Sunday, 15 February 2015

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION



• One who does not make mistakes:                              Infallible
• One who is out to subvert a government. -
                                                                                  Anarchist
• One who is recovering from illness. -                           Convalescent
• One who is all powerful -                                            Omnipotent
• One who is present everywhere. -                               Omnipresent
• One who knows everything -                                       Omniscient
• One who can do anything for money. -
                                                                                  Mercenary
• One who has no money.                                             Pauper
• One who changes sides. -                                          Turncoat
• One who loves books. -                                              Bibliophile
• One who can speak two languages. -                          Bilingual
• A dancer on rope -                                                     Acrobat
• A person who holds that nothing is known or
likely to be known of the existence of God -
                                                                                  Agnostic
• A statement which is obsolete or capable of more
than one
interpretation -                                                             Ambiguous
• An oval or circular theater with seats rising
behind and above each other round a central
open space -                                                               Amphitheater
• A letter which does not bear the name or
signature of the writer -                                                Anonymous
• A place of permanent residence -                               Domicile
• Government by the people -                                       Democracy
• Government by the nobles -                                       Aristocracy
• Government by the officials -                                      Bureaucracy
• Government by the few -                                            Oligarchy
• One who eats everything is -                                      Omnivorous
• That which is inherited from forefathers -
                                                                                  Ancestral
• The secret of transmuting baser metals into gold
-                                                                                 Alchemy
• The study of teaching -                                               Pedagogy
• The science of valid thinking -                                     Logic
• One who works for free-                                              Volunteer
• One who loves mankind-                                             Philanthropist
• One who hates mankind-                                            Misanthrope
• A person who is womanish in his habits –                    Effeminate
• Unconventional style of living –                                    Bohemian
• A person who leaves his own country and goes to
live in another -                                                            Emigrant
• A person who comes to one country from another
in order to settle there –                                                Immigrant
• Fear of Water –                                                          Hydrophobia
• A job with high salary but little responsibility –              Sinecure
• A Speech made without any preparation –                    Extempore
• A person having same name as another –                    Namesake
• The study of coins –                                                   Numismatics
• A home for old persons–                                             Infirmary
• To feel or express disapproval of something or
someone –                                                                   Deprecate
• Easily duped or fooled–                                               Gullible
• To keep a great person or event in people’s
memory –                                                                    commemorate
• One Who helps needy people –                                   Samaritan
• One who is habitual drunkard -                                     Toper / Sot
• One who collects stamps -                                          Philatelists
• One who amuses himself by love making -                    Philanderer
• One who does not take any intoxicating drugs –            Teetotaller
• A person who is indifferent to pain and
pleasure -                                                                      Stoic
• One who has narrow and prejudiced religious
views –                                                                          fanatic
• The action of looking within or into one’s own
mind –                                                                          introspection

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