Here is the list of all One Word Substitutions (OWS) from the previous-year question papers of WBCS.
A maniac – a man with an irrationally fixed idea
Administratrix – a female administrator
Altruist – a person who considers the happiness and well-being of others first
An anarchist – a person out to destroy the government
An orphan – a child who has lost both his parents
An emigrant – someone leaving one’s own country
Angler – a man who catches fish as a hobby
Anthology – a collection of assorted poems or other writings
Astronomers – who look at the stars in the sky
Audience – people who are present in a hall to listen to a lecture
Barracks – the dwelling in which soldiers live
Biographer – who writes the story of another person’s life
Boxer – a pugilist
Breakers – the waves that tumble onto the beach
Chauvinist – who demands superior to everybody else
Compatriots – men coming from the same country
Confectioner – one who sales cakes
Credulous – who believes anything and everything told to him
Crocodile tears – false tears
Debauched – a dissolute person
Deciduous – the trees which shed all the leaves at a particular time of the year
Endocrinologist – one who deals with glands
Epicurean – a person who enjoys pleasure
Epidemic – a disease affecting many persons at the same time and place
Epilogue – the concluding part of a literary work
Extrovert – a person of outgoing nature
Flea market – a market where old and used goods are sold
Horticulture – the art of cultivating and managing gardens
Imposter – a man who passed himself off as another
Impulsive – apt to act suddenly without thinking
Impulsively – without thinking
Incredible – beyond belief
Indefatigable – a person who never becomes tired
Infamous – one who acquires a bad name
Insecticide – a preparation for killing insects
Kleptomaniac – a person suffering from an uncontrollable desire to steal
Lethal – something leading to death
Loquacious – one who talks continuously
Manuscript – a piece of writing done by hand
Memorabilia – memories of objects collected because of their links with people or events
Misanthrope – a person who dislikes other people
Misanthropist – one who hates mankind
Mortal – an illness that is likely to be fatal
Necrophilia – fascination with dead bodies
Negotiate – to conduct talks with a party with the aim of setting an issue
Obstetrician – who deals with pregnancy and childbirth
Omniscient – one who knows all
Omnivorous – who eats both plants and animals
Ophthalmologist – one who deals with eyes
Orally – by word of mouth
Ornithologist – a person who deals with birds
Orthopedist – who deals with bones
Osteopath – the specialist who handles problems in the human body related to bones
Pedestrian – a person who makes his journey on foot
Philanthropist – humanitarian
Philanthropy – love for the whole world
Plutocracy – a government of the wealthiest class
Prohibited – that which is not permissible
Pseudonym – a given name which is not real
Punctuate – to make use of marks like commas or full stops
Regicide – the murder of a king
Sedition – political crime against one’s own country
Soliloquy – speaking to oneself
Sonnet – a fourteen-line poem
String – many camels together
Terminally ill – on the verge of death from an illness
Theocracy – a government by divine guidance
Translation – and interpreter’s task
Tyrant – oppressive and cruel ruler
Vagrant – without a settled home or regular work
Venison – the meet of deer
Womanish – a drawback usually observed in women
