Full List of Most Important One Word Substitutions With Answers For All Competitive Exams Part 17

641. A cinema show held in the afternoon : Matinee

642. A mournful poem or a song : Elegy

643. A record of one’s own life written by oneself : Autobiography

644. Trouble and annoy continually : Harass

645. A study of ancient things : Archaeology

646. A man who helps a stranger or a person in difficulties is : a Mercenary

647. Highly skilled : Consummate

648. An action or event that happens before another important one and forms an introduction to it : Prelude

649. A brief or short stay at a place : Sojourn

650. Strange in appearance : Bizarre

651. The study of election : Psephology

652. Committing murder in revenge : Vendetta

653. An act of misappropriation of money : Embezzlement

654. The science of the functioning and growth of society : Sociology

655. Chief or Commander of army : General

656. An image without objective reality : Hallucination

657. Make something less severe : Palliation

658. A person who deliberately sets fire to a building : Arsonist

659. A gathering at a religious place : Congregation

660. Art of designing or writing on wax : Cerography

661. Lasting for a very short time : Ephemeral

662. Insatiable desire for wealth : Avarice

663. That which can be believed : Credible

664. A story in which animals or objects speak and give wholesome moral lesson : Fable

665. One who is known widely but usually unfavourably is : Notorious

666. Usage of an incorrect word in place of the one which is similar in pronunciation : Malapropism

667. Change the appearance to deceive or to hide the identity : Disguise

668. The act of killing one’s own brother or sister : Fratricide

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669. A person in charge of museum : Curator

670. Of the highest quality : Superlative

671. A person who thinks he is ill all the time : Hypochondriac

672. One who has long experience : Veteran

673. Those who pass through this gate without permission will be prosecuted : Trespassers

674. A person who is long experienced or practiced in an activity / capacity : Veteran

675. The plants and vegetation of a region : Landscape

676. Solemn religious acts : Rites

677. Act of injuring another’s reputation by any slanderous communication : Defamation

678. Hard working and diligent : Sedulous

679. One who runs away from justice or the jaw : Fugitive

680. To try to settle a dispute between two other parties : Mediate