One Word Substitution Quiz

Types of People

• A pacifist is a person who believes in the total abolition of war.
• A numismatist is one who collects coins.
• An anarchist is a person who believes in no government and therefore incites disorder in a state.
• An eavesdropper is one who secretly listens to talks of others.
• A truant is one who stays away from school or work without permission.
• A novice is a person without training or experience in a skill or subject.
• An iconoclast is one who destroys images or attacks popular beliefs.
• An omnivorous person feeds on food made of both plant and flesh.
• A narcissist has the habit of always admiring oneself.
• A bibliophile is one who loves books.

Concepts and Terms

• Theology is the study of religion and religious ideas and beliefs.
• Drought refers to dry weather with no rainfall.
• Red-tapism refers to too much official formality.
• A panacea is a remedy for all diseases.
• Something that is toxic is poisonous and unhealthy.
• Idolatry is the worship of idols or images.
• A convent is a place where nuns live and work.
• Inheritance refers to property handled down after the death of a person.

Places and Structures

• A mortuary is a building in which a dead body is kept for a time.
• A dyke is a wall built to prevent the sea or a river from flooding an area.
• An auditorium is a building where an audience sits.

Behavior and Actions

• Somnambulism is the habit of walking in sleep.
• Bureaucracy is a government by officials.
• Teetotalism is the practice of not drinking alcohol.
• Cannibalism is the act of eating human flesh.
• Parasitism is the act of living on others.
• Heresy is the act of being against the religion.

Language and Literature

• Entomology is the study of insects.
• Etymology is the study of the origin and history of words.
• Cartography is the study of maps.
• An epitaph is words written on a tomb.
• An epilogue is a short poem or speech addressed to the spectators after the conclusion of a drama or the concluding part of a literary work.

Other

• A centenarian is a person who is more than a hundred years old.
• A confectioner is one who sells sweets and pastries.
• An addict is a person who has become dependent on something or drugs.
• Something that is obsolete is no longer in use.
• A fraud is an act of deceiving somebody to make money.
• A dynasty is the succession of rulers belonging to one family.
• Hijacking is the act of seizing control of a vehicle to force it to go to a new destination or demand something.
• Momentary means lasting only for a moment.
• A stoic is one who is indifferent to pleasure or pain.
• Infanticide is the killing of a child.
• A psephologist is one who studies election trends using opinion polls.
• A paediatrician is a doctor who treats children.
• A visionary is one who can think about the future with imagination and wisdom.
• A cosmopolitan belongs to all parts of the world.
• A misanthrope is one who hates mankind.