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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| 3001 | CONVENT | a residence for nuns | Yossarian gorged himself in the mess hall until he thought he would explode and then sagged back in a contented stupor, his mouth filmy with a succulent residue. | For some reason he did not know Robin felt very content. |
| 3002 | MONASTERY | a residence for monks or priests | Which, you can imagine, is a problem at a monastery. | They went to the kitchen at the back of the monastery. |
| 3003 | ORCHARD | a place where fruit trees are grown | I married and had children, and with work and God’s will I prospered, so that I am able today to enjoy my children, my grandchildren, my orchards and my gardens in peace and comfort. | Beyond the orchard, he could see the library; it appeared closed. |
| 3004 | SANATORIUM | a place for the sick to recover health | The color scheme of the whole sanatorium seemed to be based on liver. | Buddy’s mother had even arranged for me to be given a job as a waitress at the TB sanatorium that summer so Buddy wouldn’t be lonely. |
| 3005 | ABATTOIR | a place where animals are slaughtered for the market | Much less data support the notion that Old World bacteria and viruses turned the New World into an abattoir.* | And it was then that the abattoir scene commenced. |
| 3006 | ARENA | a place for wrestling | Tiny wrens and sparrows hopped around the yard and fluttered up to the bird feeder on the fencepost. | Over five weeks, Darwin collected carcasses of finches, mockingbirds, blackbirds, grosbeaks, wrens, albatrosses, iguanas, and an array of sea and land plants. |
| 3007 | CLOAKROOM | a place for luggage at a railway station | They’d left damp overcoats hanging in the cloakroom but still carried the smell of snow in their hair and on their pants, boots, and sweaters. | In the old cloakroom, Sister Wanda displayed the garments that the Prophet said were “the same kind that the Negro people use in their home in the East.” |
| 3008 | DORMITORY | the sleeping rooms in a college or public institution | “I just did a Summoning Charm. You know”Accio. And”they zoomed out of Dumbledore’s study window right into the girls’ dormitory.” | The children in their different dormitories were woken at half-past seven by the nurses who looked after them. |
| 3009 | HANGAR | a place for housing aeroplanes | Sitting on the runway itself was my most frequently used spacecraft, the Vonnegut Max had already powered up the engines, and they emitted a low, steady roar that filled the hangar. | Attached to this building, which Mr. Gonzalez referred to as “the brain center,” was that factory, a bamlike prototype of an airplane hangar. |
| 3010 | MORTUARY | a place where dead bodies are kept for post-mortem | In the little mortuary he told me that he’d come to the home because he was destitute. | “Have you had any training, an apprenticeship in the mortuary profession?” |
| 3011 | CEMETERY | a graveyard where the dead are buried | It was during this trip to the cemetery that my father mentioned to me that Lynn had wanted me to have her diary. | She was buried with her people in the cemetery behind First Congregational, straight in front of the headstone that marked the family plot, not far from her grandfather of the perfect picket fence. |
| 3012 | CREMATORIUM | a cremation ground where the last funeral rites are performed | The camp crematorium belched black smoke all day and all night. | As a result, six concentration camps were expanded and converted into death camps equipped with large gas chambers and huge crematoriums. |
| 3013 | SHEATH | a case in which the blade of sword is kept | “I have a sword,’ said Merry, climbing from his seat, and drawing from its black sheath his small bright blade. | Keeping himself fully shielded, the commander stowed his wings in their sheath, advancing on foot across the deck. |
| 3014 | WARDROBE | a place for clothes | They tended die queen’s wardrobe, drew her bath, poured her wine, changed her bedclothes of a morning. | The mirror had been, a long time before, the inside of a wardrobe door. |
| 3015 | ASYLUM | a place for lunatics, and political refugees | More than 90 percent of the school’s nine hundred students were black or from an ethnic minority; a fifth of them were the children of immigrants or asylum seekers. | Even her brother told her, “The child belongs by law to the father and it is your place to submit. If you make any more trouble about it we’ll send you back to the asylum.” |
| 3016 | ARCHIVES | a place where government records are kept | Moorland held archives, papers, collections, and virtually any book ever written by or about black people. | I also intended to donate to the archives my dozen long letters from old, Mr. Nettle. |
| 3017 | CASINO | a place with gambling tables etc. | But that casino, mismanaged and too far away from major highways, was a money-losing business. | Couples danced to the latest hits while fireworks exploded overhead, or they enjoyed light comedies performed by a local stock company, in a theater that served as a casino between productions. |
| 3018 | CRÈCHE | a nursery where children of working parent are cared for while their parents are at work | Thus was born the idea of the creches. | The sun comes out, and the stage and its occupants light up like a Christmas creche. |
| 3019 | GYMNASIUM | a place where athletic exercises are performed | The ladies’ auxiliary of the Rotary Club canceled the azalea contest which was to be held in the gymnasium of the high school. | He jogged to the end of the hallway and turned right, heading for the double doors that marked the back entrance of the gymnasium. |
| 3020 | GRANARY | a place for storing grain | The downtown area alone had six thousand masonry structures: homes, temples, palaces, and granaries, even an eighteen-foot-high defensive wall. | Arya peeked at them all, but they were never anything good, just stupid stuff sending this cart to the granary and that one to die armory. |
| 3021 | HUTCH | a wooden box with a front of wire for rabbits | But others had come crowding round, drawn by the woman’s scream and the crash of the rabbit hutch. | Finally, the hutch rabbits would not be missed until the following morning. |
| 3022 | INFIRMARY | a home for old persons | I stumbled to the infirmary, stepping over bundles of life jackets and coats that passengers had peeled off. | “We just sent someone to the infirmary who matches that description. Maybe that was your man?” |
| 3023 | ORPHANAGE | a place where orphans are housed | Did I end up in that orphanage because something had happened to them? | “Doubtless it was, at least against his policy. Aside from being the orphanage director, Mr. Rutger is headmaster of your academy, is he not? I believe he gets paid per student.” |
| 3024 | SCULLERY | a place where plates, dishes, pots and other cooking utensils are washed up | “It belonged to Ella, and will fit her alone, whether she is a scullery maid or a duchess.” | I’d get work as a scullery maid, or move into the orphanage and do laundry. |
| 3025 | TANNERY | a place where leather is tanned | And whatever extraneous influence the tannery may have exercised, the calamities of the land belong to it alone, born of wind and rain and weather, immensities not to be tempered by man or his creations. | When we were out past the tanneries onto the main road the troops, the motor trucks, the horse-drawn carts and the guns were in one wide slow-moving column. |
| 3026 | AUTOCRACY | government by one person | “See you boys at the game tonight. I’ve got to go and keep the world safe for democracy.” | It was not only a display of pinpoint precision and military force, but a demonstration of the military’s loyalty to democracy, to a new government that had been freely and fairly elected. |
| 3027 | DEMOCRACY | government of the people, for the people, by the people | The suffragists would still carry protest banners, but they would also burn copies of President Wilson’s speeches in front of the White House, symbolically destroying his declarations of democracy. | At a distance, the war between East and West”between communism and democracy”might have seemed like a simple choice between good and evil, black and white. |
| 3028 | ANARCHY | absence of government | A family without ritual and order was a rootless tribe subject to boredom and anarchy, lowered heads, pouting mouths, and sorrowing memories of friends left behind. | “I do not speak of anarchy. Call me a traitor all you like”I’ve been convicted as an assassin already.” |
| 3029 | BUREAUCRACY | government by the officials | Whether it was Cuba, Russia, or the United States, whether about the nature of crime, money, or bureaucracies”or human nature in general, including how many people really belonged in prison”their views rarely matched. | Arguably, Mauer underestimates the scope of the challenge by focusing narrowly on the prison system, rather than counting all of the people employed in the criminal justice bureaucracy. |
| 3030 | ARISTOCRACY | government by the nobles/lords | This time the black workers refused to defer to the black aristocracy. | His face was noble; a face sculpted from an aggrieved aristocracy that was bleeding out through weak tributaries in the long delta of the twentieth century. |
| 3031 | AUTONOMY | the right of self government | This person’s parents will have done meaningful work in the garment business, passing on to their children autonomy and complexity and the connection between effort and reward. | Some researchers now believe that the stress involved in so-called high- demand, low-control jobs further down the occupational scale is more harmful than the stress of professional jobs that come with greater autonomy and control. |
| 3032 | PLUTOCRACY | government by the rich | Labor unions, an avenue for upward mobility for Northern workers, had been rendered ineffectual or were demolished altogether by the Dixie plutocracy. | “It’s about the difference between National Socialism and a plutocracy.” |
| 3033 | MONARCHY | government by the king or queen | Kabul awoke the next morning to find that the monarchy was a thing of the past. | However, naming Caesarion as his heir and establishing a monarchy, as Cleopatra might have wished, was out of the question. |
| 3034 | GERONTOCRACY | government by old men | Until then, they say, the west was still in the grip of the sclerotic gerontocracy represented by Eisenhower and Khrushchev. | What citizens of our gerontocracy won’t recognize is the general youthfulness of the novel’s key political figures. |
| 3035 | KEKISTOCRACY | government by the worst citizen | The 1933 Solvay Conference on Physics brought together the sciences aristocracy, including a score of current or future Nobel laureates. | Peasants were people who were forced into poverty when the aristocracy took over all the land they had once used. |
| 3036 | NEOCRACY | government by the inexperienced persons | It’s not a democracy I was like, Then what is it? | People in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, and Libya, by pushing for democracy, are arguing, in effect, for the right to argue. |
| 3037 | OCHLOCRACY | government by the mob | This is not the greatest free democracy in the world. | We all play a role in this democracy. |
| 3038 | PANARCHY | government run universally | Thus he chose to remember Hamlet’s abuse of Ophelia, but not Christ’s love of Mary Magdalene; Hamlet’s frivolous politics, but not Christ’s serious anarchy. | In its more extreme forms it is a recipe for anarchy, and its attitude toward any energetic expression of centralized political power can assume paranoid proportions. |
| 3039 | SECULAR | government not by the laws of religion | Neither European nor Indian had a secular understanding of disease. | In the secular calendar there was no day like Ash Wednesday. |
| 3040 | THEARCHY | government by the gods | For a month I lived under a Good Brow/Bad Brow diarchy of terror. | The positions are known as a “diarchy” which means they are equal and govern together. |
| 3041 | THEOCRACY | government by the laws of religion/divine guidance | Many in the Taliban speak, as some conservative Christians do in America, of returning to the mythical origins of a restrictive theocracy where students only learn narrow interpretations of religious texts. | A TV show set in a fundamentalist theocracy where women and minorities are stripped of all rights and children are ripped from their mothers’ arms doesn’t seem like a natural hit. |
| 3042 | CLIMACOPHOBIA | fear of falling down stairs | His harsh voice cut through the cacophony of the attack. | A wild chorus of voices, a complete cacophony”not soft grillos”shouts crazily from everywhere it seems, urging me forth. |
| 3043 | ACROPHOBIA | fear of height | ||
| 3044 | BATOPHOBIA | an abnormal fear of being near an object of great height, such as a skyscraper or mountain | Maybe it was this medicine that was causing the photophobia, the eye dryness and now the burning. | Now, on top of that, she was diagnosed with photophobia, an intense sensitivity to light. |
| 3045 | BATHOPHOBIA | fear of depths of any kind, whether a fear of deep water or of falling from a great height | Maybe it was this medicine that was causing the photophobia, the eye dryness and now the burning. | Now, on top of that, she was diagnosed with photophobia, an intense sensitivity to light. |
| 3046 | HERPETOPHOBIA | fear/dislike of reptiles/lizards/snakes | ||
| 3047 | EQUINOPHOBIA | fear of horses | But one unrecognized and insidious force ““ one that some women will likely minimize or deny ““ is internalized gynophobia. | In the minds of Clinton supporters, “nasty” is no longer a description of behavior but a stand against gynophobia, a rallying car for strong womanhood. |
| 3048 | CYNOPHOBIA | fear of dogs or rabbies | ||
| 3049 | AILUROPHOBIA | fear/dislike of cats | Alfred Hitchcock was afraid of eggs; Julius Caesar, Napoleon and Alexander the Great were all afraid of cats ” ailurophobia. | The unaccountable fear of dogs is not so common as ailurophobia, although it is said that De Musset cordially detested them, and Goethe despised them, notwithstanding, forsooth, he kept a tame snake. |
| 3050 | ALEKTOROPHOBIA | fear of chickens | I tried to heed Rob’s advice, but my latent claustrophobia prevailed. | As Fadi explored the cramped space, he felt a sense of claustrophobia. |
| 3051 | ARACHNOPHOBIA | fear of spiders | As somebody with a tendency towards arachnophobia, I’d place this up there with Deep Breath and Listen as the creepiest of the run so far. | There are so many more essays to recommend ” about Howard Hughes, arachnophobia, the romance of office supplies, a review of a book called “Jews and Shoes,” which showcases Diski’s pronounced knowledge of Jewish ritual. |
| 3052 | BATRACHOPHOBIA | fear of frogs and toads | I said, “Cows don’t ever get hydrophobia, do they?” | But mainly, this hydrophobia plague had me scared. |
| 3053 | ICHTHYOPHOBIA | fear/dislike of fish | It sometimes presents itself with related phobias, including phasmophobia, the fear of ghosts; wiccaphobia, the fear of witchcraft; and nyctophobia, the fear of darkness. | |
| 3054 | MELISSOPHOBIA | ar of bees | The victim of mysophobia will wash the hands after touching any object, and will, so far as possible, avoid touching objects which he thinks may possibly convey infection. | |
| 3055 | MURIPHOBIA | fear of mice | A. For some employees, a single sighting is enough to trigger what psychology texts call “musophobia,” an extreme fear of mice. | For some employees, a single sighting is enough to trigger what psychology texts call “musophobia,” an extreme fear of mice. |
| 3056 | PEDICULOPHOBIA | fear of lice | That minor mystery put to rest, Auri and I began a meticulous investigation of Billows. | It was meticulous and demanding work, but I had a knack for it. |
| 3057 | MYRMECOPHOBIA | fear of ants | The tongue is less worm-like than in Myrmecophaga, being thick and fleshy at the base and gradually tapering to the apex. | Those which live on trees are again either diurnal or nocturnal, for Myrmecophaga tetradactyla is seen moving along the main branches in the daytime. |
| 3058 | ORNITHOPHOBIA | fear of birds | Necrophobia and thanatophobia are allied maladies, one being the fear of dead bodies and the other the fear of death itself. | |
| 3059 | ENTOMOPHOBIA | fear/dislike of insects | Maybe it’s my entomophobia talking, but in a movie about dinosaurs, it’s funny that it takes a swarm of oversize insects to induce even the mildest case of the shivers. | Some are people afflicted with entomophobia ” a dread of all insects. |
| 3060 | ANDROPHOBIA | fear of men | ||
| 3061 | GYNOPHOBIA | fear of women | But one unrecognized and insidious force ““ one that some women will likely minimize or deny ““ is internalized gynophobia. | In the minds of Clinton supporters, “nasty” is no longer a description of behavior but a stand against gynophobia, a rallying car for strong womanhood. |
| 3062 | ANTHROPOPHOBIA | fear of people or society | He was thirty-five now, on the rise in both medicine and anthropology, and the author of two published books and about two dozen articles. | The book was an old work of physical anthropology, and the passage was about the classification of Homo sapiens into different racial strains. |
| 3063 | AMATHOPHOBIA | fear of dust | For someone like Kelsea, the black cloud is the right metaphor. | A century after Pythagoras’s death, Plato, writing in 380 BC, was captivated by this metaphor. |
| 3064 | AQUAPHOBIA | fear of water | He had aquaphobia, a nasty case of it. | She was working on a video about aquaphobia that she hoped to sell. |
| 3065 | ASTRAPHOBIA | fear of thunder and lightening | ||
| 3066 | AUTOPHOBIA | fear of being alone/solitutude | Maybe it was this medicine that was causing the photophobia, the eye dryness and now the burning. | Now, on top of that, she was diagnosed with photophobia, an intense sensitivity to light. |
| 3067 | AMAXOPHOBIA | fear of riding in a car | The victim of mysophobia will wash the hands after touching any object, and will, so far as possible, avoid touching objects which he thinks may possibly convey infection. | |
| 3068 | BALLISTOPHOBIA | fear of missiles | “If you have any tendency to claustrophobia, consider it now,” he said. | An onrushing sense of claustrophobia stifled him, compressed his lungs, as if water filled their cavities. |
| 3069 | BAROPHOBIA | fear of gravity | You’re free to load up Mors and Alester with perks, combat expertise and skills, but must counterbalance each with a corresponding foible, such as allergies, gout or pyrophobia. | Forest Service suffered from “pyrophobia””it tried to suppress all wildfires. |
| 3070 | BATHMOPHOBIA | fear of stairs or slopes | Maybe it’s my entomophobia talking, but in a movie about dinosaurs, it’s funny that it takes a swarm of oversize insects to induce even the mildest case of the shivers. | Some are people afflicted with entomophobia ” a dread of all insects. |
| 3071 | ACCOUSTICOPHOBIA | fear of noise | ||
| 3072 | LIGYROPHOBIA | fear of loud noises | An agoraphobia rose in her, speeding higher and higher, bigger and bigger; she would not be able to contain it; there would no end to fear. | But her fear of sex develops into a neurotic fascination and horror of dust and dirt of all kinds, a condition that escalates into agoraphobia and paranoid episodes. |
| 3073 | BIBLIOPHOBIA | fear of books | “What about all these other kids?” said Sierra, gesturing to the tables filled with the country’s top young bibliophiles. | With just 1,500 residents but over a dozen bookstores, Hay draws more than 200,000 bibliophiles to its tented fields for a glorious spring lit-fix. |
| 3074 | BIBLIOMANIA | obsession for books (passionate enthusiasm for collecting and possessing books) | That’s right ” the genius of this bookish event is that you don’t actually have to go anywhere. Finally, an event that honors introversion, social anxiety and bibliomania. Everyone wins! | Later, bibliomania became more widespread and created a bubble. |
| 3075 | CANCEROPHOBIA | fear of cancer | His chest was heaving and I was remembering how he told me he didn’t used to have claustrophobia and now he did. | “If you have any tendency to claustrophobia, consider it now,” he said. |
| 3076 | ANUPTAPHOBIA | fear of staying single | It sometimes presents itself with related phobias, including phasmophobia, the fear of ghosts; wiccaphobia, the fear of witchcraft; and nyctophobia, the fear of darkness. | |
| 3077 | AGLIOPHOBIA | fear of pain | But one unrecognized and insidious force ““ one that some women will likely minimize or deny ““ is internalized gynophobia. | In the minds of Clinton supporters, “nasty” is no longer a description of behavior but a stand against gynophobia, a rallying car for strong womanhood. |
| 3078 | ACAROPHOBIA | fear of itching or of insects causing itching | ||
| 3079 | ACHLUOPHOBIA | fear of darkness | “But for children with school phobia or anxiety, missing school would be the last thing you want. It would magnify the problem.” | |
| 3080 | NOCTIPHOBIA | fear of the night | It sometimes presents itself with related phobias, including phasmophobia, the fear of ghosts; wiccaphobia, the fear of witchcraft; and nyctophobia, the fear of darkness. | |
| 3081 | METHYPHOBIA | fear of alcohol | “It’s called poetic license. Something allowed in a story that isn’t so in real life. Like a metaphor or a simile.” | Those whose fables and metaphors, whose similes, and soliloquies, whose diction and je ne sais quoi daily slip into your survival soup, by way of their fingers. |
| 3082 | DIPSOMANIA | excessive obsession for drinks | For the record, Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the noun “dipsomania” as “an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic liquors.” | For the record, Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the noun dipsomania as “an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic liquors.” |
| 3083 | DYSTYCHIPHOBIA | fear of accidents | ||
| 3084 | AGRAPHOBIA | fear of sexual abuse | An agoraphobia rose in her, speeding higher and higher, bigger and bigger; she would not be able to contain it; there would no end to fear. | Our collective quarantine for the past 11 months has quietly morphed into agoraphobia; everyone seems to be staying in, lockdown or not. |
| 3085 | ABLUTOPHOBIA | fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning | Alfred Hitchcock was afraid of eggs; Julius Caesar, Napoleon and Alexander the Great were all afraid of cats ” ailurophobia. | The unaccountable fear of dogs is not so common as ailurophobia, although it is said that De Musset cordially detested them, and Goethe despised them, notwithstanding, forsooth, he kept a tame snake. |
| 3086 | GERASCOPHOBIA | fear of growing old or aging | Even after enormous upheavals and seemingly irrevocable changes, the same pattern has always reasserted itself, just as a gyroscope will always return to equilibrium, however far it is pushed one way or the other. | The hours go by and you lose your gyroscope; your mind starts to roam. |
| 3087 | GLOSSOPHOBIA | fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak | “I was telling the boy that according to Plato, man is delined,” he said, smiling affably and gesturing to the cart, “as a featherless biped with broad nails, receptive of political philosophy.” | Both these arguments thus depended on prior acceptance of the mechanistic or corpuscular philosophy, according to which matter is passive and always acted on from outside. |
| 3088 | GAMOPHOBIA | fear of marriage | But one unrecognized and insidious force ““ one that some women will likely minimize or deny ““ is internalized gynophobia. | In the minds of Clinton supporters, “nasty” is no longer a description of behavior but a stand against gynophobia, a rallying car for strong womanhood. |
| 3089 | ATYCHIPHOBIA | fear of failure | Despite the apparent technophobia of “Man Against Machine,” it’s not the pumped-up sound of modern Nashville that is the target of Brooks’ war, but the sly, smart-alecky tone that now defines the genre. | The eccentric young postmodern characters are played with touching emotional delicacy, and the mother adds a layer of humorous technophobia in her clueless struggles with online dating. |
| 3090 | AEROPHOBIA | fear of wind /air/flying/draughts | You’re free to load up Mors and Alester with perks, combat expertise and skills, but must counterbalance each with a corresponding foible, such as allergies, gout or pyrophobia. | Forest Service suffered from “pyrophobia””it tried to suppress all wildfires. |
| 3091 | HELIOPHOBIA | fear of the sun | A third glance suggests neophobia ““ a respect for the canon but very little new stuff. | “Their nature,” said Mr. Deutsch, “is to explore. They do exhibit a behavior called neophobia, which is fear of new things. But they can overcome that.” |
| 3092 | SELENOPHOBIA | ar of the moon | Grube told me that he thought the kings of Kaan, never allied with Teotihuacan, may have wanted to stamp out pernicious foreign influences”xenophobia is a powerful motive in every culture. | The whole thing was crazy and mean-spirited, of course, its underlying bigotry and xenophobia hardly concealed. |
| 3093 | THALASSOPHOBIA | ar of the sea | Printing made facts, as we saw in Chapter 7; and it begins to look for a moment as if it may also have made the new experimental philosophy. | These, too, were called sciences”but philosophy and theology were purely conceptual explorations that lacked an accompanying applied skill. |
| 3094 | HOMICHLOPHOBIA | fear of fog or clouds | Through detailed analyses of the underlying terminological changes and their effects, Horwitz and Wakefield show how “social phobia” multiplied six-fold in the course of a decade. | The incident triggered intense depression, social phobia and panic disorder, Kwon said. |
| 3095 | IATROPHOBIA | fear of going to the doctor | I didn’t know much about hydrophobia, but after what Bud Searcy had told about his uncle that died, chained to a tree, I knew it was something bad. | I knew they were both deathly sick with hydrophobia. |
| 3096 | DENTOPHOBIA | fear of dentists | Necrophobia and thanatophobia are allied maladies, one being the fear of dead bodies and the other the fear of death itself. | |
| 3097 | NOSOCOMEPHOBIA | fear of hospitals | ||
| 3098 | NOSOPHOBIA | fear of contracting a disease | The whole thing was crazy and mean-spirited, of course, its underlying bigotry and xenophobia hardly concealed. | Grube told me that he thought the kings of Kaan, never allied with Teotihuacan, may have wanted to stamp out pernicious foreign influences”xenophobia is a powerful motive in every culture. |
| 3099 | KLEPTOMANIA | obsession to steal | Bunny had had a mild tendency towards kleptomania, and was apt to pocket any small, valueless articles that caught his eye”nail clippers, buttons, spools of tape. | His compulsive lying is an addictive habit like kleptomania; it forces him to live in a growing web of relationships based on bad faith, from which more scams will be needed to escape. |
| 3100 | AGORAPHOBIA | fear of open spaces | An agoraphobia rose in her, speeding higher and higher, bigger and bigger; she would not be able to contain it; there would no end to fear. | Hyman’s hectoring and her mother’s apparent disdain steadily eroded Jackson’s confidence and precipitated an extended bout of agoraphobia, which imprisoned her in her home. |
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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.