Thursday, August 21, 2014

One-Word Substitution

 

 

 

 

 

Absence of government- Anarchy

A person who is out to destroy all government and order- Anarchist

A person liable to be called to account for is actions- Answerable

Government by one- Autocracy

Government by the rich- Plutocracy

Government by the few- Oligarchy

Government by the officials- Bureaucracy

Government by the nobles- Aristocracy

Government by the people- Democracy

Government by the king or queen- Monarchy

A diplomatic minister of the highest order sent by one country to another- Ambassador

The whole mass of air surrounding the earth- Atmosphere

One who does not believe in the existence of God- Atheist

One who is not sure of the existence of God- Agnostic

One who starves the body for the good of the soul- Ascetic

To give up the throne or other office of dignity- Abdicate

To increase the speed of; to hasten the progress of- Accelerate

State of growth between boyhood and youth- Adolescence

To absorb food completely or to understand something completely – Assimilate

To turn friends into enemies- Alienate

To increase the gravity of an offence or the intensity of a disease- Aggravate

To destroy completely – Annihilate

One who does something not professionally but for pleasure- Amateur

A statement open to more than one interpretation- Ambiguous

To talk Impiously about scared things- Blaspheme

One who is great lover of books- Bigot

A woman with dark complexion and brown hair- Brunette

Marrying one husband or one wife at a time- Monogamy

Marrying more than one wife or more than one husband at a time- Polygamy

Marrying more than one husband at a time- Polyandry

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