ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION
A blow which may cause death : An fatal blow
A careful preservation and protection of wildlife is the : Perceverence
A child born after the death of its father : A posthumous child
A child of unusual of remarkable talent : Prodigy
A continuous process of change in known as : Flux
A contractor of crossword puzzles : Cruciverbalist
A cure for all diseases : Panacea
A dramatic performance : Masque
A drawing on transparent paper : Transparency
A fault that may be forgiven : Venial
A fixed orbit in space in relation to earth : Geostationary
A government by officials : Bureaucracy
A government run by a dictator : Autocracy
A house for storing grains : Granary
A jocular person who is full of amusing a necdotes : Wag
A language which is no longer in use : A dead language
A large dark grey cloud that brings rain or show : Nimbus
A large pillar made from one stone : Monolith
A letter or word repeated unintentionally in writing or copying : Dittography
A letter without the name of the author : An anonymous letter
A light sailing boat built especially for racing : Yacht
A list of items to be transacted at a meeting : Record
A man adopted by an author in his writings : Pseudonym
A man can be sentenced to death for killing another : Homicide
A man of odd habits : Eccentric
A man with prejudiced views against religion : Bigot
A paper written in one’s own hand writing : Manuscript
A person 70 to 90 years old : Septuagenarian
A person from another country comes to our country to settle : Immigrant
A person interested in reading books and nothing else : Bookworm
A person living permanently in a certain place : Domicile
A person not sure of the existence of God : Agnostic
A person pretending to be somebody he is not : Imposter
A person very hard to please : Fastidious
A person who betrays a friend : Traitor
A person who brings goods illegally into the country : Smuggler
A person who does not believe in any religion : Pagan
A person who enters without any invitation : Intruder
A person who forsakes religion : Renegade
A person who is always dissatisfied : Malcontent
A person who is made to bear the blame due to others : Scapegoat
A person who is skilled in horsemanship : Equestrian
A person who lives alone and avoids other people : Recluse
A person who never takes alcoholic drinks : Teetotaller
A person who rules without consulting the opinion of others : Autocrat
A place of good climate for invalids : Sanatorium
A post with-out remuneration : Honorary
A remedy for all diseases : Panacea
A roundabout way for speaking : Circumlocution
A school for small children : Kindergarten
A sea abounding in islands : Archipelago
A short journey made by a group of persons together : Excursion
A short stay at a place : Sojourn
A short walk for pleasure or exercise : Stroll
A sly look that is lustfull : Leer
A speak given after conclusion of drama : Epilogue
A specialist who tests eyesight : Ophthalmologist
A specialist with regard to the ear : Aorist
A speech delivered for the first time in an assembly : A maidan speech
A speech delivered without previous preparation : Extempore speech
A speech full of too many words : A verbouse speech
A story in verse : Ballad
A story in which ideas are symbolized as people : Allegory
A strong desire to take liquor : Dipsomania
A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge : Pedantic
A tank where fish and water plants are kept : Aquarium
A tentative assumption made to drive a logical conclusion : Hypothesis
A tumour which is not likely to spread : Benign
A wall built to prevent the sea or a river from flooding an area : Dyke
A women whose husband has died : Widower
A word no longer in use : Obsolete
A word which is no longer in use : An absolete word
Absence of rule of law and order : Anarchy
Allowance paid to wife on legal separation : Alimony
An animal that lives on herbs : Herbivorous
An emolument over and above fixed income or salary : Honorarium
An expression of mild disapproval : Reproof
An imaginary name assumed by an author for disguise : Command
An involuntary action under stimulus is described as a : Reflex
An occasion of great importance : Momentous
An office or post with no work but high pay : Sinecure
An office for which no salary is paid : Honorary office
An official call to appear in a court of law : Summon
An order requiring a person to attend a court : Subpoena
An underhand device resorted to in order to justify misconduct : Manoeuvre
An unexpected stroke of good luck : Windfall
Animals live in flocks : Gregarious
Animals living in both land and water Aquatic : Amphibious animals
Animals living on grass : Graminivorous animals
Animals living on human flesh : Cannibals
Animals living on meat : Carnivorous animals
Animals living on vegetables : Vegetarian animals
Animals sucking their mother’s breast : Mammals
Animals who live bordered with trees : Boulevard
Anything tending to move away from centre : Centrifugal
Anything written in a letter after it is signed : Postscript
Arrangement in order of occurrence : Chronological
Avoiding wastage : Economical
Be the embodiment or perfect example of : Personify
Belief or opinion contrary to what is generally accepted : Heresy
Belonging to all parts of the world : Universal
Beyond the power of nature : Supernatural
Calmness and indifference to suffering : Stoicism
Capable of being through : Transparent
Characterised by dull uniformity : Monotonous
Child brought up by persons who are not his parents : Fosterchild
Circular building or hall with a dome : Rotunda
Clues available at a scene : Circumstantial
Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence : Protocol
Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter : Alliteration
Constant effort to achieve something : Attempt
Contrary to law : Illegal
Contrary to nature : Unnatural
crime of offence : Indictment
Custom of many wives : Polygamy
Cutting for stone in the bladder : Lithotomy
Deep in thought : Pensive
Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others : Sadism
Destitute of knowledge : Ignorant
Detaining and confining someone : Interment
Determine the nature of the disease : Diagonose
Excessive preoccupation with one’s health : Hypochondria
Extreme old age when one behaves like a child : Dotage
Fit to be chosen : Eligible
Fit to be eaten : Eatable, Edible
Food which agrees with one’s taste : Palatable
Giving undue favours to one’s own kith and kin : Neotism
Gold or silver before using for manufacturing ornaments : Bullion
Government by a ruler who has unlimited power : Autocracy
Government by the God : Thearchy
Government by the rich and aristocrats : Aristocracy
Happening every second year : Biennial
Have two wives or two husbands at a time : Bigamy
He does unpaid work for the Red Cross : Honorary
He is very carefully and particular about everything he does : Meticulous
He spent a long time cutting all the waste paper into pieces : Shredding
In difference to pleasure or pain : Stoicism
Inability to read, usually caused by brain lesions; word blindness : Alexia
Inability to sleep : Insomnia
Incapable of being repaired : Irreparable
Incapable of being admitted : Inadmissible
Incapable of being altered : Unalterable
Incapable of being applied : Inapplicable
Incapable of being believed : Incredible, Unbelievable
Incapable of being borne or endure or tolerated : Unbearable, Unendurable,
Incapable of being conceived : Inconceivable
Incapable of being conquered or overcome or defeated : Invincible, Unconquerable
Incapable of being controlled : Uncontrollable
Incapable of being corrected : Incorrigible
Incapable of being defended : Indefensible
Incapable of being disputed : Indisputable
Incapable of being divided : Indivisible
Incapable of being done : Impossible
Incapable of being elected or chosen : Ineligible
Incapable of being exhausted : Inexhaustable
Incapable of being explained : Inexplicable
Incapable of being expressed : Inexpressible
Incapable of being imitated : Inimitable
Incapable of being justified : Unjustified
Incapable of being managed : Unmanageable
Incapable of being passed over or surmounted : Insurmountable or insuperable
Incapable of being performed : Impracticable
Incapable of being pierced or penetrated : Inpenetrable
Incapable of being questioned : Unquestionable
Incapable of being reached or approached : Inapproachable, Inaccessible
Incapable of being read : Illegible
Incapable of being reconciled : Irreconcilable
Incapable of being recovered : Irrecoverable
Incapable of being reproached or censured : Irreproachable
Incapable of being resisted : Irresistible
Incapable of being seen : Invisible
Incapable of being seen through : Opaque
Incapable of being seized : Impregnable
Incapable of being solved : Insoluble
Incapable of being tired : Indefatigable
Incapable of being understood : Unintelligible
Instrument to measure atmospheric pressure : Barometer
Land so surrounded by water as to be almost an island : Peninsula
Liable to be easily broken : Brittle
Liable to be easily kindled : Inflammable
List of heading of the business to be transacted at a meeting : Agenda
Loss of money : Amnesia
Medical study of skin an its diseases : Dermatology
Medicine used to save plant and animals from being rotten or decaying Antiseptic
Member of a band of robbers : Brigand
Murder of a brother : Fratricide
Murder of a new born baby : Infanticide
Murder of king : Regicide
Murder or murderer of an infant : Infanticide
Murder or murderer of man : Homicide
Murder or Murderer of one’s Father : Patricide
Murder or Murderer of One’s Mother : Matricide
Murder or murderer of one’s own self : Suicide
Nations engaged in war : Belligerents
Not bearing the name of the writer : Anonymous
Occurring at night : Nocturnal
Of outstanding significance : Monumental
Of unknown and unadmitted authorship : Anonymous
Official in charge of a museum : Curator
One always doubting : Sceptic
One appointment by two parties to settle a dispute : Intercede
One coming to a foreign land to settle there : Immigrant
One filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm in cause : Fanatic
One for whom money is the most important thing : Materialistic
One giving up his faith : Renegade or Apostate
One hating mankind : Misanthrope or Misanthropist
One knowing many languages : Linguist
One leaving his native country to settle in another : Emigrant
One living at the same time with another : Contemporary
One looking only to the bright side of things : Optimist
One looking only to the dark side of things : Pessimist
One residing in a foreign country : An alien, A foreigner
One speaking many languages : Polyglot
One trying to do good to mankind : Philanthrope or Philanthropost
One unable to pay one’s debts : Insolvent, Bankrupt
One who attack first : Aggressor
One who believes in traditional values : Orthodox
One who can use either of his hands with ease : Ambidextrous
One who can’t pay the debts : Bankrupt
One who cannot be corrected : Incorrigible
One who cannot die : Immortal
One who cannot hear : Deaf
One who cannot speak : Dumb
One who depends on others : Parasite
One who deserts his religion : Apostate
One who deserts his religion : Apostate
One who devotes full time in reading books nothing else : Bookworm
One who does not believe in God : Atheist
One who does not care for literature of art : Philistine
One who does not take alcoholic drinks : Titotaller
One who eats everything : Omnivorous
One who eats human flesh : Cannibal
One who enjoys by love making : Philandered
One who given to pleasures of the flesh : Epicurean
One who goes to live in a foreign country : Emigrant
One who has suddenly gained new wealth, power or prestige : Parvenu
One who has the same name with another : Namesake
One who hides away on a ship to obtain a free passage : Stowaway
One who is all powerful : Omnipotent, Almighty
One who is citizen not of a country but also the world : Cosmopolitan
One who is honorably discharged from service : Emeritus
One who is present everywhere : Omipresent
One who is unable to pay debt : Insolvent
One who knows many languages : Linguist
One who knows or sees everything : Omniscient
One who lives for more than a hundred years : Centenarian
One who looks at the bright side of things : Optimist
One who loves books : Bibliophile
One who loves mankind : Philanthropist
One who loves others : Altruist
One who loves women : Philogynist
One who never makes a mistake : Infallible
One who not easily pleased by anything : Fastidious
One who offers his services without charging for it : Volunteer
One who possesses many talents : Versatile
One who pretends illness to escape duty : Malingerer
One who pretends to be what he is not : Hypocrite
One who sacrifices his life for a cause : Martyr
One who sees dark side of things : Pessimist
One who speaks for others : Spokesman
One who specializes in the study of birds : Ornithologist
One who tends to take a hopeful view of life : Optimist
One who thinks that human nature is essentially evil : Cynic
One who travels from place to place : Itinerant
One who travels on foot : Pedestrian
One who uses fear as a weapon of power : Terrorist
One who walks in sleep : Somnambulist
One working in the same place : Colleague
Opposed to great or sudden change : Conservative
Original inhabitant of a country : Aborigines
Parts of a country behind the coast or a river’s banks : Hinterland
Passing of soul from one body to another : Transmigration
People in a rowdy sense : Rabble
Person holding a scholarship at a university : Bursar
Person representing a state in a foreign country : Ambassador
Person who gives written testimony for use in a law court : Deponent
Persons living at the same time : Contemporaries
Place of burial : Cemetery
Place where birds are kept : Aviary
Place which provides both board and lodging : Inn
Present opposing arguments or evidence : Rebut
Printed notice of somebody’s death : Obituary
Property inherited from one’s father or ancestors : Patrimony
Ravi impressed everyone with his persuasive and fluent speech : Eloquence
Regard for others as a principle of action : Altruism
Rejesh was a hater of learning and knowledge : Misologist
Relationship by blood or birth : Consanguinity
Responsible according to law : Liable
Ridiculous use of words : Malapropism
Science deals with formation of words : Etymology
Science of heredity : Genetics
Science of human body : Physiology
Science of the races of mankind : Ethnology
Seat on elephant’s back : Howdah
Seeing something which is not actually present : Hallucination
Sole right to make and sell some invention : Patent
Something which is not through or profound : Superficial
Sound which can be heard : Audible
Speaking disrespectfully about sacred or religious things : Blasphemy
Speaking himself when alone : Soliloquy
Speaking or writing many languages : Polyglot
Stealing from the writings of others : Plagiarism
Story told to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth : Parable
Study of antiquisities : Archeology
Study of art of teaching : Pedagogy
Study of climate or weather : Meteorology
Study of coins : Numismatics
Study of heavenly body : Astronomy
Study of mankind : Anthropology
Study of secret writing and coded words : Cryptography
Style full of words : Verbose
Tendency to quarrel : Pugnacity
That cannot be avoided : Inevitable
That which can be carried : Portable
That which can be divided : Divisible
That which can be interpreted in any way : Ambiguous
That which cannot be conquered : Invincible
That which cannot be done without : Indispensable
That which cannot be understood : Unintelligible
The animals of a particular region : Fauna
The art of beautiful handwriting elegant penmanship : Calligraphy
The biography of a man written by himself : An autobiography
The bus has to go back and forth every six hours : Commute
That cannot be corrected : Incorrigible
The custom of having more than one husband at the same time : Polyandry
The custom of having more than one wife at the same time : Polygyny
The higher point : Zenith
The line which a plough cuts in the ground : Furrow
The officer was not willing to take a definite stand on that point : Evasive
The original inhabitants of a country : Aborigines
The place where bricks are baked : Kiln
The policy of extending of country’s empire and influence : Imperialism
The power of reading of thoughts of others : Telepathy
The practice of having more than one husband : Polyandry
The practice of having more than one spouse at the same time : Polygamy
The school or college in which one has been educated : Alma mater
The scientific study of living organisms : Biology
The use of many words where only a few are necessary : Circumlocution
Thing that can be felt of touched : Palpable
Through which light cannot pass : Opaque
To be known for bad acts : Notorious
To cause troops etc to spread out in readiness for battle : Deploy
To come as a settler into another country : Immigrate
To congratulate someone in a formal manner : Felicitate
To cut a part of person’s body : Amputate
To examination one’s own thoughts and feelings : Introspection
To have a very high opinion of oneself : Conceited
To mediate between two parties in a dispute : Intercede
To move along with quick, short twisting : Wriggle
To run away with a lover : Elope
To send an unwanted person out of the country : Deport
To slap with a flat object : Crowd
To surround with armed forces : Besiege
To talk much without coming to the point : Circumlocution
Two child born together : Twins
Unable to write : Illiterate
Unreasonably Enthusiastic about religion : Fanatic
Vehicle to carry dead bodies : Hearse
Very vigilant and cautions : Meticulous
Vessel in which fish and water plants are kept : Aquarium
We are looking forward to a good winter this year : Hoping
Which can be easily broken : Brittle
Which cannot be believed : Incredible
Which destroy germs : Germicide
Which happens once a year : Annual
Who cares fully of his health : Hygienist
Who does not care for art or literature : Philistine
Who does not things for pleasure and not for money : Amateur
Who easily believes others : Credulous
Wistful longing for something one has known in the past : Nostalgia
With much liveliness and a sence of purpose : Tauntily
Without risk of punishment : Impunity
Word for word reproduction : Verbatim
Words inscribed on the tomb of the dead : Epitaph
Words of similar meaning : Synonyms
Words used in ancient times but no longer in general use now : Archaic
Yearly celebration of a date or an event : Anniversary
