ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
linguist (N.) : a person who pilferage (N.) : the act of steal- cynic (N.) : a person who be-
knows several foreign languag- ing small amounts/ small articles lieves that people only do things
es well ; a person who studies 204. (4) entomology to help themselves, rather than
languages entomology (N.) : the scientific for good or sincere reasons
200. (1) biopsy study of insects slanderer (N.) : one who attacks
biopsy (N.) : the removal of tis- anthropology (N.) : the study of the reputation of another by
sue from the body of somebody human race, especially of its or- speaking falsely about him ;
who is ill and its examination in igin, development, customs and defamer ; backbiter ; maligner
order to find out more about the beliefs 209. (3) imposter
disease zoology (N.) : the scientific study imposter (N.) : a person who pre-
autopsy (N.) : post-mortem ; an of animals and their behaviour tends to be somebody else in or-
official examination of a dead etymology (N.) : the study of the der to trick people
body by a doctor in order to dis- original and history of words and explorer (N.) : a person who trav-
cover the cause of death their meanings els to an unknown place in or-
operation (N.) : the process of der to find out more about it
205. (2) agenda
cutting open a part of a person’s prompter (N.) : a person who
agenda (N.) : a list of items to be
body in order to remove or re- reminds the actors what the
discussed at a meeting
pair a damaged part words are if they forget their
schedule (N.) : a plan that lists
ampluation (N.) : a surgical re- lines (in a play)
all the work that you have to do
moval of all or a part of a limb divider (N.) : someone who
and when you must do each
201. (4) velocity claims to discover hidden knowl-
thing ; a time table
edge with the aid of supernatu-
velocity (N.) : the speed of some- time-table (N.) : schedule show- ral powers
thing in a particular direction ing the times at which particular
pace (N.) : the speed at which 210. (3) ghastly
events will happen
somebody/something walks, ghastly (Adv.) : horrible, terrible;
plan (N.) : something that you very frightening and unpleasant,
runs or moves intend to do/ achieve because it involves pain, death,
tempo (N.) : the speed of any 206. (3) diagnosis etc.
movement/ activity ; pace
diagnosis (N.) : identifying the ominously (Adv.) : in a manner
velodrome (N.) : track/ build- nature or cause of some phenom- that suggests that something bad
ing used for cycle racing ena is going to happen in the future
202. (3) archives test (N.) : an examination con- sprightly (Adv.) : full of life and
archives (N.) : the place where ducted for diagnostic purpose; energy ; lively (for older people)
historical document/ records of a set of questions/ exercises terribly (Adv.) : very much ;
a government, a family are stored perusal (N.) : reading carefully very badly
coffer (N.) : a large strong box, with intent to remember 211. (4) miser
used in the past for storing mon-
operation (N.) : surgery miser (N.) : a person who loves
ey/ valuable objects
207. (1) illegible money and hates spending it
pantry (N.) : a cupboard/closed/ curmudgeon (N.) : a bad-tem-
illegible (Adj.) : difficult/ impos-
small room in a house, used for pered person, often an old one
sible to read
storing food ; larder
incomprehensible (Adj.) : im- money-grabber (N.) : a person
scullery (N.) : a small room next who tries to get a lot of money
possible to understand ; unin-
to the kitchen in an old house, scrimp (V.) : to spend very little
telligible
originally used for washing money on the things that you
dishes, etc. unreadable (Adj.) : too dull/ dif-
ficult to be worth reading ; illeg- need to live, so that you may save
203. (1) plagiarism it to spend on something else
ible
plagiarism (N.) : an act of copy- 212. (2) consternation
ing another person’s i deas, unintelligible (Adj.) : impossible
to understand ; incomprehensible consternation (N.) : worried, sad
words or work and pretend that feeling after you have received
they are your own 208. (1) critic
an unpleasant surprise ; fear
burglary (N.) : the crime of en- critic (N.) : a person who ex-
resulting from the awareness of
tering building illegally and steal- presses opinions about the good
danger ; dismay
ing things from it ; house break- and bad qualities of books, music,
constriction (N.) : a narrowing
ing etc. ; one who makes harsh and
that reduces the flow through a
unfair judgements channel ; bottleneck
piracy (N.) : the crime of attack-
ing ships at sea in order to steal satirist (N.) : a person who concentration (N.) : the ability
from them; the act of making il- criticizes a person, an idea or an to direct all your effort and at-
legal copies of DVD’s, computer institution in which you use tention on one thing
programs, books, etc. in order humour to show his faults or contraction (N.) : the process
to sell them weaknesses. of becoming smaller
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