ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
fascist (N.) : a person who sup- lineage (N.) : the series of fami- 16. (2) ambiguous
ports an attitude which is in lies that somebody comes from ambiguous (Adj.) : that can be
favour of strong central govern- originally understood in more than one
ment and which does not allow ancestry (N.) : the family or the way; not clearly defined or stated
any opposition race of people that you come from amphibious (Adj.) : able to live
narcissist (N.) : a person who progeny (N.) : a person’s chil- both on land and in water
has the habit of admiring him- dren; the young of animals and amorphous (Adj.) : having no
self too much plants definite shape
fatalist (N.) : a person who be- 12. (2) sever confusing (Adj.) : a state of not
lieves in fate sever (V.) : to cut something into being certain
7. (3) scurrilous two pieces 17. (3) insolvent
scurrilous (Adj.) : severely abu- severe (Adj.) : extremely bad or insolvent (N.) : a person not hav-
sive writing in journals serious ing enough money to pay what
imaginary (Adj.) : existing only sewer (N.) : an underground he owes
in your mind pipe that is used for carrying, solvent (N.) : a person who has
speculative (Adj.) : based on waste from houses, factories, enough to pay his debts; not in
guessing/on opinions that have etc.
debt
been formed without knowing all sow (V.) : to introduce/spread
banker (N.) : a person who owns
the facts feelings or ideas that cause trou-
a bank or has an important job
sarcastic (Adj.) : expressing or ble; to plant or spread seeds in
at a bank
expressive of ridicule that hurts or on the ground
lender (N.) : a person/an organ-
13. (4) plaque
8. (1) invocation isation that lends money
plaque (N.) : a flat piece of stone,
invocation (N.) : Call upon God 18. (2) obsolete
metal, etc. with a name and date
or any other power (like law), etc. obsolete (Adj.) : no longer in use
on attached to a wall in memory
for help or protection obscure (Adj.) : not well-known;
of a person or an event
involution (N.) : the action of unknown
tabloid (N.) : a newspaper with
embracing something small pages pristine (Adj.) : fresh and clean
inundation (N.) : the rising of a poster (N.) : a sign posted in a lapsed (Adj.) : no longer valid
body of water and its overflow- public place as an advertisement 19. (1) immigrant
ing onto normally dry land board (N.) : a flat piece of mate- immigrant (N.) : a person who
revocation (N.) : the act of can- rial designed for a special pur- has come to live permanently in
celling a law, etc. pose a country
9. (2) claustrophobia 14. (1) fraud emigrant (N.) : a person who
claustrophobia (N.) : an extreme fraud (N.) : an act of deceiving leaves his country to live in an-
fear of being in a small confined somebody in order to make money other
place robbery (N.) : the crime of steal- tourist (N.) : a person who is
agoraphobia (N.) : a fear of be- ing money or goods from a bank, travelling/visiting a place for
ing in public places where there shop/store, person using vio- pleasure
are many other people lence or threat
settler (N.) : a person who goes
xenophobia (N.) : a fear of peo- pickpocket (N.) : a person who to live in a new country/region
ple from other countries steals money, etc. from other
20. (2) feasible
paraphobia (N.) : a fear of oth- people’s pockets, especially in
crowded places feasible (Adj.) : that is possible
er people when there is no evi-
and likely to be achieved
dence or reason for this theft (N.) : the crime of stealing
something from a person or place probable (Adj.) : likely to hap-
10. (3) addict
15. (3) epilogue pen, to exist or to be true
addict (N.) : a person who is un-
epilogue (N.) : a speech at the tenable (Adj.) : easy to defend
able to stop taking harmful
end of a play, book, or film/movie against attack/criticism
drugs
that comments on or acts as a explicable (Adj.) : that can be
adamant (Adj.) : determined not
conclusion to what has happened explained/understood
to change your mind
prologue (N.) : a speech at the 21. (2) reciprocate
edict (N.) : an official order or
beginning of a play, book, or reciprocate (V.) : to behave or
statement given by somebody in
film/movie that introduces it feel towards somebody in the
authority
dialogue (N.) : conversations in same way as he behaves or feels
derelict (N.) : a person without
a look, play or film/movie towards you; give in return
a home, a job or property
monologue (N.) : a long speech present (N.) : a thing that you
11. (1) dynasty by one person during a conver- give to somebody as a gift
dynasty (N.) : a series of rulers sation that stops other people compromise (N.) : an agreement
of a country who all belong to from speaking or expressing an made between two people or
the same family opinion groups
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