ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
obscure (Adj.) : unknown ; dif- 314. (3) extravagant uneducated (Adj.) : showing a
ficult to understand extravagant (Adj.) : spending a lack of education, having had lit-
conspicuous (Adj.) : easy to see/ lot more money than is neces- tle or no formal education at
notice ; likely to attract attention sary school
ethical (Adj.) : connected with extempore (Adj.) : spoken with- ignorant (Adj.) : lacking knowl-
beliefs and principles about what out any previous preparation edge/ information
is right and wrong ; morally cor- thrifty (Adj.) : careful about oblivious (Adj.) : not aware of
rect/ acceptable spending money and not wast- something
310. (3) pseudonym ing things 320. (4) cannibal
pseudonym (N.) : a name used by 315. (4) bald cannibal (N.) : a person who eats
a writer instead of his real name bald (Adj.) : having little or no human flesh
anonymous (Adj.) : with a name hair on the head carnivore (N.) : eats the flesh of
that is not known/ that is not hoary (Adj.) : very old and well- other animals (animal)
made public known and therefore no longer herbivore (N.) : eats only plants
biography (N.) : story of a per- interesting (animal)
son’s life written by somebody glutton (N.) : a person who eats
gaudy (Adj.) : too brightly co-
else too much
loured in a way that lacks taste
masquerade (N.) : a way of be- naked (Adj.) : not wearing any 321. (2) brittle
having that hides the truth or a clothes ; bare brittle (Adj.) : hard but easily
person’s true feelings
316. (1) mutiny broken
311. (4) opaque weak (Adj.) : not strong
mutiny (N.) : the act of refusing
opaque (Adj.) : not clear enough thin (Adj.) : not fat
to obey the orders of somebody
to see through/ allow light
in authority hard (Adj.) : not soft
through
lucid (Adj.) : clearly expressed; coup (N.) : a sudden change of 322. (1) anarchist
easy to understand ; clear ; able government that is illegal and anarchist (N.) : a person who be-
to think clearly often violent lieves that laws and governments
transparent (Adj.) : allowing you revolution (N.) : an attempt, by are not necessary
to see through ; obvious a large number of people, to villain (N.) : a person who is
hazy (Adj.) : not clear because change the government of a morally bad/responsible for
of haze country, by violent action causing personal trouble
312. (1) defame dissidence (N.) : disagreement, criminal (N.) : connected with
defame (V.) : to harm somebody especially with the government crime
by saying/ writing bad/ false 317. (3) cavalry enemy (N.) : a person who hates
things about him cavalry (N.) : the part of the somebody/ something or who
ridicule (V.) : to mock ; to make army that fought on horses (in acts or speaks against some-
unkind comments that make fun the past) ; the part of the mod- body/something
of somebody/ something or ern army that uses armoured ve- 323. (3) philanthropist
make him look silly hicles philanthropist (N.) : a rich per-
mock (V.) : to laugh at some- infantry (N.) : soldiers who fight son who helps the poor and
body/ something in an unkind on foot those in need
way ; make fun of artillery (N.) : large, heavy guns philologist (N.) : a person who
agitate (V.) : to argue strongly which are often moved on wheels studies about the development
for something you want ; to make armoured (N.) : protected by met- of a language
somebody feel angry, anxious/ al covers (military vehicles) philosopher (N.) : a person who
nervous 318. (1) spokesman studies/ writes about the nature
313. (3) octagon spokesman (N.) : a person who and meaning of the universe and
octagon (N.) : a flat shape with speaks on behalf of a group or human life
eight straight sides and eight an organisation philatelist (N.) : a person who
angles collects/ studies stamps
leader (N.) : a person who leads
polygon (N.) : a flat shape with 324. (4) infallible
a group of people
at least three straight sides and infallible (Adj.) : never making
supporter (N.) : a person who
three angles, and usually five or mistakes
supports a political party, an
more
idea, etc. inexplicable (Adj.) : that cannot
hexagon (N.) : a flat shape with be understood/explained ; in-
six straight sides and six angles naming (N.) : inclined to or serv-
ing for the giving of names comprehensible
pentagon (N.) : a flat shape with inevitable (Adj.) : that cannot
five straight sides and five an- 319. (2) illiterate
be avoided; prevented ; unavoid-
gles illiterate (Adj.) : not knowing
able
how to read/ write
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