One Word Substitution Flashcards

(61 cards)

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Newly developed and unfamiliar

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Newfangled

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Public merry making and feasting

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Carnival

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3
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List of books and other articles

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Catalogue

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4
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The science of reasoning

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Logic

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5
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Matter written by hand

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Manuscript

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6
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Undue favour to own relatives

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Nepotism

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7
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One who dies for a noble cause

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Martyr

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8
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A person for whom money is most important

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Materialist

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9
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A medicine that induces sleep

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Narcotics

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10
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Adherence or attachment to what is natural

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Naturalism

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11
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One who entirely depends on another

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Parasite

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12
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Recieved after death

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Posthumous

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13
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Anything written in a letter after it is signed

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Postscript

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14
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Hundredth anniversary

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Centenary

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15
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Inherited from father

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Patrimony

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16
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Name derived from the father

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Patronymic

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17
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Peron having command over many languages

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Polyglot

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18
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A figure with many angles/sides.

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polygon

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19
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Acc to sequence of time

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Chronological

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20
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Roundabout way of expression

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Circumlocution

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21
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One who has no means of livelihood

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Pauper

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22
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Use of public money for own benefit

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Peculation

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23
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Written/printed notice pasted in public places

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Placard

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24
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A government by rich and powerful class

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Plutocracy

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To bring under control
Subdue/subjugate
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Place for luggage at railway station
Cloakroom
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Compel to a course of action
Coerce
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Speaking aloud while alone
Soliloquy
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Occurring irregularly
Sporadic
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A person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain
Stoic
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Having same source of origin
Cognate
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Person working in same department
Colleagues
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A person who believes in spiritual things
Spiritualist
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Secret agreement for fraudulent purpose
Collusion
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Identical in all respect
Congruent
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One who's well versed in any subject
Connoisseur
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Person who's opposed to enlightenment
Obscurantist
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Funeral rights
Obsequies
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To turn out of society
Ostracize
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Bearing eggs
Oviparous
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Which spreads by physical touch
Contagious
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Of the same time
Contemporary
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Which is no longer in use
Obsolete
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Garden of fruits
Orchard
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Complete with regard to every detail
Thorough
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Willing to be guided
Amenable
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Not to be moved by entreaty
Despotic
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Paramour
Sexual partner
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Parasol
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Parasol
A lady's umbrella
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Patronymic
Name derived from father
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Pauper
One with no means of livelihood
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Peculation
Use of public money for oen benefits, embezzlement
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Pediantic
Style of writer that displays his knowledge
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Peroration
Concluding part of speech
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Perspicacious
Teeshna buddhiii
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Perversion
Change to something abnormal
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Philanthropist
Lover of mankind
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Philatelist
Collector of stamps
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Philistine
Person who's indifferent to art and literature
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Philology
Study of language