One Word Substitutions
One Word Substitutions
ভূগোলিকা-Bhugolika-এর ‘পরীক্ষা প্রস্তুতি’ বিভাগে আপনাকে স্বাগত জানাই। ‘পরীক্ষা প্রস্তুতি’ বিভাগের উদ্দেশ্য হল বিভিন্ন প্রতিযোগিতামূলক পরীক্ষা (Competitive Exams)-তে শিক্ষার্থী ও পরীক্ষার্থীদের প্রস্তুতিতে সাহায্য করা। ‘পরীক্ষা প্রস্তুতি’ -এর MISCELLANEOUS বিভাগে সকল প্রতিযোগিতামূলক পরীক্ষার ক্ষেত্রে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ বিষয়গুলি আলোচনা করা হয়। প্রতিযোগিতামূলক পরীক্ষাতে একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ বিষয় হল: One Word Substitutions । এই পোস্টের মাধ্যমে আপনি ইংরেজি এককথায় প্রকাশের এক বিস্তারিত তালিকা লাভ করবেন।
One Word Substitutions
One Word Substitutions
1. One who has become dependent on something or drugs — Addict
2. Fear of being enclosed in small closed space — Claustrophobia
3. Call upon God or any other power (like law) for help or protection — Invocation
4. Severely abusive writing in journals — Scurrilous
5. A person who opposes war or use of military force — Pacifist
6. One not concerned with right or wrong — Amoral
7. Something no longer in use — Obsolete
8. Stealthily done (Something done in a quiet and secret way in order to avoid being noticed) — Surreptitious
9. The line where land and sky seems to meet — Horizon
10. A person with a long experience of any occupation — Veteran
11. Something capable of being done — Feasible
12. A person coming to a foreign land to settle there — Immigrant
13. A remedy for all disease — Panacea
14. A person who is unable to pay debts — Insolvent
15. Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses, and therefore not definite — Ambiguous
16. A short poem or speech addressed to the spectators after the conclusion of drama — Epilogue
17. Act of deceiving somebody in order to make money — Fraud
18. Flat metal or Porcelain plate fixed on a wall as an ornament or memorial — Plaque
19. To cut something into two pieces — Sever
20. Succession of rulers belongig to one family — Dynasty
21. To seize control of a vehicle in order to force it to go to a new destination or demand something — Hijack
22. Lasting only for a moment — Momentary
23. One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain — Stoic
24. The practice or art of choosing, cooking, and eating good food —Gastronomy
25. Killing of a child — Infanticide
26. One who believes in offering equal opportunities to women in all spheres — Feminist
27. One who studies election trend by means of opinion polls — Psephologist
28. A doctor who treats children — Paediatrician
29. One who can think about the future with imagination and wisdom — Visionary
30. Give and receive mutually — Reciprocate
31. A building where an audience sits — Auditorium
32. The first model of a new device — Prototype
33. Tough tissues in joints — Ligaments
34. The study of maps — Cartography
35. A person who breaks into houses in order to steal — Burglar
36. The study of the origin and history of words — Etymology
37. One who can walk on ropes (tightrope walker) — Funambulist
38. Belonging to all parts of the world — Cosmopolitan
39. One who hates mankind — Misanthrope
40. One who goes to settle in another country — Emigrant
41. Constant efforts to achieve something — Perseverance
42. A building in which aircraft are housed — Hanger
43. A four footed animal — Quadruped
44. Ready to believe anything — Credulous
45. That which lasts for a short time — Transitory
46. Indifference to pleasure or pain — Stoicism
47. A body of persons appointed to hear evidence or judge and give their verdict (decision) — Jury
48. The essential or characteristic customs, habits and conventions of a society or community — Mores
49. A system of Government in which only one political party is allowed to function — Totalitarianism
50. One who collects coins — Numismatist
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51. Violation of something holy or sacred — Sacrilege
52. A broad road bordered with trees — Boulevard
53. Animals who live in herds — Gregarious
54. The murder of parents or near relative — Parricide
55. A mild or indirect expression substituted for an offensive or harsh one — Euphemism
56. One who believes in no government and therefore incites disorder in a state — Anarchist
57. One who secretly listens to talks of others — Eavesdropper
58. Science of diseases — Pathology
59. One who is beyond reforms — Incorrigible
60. Something kept as a reminder of an event — Souvenir
61. The act of killing whole group of people, especially a whole race —Genocide
62. One who stays away from school without permission — Truant
63. A person without training or experience in a skill or subject — Novice
64. Dissection of a dead body to find the cause of the death — Autopsy
65. The study of religion and religious ideas and beliefs — Theology
66. A former student of a school, college or university — Alumnus
67. A place where Jews worship according to their religion — Synagogue
68. An area of land that is controlled by a ruler — Dominion
69. One who is greedy — Voracious
70. Simple, fast-spreading plant without flowers or leaves, which can often cause disease — Fungus
71. Dry weather with no rainfall — Drought
72. Too much official formality — Red-tapism
73. Living together of a man and woman without being married to each other (live in relationship) — Concubinage
74. A place where government / public records are kept — Archive
75. A place where all religions are honoured — Secular
76. Excessive preoccupation with one’s health — Hypochondria
77. Without risk of punishment — Impunity
78. Deep in thought — Pensive
79. A jocular person who is full of amusing anecdotes — Wag
80. A sly look that is lustful — Leer
81. Irresistible craving for alcoholic drinks — Dipsomania
82. One who hates women — Misogynist
83. One who lends money at a very high interest — Usurer
84. Something that is poisonous and unhealthy — Toxic
85. The worship of idols or images — Idolatry
86. A place where nuns live and work — Convent
87. A short story baesd on your personal experience — Anecdote
88. One who destroys images or attacks popular beliefs — Iconoclast
89. Feeding on food made of both plant and flesh — Omnivorous
90. A woman having more than one husband at the same time — Polyandry
91. A den for small animals — Hutch
92. To take back, withdraw or renounce — Recant
93. The habit of always admiring oneself — Narcissism
94. One who intervenes between two or more parties to settle difference — Intermediary
95. One who deserts his principle or believes — Renegade
96. Property handled down after the death of a person — Inheritance
97. A handwriting that cannot be read — Illegible
98. One who believes in that gaining pleasure is the most important thing in life — Hedonist
99. Building in which a dead body is kept for a time — Mortuary
100. Experts in the scientific study of birds — Ornithology
One Word Substitutions
101. Placing a thing besides another — Juxtapose
102. One who does not follow the usual way of life — Bohemian
103. The first public speech delivered by a person — Maiden speech
104. Wild and noisy disorder — Pandemonium
105. General view of person’s character — Profile
106. A person who is in his seventies — Septuagenarian
107. Study of insects — Entomology
108. Military waking up signals in the morning — Reveille
109. The sound of the funeral bell — Knell
110. One who has obstinate and narrow religious views — Bigot
111. One who loves books — Bibliophile
112. Full of criticism or mockery — Satire
113. Causing or ending in death — Fatal
114. A group of girls — Bevy
115. Belief that war and violence are unjustified — Pacifism
116. A wall built to prevent the sea or a river from flooding an area — Dyke
117. A specialist who tests eyesight — Optometrist
118. Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter — Alliteration
119. One who walks in sleep — Somnambulist
120. A government by officials — Bureaucracy
121. Of very bad morals; characterized by debasement or degeneration —Depraved
122. Body of a human being or animal embalmed for burial — Mummy
123. Something which cannot be believed — Incredible
124. A method which never fails — Infallible
125. A place where birds are kept — Aviary
126. The abandonment of one’s country and cause — Defection
127. Treatment by means of exercise and massage — Physiotherapy
128. Bitter and violent attack in words against someone or something — Diatribe
129. Motion of heads, hands etc., as a mode of expression indicating attitude — Gesture
130. To be biased against someone or something — Prejudice
131. A person who never takes alcoholic drinks — Teetotaller
132. A tank where fish or water plants are kept — Aquarium
133. A person devoted to sensual enjoyment, especially that derived from fine food and drink — Epicurean
134. Inability to sleep — Insomnia
135. A person who devotes his/her life for the welfare of others — Altruist
136. To have a very high opinion about oneself — Conceited
137. Place of burial (especially not in churchyard) — Cemetery
138. A person who is always hopeful and looks upon the brighter side of things — Optimist
139. An occasion of great importance — Momentous
140. Government by ruler who has unlimited power — Autocracy
141. One who journeys from place to place — Itinerant
142. That which cannot be called back — Irrevocable
143. The state of being miserable bereft (deprived of or lacking) of all possessions — Destitute
144. A picture of a person or a thing drawn in such a highly exaggerated manner to cause a laughter — Caricature
145. Belief that God is in everything and that everything is God — Pantheism
146. One who breaks the law — Transgressor
147. That which cannot be captured — Ungrippable
148. Reproducing or memorizing word for word — Verbatim
149. Careful in spending of money, time, etc. — Economical
150. To reduce to nothing — Null
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151. Science of the race of mankind — Ethnology
152. Detaining and confining something — Internment
153. A person of obscure position who has gained wealth — Parvenu
154. Impossible to describe — Ineffable
155. An underhand device resorted to in order to justify misconduct — Manoeuvre
156. The animals of a particular region — Fauna
157. An emolument over and above fixed salary — Perquisite
158. An unexpected piece of good fortune — Windfall
159. Clues available at the scene — Circumstantial
160. One hides away in a ship or passenger vehicle to obtain a free passage — Stowaway
161. A word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase — Acronym
162. Circular building or hall with a dome — Rotunda
163. The use of many words where only a few are necessary — Circumlocution
164. A continuous process of change is known as — Flux
165. An involuntary action under a stimulus is described as a — Reflex
166. Determine the nature of disease — Diagnose
167. Occurring at night — Nocturnal
168. Arrangement in order of occurrence — Chronological
169. Science of heredity — Genetics
170. To run away with a lover — Elope
171. With much liveliness and a sense of purpose — Jauntily
172. Seeing something which is not actually present — Hallucination
173. The study or practice of dancing or composing ballets — Choreography
174. Having juicy or fleshy and thick tissue — Succul
175. Person who insists on adherence to formal rules or literary meaning — Pedant
176. Words of similar meaning — Synonyms
177. To be known for bad acts — Notorious
178. Belonging to all parts of the world — Universal
179. More like a woman than a man in manners and habits — Effeminate
180. Instrument to measure atmospheric pressure — Barometer
181. The practice of submitting a proposal to popular vote — Referendum
182. An object or portion serving as a sample — Specimen
183. Not to be moved by entreaty — Despotic
184. To renounce a high position of authority or control — Abdicate
185. Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence — Protocol
186. To struggle helplessly — Flounder
187. Loss of memory — Amnesia
188. Release of a prisoner form jail on certain terms and conditions — Parole
189. Feeling inside you which tells you what is right and what is wrong — Conscience
190. An inscription on a tomb — Epitaph
191. To look at someone in an angry or threatening way — Glower
192. Pertaining to cattle — Bovine
193. A person who writes decoratively — Calligrapher
194. Murder of a brother — Fratricide
195. A post with little work but high salary — Sinecure
196. A test in which cells from diseased organs are removes and tested — Biopsy
197. One who compiles a dictionary — Lexicographer
198. Quibble (to avoid giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth) — Prevaricate
199. Words uttered impiously about God — Blasphemy
200. One who eats human flesh — Cannibal
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