One Word Substitution Quiz: Test Your Knowledge with Flashcards

Study Notes

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Something that is obsolete is no longer in use.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.

Description

Test your vocabulary with this quiz on one-word substitutions for various terms like 'one who is more than a hundred years old' or 'one who knows many languages'. See how many of these unique words you can match correctly!