Daily Grammar

 

 

 

One-Word Substitution- Part-2

Influence exerted secretly- Backdoor

The Science of vegetable life- Botany

The life history of a man written by himself- Autobiography

The life history of a man written by someone else- Biography

A Science which treats of life- Biology

A member of the middle class- Bourgeois

A person who easily believes whatever is told to him- Credulous

A person having little or no sympathy- Callous

People working together in the same office or department- Colleagues

One who is always inclined to find faults- Censorious

One who can make himself at home in all countries- Cosmopolitan

The state of remaining unmarried- Celibacy

A roundabout way of speaking- Circumlocution

The action of brining into completion- Consummation

Men living in the same age- Contemporaries

Belonging to or pertaining to an individual from birth- Congenital

To give one’s authority to another- Delegate

Vigilant and cautious observation of events or circumstances – Circumspections

The action of looking back on past time- Retrospection

Incapable of being moved- Immovable

With one voice; a decision, opinion on which all are agreed- Unanimous

One incapable of being tired- Indefatigable

A child born after the death of his father- Posthumous

A book published after the death of its writer- posthumous

A letter, poem, etc. Whose author is unknown- Anonymous

A person who is too much like a woman- Effeminate

Work for which no salary is paid- Honorary

An office which high salary but no work- Sinecure

One who helps a stranger or a helpless person in difficulties- Samaritan

One who is present everywhere- Omnipresent

One who knows everything- Omniscient

One who is all powerful- Omnipotent

One who walks in sleep- Somnambulist

One who looks at bright side of things- Optimistic

One who cannot read or write- Illiterate

One who looks at dark side of things- Pessimist

One who is not easily pleased- Fastidious

To make a thing scared- Consecrate

A game or battle in which neither party wins- Drawn

One who is unable to pay one’s debt- Insolvent