Dictionary of One-word Substitution: Vocabulary Building - Couverture souple

Joshi, Mr. Manik

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1500720674 ISBN 13 : 9781500720674

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

This book covers the following topics: (01). Related Words, (02). Scientific Studies, (03). That Which Cannot Be…, (04). Types of Behavior, (05). Types of Doctors, (06). Different Instruments, (07). A Particular Type of Place, (08). A Particular Type of Person, (09). Phobia and Mania, (10). Connected With…, (11). Country-Government, (12). Types of States, (13). Types of Statements, (14). Money-Related, (15). Other Topics, (A). Professions, (B). A Collection of Things, (C). Act of Killing, (D). Physical Appearance of A Person, (16). Various One-word Substitutes, Sample This: (01). Related Words--- 01a. A person who looks at the bright side of things- Optimist; 01b. A person who looks at the dark side of things- Pessimist --- 02a. All the animals living in a particular area- Fauna; 02b. Plants and vegetation in a particular area- Flora --- 03a. A government tax on goods brought into the country- Customs; 03b. A government tax on goods made within a country- Excise --- 04a. A person who is more interested in others- Extrovert; 04b. A person who keeps himself to himself- Introvert --- 05a. That which cannot be harmful or dangerous- Innocuous; 05b. Causing serious harm in a gradual or unnoticeable way- Insidious --- 06a. A person who is taking an examination- Examinee; 06b. A person who examines the copies of examinees- Examiner --- 07a. A person who talks too much- Garrulous/Loquacious; 07b. A person who eats too much- Glutton --- 08a. To suddenly change direction- Deflect; 08b. To keep on changing direction during movement- Meander --- 09a. Ability to know something on the basis of feelings rather than reasoning- Intuition; 09b. Ability to speak without moving your lips- Ventriloquism --- 10a. To change a law in order to improve it- Amend; 10b. To correct the mistakes in the manuscript, etc.- Emend --- 11a. A person between 70 and 79 years old- Septuagenarian; 11b. A person between 80 and 89 years old- Octogenarian --- 12a. Animals having spinal column- Vertebrate; 12b. An animal with thick skin- Pachyderm --- 13a. Obeying rules and requests- Compliance; 13b. Open refusal to obey- Defiance --- 14a. The state of being married- Matrimony; 14b. The state of being unmarried- Bachelorhood --- 15a. A woman whose husband has died- Widow; 15b. A man whose wife has died- Widower --- 16a. Things of different nature- Heterogeneous; 16b. Things of the same nature- Homogeneous --- 17a. A religious song- Hymn; 17b. A pleasant song used for causing children to sleep- Lullaby --- 18a. To rise in value- Appreciate; 18b. To go down in value- Depreciate --- 19a. A disorder in which a person eats too little because of abnormal fear of being fat- Anorexia; 19b. A disorder in which a person repeatedly eats too much- Bulimia --- 20a. To increase the intensity of a disease- Aggravate; 20b. To go from bad to worse – Deteriorate --- 21a. A school for small children- Kindergarten; 21b. A student who has left school or class without permission- Truant --- 22a. To free somebody from all blame- Exonerate; 22b. To free a person from a charge by the verdict- Acquit --- 23a. A co-worker in the same institution- Colleague; 23b. Equal in rank- Peer --- 24a. An office with a high salary but no work- Sinecure; 24b. A position in an organization without salary- Honorary --- 25a. An assembly of hearers at a lecture or concert- Audience; 25b. An assembly of worshippers- Congregation

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Manik Joshi was born on Jan 26, 1979 at Ranikhet and is permanent resident of Haldwani, Kumaon zone of India. He is an Internet Marketer by profession. He is interested in domaining (business of buying and selling domain names), web designing (creating websites), and various online jobs (including 'self book publishing'). He is science graduate with ZBC (zoology, botany, and chemistry) subjects. He is also an MBA (with specialization in marketing). He has done three diploma courses in computer too. ManikJoshi.com is the personal website of the author.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1500720674
• ISBN 13: 9781500720674
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 75
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible