Tuesday, 7 January 2014

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES
1. A name and opted by a writer = Pseudonym
2. Of unknown authorship = anonymous
3. Taking one’s own life = suicide
4. A person concerned with practical results= pragmatist
5. A speech by an actor at the end of a play= epilogue
6. A political leader who tries to stir up people = Demagogue
7. Animals living on land and in water = Amphibians
8. A person with long experience = veteran
9. Atonement for one’s sins = repentance
10.A man of odd habits = Ecentric
11.A person who derives pleasure by inflicting pain on others = Sadist
12.A general pardon of political offender = Amnesty
13.A person who is made to bear the blamedue to others = Scapegoat
14.A person who pays much attention to his clothes and appearance = Dandy
15.A person hard to please = Fastidious
16.A person who considers himself superior to others in culture and intellect = Highbrow
17.A wishful longing for something one has known in the past = Nostalgia
18.The art of cutting trees and bushes in toornamental shapes = Topiary
19.An associate in an office or institution = Colleague
20.A person who believes in God = Theist
21.A person who does not believe in God = Atheist
22.Witty, Clever, Retart = Repartee
23.A child who stays away from school without any good reason = Truant
24.One who compiles a dictionary = Lexicographer
25.One who does not care for literature and art = Philistine
26.One who totally abstains from alcoholic drinks = Teatotaller
27.A house for storing grains = granary
28.A person who is neither intelligent nor dull(average) = Mediocre
29.A person who dances to the tune of his wife = Henpecked
30.Branch of medicine which deals with theproblems of the old = Ntology(Geriatrics)
31.Careful in performing duties = Punctilious
32.A person who gives written testimony for use in a law court = deponent
33.Equal in rank, merit or quality = Peer
34.Indifference to pleasure or pain = Stoicism
35.Using of new words = Coinage
36.Fruit garden = Orchard

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