Dictionary of One-word Substitution: Vocabulary Building

ISBN-13: 9781500720674 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 76 str.

MR Manik Joshi

Opis

One-Word Substitutes: A Word that is used in place of a complete sentence - This book covers the following topics: 01. RelateThis book covers the following topics: (01). Related Words, (02). Scientific Studies, (03). That Which Cannot Be..., (04). Types of Behavior, (05). Types of Doctors, (06). Different Instruments, (07). A Particular Type of Place, (08). A Particular Type of Person, (09). Phobia and Mania, (10). Connected With..., (11). Country-Government, (12). Types of States, (13). Types of Statements, (14). Money-Related, (15). Other Topics, (A). Professions, (B). A Collection of Things, (C). Act of Killing, (D). Physical Appearance of A Person, (16). Various One-word Substitutes, Sample This: (01). Related Words 01a. A person who looks at the bright side of things -- Optimist; 01b. A person who looks at the dark side of things - Pessimist - 02a. All the animals living in a particular area -- Fauna; 02b. Plants and vegetation in a particular area -- Flora - 03a. A government tax on goods brought into the country -- Customs; 03b. A government tax on goods made within a country -- Excise - 04a. A person who is more interested in others -- Extrovert; 04b. A person who keeps himself to himself -- Introvert - 05a. That which cannot be harmful or dangerous -- Innocuous; 05b. Causing serious harm in gradual or unnoticeable way -- Insidious - 06a. A person who is taking examination -- Examinee; 06b. A person who examine the copies of examinees -- Examiner - 07a. A person who talks too much -- Garrulous/Loquacious; 07b. A person who eats too much -- Glutton - 08a. To suddenly change direction -- Deflect; 08b. To keep on changing direction during movement -- Meander - 09a. Ability to know something on the basis of feelings rather than reasoning -- Intuition; 09b. Ability to speak without moving your lips -- Ventriloquism - 10a. To change a law in order to improve it -- Amend; 10b. To correct the mistakes in manuscript, etc. -- Emend - 11a. A person between 70 and 79 years old -- Septuagenarian; 11b. A person between 80 and 89 years old -- Octogenarian - 12a. Animals having spinal column -- Vertebrate; 12b. An animal with thick skin -- Pachyderm - 13a. Obeying rules and requests -- Compliance; 13b. Open refusal to obey -- Defiance - 14a. The state of being married -- Matrimony; 14b. The state of being unmarried -- Bachelorhood - 15a. A woman whose husband has died -- Widow; 15b. A man whose wife has died -- Widower - 16a. Things of different nature -- Heterogeneous; 16b. Things of same nature -- Homogeneous - 17a. A religious song -- Hymn; 17b. A pleasant song used for causing children to sleep -- Lullaby - 18a. To rise in value -- Appreciate; 18b. To go down in value -- Depreciate - 19a. A disorder in which person eats too less because of abnormal fear of being fat -- Anorexia; 19b. A disorder in which person repeatedly eats too much -- Bulimia - 20a. To increase the intensity of a disease -- Aggravate; 20b. To go from bad to worse - Deteriorate - 21a. A school for small children -- Kindergarten; 21b. A student who has left school or class without permission -- Truant - 22a. To free somebody from all blame -- Exonerate; 22b. To free a person from a charge by verdict -- Acquit - 23a. A co-worker in the same institution -- Colleague; 23b. Equal in rank -- Peer - 24a. An office with high salary but no work -- Sinecure; 24b. A position in an organization without salary -- Honorary - 25a. An assembly of hearers at a lecture or concert -- Audience; 25b. An assembly of worshippers -- Congregation