One word substitution–10
Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| Representative of a government aboard with full authority. | Ambassador |
| Existing since old times. | Antique |
| A medicine which prevents putrefaction. | Antiseptic |
| One who aims to compass holiness through self-mortification. | Ascetic |
| Public sale in which articles are sold to the highest bidders. | Auction |
| A place where birds are kept. | Aviary |
| On who attaches disproportionate weight to some creed or view. | Bigot |
| Containing or speaking two tongues or languages. | Bilingual |
| The science of plant life. | Botany |
| Animals that live on flesh. | Carnivorous |
| The state of being unmarried. | Celibacy |
| An insect with many legs. | Centipede |
| A disease which is spread by contact. | Contagious |
| A person living at the same time as another. | Contemporary |
| Rule by one man. | Dictatorship |
| Fit to be eaten. | Edible |
| A medicine that produces the desired effect. | Efficacious |
| A person who thinks only of himself. | Egotist |
| One who is fit according to the rules laid down. | Eligible |
| A person who is found of refined sensuous pleasures. | Epicure |
| Concluding part of a literary work. | Epilogue |
| Pleasure trip by a number of persons. | Excursion |
| A statement that is absolutely clear. | Explicit |
| A person who is hard to please. | Fastidious |
| A believer in fate. | Fatalist |
| Any medicine that destroys germs. | Germicide |
| A room where grain is stored. | Granary |
| Animals that live on herbals. | Herbivorous |
| The murder of a human being. | Homicide |
| An office for which no salary is paid. | Honorary |
| Handwriting or printed text that cannot be read. | Illegible |
| A person who can neither read nor write. | Illiterate |