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PHRASE ONE WORD

One who is not sure about God’s existence Agnostic

A person who deliberately sets fire to a building Arsonist

One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession Amateur

One who can use either hand with ease Ambidextrous

One who makes an official examination of accounts Auditor

A person who believes in or tries to bring about a state of lawlessness Anarchist

A person who has changed his faith Apostate

One who does not believe in the existence of God Atheist

A person appointed by two parties to solve a dispute Arbitrator

One who leads an austere life Ascetic

One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession Amateur

One who can either hand with ease Ambidextrous

An unconventional style of living Bohemian

One who is bad in spellings Cacographer

One who feeds on human flesh Cannibal

A person who is blindly devoted to an idea/ A person displaying aggressive or exaggerated


Chauvinist
patriotism

A critical judge of any art and craft Connoisseur

Persons living at the same time Contemporaries

One who is recovering health after illness Convalescent


A girl/woman who flirts with man Coquette

A person who regards the whole world as his country Cosmopolitan

One who is a centre of attraction Cynosure

One who sneers at the beliefs of others Cynic

A leader or orator who espoused the cause of the common people Demagogue

A person having a sophisticated charm Debonair

A leader who sways his followers by his oratory Demagogue

A dabbler (not serious) in art, science and literature Dilettante

One who is for pleasure of eating and drinking Epicure

One who often talks of his achievements Egotist

Someone who leaves one country to settle in another Emigrant

A man who is womanish in his habits Effeminate

One hard to please (very selective in his habits) Fastidious

One who runs away from justice Fugitive

One who is filled with excessive enthusiasm in religious matters Fanatic

One who believes in fate Fatalist

A lover of good food Gourmand

Conferred as an honour Honorary

A person who acts against religion Heretic

A person of intellectual or erudite tastes Highbrow

A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments Hypochondriac


A person who is controlled by wife Henpeck

One who shows sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality Indefatigable

Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions Iconoclast

One who does not express himself freely Introvert

Who behaves without moral principles Immoral

A person who is incapable of being tampered with Impregnable

One who is unable to pay his debts Insolvent

A person who is mentally ill Lunatic

A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society Misanthrope

A person who primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics Mercenary

Someone in love with himself Narcissist

One who collect coins as hobby Numismatist

A person who likes or admires women Philogynist

A lover of mankind Philanthropist

A person who speaks more than one language Polyglot

One who lives in solitude Recluse

Someone who walks in sleep Somnambulist

A person who is indifferent to the pains and pleasures of life Stoic

A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman Termagant

A person who shows a great or excessive fondness for one’s wife Uxorious

One who possesses outstanding technical ability in a particular art or field Virtuoso
One Word Substitution List for “Collection/ Group”

PHRASE ONE WORD

A group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place Battery

A large bundle bound for storage or transport Bale

A large gathering of people of a particular type Bevy

An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present Bouquet

A family of young animals Brood

A group of things that have been hidden in a secret place Cache

A group of people, typically with vehicles or animals travelling together Caravan

A closed political meeting Caucus

An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose Clique

A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance Claque

A series of stars Constellation

A funeral procession Cortege

A group of worshippers Congregation

A herd or flock of animals being driven in a body Drove

A small fleet of ships or boats Flotilla

A small growth of trees without underbrush Grove

A community of people smaller than a village Hamlet


A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals Herd

A large group of people Horde

A temporary police force Posse

A large number of fish swimming together Shoal

A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid Torrent

One Word Substitutes List for “Research/ Profession”

PHRASE ONE WORD

The medieval forerunner of chemistry Alchemy

A person who presents a radio/television programme Anchor

One who studies the evolution of mankind Anthropologist

A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft Astronaut

The scientific study of the physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification,
Botany
and economic importance of plants

A person who draws or produces maps Cartographer

A person who writes beautiful writing Calligrapher

A person who composes the sequence of steps and moves for a performance of dance Choreographer

A person employed to drive a private or hired car Chauffeur

A person who introduces the performers or contestants in a variety show Compere

A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection Curator

The branch of biology concerned with cyclical physiological phenomena Chronobiology


A secret or disguised way of writing Cypher

The study of statistics Demography

The use of the fingers and hands to communicate and convey ideas Dactylology

A person who sells and arranges cut flowers Florist

A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor Genealogy

The therapeutic use of sunlight Heliotherapy

The art or practice of garden cultivation and management Horticulture

One who supervises in the examination hall Invigilator

The theory or philosophy of law Jurisprudence

A person who compiles dictionaries Lexicographer

The scientific study of the structure and diseases of teeth Odontology

One who presents a radio programme Radio Jockey

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing Rhetoric

The branch of science concerned with the origin, structure, and composition of rocks Petrology

One who study the elections and trends in voting Psephologist

An artist who makes sculptures. Sculptor

The scientific study of the behaviour, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of
Zoology
animals

Important One Word Substitution for “Spot/ Venue”

PHRASE ONE WORD


A collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place,
Archives
institution, or group of people

A large cage, building, or enclosure for keeping birds in Aviary

A building where animals are butchered Abattoir

A place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives Apiary

A building containing tanks of live fish of different species Aquarium

A place or scene of activity, debate, or conflict Arena

A collection of weapons and military equipment Arsenal

An institution for the care of people who are mentally ill Asylum

A hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a rabbit, as a dwelling Burrow

A collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place Cache

A public room or building where gambling games are played Casino

A large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard Cemetery

A room in a public building where outdoor clothes or luggage may be left Cloakroom

A place where a dead person’s body is cremated Crematorium

a Christian community of nuns living together under monastic vows Convent

Nursery where babies and young children are cared for during the working day Creche

A stoppered glass container into which wine or spirit is decanted Decanter

A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution Dormitory

The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree Drey

A room or building equipped for gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise Gymnasium
A storehouse for threshed grain Granary

A large building with an extensive floor area, typically for housing aircraft. Hangar

A box or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for keeping rabbits or other small
Hutch
domesticated animals

A place in a large institution for the care of those who are ill Infirmary

A small shelter for a dog Kennel

A place where wild animal live Lair

A place where coins, medals, or tokens are made Mint

A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition Menagerie

A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows Monastery

A place where bodies are kept for identification Morgue

A piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees Orchard

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply Reservoir

A small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and another dirty
Scullery
household work

A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword Sheath

A room or building for sick children in a boarding school Sanatorium

A place where animal hides are tanned Tannery

A large, tall cupboard in which clothes may be hung or stored Wardrobe


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One Word Substitution PDF for “Government/ Systems”

PHRASE ONE WORD

A state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling


Anarchy
systems

A form of government in which power is held by the nobility Aristocracy

A system of government by one person with absolute power Autocracy

A self-governing country or region Autonomy

A system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials
Bureaucracy
rather than by elected representatives

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state,
Democracy
typically through elected representatives

A state, society, or group governed by old people Gerontocracy

A state or country run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens Kakistocracy

Government by new or inexperienced hands Neocracy

Government by the populace Ochlocracy

A small group of people having control of a country or organization Oligarchy

Government by the wealthy Plutocracy

Government not connected with religious or spiritual matters Secular

A form of government with a monarch at the head Monarchy


A political system based on government of men by God Thearchy

New One Word Substitution for “Fear/ Phobia”

PHRASE ONE WORD

An extreme or irrational fear of heights Acrophobia

An irrational fear of fresh air or drafts of air Aerophobia

Fear of being egotistical, being alone or isolated Autophobia

A phobia of pain Algophobia

An abnormal fear of heights Altophobia

An emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat Anorexia

An extreme or irrational fear of open or public places Agoraphobia

An abnormal and persistent fear of depths Bathophobia

Fear or hatred of books Bibliophobia

Fear of ugliness and things that are ugly Cacophobia

A dislike of being in the centre Centrophobia

An extreme fear about beauty Cellophobia

Fear of time Chronophobia

Fear of dogs Cynophobia

An extreme or irrational fear of confined places Claustrophobia

A delusion of being possessed by evil spirits Demonomania


An abnormal and persistent fear of drinking alcohol Dipsophobia

An abnormal and persistent fear of work or finding employment Ergophobia

Fear of getting married, being in a relationship, or commitment Gamophobia

Physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse Genophobia

Fear of old age Geraphobia

Fear of knowledge Gnosiophobia

Fear of women Gynaephobia

Fear of writing or handwriting Graphophobia

An irrational and intense fear of travel Hodophobia

An excessive fear or aversion to obtaining pleasure Hedonophobia

Fear of disease Haemetophobia

An obsessive fear of words Logophobia

An extreme fear of wind or drafts Menemophobia

An extreme or irrational fear of the night or of darkness Nyctophobia

Fear of medication Pharamacophobia

Fear of death Thanatophobia

Extreme superstition regarding the number thirteen Triskaidekaphobia

All One Word Substitution for “Murder/ Death”

PHRASE ONE WORD


A solemn procession, especially for a funeral Cortege

A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead Elegy

A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died Epitaph

Killing of one’s son or daughter Filicide

Destruction or abortion of a fetus Foeticide

Killing of one’s brother or sister Fratricide

Killing of a large group of people Genocide

Killing of one person by another Homicide

Killing of infants Infanticide

Burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb Interment

Killing of one’s mother Matricide

A room or building in which dead bodies are kept Mortuary

A news article that reports the recent death of a person Obituary

Killing of a parent or other near relative Parricide

Killing of one’s father Patricide

An examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death Postmortem

Action of killing a king Regicide

Killing of one’s sister Sororicide

Act of intentionally causing one’s own death Suicide

Killing of one’s wife Uxoricide


List of One Word Substitution for “Sound”

PHRASE ONE WORD

The branch of physics concerned with the properties of sound Acoustics

The sound of Alligators Bellow

The sound of Deers Bell

The sound of Crows Caw

The sound of Geese Cackle

The sound of Hens Cluck

The sound of Dolphins Click

The sound of Frogs Croak

The sound of Crickets Creak

The sound of Monkeys Gibber

The sound of Camels Grunt

The sound of Owls Hoot

The sound of Penguins Honk

The sound of Cattle Moo

The sound of Horses Neigh

The sound of Nightingales Pipe

The sound of Ducks Quack

The sound of Parrots Screech


The sound of Rats Squeak

The sound of Birds Twitter

The sound of Elephants Trumpet

The sound of Mosquitoes Whine

List of One Word Substitution for Competitive Exam Related to


“Generic Terms”

PHRASE ONE WORD

An act of abdicating or renouncing the throne Abdication

An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as


Almanac
astronomical data and tide tables

A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that is born in water and breathes with gills Amphibian

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a
Allegory
moral or political one

A statement or proposition on which an abstractly defined structure is based Axiom

A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law Belligerent

An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or
Biopsy
extent of a disease

The action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk Blasphemy

The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence Chronology

A vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change Crusade

Lasting for a very short time Ephemeral


Spoken or done without preparation Extempore

Release someone from a duty or obligation Exonerate

Fond of company Gregarious

Making marks that cannot be removed Indelible

Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong Infallible

Certain to happen Inevitable

A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past Nostalgia

A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases Panacea

A doctrine which identifies God with the universe Pantheism

Excessively concerned with minor details or rules Pedantic

The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own Plagiarism

Safe to drink Potable

The emblems or insignia of royalty Regalia

Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred Sacrilege

A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit Sinecure

A thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event Souvenir

An imaginary ideal society free of poverty and suffering Utopia

Denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace Venial

In exactly the same words as were used originally Verbatim


More than 1000 One Word Substitution
One Word Substitution : A

One Word Sentence


Abdurate Unmouable - stubborn - unyeilding
Aborigines The original inhabitants of a country

Abridge To condense

Absolute Zero The standing point of absolute temperature


Acceterate Cause to move faster
Accilerate Speed up

Acerose Needle shaped

Acess Means of approaching

Acoustics Relating to sound

Acrophobia Pathological fear of high places

Acumen Superior mental acuteness

Adhoc For the purpose

Adolscence A stage of growth between boyhood and youth.


Adulation Excessive devotion
Aerial Living in air

Aeronautics Science of flight of aeroplanes

Aesthetic A love of beauty

Affidavit A written statement given on oath


Affinity Having a natural attention to
Aggravate To make worse
Aglophoble A person who hates England

Agonostic One who thinks that everything is know through god only.

Alimony Money giving to a woman who divorses his husband.

Allegory Description of a subject with symbolical representation to another.

Allusive Having reference to something

Alluvial Sandy soil deposited by running water


Alpinism Mountain climbing

Altimeter Instrument used for measuring altitudes in aircraft.

Altruist One who works for the good of others.

Amateur One who learns a subject as a hobby.

Ammeter Instrument used for measuring the electrical currents in amperes.

Amnesty General pardon of the offenses against gout.

Amoyan Strong and powerful woman.

Amphibian Living/ Operating on land and water.

Amphibious Animals that can be live on land and water.

Ample Adequate or more than dequate - in extent, size etc.

Anachronism Comparing modern persons with ancient persons

Anachronism Something out of its proper time.

Anachronistic A word which can be interpreted in any way.

Anachronistic Set in wrong time or period.

Anaesthetics Drugs causing unconciousness such as chloroform.

Anaesthetist One who gives chloroform to a patient.

Analogy Relation - Relationship

Anarchist One who is out to destroy government

Anarchist One who provokes disorder in a state.

Anatomist One who describes the parts of the human body.

Anatomy Study of sciences relating to the bodily structure of human.

Anile Like a weak old woman.

Animometer Instrument used for measuring the force and velocity of winds.

Annihilate Destroy utterely

Annuity Yearly grant - beings - animals and plants by way of disection.

Annular Ring shaped


Anodyne Pain reliever
Anonymus That which is written without name.
Antagonist Enemy - Antagonism
One who studies history relating to the development of man from
Anthropologist
premetive ages.

Antibiotics Drugs which completely destroys bacteria.

Antiquarian A person who is interested in antiquities.


Aphelion The point in a planet's orbit that tis farthest from the sun.
Apiary a bee house (Contains several hives).
Apirigee A point as above that is nearest to earth.
Apologist One who says sorry (Sorrow) for his mistakes.
Aporhtegm Words spoken by great men.

Apostasy To renounce one's faith or religion.

Apostate One who deserts his religion or principles.


Aqauntie Relating to water
Aquarium A thing where fishes are kept.
Aquatic Living in water

Arbitrator One who is appointed by two parties & decide their difference.

Arboreal Living in trees


Arboriculture Cultivation of trees and vegetables.

Archaeologist One who studies human antiquities.

Archaism Using ancient Languages.

Archeologist One who make a scientific study of human antiquities.


Archipeloge See which has number of small islands.
Archive That what is not in current use.
Aristocracy The rule by nobels.
Arsenal A place where weapons are manufactured and stored.
Articulate To pronounce Clearly.
Astronomy Study of heavenly bodies.
Atheist One who has no belief in god.
Atmosphere The air surrounding the earths.
Audible That which can be heard.
Audiometer Instrument used for measuring the intensity of sound.
Audiophone Instrument used for improving imperfect sense of hearing.
Aurora Australis Southern lights
Aurura Borealis Northern lights.
Autocracy Absolute rule by one person.
Autocrat Who exercises absolute power.
Avairy A building for keeping - rearing and breeding of birds.
Avalanche A heavy mass of snow falling down a hill with great noise.
Avarice Greed - Inordinate desire to gain and hoard wealth.

One Word Substitution : B

One Word Sentence


Ballad A short narrative poem - adopted for writing and sighning.
Science dealing with the motion of projectile like rockets bombs &
Ballistics
shells.

Balmaccan A type of man's overcoat.

Barbarism Mixed Language


Barometer An apparatus used for measuring the atmospheric pressure.
Bellicose Ready to fight.

Benefactor Kindly helper. One who makes a request or endowment.

Benevolent Kind hearted

Bevy Group of girls or women larks. Flocks of quail.

Bibliographer One who writes big books.

Bibliography A list of books with details of authorship, editions, subject etc.

Bibliophile A lover book

Biblophile One who loves the study of books.


Bifurcate Divided into two branches.
Bigamy The crime of having two life partners at a time.

Bilingual Spoken or written in two languages.

Biography Life of a person written by somebody.

Biologist One who studies the science of animals and plants.


Biota Animal and plant life of a religion or period.
Black Box An apparatus which records the fight data of an aeroplane and is also a
voice recorder.
Blackbinding Kidnapping for selling into slavery.

Blasphemer One who speakes evil - Impcous one - irrevirent one.

Blood The process the transfusing blood of one person into blood stream of
Transfusion another person.

Boat Wrighter Wagon maker

Bolo Large single - adged military knife - Machete

Botanist One who studies the science of plants

Boycott To obstain from buying or using


Boycott Unite to punish a person from association.
Brettle Easily broken

Buccal Of the check of the sides of the mouth.

Bureaucracy A gout in which the whole power is vested in officials.

Butcher One whose business to a slaughter cattle for food.


Bygamist One who has two wives.

One Word Substitution : C

One Word Sentence


Cacophonous Harsh or discordant sound.
Cadaver Dead body

Caduceus Emblem of medical profession and US army medical corps.

Caliber Diameter of bore of gun - degree of merit.


Calligraphy Beautiful writing
Calorimeter An instrument used for measuring quantities of heat.

Canon Church law body of principles.

An apparatus used in an internal combustion engine for


Carburator
charging air with petrol

Cardiac Pertaining to the heart

Cardinal Of prime importance


Cardiograph A medical instrument for tracing heat movements.

Caries Dental decay

Describe the habits, merits and demerits of a man by seeing his


Carniology
skull carniologist.

Carnivore
Flesh eater - dogs - cats - lions etc

Carnivorous An animal tht eats human flesh.

Carrion Dead and putrifying flesh

Catastrophe Denotes the last stage of a tradegy.

Celibate One who resolved not to marry.

Centipede An insect with many legs.

Cervine Of deers or the deer family - Deerlike.

Chagrien Vexation from humiliation or disappointment.

Chandlier Candle maker - Merchant - Dealer in supplies and provisions.

Chemotherapy Controls of infections by chemicals.

Chiarascuro Distribution of light and shade in a picture.

Chiromanchy Fortune telling through palm reading - palmistry.

Arrangements of events according to dates or times of


Choronology
occurance.
One who writes the details of transactions which made in a
Chronologer
country.

Chronometer An instrument kept on boardship for measuring accurate time.

It contains a series of lenses arranged to throw on screen an


Cinematograph
enlarged image of photography

Circumlocution A round about way of speaking.

Clarify Make clear.

Classic That which is acclaimed as an excellent work.

Clio Greek muse of history.

Coalesce Grow into one - Blend - unite - fuse.

Coercion Intimidation by threat or duress - forceful - compulsion.

Coeval Of the same age or duration - Contemporary with.


Cognomen Surname or nickname.

Collegues Those who work in the same department.

Colleiny Complete with buildings and work - Caolmines.

Comatose In a coma - Lacking energy - Lethargic.

Comely Pleasing in appearance - fair - pretty.

Commutator Device for reversing direction of electrical current.

Compensation Money given for requisitioned property.

Concatinate Linked together

Concetric Having the same centre.

Conflagrative Combustible - flammable - inflammable

Me who is well versed in any subject a critical judge of any art


Connisseur
particularly fine arts.

Connoisseur Expert in art - the fine arts.

Contagious Disease A disease which spreads by contact.

Contemporary A man living in the same age with another.

Contemporary One who lives at the same time of another

Restrained in regard to desires or passion - especially to sexual


Continent
desires.
Convalescence The gradual recovery from illness.
Converge To meet in a point (Rays & illness).
Cooper Maker of casks or barrels.
Copy-right Exclusive right to publish a book.

Coral reef A chain of rocks laying at or near the sea.

Cosmopolitan One who is free from national limitations.

Costegate Correct by punishing.

Creditor One to whom a debt is owing.

Credulity Trust without proper evidence readiness to believe.

Credulous A person who readily believes others.


Credulous Too ready to believe
Crescograph Instrument used for measuring the growth of plants.
Cresendo Gradual increase in force - volume - loudness.

Crisis Turning point of danger or disease.

Cryogenies Branch of physics dealing with very low temparature.


Cryptograph Secret writing.
Crystallography Science of crystallization.
Cul-De-Sac Dead end
Cygnet Young swan.
Centre of interest - something that strongly attracts attention
Cynosore
by its brilliance.
Cytogenetics Cell formation.
Cytology Dealing with cells.

One Word Substitution : D

One Word Sentence


Debacle Sudden collapse - general break-up - violent rush.
Debtor One who owes money to another.
Decalogue Ten commandments.
Decelerate Slow down.
Defendant One who is sued by the plaintiff.
Got birth and followed principles in a particular caste but telling,
Deism
he is not god.

Deist One who believes in the existence of god.

Delettante An admirer by the people


Deliquisic Become liquide by absorbing moisture from the air - Melt away.
Delittante One who takes up an art - dabbler - a lover of fine arts.
Deluge Anything that overwhelms like a flood - great flood - rain.
Democracy The gout formed by the people.

Demography Science of vital and social statistics.

Demonology Ralating to devils - ghost and other terror things.


Depilate Remove hair from.
Dermotologist One who treates skin diseases.
Desiceate Dry throughly - Remove moisture from.

Despondent High - Spirited - Overflowing with enthusiasm - boiling up.


Is a form of government in which a single entity rules with
Despotism
absolute power.
Detenu One who detained in custody.
Dislectical (s) Logical argumentation.

Dialysis The process for flood purification when the kidneys malfunction.

A state of a person, who is asked to choose one of the two


Dilemna
infavourable things.
Situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable
Dilemna
alternatives - perplexing problem.
Diminish Make or become smaller.
Diminuendo Gradual increase in force.
Dipsomania Irristible craving for alcoholic drinks.
Dissuade Persuade not to do something.
Dividend Sum payable as profit to an individual by a joint stock company.
Domicile A place where one lives permanently.
Dorsal Situated on bank.
Drinker's apparatus Instrument used to help breathing in infantile paralysis.
The origin of electricity in a dynamo is the transformation of
Dynamo
machanical energy into energy.

One Word Substitution : E

One Word Sentence

Earth's Atmosphere
Is covering of air which surrounds of earth.
Ebullient Situated on the abdominal side.
Eccentric That which is not placed centrally.
Ecclisiologist One who studies the science relating to the church.
Eclectric Persons with unusual or odd personality.

Eclogue A pastoral poem.

Study of plants or of animal or of people or of institutions in


Ecology
relation to environment.

Edible That which is fit to be eaten.

Effiminate A person who is a womanish in his habit.


Effiminate One who possess the quantities of woman.
Egoeism Selfishness - opposed to altruism.
Egoism Speaking too much of one self.
Egoist One who speaks using I and me always.
One which rescemes its normal shape and size after the stress
Elastic
is releases.
Electrometer Instrument used for measuring electricity.
Elegiac Expressing sorrow or lamentation.
Elegy A lament for the dead.
Elixir Not clerical.
The ommission from a sentence of a work or words that would
Ellipsis
comple the construction.
Elymology Science relating to the formation and development of words.
Elymology Which discribes the birth of a particular word.
Embeyyle Divert money fraudulently to one's own use.
Emeritus Honourably discharged from service.
Emetic Inducing vomiting - something that induces vomiting.
Emollient Soothing to living tissue.
Empericism Belief based on experience or observation.

Encomuim Formal expression of high praise - eulogy.

Encroach Make inroads on others property.


A disease which becomes prevalent in a particular area on
Endemic
account of its surroundings conditions.
Enduring Long lasting.
Enjoin Direct or order someone to do something.

Enthologist One who studies the science of the variatees of human race.

Entomologist One who studies about insects.


Ephemeral Transitory - short lived - lasting a very short time.
Epicentre (Of Earch Quack) is the point at which earthquake breakout.

Epicure A person who is very fond of sensous enjoyments.

Epicure One who prefers sensual pleasures.


A disease which attackes many people in a particular area in
Epidemic
one time.
Epilogue A poem of speech at the end of the play.
Epilogue A short speech at the end.
Epiphangi An appearance or manifestation.
Equanimity Evenness of mind or temper.
Equigravisphere A point in space where the gravity is constant.
Equine Of horses - horselike - a horse.
Equinox When days and nights are equal (March21 - September).
Esoteric Known only a few - Reconcile.

Spend a hot or dry period in a prolonged state of torpor or


Estivate
dormancy.

Estuary A broad channel formed by joining of the sea and river water.
Ethologist One who studies the science of character.
Etiology Study of causation. The study of the cause of disease.
One who studies derivations of words - history of linguistic
Etymologist
change.

Eulogy Speech or writing that praises - High praise - Encomium.

Euphimism Soften expression.

Euphony Melodious Music

Euphony Pleasant sound.


Euthanasia Mercy killing painless death to relieve suffering.
Euthenics Science of improving the environment.
Exaggerate Describe a thing beyond limits of truth.
This is a outer most zone of the atmosphere and beings at
Exasphere
about 40 miles above earth.
Science dealing with life or possibilities of life existing beyond
Exbiology
the earth.
Exegesis Critical explanation or interpretation.
Exemplary Fit to be
Exercism Slogan to derive or get out of the dragon.

Exodus Departure - Emigration (Usually of a large number of people).

Exonerate Free from blame - Exculpate.

Explicit Fully and clearly expressed.

Extempore Speech delivered without any preparation.

Extinguish To put an end to.


Eymologist One who studies the science and origin of words.
One Word Substitution : F

One Word Sentence


Fanatic One who passes interest in religion.
Fatalism Religion that which believes that god is everything.

Fathom Understand fully - unit of length equal to six feet.

Fathometer Instrument used for measuring the depth of the ocean.

Fauna Animals of a given region or period.

Fealthy Sworn allegance to a lord.

Feduciary Of the relationship between a trustee and his principal.

Fertile That which is productive.


Fetish Amulet object believed to have magic power.
Filly A young female horse.
Fission Cleaving or splitting into parts.
Animals such as birds, sheep and goats keeping together in
Flock
large number.
Flora Plants of a particular region or period.

Flotsom The thing which comes out from sea (Cannot stay in water).

Fluctuating Moving to & fro.


Flux Continuous change - instability - fusion.
Footedpad Robber, who goes on foot.
Formidable That which is heard tobe resisted.
Fortissimo Very loud.

Fragile That which can be easily broken.

Funambulist A rope dancer - who walks on thread.


Funge A class of plants which have no chlorophyll.
Fussion Uniting by metting together.

One Word Substitution : G

One Word Sentence


Galvanize Startle into sudden activity - to coat with zinc.
A glass tube for measuring volume changes in chemical
Galvanometer
reactions between glasses.

Gambrel Type of roof.

Gastronomy Relating to taste (Food taste).


Gender Male goose
Genealogist One who traces the history of the descent of families.

Geneology Heredity, Hereditary

Genocide international distriuction of racial groups.


Genuine Authentic - free from pretense.
Geologist One who studies the internal structure of the earth (crust).

Germicide Medicine that kills germs.

Geysers There are natural hot water springs.


A huge mass of snow moving slowly down the valley and
Glacier
stopes.
Mass of lic. Formed by snow on mountains moving slowly along
Glaciers
valley.
Gnosticism A type of yoga (Gymnastics).
Government Connoisseur of choice food.
Graminuiorous Animals that feed on grass.Animals that feed on grass.
Gregarious Animals living in flocks.
Gynaecologist One who treates femal diseases

One Word Substitution : H

One Word Sentence


Escape of blood to the ruptures of blood vessels inside the
Haemorrhage body.

Hagiology Relating to kings Hagiographic.

Herbivore Plant eater - hoofed mammals.

Herbivorous Animals eating herbs.

Hedonist One who devotes himself to pleasure.

Hiatus Gap - Missing part - Break in continuity - lacuna.


Hibernate To spend the winter in a dormant state.

Hibernation Condition of sleep during certain parts of the year.

Hierarchy Any system of persons or things passed on to other.

Hieroglyphic Pictographic script.

Histrionics Acting - Artificial behaviour or speech done for effect.

Hodge-Podge Heterogeneous mixture - Jumble.

Holocaust A sacrifice totally concerned by fire - Devastation.

Making of true - three dimensional photographs by use of laser


Holography
beams.

Homely Not beautiful - unattractive - plain.

Homogenous Things which are of the same kind and of the same dimensions.

Homologous Corresponding having same or similar relation.

Word pronounced the same as, but different in meaning spelled


Homophone
the same wayhood.

Horologist One who studies the art of clock making.

Horticulture An art of garden cultivation.

Hostage Persons given to another as pledge.

Hullabaloo Clamorous noise or disturbance - Uproar.

Hybrid Anything derived from heterogeneous sources.

Hydraulics Study of water or other liquid in Motion.

Hydrographer One who knows the positions of lands and draws the maps.

Hydrography Description of oceans and lands and the oceans.

Hydrometer Instrument used for measuring the specific gravity of liquids.

Hydrophobia It is usually caused by the bite of mad dog.


Hydrophobia Rabies disease (Dog's bite) disease of water.

Hydrophone Instrument used for recording sound under water.

Culture of plants without soil, with the help of chemical


Hydroponics
solutions containing nutrients.

Hydrostatics Relating to water.

Hydrotropic Turning towards or away from moisture.

Hygrometer Instrument used for measuring humidity in air.

Hymn Song in praise of god.

Hyperbola Curve with two distinct and similar branches.

Hypercriticism Deep criticism.

One Word Substitution : I

One Word Sentence


Ichthyologist An expert in fishes.

Ichthyology Study of fishes.

Iconoclast Destroyer of images attached on traditions.


Iconography Teaching by pictures and models.
Iconolater Worshipper of idols or images.
Favorite - Any person or thing devotedly or excessively
Idol
admired.
Igloo Eskimo home shaped hut or native house.

Igneous Of or about fire produced under intense heat.

Ill-o·mened Ill fated - Unlucky

Illegible That which is incapable of being read.


Illicit Unlicensed - unlawful

Imago an insect in its sexually mature adult state

Immiscible Incapable of being mined.

Immutable Unchangeable - unalterable - changeless.


Implicit Not fully and clearly expressed implied.

Imply Indicate without express statement.


Impregnable That which cannot be taken by force.
Improbable That which is not likely to happen.
Impromptu Made or done without previous preparation - Extemporaneous.
Impenetrable impossible to pass through or enter.
Inattentive Not giving proper attention.
Inaudible That which cannot be heard.
Incarcerate imprison or confine.
Incarnadine Blood red - crimson - flesh coloured - pale pink.

Incinerate Burn - Reduce to ashes.

Incognito Travelling under a name other than one's own.


Incombustible Not inflammable
Incompatible Persons who cannot work or live together in harmony.
Incomprehensible That which cannot be understood.
Iconoclast A destroyer of images.
Incorrigible Incapable of being corrected.
Incorruptible very honest : incapable of being corrupted
Incredible That which cannot be believed.
Incriminate Change with a crime or fault.
Incumbent Holding of an office - obligatory.
Indescribable That which is impossible to describe adequately.
Inescapable That which cannot escaped from.
Inevitable Sometimes which cannot fail to come to pass.
Inexplicable That which cannot be explained.
Infallible Incable of making mistakes
Infanticide Murder or infants.

Infections That (disease) which is liable to spread.

Inflammable That which sets on fire easily.

Inimitable That which cannot be.

Insolation The sun's energy

Insoluble That which cannot be dissolved in liquid.


Insomnia Loss of sleep.

Inhalation taking air into lungs - stimulus.

Insurmountable too great to be overcome.

Interdiction Prohibition prevention from participation in certain sacred acts.

Interjection A word exclamation

Internist Medical student receiving training in a hospital.

Intractable That which cannot be controlled easily.

Invertebrate Without a backbone - without strength of characters.

Invincible That which cannot be defeated.

Invulnerable Incapable of being wounded.

Ionosphere The layer of the earth's atmosphere which contains a high


concentration of ions and free electrons.
Irrevocable A decision on which one cannot go back.

Isobel Is a contour lines of equal rainfall.

A line on a map connecting points having the same amount of


Isohyets rainfall in a given period.

Isthmus A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses.

Itinerate One who journeys from place to place

One Word Substitutions - J

One Word Sentence

Judicious Characterised by good judgement - wise - sensible.

Jurispredence Science of law.

Jurist Judge one who is genius in Justice.

Jaywalk To cross streets on foot in a careless and dangerous way.


Joey A young kangaroo

One Word Substitutions - K

Kennel Dog House or Shelter for Dogs

Kleptomania A person who has irreristible impulse to steal.

Kimono A loose gown of silk as worn in Japan.

Knighthood The right to put ‘Sir’ in front of one’s name.

One Word Substitutions - L

Lackey One who behaves like a servant by always obeying.

Laminate To cover with thin sheets of metal or plastic

Legible Capable of being read clearly.

Leonine Of or like a lion

Lexicographer One who complies dictionaries

Libertarian One who believes that one should have freedom of expression.

Literati People with knowledge of literature.

Loquacious One who talks a lot.

Lowbrow One who has no interest in literature, art etc.

Lexicologist One who studies the history and meaning of words.

Linguist One who studies the science of languages.

Lithologist One who studies the science of rocks and minerates.

Lithotomist One who removes the stones from penis (Lethotomy).

Limerick A humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba.

Lullaby A quiet, gentle song sung to send a child to sleep.

One Word Substitutions - M


Magnify To make anything appears larger.

Manometer Instrument used for determining the pressure of a glass.

Machete A knife with a broad heavy blade.

Magnum Opus A great work of art, particularly literary.

Malediction Evil, vicious speech.

Manual A book giving instructions or information.

Manuscript Handwritten script of a book.

Martinet A strict disciplinarian.

Mascot Something chosen as a symbol to bring good luck.

Masochist One who enjoys pain or humiliation.

Microscope Instrument used for magnifying minute object by lens systems.

Misanthrope One who hates all mankind.

Miscegenation Marriage between different races

Misogamist One who hates women.

Misogymist One who hates marriage.

Misologist A hater of learning and knowledge

Moralist One who tells about moral.

Mortuary A building where dead bodies are kept.

Mediocre One who is neither intelligent nor dull.

Melodious Sweet Sounding.

Mercantile Of trade and business

Meteorology The scientific study of weather conditions.

Meticulous A person who is very careful about details.

Militia Those trained as soldiers but not belonging to a regular army.

Monomaniac One who keeps thinking of one particular thing only.

Monotheism The practice of worshipping only one god.


Multinational A company having branches in many countires.

Mycology The scientific study of fungi.

One Word Substitutions - N

Narcissism The habit of always admiring oneself

Notorious A person with an evil reputation.

Numismatics Science of coins or medals.

Nausea Strong feeling of wanting to vomit.

Nautical of or concerning navigation, sailors, or the sea; maritime.

Nemesis Downfall that satisfies natural justice.

Neologism A new word.

Nepotism Undue favour shown by a person in power to his relatives.

Notary A public official who makes written statements official

One Word Substitutions - O

Obsolote A thing no longer in use.

Omnivorous An animal or a human being that eats any kind of food.

Ornithology Study of Birds

Opaque That through which light cannot pass.

Obituary Notice of a person's death in a newspaper.

Obligatory That which required to be done by law.

Omnipotent One who is all powerful.

Omniscient One who know everything.


Omnivorous One who eats anything.

Ontology Philosophy concerned with the nature of existence

Opthalmologist An eye-doctor

Optometrist A technician who measures your eyesight.

One Word Substitutions - P

Pachyderm A thick-skinned animal, especially an elephant or rhinoceros.

Pacifist A Person who oppose war or use of military force

Parasite A person supported by another and giving him/her nothing in return.

Philistine One who does not care for art, literature etc.

Plagiarist One who copies from other writers.

Platonic A relationship that is purely spiritual and not physical.

Plutocracy A Government by the rich.

Postscript A short message added on to the end of a letter after the signature

Potable Safe drinking water.

Pseudonym To write under a different name.

Paleography The study of ancient writing.

The study of fossils.

Palaeontology

Panacea A remdy which can cure all diseases.

Paradox Contradictory statement.

Pariah One who is not accepted by society

Patent Sole right to make and sell one's own invention.

Paunch A man's fat stomach.


One who exhibits his book learning

Pedant

Penultimate Last but one.

Perquisite Gain over and above one's salary.

Petrology The scientific study of rocks.

Philistine Person of material outlook who is indifferent to culture.

Philologist Onesho is well versed in the science of languages

Pigment The natural colouring mater of plants and animals

Plaintiff One who bring a charge against someone in court

Plebeian Of the lower social classes.

Polyandry The practise of having more than one husband at the same time.

Polygamy The practice of having more than one husband or wife at the same time.

Polyglot One who speaks many languages.

Polygraphy A lie-detector.

Posthumous A child born after the death of its father.

Pragmatist One who uses common sense.

Prescient Able to foretell what will happen in future.

Profile A side view of someone's head.

Propellant An explosive for firing a bullet or a rocket.

Pulimonary Of or having an effect on the lungs.

Pyrotechnics The art of making fireworks

One Word Substitutions - Q

Quack One who dishonestly claims to have knowledge and skill, esp. in medicine.

Quarantine Confinement to one place to prevent spread of infection.

Trying to do the impossible, usually to help others, while putting oneself into
Quixotic danger.
One Word Substitutions - R

Renegade One who deserts his principles, country or party

Raconteur One who is good at telling stories or who tells anecdotes

Rapport A good relationship between two people.

Receptive Capable of receiving new ideas.

Red Tapism Excessive use of official formalities which causes unnecessary delay.

Reflation A government policy of increasing the amount of money in circulation.

Refugee One who takes refuge in a foreign country

Reinforce Strengthen by additional men or material.

Reinstate Put back in a former station or condition.

Renaissance A renewal of interest in art, literature etc.

Requisition An official demand or request.

Retribution A severe deserved punishment.

Ringleader One who leads others to do wrong or make trouble.

Rodent A small herbivore usually considered a pest..

Ruminant A cud-chewing animal

Russophile An admirer of the Russian people, language, manners or way of life.

Russophobe One who dislikes the Russians and Russia.

One Word Substitutions - S

Sacrilege Violation of something holy and sacred

Scavenger A person who searches for and collects discarded items.

Stoic A person who can endure pain or hardship without complaining.

A long, thin line or mark of a different substance or colour from its


Streak surroundings.

Surreal Resembling a dream.

Wanton destruction of a plant by workmen ; Wanton destruction especially of a


Sabotage factory, etc. by dissatisfied workers.
A hospital esp, for tuberculosis patients and convalescents. ; A place for invalids
Sanatorium and convalescents.

Sanctimonious Making a show of piety.

Scaffold A structure on which criminals used to be hanged.

Sceptic Person who doubts the truth of what he is told.

Scuba An instrument used for breathing when swimming under water.

Sculptor One who carves in stone, metal, wood, etc.

Sedentary Done while sitting down.

Seer One who can see into the future.

Sensationalism The intentional producing of excitement or shock.

Septuagenarian One in his seventies.

Silhouette Black shadow-like picture on white background.

Simultaneous happening or done at the same time

Simultaneously Taking place or happening at the same time.

Sinecure Any office with good salary but no work.

Sinophile An admirer of the Chinese people, language, manners or way of life.

Sinophobe One who dislikes the Chinese and China.

Small Fry Unimportant people.

Snippet A small piece from something spoken or written.

Sojourn A short stay at a place.

Somnambulist One who walk in his sleep

Spendthrift One who spends too much

Spinster An unmarried woman.

Stale Something which is not fresh.

Stampede A sudden rush of a large number of frightened people or animals.

Stellar Of the stars.


Stockbroker One who buys and sell shares for others.

Stratagem A trick to deceive an enemy.

Stringent Very strict.

A subject which cannot be publicly discussed because it is being considered by a


Sub Judice court of law.

Subcutaneous Beneath the skin.

Subsidy Money paid by a government to make prices lower.

Subversive Attempting to weaken or overthrow authority.

Superannuated Too old for work.

Superfluous More than is needed

Surgeon One who treats diseases by Operations

Symposium Collection of views of several persons on a topic.

Synonym A word with the same meaning as another.

One Word Substitutions - T

A lifelike representation of a famous scene by a group of people who do not


Tableau move or speak.

Taboo An act which religion or custom regards as forbidden.

The art of preparing, stuffing and mounting the skins of animals, birds and fish.
Taxidermy ; The art of stuffing animals and setting them in life-like poses.

Technocrat A specialist in technology.

One who doesn’t consume alchoholic drinks; One who abstains from all kinds of
Teetotaller alcoholic drinks.

Terminate Come or bring to an end.

Theist One who believes in the existence of God.

Theocracy Government by priests.

Thesaurus Lexicon, esp, a collection of words

Timber Wood cut down for building etc.

Topiary The art of trimming trees and bushes to decorative shapes.


Topography The art of representing the physical features of a place on a map.

One who betrays his friends, ruler, country, etc. or One who is disloyal to his
Traitor country.

Transmigration Belief that the soul passes at death into another body.

Translucent Light can partly pass through.

Transparent Light can pass through.

Tyrant A ruler with complete power who rules cruelly.

One Word Substitutions - U

Utopia An imaginary ideal state

Ultimatum final proposal of terms given by one party to another.

Unanimous A decision taken by the votes of all.

Undertaker A tradesman who manages funerals.

One Word Substitutions - V

Venial A pardonable Offense

Vagabond One who lives a wanderling life.

Virtuoso One who is highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit.

Valetudinarian One who is overanxious about one’s health.

Verbatim Word for word

Versatile Of many sided ability

Veterinarian One skilled in the treatment of diseases of animals.

Vicarious Done for another

Volunteer One who takes part in an enterprise of his own free will

One Word Substitutions - W

Wanton Recklessly inconsiderate

Warren A place for breeding or preserving rabbits


Widower A man whose wife is dead

Winnow To separate the husks from the grain

Wizard A man who has magical powers.

One Word Substitutions - X

Xenomanic A person having an excessive attachment to foreign living.

Xenophobia Fear of strangers.

One Word Substitutions - Z

Zoo A place where many kinds of animals are kept for show.

Zoology Study of animals

200 Most Important One Word Substitution For Competitive Exams

1. Audience – a number of people listening to a lecture


2. Altruist – one, who considers the happiness and well-being of others first
3. Atheist – a person who does not believe in God
4. Anthropologist – one, who studies the evolution of mankind
5. Autocracy – government by one person
6. Autobiography – the life history of a person written by himself
7. Amputate – to cut off a part of a person’s body which is infected
8. Arsenal – a place for ammunition and weapons
9. Archives – a place where government or public records are kept
10. Amateur – a man who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession

11. Aristocracy – government by the nobles


12. Aquatic – animals/plants ere which live in water
13. Amphibian – animals which live both on land and sea
14. Ambidexter – one, who can use either hand with ease
15. Alimony – allowance paid to wife on legal separation
16. Anthology – a collection of poems
17. Abdication – voluntary giving up of throne in favour of someone
18. Arbitrator – a person, appointed by two parties to solve a dispute
19. Astronomer – a person, who studies stars, planets and other heavenly bodies
20. Astrologer – a person who studies the influence of heavenly bodies on human beings
21. Anthology – a collection of poems
22. Axiom – a statement which is accepted as true without proof
23. Agenda – a list of headings of the business to be transacted at a meeting
24. Anarchist – one, who is out to destroy all governance, law and order
25. Almanac – an annual calender with positions of stars
26. Bigamy – the practice of having two wives or husbands at a time
27. Bibliophile – a lover and collector of books
28. Bouquet – a collection of flowers
29. Bureaucracy – government by the officials
30. Belligerent – a person, nation that is involved in war
31. Biennial – an event which happens once in two years
32. Blasphemy – the act of speaking disrespectfully about sacred things
33. Creche – a nursery where children are cared for while their parents are at work
34. Cosmopolitan – a person who regards whole world as his country
35. Chauffeur – one, who is employed to drive a motor car
36. Curator – a person incharge of a museum
37. Carnivorous – one, who lives on flesh
38. Cannibal – one, who feeds on human flesh

39. Contemporaries – belonging to or living at the same time


40. Cloak room – a place for luggage at railway station
41. Cynosure – centre of attraction
42. Connoisseur – a critical judge of any art and craft
43. Crusade – a religious war
44. Choreographer – one, who teaches dancing
45. Cacographist – a person, who is bad in spellings
46. Calligraphist – a person, who writes beautiful handwriting
47. Cynic – one, who sneers at the aims and beliefs of his fellow men
48. Convalescent – one, who is recovering health
49. Cavalry – soldiers, who fight on horse back
50. Cardiologist – a person, who is specialist in heart diseases
51. Cartographer – one, who draws maps
52. Dormitory – the sleeping rooms with several beds especially in a college or institution
53. Drawn – a game that results neither in victory nor in defeat
54. Elegy – a poem of lamentation
55. Epitaph – words which are inscribed on the grave or the tomb in the memory of the buried
56. Ephemeral – lasting one day
57. Effeminate – a person who is womanish
58. Emigrant – a person who leaves his own country and goes to live in another
59. Edible – fit to be eaten

60. Egotism – practice of talking too much about oneself


61. Encyclopaedia – a book that contains information on various subjects
62. Epicure – one, who is devoted to the pleasure of eating and drinking
63. Florist – one, who deals-in flowers
64. Fastidious – one, who is very -selective in one’s taste
65. Fanatic or Bigot – one, who is filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm in religious
matters
66. Fatal – causing death
67. Fatalist – one, who believes in fate
68. Facsimile – an exact copy of handwriting, printing etc
69. Fauna – the animals of a certain region
70. Flora – the plants of a particular region
71. Fratricide – murder of brother
72. Fugitive – one, who runs away from justice or the law
73. Fragile – easily broken
74. Feminist – one, who works for the welfare of the women
75. Granary – a place for grains
76. Genocide – murder of race
77. Gregarious – animals which live in flocks
78. Hangar – a place for housing aeroplanes
79. Hive – a place for bees
80. Horticulture – the art of cultivating and managing gardens
81. Homicide – murder of man
82. Hearse – a vehicle which is used to carry a dead body
83. Hedonist – one, who believes that pleasure is the chief good (sensual)
84. Horizon – a line at which the earth and the sky seem to meet
85. Honorary – holding office without any remuneration
86. Heretic – one, who acts against religion
87. Herbivorous – one, who lives on herbs
88. Insolvent/Bankrupt – a person who is unable to pay his debts
89. Inaudible – a sound that cannot be heard
90. Inaccessible – that cannot be easily approached
91. Incorrigible – incapable of being corrected
92. Irreparable – incapable of being repaired
93. Illegible – incapable of being read

94. Inevitable – incapable of being avoided


95. Impracticable – incapable of being practised
96. Immigrant – a person who comes to one country from another in order to settle there
97. Invincible – one, too strong to be overcome
98. Indelible – that cannot be erased
99. Incognito – travelling under another name than one’s own
100. Indefatigable – one, who does not tire easily
101. Infallible – one, who is free from all mistakes and failures
102. Invigilator – one, who supervises in the examination hall
103. Itinerant – one, who journeys from place to place
104. Infirmary – a home or room used for ill or injured people
105. Infanticide – murder of an infant
106. Infantry – soldiers, who fight on foot
107. Inflammable – liable to catch fire easily
108. Interregnum – a period of interval between two reigns or governments
109. Kennel – a place for dogs
110. Lunatic asylum – a home for lunatics
111. Lexicographer – one, who compiles a dictionary
112. Loquacious – one, who talks continuously
113. Linguist – one, who is skilled in foreign languages
114. Lapidist – one, who cuts precious stones
115. Misanthrope – a hater of mankind
116. Misogamist – one, who hates marriage

117. Mortuary – a place, where dead bodies are kept for post mortem
118. Mercenery – working only for the sake of money
119. Matricide – murder of mother
120. Martyr – one, who dies for a noble cause
121. Maiden speech – the first speech delivered by a person
122. Mint – a place where coins are made
123. Misogynist – a hater of womankind
124. Morgue – a place, where dead bodies are kept for identification
125. Mammals – animals which give milk
126. Monogamy – the practice of marrying one at a time
127. Missionary – a person, who is sent to propagate religion
128. Numismatics – the study of coins
129. Namesake – a person having same name as another
130. Nostalgia – a strong desire to return home, home sickness
131. Novice or Tyro – one, new to anything, inexperienced
132. Narcotic – a medicine for producing sleep
133. Optimist – a person who looks at the brighter side of things
134. Orphan – one, who has lost parents
135. Omnipresent – one, who is present everywhere
136. Omnipotent – one, who is all powerful

137. Omniscient – one, who knows everything


138. Opaque – that which cannot be seen through
139. Obituary – an account in the newspaper of the funeral of the one deceased
140. Orphanage – a home for orphans
141. Obstetrician – one, who is skilled in midwifery
142. Ostler – one, who looks after horses at an inn
143. Omnivorous – one, who eats everything
144. Pessimist – a person who looks at the darker side of things
145. Potable – fit to drink
146. Post mortem – an examination of dead body
147. Philanthropist – a lover of mankind
148. Patricide – murder of father 149. Philatelist – one, who collects stamps
150. Plagiarism – literary theft or passing off an author’s original work as one’s own
151. Polygamy – the practice of marrying more than one wife at a time
152. Polyandry – the practice of marrying more than one husband at a time
153. Philogynist – a lover of womankind
154. Plebiscite – (a decision made by) votes of all qualified citizens
155. Philanderer – one, who amuses himself by love making
156. Philistine – one who does not care for art and literature
157. Plutocracy – government by the rich
158. Pseudonym – an imaginary name assumed by an author for disguise
159. Posthumous – a child born after the death of his father or the book published after the death of
the writer
160. Panacea – a remedy for all diseases
161. Paediatrician – a person, who is specialist in child diseases
162. Platitude – ordinary remarks often repeated
163. Pedant – one, who makes a vain display of his knowledge
164. Polyglot – one, who speaks many languages
165. Paleography – the study of ancient writing
166. Posse – a number of policemen called to quell a riot
167. Parole – pledge given by a prisoner for temporary release, not to escape
168. Pedestrian – one, who goes on foot
169. Portable – that can be carried easily
170. Quarantine – an act of separation from other persons to avoid infection
171. Rhetoric – the art of elegant speech or writing
172. Regicide – murder of King or Queen
173. Sacrilege – violating or profaning religious things/places
174. Sculptor – one, who cuts in stones
175. Suicide – murder of oneself
176. Stable – a place for horses
177. Somnambulist – a person, who walks in sleep
178. Somniloquist – a person, who talks in sleep
179. Souvenir – a thing kept as a reminder of a person, place or event
180. Swan song – the last work (literary) of a writer
181. Sot, Toper – one, who is a habitual drunkard
182. Sinecure – a job with high salary but little responsibility
183. Stoic – a person, who is indifferent to pleasure and pain and has control over his passions
184. Sanatorium – a place for the sick to recover health
185. Sororicide – murder of sister
186. Triennial – an event which happens once in three years
187. Truant – a person/student who absents himself from class or duty without permission
188. Teetotaller – one, who does not take any intoxicating drink
189. Transparent – that which can be seen through
190. Theocracy – government by religious principles
191. Uxorious – one extremely fond of one’s wife
192. Utopia – an imaginary perfect social and political system
193. Uxoricide – murder of wife
194. Verbatim – repetition of speech or writing word for word
195. Volunteer – one, who offers one’s services
196. Virgin – a woman who has no sexual experience

197. Versatile – interested in and clever at many different things


198. Veteran – one, who has a long experience of any occupation
199. Venial – a fault that may be forgiven
200. Wardrobe – a place for clothes

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