One Word Substitutes

1	A PERSON WHO LOVES EVERYBODY			ALTRUIST
2	A PERSON WHO DOES THINGS ONLY FOR PLEASURE			AMATEUR
3	A PERSON WHO WANTS TO CREATE LAWLESSNESS IN THE STATE			ANARCHIST
4	A PLACE WHERE WEAPONS AND AMMUNITIONS ARE STORED			ARSENAL
5	A LETTER WHICH DOES NOT BEAR THE NAME OF ITS WRITER			ANONYMOUS
6	A PERSON WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD			ATHEIST
7	A MEDICINE TO COUNTERACT THE EFFECT OF A POISON			ANTIDOTE
8	A MEDICINE THAT PREVENTS DECOMPOSING			ANTISEPTIC
9	A GOVERNMENT RUN BY THE NOBILITY			ARISTOCRACY
10	A PERSON WHO IS SKILLED IN THE SCIENCE OF THE CELESTICAL BODIES:			ASTRONOMER
11	A LIFE HISTORY OF A PERSON WRITTEN BY SELF			AUTOBIOGRAPHY
12	AN ASSEMBLY OF LISTENERS			AUDIENCE
13	A GOVERNMENT WHERE THE POWERS ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE HANDS OF ONE PERSON			AUTOCRACY
14	A PERSON WHO CANNOT PAY HIS DEBTS			BANKRUPT
15	ONE WHO IS ENGAGED IN FIGHTING A BATTLE OR WAR			BELLIGERENT
16	A LIFE STORY OF A PERSON WRITTEN BY ANOTHER PERSON			BIOGRAPHY
17	A LOVER OF BOOKS			BIBLIOPHILE
18	THE STATE OF HAVING TWO WIVES OR HUSBANDS AT THE SAME TIME			BIGAMY
19	A PERSON BLINDLY ATTACHED TO ANY OPINION SYSTEM OR PARTY			BIGOT
20	A PERSON WHO IS SKILLED IN THE SCIENCE THAT TREATS OF THE LIFE OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS			BIOLOGIST
21	ONE WHO IS IRREVERENT TOWARDS GOD			BLASPHEMOUS
22	ONE WHO IS WELL VERSED IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF PLANTS AND VEGETABLES ,			BOTANIST
23	A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH ALL THE POWERS ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE HANDS OF THE OFFICERS			BUREAUCRACY
24	A PERSON WHO EATS HUMAN FLESH			CANNIBAL
25	A LIST OF BOOKS			CATALOGUE
26	A PERSON WHO IS WELL VERSED IN THE MATTERS RELATING TO HEART			CARDIOLOGIST
27	AN ANIMAL WHICH EATS FLESH			CARNIVOROUS
28	THE STATE OF BEING UNMARRIED UNDER A VOW			CELIBACY
29	A PERSON WHO PRACTICES CELIBACY			CELIBATE
30	A MORBID FEAR OF CONFINED SPACES			CLAUSTROPHOBIA
31	HACKNEYED PHRASES OR OFTEN USED WORDS OR STEREO-TYPE PHRASES			CLICHE
32	A PERSON WHO IS COMPETENT TO PASS CRITICAL JUDGEMENT UPON ANYTHING			CONNOISSEUR
33	AN ASSOCIATE IN AN OFFICE OR INSTITUTION			COLLEAGUE
34	A PERSON WHO IS FREE FROM NATIONAL PREJUDICES OR WHO CONSIDES HIMSELF AS A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD			COSMOPOLITAN
35	A PERSON LIVING AT THE SAME TIME AS ANOTHER			CONTEMPORARY
36	A PERSON WHO IS TOO READY TO BELIEVE			CREDULOUS
37	A LETTER WHICH NOT CLAIMED BY ANYONE			DEAD LETTER
38	A LANGUAGE WHICH IS NO LONGER IN USE			DEAD LANGUAGE
39	A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE			DEMOCRACY
40	ONE WHO IS WELL VERSED IN THE SCIENCE WHICH TREATS OF THE SKIN AND ITS DISEASES			DERMATOLOGIST
41	AN ADMIRER OF OR DABBLER IN FINE ARTS			DILETTANTE
42	A BATTLE OR A MATCH IN WHICH NEITHER PARTY WINS			DRAW
43	A PLACE WHERE ONE LIVES PERMANENTLY			DOMICILE
44	A THING FIT TO BE EATEN			EDIBLE
45	A MAN WHO IS HAVING THE QUALITIES OF A WOMAN			EFFIMINATE
46	A PERSON WHO IS IN LOVE WITH HIMSELF OR SELF CENTERED			EGOIST
47	ONE WHO IS GIVEN TO SENSUAL PLEASURES OR ENJOYMENT			EPICUREAN
48	A SPEECH MADE WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS PREPARATION			EXTEMPORE
49	ONE WHO IS AFFECTED BY EXCESSIVE ENTHUSIASM ESPECIALY IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS			FANATIC
50	ONE WHO CANNOT BE EASILY PLEASED			FASTIDIOUS
51	A DISEASE (OR ACCIDENT) WHICH ENDS IN DEATH			FATAL
52	ONE WHO FIRMLY BELIEVES IN FATE OR DESTINY			FATALIST
53	A SUPPORTER OF THE CAUSE OF WOMEN			FEMINIST
54	THE MURDER OF A BROTHER			FRATRICIDE
55	WITHOUT PAYMENT OR FREE OF COST			GRATIS
56	THE HABIT OF TALKING TOO MUCH			GARRULITY
57	DELIBERATE EXTERMINATION OR KILLING OF A WHOLE RACE			GENOCIDE
58	A MEDICINE THAT KILLS GERMS			GERMICIDE
59	ONE WHO IS WELL VERSED IN THE SCIENCE OF FEMALE AILMENTS			GYNAECOLOGIST
60	ANIMALS LIVING ON PLANTS			HERBIVOROUS
61	THE KILLIING OF ONE MAN BY ANOTHER MAN			HOMICIDE
62	A WORD WHICH AGREES WITH ANOTHER IN PRONOUNCIATION AND ALSO IN SPELLING BUT IS DIFFERENT IN CONNOTATION			HOMONYM
63	AN OFFICE FOR WHICH NO SALARY IS PAID			HONORARY
64	ONE WHO ENTERTAINS HIS GUESTS WELL			HOSPITABLE
65	ONE WHO HAS EXAGGERATED ANXIETY ABOUT ONE'S HEALTH			HYPOCHONDRIAC
66	ONE WHO LACKS KNOWLEDGE		IGNORANT
67	THAT WHICH IS CONTRARY TO LAW		ILLEGAL
68	A HANDWRITING WHICH CANNOT BE EASILY READ		ILLEGIBLE
69	ONE WHO IS UNABLE TO READ AND WRITE		ILLITERATE
70	ONE WHO COMES TO SETTLE IN A COUNTRY		IMMIGRANT
71	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE ATTACKED OR TAKEN BY FORCE		IMPREGNABLE
72	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE PASSED THROUGH		IMPASSABLE
73	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE PUT INTO PRACTICE		IMPRACTICABLE
74	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE PIERCED THROUGH		IMPENETRABLE
75	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE APPROACHED OR REACHED		INACCESSIBLE
76	THAT WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE OR CREDIBLE		IMPROBABLE
77	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE HEARD		INAUDIBLE
78	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE CORRECTED		INCORRIGIBLE
79	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE BELIEVED	INCREDIBLE
80	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE CURED	INCURABLE
81	ONE WHO IS INCAPABLE OF BEING TIRED	INDEFATIGABLE
82	INCAPABLE OF BEING EFFACED, OR CANCELLED OR OBLITERATED	INDELIBLE
83	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE EXPLAINED	INEXPLICABLE
84	ONE WHO IS UNRELENTING AND CANNOT BE MOVED BY ENTREATIES	INEXORABLE
85	ONE WHO IS NOT LIABLE TO COMMIT MISTAKES OR ERRORS	INFALLIABLE
86	CAPABLE OF CATCHING FIRE OR COMBUSTIBLE	INFLAMMABLE
87	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE IMITATED	INIMITABLE
88	THAT WHICH IS QUITE HARMLESS	INNOCUOUS
89	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE CONQUERED OR DEFEATED	INVINCIBLE
90	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE DESCRIBED	INDESCRIBABLE
91	THAT WHICH IS FOUND TO HAPPEN	INEVITABLE
92	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE SOLVED	INSOLUBLE
93	THAT WHICH CANNOT BE MADE GOOD OR REPAIRED	IRRERAPARABLE
94	ONE WHO KNOWS SEVERAL LANGUAGES	LINGUIST
95	A PERSON WHO TALKS TOO MUCH	LOQUACIOUS
96	A PERSON'S FIRST PUBLIC SPEECH	MAIDEN SPEECH
97	A PAPER WRITTEN BY HAND	MANUSCRIPT
98	A HIRED SOLDIER WHO FIGHTS FOR THE SAKE OF MONEY	MERCENARY
99	A MURDERER OF ONE'S MOTHER	MATRICIDE
100	A PERSON WHO IS TOO CAREFUL FOR DETAILS	METICULOUS

Assignment -1
Directions: Select the single word or phrase which means most

1. An office with pay but little responsibility
   (a) sinecure
   (b) presidency
   (c) factotum
   (d) plutocracy
   
2. A group of small ships
   (a) archipelago
   (b) fleet
   (c) flotilla
   (d) tugs
   
3. A person in the habit of pointing out others' faults
   (a) interloper
   (b) officious
   (c) gossamer
   (d) gadfly
   
4. The study of handwriting as a guide to character
   (a) forensic
   (b) graffiti
   (c) hieroglyphics
   (d) graphology
   
5. A long boring speech
   (a) horology
   (b) harangue
   (c) valediction
   (d)filibuster
   
6. Accidental solving of a crime
   (a) investigation
   (b) detection
   (c) sixth-sense
   (d) serendipity
   
7. A commonplace and unoriginal statement
   (a) witticism
   (b) preamble
   (c)prevarication
   (d) platitude
   
8. Mutual loyalty among group members
   (a) etiquette
   (b) homogeneity
   (c)Spirited corp
   (d) rendezous
   
9. Poetry that is silly
   (a) observe
   (b) doggerel
   (c) dirge
   (d) limerick
   
10. Inscription on a grave
    (a) epigram
    (b) oration
    (c) obituary
    (d) epitaph
    
11. A place where bees are kept
    (a) aviary
    (b) artifice
    (c) diadem
    (d) apiary
    
12. Something short-lived
    (a) ephemeral
    (b) epicurean
    (c) interim
    (d) illusory
    
13. Interest only in money
    (a) marmoreal
    (b) mordant
    (c) mercenary
    (d) munificent
    
14. Scientific study of birds
    (a) aviation
    (b) ornithology
    (c) microbiology
    (d) supersonics
    
15. A very light and thin material
    (a) gossamer
    (b) gazelle
    (c) coterie
    (d) poultice
    
16. Mercy-killing of patients who are incurably ill
    (a) circumspection
    (b) benignity
    (c) euthanasia
    (d) apoplexy
    
17. General act of forgiveness on a national occasion
    (a) benediction
    (b) emancipation
    (c) investiture
    (d) amnesty
    
18. Passing off someone else's writing as one's own
    (a) copying
    (b) patenting
    (c) plagiarism
    (d) adaptation
    
19. A lake of sea water
    (a) archipelago
    (b) lagoon
    (c) gorge
    (d) inundation
    
20. The science of making watches
    (a) graphology
    (b) morphology
    (c)Aneroid
    (d) horology
    
21. The right to vote
    (a) ballot
    (b) electorate
    (c) franchise
    (d) graffiti
    
22. A person who believes he is always ill
    (a) maverick
    (b) metaphysics
    (c) neophyte
    (d) Hypochondriac
    
23. One who assails traditional beliefs
    (a) critic
    (b) atheist
    (c)anthropologist
    (d) iconoclast
    
24. A person who chooses to live in a foreign country
    (a) traveler
    (b) explorer
    (c) immigrant
    (d) refugee
    
25. An official inquiry into the cause of an unnatural death
    (a) inquest
    (b) investigation
    (c) post-mortem
    (d) instigation
    
26. A massive moving entity
    (a) miasma
    (b) juggernaut
    (c) jamboree
    (d) typhoon
    
27. A happening that cannot be altered
    (a) invincible
    (b) fate
    (c) fait-accompli
    (d) congruence
    
28. A person with good artistic taste
    (a) gourmet
    (b) gourmand
    (c) connoisseur
    (d) judge
    
29. A flirting woman
    (a) virago
    (b) shrew
    (c) martinet
    (d) coquette
    
30. Forcefully enlisting private property for military use
    (a) occupation
    (b) commandeering
    (c) trespass
    (d) encroachment

Answers

1.A	2.B	3.D	4.D	5.B	6.D	7.D	8.C	9.D	10.D
11.D	12.A	13.C	14.B	15.A	16.C	17.D	18.C	19.B	20.D
21.C	22.D	23.D	24.C	25.A	26.B	27.C	28.C	29.D	30.B

HOMOGRAPHS	(HOMONYMS)
Addenda	additional items
Agenda	list of things to be done
Aphasia	loss of speech
Asphyxia	suffocation
Atone	to make amends
Attain	to reach or achieve
Avert	to anticipate and ward off
Overt	not concealed
By law	local or corporate rules; rules adopted by an organization
carpus	body
collaborate	to work or act jointly
corroborate	to confirm
courtesy	husband's right in dead wife's land
cynosure	one that attracts
sinecure	easy job
decedent	deceased (dead) person
dissident	one who disagrees
depositary	one who receives a deposit
disseminate	to spread widely
dissimilate	to make or become dissimilar
dissimulate	to hide under a false appearance
engrosss	to prepare a text; to purchase in quantity to absorb full attention
ingross	existing independently; in a large quantity or sum
forego	to precede
forgo	to give up
furlong	one-eight of a mile
furlough	leave of absence
incredibility	unbelievableness
incredulity	disbelief
injure	according to low
injure	to do harm to
interpellate	to question formally
interpolate	to insert words in a text
lumbar	relating to vertebrae of the lower back
lumber	Timber ready for use(n), To move clumsily (v)
malfeasance	wrongful conduct
misfeasance	improper performance of a legal act
nonfeasance	failure to do what ought to be done
misalliance	an improper alliance, a poor marriage

Prepared by,

IACE, Hyderabad.

Published date : 11 Jun 2015 05:20PM