ENGLISH - ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES 3

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES  3

act of quiet walking = tip toe

am adventurous episode = venture

any construction to commemorate great events or persons = commemoration

amount deducted from the declared price = rebate/discount

a man who accompanies another in a crime = accomplice

Organic compounds corresponding to inorganic salts = esters

A person who is inclined to do new things or old things in new way = experimentalist

A village agricultural taxation clerk in the British Indian system = Patwari

A graduate student of a university who is granted a scholarship = fellowship

A biological catalyst allowing chemical reactions to take place rapidly at body temperature =protein

Fill with or stimulate feeling and interest = inspiration

A nitrogen based, pentose sugar and a phosphate group = nucleotide

An amino group having –NH₂  which is fundamental to life = amino acid

Large molecules consisting of chains of nucleotide = nucleic acid

A large group of proteins produced by living cells which act as catalysts in the chemical reactions upon which life depends = enzymes

A chromosome builder which controls inherited characters of an organism and is capable of mutation = gene

Thread like bodies that occur in the nuclei of living cells which carry the genetic code = chromosomes

Study of functioning of various organs of our body = physiology

Bring out the significance of something = interpret

The branch of science that studies the living things = biology

A living thing = organism

The scientific study of birds = ornithology

A person who looks after the maintenance of a museum = curator

The science of classification of things = taxonomy

The study of the relation of animals to their environment = ecology

Imitate others to cause amusement = mimic

Information of death given in newspapers with a brief history = obituary

Institution where persons suffering from tuberculosis are given treatment = TB ward

Knowledge of everything = omniscient

Of the same kind or nature = homogeneous

Disease accompanied by pain, stiffness, and inflammation of muscles and joints = Dangue

Excessive formalities in official or public business causing unnecessary delay =  redtapism

Expressing sympathy with people in their loss of their dear ones  =  condolence

Group of small islands in a sea = archipelago

A society of monks and nuns, living under the same rule = order

A distinct for which a bishop is responsible = diocesan

A home providing care for people who are sick and terminally sick =  hospices

Wide spread occurrence of an infection disease in a community at a particular time = epidemic

The office of the Pope/surrounding office  of Pope = Holy See

Officially declare a dead person to be a saint = canonization

An extraordinary and welcome event believed to be the work of God = Miracle

The act of intervening on behalf of someone = Intercession

Ignored or avoided by others = shun

Any organization’s involvement with or influence in the community = Outreach

The act of formally declaring a dead person ‘blessed’ = Beatification

A building where dead bodies are kept before burial = mortuary

Custom of having more than one wife at the same time = polygamy

Collection and discussion of essays by several persons on a topic = symposium

Cruel killing of a large number of people = genocide

Custom of marrying only within the clan = homogamy

Go away from one’s own country to another to settle there   = emigrate

Grass land for feeding cattle   =          ranch

Lie and wait to make a surprise attack          =         pounce

Living by eating both vegetables and flesh     =          omnivorous

Make accusations which are not proved        =         allegation

Move quickly to and fro                                   =          oscillate/vibrate

One who repairs house-hold utensils             =          tinker

A signal light for ships or aircrafts                 =          beacon

Burn or scorch somebody with a sudden intense heat          =         sear

A member of black people who originated in Africa                =          Negro

Unable to be taken away                                                        =          inalienable

A metal band around hand to restrict somebody                               =          manacle

Move rapidly round and round                                                           =          whirl

A road side hotel for motorists                                                            =          motel

A part of a city occupied by people of a particular race                     =          ghetto

A state of difficulty or suffering                                                           =          tribulation

Treat someone in a cruel way over a long period of time                    =          persecution

A small mound of earth thrown up by a burrowing mole                   =         Molehill

A person or animal is kept somewhere and is not allowed to leave   =         captive

To exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation often for a long time =      languish

Make someone unconscious especially with a drug               =         tranquilize

A herd of wild pigs       = sounder

A band attached to a saddle and fastened around a horse’s belly    = girth

A person’s facial expression   = countenance

Look with difficulty      = peer

A layer of dirt or froth on the surface of a liquid        = scum

Soft explosive sounds = sputter

Move with short movements side to side        = waggle

Frame work of a bed    = bedstead

 Quart - A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to / 4 gallon or 32 ounces

   Shuck - A husk, pod, or shell, as of a pea, hickory nut, or ear of corn. The shell of an oyster or clam

 Green - Lacking training or experience

  Furrow - A long shallow trench in the ground; make wrinkled or creased; a deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead

 Trite - Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed

 Suture - The process of joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by or as if by sewing

 Furor - A general commotion; public disorder or uproar. Violent anger; frenzy; a fashion adopted enthusiastically by the public; a fad

Castigate - To inflict severe punishment on; to criticize severely

Pique - A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride

Sanctimonious - Excessively or hypocritically pious; feigning piety or righteousness; of or practicing hypocrisy

Evacuant - Of, relating to, or tending to eliminate; tending to cleanse or purge, especially causing evacuation of the bowels

Striate - Marked with striae; striped, grooved, or ridged; to mark with a line or band, as of different color or texture

Legerdemain - A show of skill or deceitful cleverness; the use of skillful tricks and deceptions to produce entertainingly baffling effects

Overture- An instrumental composition intended especially as an introduction to an extended work, such as an opera or oratorio

Opera - A theatrical presentation in which a dramatic performance is set to music; the score of such a work

Chasten - To castigate for the purpose of improving; to correct using punishment or suffering

Hirsute - Covered with hair; having a hairy covering

Chortle - To laugh quietly; a snorting, joyful laugh or chuckle

Topical - Of or belonging to a particular location or place; local;currently of interest; contemporary

Perfunctory - Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

Terrestrial - Earthly     

Livestock - Domestic animals, such as cattle or horses, raised for home use or for profit, especially on a farm

Gall - The quality or state of feeling bitter; the state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident; to trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations; nerve, brashness; upset, irritate

Frisky - Playful

Quatrain - A stanza or poem of four lines

Hubris - Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance

Kudos - Acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement

Exodus - A departure from a place or country, especially of many people; act of leaving

Vulgaris - Being of the usual type; common

Frill - Something costly and unnecessary

Superficiality - Trivial; insignificant

Void - An empty space

Swath - A path or strip; the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine

Haughty - Scornfully and condescendingly proud; arrogant

Vaporous - Extravagantly fanciful; high-flown; so light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film

Saga - Epic tale, long story; a long detailed report

Sagittal - Of or relating to the suture uniting the two parietal bones of the skull;

Eyesore - Something, such as a distressed building, that is unpleasant or offensive to view

Vim - Ebullient vitality and energy; an imaginative lively style

Formulaic - Being of no special quality or type

Budge - To move very slightly; overformal; pompous

Superfluity - Overabundance; excess

Pelf - Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired

Impecunious - Lacking money; penniless

Confinement - Imprisonment; restriction

Rostrum - A stage or raised platform for public speaking

Denude - To divest of covering; make bare

Stultify - Deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; cause to appear foolish; prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone’s incompetence

Faradic - Of, relating to, or using an intermittent asymmetrical alternating electric current produced by an induction coil

Martinet - A strict disciplinarian, especially in the armed forces; one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules

Vulgar - Common, general; rude, offensive

Aesthetic - Showing good taste

Cistern - A receptacle for holding water or other liquid, especially a tank for catching and storing rainwater

Wanton - Careless; cruel, malicious

Grovel - To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior; to behave in a servile or demeaning manner

Shoal - A shallow part of a body of water: shallow; measuring little from bottom to top or surface

Sylvan - Relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions; abounding in trees; wooded

Words from Proper Names

Jingoist: One who boasts about his patriotism and favors a warlike foreign policy. In 1877, British Prime Minister Disraeli sent the fleet to Gallipoli to slow up the Russians. A singer wrote a ditty called “By Jingo” in honor of that action.

Lothario: rake; seducer; lover. Lothario was an amorous character in an eighteenth-century play. The Fair Penitent.

Maverick: one who acts independently. Samuel Maverick was a Texas rancher who refused to brand his cattle as others were doing.

Nemesis: Agent of retribution; just punishment. In Greek mythology, the goddess Nemesis punished pretentiousness with her swords and avenging wings.

Philanderer: one who makes love insincerely; one who engages in passing love affairs. The word comes from the Greek philandros (“man loving”) but gained its current usage because many English playwrights gave the name to their romantic leads.

Philippic: Bitter verbal attack. Philip II of Macedon wanted to make Greece into a monarchy. He was opposed by the great orator, Demosthenes, who denounced Philip in devastating speeches that came to be known as philippics.

Procrustean: designed to secure conformity; drastic. An ancient Greek robber named Procrustes tied his victims to a bed and then, to make them fit the bed, stretched the short ones and hacked off the limbs of the taller ones.

Protean: changeable; taking on different forms. In Greek mythology, Proteus was a sea god who could change his appearance at will.

Pyrrhic victory: a victory that is exceptionally costly. Pyrrhus defeated the Romans in 279 B.C. but his losses were terribly heavy.

Quixotic: romantically idealistic; impractical. The Spanish novelist, Cervantes, brought this word into our language when he wrote Don Quixote. His hero went forth foolishly to tilt against windmills and help the downtrodden.

Saturnine: sluggish; gloomy; grave. The planet Saturn is so far form the sun that it was thought to be cold and dismal.

Solecism: substandard use of words; violation of good manners. This word derives form the Greek inhabitants of the colony of Soloi who used a slangy dialect.

Spoonerism: an unintentional exchange of sounds. Reverend Spooner of New College, Oxford occasionally twisted his words around when he got excited so that “conquering kings: came out as “kinkering congs”

Sybarite: one who is fond of luxury and soft living. Sybaris was a fabulously wealthy Italian city, symbolic of the good life.

Tawdry: cheap; gaudy; showy. This word can be terraced to St. Audrey. Scarves called “St. Audrey’s laces” were sold in England where the local people changed the pronunciation to tawdry. The quality of the scarves, which at first was good, deteriorated, when they were mass produced for the peasant trade.

Digress- To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray

Aphorism - A brief statement of a principle; a tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage

Eulogy - A laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died; high praise or commendation

Fallacious - Tending to mislead; deceptive

Solemn - Deeply earnest, serious, and sober; gloomy; somber; performed with full ceremony; invoking the force of religion; sacred

Dissention - Difference of opinion; disagreement

Suture - The fine thread or other material used surgically to close a wound or join tissues; a seam used in surgery; thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together; join with a suture, as of a wound in surgery

Sangfroid - A stable, calm state of the emotions

Humdrum - Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring , dull; monotonous talk or routine.

Untenable - Incapable of being defended or justified

Inexpungeable - Not capable of being expunged

Expunged - To erase or strike out

Obliterate - To do away with completely so as to leave no trace

Happenstance - An unexpected random event

Charisma - The power or quality of attracting

Bore - One that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious

Muster - To assemble, prepare, or put into operation, as for war or a similar emergency; a number of persons who have come or been gathered together

Crew - A group of people organized for a particular purpose; serve as a crew member on

Cord - To pile (wood) in cords; a line made of twisted fibers or threads

Polymorphous - Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles

Incontrovertible - Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

Pulchritude - Great physical beauty and appeal

Flounder - To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one’s balance

Nugatory - Of little or no importance; trifling. having no force; invalid

Hull - Dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut; the frame or body of ship

Succinct - Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen; brief, to the point; briefly giving the gist of something

Diazepam - A tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA

Sagitta - A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Aquila and Vulpecula

Amity - Peaceful relations, as between nations; friendship

Decimate - To destroy or kill a large part of (a group)

Fecund - Capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful. Marked by intellectual productivity

Tawdry - Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance; cheap, tasteless

Marrow - The most central and material part; the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Cognizant - Fully informed; conscious

Fiasco - A complete failure

Folly - A lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight; an act or instance of foolishness: regretted the follies of his youth

Forage - Food for domestic animals; fodder. The act of looking or searching for food or provisions