| 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 | 
 
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