ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
not including the priest and the 455. (1) epitaph palaeography (N.) : the study of
choir (group of people who sing epitaph (N.) : words on a grave ancient writing systems
together) stone metallurgy (N.) : the scientific
configuration (N.) : an arrange- dirge (N.) : a song sung in the study of metals and their uses
ment of the parts of something past at a funeral or for a dead 461. (1) draw
or a group of things person 462. (1) tremor
confrontation (N.) : a situation pyre (N.) : a large pile of wood on tremor (N.) : a shaking move-
in which there is an angry dis- which a dead body is placed and ment of the earth
agreement between people or burned in a funeral ceremony vibrate (V.) : to move or make
groups who have different opin- cenotaph (N.) : a monument built something move from side to
ions in memory of soldiers killed in side very quickly and with small
conflagration (N.) : an excessive war who are buried somewhere movements
fire which destroys a lot of land/ else oscillate (V.) : to keep moving
buildings 456. (2) orphanage from one position to another and
451. (4) recluse conservatory (N.) : a room with back again ; swing
recluse (N.) : a person who lives glass walls and a glass roof that 463. (2) brittle
alone and likes to avoid other is built on the side of a house brittle (Adj.) : hard but eassily
people academy (N.) : a school/college broken
extrovert (N.) : a lively and con- for special training translucent (Adj.) : allowing light
fident person who enjoys being asylum (N.) : protection that a to pass through but not trans-
with other people government gives to people who parent
prophet (N.) : a person sent by have left their own country, usu- opaque (Adj.) : not clear enough
God to teach the people and give ally because they were in dan- to see through/allow l ight
them messages from God ger for political reasons through
monk (N.) : a member or a reli- 457. (3) downpour 464. (3) green house
gious group of men who often live downpour (N.) : a heavy fall of green house (N.) : a building with
apart from other people in a rain that often starts suddenly
monstery (a place where monks glass sides and a glass roof for
drizzle (N.) : light fine rain growing plants in
live together) and who do not
marry or have personal posses- blizzard (N.) : a snowstorm with plantation (N.) : a large area of
very strong winds land that is planted with trees to
sions
452. (1) antidote avalanche (N.) : a mass of snow, produce wood
ice and rock that falls down the farmyard (N.) : an area that is
antidote (N.) : a substance that
side of a mountain surrounded by farm buildings
controls the effects of poision/
disease 458. (1) centennial plantain (N.) : a fruit like a large
anticlimax (N.) : a situation that centennial (N.) : the 100th an- banana, but less sweet, that is
is disappointing because it hap- niversary of an event cooked and eaten as a vegetable
pens at the end of something that centurion (N.) : an army officer 465. (4) shoal
was much more exciting who commanded a 100 soldiers shoal (N.) : a large number of
antibody (N.) : a substance that century (N.) : a period of a 100 fish swimming together as a
the body produces in the blood years group
to fight disease, or as a reaction centenarian (N.) : a person who troupe (N.) : a group of actors,
when certain substances are put is a 100 years old or more singers, etc. who work together
into the body 459. (3) amphibians litter (N.) : a number of baby
antigen (N.) : a substance that amphibians (N.) : any animal animals that one mother gives
enters the body and starts a pro- that can live both on land and in birth to at the same time — pup-
cess that can cause disease water pies
453. (2) wreath terrestrial (Adj.) : living on the swarm (N.) : a large graup of
wreath (N.) : an arrangement of land (plants and animals) insects (bees)
flowers and leaves aquatic (Adj.) : growing/living 466. (3) agenda
wreathe (N.) : to surround/ cov- in, on or near water agenda (N.) : a list of items to be
er something parasitic (Adj.) : living on an- discussed at a meeting
wrath (N.) : extreme anger other animal/plant and getting its minutes (N.) : a summary/
454. (1) notorious food from it record of what is said/decided
notorious (Adj.) : well-known for 460. (4) cartography at a formal meeting
being bad cartography (N.) : the art/pro- issues (N.) : an important topic
gracious (Adj.) : kind, polite and cess of drawing/making maps that people are discussing/argu-
generous calligraphy (N.) : beautiful hand- ing about
laborious (Adj.) : taking a lot of writing that you do with a spe- data (N.) : facts/information,
time and effort cial pen/brush especially when examined and
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