Dictionary of One-word Substitution: Vocabulary Building - English Word Power, #13 - E-book - ePub

One-Word Substitutes: A Word that is used in place of a complete sentenceThis 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 SubstitutesSample This:(01). Related Words01a. A person who looks at the bright side of things -- Optimist01b. A person who looks at the dark side of things -- Pessimist02a. All the animals living in a particular area -- Fauna02b.
Plants and vegetation in a particular area -- Flora03a. A government tax on goods brought into the country -- Customs03b. A government tax on goods made within a country -- Excise04a. A person who is more interested in others -- Extrovert04b. A person who keeps himself to himself -- Introvert05a. That which cannot be harmful or dangerous -- Innocuous05b. Causing serious harm in a gradual or unnoticeable way -- Insidious06a.
A person who is taking an examination -- Examinee06b. A person who examines the copies of examinees -- Examiner07a. A person who talks too much -- Garrulous/Loquacious07b. A person who eats too much -- Glutton08a. To suddenly change direction -- Deflect08b. To keep on changing direction during movement -- Meander09a. Ability to know something on the basis of feelings rather than reasoning -- Intuition09b.
Ability to speak without moving your lips -- Ventriloquism10a. To change a law in order to improve it -- Amend10b. To correct the mistakes in the manuscript, etc. -- Emend11a. A person between 70 and 79 years old -- Septuagenarian11b. A person between 80 and 89 years old -- Octogenarian12a. Animals having spinal column -- Vertebrate12b. An animal with thick skin -- Pachyderm13a. Obeying rules and requests -- Compliance13b.
Open refusal to obey -- Defiance14a. The state of being married -- Matrimony14b. The state of being unmarried -- Bachelorhood15a. A woman whose husband has died -- Widow15b. A man whose wife has died -- Widower16a. Things of different nature -- Heterogeneous16b. Things of the same nature -- Homogeneous17a. A religious song -- Hymn17b. A pleasant song used for causing children to sleep -- Lullaby18a.
To rise in value -- Appreciate18b. To go down in value -- Depreciate19a. A disorder in which a person eats too little because of abnormal fear of being fat -- Anorexia19b. A disorder in which a person repeatedly eats too much -- Bulimia20a. To increase the intensity of a disease -- Aggravate20b. To go from bad to worse - Deteriorate21a. A school for small children -- Kindergarten21b. A student who has left school or class without permission -- Truant22a.
To free somebody from all blame -- Exonerate22b. To free a person from a charge by verdict -- Acquit23a. A co-worker in the same institution -- Colleague23b. Equal in rank -- Peer24a. An office with a high salary but no work -- Sinecure24b. A position in an organization without salary -- Honorary25a. An assembly of hearers at a lecture or concert -- Audience25b. An assembly of worshippers -- Congregation