Full List of Most Important One Word Substitutions With Answers For All Competitive Exams Part 3

81. A wall built to prevent the sea or river from flooding an area : Dyke

82. A place where government / Public records are kept : Archive

83. To cut something into two pieces : Sever

84. A mild or indirect expression substituted for an offensive or harsh one : Euphemism

85. A jocular person who is full of amusing anecdotes : Wag

86. Something which cannot be believe : Incredible

87. Instrument to measure atmospheric pressure : Barometer

88. A woman having more than one husband at the same time : Polyandry

89. Wild and noisy disorder : Pandemonium

90. The study of religion and religious ideas and beliefs : Theosophy

91. One who believes in no government and therefore incites disorder in  a state : Anarchist

92. Living together of a man and woman without being married to each other : Concubinage

93. That which lasts for a short time : Transitory

94. A place where nuns live and work : Convent

95. One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain : Stoic

96. With much liveliness and a sense of purpose : Jauntily

97. One who stays away from school with permission : Truant

98. A building where an audience sits : Auditorium

99. Belonging to all parts of the world : Universal

100. A person who believes in the total abolition of war : Pacifist

101. One who destroys images or attacks popular beliefs : Iconoclast

102. Stealthily done : Surreptitious

103. One who has become dependent on something or drugs is : Addict

104. An occasion of great importance : Momentous

105. One who breaks the established traditions and image : Iconoclast

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106. To run away with a lover : Elope

107. A person who never takes alcoholic drinks : Teetotaller

108. Loss of memory : Amnesia

109. Dry weather with no rainfall : Drought

110. Anything which is no longer in use : Obsolete

111. A continuous process of change is known as : Flux

112. To take back, withdraw or renounce : Recant

113. One who intervenes between two or more parties to settle differences : Intermediary

114. That which cannot be captured : Ungrippable

115. Seeing something which is not actually present : Hallucination

116. To be known for bad acts : Notorious

117. Violation of something holy and sacred : Sacrilege

118. One who walks in sleep : Somnambulist

119. The practice of submitting a proposal to popular vote : Referendum

120. A tank where fish or water plants are kept : Aquarium