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The document provides a list of one-word substitutions for various phrases and definitions. Each entry includes a description followed by the corresponding single word that encapsulates the meaning. This serves as a reference for vocabulary enhancement and understanding of specific terms.

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One word substitution

The document provides a list of one-word substitutions for various phrases and definitions. Each entry includes a description followed by the corresponding single word that encapsulates the meaning. This serves as a reference for vocabulary enhancement and understanding of specific terms.

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One-word substitution

1. One who possesses many talents-versatile


2. A place used to live orphans-orphanage
3. A human who eats human flesh-cannibal
4. An animal which eats plants-herbivore
5. Animal which eats flesh of other animals-carnivore
6. Animal which eats both flesh and plants-omnivore
7. A book written by unknown author-anonymous
8. A post for which no salary is taken or given-honorary
9. A policy which is not related to any particular religion-secular
10. A medicine that kills germs-germicides
11. A notice of person’s death-obituary
12. A trade that is prohibited by law-illicit
13. A person interested in reading books-bookworm
14. A person who studies weather- meteorologist
15. A song embodying religious and sacred emotions-hymn
16. A government by one man-autocracy
17. A speech delivered without any preparation-extempore
18. A number of group of stars-constellation
19. Brief summary of a book-epilogue
20. To send out from one’s own country-exile
21. A woman whose husband is dead-widow
22. A man whose wife is dead-widower
23. A word no longer in use-obsolete
24. A person coming to foreign land to settle-immigrant
25. One who knows how to read and write-literate
26. One who doesn’t know how to read and write-illiterate
27. A person which can be easily deceived-gullible
28. A person who loves the books-bibliophile
29. One who is partner in crime-accomplice
30. One who doesn’t believe in god-atheist
31. One who believes in the existence of god-theist
32. A person who questions everything-cynic
33. A person who cannot be easily pleased-fastidious
34. A person who haven’t left any money to pay-bankrupt
35. A person who studies language deeply-philologist
36. A person who receives guests-host
37. A person who entered in a house to steal something-burglar
38. A person with bad reputation-notorious
39. A person without hair on head-bald
40. A person who loves everyone-cosmopolitan
41. The animal who preys on other animals-predator
42. A period of 10 years-decade
43. A period of 100 years-century
44. The food which is safe to eat-edible
45. The food which is unsafe to eat-inedible
46. A study of universe-cosmology
47. A study of crust of earth-geology
48. A study of plants-botany
49. A study of animals-zoology
50. A study of man-anthropology
51. A study of ancient things-archaeology
52. A study of races-ethnology
53. A study of microorganisms- microbiology
54. A study of living organisms-biology
55. A study of body-physiology
56. A study of birds-ornithology
57. A study of insects-entomology
58. A life history written by someone else-biography
59. A life history written by oneself-autobiography
60. A traditional story related to deities- myth
61. A fear from water-hydrophobia
62. A fear of strangers-xenophobia
63. A fear of heights-acrophobia
64. A sound which can be heard-audible
65. A sound which cannot be heard-inaudible
66. A state of perfect balance-equilibrium
67. An instrument used to see distant objects or things-telescope
68. The art of beautiful and attractive handwriting-calligraphy
69. A medical examination of a dead body by a doctor-post mortem
70. The text which one cannot read or difficult to read-illegible
71. The people who work together in a company or an institute-colleagues
72. A place where we bury the dead person-cemetery or graveyard
73. A substance from which one can see through- transparent
74. A substance from which one cannot see through-opaque
75. A thing which cannot be soluble-insoluble
76. A remedy for all diseases-panacea
77. A practicing psychologist-psychiatrist
78. Absence of government-anarchy
79. A disease which can be spread by contact-contagious
80. A disease that can be spread from one person to another-infectious
81. A disease that attacks many people at the same time-epidemic
82. A disease that attacks whole country-pandemic
83. A place for keeping pigs-sty
84. A place for monks-monastery
85. A place where funds are kept and disbursed-treasury
86. A ruler who uses force to make people obey him-dictator

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