For systematic learning, students can include AP Inter 2nd Year English Grammar with Answers and Note Making in English Inter 1st Year in their daily study routine.
AP Inter 2nd Year English One Word Substitution with Answers
A one-word substitution is a single word that replaces a longer phrase or clause while preserving the meaning and register. One-word substitutions make English more concise, precise, and stylistically polished. For example, instead of saying “a person who loves books” you can say “bibliophile”.
Different Groups of One-Word Substitutions :
G – 1 : Different Types of Doctors
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. Cardiologist | Heart specialist (cardio = heart). |
| 2. Dermatologist | Skin specialist (derma = skin). |
| 3. Neurologist | Brain & nerves specialist (neuro = nerves). |
| 4. Paediatrician | Child specialist (paidos = child). |
| 5. Orthopaedist | Bone specialist (ortho = straight, ped = child/foot). |
| 6. Oncologist | Cancer specialist (oncos = tumor). |
| 7. Ophthalmologist | Eye doctor (ophthalmos = eye). |
| 8. Dentist | Teeth doctor (dens = tooth). |
| 9. Psychiatrist | Mental health doctor (psyche = mind). |
| 10. Veterinarian | Animal doctor (veterinae = working animals) |
G – 2: Fields of Study
| Word | ‘Meaning’ |
| 1. Anthropology | Study of humans (anthropos = man). |
| 2. Archaeology | Study of ancient remains (archaios = ancient) |
| 3. Ornithology | Study of birds (ornis = bird). |
| 4. Entomology | Study of insects (entomon = insect). |
| 5. Zoology | Study of animals (zoon = animal). |
| 6. Botany | Study of plants (botane = plant). |
| 7. Philology | Study of languages (philo = love, logos = word). |
| 8. Seismology | Study of earthquakes (seismos = shake). |
| 9. Meteorology | Study of weather (meteoros = atmosphere). |
| 10. Oceanography | Study of oceans (oceanos = ocean). |
G – 3: Types of Government & Rules
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. Monarchy | Rule by a king/queen (monos = one, arc he = rule). |
| 2. Democracy | Rule by people {demos = people). |
| 3. Aristocracy | Rule by nobles {aristos = best). |
| 4. Plutocracy | Rule by wealthy (ploutos = wealth). |
| 5. Oligarchy | Rule by a few (oligos = few). |
| 6. Autocracy | Rule by one absolute ruler {autos = self). |
| 7. Theocracy | Rule by religion/gods {theos = god). |
| 8. Bureaucracy | Rule by officials {bureau = office). |
| 9. Technocracy | Rule by technical experts {techne = skill). |
| 10. Anarchy | Absence of government {a = without, arche = rule). |
G-4: Types of Killings
| Word | Meaning |
| I. Suicide | Killing oneself (sui = self). |
| 2. Homicide | Killing, of a man (homo = man). |
| 3. Regicide | Killing of a king (rex = king). |
| 4. Fratricide | Killing of a brother (frater = brother). |
| 5. Patricide | Killing of father (pater = father). |
| 6. Matricide | Killing of mother (mater = mother). |
| 7. Infanticide | Killing of infants (infants = baby). |
| 8. Genocide | Mass killing of a people (genos = race). |
| 9. Parricide | Killing of a parent/relative (parens = parent). |
| 10. Sororicide | Killing of a sister (soror = sister). |
G – 5: Lovers & Haters
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. Bibliophile | Lover of books (biblio = book, phile lover). |
| 2. Philatelist | Stamp collector (philo = love, telos = tax). |
| 3. Numismatist | Coin collector (numisma = coin). |
| 4. Philanthropist | One who loves humanity (philo = love, anthnopos = man) |
| 5. Misanthrope | One who hates mankind (mis = hate). |
| 6. Misogynist | One who hates women (gyne = woman). |
| 7. Misandrist | One who hates men (andros = man). |
| 8. Bibliophobe | One who hates books (biblio = book, phobia= fear/hate). |
| 9. Technophile | One who loves technology (techne = skill). |
| 10. Technophobe | One who fears technology. |
G – 6: Travellers & Migrants
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. Itinerary | Planned route of travel (iter = journey). |
| 2. Pilgrimage | Religious journey (peregrinus = foreigner). |
| 3. Globetrotter | One who travels around the world. |
| 4. Voyager | Long journey traveler (esp. by sea). |
| 5. Nomad | Wanderer without permanent home (nomas = roaming). |
| 6. Expatriate | One living outside native country (ex = out, patria = fatherland). |
| 7. Immigrant | One who enters a country (im = in, migrare = move). |
| 8. Emigrant | One who leaves a country (e = out). |
| 9. Refugee | One who flees danger (refugium = shelter). |
| 10. Vagabond | Homeless wanderer (vagus = wandering). |
G – 7: People’s Roles & Characters
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. Stoic | One indifferent to pleasure/pain. |
| 2. Epicure | Lover of luxury and fine food. |
| 3. Ascetic | One who renounces worldly life (asketikos = monk-like). |
| 4. Connoisseur | Expert judge in taste (cognoscere = to know). |
| 5. Zealot | Fanatically committed person (zelos = passion). |
| 6. Fanatic | Over-enthusiastic believer (fanum = temple). |
| 7. Iconoclast | One who breaks traditions. (eikon = image, klastes = breaker). |
| 8. Hypocrite | Pretender (hypokrites = actor). |
| 9. Charlatan | Fraud (ciarlare = to chatter). |
| 10. Sycophant | Flatterer (sukophantes = informer). |
G – 8: Time & Sequence Words
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. Posthumous | After death (post = after, humus = ground). |
| 2. Premature | Happening before time (pre = before). |
| 3. Contemporary | Belonging to same period (con = together, tempus = time). |
| 4. Synchronize | Happen at same time (syn = together, chronos = time) |
| 5. Anachronism | Something out of time (ana = against,chmnos = time) |
| 6. Eternal | Without end (aeternus = everlasting). |
| 7. Ephemeral | Lasting a short time (ephemeros = short-lived) |
| 8. Interim | Temporary/meanwhile period (inter = between) |
| 9. Provisional | Temporary arrangement. |
| 10. Simultaneous | Happening together. |
G – 9: Miscellaneous Important Words
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. Polyglot | Knows many languages (poly = many, glotta = tongue). |
| 2. Bilingual | Speaks two languages (hi = two, lingua = tongue). |
| 3. Trilingual | Speaks three languages. |
| 4. Ambidextrous | Can use both hands (ambi = both, dexter = right) |
| 5. Amphibian | Lives on land and water (amphi = both). |
| 6. Omnipotent | All-powerful (omnis = all, potens = powerful) |
| 7. Omniscient | All-knowing (scire = know). |
| 8. Omnipresent | Presept everywhere. |
| 9. Euphemism | Mild word replacing harsh one (eu = good, phemi = speak). |
| 10. Neologism | Newly coined word (neo = new, logos = word) |
Practice
In each of the following questions, choose the most suitable “One-Word” for the given expressions:
Question 1.
A form of government ruled by a king or queen :
a) Democracy
b) Monarchy
c) Oligarchy
Answer:
b) Monarchy
Question 2.
The deliberate killing of a large group of people:
a) Suicide
b) Homicide
c) Genocide
Answer:
c) Genocide
Question 3.
The act of killing oneself:
a) Homicide
b) Suicide
c) Parricide
Answer:
b) Suicide
Question 4.
A government ruled by religious leaders:
a) Bureaucracy
b) Theocracy
c) Plutocracy
Answer:
b) Theocracy
Question 5.
The killing of a king:
a) Fratricide
b) Regicide
c) Genocide
Answer:
b) Regicide
Question 6.
A government ruled by a small group of powerful people:
a) Monarchy
b) Anarchy
c) Oligarchy
Answer:
c) Oligarchy
Question 7.
The killing of one’s father:
a) Patricide
b) Matricide
c) Infanticide
Answer:
a) Patricide
Question 8.
A government with no law or order:
a) Technocracy
b) Aristocracy
c) Anarchy
Answer:
c) Anarchy
Question 9.
The killing of one’s sister:
a) Sororicide
b) Sororicide
c) Fratricide
Answer:
b) Sororicide
Question 10.
A government ruled by the people:
a) Democracy
b) Theocracy
c) Autocracy
Answer:
a) Democracy
Exercise
In each of the following questions, choose the most suitable “One-Word” for the given expressions:
Question 1.
A government ruled by the noble class :
a) Aristocracy
b) Plutocracy
c) Bureaucracy
Answer:
a) Aristocracy
Question 2.
A person who loves books :
a) Bibliophile
b) Bibliophobe
c) Philatelist
Answer:
a) Bibliophile
Question 3.
A person who hates mankind :
a) Philanthropist
b) Misanthrope
c) Bibliophile
Answer:
b) Misanthrope
Question 4.
One who hates men :
a) Misandrist
b) Misanthrope
c) Philanthropist
Answer:
a) Misandrist
Question 5.
A person who moves from place to
a) Nomad
b) Expatriate
c) Itinerary
Answer:
a) Nomad
Question 6.
Happening too soon :
a) Contemporary
b) Eternal
c) Premature
Answer:
c) Premature
Question 7.
A person who loves technology :
a) Technophobe
b) Technophile
c) Misanthrope
Answer:
b) Technophile
Question 8.
A journey to a sacred place :
a) Pilgrimage
b) Expatriate
c) Refugee
Answer:
a) Pilgrimage
Question 9.
A person who fears or hates technology :
a) Bibliophile
b) Technophile
c) Technophobe
Answer:
c) Technophobe
Question 10.
A person who leaves his country to settle elsewhere:
a) Emigrant
b) Nomad
c) Voyager
Answer:
a) Emigrant
Question 11.
One who collects coins
a) Numismatist
b) Philanthropist
c) Technophile
Answer:
a) Numismatist
Question 12.
To cause things to happen at the same time :
a) Ephemeral
b) Interim
c) Synchronize
Answer:
c) Synchronize
Question 13.
One who works for the welfare of others :
a) Misanthrope
b) Philanthropist
c) Misogynist
Answer:
b) Philanthropist
Question 14.
One who hates women :
a) Misandrist
b) Misogynist
c) Technophile
Answer:
b) Misogynist
Question 15.
One who dislikes books :
a) Bibliophobe
b) Bibliophile
c) Numismatist
Answer:
a) Bibliophobe
Question 16.
One who collects stamps :
a) Numismatist
b) Philatelist
c) Bibliophobe
Answer:
b) Philatelist
Question 17.
A government ruled by one person with absolute power :
a) Democracy
b) Autocracy
c) Bureaucracy
Answer:
b) Autocracy
Question 18.
A person who travels widely :
a) Globetrotter
b) Vagabond
c) Immigrant
Answer:
a) Globetrotter
Question 19.
A mild word used instead of a harsh one :
a) Euphemism
b) Neologism
c) Polyglot
Answer:
a) Euphemism
Question 20.
A person who goes on a long voyage :
a) Nomad
b) Voyager
c) Refugee
Answer:
b) Voyager
Question 21.
A person who knows two languages :
a) Polyglot
b) Bilingual
c) Amphibian
Answer:
b) Bilingual
Question 22.
A person living outside his native country :
a) Emigrant
b) Immigrant
c) Expatriate
Answer:
c) Expatriate
Question 23.
A government controlled by officials or departments :
a) Monarchy
b) Plutocracy
c) Bureaucracy
Answer:
c) Bureaucracy
Question 24.
A person who comes to live in a foreign country :
a) Emigrant
b) Immigrant
c) Refugee
Answer:
b) Immigrant
Question 25.
A detailed plan of a journey :
a) Voyager
b) Nomad
c) Itinerary
Answer:
c) Itinerary
Question 26.
A person forced to leave his country :
a) Immigrant
b) Expatriate
c) Refugee
Answer:
c) Refugee
Question 27.
The killing of an infant :
a) Infanticide
b) Genocide
c) Parricide
Answer:
a) Infanticide
Question 28.
An expert judge of taste :
a) Sycophant
b) Charlatan
c) Connoisseur
Answer:
c) Connoisseur
Question 29.
A person indifferent to pleasure or pain :
a) Stoic
b) Epicure
c) Zealot
Answer:
a) Stoic
Question 30.
One who attacks established beliefs :
a) Zealot
b) Iconoclast
c) Sycophant
Answer:
b) Iconoclast
Question 31.
A person who knows many languages :
a) Polyglot
b) Bilingual
c) Trilingual
Answer:
a) Polyglot
Question 32.
A person devoted to pleasure :
a) Stoic
b) Epicure
c) Ascetic
Answer:
b) Epicure
Question 33.
A person with excessive and irrational zeal :
a) Fanatic
b) Connoisseur
c) Ascetic
Answer:
a) Fanatic
Question 34.
Knowing everything :
a) Omnipotent
b) Omniscient
c) Neologism
Answer:
b) Omniscient
Question 35.
Arranged for the present time only :
a) Provisional
b) Eternal
c) Anachronism
Answer:
a) Provisional
Question 36.
One who pretends to be virtuous :
a) Hypocrite
b) Charlatan
c) Stoic
Answer:
a) Hypocrite
Question 37.
A newly coined word :
a) Euphemism
b) Neologism
c) Anachronism
Answer:
b) Neologism
Question 38.
Happening after death :
a) Posthumous
b) Interim
c) Ephemeral
Answer:
a) Posthumous
Question 39.
A person who practices strict self-discipline :
a) Ascetic
b)Fanatic
c) Connoisseur
Answer:
a) Ascetic
Question 40.
Belonging to the same period of time :
a) Contemporary
b) Provisional
c) Anachronism
Answer:
a) Contemporary
Question 41.
Able to use both hands equally well :
a) Ambidextrous
b) Amphibian
c) Omnipresent
Answer:
a) Ambidextrous
Question 42.
Lasting for a short time :
a) Eternal
b) Ephemeral
c) Contemporary
Answer:
b) Ephemeral
Question 43.
A government ruled by the rich :
a) Oligarchy
b) Plutocracy
c) Technocracy
Answer:
b) Plutocracy
Question 44.
Happening at the same time :
a) Posthumous
b) Premature
c) Simultaneous
Answer:
c) Simultaneous
Question 45.
Lasting forever :
a) Eternal
b) Ephemeral
c) Interim
Answer:
a) Eternal
Question 46.
An animal that lives both on land and in water :
a) Euphemism
b) Omnipotent
c) Amphibian
Answer:
c) Amphibian
Question 47.
The deliberate killing of a large group of people :
a) Homicide
b) Suicide
c) Genocide
Answer:
c) Genocide
Question 48.
Having unlimited power :
a) Omnipotent
b) Omniscient
c) Omnipresent
Answer:
a) Omnipotent
Question 49.
A wanderer without a home :
a) Nomad
b) Vagabond
c) Globetrotter
Answer:
b) Vagabond
Question 50.
Present everywhere :
a) Omniscient
b) Euphemism
c) Omnipresent
Answer:
c) Omnipresent