Friday, July 22, 2011

One Word Substitution 4

One word substitution is very important to write precisely and speak in a single word.In English language there are a lot of single words for a group of words. So, speak precisely and avoid the fear of misunderstood. Let me quote some one words for a group of words.
This is the set-4 of our upcoming posts of one-word substitution.Stay in touch for the next update.


  • One who dies without a Will:Intestate
  • One who cannot read or write: Illiterate
  • A sound that cannot be heard:Inaudible
  • A person who remains unmoved and unaffected by other people's opinions, arguments or suggestions:Impervious
  • A statement which cannot be understood: Incomprehensible
  • One who cannot be corrected: Incorrigible
  • That which cannot be explained: Inexplicable
  • A remedy which never fails: Infallible
  • A method that cannot be imitated: Inimitable
  • That which cannot be satisfied: Insatiable
  • One who is unable to pay his debts:Insolvent
  • That which cannot be hurt: Invulnerable
  • Something that is quickly and easily set on fire and burned: Inflammable
  • The action of looking back on past time: Introspection
  • A thing that cannot be seen with human eyes: Invisible
  • Looking into one’s own thoughts: Introspection
  • Remarks which do not ally apply to the subject under discussion: Irrelevant
  • A loss of damage that cannot be compensated: Irreparable
  • That cannot be altered or withdrawn: Irrevocable
  • One who does not make mistakes: Infallible
  • That which cannot be described: Indescribable
  • That which cannot be avoided: Inevitable
  • That which cannot be defended: Indefensible
  • That which is not likely to happen: Improbable
  • One who lives in a foreign country: Immigrant
  • Murder of an infant: Infanticide
  • A person's peculiar habit: Idiosyncrasy
  • One incapable of being tired: Indefatigable
  • That which is against law: Illegal
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

One Word Substitution 3

One word substitution is very important to write precisely and speak in a single word.In English language there are a lot of single words for a group of words. So, speak precisely and avoid the fear of misunderstood. Let me quote some one words for a group of words.

This is the set-3 of our upcoming posts of one-word substitution.Stay in touch for the next update.


  • To lay special stress on: Emphasize
  • A state of perfect balance: Equilibrium
  • To root out an evil, disease: Eradicate
  • One who is fond of sensuous pleasures: Epicure
  • One who is quite like a woman: Effeminate
  • One who has strange habits: Eccentric
  • A study of races: Ethnology
  • A study of derivation of words: Etymology
  • To free somebody from all blame: Exonerate
  • Words written on the tomb of a person: Epitaph
  • A speech delivered without any previous preparation: Extempore or Impromptuc
  • Misappropriation of money: Embezzlement
  • A man who has too much enthusiasm for his own religion: Fanatic
  • An exact copy: Facsimile
  • One who is not easily pleased: Fastidious
  • One who thinks only of welfare of women: Feminist
  • One who believes in fate: Fatalist
  • Murder of an brother: Fratricide
  • One who eats too much: Glutton
  • A medicine that kills germs: Germicide
  • One who is easily deceived: Gullible
  • Assembly or parliament in which no party has got clear majority: Hung
  • Work for which no salary is paid: Honorary
  • One who feels sympathetic towards human beings: Humanitarian
  • One who pretends to be what he is not: Hypocrite
  • Murder of a human being: Homicide
  • A grass eating animal: Herbivorous
  • That which cannot be read: Illegible
  • A trade that is prohibited by law: Illicit
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Monday, July 4, 2011

One Word Substitution 2

One word substitution is very important to write precisely and speak in a single word.In English language there are a lot of
single words for a group of words. So, speak precisely and avoid the fear of misunderstood. Let me quote some one words for a
group of words.

This is the set-2 of our upcoming posts of one-word substitution.Stay in touch for the next update.


  • The science which treats with life: Biology
  • One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views: Bigot
  • A member of the middle class: Bourgeois
  • One who loves books: Bibliophile
  • One who can speak two languages: Bilingual
  • A Government by the officials: Bureaucracy
  • Practice of having two wives or husbands: Bigamy
  • One who is recovering from illness: Convalescent
  • People living at the same time: Contemporaries
  • People who work together: Colleagues
  • A flesh eating animal: Carnivorous
  • Somebody who eats human flesh: Cannibal
  • One who is unmarried: Celibate
  • One who questions everything: Cynic
  • One who can make himself at home in all countries: Cosmopolitan
  • A person who believes easily whatever he is told: Credulous
  • Belonging or pertaining to an individual from birth: Congenital
  • Government by the people: Democracy
  • To take away some one’s right t vote: Disenfranchisement
  • To give one’s authority to another: Delegate
  • A game or batter in which neither party wins: Drawn
  • A game in which no one wins: Draw/Tie
  • To go down in value: Depreciate
  • A diplomatic minister of the higher order sent by a country to another: Diplomat/Envoy
  • A thing that is fit to be eaten: Edible
  • Study of environment: Ecology
  • One who thinks only for himself: Egoist
  • One who is qualifies for election: Eligible
  • To explain something mysterious or difficult: Elucidate
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