ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
sprout (N.) : a new part growing sycophant (N.) : a person who 668. (2) seminar
on a plant praises important or powerful seminar (N.) : a meeting for dis-
sterilized (V.) : to kill the bacte- people too much and in a way cussion/training
ria in/or on something that is not sincere, especially in meeting (N.) : an occasion when
venerable (Adj.) : people/things order to get something from people come together to discuss/
deserving/respect by vitrue of them decide something
age, dignity, character, or posi- 663. (3) archives debate (N.) : an argument/a dis-
tion. archives (N.) : a collection of his- cussion expressing different
657. (2) pretended attack torical documents/records of a opinions
feint (N.) : a body movement government, a family, a place or negotiation (N.) : formal discus-
that is intended to divert anoth- an organization sion between people who are try-
er’s attention, often by being de- documentary (N.) : a film/a ra- ing to reach an agreement
liberately left incomplete. dio/a television programme giv- 669. (3) elegy
658. (1) veteran ing facts about something elegy (N.) : a poem or song that
veteran (N.) : a person who has anecdotes (N.) : a short, inter- expresses sadness, especially for
a lot of experience in a particu- esting/amusing story about a real somebody who has died.
lar area/activity person/event ode (N.) : a poem that speaks to
659. (4) claustrophobia a person or celebrates a special
annals (N.) : an official record of
claustrophobia (N.) : extreme event
events/activities year by year
fear of being in narrow/enclosed
664. (2) polyglot 670. (4) hallucination
spaces.
polyglot (N.) : person who hallucination (N.) : the fact of
hydrophobia (N.) : extreme fear
knows, used/writes in more than seeming to see or hear some-
of water
one language body/something that is not real-
bathophobia (N.) : extreme fear
polyphony (N.) : the combina- ly there
of depths (deep water, falling
tion of several different patterns utopia (N.) : an imaginary place
from heights)
of musical notes sung together or state in which everything is
cynophobia (N.) : extreme fear
perfect
of dogs to form a single piece of music
671. (4) geriatrics
660. (2) panacea polyandry (N.) : the custom of
geriatrics (N.) : the branch of
panacea (N.) : something that having more than one husband
medicine concerned with the
will solve all the problems of a at the same time
diseases and care of old people
particular situation polygamy (N.) : the custom of oncology (N.) : stud y and
analgesia (N.) : the loss of the having more than one wife/hus- treatment of tumours
ability to feel pain while still con- band at the same time obstetrics (N.) : concerned with
scious 665. (4) orthopaedics the birth of children
eternal (Adj.) : without an end ; orthopaedics (N.) : a the paediatrics (N.) : branch of
existing/continuing forever
branch of medicine concerned medicine concerned with children
mortal (Adj.) : that cannot live with injuries and diseases of the and their diseases
for ever and must die
bones/muscles 672. (2) changeling
661. (2) dermatology
ornithology (N.) : the scientific changeling (N.) : a child who is
dermatology (N.) : the scientif-
study of birds believed to have been secretly left
ic study of skin diseases
paediatrics (N.) : the branch of in exchange for another
dactylogy (N.) : the science of
science concerned with children tiddler (N.) : a very small fish
communicating by sign language
and their diseases tyke (N.) : a small child, one who
using the hands and fingers.
orthodontics (N.) : the treat- behaves badly
dendrology (N.) : the scientific
ment of problems concerning the nipper (N.) : a small child
study of trees
position of the teeth and jaws 673. (4) martyr
axiology (N.) : the study of the
nature of values and value judge- 666. (1) sanctuary martyr (N.) : a person who
ments suffers very much because of
(1) sanctuary (N.) : reserve ; an
their religious or political beliefs.
662. (3) optimist area where wild birds/animals
mystic (N.) : a person who tries
optimist (N.) : a person who al- are protected and encouraged to
to beco me united with God
ways expects good thing to hap- breed
through prayer
pen 667. (4) incomprehensible prophet (N.) : a person who
cynic (N.) : a person who be- incomprehensible (Adj.) : im- claims to know what will happen
lieves that people only do things possible to understand in the future
to help themselves, rather than
inconclusive (Adj.) : not lead- seer (N.) : prophet
for good or sincere reasons
ing to a definite decision/result 674. (1) juxtapose
pessimist (N.) : a person who
always expects bad things to inconceivable (Adj.) : impossi- juxtapose (V.) : place side by
happen ble to imagine/believe side
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