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Which term describes a place where animals are killed for food?
What is the word for a man who is the head of a monastery or an abbey?
Which term refers to a shortened form of a word or phrase?
What is the meaning of 'abdication'?
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What does 'abstruse' mean?
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What is the ritual washing of the body called?
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Which term refers to a partner in crime?
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What is an allowance fixed after divorce to a wife called?
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What is the meaning of 'afforestation'?
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What word describes the commencement of adjacent words with the same letter?
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Study Notes
One Word Substitution
- Abattoir is a place where animals are killed for food.
- An Abbot is the head of a monastery or an abbey.
- Abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase, eg. "Engg." for Engineering.
- Abdication is the act of formally giving up or relinquishing a post.
- Ablution refers to the ritual washing of the body.
- Abstruse means something that is hard to understand.
- Abundance refers to a quantity that is more than enough.
- To accentuate means to give more force or importance to something.
- An accomplice is a partner in crime.
- An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of a name, eg. "MP" for Member of Parliament.
- An addendum is something added at the end of a book, notification, etc.
- Advertisement is a public notice offering or asking for goods, services, etc.
- Afforestation refers to the act of forestation by planting many trees.
- Agenda refers to the items of business for consideration at a meeting.
- An aggressor is someone who attacks first.
- Agnosticism is a belief that is doubtful about the existence of God.
- An alien is someone who belongs to a different country, race, group, or planet.
- Alimony is an allowance fixed after divorce to a wife.
- An allegory is a story in which ideas are symbolized as people.
- Alliteration is the commencement of adjacent words with the same letter, eg. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
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Test your knowledge on one word substitutions with their meanings in English and Hindi. Learn and practice vocabulary from Chapter 29.
