ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
 822. Head of monks in an abbey               (1) bypassers                            (1) conservative
      (1) padre         (2) dean              (2) absconders                           (2) revolutionary
      (3) abbot         (4) deacon            (3) thoroughfares                        (3) evolutionary
 823. The word is no longer in use.           (4) trespassers                          (4) static
      (1) obsolete      (2) old fashion  835. Nations that do not trust each           Directions (845–847) : In the
      (3) antique       (4) vanished          other/look upon each other.        following questions, out of the four
 824. A person unselfishly concerned          (1) calmly       (2) hopefully     alternatives, choose the one which can
      for or devoted to the welfare of        (3) askance                        be substituted for the given words/
      others.                                                                    sentences.
                                              (4) retrospectively
      (1) egoist        (2) unselfish                                                                (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
                                         836. Co nstant effort to achieve                     Exam. 28.08.2016 (Ist sitting)
      (3) altruist      (4) welfarist         something.
                                                                                 845. One who studies the working of
 825. Inscription on a gravestone             (1) patience     (2) vigour              the human mind.
      (1) obituary                            (3) enthusiasm                           (1) anthropologist
      (2) memorial                            (4) perseverance                         (2) psychologist
      (3) epitaph                        837. The story of one’s own life.             (3) neurologist
      (4) epigraph                            (1) autobiography                        (4) ethnologist
 826. Violation of that which is holy         (2) cartography                    846. Place given to soldiers to live in
      and sacred                              (3) calligraphy                          (1) barracks      (2) trench
      (1) malevolent (2) sacrilege            (4) bibliography                         (3) garage        (4) quay
      (3) bizarre       (4) iniquitous   838. A person who constantly thinks     847. A person of South African Dutch
 827. One who believes in many Gods.          that he is sick.                         descent
      (1) polyglot      (2) polygamy          (1) hypochondriac                        (1) boar          (2) boer
      (3) polygon       (4) polythiest        (2) misogynist                           (3) boor          (4) bore
 828. One who lends money on high             (3) misanthrope                          Directions (848-850) : Out of
      rates of interest                       (4) hyper pituitary                the four alternatives, choose the one
      (1) usurper       (2) usherer      839. One of the time-tested ways of     which can be substituted for the given
      (3) usurer        (4) undertaker        remembering a series of items.     words/sentences.
 829. A post with little work but high        (1) recollection                                       (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
      salary.                                                                                 Exam. 29.08.2016 (Ist sitting)
                                              (2) schematizing
      (1) freelancer    (2) sine qua non                                          848. Lack of skill
                                              (3) mnemonic
      (3) sinecure      (4) quangos                                                    (1) inertness (2) insistence
                                              (4) ingenuity
 830. A person, especially a young one,                                                (3) ineptness (4) insolence
                                         840. A careful preservation and
      with exceptional abilities.                                                 849. Stick with a thick end used in a
                                              protection of wildlife is the need
      (1) intellectual (2) prodigy                                                     mortar for pounding
                                              of the hour.
      (3) genius        (4) mastermind                                                 (1) thistle      (2) stifle
                                              (1) management
 831. Incapable of feeling tired or                                                    (3) sceptre      (4) pestle
                                              (2) embankment
      exhausted                                                                   850. An act when people vote in order
                                              (3) enhancement
      (1) invincible    (2) inflatable                                                 to make a decision about a
                                              (4) conservation                         particular subject or policy rather
      (3) indefatigable (4) inextricable
                                         841. Anything written in a letter after       than voting for a person
 832. A new word coined by an author.         it is signed.                            (1) election     (2) exit-poll
      (1) novelty       (2) innovation        (1) corrigendum                          (3) by-election (4) referendum
      (3) neologism     (4) inception
                                              (2) manuscript                           Directions (851-853) : Out of
      Directions (833–844) : In the
                                              (3) postscript                     the four alternatives, choose the one
following questions, out of the four
                                              (4) postdiction                    which can be substituted for the given
alternatives choose the one that can
                                         842. We are expecting a good monsoon    words/sentences and choose the
be substituted for the given phrase.
                                              this year.                         option corresponding to it.
               (SSC CAPFs SI, ASI Online
                                              (1) getting                                            (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
                      Exam. 18.12.2016)
                                                                                            Exam. 30.08.2016 (IIIrd sitting)
 833. One who coll ects postage               (2) predicting
                                                                                  851. One who sets type for books,
      stamps.                                 (3) hoping
                                                                                       newspapers, etc.
      (1) Philanthropist                      (4) visualising
                                                                                       (1) typist       (2) editor
      (2) Numismatist                    843. Responsible according to law.
                                                                                       (3) composer (4) compositor
      (3) Philatelist                         (1) eligible     (2) illegitimate   852. Land covered by water on three
      (4) Curator                             (3) legalised    (4) liable              sides
 834. Those who pass through this        844. Opposed to great or sudden               (1) island       (2) mainland
      gate without permission will be         change.                                  (3) strait       (4) peninsula
      prosecuted.
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