: Study of the Celestial Bodies.
• Aviation: Study of the Airplane.
• Biology: Study of Living Things.
• Botany: Study of Plants.
• Calligraphy: Art Related to the Good Handwriting
• Chronology: the Science of Time Order/sequence.
• Demography: the Study of Statistics.
• Ecology: Study of the Relation Between the Organism and Environment.
• Entomology: Study of the Science of Insects.
• Genetics: Study of Heredity, Genes, and Variation in Living Organisms
• Geography: Mapping of Earth and Its Formation.
• Geology: the Study of Rocks and Soil.
• Gerontology: Study of Various Aspects of Aging.
• Graphology: Study of Handwriting.
• Hydraulics: Study of the Law of the Flow of Water and Other Liquids.
• Lexicography: the Practice of Writing Dictionaries.
• Numismatics: Study of Collection of Coins.
• Ornithology: Study of Birds.
• Paleography: the Study of Ancient Writing, and Scriptures.
• Philology: the Study of Languages.
• Psychology: Study of Election Trends.
• Psychology: the Study of the Human Mind.
• Theology: Study of Religion.

Like and Dislike

• Androphile: One Who Loves Men.
• Anglophile: One Who Loves and Admires the British.
• Antipathy: Strong Hate or Dislike.
• Bibliophile: Someone Who Loves Collecting Books.
• Empathy: Mentally Identifying Oneself With Another Person.
• Gourmet: One Who Has a Keen Interest in Food and Drinks.
• Loquacious: One Who Loves to Speak.
• Misandrist: One Who Hates Men.
• Misanthropist: One Who Hates Mankind.
• Misogamist: One Who Hates Marriage.
• Misogynist: One Who Hates Women.
• Pathetic: Someone Makes You Feel Deep Sadness.
• Patriot: One Who Loves His Country.
• Philanderer: One Who Loves Without Seriousness.
• Philanthropy: Love for Mankind.
• Philogyny: Fondness Towards Women.
• Philosopher: One Who Loves Wisdom.
• Sycophant: One Who is a Flatterer.
• Sympathy: Simultaneously Affected by Similar Feelings.

Marriage

One words list relates to marriage-

• Autogamy: Self-fertilization Especially in Plants.
• Bigamy: Practicing Having More Than One Marriage.
• Endogamy: Marriage Within One’s Tribe.
• Exogamy: Marriage Outside One’s Tribe.
• Matrimony: Related to Marriage.
• Monogamy: Practicing Only One Marriage.
• Polyandry: Having Several Husbands.
• Polygamy: the Practice of Several Marriages.
• Sologamy: Marriage With Self.

Mania

• Bibliokleptomania: Morbid Compilation to Steal Books.
• Dipsomania: Morbid Compulsion to Keep on Consuming Alcohol.
• Fratricide: the Killing of One’s Brother.
• Genocide: the Killing of a Whole Race.
• Homicide: The Killing of a Human Being.
• Infanticide: The Killing of a Newborn Child.
• Kleptomania: Morbid Compulsion to Steal.
• Mania: Madness With an Obsession With Something.
• Mariticide: the Killing of One’s Husband.
• Matricide: The Killing of a Mother.
• Megalomania: Morbid Delusion of Power, Importance, or Godliness.
• Monomania: a Person With a One-track Mind
• Mythomania: the Compulsion to Tell Lies.
• Nymphomania: Morbid, Uncontrollable Desire on the Part of a Woman
• Parricide: the Killing of Parents.
• Patricide: The Killing of a Father.
• Pyromania: Morbid Compulsion to Start a Fire.
• Regicide: The Killing of a King.
• Satyromania: Morbid, Uncontrollable Desire on the Part of a Man
• Sororicide: the Killing of One’s Sister.
• Suicide: the Killing of Oneself.
• Uxoricide: the Killing of One’s Wife.

Speech

• Autobiography: Writing One’s Own Life Story.
• Autograph: a Signature of a Celebrity.
• Biography: Writing One’s Life Story.
• Circumlocution: a Method of Talking Indirectly.
• Colloquial: Informal or Less Grammatically Rigid Language.
• Eloquent: Expressive in the Use of Words.
• Grandiloquent: Hign-sounding Pompous Speech.
• Laconic: Few Words Packed With Meaning, Concise.
• Magniloquent: Generous Talk.
• Omnibus: a Book Containing All the Published Work of an Author.
• Photograph: Written by Light.
• Preamble: an Introductory Statement.
• Soliloquy: a Speech to Oneself, Alone
• Telegraph: a Written Message From Far Off Place.

Things

• Accident: That which falls to someone.
• Alma Mater: Tne school or college one Attends.
• Ambulance: A carriage for sick people.
• Aquarium: A glass container in which fish and other water animals can be kept.
• Auditorium: The part of a theater where people who are watching and listening sit.
• Automatic: A Machine that functions by itself.
• Automobile: A self-moving vehicle.
• Deciduous: Trees Whose Leaves Fall every autumn.
• Incident: That which falls upon befalls happens.
• Museum: A place where objects are exhibited.
• Occidental: That which falls on the western countries.
• Perambulator: A baby carriage.
• Planetarium: An optical device for projecting Various Celestial Images and Effects
• Podium: A place for feet or a speaker’s platform
• Sanatorium: An Establishment for the treatment of the Chronically ill.
• Solarium: A place for the sun to enter where one can sunbathe.

Government

• Anarchy: Absence of Government.
• Aristocracy: Government by the Noble.
• Autocracy: Government by One Person With Absolute Power.\
• Bureaucracy: Government by Offñcials.
• Confederacy: the Union of States or People.
• Democracy: Government by Elected Representatives.
• Diarchy: Government by Two Agencies.
• Meritocracy: Government by the Intelligentsia.
• Monarchy: Government by One Person.
• Oligarchy: Government by a Few Powerful People.
• Plutocracy: Government by Rich People.
• Stratocracy: Government by the Military Class.
• Theocracy: Government by Divine Laws.

People

• Anuptaphile: A person who loves staying single.
• Chrematophile: A person who loves money.
• Eisoptrophile: A person who is addicted to seeing oneself in the mirror.
• Gastronome: A person who loves food and finds pleasure in eating and drinking.
• Melophile: A person who loves music.
• Oneirophile: A person who loves dreams.

Practice Exercise

1. A figure of speech by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resembles?

• Simne
• Metaphor
• Inaudible
• Alliteration

2. Murder of a man is called?

• Genocide
• Homicide 
• Fratricide 
• Humanicide

3. That is very dramatic is called?

• Judge
• Hippocratic
• Histrionic
• Connoisseur

4. A person who writes decoratively?

• Calligrapher
• Writer 
• Collier
• Choreographer

5. The one who compiles the dictionary?

• Compiler 
• Lapidist 
• Lexicographer 
• Librarian

6. Capable of being interpreted in two ways?

• Ambiguous
• Confucious 
• Unfair
• None

7. To renounce a high position of authority is called?

• Abandon
• Quit 
• Abdicate 
• Reject

8. A portion serving as a sample?

• Specimen 
• Sample 
• Specter 
• Specification

9. Pertaining to horses?

• Equestrian 
• Ombudsman 
• Equine 
• Equinox

10. Lasting only for a very short while?

• Temporary 
• Temporal 
• Permanent 
• Inevitable

Answers

(1)Metaphor, (2)Homicide,  (3)Histrionic, (4)Calligrapher, (5)Lexicographer,  (6)Ambiguous, (7)Abdicate,  (8)Specimen,  (9)Equine,  (10)Temporary 

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What is one word substitution?

One word substitution is a kind of term that reduces the whole sentence into a single word. It means talking by using a single word in place of a single sentence.  it makes communication much more brief, sober, and easy for everyone. It replaces a sentence with a single word; in other words, A single word speaks itself.

Example– Ecology: The study of the relation between environment and organism.

How to learn One word substitution?

To learn one word substitution must collect the previous year’s exam material; write down it in your notebook, read at least 10 one-word daily, and try to discuss it with your friends, colleague, and others. Take one or two mock tests in a week.