Dictionary of One-word Substitution: Vocabulary Building

by Manik Joshi

One-Word A Word that is used in place of a complete sentenceThis book covers the following (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 SubstitutesSample (01). Related Words01a. A person who looks at the bright side of things -- Optimist01b. A person who looks at the dark side of things -- Pessimist02a. All the animals living in a particular area -- Fauna02b. Plants and vegetation in a particular area -- Flora03a. A government tax on goods brought into the country -- Customs03b. A government tax on goods made within a country -- Excise04a. A person who is more interested in others -- Extrovert04b. A person who keeps himself to himself -- Introvert05a. That which cannot be harmful or dangerous -- Innocuous05b. Causing serious harm in a gradual or unnoticeable way -- Insidious06a. A person who is taking examination -- Examinee06b. A person who examine the copies of examinees -- Examiner07a. A person who talks too much -- Garrulous/Loquacious07b. A person who eats too much -- Glutton08a. To suddenly change direction -- Deflect08b. To keep on changing direction during movement -- Meander09a. Ability to know something on the basis of feelings rather than reasoning -- Intuition09b. Ability to speak without moving your lips -- Ventriloquism10a. To change a law in order to improve it -- Amend10b. To correct the mistakes in manuscript, etc. -- Emend11a. A person between 70 and 79 years old -- Septuagenarian11b. A person between 80 and 89 years old -- Octogenarian12a. Animals having spinal column -- Vertebrate12b. An animal with thick skin -- Pachyderm13a. Obeying rules and requests -- Compliance13b. Open refusal to obey -- Defiance14a. The state of being married -- Matrimony14b. The state of being unmarried -- Bachelorhood15a. A woman whose husband has died -- Widow15b. A man whose wife has died -- Widower16a. Things of different nature -- Heterogeneous16b. Things of same nature -- Homogeneous17a. A religious song -- Hymn17b. A pleasant song used for causing children to sleep -- Lullaby18a. To rise in value -- Appreciate18b. To go down in value -- Depreciate19a. A disorder in which a person eats too little because of abnormal fear of being fat -- Anorexia19b. A disorder in which a person repeatedly eats too much -- Bulimia20a. To increase the intensity of a disease -- Aggravate20b. To go from bad to worse – Deteriorate21a. A school for small children -- Kindergarten21b. A student who has left school or class without permission -- Truant22a.

77 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 25, 2014