Dictionary of One-word Substitution
ebook ∣ Vocabulary Building: English Word Power, #13 · English Word Power
By Manik Joshi

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One-Word Substitutes: A Word that is used in place of a complete sentence
This book covers the following topics:
(01). Related Words
(02). Scientific Studies
(03). That Which Cannot Be…
(04). Types of Behavior
(05). Types of Doctors
(06). Different Instruments
(07). A Particular Type of Place
(08). A Particular Type of Person
(09). Phobia and Mania
(10). Connected With…
(11). Country-Government
(12). Types of States
(13). Types of Statements
(14). Money-Related
(15). Other Topics
(A). Professions
(B). A Collection of Things
(C). Act of Killing
(D). Physical Appearance of A Person
(16). Various One-word Substitutes
Sample This:
(01). Related Words
01a. A person who looks at the bright side of things — Optimist
01b. A person who looks at the dark side of things — Pessimist
02a. All the animals living in a particular area — Fauna
02b. Plants and vegetation in a particular area — Flora
03a. A government tax on goods brought into the country — Customs
03b. A government tax on goods made within a country — Excise
04a. A person who is more interested in others — Extrovert
04b. A person who keeps himself to himself — Introvert
05a. That which cannot be harmful or dangerous — Innocuous
05b. Causing serious harm in a gradual or unnoticeable way — Insidious
06a. A person who is taking an examination — Examinee
06b. A person who examines the copies of examinees — Examiner
07a. A person who talks too much — Garrulous/Loquacious
07b. A person who eats too much — Glutton
08a. To suddenly change direction — Deflect
08b. To keep on changing direction during movement — Meander
09a. Ability to know something on the basis of feelings rather than reasoning — Intuition
09b. Ability to speak without moving your lips — Ventriloquism
10a. To change a law in order to improve it — Amend
10b. To correct the mistakes in the manuscript, etc. — Emend
11a. A person between 70 and 79 years old — Septuagenarian
11b. A person between 80 and 89 years old — Octogenarian
12a. Animals having spinal column — Vertebrate
12b. An animal with thick skin — Pachyderm
13a. Obeying rules and requests — Compliance
13b. Open refusal to obey — Defiance
14a. The state of being married — Matrimony
14b. The state of being unmarried — Bachelorhood
15a. A woman whose husband has died — Widow
15b. A man whose wife has died — Widower
16a. Things of different nature — Heterogeneous
16b. Things of the same nature — Homogeneous
17a. A religious song — Hymn
17b. A pleasant song used for causing children to sleep — Lullaby
18a. To rise in value — Appreciate
18b. To go down in value — Depreciate
19a. A disorder in which a person eats too little because of abnormal fear of being fat — Anorexia
19b. A disorder in which a person repeatedly eats too much — Bulimia
20a. To increase the intensity of a disease — Aggravate
20b. To go from bad to worse – Deteriorate
21a. A school for small children — Kindergarten
21b. A student who has left school or class without permission — Truant
22a. To free somebody from all blame — Exonerate
22b. To free a person from a charge by verdict — Acquit
23a. A co-worker in the same institution — Colleague
23b. Equal in rank — Peer
24a. An office with a high salary but no work — Sinecure
24b. A position in an organization without salary — Honorary
25a. An assembly of hearers at a lecture or concert — Audience
25b. An assembly of worshippers — Congregation