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Unit 14: One Word Substitution

97. Something that cannot be imitated Inimitable Notes
98. One who doesn't know how to read and write Illiterate
99. A person's peculiar habit Idiosyncrasy
100. An animal who preys on other animals Predator

101. Violating the sanctity of a church Sacrilege
102. One who can throw his voice Ventriloquist

Notes
Abolish: Do away with wholly
Abbreviation: A shortened form of a word or phrase

Accelerate: To increase the speed; to hasten the progress of
Actuary: One who calculates premium:
Aggravate: To increase the gravity of an offence or the intensity of a disease:
Alienate: To turn friends in enemies.

Amateur: One who does something not professionally but for pleasure.
Amphibian: A land animal that breeds in water.
Aristocracy: People of noble families or the highest social class. Also, government of a
country by A small group of people, especially hereditary nobility.
Ambiguous: Statements open to more than interpretation.
Ambivalent: Having opposing feelings.
Amnesty: General pardon.

Anonymous: A letter, poem etc. whose author is unknown:
Anarchy: Absence of government:
Answerable: A person liable to be called to account for his action:
Appreciate: To rise in value:

Atheist: One who does not believe in the existence of God.
Auditor: One who makes an official examination of accounts.
Autobiography: The life story of a man written by himself:
Biography: Life story of a man written by other:

Bureaucracy: Government by the officials:
Biology: The science which treats with life.
Bigot: One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views.
Bourgeois: A member of the middle class.

Cannibal: somebody who eats human flesh.
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