One Word Substitutions Oneliner Part 2

One Word Substitutions Oneliner Part 2

In this One Word Substitutions Oneliner Part 2, all-important questions are solved that were previously asked in the exams of PPSC, FPSC, NTS, PPSC, FPSC, BPSC, and all other testing agencies.

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SR.NO One Word Substitutions   One Word Substitutions
 

201.

Bungalow 

A small house with all the rooms on one floor.

 

202.

Autocracy 

Government by a single person.

 

203. Belfry            

Part of a church in which bells hang.

204. Chasm           

An extremely deep crack or opening in the ground.

205. Stub   

The short remaining end of a cigarette.

206. Exodus          

Of outstanding significance.

 207. Abdication     

Voluntarily giving up the throne by the king in favor of his son.

 208. Autocracy     

A government run by a dictator.

 209. Snob  

One who despises persons of lower social position.

210. Hedonist        

A person who believes that pleasure is the chief food.

211. Anecdote       

A short, usually amusing, story about some real person or event.

 212. Licentious     

A man has lax morals.

 213. Hymn

A song embodying religious and sacred emotions.

 214. Adultery        

The practice of a married woman having a marital relationship.

215. Logomania   

Mania for talking

 216. Red-tapism    

A process involving too much official formality.

 217. Archives        

The place where public, government or historical records or kept.

 218. Raffle  

Lottery in which an article is assigned by lot to one of those buying tickets.

 

219.

Orphan         

Child bereaved of one or both parents.

 

220.

Timid            

One who always runs away from danger.

 221. Convalescence             

Gradual recovery from illness.

222. Alliteration    

Commencement of words with the same letter.

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 223. Prostitute      

The woman who offers to use her body for sexual intercourse to anyone who will pay for this.

 224. Reprisal          

Paying back injury with injury.

 

225.

Audience

An assembly of hearers.

 

226.

Altruism        

Regard for others as a principle of action.

227. Fable              

An animal story with a moral.

 228. Aeronaut       

A person who pilots or travels in a balloon, airship or other aircraft.

229. Consanguinity          

Relationship by blood or birth.

230. Philanderer

A person who makes love without serious intentions.

231. Topiary         

The art of cutting trees and bushes into ornamental shapes.

232. Indictment     

A formal written charge against a person for some crime or offense.

233. Monomaniac 

A person is obsessed with exclusively one idea or subject.

234. Assassin         

A person who kills somebody, especially for political reasons.

235. Truant           

A child who stays away from school without any good reason.

236. Autocrat        

A person who rules without consulting the opinion of others.

 

237.

Kleptomania

The mania for stealing articles.

 

238.

Dromomania

The mania for travel.

239. Aesthete        

The person who claims to have a great love for and understanding of what is beautiful in nature, art, etc.

240. Transmute

To change shape, nature, or substance.

241. Repartee       

That witty, clever retort.

242. Allegory        

A story in which ideas are symbolized as people.

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243.

Conservative  

Opposed to great or sudden change

 

244.

Somnambulism         

Walking in sleep.

 

245.

Prodigy         

A child of unusual or remarkable talent.

 

246.

Philanthropist          

One who loves mankind.

 

247.

Platitude        

A commonplace remark.

 

248.

Anthropology

Study of mankind.

 249. Demography 

Study of statistics of births, deaths, and diseases to show the state of the community.

 250. Sadist            

One who takes delight in excessive cruelty.

 251. Eccentric       

Not conforming to ordinary rules of behavior.

 252. Ascetic           

A man who starves his body for the good of the soul.

 253. Altar

A raised place on which offerings to a god are made.

 254. Lair

A place where wild animals live.

 

255.

Lapidist

One who cuts precious stones.

 

256.

Lexicographer

One who compiles a dictionary.

 257. Plenipotentiary

A person with full discretionary powers to act on behalf of a country.

 258. Anodyne

Medicine that lessens pain.

 

259.

Apostle

A pioneer of a reform movement.

 

260.

Oubliette

The dungeon is entered by a trapdoor.

 

261.

Genocide

Intentional destruction of racial groups.

 

262.

Windfall

An unexpected stroke of good luck.

 

263.

Plagiarism

Stealing from the writing of others.

 

264.

Reticent

A person who is reserved in talks.

 

265.

Circumlocution

To talk much without coming to the point.

 

266.

Thearchy

Government by the gods.

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267.

Widow

A woman whose husband is dead.

 

268.

Chip

A small piece of wood.

 

269.

Heinous

Wicked to a high degree.

 

270.

Avaricious

One desires to get money.

 271. Malcontent

A person who is always dissatisfied.

 272. Trilogy

A group of three novels or plays, each complete in itself.

 

273.

Gust

A sudden rush of wind.

 

274.

Accomplice

A person who helps you break the law.

 

275.

Idyll

Short descriptive poem of a picturesque scene or incident.

 

276.

Sojourn

A short stay at a place.

 

277.

Attempt

Constant effort to achieve something.

 

278.

Usurer

One who lends money at a high rate of interest.

 279. Midwife

Women are trained to help other women in childbirth.

 280. Desecrate

To deprive a thing of its holy character.

 

281.

Apostate

One who deserts his religion.

 

282.

Rebuke

To take one to task.

 

283.

Pyromania

The mania for setting fires.

 

284.

Aborigines

The original inhabitants of a country.

 285. Aviary

The place where birds are kept.

 286. Paralysis

Loss of power to move in any or every part of the body.

 287. Advocate

A person who speaks or supports an idea.

 288. Epicurean

One whose attitude is: “eat, drink, and be married”.

 289. Sadism

Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others.

 290. Malingerer

One who pretends illness to escape duty.

 291. Phrenology

The science of judging a person’s character, capabilities, etc. from an

 292. Dusk

Time after twilight and before night.

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examination of the shape of his skull.
 293. Amphibian

Animals living on land and in water.

 294. Demagogue

A political leader who tries to stir up people.

 

295.

Repentance

Atonement for one’s sins.

 

296.

Amnesty

A general pardon of political offenders.

 297. Granary

A house for storing grains.

 298. Teetotaller

One who totally abstains from alcoholic drinks.

 

299.

Dandy

A man who.

 

300.

Blasphemy

Contempt of god.

 

301.

Brigand

Member of a band of robbers.

 

302.

Liable

Responsible according to law.

 303. Nostalgia

Wistful longing for something one has known in the past.

 304. Eccentric

A man of odd habits.

 305. Typography

Science of printing.

 306. Hijacker

One who robs the smuggler of his smuggled goods after the border has been crossed.

 307. Telepathy

The power of reading the thoughts of others.

 308. Fanatic

One filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm in the cause.

 309. Polygamy

The custom of having many wives.

 310. Amateur

One who plays a game for pleasure and not professionally.

 311. Yacht

A light sailing boat built especially for racing.

 312. Telescope

An instrument for viewing objects at a distance.

 

313.

Surgeon

A man who operates on sick people.

 

314.

Fastidious

A person very hard to please.

 315. Pseudonym

A name adopted by an author in his writings.

 316. Renegade

A person who forsakes religion.

317. Bursar 318. Rustic

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A person holding a scholarship at a university. A person without manners or polish.
 319. Parody

A funny imitation of a poem.

 320. Scapegoat

A person who is made to bear the blame due to others.

 

321.

Antiquated

A thing or person behind time.

 

322.

Cuckold

The man whose wife has been unfaithful to him.

 323. Hippodrome

Course for chariot races.

 324. Pleonasm

Use of more words than are needed to express the meaning.

 

325.

Liar

A person who rarely speaks the truth.

 

326.

Pacify

To bring peace and end violence.

 

327.

Ambiguous

That which can be interpreted in any way.

 

328.

Veteran

The person who has long experience.

 

329.

Personify

Be the embodiment or perfect example.

 

330.

Incendiary

A person who maliciously destroys by fire.

 331. Highbrow

A person claiming to be superior in culture and intellect to others.

 332. Furrow

The line which a plow cuts in the grand.

 333. Anonymous

Of unknown and unadmitted authorship.

 334. Pragmatist

A person concerned with practical results and values.

 335. Epilogue

A speech by an actor at the end of a play.

 336. Plebiscite

Decisions are made on a political question by the votes of all qualified persons.

 

337.

Suicide

Act of taking one’s life.

 

338.

Elysium

A place of ideal peace and happiness.

 

339.

Resplendent

Shining, brilliant, and magnificent.

 

340.

Vacillation

Changing one’s mind too quickly.

 341. Reserved

One who talks very little.

 342. Menu

The list of courses at a meal or of dishes that can be served in a restaurant.

343. Anteroom 344. Cyclone

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A room leading into a large room or hall. A low-area storm with high winds rotating about a Centre of low atmospheric pressure.
 

 

345.

Anarchist

One who promotes the idea of the absence of government of any kind, when every man should be a law unto himself.

 

 

346.

Orchard

A field or a part of a garden where fruit trees grow.

 

347.

Duffer

A slow-witted and incompetent person.

 

348.

Mediocre

One who is neither intelligent nor dull.

 

349.

Rebut

Present opposing arguments.

 

350.

Punctilious

Careful in performing duties.

 

351.

Kiln

The place where bricks are baked.

 

352.

Smuggler

A person who brings goods illegally into the country.

 

353.

Demagogue

One who stirs people for personal politics or profit.

 

354.

Lithotomy

Cutting for stone in the bladder.

 355. Pilgrim

A person who travels to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion.

 356. Whip

A person sharing responsibility for a political party’s discipline and tactics.

 357. Memorandum

Informal business communication with a personal signature.

 358. Ballad

It’s a story in verse.

 359. Hinterland

Parts of the country are behind the coast or a river’s bank.

 360. Nemesis

Just punishment for wrongdoing.

 361. Amiable

One who is likable.

 362. Adjourn

To break off proceedings of a meeting for a time.

 363. Superficial

Something that is not thorough or profound.

364. Neologism

Using new words.

 

365.

Peer

Equal in rank, merit, or quality.

 

366.

Intercede

To mediate between two parties in a dispute.

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 367. Geriatrics

The branch of medical science which deals with the problems.

 368. Henpecked

A man who dances to the tunes of his wife.

369. Emeritus

One who was honorably discharged form service.

 370. Stupor

A heavy unnatural slumber.

 

371.

Abrogate

To do away with a rule.

 

372.

Palatable

Food that agrees with one’s taste.

 

373.

Bibliophile

One who loves books.

 

374.

Truism

Plain or self-evident truth.

 

375.

Obituary

Printed notice of somebody’s death.

 

376.

Apprentice

A person who has just started learning.

377. Venial

A fault that may be forgiven.

 378. Voluptuary

A person who gives himself unto luxury and sexual pleasures.

 

379.

Harlot

A woman of lax morals.

 

380.

Stoicism

Indifference to pleasure or pain.

 

381.

Deponent

A person who gives written testimony for use in law court.

 

382.

Milliner

A person who makes and sells ladies’ hats, etc.

 

383.

Brittle

A thing liable to be easy.

 

384.

Ornithologist

One who specializes in the study of birds.

 385. Philanderer

A person who makes love for amusement without serious intentions.

 386. Alimony

Allowance due to a wife from her husband on separation.

 387. Transmigration

The doctrine is that human souls pass from one body to another at the time of death.

 388. Immigrate

To come as a settler into another country.

 

389.

Epicure

A person who is very fond of sensuous enjoyments.

 

390.

Martyr

One who sacrifices his life for a cause.

 

391.

Pedantic

A style in which a writer makes a display

 

392.

Anatomy

Science of bodily structure.

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of his knowledge.
 393. Affidavit

A written declaration made on oath in the presence of a magistrate.

 394. Anniversary

Yearly celebration of a date or an event.

 395. Insular

Interested mainly in a small group, country, etc.

 396. Interregnum

The period between two reigns.

 397. Effeminate

A man who has the qualities of a woman.

 398. Septuagenarian

A person 70 to 79 years old.

 

399.

Rabble

People in a rowdy scene.

 

400.

Colleague

A person working in the same place with another.

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