One word substitution–17

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.

Incapable  of making a mistake. Infallible
Income just sufficient to live on. Subsistence
Influence secretly exerted. Backdoor
Liable to be called to account. Answerable
Liable to be easily broken. Brittle
Living on fish. Piscivorous
Living on flesh. Carnivorous
Loss of memory. Amnesia
Method of sending messages without the help of wires. Wireless
Not being able to be elected or selected under the rules. Ineligible
Not definitely or clearly expressed. Inexplicit
Objects possessed on life. Animate
Occurring possessed of life. Simultaneous
One who travels from place to place to give instructions. Peripatetic
One who to anything. Novice/Tyro/Neophyte
One to whom goods are dispatched. Consignee
One who accompanies a lady to public places. Apostate
One who accompanies a lady to public places. Chaperone
One who attends to diseases of the eyes. Oculist
One who attends believes in single God. Monotheist
One who attends to the teeth. Dentist
One who believes in fate. Fatalist
One who believes in many Gods. Polytheist
One who believes in the existence of God. Theist
One who can help understand another’s language. Interpreter
One who foretells events correctly. Prophet
One who foretells things by reference to stars. Astrologer
One who has been before another in office or employment. Predecessor
One who has grown old in or had long experience in service or occupation. Veteran
One who hates mankind. Misanthrope/Misanthropist

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