One Word Substitution List - 5

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S.

No.

Phrase/Sentence/Meaning

One Word

Substitution

1.

“Whose meaning is difficult to understand”

Abstruse

2.

“That which is pig like”

Porcine

3.

“That which cannot be perceived by touch”

Intangible

4.

“That which cannot be put out or extinguished”

Inextinguishable

5.

“Something that is hidden”

Mystery

6.

“Sea with a group of many islands”

Archipelago

7.

“Secret agreement for a fraudulent purpose”

Collusion

8.

“Science of the constitution of the whole universe”

Cosmography

9.

“Reduction in a tax or debt”

Rebate

10.

“A medicine to counteract the effect of a poison”

Antidote

 

 

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