Monday 22 August 2016

100 One Word Substitutions



1) Having superior or intellectual interests and tastes - Highbrow
2) Murder of a brother - Fratricide
3) To cause troops, etc. to spread out in readiness for battle - Deploy
4) A voice loud enough to be heard - Audible
5) A light sailing boat built specially for racing - Yacht
6) One who is in charge of museum - Curator
7) A government by the nobles - Aristocracy
8) One who is honourably discharged from service - Emeritus
9) Present opposing arguments or evidence - Rebut
10) The policy of extending a country's empire and influence - Imperialism
11) Of outstanding significance - Monumental
12) Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence - Protocol
13) A fixed orbit in space in relation to earth - Geo-stationary
14) To issue a thunderous verbal attack - Fulminate
15) Very pleasing to eat - Palatable
16) The part of government which is concerned with making of rules - Legislature
17) To walk with slow or regular Steps is to - Pace
18) A style full of words - Verbose
19) A school boy who cuts classes frequently is a - Truant
20) Ready to believe - Credulous
21) A person who tries to deceive people by claiming to be able to do wonderful things - Trickster
22) A dramatic performance - Masque
23) One who does not marry, especially as a religious obligation - Celibate
24) Continuing fight between parties, families, clans, etc. - Feud
25) A building for storing threshed grain - Granary
26) Policeman riding on motorcycles as guards to a VIP - Outriders
27) One who is determined to exact full vengeance for wrongs done to him - Vindictive
28) Murder of a king - Regicide
29) An expression of mild disapproval - Reproof
30) One absorbed in his own thoughts and feelings rather than in things outside - Introvert
31) Giving undue favours to one's own kith and kin - Nepotism
32) Hater of learning and knowledge - Misologist
33) One who does not care for literature or art - Philistine
34) A large sleeping-room with many beds - Dormitory
35) A disease of mind causing an uncontrollable desire to steal - Kleptomania
36) To accustom oneself to a foreign climate - Acclimatise
37) One who knows everything - Omniscient
38) Detailed plan of journey - Itinerary
39)A religious discourse - Sermon
40) Parts of a country behind the coast or a river's banks - Hinterland
41) Study of the evolution of man as an animal - Anthropology
42) The act of violating the sanctity of the church is - Sacrilege
43) A name adopted by an author in his writings - Pseudonym
44) Study of birds - Ornithology
45) A place that provides refuge - Asylum
46)The absence of law and order - Anarchy
47) To slap with a flat object - Swat
48) Habitually silent or talking little - Taciturn
49) Be the embodiment or perfect example of - Personify
50) A drawing on transparent paper - Transparency
51) One who is not easily pleased by anything - Fastidious
52) One who is fond of fighting - Bellicose
53) In a state of tension or anxiety or suspense - On tenterhooks
54) Words inscribed on tomb - Epitaph
55) One who eats everything - Omnivorous
56) Malafide case is one -Which is undertaken in a bad faith
57) The custom or practice of having more than one husband at same time - Polyandry
58) Tending to move away from the centre or axis - Centrifugal
59) A person interested in collecting, studying and selling of old things - Antiquarian
60) Leave or remove from a place considered dangerous - Evacuate
61) A prima facie case is such - As it seems at first sight
62) A person pretending to be somebody he is not - Imposter
63) A person who knows many foreign languages - Linguist
64) One who has little faith in human sincerity and goodness - Cynic
65) One who possesses many talents - Versatile
66) Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool - Dotage
67) The study of ancient societies - Archaeology
68) A person who insists on something - Stickler
69) State in which the few govern the many - Oligarchy
70) A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge - Pedantic
71) A study of man - Anthropology
72) A study of races - Ethnology
73)  A study of the body - Physiology
74)  A study of animals - Zoology
75) A study of birds - Ornithology
76) A study of ancient things - Archaeology
77) A study of derivation of words - Etymology
78)  Murder of a human being - Homicide
79) Murder of a father - Patricide
80) Murder of a mother - Matricide
81) Murder of an brother - Fratricide
82) Murder of an infant - Infanticide
83) Murder of self - Suicide
84) Murder of the king - Regicide
85) One who is out to subvert a government - Anarchist
86)  One who is recovering from illness - Convalescent
87) One who is all powerful - Omnipotent
88) One who is present everywhere - Omnipresent
89) One who knows everything - Omniscient
90) One who is easily deceived - Gullible
91) One who does not make mistakes - Infallible
92) One who can do anything for money - Mercenary
93) One who has no money - Pauper
94) One who changes sides - Turncoat
95) One who works for free - Volunteer
96) One who loves books - Bibliophile
97) One who can speak two languages - Bilingual
98) One who loves mankind - Philanthropist
99) One who hates mankind - Misanthrope
100) One who doubts the existence of god - Agnostic