One Word Substitution - Study Mode

[#246] A person working in the same place with another
Correct Answer

(B) Colleague

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Colleague . Enemy: a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something. Colleague: a person with whom one works in a profession or business. Assistant: a person who ranks below a senior person. Contemporary: living or occurring at the same time.

[#247] Fear of going to bed
Correct Answer

(A) Clinophobia

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Clinophobia . Clinophobia: the fear of beds or going to bed. Ballistophobia: Fear of missiles or bullets. Xenophobia: dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries. Stenophobia: the fear of narrow spaces.

[#248] Study of birds
Correct Answer

(D) Ornithology

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Ornithology . Orology: study of mountains. Optology: the science of testing eyes for lenses. Ophthalmology: the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of disorders and diseases of the eye. Ornithology: the scientific study of birds.

[#249] A place that provides refuge
Correct Answer

(A) Asylum

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Asylum . Asylum: the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee. Sanatorium: an establishment for the medical treatment of people who are convalescing or have a chronic illness. Shelter: a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger. Orphanage: a residential institution for the care and education of orphans.

[#250] A child born after death of his father
Correct Answer

(A) Posthumous

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Posthumous . Posthumous: (of a child) born after the death of its father. Orphan: a child whose parents are dead. Bastard: a person born of parents not married to each other. Progenitor: a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates.