One word substitution PART -8

A person who leads an immoral life	Libertine/Lecher
One hates the institution of marriage	Misogamist
One who eats everything	Omnivorous
One who works for the welfare of the women	Philogynist /Feminist
A boastful fellow	Swashbuckler
A noisy quarrelsome women, a shrew	Termagant
One who is habitual drunken	Toper/sot
One who is brilliant performer on stage(specially music)	Virtuoso
An annual calendar with position of stars	Almanac
A statement accepted as true without proof	Axiom
Examination of living tissue	Biopsy
Compulsory enlistment for military service	Conscription
An exact copy of handwriting ,printing	Facsimile/Xerox
Animals which live in a flock , used for human beings also	Gregarious/sociable
An act of separation from a person to avoid infection	Quarantine
Dress with medals, ribbons worn at official ceremonies	Regalia
A thing kept in memory of an event	Souvenir
A place where animals are slaughtered for the market	Abattoir
The dwelling place if an animal underground	Borrow
A place where treasurers ,stores ,ammunition are hidden	Cache
A graveyard where dead are buried	Crèche
An original glass bottle for holding wine or other alcoholic drinks	Decanter
A squirrel’s home	Drey
A home for old people	Infirmary
A place for wild animals and birds	Menagerie
A house or shelter for a dog	Kennel
A place where pigs are kept	Sty
A case in which the blade of a sword is kept	Sheath ,Scabbard
A place where lather is tanned	Tannery
One who drives a motor car	Chauffeur
One who introduces performing artists on the stage programmes	Compere
One who studies the pattern of voting in elections	Psephologist
Government by old man	Gerontocracy
Government by the worst citizen	Kekistocracy
Government run universally	Panarcy
A funeral procession comprising a number of mourners	Cortege

Murder of one’s children	Filicide
Murder of one’s brother	Fratricide
Murder of one’s parents	Parricide
Murder of one’s sister	Sororicide
Live in relationship a man and a woman living without being married	Concubiange
Happening in five years	Quinquennial
150th anniversary	Sesquicentennial
A collection of poem	Anthology
A large number of cotton tied in a bundle	Bale
A large group of girls/ladies	Bevy
A pair of pigeons	Brace
Of inner circle of members of government	Caucus
A small person belonging to a body	Clique
A group[p of applauders i.e. paid to clap	Claque
A group of islands	Cluster
A group of worshipers	Congregation
A small fleet of boats	Flotilla
A number of fish caught (in net) caught at one time	Haul
A number of ruins, stones	Heap
Of young pigs, dogs at birth	Litter
A group of people who are the same in some way	Posse
A section of hair	Lock
A large number of fish swimming together	Shoal
A sequence of similar items	String
A flies or locusts, bees ,ants	Swarm
A framework of rafters, posts and bars	Truss
A large crowd of people	Throng
A group of dancers, artists or acrobats	Troupe
Of abusive invectives	Torrent
Of grass ,hair	Tuft
In questions	Barrage
The study of sounds	Acoustics
The science of soil management and the production of field crops	Agronomy
Chemistry in ancient times	Alchemy
Cultivation of tress and vegetables	Arboriculture
The study of duration of life	Chronology
The art of making fireworks	Chromatics

The study of cells, especially their formation structure and functions	Cytology
The study of finger prints for the purpose of identification	Dactylographic
The study of animal behaviour	Ethology
The study of production of better offspring by the careful selection of parents	Eugenics
The study of effect of environment on workers	Ergonomy
The sun therapy	Heliotherapy
The study of tissues	Histology
The study of teeth	Odontology
The study of correct pronunciation	Orthoepy
The art of method of teaching	Pedagogy
The study of rocks	Petrology
The study of written records their authenticity etc.	Philology
The study of speech sounds and production, transmission , reception	Phonetics
The study of human face	Physiognomy
The study of ancient writing	Palaeography
The art of elegant speech or writing	Rhetoric
The study of caves	Spelelogy
An admirer of art	Dilettante
Use of mild word in place of words required by truth	Euphemism
That which is pig like	Porcine
That is fox like	Vulpine
Study of law	Nomo logy
Study of fossils	Palaeontology
Statement that is obviously true	Platitude
Temple dedicated to all the gods	Pantheon
The study of physical phenomenon of lakes	Limnology
Serious crime like murder ,arson	Felony
Secret place difficult to reach	Recess
Secret religious meeting	Conventicle
Showing contemptuous indifference	Supercilious
A short summary of a book or speech	Epitome
A short saying or poem which express an idea in a very clever and amusing way	Epigram
Scornful and contemptuous language	Opprobrium
Science of time	Horology