ONE
WORD SUBSTITUTE
Introduction
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In a world where time is money, brevity
in communication is appreciated. In the professional world, you are expected to
be precise and efficient with words.
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Let us look at two sentences with the
same meaning, but with different word counts.
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1. I would like to study the branch
of science that studies space and celestial objects.
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One word for ‘ the branch of science
that studies space and celestial objects is “ astronomy
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So the sentence 1 can be written as
2.
I would like to study astronomy
One word substitutes (Examples)
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1. One who can use both hands equally
well- ambidextrous
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2. Animals that can live on both land
and water-amphibious
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3. A person who loves books-bibliophile
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4. The art of beautiful writing-calligraphy
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5. One who journeys on foot-
pedestrian
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6. One who eats human flesh- cannibal
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7. A period of ten years-decade
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8. A period of 15 days-fortnight
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9. A specialist who treats skin
diseases-dermatologist
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10. a person who leaves his country to
live in another- emigrant
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11. mercy killing-euthanasia
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12. Animal that eats only plants herbivore
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13. Animal that eats only flesh -carnivore
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14. Animal that eats plants and flesh-omnivore
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15. that which cannot be eaten inedible
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16. One who is unable to read and
write illiterate
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17. One who collects coins-
numismatist
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18. One who collects stamps-
philatelist
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19. One who looks at the brighter side
of life- optimist
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20. One who looks at the dark side if
the life-pessimist
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21.
The study of birds- ornithology
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22. murder of one’s father- patricide
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23. murder of one’s mother- matricide
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24. killing of one’s brother or sister-
fratricide
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25. murder of one’s wife- uxoricide
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26. murder of a husband by his wife-matricide
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27. murder of a king-regicide
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28. killing oneself deliberately- suicide
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29. one who loves mankind- philanthropist
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30. one who carves on stone- sculptor
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31.Some one who does not take alcohol-
teetotaler
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32. A woman whose husband is dead-widow
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33. A man whose wife is dead- widower
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34. fear of strangers- xenophobia
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35. one who is all powerful - omnipotent
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36.one who si present everywhere- omnipresent
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37. one who knows many languages-
polyglot
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38. practice of having several wives-polygamy
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39. practice of having several husbands-polyandry
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40. a study of animals- zoology
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41. life history of a person written by
some one- biography
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42. Life history of a person written by
himself-autobiography
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43. practice of having two wives/
husbands-bigamy
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44. a study of a man- anthropology
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45. murder of human being- homicide
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46. murder of infant-infanticide
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47. a medical examination of a dead
body-postmortem
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48. a sound which can not be heard- inaudible
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49. an instrument of seeing distant
objects- telescope
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50. fear of water- hydrophobia
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51. one who can not be corrected-incorrigible
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52. one who hates man kind- misanthrope
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53. the scientific study of plants-botany
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54. the scientific study of insects-entomology
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55. a person who does not believe in
god- atheist
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56.a collection of poems- anthology
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57. a list of headings of the business
to be transacted in a meeting-agenda
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58. government by officials- bureaucracy
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59. specialist in heart diseases- cardiologist
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60. murder of race -genocide
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61. the art of cultivating and managing
gardens-horticulture
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62. one who supervises in the exam
hall-invigilator
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63. a place where dead bodies are kept
for post mortem- mortuary
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64. one who knows everything-omniscient
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65. a place for horses- stable
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66. a partner in crime- accomplice
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67. one who has strange habits- eccentric.
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68. one who copies from other writers-
plagiarist
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69. a pleasant song used for causing children to sleep-lullaby
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70. an instrument for measuring
temperature- thermometer
Additional exercises:
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A.
Substitute a single word from the list, for the underlined words in the
sentence(November/December 2019)
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( malnourished, illiterate. Irreparable,
sculpture)
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1. The children on Somalia are not
given good food
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2. One could find lots of art in
stones in Mahapalipuram.
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3.The bag is old and can not be
repaired
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4. The man does not know to read
and write
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B.Give
single word substitute for the following: (April/May 2019)
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1. A company with branches in many
countries multinational
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2. One who looks at the brighter side of
things optimist
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3. a speech made without preparation extempore
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4. fit to be eaten Edible
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C. Substitute a single word from
the list for underlined words in the sentence( November/ December 2019)
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Horrible heritage ignited petrified
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1. The weather was bad and unpleasant
2. The girl was frightened
and unable to move
3. India has a rich history and tradition
4. The flame was started by a short circuit.
Answers:
1. was bad and
unpleasant: horrible
2. frightened and
unable to move- petrified
3. history and
tradition- heritage
4. was started- ignited
D.
Substitute a single word for the underlined words in the sentence (model
question paper)
(Inflate exotic itinerary marvelous souvenir enjoyment)
1.
We are going to make the plan of our
journey
2. You need to fill air into your life jacket
3. I bought some things as a reminder of the
place
4. These trees are from South America.
They are introduced from another
country
Answers
1.
the plan of our journey itinerary
2.
fill air into Inflate
3.
things as a reminder of the place souvenir
4. introduced from another country exotic
Assignment:
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Find
one word substitute for the following:
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1. The study of birds
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2. the murder of infants-
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3. writing that cannot be read-
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4. an uneducated person-
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5. The scientific study of animals and
their behaviour-
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6. The study of sounds made by human
voice in speech-
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7. The scientific study of living
things-
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8. the scientific study of human mind
and behaviour-
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9. the branch of science that studies
space and celestial objects-
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10. one who comes to a country from
another in order to settle there-
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11. murder of human beings-
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12. a person who leaves his country to
live in another-
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13. the animal that eats only plants-
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14. a five sided plane figure-
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15. one who carves on stone-
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16. a government by the people-
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17. a life history written by oneself- -
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18.
one who is able to make eloquent speech-
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19. That which cannot be conquered-
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20. an instrument for measuring
temperature-
Answers:
1.ornithology
2.
infanticide
3.
illegible
4.
illiterate
5. zoology
6.phonetics
7. biology
8. psychology
9. astronomy
10. immigrant
11.homicide
12. emigrant
13. herbivore
14. pentagon
15. sculptor
16. democracy
17. autobiography
18. orator
19.invincible
20. thermometer
