ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
judge (N.) : a person in a court polyphony (N.) : the combination biography : the story of a per-
who has the authority to decide of several different patterns as son’s life written by somebody
how criminals should be pun- of musical notes sung together else
ished or to make legal decisions; to form a single piece of music introduction : the first section
a person who decides who has polygyny (N.) : having more than of a communication; the act of
won a competition; a person who one wife at a time; polygamy beginning something new; for-
has the necessary knowledge/ 92. (3) omnivorous mally making a person known to
skills to give his opinion about omnivorous (Adj.) : eating all another or to the public. a new
the value or quality of somebody/ types of food, especially both proposal
something sketch : a simple picture that is
plants and meat
(4) connoisseur (N.) : an expert drawn quickly and does not have
carnivorous (Adj.) : animals that
on matters involving the judge- many details
eat meat
ment of beauty, quality or skill 97. (3) pandemonium
in art, food or music omnipotent (Adj.) : having total
power; able to do anything pandemonium (N.) : a situation
88. (3) narcissism in which there is a lot of noise,
narcissism (N.) : the habit of ad- optimist (Adj.) : a person who
activity and confusion, because
miring yourself too much, espe- always expects good things to
people are angry/frightened;
cially your appearance happen or things to be success-
chaos
ful
psychosis (N.) : a serious men- agitation (N.) : worry and anxi-
tal illness that affects the whole 93. (3) iconoclast ety that you show by behaving
personality iconoclast (N.) : a person who in a nervous way
neurosis (N.) : a mental illness criticizes popular beliefs or es- revolution (N.) : a great change
in which a person suffers strong tablished customs and ideas; im- in conditions, ways of working,
feelings of fear and worry age breaker beliefs, etc. that affects a large
paranoia (N.) : a mental illness imagist (N.) : a poet who uses number of people
in which a person may wrongly common speech in his verses stir (N.) : to try to cause trouble
believe that other people are try- misanthropist (N.) : someone 98. (1) maidenspeech
ing to harm him, that he is very who dislikes people in general maiden speech (N.) : the first
important, etc. masochist (N.) : someone who speech made by a person
89. (4) recant obtains pleasure from receiving inaugural speech (N.) : an offi-
recant (V.) : to say, often pub- punishment; sadist cial speech marking the begin-
licly, that you no longer have the 94. (3) sacrilege ning of something important
same belief or opinion that you sacrilege (N.) : an act of treating trial speech (N.) : the speech
had before a holy thing or place without re- which is tried/tested/practised
repent (V.) : to feel/show that spect before being delivered
you are sorry for something bad/ pollution (N.) : the process of marathon speech (N.) : a long
wrong that you have done
making air, water, soil, etc. dirty; speech that needs prolonged ef-
retrace (V.) : to go back along harmful/annoying levels of noise, fort and attention
exactly the same path or route or of artificial light at night 99. (1) bohemian
that you have come along
pilferage (N.) : the act of steal- bohemian (N.) : a person who is
refuse (V.) : to say that you will
ing small amounts or small arti- involved with the arts, who lives
not do something that somebody
cles in a very informal way without
has asked you to do
pittance (N.) : a very small following accepted rules of be-
90. (1) hutch
amount of money that somebody haviour
hutch (N.) : a house for keeping
receives, that is hardly enough artisan (N.) : a person who does
rabbits/other small animals
to live on skilled work making things with
lair (N.) : a place where a wild
95. (4) convent his hands; craftsman
animal sleeps/hides; den
convent (N.) : a place where partisan (N.) : a person who
den (N.) : the hidden home of
nuns live and work strongly supports a particular
some types of wild animals - bear,
church (N.) : a place of worship leader, group or idea; follower
lion, etc.
of the Christians physician (N.) : a doctor, who is
cage (N.) : a house in which an-
school (N.) : a place where chil- a specialist in general medicine
imals/birds are kept
dren go to be educated and not surgery; general practi-
91. (1) polyandry
abode (N.) : a place where some- tioner
polyandry (N.) : the custom of
body lives 100. (3) juxtapose
having more than one husband
at the same time 96. (2) profile juxtapose (V.) : to put people/
profile : a description of some- things together in order to show
polygamy (N.) : the custom of
body/something that gives use- a contrast/ a new relationship
having more than one wife at the
ful information between them
same time
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