Now a days in almost all competitive exams they are asking questions from this area. With basic knowledge of English and little idea you can easily get full marks in this section. We are posting some of the important substitution words here. Happy reading :)
S.no
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Sentence
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One Word
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1
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One who is unmarried
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Celibate
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2
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One who believes in fate
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Fatalist
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3
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Sleep enjoyed in the afternoon
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Siesta
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4
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A speech delivered without any previous preparation
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Extempore
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5
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Language which is confused and unintelligible
|
Jargon
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6
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One who is fond of sensuous pleasures
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Epicure
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7
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The action of looking back on past time
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Introspection
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8
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One who has no money
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Pauper
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9
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One who can do anything for money
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Mercenary
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10
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A man whose wife is dead
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Widower
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11
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A place where dead bodies are kept
|
Mortuary
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12
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One whose business is to find out criminals
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Detective
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13
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One who is quite like a woman
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Effeminate
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14
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A government run by a dictator
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Autocracy
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15
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A place for sick people who need long period of
treatment or rest
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Sanatorium
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16
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One who possesses several talents or gifts
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Versatile
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17
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One who prepares plans for buildings
|
Architect
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18
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A great lover of books
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Bibliophile
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19
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A person who talks too much
|
Garrulous
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20
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A raised place on which offerings are made to a god
|
Altar
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21
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A place where fishes are kept
|
Aquarium
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22
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One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles
|
Optician
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23
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One who deals in wines
|
Vintner
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24
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A person in charge of a museum
|
Curator
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25
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One who journeys to a holy place
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Pilgrim
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26
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A building where animals are killed for meat
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Abattoir
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27
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The science of animal life
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Zoology
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28
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An instrument for recording earthquakes
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Seismograph
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29
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One who kills animals and sells their flesh
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Butcher
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30
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One who makes or sells eye – glasses
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Optician
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31
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One who breaks into a house to commit theft
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Burglar
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32
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Rule by one person
|
Monocracy
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33
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One who treats heart diseases
|
Cardiologist
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34
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One who studies the formation of the earth
|
Geologist
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35
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The crime of killing a king
|
Regicide
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36
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A number of people following a funeral
|
Cortege
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37
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That which cannot be seen through
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Opaque
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38
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A doctor who treats skin diseases
|
Dermatologist
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39
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A disease which spreads by contact
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Contagious disease
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40
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One who goes on foot
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Pedestrian
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41
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The murder of one’s own mother
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Matricide
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42
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The killing of human beings
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Homicide
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43
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A man who thinks only for himself
|
Egoist
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44
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That can be easily broken
|
Brittle
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45
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A general pardon of political offenders
|
Amnesty
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46
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An animal living both on land in water
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Amphibian
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47
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A large cupboard in which one hangs up clothes
|
Wardrobe
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48
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A large group of insects moving in a mass
|
Swarm
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49
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A building for keeping and feeding horses in
|
Stable
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50
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A string of beads used for counting prayers
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Rosary
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