One Word Substitution for PSC Exam
1. The original inhabitants of a place - Aborigines
2. A partner in crime - Accomplice
3. A word formed out of the first letters of a few words - Acronym
4. A person who wants no formal or official organization to society - Anarchist
6. Something that involves seeing and hearing - Audio-visual
7. A list of matters to be discussed at a fleeting - Agenda
8. The story of one's own life - Autobiography
9. Someone who believes it is impossible to know whether a god exists – Agnostic
10. Fear of open spaces, going outside, or distance from a place of safety - Agoraphobia
11. A military or naval officer who helps an officer of higher rank - Aide-de-camp (ADC)
12. Proof that someone else was at another place when the crime alleged to have been committed by that person - Alibi
13. General pardon by the Government to all political offenders - Amnesty
14. That which does not hear the name of the writer - Anonymous
15. Medicine given to counter poison or disease - Antidote
16. A word opposite in meaning of another - Antonym
17. A written declaration made on oath in the presence of a magistrate - Affidavit
18. Disbelief in the existence of God - Atheism
19. Government by one man - Autocracy
20. To do away with a rule - Abrogate
21. A short clever saying intended to express a general truth - Aphorism
22. To understand completely or to absorb food fully - Assimilate
23. To turn friends into enemies - Alienate
24. Government by the nobility - Aristocracy
25. The right of self-government - Autonomy
26. The science of the structure of the human body - Anatomy
27. A collection of poems or prose pieces - Anthology
28. The study of mankind - Anthropology
29. A substance that destroys germs - Antiseptic
30. A medicine, which produces insensitivity - Anaesthetic
31. One who studies things of the past - Antiquarian
32. Study of stars - Astronomy
33. A person who loves everyone - Altruist
34. Allowance due to a wife from husband on separation - Alimony
35. A government carried on through officers - Bureaucracy
36. A person who is unable to pay debts - Bankrupt
37. A man with narrow, prejudiced religious views - Bigot
38. A lover of books - Bibliophile
39. A bunch of flowers - Bouquet
40. A knife fixed on the end of a gun - Bayonet
41. A building where soldiers are lodged - Barrack
42. Factory for manufacturing beer - Brewery
43. Life of a person written by another - Biography
44. The state of being married to two persons at the same time - Bigamy
45. The study of physical life - Biology
46. A person who breaks into a house - Burglar
47. Speaking two languages - Bi-lingual
48. Engaged to be married - Betrothed
49. Wide road in a city, with trees on each side - Boulevard
50. The study and treatment of the medical condition of the heart - Cardiology
51. A heart specialist - Cardiologist
52. An expert in any field - Connoisseur
53. One who makes oneself feel at home in all countries - Cosmopolitan
54. A list of books - Catalogue
55. Easily believing others - Credulous
56. Insensible to kind thought - Callous
57. One who eats human flesh - Cannibal
58. One who lives on flesh - Carnivorous
59. One who is more than one hundred years old - Centenarian
60. One who introduces the performers in a variety of or game show - Compere
61. One who sells sweets - Confectioner
62. One who mends shoes - Cobbler
63. A place with gambling tables - Casino
64. A number of stars grouped together - Constellation
65. Goods which are brought into or taken out of a country secretly and illegally - Contraband
66. Dead body of a human being - Corpse
67. One vowed to unmarried life - Celibate
68. Smuggling of goods - Contraband
69. Soldiers on horses - Cavalry
70. A war of religions - Crusade
71. The art of beautiful handwriting - Calligraphy
72. One in charge of a museum, an art gallery, etc. - Curator
73. Want of rain - Drought
74. Difficult and perplexing situation - Dilemma
75. Government of, for and by the people - Democracy
76. The scientific study of the skin and its diseases - Dermatology
77. A doctor who studies and treats skin diseases - Dermatologist
78. One who is given to pleasures of eating, drinking etc. - Epicure
79. The concluding section or scene of a play - Epilogue
80. An inscription on a tomb - Epitaph
81. The art of effective speaking - Elocution The act of spying - Espionage
82. A speech of the dramatist at the end of the play - Epilogue
83. A poem of mourning - Elegy
84. A speech made without preparation - Extempore
85. That which can be eaten - Edible
86. A person who thinks only of himself - Egoist
87. A disease peculiar to a country - Endemic
88. One who relies only on experience and observation - Empiric
89. A long narrative poem about the deeds of great heroes - Epic
90. An inscription, especially one on a building or monument -Epigraph
91. To throw light on something difficult - Elucidate
92. Departure of many people at one time - Exodus
93. One who believes implicitly in fate - Fatalist
94. Fruit-eating animals - Frugivorous
95. A number of ships - Fleet
96. Killing of one's own brother - Fratricide
97. Animals of a certain region - Fauna
98. Plants and vegetation of a region - Flora
99. That which ends in death - Fatal
100. One who deceives others - Fraud
101. One who talks too much - Garrulous
102. An illness which causes the stomach and bowels to become swollen and painful – Gastroenteritis
103. Deliberate destruction of a race of people - Genocide
104. The study of rocks and soils - Geology
105. Science of the study of old age - Gerontology
106. A room for storing grains - Granary
107. Money paid to employees on retirement - Gratuity
108. One who acts against religion - Heretic
109. One who is sympathetic to mankind - Humanitarian
110. A cluster of houses in a village - Hamlet
111. Killing a man – Homicide
112. A place for the collection of dried plants - Herbarium
113. Language that has been used very much - Hackneyed
114. An exaggerated statement - Hyperbole
115. Animals living on plants - Herbivorous
116. Incapable of being corrected – Incorrigible
117. Liable to catch fire easily - inflammable
118. That which cannot be read - illegible
119. That which cannot be heard - inaudible
120. Prolonged inability to sleep - Insomnia
121. Unable to pay off one's debt - Insolvent
122. Soldiers on foot - Infantry
123. The period between two reigns - Interregnum
124. Free from infection - Immune
125. The house of an Eskimo – Igloo
126. One who breaks images - Iconoclast
127. One who cannot read and write - Illiterate
128. One who is not likely to commit mistakes - Infallible
129. Incapable of being conquered - Invincible
130. One who cannot be easily approached - Inaccessible
131. That which cannot be easily imitated - inimitable
132. Murder of an infant - Infanticide
133. That which cannot be changed - irrevocable
134. That which cannot be solved - Insoluble
135. A personal peculiarity of constitution or temperament - Idiosyncrasy
136. To insert passages in author's work - Interpolate
137. One who cannot be tired out - Indefatigable
138. A professional rider in horse races - Jockey
139. One who has an irresistible tendency to steal - Kleptomaniac
140. One who specialises in the study of languages - Linguist
141. One who compiles a dictionary - Lexicographer
142. A medicine that loosens the bowels - Laxative
143. That which can be read - Legible
144. Land belonging to a lord of nobleman - Manor
145. Murder of one's mother - Matricide
146. A rigid disciplinarian, especially in the army or navy - Martinet
147. Instrument for measuring gases - Manometer
148. A written record of a usually famous person's own life & experiences - Memoirs
149. An unnaturally great desire for power and control - Megalomania
150. A collection of wild animals kept privately to show to the public - Menagerie
151. A hater of mankind - Misanthrope
152. A hater of women/marriage - Misogynist
153. Animals that suck their young - Mammals
154. Rule by mob - Mobocracy
155. Place where ancient works are kept - Museum
156. Place where dead bodies are kept - Mortuary
157. Morning prayer in a church - Matins
158. Dull and uninteresting - Monotonous
159. Shortness of sight - Myopia
160. A person suffering from nervous breakdown - Neurotic
161. A medicine that induces sleep - Narcotic
162. Undue favour shown to relatives - Nepotism
163. One who looks at the bright side of things - Optimist
164. One who is present everywhere - Omnipresent
165. One who knows everything - Omniscient
166. One who is all-powerful - Omnipotent
167. One who is eighty years old - Octogenarian
168. One who cures eye-diseases - Oculist/Ophthalmologist
169. A place where orphans are housed - Orphanage
170. A study of birds - Ornithology Study of mountains - Orology
171. Government by a few - Oligarchy
172. Ceremony at which a person becomes a priest - Ordination
173. Correct spelling - Orthography
174. A word no longer in use - Obsolete
175. The state of being ruled by a constant idea - Obsession
176. Incapable of being seen through - Opaque
177. A poem addressed to someone or something - Ode
178. A comic imitation - Parody
179. Release of a prisoner for a limited time - Parole
180. Killing of one's own father - Patricide
181. One who looks at the dark side of things - Pessimist
182. One who loves mankind - Philanthropist
183. One that live on others - Parasite
184. One who goes on foot - Pedestrian
185. One who collect postage stamps - Philatelist
186. A cure for all diseases - Panacea
187. Examination of dead body - Post-mortem
188. Occurring after death - Posthumous
189. Study of the human mind - Psychology
190. Study of the nature and growth of languages - Philology
191. Study of ancient writing - Palaeography
192. One who speaks or uses several different languages - Polyglot
193. One who has more than one wife at a time - Polygamist
194. Speech by the dramatist at the beginning of the play - Prologue
195. That which can be easily carried - Portable
196. Commonplace remarks - Platitudes
197. Belief of God in Nature - Pantheism
198. Tendency to quarrel or fight - Pugnacity
199. A lady's umbrella - Parasol
200. A style in which a writer seeks to display his knowledge -Pedantic
201. Animals with four legs - Quadruped
202. A line of persons waiting - Queue
203. One who pretends to have special knowledge (esp. in medicine) - Quack
204. Four - sided courtyard surrounded by buildings - Quadrangle
205. Plane figure with four sides - Quadrilateral
206. Any of the four children born at one birth - Quadruplet
207. Soft, wet, marshy ground - Quagmire
208. Occurring once every three months - Quarterly
209. Written or printed list of questions to be answered by a number of people - Questionnaire
210. Four-lined stanza of a poem - Quatrain
211. 400th Anniversary - Quarter-Centenary
212. Landing place built for loading and unloading ships - Quay
213. A place for improving one's health - Resort
214. Killing one's king - Regicide
215. Too much official formality - Red-tapism
216. Voluntarily giving up something - Renunciation
217. One who gets pleasure in watching or inflicting cruelty - Sadist
218. Not concerned with spiritual or religious affairs - Secular
219. One who pays too respect to social position and wealth - Snob
220. One who carves in stones - Sculptor
221. One who walks in one's sleep – Somnambulist
222. One who talks in one's sleep - Somniloquist
223. An instrument for listening to the activities of the heart and lungs - Stethoscope
224. A council of clergymen - Synod
225. Violating religious things - Sacrilege
226. Killing oneself - Suicide
227. [That can travel] faster than the speed of sound - Supersonic
228. A speech made to oneself - Soliloquy
229. A person indifferent to pleasure and pain - Stoic
230. To take place at the same time as another event - Synchronize
231. Taking place at the same time - Simultaneously
232. A person's last utterance - Swansong
233. Capable of being seen through - Transparent
234. Of very little worth - Trivial
235. That which cannot be understood - Unintelligible
236. A decision on which all agree - Unanimous
237. Extremely fond on one's wife - Uxorious
238. An imaginary idea of a perfect society - Utopia
239. One given to sensual pleasures of the body - Voluptuary
240. One who offers one's services - Volunteer
241. Gifted with several talents - Versatile
242. A style full of words - Verbose
243. A place where people agree to meet - Venue
244. A person who has had a long experience in any field - Veteran
245. A man whose wife is dead - Widower
246. A woman whose husband is dead - Widow
247. A place where clothes are kept - Wardrobe
248. One who keeps the guard - Watchman
249. Process for producing photocopies without using wet materials -Xerox
250. Short-wave electromagnetic radiation enabling one to see into or through solids - X-ray
251. Musical instrument consisting of parallel pairs of different Lengths, which will produce different notes when stuck with Small wooden hammers - Xylophone
252. Light sailing boat built for racing - Yacht
253. Type of lock with revolving internal parts - Yale
254. Inhabitant (Native) of the U.S.A. - Yankee
255. Take a deep breath with the mouth wide open as when sleepy or bored - Yawn
256. Casual pronunciation of 'Yes' - Yeah
257. Infectious tropical disease causing the skin to turn yellow - Yellow-fever (Jaundice)
258. Round yellow part in the middle of the white of an egg - Yolk
259. The science of animal life - Zoology
260. A person who is extremely enthusiastic about religion, politics etc. - Zealot
261. African wild animal of the horse family with a body covered by black and white stripes - Zebra
262. Point in the heavens directly above an observer; Highest point of power - Zenith
263. Soft gentle breeze - Zephyr
264. One less than nothing - Zero
265. Turning right and left alternately at sharp angles - Zig — Zag
266. Place where living animals are kept - Zoo
267. Place where bread is made - Bakery
268. Place where films are made - Studio
269. Place where goods are made - Factory
270. Place where lather is made - Tannery
271. Place where coins are made - Mint
272. Place where ships are made - Dockyard
273. Place where aeroplanes are kept - Hangar
274. Place where bees are kept - Apiary
275. Place where birds are kept - Cage
276. Place where fishes are kept - aquarium
277. Place where curios are kept - Museum
278. Place where luggage in a railway station is kept – Cloakroom
279. Place where motor cars are kept - Garage
280. Place where weapons are kept - Arsenal
281. Fee offered but not claimed for professional services - Honorarium
282. A word spelt like another but with a different meaning or pronunciation - Homograph
283. Word that is the same in form and sound as another Meaning - Homonym
284. Annual income, especially that of a State or great institution, raised according to rules - Revenue
285. The art of using language effectively - Eloquence
286. Study of earth-quakes - Seismology
287. False reasoning or argument - Fallacy
288. The seeing of something that does not really exist - Illusion
289. The courage obtained by drinking spirits - Dutch-courage
290. Branch of literature concerned with stories, novels, romances etc., - Fiction
291. Wrong use of a name or word - Misnomer
292. Political leader who tries to win people's support by emotional and often unreasonable arguments - Demagogue
293. Person blamed or punished for the mistakes of another - Scapegoat
294. Person who starts a commercial enterprise, especially one involving financial risk - Entrepreneur
295. Position that requires no work or responsibility but gives the holder prestige or money - Sinecure
296. Set of instructions for preparing a food-dish, and the ingredients required - Recipe
297. A person in charge of a museum, an art gallery etc - Curator
298. Something written in a secret code - Cryptogram (Pass-word)
299. A public nursery where babies are looked after, while their parents are working - Creche
300. Bringing into or taking out of, country goods, contrary to the law - Contraband
301. Notice of a person's death, especially in a newspaper - Obituary
302. A covered passage, with stalls or shops on one or both sides - Arcade
303. Act of setting on fire another person's property intentionally and unlawfully - Arson
304. A place where people often meet - Rendezvous
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