EXAM VOCABULARY (ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION CLASSROOM TOOL KIT )

PART- 02 BY JAIDEEP SIR

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 Biopsy : The removal of tissue, cell from someone’s body in order to check for illness.

 Biography : A written account by someone of another person’s life.

 Burglar : A person who breaks into a house in order to steal.

 Bureaucracy : A government by the officials. 
 Brewery : A Place where wine is made.
 Brunette : A woman with dark brown hair.
 Bilingual : A person who speaks two languages.
 Bovine : Pertaining to cattle.
 Biology : The scientific study of living organisms.
 Bankrupt/insolvent : A person unable to pay his debts.

 Bohemian : One who does not follow the usual rules of social life.

 Avenue : A wide street, especially one with trees or tall building on each side.

 Bigot : One who has obstinate and narrow religious views.

 Bevy : A group of girl.
 Bigamy : The custom of having two wives or two husbands.
 Bellicose : One who is ready to start argument of right.
 Belligerent : Nations engaged in war.
 Brittle : A thing likely to be easily broken.
 Blasphemy : Words uttered impiously about God.
 Benevolence : Generosity and desire to do good.
 Beneficiary : One who gains benefit from something.
 Botany : The study of plant life.
 Bashful : shy and easily embarrassed.
 Biennial : That which happens once in two years.
 Buffoon : An actor in a theatrical performances whose business is to make people
laugh through his actions or talk.
 Bully : A person who used his strength or power to frighten or hurt others.

 Psalm/Hymn : A sacred song.

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 Ode : A poem written to a person or thing.
 Sonnet : A type of poem with fourteen lines
 Booty : Things taken by robbers.
 Beverage : Any soft drinks except water. : Cold drinks,
Hot drinks.
 Barracks : Building where soldiers live.
 Borough : A small town within a town with its own governing council.

 Bridle/Rein/Halter: A part of horse’s harness that goes on

 Boutique : A small shop that sells fashionable clothes cosmetics etc.
 Benediction : Blessing given by a priest.
 Barren : Land that does not grow anything.
 Barbarian : A person who is uncivilized.
Barometer : An instrument for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere.

 Beautician : A person who runs a beauty parlour.

Beef : The flesh of a bull, cow, or ox used as food.
 Blueprint : A detailed photographic plan of work to be carried out.
Bookworm : A person who reads a lot.
Bumpkin/Yokel : A clumsy or stupid country person.
 Bibiliophile : One who loves books.
 Philanthropist : One who loves man kind.

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 Catalogue : A list of books available in a library.
 Cocktail : A drink usually made from a mixture of one or more alcoholic drinks.

 Cemetery/Graveyard : A place where the dead bodies are buried.

 Crematorium : A place where dead bodies are burnt.

 Cartography : The art of map making.

Connoisseur : An expert judge of art, music, wine etc.
 Chauffeur : A person employed as a car –driver for a rich or important person.

 Butler : A man who works in a very large house as a servant.

Cynic : A person who believes the worst about everyone.

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Camouflage : An outward semblance that misrepresent the true nature of
Something.

 Contagious : Spreading from one person to another by physical contact.

 Callous : Cruelly insensitive or unsympathetic.

 Cosmopolitan : A sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

 Cryptogram : A secret message written in code.

 Circumstantial : Clues available at a scene.
 Credulous : A person who readily believes others.
 Consternation : State of anxiety or dismay causing mental confusion.
 Confiscate : To seize or take away something as a penalty.
 Compensation/Indemnification : Payment given for loss injury.

Contraband : Goods which are legally forbidden to be brought into a country.

 Congregation : A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually

attend a given church.
 Attic : A room at the top of a house under the roof.

 Chasm : An extremely deep crack or opening in the ground.

Cataclysm : A violent disaster or upheavel.
 Crusade : A campaign in support of a good cause.
 Cascade : A waterfall.
Cull : An act of killing surplus animals.
 Carnival : A public entertainment.
 Colleague : A person with whom one is associated in a profession or occupation.

 Cavalry : The part of an army consisting of horse soldiers.

Infantry : The part of an army consisting of foot soldiers.
Artillery : The part of an army which looks after and fires large gun

Archer : A person who shoots with a bow and arrows.

 Corroborate : To confirm with the help of evidence.
Complacent : Showing satisfaction with one’s own situation
Conscription : A person legally ordered by the state to serve in the armed forces.

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 Census : An official counting of a country’s inhabitants.
Circumlocution : A roundabout way of speaking.
 Conscience : Part of one’s mind which hold one’s knowledge or sense of right and
wrong.
 Culprit : A person responsible for something wrong, unpleasant.
 Custom : A person is in the habit of doing regularly.
 Coffer/treasure : A store of money, gold, jewels etc.
 Cynosure : A person or thing that have centre of attraction.
 Chauvinism : The belief that your country, race is better than any other.

 Adultery : Sexual intercourse between a husband and a women who is not his wife
or between a wife and a man who is not her husband.

 Cereal : A kind of grain used as food.

 Cantonment : A military force.
 Conspirator : A person who conspires.
 Carcass : Dead body of a large animals.
 Corpse : A dead body of a human being.
 Calligraphy/Orthography: The art of beautiful, decorative hand writing.

 Cacography : Bad hand writing.

 Consort : A royal wife or husband.
 Caricature : A drawing or imitation of someone or something which is so
exaggerated as to appear ridiculous.

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 Dawdle : To walk slowly, wasting time
Ex – Hurryup and don’t dawdle.
 Dynasty : Succession of rulers belonging to one family
 Dermatologist : He is a doctor who is a specialist in skin disease
 Demagogue : A democratic orator
 Dominion : An area of land that is controlled by a ruler :
 Drought : Dry weather with no rainfall
 Draught : Gust of wind :
 Dipsomania : Irresistible craving for alcoholic drinks
 Dipsophobia : Fear of alcoholic drinks
 Dandy : A man who pays too much attention to his clothes and personal appearance.

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 Destitute : The state of being miserable bereft of all possessions.
 Dexterous : Skilful at handling things.
 Deprecate : To feel or express disapproval of something or someone.

 Dilettante : One who is dabbler in arts, science or literature.

 Delegate : To give one’s authority to another.
 Demography : The study of population.
 Distort : Pull out of usual shape.
 Dictatorship : Government run by dictator.
 Dotage : Extreme of old age when a man behaves like a fool.
 Dormitory : Sleeping room with many beds.
 Diurnal : Of the daytime.
 Dogma : Opinions settled or fixed by an authority.
 Domicile : A person living permanently in a certain place,

 Decennial : An event which happens once in ten year.

 Delinquent : A young person who regularly does illegal or immoral things.

 Drown : To die in water or any other liquid because one is unable to breathe.

 Diplomacy : The activity of managing relations between different countries.

 Defame : To injure one’s reputation.

 Dilate : To make or become larger.
 Denizen : A person, an animal or a plant that lives, grows or is often found in a
particular place
 Dialogue : A conversation between two persons.
 Distraught : Very worried and upset.
 Dwarf : An animal, plant or person much smaller than normal.
 Drizzle : Light rain.
 Discrepancy : Difference between two things that should be the same.
 Directory : A type of book giving names and addresses etc.
 Diffident : One who lacks confidence.
 Ductile : Capable of being bent or pulled into different shapes
Ex: Ductile iron.
 Demophobia : Fear of people.
 Disperse : Scatter in all direction.

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 Dockyard : Place where ships are built and maintained.
 Dummy : Large modal looking human being and used to clothes.
 Debutant : One who makes the first apperance in public platform like dancing,
singing
 Etymologist : A person who studies the origin and history of words.

 Eulogy : A speech in praise of.

 Epithet : A word that describes a person. Big B Amitabh Bacchan

 Embezzle : Using money placed in one’s care in a wrong way to benefit oneself.

 Eternal : Something which lasts forever. God is Eternal.

 Epilogue/Peroration : Short speech or poem given at the end of a play or a book.

 Extempore/Impromptu : A Speech delivered without any preparation.

 Enviable : Likely to arouse envy.

 Emigrant : One who leaves one’s country in orders to settle permanently.

 Effeminate : A man who is quite like a woman ,

 Euthanasia : Bringing about a gentle and easy death especially to end suffering.

 Epitaph : Words inscribed on a tomb.

 Entomology : The study of worms and insects.
 Equilibrium : A State of equal balance between weight, Force etc.
 Effulgence : A state of being bright and radiant.
 Egoist : A person who is self centered.
 Excerpt : A part taken from a book / An extract from a book of writing.
 Editor : Person who directs preparation of a news paper.
 Ecology : Study of the interaction of people with their environment.

 Exonerate : Free somebody from blame or guilt.

 Encyclopaedia : A book containing various branches of knowledge arranged in alpha
betical order.
 Egocentric : A person who thinks only about himself and not about other needs.

 Egotist : One who always talks about himself.

 Edible : Fit to be eaten.

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 Extravagant : A man who wastes his money on luxury.
 Embankment : A raised bank or wall that is built to carry a roadway.

 Economical : Avoiding wastage.

 Epicurean/Epicure : Involving an appreciation of fine food and drink.

 Effluents : Waste matter from a factory.

 Extant : Still existing and known.
 Effigy : A likeness of a person.
 Etiquette : The rules indicating the proper and polite way to behave.
 Esplanade : An area for walking or driving along a shore.
 Endorsement : To write one’s signature on the back of a paper or cheque.

 Epigram : A short and clever poem.

 Etiology/Aetiology : Science of the cases of diseases.
 Exodus : Large scale departure of people.
 Electorate : A body of voters.
 Emporium : A trading centre/ A large retail store.
 Equator : An imaginary line round the earth.
 Eccentric : Not conforming to ordinary rules of behavior.
 Elysian/Elysium : Paradise or a place where one gets supreme delight and bliss.

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