ABOUT AUTHOR

test

??? ???????

Post Top Ad

Your Ad Spot

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

One Word Substitution: Part 1

1. One who is out to subvert a government - Anarchist
2. One who is recovering from illness - Convalescent
3. One who is all powerful - Omnipotent
4. One who is present everywhere - Omnipresent
5. One who knows everything - Omniscient
6. One who is easily deceived - Gullible
7. One who does not make mistakes - Infallible
8. One who can do anything for money - Mercenary
9. One who has no money - Pauper
10. One who changes sides - Turncoat
11. One who works for free - Volunteer
12. One who loves books - Bibliophile
13. One who can speak two languages - Bilingual
14. One who loves mankind - Philanthropist
15. One who hates mankind - Misanthrope
16. One who looks on the bright side of things - Optimist
17. One who looks on the dark side of things - Pessimist
18. One who doubts the existence of god - Agnostic
19. One who pretends to be what he is not - Hypocrite
20. One incapable of being tired - Indefatigable
21. One who helps others Good - Samaritan
22. One who copies from other writers - Plagiarist
23. One who hates women - Misogynist
24. One who knows many languages - Polyglot
25. One who is fond of sensuous pleasures - Epicure
26. One who thinks only of himself - Egoist
27. One who thinks only of welfare of women - Feminist.
28. One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain - Stoic
29. One who is quite like a woman - Effeminate
30. One who has strange habits - Eccentric
31. One who speaks less - Reticent
32. One who goes on foot - Pedestrian
33. One who believes in fate - Fatalist
34. One who dies without a Will - Intestate
35. One who always thinks himself to be ill - Valetudinarian
36. A Government by the people - Democracy
37. A Government by a king or queen - Monarchy
38. A Government by the officials - Bureaucracy
39. A Government by the rich - Plutocracy
40. A Government by the few - Oligarchy
41. A Government by the Nobles - Aristocracy
42. A Government by one - Autocracy
43. Rule by the mob - Mobocracy
44. That through which light can pass - Transparent
45. That through which light cannot pass - Opaque
46. That through which light can partly pass - Translucent
47. A sentence whose meaning is unclear - Ambiguous
48. A place where orphans live - Orphanage
49. That which cannot be described - Indescribable
50. That which cannot be imitated - Inimitable
51. That which cannot be avoided - Inevitable
52. A position for which no salary is paid - Honorary
53. That which cannot be defended - Indefensible
54. Practice of having several wives - Polygamy
55. Practice of having several husbands - Polyandry
56. Practice of having one wife or husband - Monogamy
57. Practice of having two wives or husbands - Bigamy
58. That which is not likely to happen - Improbable
59. People living at the same time - Contemporaries
60. A book published after the death of its author - Posthumas
61. A book written by an unknown author - Anonymous
62. A life history written by oneself - Autobiography
63. A life history written by somebody else - Biography
64. People who work together - Colleagues
65. One who eats too much - Glutton
66. That which cannot be satisfied - Insatiable
67. One who questions everything - Cynic
68. A flesh eating animal - Carnivorous
69. A grass eating animal - Herbivorous
70. One who lives in a foreign country - Immigrant
71. To transfer one's authority to another - Delegate
72. One who is a newcomer - Neophyte
73. That which is lawful - Legal
74. That which is against law - Illegal
75. One who is unmarried - Celibate
76. A game in which no one wins - Draw
77. A study of man - Anthropology
78. A study of races - Ethnology
79. A study of the body - Physiology
80. A study of animals - Zoology
81. A study of birds - Ornithology
82. A study of ancient things - Archaeology
83. A study of derivation of words - Etymology
84. Murder of a human being - Homicide
85. Murder of a father - Patricide
86. Murder of a mother - Matricide
87. Murder of an brother - Fratricide
88. Murder of an infant - Infanticide
89. Murder of self - Suicide
90. Murder of the king - Regicide
91. To free somebody from all blame - Exonerate
92. To write under a different name - Pseudonym
93. A thing no longer in use - Obsolete
94. A handwriting that cannot be read - Illegible
95. Words written on the tomb of a person - Epitaph
96. One who is greedy for money - Avaricious
97. Something that cannot be imitated - Inimitable
98. One who doesn't know how to read and write - Illiterate
99. A person's peculiar habit - Idiosyncrasy
100. An animal who preys on other animals - Predator
101. Violating the sanctity of a church - Sacrilege
102. One who can throw his voice - Ventriloquist
#Collected

No comments:

Post a Comment

Post Top Ad

Your Ad Spot

???????