Single Word Substitution - Chapter - III

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♦  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

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