One Word Substitution |
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Person/ People |
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The stage of growth between boyhood
and youth |
Adolescent |
One who is not sure about God's
existence |
Agnostic |
One who does a thing for pleasure and
not as a profession |
Amateur |
One who is capable of using both hands |
Ambidextrous |
One who is both inwards and outwards
at times |
Ambivert |
A person who believes in or tries to
bring about a state of lawlessness |
Anarchist |
Madness or obsession with males |
Andromania |
One who loves men |
Androphile |
One who loves and admires the British |
Anglophile |
Strong, deep dislike |
Antipathy |
A person who has changed his faith |
Apostate |
A person appointed by two parties to
solve a dispute |
Arbitrator |
A person who deliberately sets fire
to a building |
Arsonist |
One who leads an austere life |
Ascetic |
One who does not believe in the
existence of God |
Atheist |
One who makes an official examination
of accounts |
Auditor |
One with unlimited power |
Autocrat |
Self-fertilization especially in
plants |
Autogamy |
Someone who loves collecting books |
Bibliophile |
Practicing two marriages (having two
wives) |
Bigamy |
An unconventional style of living |
Bohemian |
One who is bad in spellings |
Cacographer |
One who feeds on human flesh |
Cannibal |
The doctor who treats heart problems |
Cardiologist |
animal or man who eats flesh or other
animals |
Carnivorous |
A person who is blindly devoted to an
idea/ A person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism |
Chauvinist |
An expert in writing by hand |
Chirographer |
The doctor who attends to corns in
the feet and hands |
Chiropodist |
One who knows a lot about good food
and wine; A critical judge of any art and craft |
Connoisseur |
Perfectly, highly skilled reached the
zenith of art |
Consummate |
Persons living at the same time |
Contemporaries |
One who is recovering health after
illness |
Convalescent |
A girl/woman who flirts with man |
Coquette |
A person who regards the whole world
as his country |
Cosmopolitan |
One who easily believes others |
Credulous |
One who sneers at the beliefs of
others |
Cynic |
One who is a center of attraction |
Cynosure |
A person having a sophisticated charm |
Debonair |
A leader or orator who espoused the
cause of the common people |
Demagogue |
The doctor who treats skin diseases |
Dermatologist |
A dabbler (not serious) in art,
science and literature |
Dilettante |
A man who is womanish in his habits |
Effeminate |
One who often talks of his
achievements |
Egotist |
Someone who leaves one country to
settle in another |
Emigrant |
Mentally identifying oneself with
other person or a thing |
Empathy |
The doctor who specializes in root
canal and nerve treatment |
Endodontist |
Marriage within one's own tribe |
Endogamy |
One who is for pleasure of eating and
drinking |
Epicure |
Marriage outside one's tribe |
Exogamy |
One who turns his thoughts outwards |
Extrovert |
One who is filled with excessive
enthusiasm in religious matters |
Fanatic |
One hard to please (very selective in
his habits) |
Fastidious |
One who believes in fate |
Fatalist |
Living on fruits |
Frugivorous |
One who eat only fruits |
Fruitarian |
One who runs away from justice |
Fugitive |
One who walks on ropes |
Funambulist |
One whose eating habit is repulsive |
Glutton |
A lover of good food, One who enjoys
food with a sensual pleasure |
Gourmand |
One who has keen interest in food and
drinks |
Gourmet |
The doctor who deals with the female
reproductive system |
Gynecologist |
a person who is very fond of sensuous
enjoyment |
Hedonist |
A person who is controlled by wife |
Henpeck |
animal or one who hates grass |
Herbivorous |
A person who acts against religion |
Heretic |
People who have both male and female
sexual organs |
Hermaphrodite |
A person of intellectual or erudite
tastes |
Highbrow |
Conferred as an honour |
Honorary |
A patient with imaginary symptoms and
ailments |
Hypochondriac |
Someone who attacks cherished ideas
or traditional institutions |
Iconoclast |
Who behaves without moral principles |
Immoral |
A person who is incapable of being
tampered with |
Impregnable |
One who is beyond reform |
Incorrigible |
One who shows sustained enthusiastic
action with unflagging vitality |
Indefatigable |
One who is unable to pay his debts |
Insolvent |
One who takes part in dialogue or
conversation |
Interlocutor |
One who exhibits courage or
fearlessness |
Intrepid |
One who does not express himself
freely |
Introvert |
One who turns his thoughts inwards |
Introvert |
One who loves to speak |
Loquacious |
A person who is mentally ill |
Lunatic |
One who demands strict conformity to
rules |
Martinet |
Related to marriage |
Matrimony |
A person who primarily concerned with
making money at the expense of ethics |
Mercenary |
One who hates men |
Misandrist |
A person who dislikes humankind and
avoids human society |
Misanthrope |
One who hates mankind |
Misanthropist |
One who hates marriage |
Misogamist |
one who hates woman |
misogynist |
One who hates women |
Misogynist |
Practicing only one marriage (having
only one wife) |
Monogamy |
One who believes in the theory of
only one God |
Monotheist |
Someone in love with himself |
Narcissist |
One who walks at night |
Noctambulist |
Well known for bad qualities,
criminal |
Notorious |
One who collect coins as hobby |
Numismatist |
The doctor who attends to child
delivery |
Obstetrician |
One who is all powerful |
Omnipotent |
One who is present all over |
Omnipresent |
One who is all knowing |
Omniscient |
One who eats all kinds of food |
Omnivorous |
The doctor who treats eye diseases |
Ophthalmologist |
a person who looks at the bright side of
everything |
Optimist |
a baby without parents |
Orphan |
The doctor who straightens teeth |
Orthodontist |
The doctor who treats bone problems |
Orthopedician |
One who believes that God is union of
all forces of the universe |
Pantheist |
Fatherhood |
Paternity |
Something or someone makes you feel
deep sadness or pity |
Pathetic |
A father-like figure |
Patriarch |
An inheritance from father |
Patrimony |
One who loves his country |
Patriot |
A name framed after father's name |
Patronymic |
The doctor who treats gums |
Peridontist |
a person who looks at the dark side of
everything |
Pessimist |
One who loves without seriousness |
Philanderer |
A lover of mankind |
Philanthropist |
Love for mankind |
Philanthropy |
A person who likes or admires women |
Philogynist |
Fondness towards women |
Philogyny |
One who loves wisdom (hence pursues
it) |
Philosopher |
Living on fish |
Piscivorous |
woman having many husbands at one and
the same time |
Polyandry |
Practice of several marriages (having
many wives) |
Polygamy |
A person who speaks more than one
language |
Polyglot |
One who believes in many Gods |
Polytheist |
One who is extravagantly romantic,
chivalrous and impractical |
Quixotic |
One who lives in solitude |
Recluse |
One who walks in sleep |
Somnambulist |
One who talks while sleeping |
Somniloquist |
A person who is indifferent to the
pains and pleasures of life |
Stoic |
Excessive love for one's country |
Super patriotism |
One who is a boot licker, flatterer |
Sycophant |
Simultaneously affected by similar
feelings |
Sympathy |
One who doesn't consume alcohol |
Teetotaler |
A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman |
Termagant |
One who believes in the presence of
God |
Theist |
Battle among the Gods |
Theomachy |
Religious madness |
Theomania |
A person who shows a great or
excessive fondness for one's wife |
Uxorious |
One who eats no animal flesh |
Vegetarian |
One who can throw his voice |
Ventriloquist |
A shrewish loud-mouthed female |
Virago |
One who possesses outstanding
technical ability in a particular art or field |
Virtuoso |
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One
Word Substitution List for “Collection/ Group” |
|
A group of guns or missile launchers
operated together at one place |
Battery |
A large bundle bound for storage or
transport |
Bale |
A large gathering of people of a particular
type |
Bevy |
An arrangement of flowers that is
usually given as a present |
Bouquet |
A family of young animals |
Brood |
A group of things that have
been hidden in a secret place |
Cache |
A group of people, typically with
vehicles or animals travelling together |
Caravan |
A closed political meeting |
Caucus |
An exclusive circle of people with a
common purpose |
Clique |
A group of followers hired to applaud
at a performance |
Claque |
A series of stars |
Constellation |
A funeral procession |
Cortege |
A group of worshippers |
Congregation |
A herd or flock of animals being
driven in a body |
Drove |
A small fleet of ships or boats |
Flotilla |
A small growth of trees without
underbrush |
Grove |
A community of people smaller than a
village |
Hamlet |
A group of cattle or sheep or other
domestic mammals |
Herd |
A large group of people |
Horde |
A temporary police force |
Posse |
A large number of fish swimming
together |
Shoal |
A strong and fast-moving stream of
water or other liquid |
Torrent |
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Research/ Profession |
|
Study of sound and sound waves |
Acoustics |
The medieval forerunner of chemistry |
Alchemy |
A person who presents a
radio/television programme |
Anchor |
One who studies the evolution of
mankind |
Anthropologist |
The science or Study of human
development |
Anthropology |
Study of the influence of planets and
stars on human events |
Astrology |
A person who is trained to travel in
a spacecraft |
Astronaut |
Study of celestial bodies |
Astronomy |
Study of flying aero planes |
Aviation |
Study of living things |
Biology |
The scientific study of the
physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and
economic importance of plants |
Botany |
A person who writes beautiful writing |
Calligrapher |
Art related to ornate, good
handwriting |
Calligraphy |
A person who draws or produces maps |
Cartographer |
A person employed to drive a private
or hired car |
Chauffeur |
A person who composes the sequence of
steps for a performance of dance |
Choreographer |
The branch of biology concerned with
cyclical physiological phenomena |
Chronobiology |
The science of time order |
Chronology |
A person who introduces the
performers or contestants in a variety show |
Compere |
A keeper or custodian of a museum or
other collection |
Curator |
A secret or disguised way of writing |
Cypher |
The use of the fingers and hands to
communicate and convey ideas |
Dactylology |
The study of statistics |
Demography |
Study of the relation between the
organism and their environment |
Ecology |
Study of science of insects |
Entomology |
A person who sells and arranges cut
flowers |
Florist |
A line of descent traced continuously
from an ancestor |
Genealogy |
Study of hereditary, genes and
variation in living organisms |
Genetics |
Mapping of earth and its formation |
Geography |
Study of earth and rocks |
Geology |
Study of various aspects of aging |
Gerontology |
Study of handwriting |
Graphology |
The therapeutic use of sunlight |
Heliotherapy |
The art or practice of garden cultivation
and management |
Horticulture |
Study of the law of the flow of water
and other liquids |
Hydraulics |
One who supervises in the examination
hall |
Invigilator |
The theory or philosophy of law |
Jurisprudence |
A person who compiles dictionaries |
Lexicographer |
Printing using a stone or a metal
plate with a completely smooth surface |
Lithography |
Study of collection of coins, tokens,
paper money etc. |
Numismatics |
The scientific study of the structure
and diseases of teeth |
Odontology |
Study of birds |
Ornithology |
Scientific study of bodily diseases |
Pathology |
The branch of science concerned with
the origin, structure, and composition of rocks |
Petrology |
Study of languages |
Philology |
One who study the elections and trends
in voting |
Psephologist |
Study of election trends |
Psephology |
One who presents a radio program |
Radio Jockey |
The art of effective or persuasive
speaking or writing |
Rhetoric |
An artist who makes sculptures. |
Sculptor |
Study of religion |
Theology |
Study of religion |
Theology |
The scientific study of the behavior,
structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals |
Zoology |
Venue or Place |
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A building where animals are
butchered |
Abattoir |
That which falls to someone or
something |
Accident |
The school or college one attends |
Alma Mater |
A carriage for sick people |
Ambulance |
A place where bees are kept; a
collection of beehives |
Apiary |
A building containing tanks of live
fish of different species |
Aquarium |
A collection of historical documents
or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of
people |
Archives |
A place or scene of activity, debate,
or conflict |
Arena |
A collection of weapons and military equipment |
Arsenal |
An institution for the care of people
who are mentally ill |
Asylum |
The part of a theatre where people
who are watching and listening sit |
Auditorium |
A machine that functions by itself |
Automatic |
A self-moving vehicle |
Automobile |
A large cage, building, or enclosure
for keeping birds in |
Aviary |
A hole or tunnel dug by a small
animal, especially a rabbit, as a dwelling |
Burrow |
A collection of items of the same
type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place |
Cache |
A public room or building where
gambling games are played |
Casino |
A large burial ground, especially one
not in a churchyard |
Cemetery |
A room in a public building where
outdoor clothes or luggage may be left |
Cloakroom |
a Christian community of nuns living
together under monastic vows |
Convent |
Nursery where babies and young
children are cared for during the working day |
Creche |
A place where a dead person's body is
cremated |
Crematorium |
A stoppered glass container into
which wine or spirit is decanted |
Decanter |
Trees whose leaves fall every autumn |
Deciduous |
A large bedroom for a number of
people in a school or institution |
Dormitory |
The nest of a squirrel, typically in
the form of a mass of twigs in a tree |
Drey |
A storehouse for threshed grain |
Granary |
A room or building equipped for
gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise |
Gymnasium |
A large building with an extensive
floor area, typically for housing aircraft. |
Hangar |
A box or cage, typically with a wire
mesh front, for keeping rabbits or other small domesticated animals |
Hutch |
That which falls upon, befalls,
happens |
Incident |
A place in a large institution for
the care of those who are ill |
Infirmary |
A small shelter for a dog |
Kennel |
A place where wild animal live |
Lair |
A collection of wild animals kept in
captivity for exhibition |
Menagerie |
A place where coins, medals, or
tokens are made |
Mint |
A building occupied by a community of
monks living under religious vows |
Monastery |
A place where bodies are kept for
identification |
Morgue |
A place where objects are exhibited |
Museum |
That which falls on the western
countries |
Occidental |
A piece of enclosed land planted with
fruit trees |
Orchard |
A baby carriage |
Perambulator |
An optical device for projecting
various celestial images and effects |
Planetarium |
A place for feet or speaker's
platform |
Podium |
A large natural or artificial lake
used as a source of water supply |
Reservoir |
A room or building for sick children
in a boarding school |
Sanatorium |
An establishment for the treatment of
the chronically ill |
Sanatorium |
A small kitchen or room at the back
of a house used for washing dishes and another dirty household work |
Scullery |
A close-fitting cover for the blade
of a knife or sword |
Sheath |
A place for sun to enter where one
can sunbath |
Solarium |
A place where animal hides are tanned |
Tannery |
A large, tall cupboard in which
clothes may be hung or stored |
Wardrobe |
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Government |
|
A state of disorder due to absence or
non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems; Absence of
government |
Anarchy |
A form of government in which power
is held by the nobility; |
Aristocracy |
A system of government by one person
with absolute power |
Autocracy |
A self-governing country or region |
Autonomy |
A system of government in which most
of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by
elected representatives |
Bureaucracy |
A system of government by the whole
population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected
representatives |
Democracy |
Government by two agencies |
Diarchy |
A state, society, or group governed
by old people |
Gerontocracy |
A state or country run by the worst,
least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens |
Kakistocracy |
The rule or control of mother |
Matriarchy |
A form of government with a monarch
at the head |
Monarchy |
Government by new or inexperienced
hands |
Neocracy |
Government by the populace |
Ochlocracy |
A small group of people having
control of a country or organization |
Oligarchy |
A system of governing a country
suggesting a father-child relation |
Paternalism |
A system ruled or controlled by men |
Patriarchy |
Government by the wealthy |
Plutocracy |
Government by wealthy |
Plutocracy |
Government not connected with
religious or spiritual matters |
Secular |
Government by military class |
Stratocracy |
A political system based on
government of men by God |
Thearchy |
Government by divine guidance |
Theocracy |
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Phobia |
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An extreme or irrational fear of
heights |
Acrophobia |
An irrational fear of fresh air or
drafts of air |
Aerophobia |
An extreme or irrational fear of open
or public places |
Agoraphobia |
A phobia of pain |
Algophobia |
An abnormal fear of heights |
Altophobia |
An emotional disorder characterized
by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat |
Anorexia |
Fear of being egotistical, being
alone or isolated |
Autophobia |
An abnormal and persistent fear of
depths |
Bathophobia |
Morbid compulsion to steal books |
Bibliokleptomania |
Fear or hatred of books |
Bibliophobia |
Fear of ugliness and things that are
ugly |
Cacophobia |
An extreme fear about beauty |
Cellophobia |
A dislike of being in the centre |
Centrophobia |
Fear of time |
Chronophobia |
An extreme or irrational fear of
confined places |
Claustrophobia |
Fear of dogs |
Cynophobia |
A delusion of being possessed by evil
spirits |
Demonomania |
Morbid compulsion to keep on
consuming alcohol |
Dipsomania |
An abnormal and persistent fear of
drinking alcohol |
Dipsophobia |
An abnormal and persistent fear of
work or finding employment |
Ergophobia |
Fear of getting married, being in a
relationship, or commitment |
Gamophobia |
Physical or psychological fear of
sexual relations or sexual intercourse |
Genophobia |
Fear of old age |
Geraphobia |
Fear of knowledge |
Gnosiophobia |
Fear of writing or handwriting |
Graphophobia |
Fear of women |
Gynaephobia |
Fear of disease |
Haemetophobia |
An excessive fear or aversion to obtaining
pleasure |
Hedonophobia |
An irrational and intense fear of
travel |
Hodophobia |
Morbid compulsion to steal |
Kleptomania |
An obsessive fear of words |
Logophobia |
Madness with obsession with something |
Mania |
Morbid delusion of power, importance
or godliness |
Megalomania |
An extreme fear of wind or drafts |
Menemophobia |
Person with one-track mind |
Monomania |
Compulsion to tell lies |
Mythomania |
An extreme or irrational fear of the
night or of darkness |
Nyctophobia |
Morbid, uncontrollable desire on the part
of a woman |
Nymphomania |
Fear of medication |
Pharamacophobia |
Morbid compulsion to start a fire |
Pyromania |
Morbid, uncontrollable desire on the
part of a man |
Satyromania |
Fear of death |
Thanatophobia |
Extreme superstition regarding the
number thirteen |
Triskaidekaphobia |
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Murder/ Death |
|
A solemn procession, especially for a
funeral |
Cortege |
A poem of serious reflection,
typically a lament for the dead |
Elegy |
A phrase or form of words written in
memory of a person who has died |
Epitaph |
Killing of one's son or daughter |
Filicide |
Destruction or abortion of a fetus |
Foeticide |
Killing of one's brother or sister |
Fratricide |
Killing of a large group of people |
Genocide |
Killing of one person by another |
Homicide |
Killing of infants |
Infanticide |
Burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb |
Interment |
The killing of one's husband |
Mariticide |
Killing of one's mother |
Matricide |
A room or building in which dead
bodies are kept |
Mortuary |
A news article that reports the
recent death of a person |
Obituary |
Killing of a parent or other near
relative |
Parricide |
Killing of one's father |
Patricide |
An examination of a dead body to
determine the cause of death |
Postmortem |
Action of killing a king |
Regicide |
Killing of one's sister |
Sororicide |
Act of intentionally causing one's
own death |
Suicide |
Killing of one's wife |
Uxoricide |
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speech and written works |
|
Book containing all the published
work of an author |
Omnibus |
A written message from far off place |
Telegraph |
Informal, less grammatically rigid
language |
Colloquial |
Talking around, a method of talking
indirectly |
Circumlocution |
Generous, forgiving talk |
Magniloquent |
Expressive in the use of words |
Eloquent |
High sounding pompous speech or
writing |
Grandiloquent |
A signature of a celebrity (signature
of oneself) |
Autograph |
Walk before hand or an introductory
statement |
Preamble |
Writing of one's life story |
Biography |
Writing of one's own life story |
Autobiography |
Written by light |
Photograph |
Few words packed with meaning,
concise |
Laconic |
A speech to oneself, alone |
Soliloquy |
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Sound |
|
The branch of physics concerned with
the properties of sound |
Acoustics |
The sound of Alligators |
Bellow |
The sound of Deers |
Bell |
The sound of Crows |
Caw |
The sound of Geese |
Cackle |
The sound of Hens |
Cluck |
The sound of Dolphins |
Click |
The sound of Frogs |
Croak |
The sound of Crickets |
Creak |
The sound of Monkeys |
Gibber |
The sound of Camels |
Grunt |
The sound of Owls |
Hoot |
The sound of Penguins |
Honk |
The sound of Cattle |
Moo |
The sound of Horses |
Neigh |
The sound of Nightingales |
Pipe |
The sound of Ducks |
Quack |
The sound of Parrots |
Screech |
The sound of Rats |
Squeak |
The sound of Birds |
Twitter |
The sound of Elephants |
Trumpet |
The sound of Mosquitoes |
Whine |
“Generic Terms” |
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An act of abdicating or renouncing
the throne |
Abdication |
A story, poem, or picture that can be
interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one |
Allegory |
An annual calendar containing
important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and
tide tables |
Almanac |
To walk aimlessly |
Amble |
A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that
is born in water and breathes with gills |
Amphibian |
Someone or something out of time |
Anachronism |
A statement or proposition on which
an abstractly defined structure is based |
Axiom |
A nation or person engaged in war or
conflict, as recognized by international law |
Belligerent |
An examination of tissue removed from
a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease |
Biopsy |
The action or offence of speaking
sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk |
Blasphemy |
A thing occurring again and again for
a long time |
Chronic |
An instrument which records short
intervals of time |
Chronograph |
The arrangement of events or dates in
the order of their occurrence |
Chronology |
A highly accurate timepiece |
Chronometer |
To walk around a place especially in
a ritual fashion |
Circumambulate |
Careful, cautious watch on
surroundings |
Circumspect |
When two things befall together |
Coincident |
A vigorous campaign for political,
social, or religious change |
Crusade |
Lasting for a very short time |
Ephemeral |
Release someone from a duty or
obligation |
Exonerate |
To send out of one's native country |
Expatriate |
Spoken or done without preparation |
Extempore |
Fond of company |
Gregarious |
Making marks that cannot be removed |
Indelible |
Certain to happen |
Inevitable |
Incapable of making mistakes or being
wrong |
Infallible |
To examine carefully |
Inspect |
Examine one's motives or look inwards |
Introspect |
Easy to shape in different form |
Maleable |
A sentimental longing or wistful
affection for a period in the past |
Nostalgia |
Capable of moving in all directions |
Omnidirectional |
A solution or remedy for all
difficulties or diseases |
Panacea |
A doctrine which identifies God with
the universe |
Pantheism |
Excessively concerned with minor
details or rules |
Pedantic |
which can be destroyed easily |
Perishable |
The practice of taking someone else's
work or ideas and passing them off as one's own |
Plagiarism |
Easy to carry to long distance |
Portable |
A child born after the death of its
father |
Posthumous child |
Safe to drink |
Potable |
A forward look or a view into future |
Prospect |
The emblems or insignia of royalty |
Regalia |
A backward look or a view into the
past |
Retrospect |
Violation or misuse of what is
regarded as sacred |
Sacrilege |
A position requiring little or no
work but giving the holder status or financial benefit |
Sinecure |
A thing that is kept as a reminder of
a person, place, or event |
Souvenir |
A doubtful look or examination of
one's motives |
Suspect |
Make to happen at the same time |
Synchronize |
An imaginary ideal society free of
poverty and suffering |
Utopia |
Denoting a sin that is not regarded
as depriving the soul of divine grace |
Venial |
In exactly the same words as were
used originally |
Verbatim |
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