Showing posts with label One word Substitution. Show all posts
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Thursday, 24 October 2013

One word Substitution 1



51. That which cannot be avoided
Inevitable
52. A position for which no salary is paid
Honorary
53. That which cannot be defended
Indefensible
54. Practice of having several wives
Polygamy
55. Practice of having several husbands
Polyandry
56. Practice of having one wife or husband
Monogamy
57. Practice of having two wives or husbands
Bigamy
58. That which is not likely to happen
Improbable
59. People living at the same time
Contemporaries
60. A book published after the death of its author
Posthumas
61. A book written by an unknown author
Anonymous
62. A life history written by oneself
Autobiography
63. A life history written by somebody else
Biography
64. People who work together
Colleagues
65. One who eats too much
Glutton
66. That which cannot be satisfied
Insatiable
67. One who questions everything
Cynic
68. A flesh eating animal
Carnivorous
69. A grass eating animal
Herbivorous
70. One who lives in a foreign country
Immigrant
71. To transfer one's authority to another
Delegate
72. One who is a newcomer
Neophyte
73. That which is lawful
Legal
74. That which is against law
Illegal
75. One who is unmarried
Celibate
76. A game in which no one wins
Draw
77. A study of man
Anthropology
78. A study of races
Ethnology
79. A study of the body
Physiology
80. A study of animals
Zoology
81. A study of birds
Ornithology
82. A study of ancient things
Archaeology
83. A study of derivation of words
Etymology
84. Murder of a human being
Homicide
85. Murder of a father
Patricide
86. Murder of a mother
Matricide
87. Murder of an brother
Fratricide
88. Murder of an infant
Infanticide
89. Murder of self
Suicide
90. Murder of the king
Regicide
91. To free somebody from all blame
Exonerate
92. To write under a different name
Pseudonym
93. A thing no longer in use
Obsolete
94. A handwriting that cannot be read
Illegible
95. Words written on the tomb of a person
Epitaph
96. One who is greedy for money
Avaricious
97. Something that cannot be imitated
Inimitable
98. One who doesn't know how to read and write
Illiterate
99. A person's peculiar habit Idiosyncrasy
100. An animal who preys on other animals
Predator
101. Violating the sanctity of a church
Sacrilege
102. One who can throw his voice
Ventriloquist

One word Substitution



1. One who is out to subvert a government 
Anarchist
2. One who is recovering from illness 
Convalescent
3. One who is all powerful 
Omnipotent
4. One who is present everywhere 
Omnipresent
5. One who knows everything 
Omniscient
6. One who is easily deceived 
Gullible
7. One who does not make mistakes 
Infallible
8. One who can do anything for money 
Mercenary
9. One who has no money 
Pauper
10. One who changes sides 
Turncoat
11. One who works for free 
Volunteer
12. One who loves books 
Bibliophile
13. One who can speak two languages 
Bilingual
14. One who loves mankind 
Philanthropist
15. One who hates mankind 
Misanthrope
16. One who looks on the bright side of things 
Optimist
17. One who looks on the dark side of things 
Pessimist
18. One who doubts the existence of god 
Agnostic
19. One who pretends to be what he is not 
Hypocrite
20. One incapable of being tired 
Indefatigable
21. One who helps others Good 
Samaritan
22. One who copies from other writers 
Plagiarist
23. One who hates women 
Misogynist
24. One who knows many languages 
Polyglot
25. One who is fond of sensuous pleasures 
Epicure
26. One who thinks only of himself 
Egoist
27. One who thinks only of welfare of women 
Feminist.
28. One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain 
Stoic
29. One who is quite like a woman 
Effeminate
30. One who has strange habits 
Eccentric
31. One who speaks less 
Reticent
32. One who goes on foot 
Pedestrian
33. One who believes in fate 
Fatalist
34. One who dies without a Will 
Intestate
35. One who always thinks himself to be ill 
Valetudinarian
36. A Government by the people 
Democracy
37. A Government by a king or queen 
Monarchy
38. A Government by the officials 
Bureaucracy
39. A Government by the rich 
Plutocracy
40. A Government by the few 
Oligarchy
41. A Government by the Nobles 
Aristocracy
42. A Government by one 
Autocracy
43. Rule by the mob 
Mobocracy
44. That through which light can pass 
Transparent
45. That through which light cannot pass 
Opaque
46. That through which light can partly pass 
Translucent
47. A sentence whose meaning is unclear 
Ambiguous
48. A place where orphans live 
Orphanage
49. That which cannot be described 
Indescribable
50. That which cannot be imitated 
Inimitable

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