List of fifty one-word-substitution words

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A set of 50 words : One word substitution

	Long word or Expression		One word Substitution
1	One who drives a motor-car	C E N T R E F O R C O M P E T I T I V E E N G L I S H	Chauffeur
2	A hater of mankind		Misanthropist
3	An instrument of detecting earthquake		Seismograph
4	A lover of others		Altruist
5	A person who is in-charge of a museum		Curator
6	One who lives on flesh		Carnivores
7	A shortened form of a word or phrase		Abbreviation
8	One who carves in stone		Sculptor
9	One who does not believe in God		Atheist
10	Life story of a man written by himself		Autobiography
11	Government by the noble		Aristocracy
12	A fellow member of a profession		Colleagues
13	A sound that cannot be audible		Inaudible
14	A supposed cure for all disease or problems		Panacea
15	A list of book		Catalogue
16	A Speech or presentation made without preparation		Extempore
17	Literary theft of one’s original work under his name		Plagiarism
18	A strong desire to return home or home-sickness		Nostalgia
19	A person who is extremely desirous of wealth		Avarice
20	A hand writing that cannot be read		Illegible
21	A position for which no salary is paid		Honorary
22	A thing no longer in use		Obsolete
23	Anything that leads to death		Fatal
24	A person who believes in fate		Fatalist
25	A citizen of word		Cosmopolitan
26	An animals who preys on other animals		Predator
27	A study of the body		Physiology
28	A person who talks a lot		Garrulous
29	The spectators or listeners assembled at a performance		Audience
30	One who can do anything for money		Mercenary
31	One who knows many language		Polyglot
32	One who goes on foot		Pedestrian
33	A person’s peculiar habit		Idiosyncrasy
34	One who is unmarried		Celibate
35	One who lives in a foreign country		Immigrant
36	A book written by an unknown author		Anonymous
37	A situation which cannot be avoided		Inevitable
38	A substance/material through which light cannot pass		Opaque
39	One who knows everything		Omniscient
40	A person who is self-centered or selfish		Egoist
41	A post/ office with high salary but almost no work		Sinecure
42	Area over which an officer has complete control		Jurisdiction
43	Something prohibited by law		Illicit
44	A writing or speech in praise of someone		Eulogy
45	Unable to pay one’s debt		Insolvent
46	Loss of memory		Amnesia
47	Something that cannot be corrected		Incorrigible
48	One who does not tired		Indefatigable
49	Free somebody from blame or guilt		Exonerate
50	One who does not make mistake		Infallible

                   Compile by: CCE Knowledge Desk

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