Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Single words used in place of phrases


Single words used in place of phrases:

1.         He is liked by the people. (Popular)
2.         The council was all of one mind. (Unanimous)
3.         The two poets referred to were men who lived at the same time. (Contemporaries)
4.         The applicant is one who, according to the rules, cannot be elected. (Ineligible)
5.         A woman who wrote under the assumed name of the George Eliot. (Pseudonym)
6.         Certain words used by Shakespeare are now no longer in use. (Obsolete)
7.         That author’s style is too full of words. (Verbose)
8.         A woman is like a man. (manners) (Effeminate)
9.         He proposes plans that cannot be put into practice. (Impracticable)
10.     That woman has a son who was born after the death of his father. (Posthumous)
11.     The patient is gradually recovering health.(Convalescent)
12.     The habit of walking in sleep. (Somnambulism)
13. A post which carries good salary for little or no work. (Sinecure)







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