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Sunday, September 27, 2015

General English: One Word Substitution 1

1          A traditional story related to deities-     Myth
2          Having no beginning or end to its existence-    Eternal
3          Fear of strangers-    Xenophobia
4          A medical examination of a dead body-          Postmortem
5          One who can neither read nor write-   illiterate
6          A person having deep study in a language-    Philologist
7          A hater of smoking-      Misocapnic
8          Life of person written by someone else-         Biography
9          A period of ten years-  Decade
10        Murder of one’s brother-          Fratricide
11        A sound which cannot be heard-         Inaudible
12        An instrument of seeing distant objects-        Telescope
13        An inscription on a tomb-         Epitaph
14        A partner in crime-       Accomplice
15        Government by the rich-          Plutocracy
16        Not suitable to be eaten-         Inedible
17        One who is free from all mistakes and failures-         Infallible
18        A person who loves everybody is called-         Cosmopolitan
19        One who is easily deceived-    Gullible
20        One who knows many languages-       Polyglot
21        A grass eating animal-    Herbivorous
22        A fear from water-        Hydrophobia
23        One who cannot be corrected-            Incorrigible
24        That which cannot be conquered-       Invincible
25        One who is unmarried-            Celibate
26        One who questions everything-           Cynic
27        One who has strange habits-   Eccentric
28        A person difficult to please-    Fastidious
29        Belonging to the Middle Ages-            Medieval
30        One who hates mankind-         Misanthrope
31        One who is a newcomer-        Neophyte
32        Properties inherited from one’s father-        Patrimony
33        One who copies from other writers-    Plagiarist
34        An animal who preys on other animals-          Predator
35        Murder of wife-            Uxoricide
36        A substance that can stick or cause sticking-    Adhesive
37        The scientific study of plants-    Botany
38        A performance given by a number of musicians-        Concert
39        The home of a large fierce wild animal-          Den
40        The scientific study of insects-            Entomology
41        The place in the ground where a dead person is buried-        Grave
42        Difficult or impossible to read-            illegible
43        A pleasant song used for causing children to sleep-   Lullaby
44        A long pole used for rowing a boat-    Oar

45        One who does something first-           Pioneer

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