One Word Substitution : Be succinct while speaking or writing

One Word Substitution

Amount paid to a man for his labor	Remuneration
A post without pay	Honorary
A job without any much work but high pay	Sinecure
A diplomatic representative in another country	Ambassador
A person who has a bad reputation	Notorious
A person who looks at the dark side of things	Pessimist
A person who looks at the bright side of things	Optimist
A place where bees are kept	Apiary
A place where birds are kept	Aviary
A place where clothes are kept	Wardrobe
A period of fifteen days	Fortnight
A period of ten years	Decade
An events which happens every year	Annual
An events which happens once in two years	Biennial
An events which happens once in three years	Triennial
An events which happens once in four years	Quadrennial
An events which happens once in five years	Quinquennial
An events which happens once in six years	Sexennial
An events which happens once in seven years	Septennial
An events which happens once in eight years	Octennial
An events which happens once in ten years	Decennial
An events which happens once in hundred years	Centenary
A period of one thousand years	Millennium
Large scale departure of many people	Exodus
A dog used for hunting	Hound
A place where coins are made	Mint
A drama to be performed by a single man	Monologue
A notice of the death of a person	Obituary
Remedy for all diseases	Panacea
A set of instrument put together for a purpose	Apparatus
A person who is great admirer of art	Dilettante
A lover of poetry and art	Philomuse
A lover of learning	Philomath
A lover of woman	Philogymist
The word whose meaning is difficult to understand	Abstruse
A word for word	Verbatim
Use of mild words in place of words required by truth	Euphemism
Copy or stealing excerpts from other’s writing	Plagiarism
Things to be corrected in a printed book or magazine etc.	Corrigendum
Words or phrases inscribed on a person’s tomb	Epitaph
Remedy for all diseases	Panacea
A medicine to counteract the effect of a poison	Antidote
A substance which prevents wound from germs	Antiseptic
A substance which is used to kill a germ	Germicide
A substance which is used to kill an insect	Insecticide
A substance which is used to kill a pest	Pesticide
A substance which is used to kill a weed	Weedicide

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