Monday, 28 October 2019

One word substitution


1.       A number of sheep ---                                                                          Flock
2.       A number of horses, ponies etc. driven together---                          Drove
3.       A number of cattle or swine---                                                             Herd
4.       A number of peacocks ----                                                                     Muster
5.       A number of wolves, hounds or submarines---                               Pack
6.       A number of leopards ---                                                                     Leap
7.       A number of geese ----                                                                           Gaggle
8.       A number of bees, ants, locusts etc. ---------                                            swarm
9.       A number of larks, quails or beautiful girls ---------                                 bevy
10.   A number of bees living in the same place  --------                                hive
11.    A number of ants, rabbits or snakes living in the same place ---     nest
12.   A number of lions, monkeys or cavalry soldiers  ----                         troop
13.   A number of horses kept for riding, racing or breeding ------------stud
14.   A number of chickens hatched at the same time ---------------------brood
15.   A number of young pigs, dogs, cats born together -----------------litter
16.   A number of kittens --------------------------------------------------------kindle
17.   A collection of fowls, ducks etc.-----------------------------------------poultry
18.   A collection of wild animals ----------------------------------------------zoo/menagerie
19.   A number of people at a religious place -----------------------------congregation
20.   A number of people listening to a lecture ----------------------------audience
21.   A number of people watching a play or match --------------------spectators
22.   A number of people in the street -------------------------------------crowd
23.   A number of people gathered together for a common purpose --- assembly
24.   A number of servants -------------------------------------------------------staff
25.   A number of sailors manning a ship ------------------------------------crew
26.   A number og workmen, thieves, prisoners -------------------------gang
27.   A collection of books -------------------------------------------------- library
28.   A collection of flowers --------------------------------------------bouquet  
29.   A collection of flags --------------------bunting
30.   A number of drawers -----------chest
31.   A number of ships -------------------fleet
32.   A large collection of trees ---------forest
33.   A number of stars forming one group-----------------constellation
34.   A set of rooms, furniture etc.                   suite
35.   A quantity of bread baked at the same time---------batch
36.   A collection of tools -----------set
37.   A place where birds are kept ----------------aviary
38.   A place where fishes are kept--------aquarium
39.   A place where pigs are kept --------------sty
40.   A house for dogs -------------------kennel
41.   A house for horses --------------stable
42.   The home of a lion ------------------den
43.   A house for cows ------------------pen
44.   A place where medicines are compounded ------------------dispensary
45.   A place for the treatment of sick people ----------------hospital
46.   A residence for monks ---------------monastery
47.   A residence for nuns ------------------convent
48.   A place where milk is changed into butter, cheese etc. ---------dairy
49.   A place where bread, cakes etc. are made ----------------bakery
50.   A factory for manufacturing beer ---------------brewery
51.   A place where spirituous liquors are manufactured-------------distillery
52.   A place where clothes are washed or ironed ---------------laundry
53.   A place for housing cars ----------------garage
54.   A place where travellers can get lodging and refreshments -----------hotel
55.   A place where people can get food and refreshments --------------restaurant
56.   A house for the residence of students -------------------------hostel
57.   Aplace where books are kept -----------------library
58.   A place where manufacturing activity is carried on ----------------factory
59.   A place where experiments are conducted ----------------laboratory
60.   A place where treasures of art are kept ---------------------museum
61.   A plce for storing grain --------granary
62.   A building for lodging soldiers           --------------barracks
63.   A place where fruit trees are grown ----------------orchard
64.   A place where orphans are housed ---------------orphanage
65.   A Muslim place of worship -------------------------mosque
66.   A Hindu place of worship ------------------temple
67.   A place of worship of the Sikhs ----------gurdwara
68.   A place with gambling tables --------------casino
69.   A school for infants and young children -------kindergarten
70.   A case in which a sword is kept ---------------------sheath
71.   One who attends to the diseases of the eye -------------------oculist
72.   One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles -------optician
73.   One who attends sick people and prescribes medicines -----physician
74.   One who compounds or sells drugs --------pharmacist
75.   One who treats diseases by performing operations -------surgeon
76.   One who attends to the teeth ----------dentist
77.   One who manages or attends to an engine -----------------engineer
78.   One who drives a motor car for another ------------chauffeur
79.   The person in charge of a ship --------captain
80.   One who carves in stone --------------sculptor
81.   One who writes for newspapers ----------- journalist, reporter, correspondent
82.   A physician who assists women at childbirth ---------obstetrician
83.   One who designs buildings -------architect
84.   One who deals in flowers --------------------------florist
85.   One who mends water pipes ------------plumber
86.   One who shoes horses ----------farrier
87.   A professional rider in horse races ----------jockey
88.   One who looks after horses ---------------ostler
89.   One who studies rocks and soils -------------geologist
90.   One who studies the stars --------------------- astronomer
91.   One who foretells things by the stars -----------astrologer
92.   One who flies an aeroplane ----------------pilot
93.   One who sells sweets and pastries -----------------confectioner
94.   One who pays out money at a bank ------------cashier
95.   One who lends money at exorbitant rate of interest ---------usurer
96.   One who performs tricks by sleight of hand --------------------conjuror or juggler
97.   One who performs daring gymnastic feats -------------acrobat
98.   One who travels from place to place selling goods ---------hawker, pedlar
99.   One who makes pots -----------potter
100.                        One who watches over students during examination ---------invigilator
101.                        One who mends shoes -----------------cobbler
102.                        Person in charge of a library ------librarian
103.                        The head of a college ----------------------principal
104.                        The head of a town council or corporation -------------mayor
105.                        One who writes poetry -------------------poet
106.                        One who writes novels -------------------novelist
107.                        One who writes books ----------------------author
108.                        One who sells paper, pens, ink etc.-----------------------stationer
109.                        One who studies the working of the human  mind ---------------psychologist
110.                        The treasurer of a college or university --------------------bursar
111.                        One who looks at the bright side of things -----------------optimist
112.                        One who looks at the dark side of things ----------------------pessimist
113.                        One who take refuge in a foreign country ---------------------refugee
114.                         
115.                        One who dies for a noble cause ------------------martyr
116.                        One who offers his service of his own free will ----------volunteer
117.                        One who shoots with bows and arrows --------------------archer
118.                        Government of the people, by the people, for the people --------democracy
119.                        Government by a sovereign with unlimited authority ------------autocracy
120.                        Government by the nobility ------------------ aristocracy
121.                        Government by departments of state or by officers ------------bureaucracy
122.                        Government by the wealthy --------------------plutocracy
123.                        Government by religious leaders -------------theocracy
124.                        The right of self-government ------------------autonomy
125.                        A radical change of government -------------revolution
126.                        Deciding a matter by the direct vote of the whole electorate ---------referendum
127.                        The wife or husband of a king or queen ---------------------consort
128.                        Official numbering (counting) of the population -------------------census
129.                        The stand from which a preacher delivers his sermon ----------------pulpit
130.                        The body of ministers (priests) ordained by the church ------------clergy
131.                        One who believes in God ------------------------theist
132.                        One who does not believe in God ---------------atheist
133.                        One who neither believes nor disbelieves in God ------------agnostic
134.                        Intolerant follower of a religion or creed -------------bigot
135.                        Use bad language for God or religion or anything holy ---------blaspheme
136.                        Violation or desecration of religious things -------------sacrilege
137.                        Holding opinion opposed to religion ------------heresy
138.                        A breaker of church images or icons -------------------iconoclast
139.                        One who believes in one God -------------------monotheist
140.                        One who believes in many gods --------------------polytheist
141.                        The practice of having one wife or husband only ---------------monogamy
142.                        The practice of marrying more wives  or wife than one -------polygamy
143.                        The practice of marrying two wives --------------- bigamy
144.                        One who has only one living wife or husband  at a time --------- monogamist
145.                        One who has two living wives or husbands at a time ----------------bigamist
146.                        A man who has more than one wife at a time ---------------- polygynist
147.                        A woman who has more than one husband at a time ----------polyandrist
148.                        The practice of having two or more husbands at a time -----------polyandry
149.                        The practice of having two or more wives at a time----------polygyny
150.                        A person who has taken a pledge to remain single ------------- celibate
151.                        Legal dissolution of marriage ---------------------- divorce
152.                        A man whose wife is dead ---------------- widower
153.                        A woman whose husband is dead ----------- widow
154.                        The boy a girl is engaged to-------------------- fiancé
155.                        The girl a boy is engaged to ---------------------fiancee
156.                        A person engaged to be married ---------- affianced/betrothed
157.                        To run away with a lover to get married ----------elope
158.                        A bride’s outfit (dress) ------------------------ trousseau
159.                        The study of heavenly bodies (stars) ---------------- astronomy
160.                        The art of tilling the soil --------agriculture
161.                        The art of cultivating and managing gardens ---------------horticulture
162.                        The art og beautiful handwriting ------------- calligraphy
163.                        The science of numbers ------------------ mathematics
164.                        The art of telling the future by the study of stars ----------- astrology
165.                        The study of the human mind ----------- psychology
166.                        The study of physical life or living matter --------------------biology
167.                        The study of animal life -------------------------- zoology
168.                        The study of plant life ----------------------- botany
169.                        The study off rocks and soils ----------------- geology
170.                        A disease affecting many people at the same time ---------- epidemic
171.                        A disease widely epidemic affecting people in many countries-------------- pandemic
172.                        A substance which destroys or weakens germs ----------------- antiseptic
173.                        A medicine which reduces pain ------------- anodyne
174.                        A substance used in surgery to produce unconsciousness -------- chloroform
175.                        A medicine which makes us insensitive to pain ---------------- anaesthetic
176.                        A medicine to counteract a poison ---------------------- antidote
177.                        An instrument used by physicians to listen to the action of the heart and the lungs ------------------- stethoscope
178.                        Free or exempt from disease (not likely to be affected by a disease)-------- immune
179.                        The ability of the body to keep a disease away ----------immunity
180.                        To keep apart to prevent from spreading infection -----------isolate
181.                        To confine to one place to avoid spread of infection -------------- quarantine
182.                        A medicine for producing sleep ----------------- narcotic or opiate
183.                        To cut off a part of a person’s body which is infected --------- amputate
184.                        A medicine which can cure all diseases -------------- panacea
185.                        Recovery from disease ------------- convalescence
186.                        A vehicle for carrying the sick or injured ----------- ambulance
187.                        Want of blood ------------- anaemia
188.                        Affecting the lungs ----------------------- pulmonary
189.                        A substance to keep down bad smells ---------- deodorant
190.                        To identify a disease by its symptoms -------------diagnose
191.                        To disinfect by smoke ------------- fumigate
192.                        The science of diseases of the human body --------------- pathology
193.                        The mosquito which transmits filarial ---------------------- culex
194.                        The mosquito which transmits malaria ----------------- anopheles

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