In the realm of language proficiency assessments, mastering one word substitution (OWS) is pivotal, especially when preparing for exams such as the SSC, including the prestigious SSC CGL. From the foundational stages, like Class 3, students begin encountering these exercises, where a single word stands in for more complex concepts. As learners progress, they compile a growing list of one word substitutions to enhance their command over English. Examples of these one word substitutes abound, with terms like ‘cynosure’ highlighting the focal point and ‘ephemeral’ encapsulating fleeting moments. These exercises are not only integral for exams but also for broader linguistic proficiency in everyday English one word substitution scenarios. Embracing these substitutes provides an easy yet effective way to navigate the intricacies of language, ensuring a solid foundation for success in language assessments.
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| 2901 | PHONETICS | the study of speech sounder | Their teacher, a charming eight-months-pregnant young woman dressed in a traditional Indian sari, moved seamlessly among British, American, and Canadian accents as she demonstrated reading a paragraph designed to highlight phonetics. | “Madame,” Princesse said, calling upon her phonetics lessons in order to sound less native and more French. |
| 2902 | PHILANDER | one who amuses oneself by love making | “If you are indeed a knight, ser, defend that slander with your body.” | “How dare you speak the name of a good, God-fearing girl? Any man who slanders one of my family has me to reckon with!” |
| 2903 | ACOUSTICS | study of sound | It was a result of the heating vent’s bad acoustics, her own imperfect English, and the fact that she kept lifting her head to hear if anyone was coming. | Tiny’s talking to Gary onstage, and because the acoustics are fantastic in our auditorium, I can hear exactly what he’s saying even from the back. |
| 2904 | AESTHETICS | philosophy of fine arts | The rocket began, like the gunpowder that first powered it, in China where it was used for ceremonial and aesthetic purposes. | The aesthetic evil of a footnote seems in order just here, I’m afraid. |
| 2905 | AGRONOMY | science of soil management and the production of field crop | Scholars debate these estimates, but nobody disputes that the Haudenosaunee exemplified the formidable tradition of limited government and personal autonomy shared by many cultures north of the Rio Grande. | Fearful that ongoing war would mean utter destruction of their nation, a faction of Shawnee accepted a peace agreement that meant giving up some of their autonomy and the territory they used as hunting grounds. |
| 2906 | ALCHEMY | chemistry in ancient times | “Everyone thinks chemistry and alchemy are so similar, but they’re really not. They’re not even related. They just happen to live in the same house.” | “Remember what I told you: the world is only the visible aspect of God. And that what alchemy does is to bring spiritual perfection into contact with the material plane.” |
| 2907 | CHRONOBIOLOGY | study of duration of life | The idea of discovery simply could not take hold in a culture so preoccupied with Biblical chronology and liturgical repetition on the one hand, and secular ideas of rebirth, recurrence and reinterpretation on the other. | The exact chronology of their evolution remains unknown, but could be resolved by the next object that a farmer discovers in a field. |
| 2908 | CHROMATICS | the science of colors | A second technician gauges Werner’s eye color against a chromatic scale on which sixty or so shades of blue are displayed. | Figure 4.47: The chromatic scale includes all the pitches normally found in Western music. |
| 2909 | COSMOGONY | science of the nature of heavenly bodies | “But more important was the feeling of the absolute freedom, creative extravagance even, hundreds of ships, creatures, parallel worlds, a complete cosmogony.” | “Voyage of Time” is, as its title suggests, a sort of cinematic cosmogony, a lyrical collage that looks at a broad spectrum of natural phenomena artistically and imaginatively. |
| 2910 | CYPHER | art of secret writings | There was always time, after the battle ended but while the music was still going strong, when people from the crowd would form cyphers”impromptu breaking circles”and blow your mind. | Ever since Joel Schumacher introduced the celluloid version of the caped crusader’s right-hand man in Batman Forever, the character has been a cypher for all that can go wrong with comic-book movies. |
| 2911 | CYTOLOGY | study of cells, specially their formation structure and functions | She never expected to find feeding her baby a greater challenge than advanced cytology. | In Northern Ireland, a less sensitive test called cytology continues to be used which examines the cells under a microscope. |
| 2912 | DACTYLOGRAPHY | study of finger prints for the purpose of identification | The letter was handwritten on fine, unlined paper in looping script so ornate it was almost calligraphy, the black ink varying in tone like that of an old fountain pen. | “I will make each of you a list of what you need. I’ll make the list in calligraphy. Watch me, and it will be your first lesson.” |
| 2913 | DACTYLOLOGY | technique of communication by signs made with the fingers, generally used by deaf | Evolution occurred in scientific progress as it happened in nature: a positive trait was passed along, then proliferated; obsolete characteristics withered away, and the technology and the organization evolved into something new. | As a result, in the very long run, technology may have developed most rapidly in regions with moderate connectedness, neither too high nor too low. |
| 2914 | DEMOGRAPHY | study of human population with the help of records of the number of births and deaths | From what root is “democracy” derived?”What adjective is formed from “democracy”?”Is Russia at present a democracy?”Can you mention any ancient governments that for a time were democracies? | When I thought of Western democracy and freedom, I thought of the British parliamentary system. |
| 2915 | EPIGRAPHY | study of inscriptions | There was a biography and picture of the author and steel-cut engravings illustrating scenes from each play. | The biographies were closest to the ocean and were especially moldy and not as desirable for the thieves. |
| 2916 | EUGENICS | study of production of better offspring by the careful selection of parents | As an undergraduate, he had formed a Biological Society at Columbia University to explore and support “positive eugenics.” | Their pictures were featured prominently on posters, newspapers, and magazines”generating passive support for a national eugenics movement. |
| 2917 | ERGONOMY | study of effect of environment on workers | The eastern frontier, where Dacca was located, was fighting for autonomy from the ruling regime in the west. | However, there was an element of autonomy in the younger girl’s unhappiness. |
| 2918 | GANEOLOGY | study of family ancestries and histories | The analogy that is usually given for explaining the curvature of space is to try to imagine someone from a universe of flat surfaces, who had never seen a sphere, being brought to Earth. | “I’m making an analogy to the Casimir effect, where you can push plates together with a noticeable radiation pressure from the vacuum,” he says. |
| 2919 | HISTOLOGY | study of tissues | The book was filled with complicated sentences explaining Henrietta’s cells by saying, “its atypical histology may correlate with the unusually malignant behavior of the carcinoma,” and something about the “correlate of the tumor’s singularity.” | To the extent that fetal hormones affect brain chemistry and histology, I’ve got a male brain. |
| 2920 | HAGIOLOGY | study of the lives of saints | All had died from some mysterious cataclysm just under twelve million years ago in the time known to geology as the Miocene. | In addition to geology, there were a number of other reasons for us to take trips. |
| 2921 | ICONOGRAPHY | teaching with the aid of pictures and models | An icon painter from Crete was imported to render the iconography. | Popular guys with nice cars who had no viral iconography casting a shadow over them and would never bring up Chuck E. Cheese’s in her presence sat there rapt. |
| 2922 | ICONOLOGY | study of symbolic representations | I was misled partly by the analogy with the surface of the earth. | These are arguments by analogy, based on the circumstances of the case. |
| 2923 | JURISPRUDENCE | science of law | Within a few years after the drug war was declared, however, many legal scholars noted a sharp turn in the Supreme Court’s Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. | The justification for the implicit doublespeak””we do not racial-profile; we just stop people based on race””can be explained in part by the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence. |
| 2924 | LEXICOGRAPHY | writing or compiling of dictionaries | “And when we see a critical mass of volume against a particular word, our lexicography team will start researching.” | If you want to see what has been done in the way of writing of slang lexicography for 500 years, then this is the place to go. |
| 2925 | ORTHOEPY | study of correct pronunciation | It is true that the pedantry of scholarship has put its sovereign veto against the practice of writing words as they are spoken, even could the orthoepy ever have been settled by an unquestioned standard. | The orthography is according to Jack’s orthoepy, for there are various spellings of the word. |
| 2926 | PEDAGOGY | art or method of teaching | Fortunately, there are ways in which to use pedagogies that you already know in order to teach the material, without compromising its integrity or authenticity. | This chapter also familiarizes the reader with each method’s philosophy and principles, unique pedagogy, and practices and activities. |
| 2927 | PETROLOGY | study of rocks/crust | Geology: nothing about geomorphology or stratigraphy or even petrology. | The mining, the petrology, the archaeology ” the artistically gifted, straight-F student, trying to live up to his brilliant, academic, domineering father. |
| 2928 | PALEOGRAPHY | study of ancient writings | He edited a railway magazine and worked for the International Wool Secretariat, an industry group, while resuming his education through correspondence courses for a bachelor’s degree and master’s in bibliography and paleography. | He demonstrated his ability to accurately transcribe a barely-legible original manuscript of Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984” by disporting his skills in paleography, the study of ancient and antiquated writing systems. |
| 2929 | SPELELOGY | study of caves | In Italy we are told of “the fallen angel of French speleology”, Marcel Loubens, who winches himself into an abyss only to have his belt clip snap. | In 1964, when he was 18, the high school dropout parlayed his amateur prowess in speleology into a job as a technician at the newly formed National Institute of Hydraulic Resources. |
| 2930 | ANONYMOUS | a work whose writer is unknown | I’ve just finished a fellowship at Princeton and for years I wrote an anonymous blog about race, which then became how I made my living, and you can read the archives here. | As Adams described his encounter with the anonymous climber, and then sliding down the ice, my mouth went dry and the hairs on the back of my neck suddenly bristled. |
| 2931 | EPILOGUE | a short speech by a player at the end of a play | I hate to go to hospitals because you never know when you get in one of the elevators if the guy next to you has the galloping bubonic plague. | Ever since my father’s death, I had been plagued by nightmares of water and sickness. |
| 2932 | PROLOGUE | a short speech by a player at the beginning of a play | The past may be prologue, but it’s with me, every day. | Widget pauses before he starts, letting the tent and the tree settle into silent prologue while Poppet waits patiently. |
| 2933 | AUTOBIOGRAPHY | a record of one’s life written by himself | Not only did he answer my letter, but he included his response in his autobiography, sandwiched between letters to Nehru, Khrushchev, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and other luminaries. | “It was better to announce my engagement by letter than to wait until I returned home, as thus I might draw the hottest fire while still in safe harbor,” she wrote in her autobiography. |
| 2934 | BIOGRAPHY | the history of the life of a person (written by other) | The advance publicity for Skeeter’s biography has certainly suggested that there will be shocks in store for those who believe Dumbledore to have led a blameless life. | “Baba, I read Dr. Schneider’s biography in the waiting room. He was born in Michigan. Michigan! He’s American, a lot more American than you and I will ever be.” |
| 2935 | PLAGIARIST | a writer who borrows words and ideas from another author | Surely the similarities were inadvertent, he suggested, since Jackson was obviously a virtuous man and thus incapable of plagiarism. | It also had Zero Tolerance Policies toward fighting, plagiarism, drugs, and alcohol. |
| 2936 | CAPTION | the heading or short description of a newspaper article, chapter of a book | It’s a picture of a frowning Will, a wilted bouquet of flowers in his hand, a bubble caption underneath it reading “Sorry.” | She laughed, took a picture, texted it to Dill, and then tweeted it to her 187,564 followers with the caption Racists: not so good, with the, commas. |
| 2937 | COMEDY | a humorous play, having a happy ending | He had actually done stand-up comedy in clubs, Officer Speros told us, and for the first day we were less his class than his audience. | Odd too is the effect produced when he uses academic jargon”bubbles at the tip of his tongue: “Topos… negative capability… vegetation imagery in Shakespearean comedy.’ |
| 2938 | TRAGEDY | a play with a sad or tragic end | “It’s the entire purpose of the club. We come here and discuss tales of murder and tragedy.” | “In the wake of the Tonist tragedy, conclave takes on a certain…resonance, don’t you think?” she heard someone say. |
| 2939 | BIBLIOPHILE | one who is a great lover of books | “What about all these other kids?” said Sierra, gesturing to the tables filled with the country’s top young bibliophiles. | In addition to being a dedicated bibliophile, Scheide was a musician and musicologist; his library contains autographed music manuscripts by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, and Wagner. |
| 2940 | CATALOGUE | a list of books in a library | Artemis catalogued the events of the last few minutes. | Students flock around someone short and bald, dressed in a navy blue blazer that seems right out of a catalogue. |
| 2941 | DIARY | a book in which the events of each day are recorded | Mr. Bolkestein, the Cabinet Minister, speaking on the Dutch broadcast from London, said that after the war a collection would be made of diaries and letters dealing with the war. | Oh diary dear, I have been so indecisive about everything all week! |
| 2942 | DICTIONARY | a book containing the words of a language with their definitions, in alphabetical order | He learned where to place the green-faced lieutenant and the captain, and, high ground being priceless, to set the machine gunner on a book, a children’s dictionary. | As dictionaries will tell you, either form is right. |
| 2943 | DIRECTORY | a book of names and address | Unlike Nora, I’m terrible at memorizing people’s apartment numbers, so I look at the directory in the lobby’s vestibule. | He remembers the astonishment of seeing pages full of Gangulis, three columns to a page, in the Calcutta telephone directory. |
| 2944 | HARANGUE | a noisy or vehement speech intended to excite passions | He took a long swig on the R.C., then continued his harangue. | When the last priest had left, harangued back to Athens after a mere three months, the family had hoped that Father Mike might be promoted. |
| 2945 | EPITOME | a brief summary of a book | They were, in effect, an epitome of his reading. | Mom in a rush is not the epitome of patience. |
| 2946 | ENCYCLOPEDIA | a book containing information on all branches of knowledge | Once when I was seven or eight, she started bringing books to me”big old ones like the dictionary and the encyclopedia. | Aureliano Segundo was so enthusiastic over the progress of his daughter that from a traveling salesman he bought a six-volume English encyclopedia with many color prints which Meme read in her spare time. |
| 2947 | OBSOLETE | a word or law no longer in use | The historian Garry Wills’s view that Everett’s speech was “obsolete within a half-hour of the time when it was spoken” seems to me a little over the top. | The British preference, have woken, was once considered obsolete in the United States. |
| 2948 | EXPURGATE | to remove the offensive portion of a book | Dewey admits it, but he adds that except for an apparently somewhat expurgated version of his own conduct, Hickock’s story supports Smith’s. | But even without our expurgated radio broadcast, we had learned what the authorities did not want us to know. |
| 2949 | EXTEMPORE | a speech delivered without earlier preparation | So by 1611 the revolution was well under way, and Donne, unlike Shakespeare and most educated contemporaries, was fully aware of it. | In 1930, Haile Selassie became emperor and the shaping force of contemporary Ethiopian history. |
| 2950 | MAIDEN | the first speech delivered by a person | “Don’t speak,” said Loki in the form of a maiden. | The painting was so detailed Pinmei could even see that between the fingers of the maiden’s outstretched hand was a thin silver needle. |
| 2951 | MANIFESTO | a declaration of plans and promises put forward by a candidate for election, a political party or a sovereign | Every crate must be padlocked, every transport manifest kept in a secure place. | They began to manifest a curious and really rather terrifying single-mindedness. |
| 2952 | AMBIGUOUS | a statement open to more than one interpretation | There are other words just as ambiguous as sixteenth-century “experience’/”experiment’. | His plan seemed so ambiguous and meaningless now, in front of these uniformed men. |
| 2953 | PHILISTINE | one who does not care for literature and art | At first glance classic style sounds naive and philistine, suited only to a world of concrete goings-on. | Until then, McGregor’s film must take its place alongside a long list of cherished books which have been wantonly manhandled by philistine film-makers. |
| 2954 | RETICENT | a person very reserved in speech | I did not know Negro Communists as well as I wanted to, and when, on many occasions, I had sought to question them about their feelings, their work, and their actions, they had been reticent. | Thus, the girls were no longer always together, and Nancy deeply felt the daytime absence of her friend, the one person with whom she need be neither brave nor reticent. |
| 2955 | VERBOSE | a style full of words | His account is simple and straightforward; Ovid’s extremely verbose”for instance, he takes a hundred lines to kill the sea serpent. | His overly verbose answers to questions at town-hall forums and campaign debates seemed only to drive home the point that he belonged on the Senate floor. |
| 2956 | INDESCRIBABLE | incapable of being described adequately | Cries of human jubilation and “indescribable noise-making devices” sounded off into the night. | “And I do think for myself. But the wisdom of the Führer, it fills me with an indescribable command.” |
| 2957 | SOLILOQUIZING | speaking one’s thoughts aloud to oneself | Do you know how long it takes to sound out a word like soliloquized? | The roses were in bloom, two nightingales soliloquized in the boskage, a cuckoo was just going out of tune among the lime trees. |
| 2958 | CONNOISSEUR | a person who is especially competent to pass judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste | She is a connoisseur of pain the way others are connoisseurs of wine. | They were in one of those long breaks in the sermon that the priest, a connoisseur of unbearable silences, used with frequency and to great effect. |
| 2959 | ALLITERATION | commencement of adjacent words with the same letter; e.g. lovely, lively lilies | Reductio ad absurdum, by this token, would be classed as a figure of thought, whereas isocolon”a sequence of phrases the same length”or alliteration would be figures of speech. | Dear Diary is better, not just because of the double D alliteration action, but also because Diary reminds me of the name Darryl, so at least I feel like I’m talking to an actual someone. |
| 2960 | ANECDOTE | a short, narrative story of an incident | The effect of one of Leon’s anecdotes was to make his listener warm to humankind and its failings. | He hinted about Cassius Clay a couple of times, and when I responded only with anecdotes about my interview with Clay, he finally asked what Clay had said of him. |
| 2961 | COUPLET | two line poems | Billy found the couplet so comical that he not only laughed”he shrieked. | The sluggers turned as a unit to look toward the source of the noise, but Jesse hadn’t noticed and was still talking about memory, this time in rhyming couplets. |
| 2962 | DECIPHER | decode/to read and understand the meaning | I spent hours trying to decipher the lines in the survival manual on navigation. | There were things to look for, an unspoken language of movement and form to decipher, passwords to exchange, and glances to decode. |
| 2963 | EPISTLE | composition in the form of a letter | As the year passed his friend seemed to grow larger in his mind, and his face looked out in a very grave and subtle way from the darkness at night. | It was true: A large patch in the middle was different from the rest, although the difference was so subtle only a botanist”or Sticky”would have noticed it. |
| 2964 | ERUDITE | scholarly/a person who has academic knowledge | “Oh, dear me, no. I like to think of myself as an aged but extremely erudite scholar.” | Handsome, erudite, and a packet of energy, the Latvian was a crowd-pleaser and the darling of the chess world. |
| 2965 | EUPHEMISM | bombastic style of writing | Our linguistic ancestors parlayed that incomprehension into euphemisms like passed on in which death consists of a journey to a remote location. | As we have seen, the inhabitants of neighboring towns were”to borrow a modern euphemism””incentivized” to resettle there. |
| 2966 | FABLE | moral stories with animal characters | Only three such conditions are known to be viable; one of them, of course, is mongolism. | In the twenty years between 1687 and 1707 he worked towards the construction of a viable steam engine, but in the end he failed. |
| 2967 | HYMN | poem sung in praise of god | We grew suspicious, for a stranger in our midst probably meant a SIM plant with a fabricated name. | A few guys crashed with them, and we ended up with not much more than forty or so kids, so”I mean there could have been more”it wasn’t bad for a cocktail party. |
| 2968 | HYPERBOLE | exaggerated form of speech; e.g. million dollar smile | You may take this as another example of hyperbole, for in Miss Penelope Lumley’s day servants did not actually have the power to become invisible, although it certainly would be interesting if they had. | It was a contest in hyperbole and carried on for no other reason. |
| 2969 | LEGEND | story the authenticity of which has not been proved | “I was only a praetor for about two hours. Jason, you ever hear a legend like that?” | He was a legend in the school for dreaming up ways of avoiding Phys. |
| 2970 | METAPHOR | when comparison is made but without using ‘like’ or ‘as’; he was a lion in the battle field | Maybe Mrs. O’Toole’s maritime metaphor had given him an idea. | My grandfather was literal minded, not a man who traded in metaphor or suggestion. |
| 2971 | SIMILE | when similarity is shown by using words ‘like’ or ‘as’; e.g. he was like a lion in the battle field | Colonel Korn was pleased with the simile and filed a mental reminder to repeat it the next time he found himself in General Peckem’s presence. | Though no writer can avoid idioms altogether”they’re part of the English lexicon, just like individual words”good writers reach for fresh similes and metaphors that keep the reader’s sensory cortexes lit up. |
| 2972 | PUN | use of words with two or more meanings that makes the sentence humorous | Both loved dancing, motorcycles, Bob Dylan, bad puns, liberal politics, and National Public Radio. | “As I tried to say earlier,” Luke remarked, “living in a haunted house plays hell with a sense of humor; I really did not intend to make a forbidden pun,” he told Theodora. |
| 2973 | RHETORIC | effective speech that may not be honest | Lander’s rhetoric inflamed passions; he fomented rebellion; he was too uppity to allow to run free. | Indeed, his impassioned rhetoric, while doubtless sincere, was both misguided and counterproductive. |
| 2974 | SOLILOQUY | speaking one’s thought aloud to oneself | My hands are getting involved in the soliloquy thanks to Guillermo’s tutelage. | In fact, the only times I had heard the soliloquy had been when I had melodramatically recited to myself. |
| 2975 | VERBATIM | exact reproduction of same words/word for word | Here was a rare interview; I shall try to record it verbatim. | “First I heard about it was, she had that cancer,” he said, repeating the story he’d told dozens of reporters over the years, almost verbatim. |
| 2976 | VERBIAGE | use of so many words that the real meaning gets lost | Once again the bulk of the verbiage pushes in one direction while the content of the author’s argument pushes in the other. | Wilkerson will not allow us to snooze through a recitation of familiar verbiage. |
| 2977 | ONOMATOPOEIA | words formed from the sounds that it produces; e.g. pop, boom | An even more challenging and creative way to use body percussion is to create onomatopoeia in accordance with the lyrics, mimicking or relating to the sounds presented in the rhyme. | Then, with an amusement that did not try to shield its underlying seriousness, she added, “My niece goes to a school on the mainland and at age six she could spell “onomatopoeia’!” |
| 2978 | ORTHOGRAPHY | good spellings | Just because someone was an active participant, does that mean they get to choose or change the orthography? | Tomlinson, who died on March 5th, made a lasting contribution to the world’s orthography by choosing the @ symbol for e-mail addresses. |
| 2979 | OXYMORON | two words with opposite meanings used together. e.g. deafening silence | On the other hand, maybe it was not an oxymoron. | “In literature the word “oxymoron’ means which of the following? |
| 2980 | PARABLE | moral stories | The social insects, especially ants, have been sources of all kinds of parables, giving lessons in industry, interdependence, altruism, humility, frugality, patience. | “What does that mean, Lili? Don’t talk to me in parables. Talk to me honestly.” |
| 2981 | PERSONIFICATION | when characteristics of living things are shown in non-living things | He’s the personification of a preschool dance recital. | With his gentle demeanor, Gandhi seemed the very personification of nonviolence, and he insisted that the campaign be run along identical lines to that of his father’s in India. |
| 2982 | PLAGIARISM | one who steal literary | Subjunctives also turn up with certain prepositions and subordinators that specify hypothetical situations: Bridget was racked with anxiety lest her plagiarism become known. | The two promptly accused each other of plagiarism, and the English mathematical community, which backed Newton, pulled away from the Continental mathematicians, who supported Leibniz. |
| 2983 | PLATITUDE | a stale remark that becomes dull due to regular use/lacking freshness | But if I’ve learned one thing in my short sad life, it is that that particular platitude is a lie. | It was one of Gregory Powell’s favorite platitudes that nothing was to be gained from excitement, so when Mike Donovan came leaping down the stairs toward him, red hair matted with perspiration, Powell frowned. |
| 2984 | CACHE | a place where ammunition is hidden | But this year, Deydey had already made a trip to the end of the island and raided the cache. | And in the mouth of the empty tomb that waited for Lord Eddard Stark, beneath his stately granite likeness, the six fugitives huddled round their little cache of bread and water and dried meat. |
| 2985 | ARSENAL | a place for ammunition and weapons | In mid-1775 someone in Bermuda, a British colony off the coast of North Carolina, reported that the royal arsenal at St. George’s Island, Bermuda, was full of gunpowder and had no guards around it. | There were a few guns, ours included, some crossbows, and an arsenal of knives. |
| 2986 | STABLE | a house of shelter for a horse | “Enjoy it, Rufe. At least he’s not out setting fire to the stable or trying to drown himself.” | Well, there was the horse and wagon full of empty milk bottles to be gotten back to the stables. |
| 2987 | STY | a place where pigs are kept | “You look like a pig in a sty.” | Norman Bates looked at us from behind his steering wheel like a sleepless slaughterman at a sty of ripe pigs. |
| 2988 | AQUARIUM | a tank for fishes | Without a proper quorum of members, the king could then decide law as he pleased. | As more join in, they seem to reach a critical mass, a quorum, and the thinking begins. |
| 2989 | CAGE | a place for birds | “Now they fly to their iron cages in Annuvin,” he said. | In another cage a Gila monster with a skin like a beaded bag reared slowly up and clawed heavily and sluggishly at the wire. |
| 2990 | AVIARY | a place where birds are kept | But I’m far too wary for that by now. | He fell silent, wary of the maids and youths who stood near us, bantering. |
| 2991 | APIARY | a place where bees are kept | Perhaps being named “black” had nothing to do with any of this; perhaps being named “black” was just someone’s name for being at the bottom, a human turned to object, object turned to pariah. | Or maybe it’s low-wage work in general that has the effect of making you feel like a pariah. |
| 2992 | KENNEL | a house of shelter for a dog | They drove new cars, vacationed at summer houses more commodious than C.P.’s tiny frame house, and kept fine stables of horses instead of a chain-link kennel with a couple of dogs inside. | The dog gave two quick, sharp barks and rushed out of the kennel. |
| 2993 | DREY | a squirrel’s home | Squibbles tried to steal a few fabric strips to line his drey, the nest made of leaves and twigs high in one of my forked branches. | They commonly reside in a “drey,” a type of nest made of leaves. |
| 2994 | HIVE | a place for bees | “Well, I’d rather be naive than whatever it is you are. You only see things that are right in front of your face.” | He hung his head, feeling tongue-tied and naive. |
| 2995 | LAIR | the resting place of a wild animal | Yet, even so, when they reached the field where the King and the Colchians were waiting, and the bulls rushed out from their lair breathing forth flames of fire, terror overcame them. | She passed Taylor’s lair deep in the jungle. |
| 2996 | BURROW | the dwelling place of an animal underground | On top of the cliff, where the short turf was, there were myriads of puffins busy with their burrows. | I burrowed down in among the dirty potatoes and held my breath. |
| 2997 | SANCTUARY | a place for wild animals and birds | He would have to walk in the middle of the road clutching the small cross in his hand, which was the symbol of his sanctuary. | We didn’t go home, but went straight to the sanctuary, lurching up the road in a borrowed Jeep. |
| 2998 | MINT | a place where money is coined | And Mother was wearing a pair of shorts made out of denim and a light blue bikini top and she was smoking cigarettes called Consulate which were mint flavor. | The mint tin is small enough to fit in the palm of Ma’s hand. |
| 2999 | RESORT | a place frequented for reasons of pleasure or health | It’s a last resort, and the only place I can think of where I might find Rod Quinn. | He was not a bold man, and he used surgery only as a last and fearful resort. |
| 3000 | RESERVOIR | a place where water is collected and stored | She would lean into the open grate of the reservoir and pull out five stones the size of cantaloupes that stopped it up. | But now, as he leaves the reservoir, he sees something odd. |
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1. What is One Word Substitution?
One Word Substitution involves using a single word to replace a longer phrase or expression, condensing complex ideas into concise terms for effective communication.
2. Where can I find resources like PDFs for One Word Substitution?
PDFs compiling extensive lists of One Word Substitutions from A to Z are available online, offering examples and meanings, aiding in language proficiency and vocabulary building.
3. Are there One Word Substitution exercises available in languages other than English?
Yes, One Word Substitution exercises are available in various languages, including Hindi and Gujarati, catering to learners from different linguistic backgrounds.
4. Could you provide some One Word Substitution examples?
Certainly! Here are a few examples:
- Euphemism: A polite word used to replace a harsh one.
- Altruistic: Showing selfless concern for others.
- Omnipotent: Having unlimited power.
- Quintessential: Representing the most perfect example.
- Nostalgia: A sentimental longing for the past.
5. How can I find the meaning of One Word Substitutions in Gujarati?
Online platforms or dictionaries may provide translations or meanings of One Word Substitutions in Gujarati for reference.
6. Do you have a PDF with One Word Substitutions from A to Z?
There are PDF resources available that compile extensive lists of One Word Substitutions alphabetically, aiding in comprehensive vocabulary development and language proficiency.
7. Are there MCQs or questions related to One Word Substitutions?
Yes, Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) focusing on One Word Substitutions are often part of language proficiency tests or educational assessments.
8. How can I practice One Word Substitution questions?
You can find practice questions online or in study materials designed specifically for language proficiency exams, aiding in better understanding and application of One Word Substitutions.
9. What’s the importance of understanding One Word Substitutions?
Mastery over One Word Substitutions enhances language proficiency, aiding in clearer and more concise communication while broadening vocabulary.
10. Where can I find the meaning of specific One Word Substitutions?
Online dictionaries, language learning platforms, or specific reference books often provide meanings and usage examples for various One Word Substitutions.
11. Can you provide some common One Word Substitution Examples?
Certainly! Here are a few examples:
- Altruistic: Showing selfless concern for others.
- Euphemism: A polite word used in place of a harsh one.
- Omnipotent: Having unlimited power.
- Nostalgia: Sentimental longing for the past.
- Verbose: Using more words than necessary.
12. Where can I find One Word Substitution Examples with Answers?
Online resources, study guides, or practice test materials often offer One Word Substitution examples with accompanying answers for self-assessment and learning.
13. Is there a PDF available with One Word Substitution Examples?
Yes, PDFs containing lists of One Word Substitution Examples are accessible online, providing a comprehensive resource for expanding vocabulary and language proficiency.
14. Are there Easy One Word Substitution Examples for beginners?
Absolutely! Examples like ‘Homebody’ for a person who prefers staying at home or ‘Novice’ for a beginner are simple yet effective examples suitable for beginners.
15. Are there One Word Substitution Examples available in Hindi?
Yes, resources providing One Word Substitution Examples in Hindi are available to aid Hindi-speaking learners in enhancing their vocabulary and language skills.
16. Can you offer One Word Substitution Examples suitable for Class 7 students?
Certainly! Examples like ‘Abundant’ for plentiful or ‘Bizarre’ for strange can be helpful and engaging for Class 7 students, aiding in their language development.
17. Do you have a list of 50 One Word Substitution Examples?
Here are 10 examples:
- Apathy: Lack of interest or concern.
- Dexterity: Skill in performing tasks.
- Dormant: Inactive or sleeping.
- Enigma: Something mysterious or puzzling.
- Facade: The front view of a building.
- Gregarious: Fond of company or sociable.
- Insolent: Rude or disrespectful.
- Jubilant: Feeling or expressing great happiness.
- Maverick: A non-conformist or independent-minded person.
- Nefarious: Wicked or criminal in nature.
18. Is there a compilation of 100 One Word Substitution Examples available?
While providing 100 examples here might be exhaustive, numerous resources online compile extensive lists of One Word Substitution Examples to aid in learning and language proficiency.
19. Can you offer 20 One Word Substitution Examples?
Absolutely! Here are a few more examples:
- Quintessential: Representing the most perfect example.
- Ravenous: Extremely hungry or famished.
- Surreptitious: Secretive or stealthy.
- Ubiquitous: Present everywhere or widespread.
- Voracious: Having a huge appetite.
20. Could you provide One Word Substitution Examples with meanings?
Certainly! Here are a few:
- Epitome: A perfect example or embodiment.
- Indolent: Lazy or idle.
- Labyrinth: A complex maze or network of paths.
- Myriad: Countless or a large number.
- Panacea: A solution or remedy for all problems.