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.
To make expressive gestures or motions while speaking. | Gesticulate |
A list of explanations of rare,technical or obsolete words. | Glossary |
Language that is made commonplace by being used frequently. | Hackneyed |
A noisy or vehement speech intended to excite passions. | Harangue |
A list of articles and their description. | Inventory |
Language which is confused and unintelligible. | Jargon |
A book of accounts showing debits and credits. | Ledger |
Study of night. | Lucubration |
A declaration of plans and promises put forward for election,o political party or a sovereign. | Manifesto |
A written account,usually in book form,of the interesting and memorable experiences of one’s life. | Memoirs |
A note to serve as a reminder. | Memorandum |
The concluding part of a speech. | Peroration |
Passing off another author’s work as one’s own. | Plagiarism |
One who writes plays,dramatist. | Playwright |
A short speech by a player at the beginning of a play. | Prologue |
Speaking to oneself. | Soliloquy |
A play with a sad or tragic end. | Tragedy |
The trade mark of the maker seen on paper when it is held up to the light. | Watermark |
One who pretends to have a great deal of knowledge. | Wiseacre |
Unable to die. | Immortal |
That which cannot be moved. | Immovable |
That which cannot be passed. | Impassable |
That which cannot be pierced or penetrated. | Impenetrable |
Enduring for all times. | Imperishable |
Not admitting the passage or entrance of water etc. | Impervious |
That which cannot be taken by assault. | Impregnable |
Not endowed with life. | Inanimate |
That which cannot be heard. | Inaudible |
Incapable of being burnt. | Incombustible |
Incapable of being redeemed from evil,or beyond correction. | Incorrigible |
That which cannot be erased. | Indelible |
Incapable of being destroyed. | Indestructible |
Absolutely necessary. | Indispensable |
That which cannot be avoided or prevented. | Inevitable |
That which cannot be made plain or understood. | Inexplicable |
Incapable of making errors. | Infallible |
That which cannot be imitated. | Inimitable |
That which cannot be conquered. | Invincible |
That which cannot be seen. | Invisible |
That which cannot be wounded or injured. | Invulnerable |
That which cannot be lessened. | Irreducible |
Not relating to the matter at hand. | Irrelevant |
That which cannot be repaired or remedied. | Irreparable |
That which cannot be replaced in case of loss. | Irreplaceable |