Some One-word Substitution from English Grammar

Some One-word Substitution from English Grammar

• One who studies and treats the diseases of the eye is – an ophthalmologist
• One who is specialist in heart and its disease is – a cardiologist
• An unmarried woman is called – spinster
• What is ‘linguistics’? – The scientific study of language
• An erratic person is one who is – unreliable
• He was very fond of his wife, so his friends called him – Hen-pecked
• A place to keep grains – Granary

• ‘A’ and ‘An’ are – indefinite article
• Philanthropist means – a person of charity
• A lexicographer is a person who writes – dictionaries
• A cobbler is a person who – mends shoes
• The ability to tell interesting stories make one – a raconteur
• ‘Protagonist’ indicates – the leading character of actor in a play
• The profession of teaching – teachership
• A place for keeping dogs – kennel
• A geologist studies – the earth

• One working in the same place is a – colleague
• Powerful mother figure in a ruling position is called – matriarch
• One who is pathologically self-interested is called – egomaniac
• One who commits antisocial acts without guilt or pang of conscience is called – psychopath
• The platform in a temple on which idols are kept called – altar
• A cartographer is a person who draws – maps
• A person who eats human flesh is called – cannibal