Single Word Substitution - Chapter - I

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♦  Absence of rule of law and order : Anarchy [নৈরাজ্য]

♦  A blow which may cause death : An fatal blow [একটি মারাত্মক ঘা]

♦  A child born after the death of ones father : A posthumous child [যে শিশু পিতার মৃতুর পর জন্মায়]

♦  Subject relating to beehives and beekeeping. Apiculture [মৌমাছি পালন]

♦  A child of unusual of remarkable talent : Prodigy [পরম বিস্ময়কর ব্যক্তি]

♦  A cure for all diseases : Panacea [সর্বরোগ নিবারক ঔষধ]

♦  A dramatic performance : Masque [মুখোশধারী]

♦  A drawing on transparent paper : Transparency [স্বচ্ছতা]

♦  A fault that may be forgiven : Venial [মার্জনীয়]

♦  A fixed orbit in space in relation to earth : Geostationary [ভুসমলয়]

♦  A government by officials : Bureaucracy [আমলাতন্ত্র]

♦  A government run by a dictator : Autocracy [স্বৈরতন্ত্র]

♦  A house for storing grains : Granary [শস্য ভান্ডার]

♦  A jocular person who is full of amusing a necdotes : Wag [ভাঁড়]

♦  A language which is no longer in use : A dead language [একটি মৃত ভাষা]

♦  A large dark grey cloud that brings rain or show : Nimbus [বাদলমেঘ]

♦  A large pillar made from one stone : Monolith [একপ্র্রস্তরস্তম্ভ]

♦  A letter without the name of the author : An anonymous letter [নাম প্রকাশে অনিচ্ছুক ব্যক্তির চিঠি]

♦  A light sailing boat built especially for racing : Yacht [পাল তোলা হালকা নৌকা]

♦  A man can be sentenced to death for killing another : Homicide [নরহত্যা]

♦  A man of odd habits : Eccentric [খামখেয়ালী]

♦  A man with prejudiced views against religion : Bigot [ধর্মান্ধ]

♦  A name adopted by an author in his writings : Pseudonym [ছদ্মনাম]

♦  A paper written in one’s own hand writing : Manuscript [পান্ডুলিপি]

♦  A person from another country comes to our country to settle : Immigrant [অভিবাসী]

♦  A person interested in reading books and nothing else : Bookworm [গ্রন্থকীট]

  A person living permanently in a certain place : Domicile [বাসস্থান]

♦  A person not sure of the existence of God : Agnostic [অজ্ঞানবাদী]

♦  A person very hard to please : Fastidious [খুঁতখুঁতে]

♦  A person who betrays a friend : Traitor [বিশ্বাসঘাতক]

♦  A person who brings goods illegally into the country : Smuggler [চোরাইচালানকারী]

♦  A person who does not believe in any religion : Pagan [পৌত্তলিক]

♦  A person who enters without any invitation : Intruder [অনধিকারপ্রবেশকারী]

♦  A person who forsakes religion : Renegade [ধর্মত্যাগী]

♦  A person who is always dissatisfied : Malcontent [অসন্তুষ্ট ব্যক্তি]

♦  A person who is made to bear the blame due to others : Scapegoat [বলির পাঁঠা]

♦  A person who is skilled in horsemanship : Equestrian [অশ্বারূঢ়]

♦  A person who lives alone and avoids other people : Recluse [নিঃসঙ্গতা প্রিয় ]

♦  A person who never takes alcoholic drinks : Teetotaller [ মদ্যাপি পান থেকে বিরত ব্যক্তি ]

♦  A person who rules without consulting the opinion of others : Autocrat [স্বৈরাচারী শাসক ]

♦  A place of good climate for invalids : Sanatorium [আরোগ্য নিকেতন]

♦  A post with-out remuneration : Honorary [অবৈতনিক]

♦  A remedy for all diseases : Panacea [সর্বব্যাধিহর ঔষধ]

♦  A roundabout way for speaking : Circumlocution [বাগাড়ম্বর]

♦  A school for small children : Kindergarten [শিশুবিদ্যালয়]

♦  A sea abounding in islands : Archipelago [দ্বীপমালা]

♦  A short journey made by a group of persons together : Excursion [প্রমোদ ভ্রমণ]

♦  A short stay at a place : Sojourn [সাময়িক আবাস]

♦  A short walk for pleasure or exercise : Stroll [পায়চারি]

♦  A sly look that is lustfull : Leer [লালসাপূর্ণ চাহনি]

♦  A speak given after conclusion of drama : Epilogue [উপসংহার]

♦  A specialist who tests eyesight : Ophthalmologist [চক্ষুরোগের চিকিত্সক]

♦  A speech delivered for the first time in an assembly : A maidan speech [প্রথম বক্তৃতা]

♦  A speech delivered without previous preparation : Extempore speech [উপস্থিতমত বক্তৃতা]

♦  A speech full of too many words : A verbouse speech [বাগাড়ম্বরপূর্ণ বক্তৃতা]

♦  A story in verse : Ballad [লোকগাথা]

♦  A story in which ideas are symbolized as people : Allegory [রূপক]

♦  A strong desire to take liquor : Dipsomania [অত্যধিক সুরাসক্তি]

♦  A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge : Pedantic [গোঁড়া]

♦  A tank where fish and water plants are kept : Aquarium [মাছের চৌবাচ্চা]

♦  A tentative assumption made to drive a logical conclusion : Hypothesis [অনুমান]

♦  A tumour which is not likely to spread : Benign [অমায়িক]

♦  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

♦  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

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Single Word Substitution - Chapter - V

♦  Ravi impressed everyone with his persuasive and fluent speech : Eloquence

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Single Word Substitution - Chapter - IV

♦  One leaving his native country to settle in another : Emigrant

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Single Word Substitution - Chapter - III

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♦  Incapable of being repaired : Irreparable

♦  Incapable of being admitted : Inadmissible

♦  Incapable of being altered : Unalterable

Single Word Substitution - Chapter - II

♦  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