One word substitutions-part ii

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ONE WORD SUBSTITUTIONS-Part  II

 

 

B

Being all of one opinion = Unanimous

Belief in many gods = Polytheism

Belief in one god = Monotheism

Believing in the principle of equality = Egalitarian

Belonging to the same time = Contemporary

Belonging to another country  or race = Alien, Foreign

Best or choicest part of society = Elite

Bitterness or sharpness of temper, language, manners =            Acrimony

Born after the death of the father or published after the death of the author = Posthumous

(to) Brake in upon action or speech = Interrupt

Burning or charred log = Brand.

 

 

C

 

Capable of more than one interpretation = Ambiguous, Equivocal

(A) centre of attraction  or admiration = Cynosure

Catching or conveyed by contact = Contagious

(To) Cause to become poor = Impoverish

Complicated political or dramatic situation = Imbroglio

Contrary to nature = Unnatural

Crazy for collecting and possessing books = Bibliophilism

Critical judge of/in matters of taste/arts = Connoisseur

Cruel and indiscriminate killing of many human being, especially defenseless = Massacre

Cure of all diseases = Panacea

 

 

Replies (12)

I'd love if the readers may please add to the ones that I've posted.

superb sharing...

something new..

thanks for sharing DA!!

be at odds - disagree

be as fit as a fiddle  - healthy

in reality actually

be as high as a kite - Very Happy And Exited

I'm really glad that you liked the post,Dear Aryan.

Please add your share.

THANKS DADA FOR INCREASING KNOWLEDGE IN ENGLISH

A RARE COLLECTION OF ONE WORD SUBSTITUTIONS

POST NEXT PART AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE

 

 

Thank you Dada for the post and introducing us with new words in English and increasing our knowledge. Very rare collection.... Continue sharing your knowledge .

After reading i also want to add one word

Most Lovely Person--- Sourav Da

 

 

 

A person's peculiar habit                  

        Idiosyncrasy

 one   who is easily deceived                             Gullible

 one  who does not make mistakes                  Infallible

 one who changes sides                                   Turncoat

Really nice efforts bhaiya ...smiley

Thanks da for sharing valuable posts..............

IT'S REALLY USEFUL...........BOOKMARKED ......THANKS A LOT

Thankyou saurav da, you are giving in alphabetical order, its easy to remember, You are doing great job da, waiting for next part.,

Awesome post....


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