One Word Substitution asked in SSC Selection Post Phase 9 Exam

A disease persisting
for a long time or recurring again and again

Chronic

A doctor who
specialises in X-rays

Radiologist

A given space,
time or position

 Slot

A group of birds

 Flock

A group of
cattle or sheep

 Herd

A group of
people, especially traders or pilgrims, travelling together across a desert

 Caravan

A group of
vehicles travelling together, typically one accompanied by armed troops

Convoy

A lion’s home

Den

A low area of
land between hills

 Valley

A person who
studies the Earth and the materials of which it is made

 Geologist

A person who
wanders from place to place without a home or job

Vagabond

A person, animal
or plant belonging originally to a place

Native

A place where
bread and cakes are made

 Bakery

A place where
government records are kept

 Archive

A place where
pigs are kept

 Sty

A remark that
expresses approval or admiration

Compliment

A room where
food, crockery and cutlery are kept

 Pantry

Able to be heard

Audible

All the
customers of a business

Clientele

An afternoon
performance of a play, film or show

 Matinee

An animal that
can live in water as well as on land

 Amphibian

An image of God
used for worship

 Idol

An original
model from which later forms are developed

 Prototype

Capable of
bending easily without breaking

 Pliable

Fear of water

 Hydrophobia

Following or
occurring after death

 Posthumous

Full of people

 Populous

Having or
showing no emotion

 Apathetic

Not allowed to
do or be something

Ineligible

Officially make
a student leave a school for ever

 Expel

One who does
one’s work thoroughly and seriously

 Conscientious

One who doesn’t
believe in the existence of God

 Atheist

One who is
easily deceived

 Gullible

Safe to drink

Potable

Scientific study
of human mind and behaviour

 Psychology

Someone who
looks at the brighter side of things

 Optimist

Something that
is no longer in use

 Obsolete

Study of the
earth and its structure and processes

 Geology

The belief that
people cannot change or avoid what happens

 Fatalism

The dark shape
and outline of something visible against a bright background

 Silhouette

The state of being
unmarried by choice

 Celibacy

The study of
plants

Botany

The young one of
a cow

 Calf

The young one of
a sheep

 Lamb

To have a strong
feeling of sympathy with a desire to help

 Compassion

To protect from
harm or danger

Defend

To stay longer
than necessary

Linger

To steal and
pass off ideas and words of another as one’s own

Plagiarize

Vertebrate
animals that crawl on the ground

Reptiles