One Word Substitution quiz-1

One Word Substitution quiz-1

1)

Ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions

A) Intuition
B) Sacrilege
C) Acumen
D) Fetish

2)

Someone or something that causes bad luck

A) Laurel
B) Ken
C) Gambit
D) Jinx

3)

Standards of proper or acceptable behavior

A) Postulate
B) Nuance
C) Norm
D) Statute

4)

Most important part of something

A) Quintessence
B) Redundant
C) Repertoire
D) Saga

5)

Slow in moving, acting, or happening

A) Thaw
B) Tardy
C) Tranquil
D) Trifle

6)

Violent attempt to take control of a government

A) Insurgency
B) Infatuation
C) Infelicity
D) Intransigence

7)

Place where people grow fruit trees

A) Orbit
B) Ordeal
C) Otiose
D) Orchard

8)

Defeat (someone) easily and completely

A) Rue
B) Rout
C) Rusticate
D) Rustle

9)

Poor and dirty child who annoys people or causes minor trouble

A) Utopia
B) Unwieldy
C) Ubiquitous
D) Urchin

10)

Person or thing that one particularly dislikes

A) Behemoth
B) Bevy
C) Bete noire
D) Bastinado