One Word Substitution Flashcards
Newly developed and unfamiliar
Newfangled
Public merry making and feasting
Carnival
List of books and other articles
Catalogue
The science of reasoning
Logic
Matter written by hand
Manuscript
Undue favour to own relatives
Nepotism
One who dies for a noble cause
Martyr
A person for whom money is most important
Materialist
A medicine that induces sleep
Narcotics
Adherence or attachment to what is natural
Naturalism
One who entirely depends on another
Parasite
Recieved after death
Posthumous
Anything written in a letter after it is signed
Postscript
Hundredth anniversary
Centenary
Inherited from father
Patrimony
Name derived from the father
Patronymic
Peron having command over many languages
Polyglot
A figure with many angles/sides.
polygon
Acc to sequence of time
Chronological
Roundabout way of expression
Circumlocution
One who has no means of livelihood
Pauper
Use of public money for own benefit
Peculation
Written/printed notice pasted in public places
Placard
A government by rich and powerful class
Plutocracy
To bring under control
Subdue/subjugate
Place for luggage at railway station
Cloakroom
Compel to a course of action
Coerce
Speaking aloud while alone
Soliloquy
Occurring irregularly
Sporadic
A person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain
Stoic
Having same source of origin
Cognate
Person working in same department
Colleagues
A person who believes in spiritual things
Spiritualist
Secret agreement for fraudulent purpose
Collusion
Identical in all respect
Congruent
One who’s well versed in any subject
Connoisseur
Person who’s opposed to enlightenment
Obscurantist
Funeral rights
Obsequies
To turn out of society
Ostracize
Bearing eggs
Oviparous
Which spreads by physical touch
Contagious
Of the same time
Contemporary
Which is no longer in use
Obsolete
Garden of fruits
Orchard
Complete with regard to every detail
Thorough
Willing to be guided
Amenable
Not to be moved by entreaty
Despotic
Paramour
Sexual partner
Parasol
Parasol
A lady’s umbrella
Patronymic
Name derived from father
Pauper
One with no means of livelihood
Peculation
Use of public money for oen benefits, embezzlement
Pediantic
Style of writer that displays his knowledge
Peroration
Concluding part of speech
Perspicacious
Teeshna buddhiii
Perversion
Change to something abnormal
Philanthropist
Lover of mankind
Philatelist
Collector of stamps
Philistine
Person who’s indifferent to art and literature
Philology
Study of language