ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
437. (1) fastidious legend (N.) : a story from ancient manager (N.) : a person who is
fastidious (Adj.) : meticulous; times about people and events, in charge of running a business,
being careful that every detail of that may or may not be true; myth a sho p/ store or a si mil ar
something is correct; hard to fable (N.) : a traditional short story organisation
please that teaches a moral lesson, warder (N.) : a person who is
callous (Adj.) : cruel; unfeeling; especially one with animals as responsible for taking care of a
not caring about other people’s characters particular place and making sure
feelings or suffering parable (N.) : a short story that that the rules are obeyed
sadist (N.) : a person who gets teaches a moral/ spiritual lesson beadle (N.) : a minor parish
pleasure from hurting other 442. (4) alumnus (church) official who serves as
people (sexual) alumnus (N.) : a former male an usher (a person who shows
ferocious (Adj.) : very strong; student of a school, college/ people where to sit) and keeps
savage; very aggressive/ violent university order at services
438. (1) calligraphy genius (Adj.) : unusually great 447. (1) versatile
calligraphy (N.) : beautiful intelligence, skill/artistic ability versatile (Adj.) : able to do
writing using a special pen/ scho lar (N.): a person who many different things
brush knows a lot about a particular unique (Adj.) : being the only one
manuscript (N.) : a copy of a subject of its kind
book, piece of music, etc. before learner (N.) : a peson who is dexterous (Adj.) : skilful with
it has been printed finding about a subject or how your hands; skilfully done
inscription : words written in to do someting (4) attractive (Adj.) : pleasant
the front of a book or cut in 443. (4) hangar to look at; appealing
stone/ metal hangar (N.) : a large building in 448. (4) itinerary
hagiography : a book about the which aircraft is kept itinerary (N.) : a plan of a jour-
life of a person that praises him granary (N.) : a building where ney, including the route and the
too much grain is stored place that you visit
439. (1) invincible dockyard (N.) : an area with docks itinerary (N.) : a plan of a jour-
invincible (Adj.) : too strong to (the place where ships are loaded ney, including the route and the
be defeated/ changed; uncon- and unloaded in a port) and place that you visit
querable equipment for building and travel kit (N.) : a kit for carry-
invulnerable (Adj.) : that cannot repairing ships ing toilet articles while travelling
be harmed/ defeated; safe garage (N.) : a building for keeping schedule (N.) : a time table ; a
infallible (Adj.) : never wrong; one/ more cars or other vehicles plan that lists all the work you
never making mistakes; that in have to do and when you must
never fails 444. (2) usurer do each thing
indictable (Adj.) : (of a crime) usurer (N.) : a person who lends travelogue (N.) : a film/movie,
for which you can be indicted (to money to people at unfairly high broadcast or piece of waiting
officially charge somebody) rates of interest about travel
banker (N.) : a person who owns 449. (3) parasite
440. (2) theology
a bank or has an important job
theology (N.) : the study of parasite (N.) : a small animal/
at a bank plant that lives on or inside
religion and beliefs
imposter (N.) : a person who another animal/ plant and gets
philology (N.) : the scientific
pretends to be somebody else in its food from it; a person who
study of the development of
order to trick people always relies on or benefits (from
languag e or of a particul ar
language former (N.) : that used to exist other people and gives nothing
in earlier times back)
humanism (N.) : a system of
445. (1) inaccessible expatriate (N.) : a person living
thought that considers that
inaccessible (Adj.) : difficult/ in a country that is not his own
solving human problems with
impossible to reach/ to get pesticider (N.) : a chemical used
the help of reason i s more
inportant than religious beliefs. inadmissible (Adj.) : that cannot for killing pests, especially
It emphasises the fact that the be allowed/ accepted insects
basic nature of humans is good irresistible (Adj.) : so strong refugee (N.) : a person who has
philosophy (N.) : the study of that it cannot be stopped; so been forced to leave his country/
the nature and meaning of the attractive that you feel you must home, because there is a war or
universe and of the human life have it for political, religious or social
illegal (Adj.) : illicit; not allowed reasons
441. (2) anecdote
by law 450. (3) congregation
anecdote (N.) : a short, interest-
446. (1) janitor congregation (N.) : a group of
ing or amusing story about a real
janitor (N.) : someone employed people who are gathered togeth-
person or event
to clean and maintain a building er in a church to worship God,
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