Showing posts with label ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 18 October 2017

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 honorably 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 a 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

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