One Word Substitution
1. Able to use the left hand and right hand equally well – Ambidextrous
2. A man who hates marriage – Misogamist
3. A person who enters without any invitation – Intruder
4. The words with opposite meanings used together – Oxymoron
5. A person leaving his native country to settle in another – Emigrant
6. One who compiles a dictionary – Lexicographer
7. Too much official formality – Red tapism
8. One who devotes his life to the welfare and the interests of other people – Altruist
9. A person who opposes another – Antagonist
10. A person who does not want to see the realities of life and tries to escape – Escapist
11. A game in which in which no one wins – Drawn
12. What cannot be heard – Inaudible
13. One who knows many languages – Polyglot or multilingual
14. A place where everything is perfect – Utopia
15. A sweet music – Melody
16. A person who is pure and clean – Immaculate
17. To send back a person to one’s country – Repatriate
18. One who tends to take a hopeful view of life – Optimist
19. To be known for bad acts – Notorious
20. Instruments to measure atmospheric pressure – Barometer
21. One who pretends to be what he is not – Hypocrite
22. An official call to appear in a court of law – Summon
23. Murder of a brother – Fratricide
24. A list of items to be transacted at a meeting – Agenda
25. A continuous process of change is known as – Metamorphosis
26. Circular building or hall with a dome – Rotunda
27. An order requiring a person to attend a court – Subpoena
28. An extreme fear of being in a small confined place – Claustrophobia
29. Allowance due to a wife from her husband on separation – Alimony
30. Belonging to all parts of the world – Universal
31. Words of similar meaning – Synonyms
32. A speech delivered without previous preparation – Extempore
33. Study of heavenly bodies – Astronomy
34. To cut apart a person’s body – Mutilate
35. One who is filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm about his religion – Fanatic
36. An involuntary action under a stimulus is described as a – Reflex
37. The use of many words where only a few are necessary – Circumlocution
38. One who is a citizen not of a country but of the world – Cosmopolitan
39. An imaginary name assumed by an author for disguise – Pseudonym
40. A person who has no money to pay off his debts – Insolvent
41. A number of ships – Fleet
42. A test in which cells from diseased organs are removed and tested – Biopsy
43. A foreigner who settles in a country – Immigrant
44. Place that provides refuge – Asylum
45. Art of writing for newspapers and magazines – Journalism
46. Parts of a country behind the coast of a river bank – Hinterland
47. One who does not make mistakes – Infallible
48. A professional rider in horse races – Jockey
49. Words uttered impiously about God – Blasphemy
50. A person who is bad in spelling – Cacographist
51. A small room in a big house, hotel, ship etc. where glasses, dishes, spoons, food etc. are
kept – Pantry
52. Doing something according to one’s own free will – Voluntarily
53. A person who gambles or bets – Punter
54. An abandoned child of unknown parents who is found by somebody – Foundling
55. A written statement about someone’s character, usually provided by an employer – Testimonial
56. One who hates women – Misogynist
57. A raised passageway in a building – Walkway
58. One who cannot speak – Dumb
59. To look at someone in an angry or threatening way – Glower
60. Something that causes death – Fatal
61. A person who loves mankind – Philanthropist
62. One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views – Bigot
63. To confirm with the help of evidence – Corroborate
64. The time between midnight and noon- Ante – meridiem
65. Fear of height – Acrophobia
66. Feeling inside you which tells you what is right and what is wrong – Conscience
67. Loss of memory – Amnesia
68. A system of naming things – Nomenclature
69. A cure for all diseases – Panacea
70. A post with little work but high salary – Sinecure
71. A person who writes decoratively – Calligrapher
72. A woman with dark brown hair – Brunette
73. The action of looking within or into one’s own mind – Introspection
74. One who is a dabbler in Arts, Science or Literature – Dilettante
75. Still existing and known – Extant
76. The highest point – Zenith
77. Release of a prisoner from jail on certain terms and condition – Parole
78. To struggle helplessly – Flounder
79. A person who is talkative – Garrulous
80. One who cuts precious stones – Lapidist
81. Specialist of Kidney – Nephrologist
82. Thick skinned animal – Pachyderm
83. A person who is always dissatisfied – Malcontent
84. A funeral bell – Knell
85. Capable of being interpreted in two ways – Ambiguous
