44 – ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES
1.
acute adj. Having fine and
penetrating discernment.
2.
adamant n. Any substance of
exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
3.
addendum n. Something added, or
to be added.
4.
addle v. To make inefficient or
worthless; muddle.
5.
adduce v. To bring forward or
name for consideration.
6.
adhere v. To stick fast or
together.
7.
adherence n. Attachment.
8.
adherent adj. Clinging or
sticking fast.
9.
adhesion n. The state of being
attached or joined.
10. adieu
inter. Good-by; farewell.
11.
Baconian adj. Of or pertaining
to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
12.
bacterium n. A microbe.
13.
badger v. To pester.
14. baffle
v. To foil or frustrate.
15.
bailiff n. An officer of court
having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
16. baize
n. A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
17.
bale n. A large package
prepared for transportation or storage.
18. baleful
adj. Malignant.
19. ballad
n. Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric
form.
20. balsam
n. A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
21.
cabal n. A number of
persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.
22. cabalism
n. Superstitious devotion to one's religion.
23.
cabinet n. The body of
men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.
24.
cacophony n. A
disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
25. cadaverous
adj. Resembling a corpse.
26.
cadence n. Rhythmical or
measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching
troops.
27.
cadenza n. An
embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or
instrument.
28. caitiff
adj. Cowardly.
29. cajole
v. To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
30. cajolery
n. Delusive speech.
31.
daring adj. Brave.
32. darkling
adv. Blindly.
33.
Darwinism n. The
doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher
forms.
34. dastard
n. A base coward.
35. datum
n. A premise, starting-point, or given fact.
36. dauntless
adj. Fearless.
37. day-man
n. A day-laborer.
38. dead-heat n. A race in which two or more competitors come
out even, and there is no winner.
39. dearth
n. Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.
40. death's-head
n. A human skull as a symbol of death.
41. earnest
adj. Ardent in spirit and speech.
42. earthenware
n. Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.
43. eatable
adj. Edible.
44. ebullient
adj. Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
45. eccentric
adj. Peculiar.
46. eccentricity
n. Idiosyncrasy.
47.
eclipse n. The
obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body.
48. economize
v. To spend sparingly.
49. ecstasy
n. Rapturous excitement or exaltation.
50. ecstatic
adj. Enraptured.
51.
fabricate v. To invent
fancifully or falsely.
52. fabulous
adj. Incredible.
53. facet
n. One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem.
54. facetious
adj. Amusing.
55. facial
adj. Pertaining to the face.
56. facile
adj. Not difficult to do.
57. facilitate
v. To make more easy.
58. facility
n. Ease.
59. facsimile
n. An exact copy or reproduction.
60. faction
n. A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
61. gauge
n. An instrument for measuring.
62. gaiety
n. Festivity.
63. gaily
adv. Merrily.
64. gait
n. Carriage of the body in going.
65. gallant
adj. Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.
66. galore
adj. Abundant.
67. galvanic
adj. Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action.
68. galvanism
n. Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action.
69. galvanize
v. To imbue with life or animation.
70. gamble
v. To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency.
71.
habitable adj. Fit to be dwelt
in.
72. habitant
n. Dweller.
73. habitual
adj. According to usual practice.
74. habitude
n. Customary relation or association.
75. hackney
v. To make stale or trite by repetition.
76. haggard
adj. Worn and gaunt in appearance.
77. halcyon
adj. Calm.
78. hale
adj. Of sound and vigorous health.
79. handwriting
n. Penmanship.
80. hanger-on
n. A parasite.
81. happy-go-lucky
adj. Improvident.
82. harangue
n. A tirade.
83. harass
v. To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances.
84. ichthyic
adj. Fish-like.
85. ichthyology
n. The branch of zoology that treats of fishes.
86. ichthyosaurs
n. A fossil reptile.
87. icily
adv. Frigidly.
88. iciness
n. The state of being icy.
89. icon
n. An image or likeness.
90. iconoclast
n. An image-breaker.
91. idealize
v. To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard.
92. idiom
n. A use of words peculiar to a particular language.
93. idiosyncrasy
n. A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual.
94. Jargon
n. Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech.
95.
Jaundice n. A morbid
condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of
the skin.
96. Jeopardize
v. To imperil.
97. Jingo
n. One of a party in great britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative
foreign policy.
98. Jocose
adj. Done or made in jest.
99. Kernel
n. A grain or seed.
100.
Kiln n. An oven or furnace for
baking, burning, or drying industrial products.
101.
Kiloliter n. One thousand
liters.
102.
Kilometer n. A length of 1,000
meters.
103.
Kilowatt n. One thousand watts.
104.
Lacerate v. To tear rudely or
raggedly.
105.
Lackadaisical adj. Listless.
106.
Lactation n. The secretion of
milk.
107.
Lacteal adj. Milky.
108.
Lactic adj. Pertaining to milk.
109.
macadamize v. To cover or pave,
as a path or roadway, with small broken stone.
110.
machinery n. The parts of a
machine or engine, taken collectively.
111. machinist
n. One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools.
112.macrocosm n. The whole
of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related.
113.madden v. To inflame
with passion.
114.Madonna
n. A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the
infant Jesus.
115.Nameless adj. Having no
fame or reputation.
116.Naphtha
n. A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in
manufacture of paints.
117. Narcissus n. The son of the athenian river-god cephisus,
fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection.
118.
Narrate v. To tell a story.
119.Narration
n. The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or
occurrence.
120.
Obese adj. Exceedingly fat.
121.Obesity n. Excessive
fatness.
122.
Obituary adj. A published
notice of a death.
123.
Objective adj. Grasping and
representing facts as they are.
124.
Objector n. One who objects, as
to a proposition, measure, or ruling.
125.
Ubiquitous adj. Being present
everywhere.
126.
Ulterior adj. Not so pertinent
as something else to the matter spoken of.
127.
Ultimate adj. Beyond which
there is nothing else.
128.
Ultimatum n. A final statement
or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions.
129.
Ultramundane adj. Pertaining to
supernatural things or to another life.
130.
Vacillate v. To waver.
131.Vacuous adj. Empty.
132.
Vacuum n. A space entirely
devoid of matter.
133.
Vagabond n. A wanderer.
134.
Vagrant n. An idle wanderer.
135.
Warlike adj. Belligerent.
136.
Wavelet n. A ripple.
137.
Weak-kneed adj. Without
resolute purpose or energy.
138.
Weal n. Well-being.
139. Wean v. To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's
milk to another form of nourishment.
140.
Yearling n. A young animal past
its first year and not yet two years old
141.
Yokel n. Country bumpkin , rustic ,,rurel
142.Zealot
n. One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan
manner.
143.
Zeitgeist n. The intellectual
and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch.
144.
Zenith n. The culminating-point
of prosperity, influence, or greatness.
145.
Zephyr n. Any soft, gentle
wind.
146.
Zodiac n. An imaginary belt
encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets.
147.Pacify v. To bring into
a peaceful state.
148.
Packet n. A bundle, as of letters.
149.Pact n. A covenant.
150.
Pagan n. A worshiper of false gods.
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