ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION NOTES
Use of one word substitution saves time and helps in avoiding long sentences, phrases and idioms. This practice enhances the ability of a candidate in better usage of language. The one word substitutions pertaining to various situation and fields are given hereunder:
| (A) Pertaining To Government & Politics | ||||
| 1. | To give up a throne or other office of dignity | Abdicate | ||
| 2. | Absence of government/governance | Anarchy | ||
| 3. | Government by sovereign or uncontrolled authority | Autocracy, Despotism | ||
| 4. | Government by departments of states | Bureaucracy | ||
| 5. | Government of the people, by the people, for the people | Democracy | ||
| 6. | Government by the nobility | Aristocracy | ||
| 7. | The right of self-government | Autonomy | ||
| 8. | Government by a few | Oligarchy | ||
| 9. | Government by the wealthy | Plutocracy | ||
| 10. | Government by divine guidance | Theocracy | ||
| 11. | To decide a political question by the direct vote of the whole electorate | Referendum | ||
| 12. | Sweeping governmental change | Revolution | ||
| 13. | The science of government | Politics | ||
| 14. | A person who regards the whole world his country | Cosmopolitan | ||
| 15. | A person with full discretionary powers to act on behalf of a country | Plenipotentiary | ||
| 16. | The original inhabitants of a country | Aborigines | ||
| 17. | A political leader who tries to stir up people | Demagogue | ||
| 18. | A general pardon of political offenders | Amnesty | ||
| 19. | Decision made upon a political question by the votes of all qualified persons | Plebiscite | ||
| 20. | A person sharing responsibility for a political party'sdiscipline and tactics | Whip | ||
| 21. | Parts of a country behind the coast or a river bank | Hinterland | ||
| 22. | The period between two reigns | Interregnum | ||
| 23. | A person who sneaks into a country | Infiltrator | ||
| 24. | Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence | Protocol | ||
| 25. | People in a riot | Mob | ||
| 26. | Murder of a king | Regicide | ||
| 27. | A person who wishes to throw out all establishments | Anarchist | ||
| 28. | Open rebellion of soldiers against a lawful authority | Mutiny | ||
| 29. | Policy as a political party | Manifesto | ||
| 30. | Joint sovereignty exercised over a country by two or more countries | Condominium | ||
| 31. | Unreasonable enthusiasm for the glorification of one's country | Chauvinism | ||
| 32. | One who resides in a country of which he is not a citizen | Alien | ||
| (B) Pertaining To Religion & Beliefs | ||||
| 33. | One who believes that man can have no knowledge of God but only as natural phenomenon | Agnostic | ||
| 34. | One who renounces his religious vows or principles | Apostate | ||
| 35. | One who does not believe in the existence of God | Atheist | ||
| 36. | One who is intolerantly devoted to a particular creed | Bigot | ||
| 37. | To utter profane language against God or anything holy | Blasphemy | ||
| 38. | A breaker of church images | Iconoclast | ||
| 39. | Worship of images and idols | Idolatry | ||
| 40. | One who believes in one God | Monotheist | ||
| 41. | One who believes in many Gods | Polytheist | ||
| 42. | A song sung at a burial | Dirge | ||
| 43. | One who believes everything is. predestined | Fatalist | ||
| 44. | Story told to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth | Parable | ||
| 45. | To talk without respect of something sacred or holy | Blasphemy | ||
| 46. | To atone for one's sins | Expiate | ||
| 47. | One who thinks human nature is essentially evil | Cynic | ||
| 48. | The act of violating the sanctity of a church | Sacrilege | ||
| 49. | The doctrine that human souls pass from one body to another at the time of death | Transformation | ||
| 50. | Just punishment for wrongdoings | Nemesis | ||
| 51. | A person traveling to a religious place | Pilgrim | ||
| 52. | A religious travel | Pilgrimage | ||
| 53. | A person who forsakes religion | Apostate | ||
| 54. | A man with prejudiced views against religion | Bigot | ||
| 55. | To violate sacredness of a holy object or place | Desecrate | ||
| 56. | A person who is not sure of existence of God | Agnostic | ||
| 57. | A man who starves body for the good of soul | Ascetic | ||
| 58. | Having no beginning or end to its existence | Eternal | ||
| 59. | A person who believes that pleasure is the chief good | Hedonist | ||
| 60. | The foolish belief that one is God | Theomania | ||
| 61. | Part of church in which bells hang | Belfry | ||
| 62. | A song embodying religious and sacred emotions | Hymn | ||
| 63. | A person who does not believe in any religion | Pagan | ||
| (C) Pertaining To Marriage & Children | ||||
| 64. | One who marries a second wife in presence of first one | Bigamist | ||
| 65. | One vowed to a single or unmarried life | Celibate | ||
| 66. | Practice of having more than one wives | Polygamy | ||
| 67. | Practice of having more than one husbands | Polyandry | ||
| 68. | A hater of marriage or women | Misogamist | ||
| 69. | One engaged to be married | Fiance, Fiancee | ||
| 70. | A man who derives sexual pleasures from men only | Homosexual, Gay | ||
| 71. | A woman who derives sexual pleasures from women only | Lesbian | ||
| 72. | A child whose parents are dead | Orphan | ||
| 73. | A child born after the death of his/her father | Posthumous | ||
| 74. | A man who behaves like a woman | Effeminate | ||
| 75. | A woman of fair complexion and light hair | Blonde | ||
| 76. | Practice of a married woman having extra-marital relationship | Adultery | ||
| 77. | Woman trained to help other woman in childbirth | Midwife | ||
| 78. | A woman whose husband is dead
| Widow | ||
| 79. | A man whose wife is dead | Widower | ||
| 80. | An old unmarried woman | Spinster | ||
| 81. | A young unmarried woman | Virgin | ||
| 82. | An unmarried man | Bachelor | ||
| 83. | A violent and bad tempered woman | Virago | ||
| (D) Pertaining To Death & Life | ||||
| 84. | Dead and decaying flesh of animals | Carrion | ||
| 85. | A monument raised for persons who are buried elsewhere | Cenotaph | ||
| 86. | To preserve a dead body from putrefaction | Embalm | ||
| 87. | Words inscribed on a tomb | Epitaph | ||
| 88. | An examination of dead body | Autopsy, Post-mortem | ||
| 89. | An account in the newspaper of the funeral of one deceased | Obituary | ||
| 90. | The property left by a dead person by a will | Legacy | ||
| 91. | Occurring after death | Posthumous | ||
| 92. | The act of killing a human being | Homicide | ||
| 93. | Murder of a new-born child | Infanticide | ||
| 94. | Murder of a brother | Fratricide | ||
| 95. | Murder of a sister | Sororicide | ||
| 96. | Murder of a mother | Matricide | ||
| 97. | Murder of a father | Patricide | ||
| 98. | Murder of a king | Regicide | ||
| 99. | Mass murder | Massacre | ||
| 100. | One who eats human flesh | Cannibal | ||
| 101. | Act of taking one's own life (kill oneself) | Suicide | ||
| 102. | A person who kills somebody for political reasons | Assassin | ||
| 103. | A disease which ends in death | FataI | ||
| 104. | One who cannot die | Immortal | ||
| 105. | Relation by blood or birth | Consanguinity | ||
| 106. | The place where dead bodies are burnt (cremated) | Crematorium | ||
| 107. | The place where dead bodies are buried | Graveyard | ||
| 108. | The place where dead bodies are kept | Mortuary | ||
| 109. | The act of killing one's wife | Uxoricide | ||
| (E) Pertaining to Literature | ||||
| 110. | A work whose writer is unknown | Anonymous | ||
| 111. | A record of one's life written by someone else | Biography | ||
| 112. | A record of one's life written by oneself | Autobiography | ||
| 113. | The heading or short description of a newspaper article or book | Caption | ||
| 114. | A humorous play with a happy ending | Comedy | ||
| 115. | A list of books in a library | Catalogue, bibliography | ||
| 116. | A book in which each day's events are recorded | Diary | ||
| 117. | A book containing words of a language with definitions in alphabetical order | Dictionary | ||
| 118. | A book containing names and addresses | Directory | ||
| 119. | A short speech of a player at the end of a play | Epilogue | ||
| 120. | A brief summary of a book | Epitome | ||
| 121. | A book containing information on all branches of knowledge | Encyclopedia | ||
| 122. | To remove the offensive portions of a book | Expurgate | ||
| 123. | A speech delivered without earlier preparation | Extempore, impromptu | ||
| 124. | A noisy or vehement speech intended to excite passions | Harangue | ||
| 125. | A written account of one's life's interesting and memorable experiences | Memoirs | ||
| 126. | A note to help the memory | Memorandum | ||
| 127. | A short speech by a player at the beginning of the play | Prologue | ||
| 128. | Publishing of an author's original work as one's own | Plagiarism | ||
| 129. | Speaking aloud to oneself | Soliloquy | ||
| 130. | A play with a sad or tragic end | Tragedy | ||
| 131. | A great lover of books | Bibliophile | ||
| 132. | A person who has command over several languages | Linguist | ||
| 133. | Speaking or writing two languages | Bilingual | ||
| 134. | One who can neither read nor write | illiterate | ||
| 135. | Anything written in a letter after it is signed | Postscript | ||
| 136. | Study of ancient societies | History | ||
| 137. | A poem written on the death of someone loved and lost | Elegy | ||
| 138. | Commencement of words with the same letter | Alliteration | ||
| 139. | Words different in meaning but similar in sound | Homonyms | ||
| 140. | A story in which ideas are symbolized as people | Allegory | ||
| 141. | Language difficult to understand because of bad form | Jargon | ||
| 142. | Study of mankind | Anthropology | ||
| 143. | Short descriptive poem of picturesque scene or incident | Idyll | ||
| 144. | One who compiles dictionary | Lexicographer | ||
| 145. | The school or college where one has been educated | Alma mater | ||
| 146. | A person with a beautiful handwriting | Calligrapher | ||
| 147. | One who does not care for literature or art | Philistine | ||
| 148. | A group of three novels or plays, each complete in itself | Trilogy | ||
| 149. | Science of printing | Typography | ||
| 150. | Use of more words than are needed to express meaning | Pleonasm | ||
| 151. | That which can be interpreted in any way | Ambiguous | ||
| 152. | A person claiming to be superior in culture and intellect to other | Highbrow | ||
| 153. | A name adopted by a writer in his writings | Pseudonym | ||
| 154. | Of unknown and unadmitted authorship | Anonymous | ||
| 155. | A person holding charge of funds at a university or college | Bursar | ||
| 156. | A funny imitation of a poem | Parody | ||
| 157. | A person who has just started learning | Apprentice | ||
| 158. | Using of new words | Neologism | ||
| 159. | Books, pictures etc. intended to arouse sexual desire | Pornography | ||
| 160. | People at a lecture or concert | Audience | ||
| 161. | A person's first speech | Maiden | ||
| 162. | A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge | Pedantic | ||
| 163. | Poem in short stanzas narrating a popular story | Ballad | ||
| 164. | A word no longer in use | Obsolete | ||
| 165. | A paper written in one's own handwriting | Manuscript | ||
| 166. | A list of explanation of words especially unusual at the end of a book | Glossary | ||
| 167. | A statement which can't be understood | Incomprehensible | ||
| 168 | A person interested in reading books and nothing else | Bookworm | ||
| 169. | A literary work produced merely to make money | Pot-boiler | ||
| 170. | Word for word reproduction | Verbatim | ||
| 171. | A story told to illustrate a moral or a truth | Parable | ||
| 172. | A literary composition in the form of a letter | Epistle | ||
| 173. | A person bad in spellings and handwriting | Cacographist | ||
| 174. | Ridiculous use of words | Malapropism | ||
| (F) Pertaining to Science & Arts | ||||
| 175. | The study of all heavenly bodies and earth, in relation to them | Astronomy | ||
| 176. | Science of land management | Agronomics | ||
| 177. | The study of mankind | Anthropology | ||
| 178. | The study of physical life or living matter | Biology | ||
| 179. | The study of plants | Botany | ||
| 180. | Science dealing with the varieties of human race | Ethnology | ||
| 181. | The study of origin and history of words | Etymology | ||
| 182. | The study of coins | Numismatics | ||
| 183. | The study of human face | Physiognomy | ||
| 184. | The art of making fireworks | Pyrotechnics | ||
| 185. | The study of birds | Ornithology | ||
| 186. | The study of languages | Philology | ||
| 187. | At home equally on land or in water | Amphibian | ||
| 188. | The inside of a nut | Kernel | ||
| 189. | The animals of a certain region | Fauna | ||
| 190. | The plants of a certain region | Flora | ||
| 191. | Absence of rain for a long time | Drought | ||
| 192. | Watering land by artificial means | Irrigate | ||
| 193. | One who studies plant and animal life | Naturalist | ||
| 194. | A cud chewing animal like cow | Ruminant | ||
| 195. | A gnawing animal like rat | Rodent | ||
| 196. | A four-footed animal | Quadruped | ||
| 197. | Animals which carry their young ones in pouch like kangaroo | Marsupials | ||
| 198. | Soil composed of decayed vegetable matter | Humus | ||
| 199. | A preparation for killing insects | Insecticide | ||
| 200. | A plant or animal growing on the food of another | Parasite | ||
| 201. | Living for many years | Perennial | ||
| (G) Pertaining to Medicine & Diseases | ||||
| 202. | A substance which destroys or weakens germs | Antiseptic | ||
| 203. | Any medicine that produces insensibility | Anaesthesia | ||
| 204. | A medicine to counteract poison | Antidote | ||
| 205. | Want or poorness of blood | Anemia | ||
| 206. | A medicine which alleviates pain | Anodyne | ||
| 207. | To cut off a person's body part which is infected | Amputate | ||
| 208. | One who is recovering from illness | Convalescent | ||
| 209. | To be able to tell the nature of disease by its symptoms | Diagnose | ||
| 210. | A disease affecting many persons at the same place and time | Epidemic | ||
| 211. | A disease confined to a particular place | Endemic | ||
| 212. | To disinfect by smoke | Fumigate | ||
| 213. | Free or exempt from infection | Immune | ||
| 214. | A person who is sick | Invalid | ||
| 215. | A cure for all diseases | Panacea | ||
| 216. | A disease widely epidemic | Pandemic | ||
| 217. | Confinement to one place to avoid spread by infection | Quarantine | ||
| (H) Pertaining to War |
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| 218. | An unprovoked attack by an enemy | Aggression | ||
| 219. | Shells, bombs and other military stores | Ammunition | ||
| 220 | A place where military weapons are made or stored | Arsenal | ||
| 221. | An agreement between belligerents to stop fighting | Armistice | ||
| 222. | A general pardon of offenders | Amnesty | ||
| 223. | To reduce to nothing | Annihilate | ||
| 224. | Nations carrying on warfare
| Belligerents | ||
| 225. | To surround a place with the intention of capturing it | Besiege | ||
| 226. | To camp in the open air without covering or tents | Bivouac | ||
| 227. | To seize for military use | Commandeer | ||
| 228. | A person forced by law to become a soldier | Conscript | ||
| 229. | An order prohibiting ships from leaving the ports | Embargo | ||
| 230. | A number of firearms being discharged continuously | Fusillade | ||
| 231. | To make an examination or preliminary survey of enemy territory for military objectives | Reconnoitre | ||
| 232. | To cause troops to spread out in readiness for battle | Deploy | ||
| 233. | The cessation of warfare before a treaty is signed | Armistice | ||
| 234. | To bring peace and end violence | Pacify | ||
| 235. | A person who sneaks into a country | Infiltrator | ||
| 236. | Open rebellion of soldiers against lawful authority | Mutiny | ||
| (I) Pertaining to Professions |
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| 237. | One who attends to the diseases of the eye | Oculist / Ophthalmologist | ||
| 238. | One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles | Optician | ||
| 239. | One who attends to the teethDentist | | ||
| 240. | One who is skilled in the care of hands and feet | Chiropodist | ||
| 241. | A physician who assists women at childbirth | Obstetrician | ||
| 242. | One who cures the ailments of bones and joints | Orthopedic | ||
| 243. | One who treats the diseases of children | Paediatrician | ||
| 244. | One who looks after the ailments of skin | Dermatologist | ||
| 245. | One who performs the surgeries | Surgeon | ||
| 246. | One who deals with the diseases of cancer | Oncologist | ||
| 247. | One who drives a motor-car | Chauffeur | ||
| 248. | One who makes and sells candles | Chandler | ||
| 249. | One who preserves skins of animals and mounts them so as to resemble the living animals | Taxidermist | ||
| 250. | One who compiles a dictionary | Lexicographer | ||
| 251. | One who writes a book | Author | ||
| 252. | One who is skilled in the treatment of disease of animals | Veterinarian | ||
| 253. | A tradesman who manages funerals | Undertaker | ||
| 254. | One who draws up contracts and lends money on interest | Scrivener | ||
| 255. | One who lends money and keeps goods as security | Pawnbroker | ||
| 256. | A teacher who travels from place to place to instruct | Peripatetic | ||
| 257. | One who travels from place to place selling miscellaneous articles | Hawker/ Pedlar | ||
| 258. | One who collects postage stamps | Philatelist | ||
| 259. | One who lends money at exorbitant interest | Usurer | ||
| 260. | One who takes care of a building | Janitor | ||
| 261. | One who sells pastries and sweets | Confectioner | ||
| 262. | One who works in a coal-mine | Collier | ||
| 263. | One who flies an Aeroplane | Pilot! Aviator | ||
| 264. | One who studies rocks and soils | Geologist | ||
| 265. | One who shoes horses | Farrier | ||
| 266. | One who is new to a trade | Novice | ||
| 267. | A professional rider in horse races | Jockey | ||
| 268. | One who deals in silks, cotton, woolen and linen goods | Mercer | ||
| 269. | One who deals in wines | Vintner | ||
| 270. | One who deals in fish | Fishmonger | ||
| 271. | One dealing in iron and hardware | Ironmonger | ||
| 272. | One who sells fruits, vegetables etc. from a barrow | Costermonger | ||
| 273. | One who sets type in a printing office | Compositor | ||
| (J) Pertaining to Characteristics & Actions |
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| 274. | One who devotes his life for others' welfare | Altruist | ||
| 275. | One who can use both hands with equal ease | Ambidextrous | ||
| 276. | One who fishes with a rod | Angler | ||
| 277. | One who kills by surprise or secretly | Assassin | ||
| 278. | A person who collects ancient things | Antiquary | ||
| 279. | One who is always finding faults | Censorious | ||
| 280. | One living at the same time as another | Contemporary | ||
| 281. | One who sneers at the aims and beliefs of his fellowmen | Cynic | ||
| 282. | One who delights in speaking about oneself | Egotist | ||
| 283. | One who exalts his own opinion | Egoist | ||
| 284. | One who dies for a noble cause | Martyr | ||
| 285. | One who retires from society to live a solitary life | Recluse/ Hermit | ||
| 286. | One who maliciously sets buildings on fire | Incendiary | ||
| 287. | One who is banished from his home or country | Exile | ||
| 288. | One who takes refuge in a foreign country | Refugee/Alien | ||
| 289. | One who runs away from law and justice | Fugitive | ||
| 290. | One who walks in sleep | Somnambulist | ||
| 291. | One who looks on the bright side of the things | Optimist | ||
| 292. | One who looks on the dark side of the things | Pessimist | ||
| 293. | A hater of mankind | Misanthrope / Misanthropist | ||
| 294. | One who knows everything | Omniscient | ||
| 295. | One who is all powerful | Omnipotent | ||
| 296. | One who is present everywhere | Omnipresent | ||
| 297. | One who devotes his service and wealth for others | Philanthropist | ||
| 298. | One who is new to anything | Novice/ Tyro/ Neophyte | ||
| 299. | One who engages himself in an activity not for money | Amateur | ||
| 300. | One who journeys to a holy place | Pilgrim | ||
| 301. | A leader of the people who can sway his followers by his oratory | Demagogue | ||
| 302. | One who has special skills to judge art, music, tastes etc. | Connoisseur | ||
| 303. | One whose reasoning is clever but false | Sophist | ||
| 304. | One who makes a display of his learning | Pedant | ||
| 305. | One who is indifferent to pains and pleasures | Stoic | ||
| 306. | One who loves to serve his country | Patriot | ||
| 307. | One who is devoted to eating and drinking pleasures | Epicure | ||
| 308. | One who pretends to be what he is not | Hypocrite/ Imposter | ||
| 309. | One who is versed in many languages | Linguist | ||
| 310. | One who cannot pay one's debts | Insolvent | ||
| 311. | One who takes over after another in office or employment | Successor | ||
| 312. | One who has been before another in office or employment | Predecessor | ||
| 313. | One who is opposed to intellectual progress | Obscurant | ||
| 314. | One who abstains from alcoholic drinks | Teetotaller | ||
| 315. | One who hides away on a ship to obtain a free passage | Stowaway | ||
| 316. | One who spends very little | Miser | ||
| 317. | One who spends too much | Spendthrift | ||
| (K) Pertaining to Numbers | ||||
| 318. | A collection of poems | Anthology | ||
| 319. | A number of merchant ships protected by warships in wartime | Convoy | ||
| 320. | A number of stars grouped together | Constellation | ||
| 321. | A number of hired applauders, i.e. persons paid for clapping | Claque | ||
| 322. | A number of people at church | Congregation | ||
| 323. | A number of people gathered together for a common purpose | Assembly/ Gathering | ||
| 324. | A group of people who get together to work for a common cause - | Coterie | ||
| 325. | A number of workmen, thieves, prisoners | Gang | ||
| 326. | A number of sheep | Flock | ||
| 327. | A number of geese | Gaggle | ||
| 328. | A number of leopards | Leap/Prowl | ||
| 329. | A number of lions, monkeys | Pride/ Troop | ||
| 330. | A number of herrings, mackerel | Shoal | ||
| 331. | A number of fish caught in a net | Catch/Haul | ||
| 332. | A number of whales, porpoises | School / Pod | ||
| 333. | A number of oxen or horses harnessed together | Team | ||
| 334. | A number of ships | Fleet | ||
| (L) Pertaining to Places | ||||
| 335. | A place where bees are kept | Apiary | ||
| 336. | A place where birds are kept | Aviary | ||
| 337. | A place where fishes are kept | Aquarium | ||
| 338. | An underground dwelling of animals | Burrow | ||
| 339. | A squirrels' home | Drey | ||
| 340. | A net of a bird of prey | Eyrie / Aerie | ||
| 341. | A place where spirited liquors are produced | Distillery | ||
| 342. | A place where clothes are washed and ironed | Laundry | ||
| 343. | A place where government records are kept | Archives | ||
| 344. | A place where treasures of art, curiosities, etc. are preserved and exhibited | Museum | ||
| 345. | A place where fruit trees are grown | Orchard | ||
| (M) Miscellaneous | ||||
| 346. | Loud enough to be heard | Audible | ||
| 347. | Not distinct enough to be heard | Inaudible | ||
| 348. | Fit for food | Edible | ||
| 349. | Unfit for human consumption | Inedible | ||
| 350. | Water fit for drinking | Potable | ||
| 351. | Fit to be chosen or selected | Eligible | ||
| 352. | Not fit for selection | Ineligible | ||
| 353. | Writing that is easy to read | Legible | ||
| 354. | Writing that cannot be read | illegible | ||
| 355. | One who is able to read and write | Literate | ||
| 356. | One who is not able to read and write | illiterate | ||
| 357. | Born of married parents | Legitimate | ||
| 358. | Born of unmarried parents | illegitimate | ||
| 359. | To send a person back to his native country | Repatriate | ||
| 360. | To banish from one's country | Expatriate | ||
| 361. | To move from own country to another | Migrate | ||
| 362. | One who leaves one's country for another country | Emigrant | ||
| 363. | One who comes into a foreign country | Immigrant | ||
| 364. | Incapable of being redeemed from evil, i.e. beyond correction | Incorrigible | ||
| 365. | That which cannot be rubbed out or blotted out | Ineffaceable / Indelible | ||
| 366. | That which can't be conquered | Invincible | ||
| 367. | Incapable of making errors | Infallible | ||
| 368. | That which cannot be avoided or prevented | Inevitable | ||
| 369. | Incapable of being burnt | Incombustible | ||
| 370. | That which easily catches fire | Inflammable/F1ammable | ||
| 371. | That which cannot be seen | Invisible | ||
| 372. | Living forever | Immortal | ||
| 373. | Increase the gravity of an offence | Aggravate | ||
| 374. | Ordinary or commonplace remark | Platitude | ||
| 375. | That which cannot be satisfied | Insatiable | ||
| 376. | That which cannot be repaired | Irreparable | ||
| 377. | That which cannot be imitated | Inimitable | ||
| 378. | Persons or efforts that cannot be wearied | Indefatigable | ||
| 379. | One who eats too much | Glutton | ||
| 380. | To destroy completely | Annihilate | ||
| 381. | A statement open to more than one interpretation | Ambiguous | ||
| 382. | A roundabout way of speaking | Circumlocution | ||
| 383. | Cautious observation of events | Circumspection | ||
| 384. | That which cannot be hurt | Invulnerable | ||
