Thursday, 12 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  • A statement which is obsolete or capable of more than one interpretation - Ambiguous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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