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Saturday, March 28, 2009

One Word Substitutes

51. One who is all powerful = Omnipotent
52. Connoisseur of choice food = Gourmet
53. One who eats too much = glutton
54. One who is not loyal to the country = Traitor
55. A person who makes love for amusement = Philanderer
56. A small shop that sells fashionable clothes = Boutique
57. To come as a settler into another country = Immigrate
58. A person first speech = Maiden
59. Playing for the first time for one’s country = Debut
60. Speech delivered without any previous preparation = Extempore
61. Official in charge of a museum = Curator
62. Study of earth quakes = Seismology
63. Fear of going to bed = Clinophobia
64. Allowance due to a wife from husband after separation = Alimony
65. A person 70 to 79 years old = Septuagenarian
66. A person 80 to 89 years old = Octogenarian
67. A person who lived for hundred years = Centurion
68. One who looks at the bright side of things = Optimist
69. One who looks at the dark side of things = Pessimist
70. Specialist in children diseases = Pediatrician
71. Specialist in mental diseases = Psychiatrist
72. A word no longer in use = Obsolete
73. A person who lived at the same time = Contemporary
74. One who has suddenly become wealthy and powerful = Parvenu
75. One who does not know how to save money = Spendthrift
76. Man with woman’s qualities = Effeminate
77. Lack of enough blood = Anaemia
78. The plants of a region = Flora
79. The animals of a region = Fauna
80. Unnecessary fear of crowds = Ochlophobia
81. One appointed by two parties to settle a dispute = Arbiter
82. A list of explanation of words at the end of a book = Appendix
83. A man who can use both hands = Ambidextrous
84. Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence = Protocol
85. A paper written in one’s own hand = Manuscript
86. Interested in and clever at many things = Versatile
87. To Congratulate a person in a formal manner = Felicitate
88. A person skilled in horse riding = Equestrian
89. One who talks continuously = Loquacious
90. A violent bad tempered woman = Virago
91. A person who readily believes in others = Credulous
92. A person who is easily cheated = Gulliable
93. A book containing summarises information of all branches in knowledge = Encyclopedia
94. Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool = Dotage
95. A person who wishes to throw over all establishments = Anarchist
96. Land which is surrounded by water almost on all sides = Peninsula
97. A fixed orbit in space in relation to earth = Geostationary
98. Ridiculous use of words = Malapropism
99. A sea abounding in islands = Archipelago
100. A story that can hardly be believed = Incredible
Words used in ancient times but not in use now = Archaic

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