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📚 One Word Substitution Practice
Choose an answer, then open the short learning card. Learn important one-word terms, their meanings, usage, and quick memory clues without losing practice rhythm.
Q1. A person who write decoratively
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Q2. Something that causes death
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Q3. A post with little work but high salary
Sinecure
A sinecure is a job or position that needs little work but gives a good salary or perks.
Think of "sin" + "cure" as a safe, easy job that "cures" nothing but pays well.
He landed a sinecure as a director with minimal duties but a high salary.
Q4. To look at someone in an angry or threatening way
Glower
Glower means to give a fixed, angry, or threatening look. It is often done with a scowling face.
Think: "glow" in look, but with anger—a hard, dark stare.
She glowered at the referee during the heated moment.
Q5. Pertaining to cattle
Bovine
Bovine means "pertaining to cattle." The other words refer to different animals or things: canine = dog, feline = cat, verminous = pests.
Think of cattle → bovine; other animal words are distinct (dog, cat).
The farmer studied bovine anatomy for better cattle care.
Q6. To struggle helplessly
Flounder
Flounder means to struggle or move with difficulty, often helplessly, like in rough water.
Think: when you "flounce" in water, you struggle; "flounder" is the same idea minus the grace.
The swimmer began to flounder in the strong waves.
Q7. Loss of memory
Amnesia
Amnesia means loss of memory; it is the term for memory loss.
Link: amnesia = memory loss state.
He woke up with amnesia and couldn’t remember his name.
Q8. Release of a prisoner from jail on certain terms and condition.
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Q9. Feeling inside you which tells you what is right and what is wrong
Conscience
Conscience is the inner feeling that guides what is right or wrong.
Think of it as your inner moral compass.
She followed her conscience and told the truth.
Q10. An inscription on a tomb.
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