ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
657. Feint                               669. A mournful poem or a song                    Directions (680–691) : In the
      (1) pretended effect                     (1) comedy           (2) tragedy      following questions, out of the four al-
      (2) pretended attack                     (3) elegy            (4) ode          ternatives, choose the one which can
      (3) pretended effort               670. An image without objective real-       be substituted for the given words/
      (4) pretended support                    ity                                   sentences.
658. A person who is long experi-              (1) shadow         (2) utopia            (SSC CGL Tier-II Exam, 25.10.2015, TF
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                                               (3) sensation (4) hallucination
      ty/capacity                        671. The branch of medical science          680. Too willing to obey other people
      (1) veteran       (2) versatile          which deals with the problems               (1) sublimate (2) subjugate
      (3) vulnerable (4) venerable             of the old                                  (3) subaltern (4) subservient
659. An excessive fear of confined             (1) oncology         (2) obstetrics   681. A person extremely desirous of
      spaces
                                               (3) paediatrics (4) geriatrics              money
      (1) hydrophobia
                                         672. A child secretly changed for an-             (1) miser        (2) avaricious
      (2) bathophobia
                                               other in infancy                            (3) fervent      (4) extravagant
      (3) cynophobia
      (4) claustrophobia                       (1) nipper           (2) changeling   682. An error or misprint in printing
660. A remedy for all diseases                 (3) tiddler          (4) tyke               or writing
      (1) analgesia     (2) panacea      673. One who suffers for one’s faith
                                                                                           (1) agenda       (2) axiom
      (3) eternal       (4) mortal             (1) prophet          (2) mystic
                                                                                           (3) erratum      (4) jargon
661. Study of the skin and its diseas-         (3) seer             (4) martyr
                                                                                     683. A person who is very selective,
      es                                       Directions (674–676) : In the               disgusted easily, and is hard to
      (1) dactylogy (2) dermatology      following questions, out of the four al-          please.
      (3) dendrology (4) axiology        ternatives, choose the one which can
662. A person who looks at the bright                                                      (1) fastidious (2) ambiguous
                                         be substituted for the given words/
      side of things                                                                       (3) selector     (4) misanthrope
                                         sentences.
      (1) cynic         (2) pessimist                                                684. The period between two reigns
                                                               (SSC Constable (GD)
      (3) optimist      (4) sycophant                                                      (1) anachronism
                                                      Exam, 04.10.2015, Ist Sitting)
663. A record of historical events
                                         674. Put side by side                             (2) interregnum
      (1) documentary (2) anecdotes
      (3) archives        (4) annals           (1) juxtapose (2) impose                    (3) intermission
664. One       who     knows       many        (3) propose         (4) depose              (4) era
      languages                          675. One who can not be corrected           685. Rub or wipe out
      (1) polyphony (2) polyglot               (1) ineligible                              (1) efface       (2) plunder
      (3) polyandry (4) polygamy               (2) indolent                                (3) terminate (4) remove
665. The area of medicine that treats          (3) indefatigable
                                                                                     686. A statement in which you say the
      illnesses of bones                       (4) incorrigible                            same thing twice in different
      (1) ornithology                    676. Chief or Commander of army                   words
      (2) paediatrics                          (1) lieutenant (2) major
      (3) orthodontics                                                                     (1) temerity     (2) tarragon
                                               (3) general        (4) colonel
      (4) orthopaedics                                                                     (3) tautology    (4) repetition
                                              Directions (677-679) : In the
666. A reserve for animals, birds etc.                                               687. One who is known widely but
                                         following questions, out of the four
      in their natural habitat                                                             usually unfavourably is
                                         alternatives, choose the one which can
      (1) sanctuary (2) century                                                            (1) famous       (2) illustrious
                                         be substituted for the given words/
      (3) forest        (4) woods
                                         sentences.                                        (3) notorious (4) tarnished
    Directions (667–673) : In the fol-
lowing questions, out of the four al-
                                                               (SSC Constable (GD)   688.  A person who has had one or
                                                    Exam, 04.10.2015, IInd Sitting)            more limbs removed
ternatives, choose the one which can
be substituted for the given words/      677. To put two and two together                  (1) amputee      (2) handicap
sentences.                                     (1) proud                                   (3) limber       (4) fatalist
(SSC CGL Tier-I Re-Exam, 30.08.2015)           (2) good friend                       689.  A song sung at the death of a
667. Something that is difficult to un-        (3) selfish friend                          person
      derstand                                 (4) understand
                                                                                           (1) sonnet       (2) ode
      (1) incomplete                     678. A container for the ashes of a
                                                                                           (3) elegy        (4) liturgy
      (2) inconclusive                         dead person
      (3) inconceivable                        (1) vessel           (2) vase         690.  To destroy completely
      (4) incomprehensible                     (3) jug              (4) urn                (1) bluster      (2) chide
668. That which is arranged by con-      679. One who pretends to be what he               (3) dawdle       (4) annihilate
      ferring or discussing                    is not                                691.  No longer in existence or use
      (1) meeting        (2) seminar           (1) hypocrite        (2) turncoat           (1) invincible (2) delete
      (3) debate         (4) negotiation       (3) liar             (4) actor              (3) obsolete     (4) inefficient
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