ONE WORD SUBSTITUTE

1. A woman head of a family or tribe

(a) Matriarch (b) Patriarch
(c) Fraternal (d) Ladybird

2. Crime of killing a small babe

(a) Insensate (b) Infanticide
(c) Innuendo (d) Infidel

3. Person of good appearance and manners

(a) Debonair (b) Adonis
(c) Courteous (d) Social

4. A change which is proposed or made to a rule,
regulation etc.

(a) Enhancement (b) Reform
(c) Clarification (d) Amendment

5. A dull, slow or mindless person

(a) Insane (b) Zombie
(c) Deranged (d) Lunatic

6. A place where people often meet

(a) Rendezvous (b) Club
(c) Joint (d) Association

7. Reaching a conclusion from two statements

(a) Reasoning (b) Comparison
(c) Syllogism (d) Deduction

8. Being the only one of its sort

(a) Specimen (b) Sample
(c) Unique (d) Outstanding

9. Having or showing strength or energy

(a) Volatile (b) Vulnerable
(c) Versatile (d) Voluptuary

10. Egg laying animals that creep or crawl

(a) Reptiles (b) Creepers
(c) Primers (d) Insects

11. A person who is free from national prejudices and
feels at home in any country of the world

(a) Orthodox (b) Conservative
(c) Crusader (d) Cosmopolitan

12. Speech delivered without previous thought or
preparation

(a) Oration (b) Jargon
(c) Extempore (d) Harangue

13. Irrelevant talk about God and sacred things

(a) Sacrilege (b) Blasphemy
(c) Profanity (d) Oblation

14. Group of lions

(a) Shoal (b) Pride
(c) Flock (d) Pack

15. An exceptionally brilliant or successful young person

(a) Genius (b) Maestro
(c) Intellect (d) Whizz-kid

16. Ruler who has absolute authority to run the
government

(a) Monarch (b) Dictator
(c) Bureaucrat (d) Thereat

17. Agreement during a war or battle to stop fighting for
a time.

(a) Alliance (b) Treaty
(c) Armistice (d) Concordat

18. A person who eats human flesh

(a) Cannibal (b) Obese
(c) Dossier (d) Laggard

19. An illusion or hope that cannot be realized

(a) Mirage (b) Fantasy
(c) Misconception (d) Perception

20. Something outdated or no longer in use or fashion
(a) Absolute (b) Obsolete
(c) Retarded (d) Regale

Answers:
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (b) 6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (a)

11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (d) 16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (a)

20. (b)