CLAT UG: One-Word Substitution
Here is a list of one-word substitutions prepared especially to help the students who are willing to crack CLAT UG.
Here is a list of one-word substitutions prepared especially to help the students who are willing to crack CLAT UG.
"The power of the spoken word is one of life's greatest mysteries. All you will ever be or accomplish hinges on how you choose to govern what comes out of your mouth."...................Cindy Trimm
CLAT UG: One-Word Substitution
1. A backward look or a view into the past - Retrospect
2. A bicycle for two or more people - Tandem
3. A body of persons appointed to hear evidence or judge and give their verdict - Jury
4. A brief or a short stay at a place - Sojourn
5. A broad road bordered with trees - Boulevard
6. A building in which aircraft are housed - Hanger
7. A building where an audience sits - Auditorium
8. A child born after the death of his father - Posthumous
9. A closed political meeting – Caucus
10. A collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place - Cache
11. A collection of slaves - Coffle
12. A decorative ring of flowers and leaves - Wreath
13. A den for small animals - Hutch
14. A disease that affects a large number of people in an area at the same time - Epidemic
15. A disease which is spread by direct contact - Contagious
16. A doctor who specializes in eye diseases the eyes - An ophthalmologist
17. A doctor who treats children – A paediatrician
18. A doubtful look or examination of one's motives - Suspect
19. A dramatic performance - Masque
20. A drawing on transparent paper - Transparency
21. A family of young animals - Brood
22. A figure of speech by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resembles - Simile
23. A fixed orbit in space in relation to earth - Geo-stationary
24. A former student of a school, college, or university - Alumnus
25. A forward look or a view into the future - Prospect
26. A funeral or burial rite – Obsequy
27. A general pardon of offenders - Amnesty
28. A geometrical figure with eight sides - An octagon
29. A government by officials - Bureaucracy
30. A group governed by old people - Gerontocracy
31. A group of girls who never fails - Infallible
32. A group of guns or missile launchers operated together in one place - Battery
33. A group of people, typically with vehicles or animals, travelling together - A Caravan
34. A group of things that have been hidden in a secret place – Cache
35. A harsh verbal reprimand – Castigation
36. A large bundle bound for storage or transport - Bale
37. A large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard - Cemetery
38. A large gathering of people of a particular type - Bevy
39. A mild or indirect expression substituted for an offensive or harsh one - Euphemism
40. A mournful poem or a song - Elegy
41. A person who believes in or tries to bring about a state of lawlessness - An Anarchist
42. A person who deliberately sets fire to a building - Arsonist
43. A Person who is recently married – Neogamist
44. Person believing in free will - Libertarian
45. Person leading a life of strict self-discipline - Ascetic
46. Person who believes that God is everything and everything is God - Pantheist
47. Person who eats too much - Glutton
48. Person who files a suit - Plaintiff
49. Person who insists on adherence to formal rules or literary meaning - Pedant
50. Person with a one-track mind - Monomania
51. A procession of vehicles or ships – Cavalcade
52. A Place that provides refuge - Asylum
53. A Place where wine is made - Brewery
54. A public room or building where gambling games are played - Casino
55. A room in a public building where outdoor clothes or luggage may be left – Cloakroom
56. A shrewish loud-mouthed female - Virago
57. A state of disorder due to the absence of authority - Anarchy
58. A state run by least qualified candidates - Kakistocracy
59. Yearly celebration of a date or an event – Anniversary
60. An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present - Bouquet
61. Beams that support the roof – Rafter
62. Careful, cautious watch on surroundings - Circumspect
63. Examine one's motives or look inwards - Introspect
64. Expressive in the use of words - Eloquent
65. Generous, forgiving talk - Magniloquent
66. Government not concerned with religious activities – Secular
67. Having the characteristics or nature of both male and female – Androgynous
68. High-sounding pompous speech or writing - Grandiloquent
69. hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a rabbit, as a dwelling - Burrow
70. Informal, less grammatically rigid language - Colloquial
71. Mentally identifying oneself with another person or a thing - Empathy
72. Morbid compulsion to start a fire - Pyromania
73. Morbid compulsion to steal - Kleptomania
74. Morbid compulsion to steal books - Bibliokleptomania
75. Morbid delusion of power, importance, or godliness - Megalomania
76. Morbid, uncontrollable desire on the part of a man - Satyromania
77. Morbid, uncontrollable desire on the part of a woman - Nymphomania
78. Nobility-powered government - Aristocracy
79. Of noble birth – Aristocrat
80. One person with absolute power - Autocracy
81. One who believes in many Gods - Polytheist
82. One who believes in ruthless self-aggrandizement - Egoist
83. One who believes in the presence of God - Theist
84. One who believes in the theory of only one God - Monotheist
85. One who can use either hand with ease - Ambidextrous
86. One who demands strict conformity to rules - Martinet
87. One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession - Amateur
88. One who doesn't believe in the presence of God - Atheist
89. One who doesn't consume alcohol - A teetotaler
90. One who hates marriage - Misogamist
91. One who is all-powerful - Omnipotent
92. One who is always doubting - Sceptic
93. One who is beyond reform - Incorrigible
94. One who is beyond reforms - Incorrigible
95. One who is both inwards and outwards at times - Ambivert
96. One who is converted from one religion to another - Proselyte
97. One who is extravagantly romantic, chivalrous and impractical - Quixotic
98. One who is fond of fighting - Bellicose
99. One who is greedy - Voracious
100. One who is honourably discharged from service - Emeritus
101. One who is in charge of the museum - Curator
102. One who is indifferent to pain and pleasure - Stoic
103. One who is not sure about God's existence - Agnostic
104. One who is unable to pay one's debt - Bankrupt
105. One who journeys from place to place - Itinerant
106. One who knows everything - Omniscient
107. One who knows many languages - Polyglot
108. One who lends money at very high interest - Usurer
109. One who loves books – A bibliophile
110. One who loves his country - Patriot
111. One who loves to speak – Loquacious
112. One who makes an official examination of accounts - Auditor
113. One who sneers at the aims and beliefs of his fellow men - Cynic
114. One who speaks for others - A spokesman
115. One who stays away from school without permission – Truant
116. One who studies election trends by means of opinion polls - A psephologist
117. One who takes care of a building - Warden
118. One who thinks or speaks too much of himself - An Egoist
119. One who turns his thoughts inwards - Introvert
120. One who turns his thoughts outwards - Extrovert
121. One who uses fear as a weapon of power - Terrorist
122. One who walks in sleep – Somnambulist
123. One whose motive is merely to get money – Mercenary
124. Opposed to great or sudden change - Conservative
125. Paper/ story/ poem first written out by hand - Manuscript
126. Part of a church in which bells hang - Belfry
127. Partner in crime - Accomplice
128. Parts of a country behind the coast or a river bank - Hinterland
129. Perfectly, highly skilled reached the zenith of art - Consummate
130. Pertaining to cattle - Bovine
131. Place of burial (especially not in the churchyard) – Cemetery
132. Placing a thing beside another - Juxtapose
133. Policeman riding on motorcycles as guards to a VIP - Outriders
134. Present opposing arguments or evidence - Rebut
135. Pretended attack - Feint
136. Prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported - Contraband
137. Property inherited from one's father or ancestors - Patrimony
138. Providing relief - Reprieve
139. Ready to believe anything - Credulous
140. Rebellion against lawful authority - Mutiny
141. Regard for others as a principle of action - Altruism
142. Related to marriage - Matrimony
143. Related to the moon - Lunar
144. Relating to kinship with the father - Patrilineal
145. Relationship by blood or birth - Consanguinity
146. Release of a prisoner from jail on certain terms and conditions - Parole
147. Rules governing socially acceptable behaviour - Etiquette
148. Scale used for measuring the strength of an earthquake – Richter
149. Science of diseases - Pathology
150. Science of Human mind and behaviour - Psychology
151. Science of the races of mankind - Ethnology
152. Science regarding principles of classification - Taxonomy
153. Seeing something which is not actually present - Hallucination
154. Send or bring somebody back to his own country - Repatriate
155. Sentimental longing for a period in a past - Nostalgia
156. Severely abusive writing in journals - Scurrilous
157. Shaking movement of the ground – Tremor
158. Simultaneously affected by similar feelings - Sympathy
159. Something or someone makes you feel deep sadness or pity - Pathetic
160. Strong, deep dislike - Antipathy
161. Succession of rulers belonging to one family - Dynasty
162. Take great pleasure - Revel
163. Talking around, a method of talking indirectly - Circumlocution
164. Tending to move away from the centre or axis - Centrifugal
165. That which can be believed - Credible
166. That which cannot be avoided - Inevitable
167. That which cannot be called back - Irrevocable
168. That which cannot be defeated - Invincible
169. That which cannot be easily read - Illegible
170. That which is perceptible by touch is - Tangible
171. That which is without opposition – Unanimous
172. The compulsion to tell lies - Mythomania
173. The occurrence of events that happen at the same time by accident but seem to have some connection - Happenstance
174. The science of sound – Phonics
175. To bring back into a new body or form – Reincarnation
176. To examine carefully - Inspect
177. To injure one's reputation - Defame
178. To look at someone in an angry or threatening way - Glower
179. To mediate between two parties in a dispute - Intercede
180. To officially take private property away to seize - Confiscate
181. To play the part of and function as some other people - Impersonate
182. To reduce to nothing - Null
183. To remove an objectionable part from a book - Expurgate
184. To renounce a high position of authority or control - Abdicate
185. To secretly store more than what is allowed - Hoard
186. To seize control of a vehicle in order to force it to go to a new destination or demand something - Hijack
187. To slap with a flat object - Swat
188. To struggle helplessly - Flounder
189. To supply land with water by artificial means - Irrigate
190. To walk aimlessly - Amble
191. To walk with slow or regular Steps is to – Pace
192. Very pleasing to eat - Palatable
193. Violation of something holy and sacred - Sacrilege
194. Well known for bad qualities - Notorious
195. Wild and noisy disorder - Pandemonium
196. With much liveliness and a sense of purpose - Jauntily
197. Without the risk of punishment - Impunity
198. Word that reads the same as backward or forward - Palindrome
199. Words inscribed on a tomb - Epitaph
200. Words uttered impiously about God - Blasphemy
201. Write or carve words on stone or paper- Inscribe
202. Written law of a legislative body - Statute
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