English Grammar, First Year Classes & Topics

One Word Substitutes

Exercises:  From the option given below, choose the correct option.(Answers)


1. One who loves to read or collectbooks.  :   Bibliophile.

2. Safe to drink.  :   potable

3. A person who engages in a pursuiton an unpaid basis:  amateur

4. Someone who is the centre of attention:   cynosure

5. Unmanly:   effeminate

6. One who talks a lot:   loquacious

7. A pleasure-seeker:   hedonist

8. Someone who walks in sleep:   somnambulist

9. A sin that is considered pardonable:   venial

10. Second-hand or derivate feeling:   vicarious