One word substitution : Capsule of 85 words

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One words substitution is an important part in bank exams, it takes less time, but it is scoring. So don’t avoid this portion. These 85 questions are picked form previous papers :-

1. Able to use the left hand and right hand equally well - Ambidextrous 
2. A man who hates marriage - Misogamist
3. A person who enters without any invitation - Intruder
4. The words with opposite meanings used together - Oxymoron
5. A person leaving his native country to settle in another - Emigrant
6. One who compiles a dictionary - Lexicographer
7. Too much official formality - Red tapism
8. One who devotes his life to the welfare and the interests of other people - Altruist
9. A person who opposes another - Antagonist
10. A person who does not want to see the realities of life and tries to escape - Escapist
11. A game in which in which no one wins - Drawn
12. What cannot be heard - Inaudible
13. One who knows many languages - Polyglot or multilingual
14. A place where everything is perfect - Utopia
15. A sweet music - Melody
16. A person who is pure and clean - Immaculate
17. To send back a person to one’s country - Repatriate
18. One who tends to take a hopeful view of life - Optimist
19. To be known for bad acts - Notorious
20. Instruments to measure atmospheric pressure - Barometer
21. One who pretends to be what he is not - Hypocrite
22. An official call to appear in a court of law - Summon
23. Murder of a brother - Fratricide
24. A list of items to be transacted at a meeting - Agenda
25. A continuous process of change is known as - Metamorphosis
26. Circular building or hall with a dome - Rotunda
27. An order requiring a person to attend a court - Subpoena
28. An extreme fear of being in a small confined place - Claustrophobia
29. Allowance due to a wife from her husband on separation - Alimony
30. Belonging to all parts of the world - Universal
31. Words of similar meaning - Synonyms
32. A speech delivered without previous preparation - Extempore
33. Study of heavenly bodies - Astronomy
34. To cut apart a person’s body - Mutilate
35. One who is filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm about his religion - Fanatic
36. An involuntary action under a stimulus is described as a - Reflex
37. The use of many words where only a few are necessary - Circumlocution
38. One who is a citizen not of a country but of the world - Cosmopolitan
39. An imaginary name assumed by an author for disguise - Pseudonym
40. A person who has no money to pay off his debts - Insolvent
41. A number of ships - Fleet
42. A test in which cells from diseased organs are removed and tested - Biopsy
43. A foreigner who settles in a country - Immigrant
44. Place that provides refuge - Asylum
45. Art of writing for newspapers and magazines - Journalism
46. Parts of a country behind the coast of a river bank - Hinterland
47. One who does not make mistakes - Infallible
48. A professional rider in horse races - Jockey
49. Words uttered impiously about God - Blasphemy
50. A person who is bad in spelling - Cacographist
51. A small room in a big house, hotel, ship etc. where glasses, dishes, spoons, food etc. are kept -  Pantry
52. Doing something according to one’s own free will - Voluntarily
53. A person who gambles or bets - Punter
54. An abandoned child of unknown parents who is found by somebody - Foundling
55. A written statement about someone’s character, usually provided by an employer - Testimonial
56. One who hates women - Misogynist
57. A raised passageway in a building - Walkway
58. One who cannot speak - Dumb
59. To look at someone in an angry or threatening way - Glower
60. Something that causes death - Fatal
61. A person who loves mankind - Philanthropist
62. One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views - Bigot
63. To confirm with the help of evidence - Corroborate
64. The time between midnight and noon- Ante - meridiem
65. Fear of height - Acrophobia
66. Feeling inside you which tells you what is right and what is wrong - Conscience
67. Loss of memory - Amnesia
68. A system of naming things - Nomenclature
69. A cure for all diseases - Panacea
70. A post with little work but high salary - Sinecure
71. A person who writes decoratively - Calligrapher
72. A woman with dark brown hair - Brunette
73. The action of looking within or into one’s own mind - Introspection
74. One who is a dabbler in Arts, Science or Literature - Dilettante
75. Still existing and known - Extant
76. The highest point - Zenith
77. Release of a prisoner from jail on certain terms and condition - Parole
78. To struggle helplessly - Flounder
79. A person who is talkative - Garrulous
80. One who cuts precious stones - Lapidist
81. Specialist of Kidney - Nephrologist
82. Thick skinned animal - Pachyderm
83. A person who is always dissatisfied - Malcontent
84. A funeral bell - Knell
85. Capable of being interpreted in two ways - Ambiguous

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