One Word Substitution MCQ Set 13

One who is easily angered

  • A. Irascible (Answer)
  • B. Impassive
  • C. Amiable
  • D. Docile

Irascible means having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.

A person who copies another's work and passes it off as his own

  • A. Forger
  • B. Imitator
  • C. Plagiarist (Answer)
  • D. Impostor

Plagiarist is a person who takes someone else's work or ideas and passes them off as their own.

One who thinks only of his own interest

  • A. Egotist
  • B. Altruist
  • C. Egoist (Answer)
  • D. Narcissist

Egoist means a person concerned chiefly with their own interests. An egotist is someone who talks about themselves excessively — a related but distinct trait.

A statement that seems self-contradictory but may nonetheless be true

  • A. Paradox (Answer)
  • B. Oxymoron
  • C. Irony
  • D. Cliché

Paradox is a statement that seems contradictory or absurd but may express a possible truth. An oxymoron combines two contradictory terms within a single phrase.

One who never gets tired

  • A. Resilient
  • B. Indefatigable (Answer)
  • C. Vigorous
  • D. Tenacious

Indefatigable means persisting tirelessly, incapable of being tired out.

One who is given to making bitterly mocking remarks

  • A. Sardonic (Answer)
  • B. Facetious
  • C. Whimsical
  • D. Cynical

Sardonic describes someone grimly mocking or cynical in speech or manner.

One who acts without thinking of the consequences

  • A. Cautious
  • B. Rash (Answer)
  • C. Deliberate
  • D. Prudent

Rash means acting or done without careful consideration of the consequences.

A person who is very hard to please

  • A. Fastidious (Answer)
  • B. Amiable
  • C. Docile
  • D. Complacent

Fastidious means very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail, and hence hard to please.

One who has an excessive admiration of his own appearance or abilities

  • A. Egotist
  • B. Narcissist (Answer)
  • C. Egoist
  • D. Hedonist

Narcissist means a person with an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves, especially their appearance.

A phrase that has become overused and has lost its original force

  • A. Idiom
  • B. Proverb
  • C. Cliché (Answer)
  • D. Maxim

Cliché is a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.

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One Word Substitution — Set 13

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