Dear Students, Important One Word Substitution below:
Person who eats too much:–
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Glutton
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The science which studies crust of
the earth
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Geology
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A man who is womanish in his habits
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Effeminate
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One who attacks first
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Aggressor
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One who eats human flesh
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Cannibal
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A doctor who treats skin diseases
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Dermatologist
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A person who is slow in learning
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Dunce
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One who is all powerful
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Omnipotent
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A cure for all diseases
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Panacea
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One who is recovering from illness
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Convalescent
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A Study of Man
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Anthropology
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A person pretending to be somebody he
is not
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Imposter
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One who thinks only of welfare of
women
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Feminist
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A person appointed by to parties to
solve the dispute
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Arbitrator
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One who looks at the dark side of
things
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Pessimist
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A thing no longer in use
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Obsolete
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A collection of poems
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Anthology
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one, who studies the evolution of
mankind
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Anthropologist
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A person who does not believe in God
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Atheist
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Animals/plants ere which live in
water
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Aquatic
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animals which live both on land and
sea
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Amphibian
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A list of headings of the business to
be transacted at a meeting
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Agenda
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one, who is out to destroy all
governance, law and order
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Anarchist
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the practice of having two wives or
husbands at a time
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Bigamy
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a lover and collector of books
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Bibliophile
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a person who regards whole world as
his country
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Cosmopolitan
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a nursery where children are cared
for while their parents are at work
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Creche
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a place for luggage at railway
station
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Cloak room
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belonging to or living at the same
time
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Contemporaries
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a religious war
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Crusade
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a person who leaves his own country
and goes to live in another
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Emigrant
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fit to be eaten
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Edible
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a book that contains information on
various subjects
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Encyclopaedia
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easily broken
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Fragile
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the plants of a particular region
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Flora
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the animals of a certain region
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Fauna
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one, who believes in fate
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Fatalist
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a place for bees
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Hive
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a person who is unable to pay his
debts
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Insolvent/ bankrupt
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a sound that cannot be heard
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Inaudible
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travelling under another name than
one’s own
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Incognito
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That cannot be easily erased
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Indelible
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one, too strong to be overcome
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Invincible
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a person who comes to one country
from another in order to settle there
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Immigrant
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incapable of being avoided
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Inevitable
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incapable of being corrected
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Incorrigible
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incapable of being read
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Illegible
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one, who is free from all mistakes
and failures
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Infallible
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a home or room used for ill or
injured people
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Infirmary
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murder of an infant
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Infanticide
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a place for clothes
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Wardrobe
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a fault that may be forgiven
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Venial
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an event which happens once in three
years
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Triennial
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one, who is a habitual drunkard
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Sot, Toper
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a thing kept as a reminder of a
person, place or event
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Souvenir
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a person, who talks in sleep
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Somniloquist
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one, who goes on foot
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Pedestrian
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that can be carried easily
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Portable
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one, who speaks many languages
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Polyglot
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an examination of dead body
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Post Mortem
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the practice of marrying more than
one wife at a time
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Polygamy
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literary theft or passing off an
author’s original work as one’s own
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Plagiarism
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the practice of marrying more than
one husband at a time
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Polyandry
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one, who makes a vain display of his
knowledge
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Pedant
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the study of ancient writing
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Paleography
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one, who does not take any
intoxicating drink
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Teetotaller
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One, who dies for a noble cause
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Martyr
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the first speech delivered by a
person
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Maiden speech
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a place where coins are made
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Mint
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a hater of womankind
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Misogynist
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a place, where dead bodies are kept
for identification
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Morgue
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a person having same name as another
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Namesake
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One, who is present everywhere
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Omnipresent
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one, who knows everything
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Omniscient
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one, who is all powerful
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Omnipotent
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an account in the newspaper of the
funeral of the one deceased
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Obituary
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a person who looks at the brighter
side of things
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Optimist
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one, who talks continuously
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Loquacious
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one, who compiles a dictionary
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Lexicographer
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one, who is skilled in foreign
languages
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Linguist
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Hope
this important one word substitution list would help you in exams as well as in
making your daily english strong…!!
THANK YOU!!!