| Phrases/expressions | One Word Substitution |
|---|
| 1. One who knows many languages. | Linguist. |
| 2. Being unable to pay one's debts. | Insolvant. |
| 3. Having an evil reputation. | Notorious |
| 4. One who leaves his country to settle elsewhere, | Emigrant . |
| person who lives at the same time as another | Contemporary |
| A person whocan neither read nor write | Illiterate. |
| A person who spends his moneyrecklessly | Spendthrift. |
| 8. A person who lives by himself. | Recluse. |
| 9. A woman whose husband is dead. | Widow. |
| 10. A man whose wife is dead. | Widower . |
| 11. A child whose parents are dead. | Orphan. |
| 12. A minister representing a sovereign or state in a foreign country. | Ambassador. |
| 13. A person sent on a mission (usually official).' | Emissary. |
| 14. A person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain. | Stoic. |
| I5.One who defends or is zealous for his country's freedom or rights. | Patriot. |
| 16. One who makes an eloquent public speech, | Orator. |
| 17. One who undergoes penalty of death for sticking to his faith | Martyr. |
| 18. One who abandons his religious faith. | Apostate. |
| 19.One who is given to questioning the truth of facts and the soundness of inferences. | Sceptic. |
| 20.Belonging to all parts of the world; a person familiar with many different countries. | Cosmopolitan |
| 21.One who resides in a country of which he is not a citizen | Alien |
| 22. One who comes as a settler into a foreign country. | Immigrant |
| 23. Being present everywhere. | Omnipresent |
| 24.Being ail-powaful. | Omnipotent |
| 25 .One who knows everything. | Omniscient |
| 26. Beyond making a mistake. | Infallible |
| 27. One who eats human flesh. | Cannibal |
| 28. One who looks at the dark side of things. | Pessimist |
| 29. One who looks at the bright side of things | Optimisit |
| 30. Not being able to be elected or selected under the rules. | Ineligible |
| 31. One who loves and Works for bis fellow men. | Philanthropist |
| 32. One who hates mankind. | Misanthropist |
| 33.One who lives on vegetables. | Vegetarian |
| 34. One who has belief in the existence of God. | Theist |
| 35.One who has no belief in the existance of God | Atheist |
| 36. One who believes in fate | Fatalist. |
| 37.One who plays a game for pleasure and not professionally. | Amateur |
| 38.One who has grown old in orhas long experience of (specially military) service or occupation | Veteran |
| 39.One who lends money atvexhorbitant rates of interest. | Usurer |
| 40. A person who collects fares on a public Vehicle. | Conductor |
| 41.The practice of having more than One wife at the same time. | Polygamy |
| 42.A general pardon ofpolitical offenders. | Amnesty |
| 43.Fond of entertaining guests. | Hospitable |
| 44. One who totally abstains from alcoholic drinks. | Teetotalier |
| 45.One who walks on foot. | Pedestrian |
| 46.Taking ofone's own life, | Suicide |
| 47. Murder of a king. | Regicide |
| 48.Murder of a new-born infant. | Infanticide |
| 49.Murder of one's own father /mother/brother. | Patricide/Matricide/Fratricide |
| 50. The killing of human beings. | Homicide |
| 51. A child born after the death of his father or a book published after the death of its author. | Posthgmous |
| 52 Forbidden, prohibited by law. | Illicit |
| 53. A man whose manners are more like those of a woman. | Effiminate |
| 54. A midicine to counteract the effect of poison. | Antidote |
| 55. A speech made without preparation. | Extempore |
| 56. A language that is no longer spoken. | Dead |
| 57.The word which is no longer in use. | Obsolete |
| 58.The motive merely to get money. | Mercenary |
| 59. Existing for ever — without any beginning or end. | Eternal |
| 60. Subject to death. | Mortal |
| 61. Resulting in death. | Fatal or mortal |
| 62. Property inherited from one's father or ancestors. | Patrimony |
| 63.A paper written by hand. | Manuscript |
| 64. The result of the match where neither party wins. |
Draw |
| 65. Animals which give suck to their young |
Mammals |
| 66. Method of sending messages without the help of wires. |
Wireless or radio |
| 67. A place for burial of dead bodies. | Cemetery |
| 68. Counterfeiting of document.
| Forgery |
| 69. Of one's own free will.
| Voluntary |
| 70. Give tit for tat. | Retaliate |
| 71. The cessation of warfare before a treaty is signed.
| Armistice |
| 72. The science of reasoning. | Logic |
| 73. Belonging to all parts of the world.
| Universal |
| 74. A figure with many angles or sides.
| Polygon |
| 75. An instrument for measuring temperature.
| Thermometer |
| 76. Compulsory enlistment for military or other service. | Conscription |
| 77. A place where young plants are reared.
| Nursery |
| 78. ne absence of government in a country.
| Anarchy |
| 79. A state in which the Government is carried on nominally. and usually in fact also, by the people or their elected representatives without a monarch.
| Republic |
| 80. Government carried on by an absolute ruler. |
Dictatorship |
| 81. Government by the representatives of the people.
| Democracy |
| 82. Government by officials. | |
Bureaucracy
| 83. An absolute government. | Autocracy |
| 84. ne life history of a person written by another.
| Biography |
| 85. The life history of a person written by himself.
| Autobiography |
| 86. Conferred as an honour. or performed without pay.
| Honorary |
| 87. The yearly return of a date.
| Anniversary |
| 88. Of unknown or unadmitted authorship.
| Anonymous |
| 89. Allowing the passage of light. | Transparent |
| 90. Not allowing the passage of light. | Opaque |
| 91. A substance that kills insects. | Insecticide |
| 92. Occurring at the same time. | Simultaneous |
| 93. An assembly of worshippers. | Congregation |
| 94. An assembly of listeners. | Audience |
| 95. A substance that kills germs. | Germicide |
| 96. A cure for all diseases.
| Panacea |
| 97. All of one mind. | Unanimous |
| 98. Contrary to law.
| Illegal |
| 99. Not definitely or clearly expressed.
| Inexplicit |
| 100. That which cannot be excused. | Inexcusable |
| 101.That which cannot be taken by force of arms.
| Impregnable |
| 102. That which cannot be admitted or allowed.
| Inadmissible |
| 103.That which cannot be reached. | Inaccessible |
| 104. That which cannot be perceived by sense.
| Imperceptible |
| 105. That which cannot be destroyed.
| Indestructible |
| 106. That which cannot be altered or recalled.
| Irrevocable |
| 107. That which cannot be dispensed with.
| Indispensable |
| 108. That which cannot be burnt.
| Incombustible |
| 109. That which cannot be divided.
| Indivisible |
| 110. That which cannot be reconciled. | Irreconcilable |
| 111. That which cannot be recovered. | Irrevocable |
| 112. That which cannot be seen.
| Invisible |
| 113. That which cannot be read
| Illegible |
| 114. That which cannot be heard. | Inaudible |
| 115. That which cannot be conquered. | Invincible |
| 116. That which cannot be w
| Invulnerable |
| 117. That which cannot be believed. | Incredible |
| 118. That which can be easily set on fire. | Inflammable |
| 119. That which cannot be avoided.
| Unavoidable |
| 120. That which cannot be expressed in words
| Inexpressible |
