One Word Substitution

? The life history of a man written by himself. = Autobiography
? A person who believes that there is no God. = Atheist
? A medicine which counteracts the effects of poison. = Antidote
? A person who does something not professionally but for pleasure. = Amateur
? A person residing in a country of which he is not a citizen. = Alien
? That does not bear the name of the writer. = Anonymous
? Government by a ruler who has unlimited power. = Autocracy
? A diplomatic representative of one country in another. = Ambassador
? A traveller in space. = Astronaut
? An assembly of listeners. = Audience
? To give up the throne. = Abdicate
? A medicine which prevents infection by killing germs. = Antiseptic
? The science of vegetable life. = Botany
? The science which treats of life. = Biology
? Government by the officials = Bureaucracy
? The life history of a man written by someone else. = Biography
? One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views. = Bigot
? Festival of the hundredth anniversary. = Centenary
? The man who can eat human flesh. = Cannibal
? Place for burials other than a churchyard. = Cemetery
? Place for cremating of dead bodies. = Crematorium
? A person who is free from national prejudices. = Cosmopolitan
? People working together in the same office or department. = Colleague
? Belonging to the same time. = Contemporary
? Substance designed to make the skin or hair more beautiful. = Cosmetics
? That can be believed. = Credible
? The state of being unmarried. = Celibacy
? He is an artist that draws comic pictures. = Caricaturist
? A government of the people by the people and for the people. = Democracy
? A battle or a match in which neither party wins. = Drawn
? Want of rain. = Drought
? A disease that spreads over a large area. = Epidemic
? Articles sent from one country to another. = Export
? Which is fit to be eaten. = Edible
? A selfish person who always thinks of himself. = Egoist
? Fit to be chosen. = Eligible
? A person who leaves his own country and goes to live in another. = Emigrant
? A speech delivered without previous preparation. = Extempore
? Words inscribed on the graves. = Epitaph
? One who believes in fate. = Fatalist
? Which may cause death. = Fatal
? A man residing in a country of which he is not a citizen. = Foreigner
? A medicine that kills germs. = Germicide
? A person who eats too much. = Glutton
? An office for which no salary is paid. = Honorary
? Killing of a human being specially by another. = Homocide
? That which cannot be read. = Illegible
? A person who comes to one country from another in order to settle there. = Immigrant
? Which cannot be heard. = Inaudible
? Which is difficult to believe. = Incredible
? Which cannot be conquered. = Invincible
? One who can neither read nor write. = Illitrate
? Which cannot be imitated. = Inimitable
? Which cannot be corrected. = Incorrigible
? The killing of new born child. = Infanticide
? That which cannot be repaired. = Irreparable
? Which cannot be removed. = Indelible
? Person unable to pay debts. = Insolvent
? Which cannot be reached. = Inaccessible
? That which is contrary to law. = Illegal
? Capable of catching fire easily. = Inflammable
? One who lacks knowledge. = Ignorant
? One who knows many languages. = Linguist
? Room or building used for scientific experiments. = Laboratory
? Hand written matter. = Manuscript
? Person who is caused to suffer for a great cause. = Martyr
? A person working for money. = Mercenary
? An established principle of practical wisdom. = Maxim
? A place where dead bodies are kept before post mortem. = Mortuary
? A person who hates mankind. = Misanthropist
? Widely known for bad works. = Notorious
? A hollow space in a wall for a statue. = Niche
? Giving of special favour by a person in high position to his relatives. = Nepotism
? Person who eats meat. = Non-vegetarian
? One who is new to a profession. = Novice
? The street is not wide. = Narrow
? A word or custom which is no longer in use. = Obsolete
? A person who looks at the bright side of things. = Optimist
? A child whose parents are dead. = Orphan
? All-powerful. = Omnipotent
? A garden of fruits. = Orchard
? Holding conventional beliefs in matter of religion. = Orthodox
? That which cannot be seen through. = Opaque
? One who is present everywhere. = Omnipresent
? One who knows everything. = Omniscient
? Medical examination of a dead body. = Postmortem
? A person who looks at the dark side of things. = Pessimist
? A remedy for all kinds of diseases. = Panacea
? One who lives on another. = Parasite
? A lover of mankind. = Philanthropist
? One who goes on a journey to a holy place. = Pilgrim
? Child, born after the death of father. = Posthumous
? The practice of having more than one husband at the same time. = Polyandry
? One who collects postage stamps. = Philatelist
? A man who has more than one wife. = Polygamist
? A writer who steal ideas from another. = Plagiarist
? Very exact or scrupulous in the observance of forms of etiquitte, ceremony or behaviour. = Punctitious
? One who has great love for one’s country. = Patriot
? One who lives by alone and avoids people. = Recluse
? Killing of one’s own self. = Suicide
? One who speaks on behalf of others. = Spokesman
? A thing which is not fresh. = Stale
? One who loads and unloads ships. = Stevedore
? One who abstains completely from alcoholic liquor. = Teetotaller
? Person who believes that there is God. = Theist