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📚 One Word Substitution Practice
Choose an answer, then open the short learning card. Learn important one-word terms, their meanings, usage, and quick memory clues without losing practice rhythm.
Q51. Person who directs preparation of a newspaper:
Editor
The person who directs the preparation of a newspaper is the editor. An editor manages content, checks facts, and oversees the final layout.
Memory tip: "edit" = supervise and improve. The editor edits the newspaper.
The editor reviewed the draft before the newspaper went to print.
Q52. A person who does not think or behave like everyone else, but has independent, unusual opinions:
Maverick
A maverick is someone who thinks or acts independently and often has unusual opinions.
Remember "Maverick" as a person who goes their own way, not following the crowd.
She is a maverick who paints in bold, new styles.
Q53. Child of unusual or remarkable talent:
Prodigy
A prodigy is a child with exceptional or remarkable talent.
Think of a young person with amazing talent as a "prodigy".
She is a prodigy at playing the piano.
Q54. Government runs its administration through departments staffed by civil servants:
Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy means the system of government administration and the departments run by civil servants.
Think: "bureau" = office; "cracy" = rule—it's the rule by offices and offices staff.
The new policy was implemented through the country’s bureaucracy.
Q55. Through which light cannot pass:
Opaque
Opaque objects do not let light pass through; they block or absorb light.
Opaque = not transparent; light cannot pass.
A wooden door is opaque, so light cannot pass through it.
Q56. One who lacks knowledge:
Ignorant
Someone who lacks knowledge is ignorant.
Think: if you lack knowledge, you're not well informed—you're ignorant.
He was ignorant of the new rules at first.
Q57. A person who talks in sleep is known as:
Somniloquist
A person who talks in sleep is called a somniloquist; "somni" means sleep and "loquist" means speaker.
Break it into parts: somni- (sleep) + loquist (talker).
The child woke up laughing after a nightly somniloquist moment.
Q58. Animals who lives in herds:
gregarious
Gregarious means sociable and liking to be in groups, like animals living in herds.
Think "greg-" = crowd or group; gregarious = enjoys the crowd.
The gregarious zebras stayed together in a herd.
Q59. Living at the same time:
contemporary
Contemporary means living at the same time or belonging to the same period.
contemporary = con(together) + temporary (time)
Both artists created contemporary works that reflect today’s world.
Q60. A study of sounds is known as:
Phonetics
Phonetics is the study of sounds used in speech.
Link "phon-" to sound; think of phonetics as "sound study."
In class, we learn phonetics to improve pronunciation.