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ONE WORD Substitutes To Improve Your Spoken English volume -2
There are some one Word Substitution Given Below with it's uses.
Read,write and Apply These Words To improve your Spoken English .
This is Volume-2 which contain more 50 must-learn one word substitutes.
51. | One who lives at another’s expense | Parasite | My unemployment metaphorically makes me a parasite to my father. |
52. | The middle class people | Bourgeois | US President Barrack Obama always emphasizes to make the bourgeois prosperous. |
53. | A panacea to nullify the effects of poison | Antidote | According to IAC chieftain, Arvind Kejriwal, Lok Janpal Bill is an antidote vis-à-vis the existing rampant corruption. |
54. | Someone who ingurgitates human flesh | Cannibal | It is not uncommon that some tribal people practice cannibalism. |
55. | Someone who is in the age range of 60 to 69 | Sexagenarian | Sexagenarian anti graft crusader Anna Hazare has sequestered himself from Arvind Kejriwal. |
56. | Someone who is in the age range of 70 to 79 | Septuagenarian | There is absolutely no paucity of septuagenarian politicians in the parliament. |
57. | Someone who is in the age range of 80 to 81 | Octogenarian | Geriatric ailments are common in case of octogenarian people. |
58. | Someone who is in the age range of 90 to 99 | Nonagenarian | My grandfather who is a nonagenarian is still capable of perambulating several kilometers. |
59. | Someone whose age is either 100 or beyond it | Centenarian | Centenarians are treasure trove of the knowledge about how to live a healthy life. |
60. | The spokesperson of political party |
| Political spin doctors always circumvent the conundrums bombarded by the media. |
61. | Assembly or parliament in which no party has received clear majority | Hung | The existing British government is an example of hung parliament. |
62. | Anything that can bring death or threat to life |
| Smoking cigarettes and chewing tobacco can be fatal. |
63. | A person whose face resembles another |
| Being a doppelganger of a popular celebrity makes people eager to have confabulation with you. |
64. | Something which is no longer in use |
| Postal services have almost become obsolete. |
65. | Language / writing / talk which is unintelligible |
| Pedantic people often regurgitate gibberish which can discombobulate a layperson. |
66. |
| Posthumous | Australian actor Heath Ledger received a posthumous Oscar for his portrayal of Joker in Christopher Nolan directed movie “THE DARK KNIGHT”. |
67. | A meeting planned at a certain time and location | Rendezvous | Inamorata and inamorato rendezvous with each other at romantic parks. |
68. | Someone who is back from a lengthy absence | Revenant | Owing to his lung cancer, Yuvraj Singh has become a revenant in Team India. |
69. | To examine with the eye to make a prima facie survey / scrutiny | Reconnoiter | Prior to the arrival of US President Barrack Obama, the airport has been reconnoitered. |
70. | A formal forgiveness of one’s sins | Absolution | Sinners seek absolution from Almighty. |
71. | Existing during the same period of time | Coeval | Harbhajan Singh and Virendra Sehwag are coeval. |
72. | Someone who is au fait with any subject | Connoisseur | My mother is a culinary connoisseur. |
73. | Of or pertaining to the bank of a river | Riparian | I have always been mesmerized by riparian breeze. |
74. | Of or pertaining to winter season | Hibernal | Dryness of skin is the harbinger of hibernal season. |
75. | Of or pertaining to agriculture | Agrarian | India’s agrarian apparatus needs to be galvanized. |
76. | A shoddily dressed person |
| Penurious tatterdemalions often take shelter in footpath. |
77. | To cut off the head of somebody |
| American journalist who was abducted by Al Qaida was decapitated later. |
78. | To make someone be free from any guilt / crime charges |
| Ajay Jadeja has exonerated from match fixing charges. |
79. | Something which is the indicator of the commencement of a particular even or arrival of someone | Harbinger | Clouds are the harbingers of an imminent rain. |
80. | A person whose all the four limbs are paralyzed | Quadriplegic | Hospitals should take special care of the quadriplegic patients. |
81. | Someone who has recently become rich |
| Entrepreneurship has become a mantra to be an arriviste. |
82. | Someone’s weakness/loophole/drawback | Achilles heel | Awful fielding has always been Indian cricket team’s Achilles heel. |
83. | An intrepid and venturesome person | Argonaut | Argonauts feel the adrenaline rush to indulge in daredevilry. |
84. | Cessation from hostilities between two rivals |
| After Salman Khurshid’s escalation as the incumbent minister of external affairs, a rapprochement between India and Pakistan might be in offing. |
85. | A constant and imminent peril / danger | Sword of Damocles | Incarceration for criminal conduct has always been a sword of Damocles for Hindi film actors like Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan. |
86. | An object of dread or apprehension |
| Industrial catastrophe like the Bhopal Gas Disaster has always been the hobgoblin for Indian citizens. |
87. | Treasurer of a college | Bursar | Bursar is the one who takes cognizance of the transaction within the purview of a varsity. |
88. | Someone who is adhered to inconsequential details & is very difficult to please |
| My fastidious English professor would not brook a cacography in my dissertation. |
89. | The feeling / sense of unity in a team / group | Esprit de corps | Latter day management gurus have been emphasizing the importance of esprit de corps within an organization framework. |
90. | A malicious slander against someone | Calumny | Media is often accused of what celebrities and politicians refer to as calumny. |
91. | A rambunctious public speaker |
| Abraham Lincoln was a bona fife tub thumper. |
92. | Disguise of guns, ships et cetera effected by obscuring outline with splashes of various colors | Camouflage |
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93. | Grotesque representation of a person by over-emphasis on characteristics | Caricature | Cartoonist Asim Trivedi was temporarily incarcerated for his caricature on Indian constitution and parliament. |
94. | Supreme conflict of the nations | Armageddon | United Nation leaves no stones unturned to avert an Armageddon. |
95. | Listening to the movement of heart | Auscultation | Doctors perform auscultation to scrutinize the activity of heart. |
96. | Right of self government | Autonomy | Our engineering college doesn’t have the autonomy to conduct its own examinations. |
97. | Practice of continuously improving the way in which a company operates | Kaizen | Kaizen modus operandi is a sure fire way to accomplish consumer satisfaction and brand equity maintenance. |
98. | Sentence, words lacking grammatical sequence | Anacoluthon | An interviewee should avoid an anacoluthon whilst composing his CV. |
99. | Word and phrase formed from the letters of another | Anagram | BALM and LAMB are anagram to each other. |
100. | A drug whose purpose is to diminish the body temperature |
| Doctor prescribed me some febrifuges to make my body temperature diminish. |
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