One word substitution-2
As we move forward, we bring the second list of ‘one word substitution‘, giving 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.
| That which cannot be engaged. | Irrevocable |
| The statement is absolutely clear. | Explicit |
| Confusion of mind. | Embarrassment |
| Which cannot be pierced through. | Impenetrable |
| Information considered to be reliable. | Authentic |
| A movement which cannot be suppressed. | Irrepressible |
| The science of vegetable life. | Botany |
| A place where birds are kept. | Aviary |
| To atone for all sins. | To expiate |
| A room for storing grain. | Granary |
| Deviation from the common rule. | Anomaly |
| A lady’s umbrella. | Parasol |
| That which cannot be hurt or wounded. | Invulnerable |
| To run the risk of losing one’s life. | Jeopardize |
| To carefully think about a matter. | Deliberate |
| To change one’s mind so often. | Vacillate |
| To frighten a person with the purpose of getting something out of him. | Intimidate |
| To increase the gravity of an offence or the intensity of disease. | Aggravate |
| An oft repeated truth. | Truism |
| The murder of one’s own mother. | Matricide |
| A member of the middle class. | Bourgeois |
| A general pardon by the government to political offenders. | Amnesty |
| To happen simultaneously with another event. | Synchronize |
| That which cannot be counted. | Innumerable |
| That can be explained. | Explicable |
| Place of permanent residence. | Domicile |
| A place for invalids or convalescents. | Sanatorium |
| That we say about a man after his death. | Epitaph |
| A speech made for the first time. | Maiden |
| A speech made without previous preparation. | Extempore |
| Unable to pay one’s debts. | Bankrupt |
| Hand-writing which cannot be easily read. | Illegible |
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