ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION

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24 Votes A person who loves money and hates spending it, is A. spendthrift ______B. miser ______C. philanthropist ______D. capitalist. The family was known for its wealth and greatness of heart. The word that can be used in the place of the underlined phrase is: A. generosity ______B. courage ______C. affluence ______D. prestige One word for a person who has been appointed or selected to attend a conference is: A. ambassador ______B. delegate ______C. representative ____D. messenger A person who is slow in learning is termed as: A. dullard ______B. bad ______C. lazy ______D. dunce. A book with blank pages on which pictures or paper cuttings are stuck is known as a: A. plain book ______B. paint book ______C. drawing book ______D. scrap book. A FEW MORE EXAMPLES A silly person _____________Goose A person who lives a wandering life ________ Vagabond Social position or rank _____________________Status Someone who knows a lot about the subject ___Scholar Deeply religious ____________________________Pious A building in which monks live ______________Monastery An instrument used to see distant objects ___Telescope A person who is slow to learn _______________Dunce The path in which planets move ______________Orbit A permit from an authority to own, use or do something ___Licence A person who has been appointed or selected to attend or speak at a conference ____Delegate One who does the scientific study of the sun, the moon, etc. _ Astronomer The study or practice of travelling through the air __Aeronautics A person trained to travel in a spacecraft ____Astronaut Say a prayer in singing voice ________________Chant Visit a place often __________________________Haunt Final release from rebirth ___________________Deliverance A person who loves money and hates spending it __ Miser An ugly woman _______________________________ Hag An animal that is cruel and dangerous ________Beast Skillful in inventing ________________________Ingenious Say publickly that something important is true ___Proclaim To be disloyal to someone who trusts you _____Betray Situation in which everything is happening in a confused way ___Chaotic A drink usually made from a mixture of one ormore alcoholic drinks __ Cocktail A loose piece of clothing without sleeves _______ Mantle A painting, drawing or photograph of a person especially of the head and shoulders ______Portrait to make someone angry ___________________________Grieve Height above sea level __________________________Altitude To shift people from a place of danger to a safer place ____ Evacuate To cause to feel no pain ______________________ Numb

Men who work on shores loading unloading ships ___Longshoremen Name shared by all the members of a family _______Surname One who is very eager for knowledge and reads a lot____Voracious That which cannot be satisfied __________________ Insatiable A flightless bird now extinct ____________________Dodo Storehouse for grains ____________________________Granary Animals that live in a particular region ________ Fauna A place in a house where food is kept ____________Storeroom A person who belongs to another country _________ Foreigner Study of ancient monuments and arts ______________Archeology Science which deals with the study of living beings____Biology Science of earths crust and the interior strata ______Geology The art of understanding the influence of heavenly bodies __Astrology To seek protection from danger __________________ Refuge One who presides over the function _______________President A man servant who serves at the table_____________Waiter Waste material __________________________________ Garbage One who makes furniture __________________________Carpenter One who treats patients _________________________ Doctor One who can read and write _______________________Literate A place where prisoners are kept _________________Jail / Gaol One who does farming _____________________________Farmer A poem of fourteen (14) lines ____________________Sonnet A book where you find meanings for words__________Dictionary A document with a code of laws which checks both ruler and ruled ___ Constitution A period of one hundred years (100 years) ________Century A light pleasure boat ____________________________Yacht Short stories with an element of moral ___________Fable Red or yellow burning gas seen when something is on _____Flame A person who writes novels ________________________Novelist A document allowing persons to travel abroad ______Passport One who looks only at the darker side of life _____Pessimist One who looks at the brighter side of life _______ Optimist A place where horses are kept _____________________Stable A type of small dog with a turned up nose ________ Pug Remains of prehistoric animal or plant preserved by being buried in earth ______________________________Fossils A place where meals are sold and eaten _____________Restaurant Things given or received as gift____________________Present A man who does not know how to read and write ______Illiterate A large number of people or animals suffering from the same kind of disease at the sametime _______Epidemic One who travels in a space vehicle _________________Astronaut A book giving inforamtion on all branches of knowledge ____ Encyclopaedia Liquid waste that flows out from a factory__________Effluents A living creature that is so small that it cannot be seen without a microscope and that may cause diseases ___Microbe Part of the earth where life is found ______________Biosphere Government of the people, by the people and for the people ___Democracy The act of killing oneself __________________Suicide

Soldiers who fight on horse back_____________Cavalry Soldiers who fight on foot __________________Infantry Strong rush of air, rain, smoke etc. carried by wind___Gust A person who uses his strength or power to frighten or hurt others ____Bully A part of a horses harness that goes on to its head _____Briddle A wild or half trained horse or bull ___________Bronco A sudden rush of frightened animals _____________Stampede Space or room which is immediately below the roof of a house____Attic A person who has been found guilty and is being punished ______ Criminal A person who does banking business ______________Banker A mad person ___________________________________Lunatic A person who is incharge of keys of a prison____Turnkeys A person in charge of a jail and the prisoners in it____________Jailor One who is unable to pay his debts _____________Bankrupt Long hard journey especially on foot ___________Trek Group of people living together _______________Community A group of soldiers living in a town or a fort, and defending it _____Garrison Flesh eating animals _________________________Carnivorous Flesh and Vegetable eating animals ___________Omnivorous Plants of a particular region ________________Flora Government by small groups __________________Oligarchy A policeman in ordinary clothes while on duty ____Plainclothesman Storehouse of grains ______________________Granary Practice of talking too much about oneself _____Egotism The height of an object above sea level _______Altitude Storehouse of grains ______________Granary A person who uses his strength to frighten weaker people_____Bully A person who flies an aeroplane _____________Pilot Number of books housed in one building _____ Library A person who studies Physics _______________Physicist The act of killing oneself _________________Suicide A place where meals are sold and bought______Restaurant A mark remaining on the skin from a wound _________ Scar Name shared by all the members of the family _______Surname Making someone angry _________________Provocate Difficulty in breathing ________________Suffocation Soldiers who fight on horseback___________ Cavalry Things given or received as a gift ___________Present A sudden rush of frightened people or animals _______Stampede The story of a persons life written by others________Biography Special quality not found anywhere else ___________Uniqueness To make impure by mixing dirty or poisonous matter_Contaminate A person who writes poems _________________Poet

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One who is out to subvert a government One who is recovering from illness One who is all powerful One who is present everywhere One who knows everything One who is easily deceived One who does not make mistakes One who can do anything for money One who has no money One who changes sides One who works for free One who loves books One who can speak two languages One who loves mankind One who hates mankind One who looks on the bright side of things One who looks on the dark side of things One who doubts the existence of god One who pretends to be what he is not One incapable of being tired One who helps others Good One who copies from other writers One who hates women One who knows many languages One who is fond of sensuous pleasures One who thinks only of himself One who thinks only of welfare of women One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain One who is quite like a woman One who has strange habits One who speaks less One who goes on foot One who believes in fate One who dies without a Will One who always thinks himself to be ill A Government by the people

Anarchist Convalescent Omnipotent Omnipresent Omniscient Gullible Infallible Mercenary Pauper Turncoat Volunteer Bibliophile Bilingual Philanthropist Misanthrope Optimist Pessimist Agnostic Hypocrite Indefatigable Samaritan Plagiarist Misogynist Polyglot Epicure Egoist Feminist. Stoic Effeminate Eccentric Reticent Pedestrian Fatalist Intestate Valetudinarian Democracy

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A Government by a king or queen A Government by the officials A Government by the rich A Government by the few A Government by the Nobles A Government by one Rule by the mob That through which light can pass That through which light cannot pass That through which light can partly pass A sentence whose meaning is unclear A place where orphans live That which cannot be described That which cannot be imitated That which cannot be avoided A position for which no salary is paid That which cannot be defended Practice of having several wives Practice of having several husbands Practice of having one wife or husband Practice of having two wives or husbands That which is not likely to happen People living at the same time A book published after the death of its author A book written by an unknown author A life history written by oneself A life history written by somebody else People who work together One who eats too much That which cannot be satisfied One who questions everything A flesh eating animal A grass eating animal One who lives in a foreign country To transfer one's authority to another One who is a newcomer That which is lawful That which is against law One who is unmarried A game in which no one wins

Monarchy Bureaucracy Plutocracy Oligarchy Aristocracy Autocracy Mobocracy Transparent Opaque Translucent Ambiguous Orphanage Indescribable Inimitable Inevitable Honorary Indefensible Polygamy Polyandry Monogamy Bigamy Improbable Contemporaries Posthumas Anonymous Autobiography Biography Colleagues Glutton Insatiable Cynic Carnivorous Herbivorous Immigrant Delegate Neophyte Legal Illegal Celibate Draw

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A study of man A study of races A study of the body A study of animals A study of birds A study of ancient things A study of derivation of words Murder of a human being Murder of a father Murder of a mother Murder of an brother Murder of an infant Murder of self Murder of the king To free somebody from all blame To write under a different name A thing no longer in use A handwriting that cannot be read Words written on the tomb of a person One who is greedy for money Something that cannot be imitated One who doesn't know how to read and write A person's peculiar habit An animal who preys on other animals Violating the sanctity of a church One who can throw his voice

Anthropology Ethnology Physiology Zoology Ornithology Archaeology Etymology Homicide Patricide Matricide Fratricide Infanticide Suicide Regicide Exonerate Pseudonym Obsolete Illegible Epitaph Avaricious Inimitable Illiterate Idiosyncrasy Predator Sacrilege Ventriloquist