Single Word Substitution - Chapter- VI

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♦  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

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