One Word Substitution - Study Mode

[#166] Giving undue favours to one's own kith and kin
Correct Answer

(B) Nepotism
(E) Nepotism

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Nepotism . Favouritism: the practice of giving unfair preferential treatment to one person or group at the expense of another. Nepotism: the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. Corruption: dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery. Worldliness: the quality of being experienced and sophisticated.

[#167] Child bereaved of one or both the parents
Correct Answer

(C) Orphan

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Orphan . Desolate: (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness. Destitute: extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself. Orphan: a child whose parents are dead. Lout: an uncouth and aggressive man or boy.

[#168] Commencement of words with the same letter
Correct Answer

(B) Alliteration

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Alliteration . Rhyme: correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry. Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Pun: a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

[#169] Woman who offers the use of her body for sexual intercourse to any one who will pay for this
Correct Answer

(C) Prostitute

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Prostitute . Voluptuary: a person devoted to luxury and sensual pleasure. Cuckold: a man whose wife is sexually unfaithful, often regarded as an object of derision. Prostitute: a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment. Concubine: a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives.

[#170] A person who does not believe in any religion
Correct Answer

(D) Pagan

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Pagan . Philatelist: a person who "loves stamps." Rationalist: a person who bases their opinions and actions on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response. Atheist: a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods. Pagan: a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.