One Word Substitutes – English Grammar

1. One who lives on animal flesh……Carnivorous

2. One who lives on plant food……Herbivorous

3. One who takes food of both animals and plants……Omnivorous

4. The art of elegant speech and writing……Rhetoric

5. A home for the mentally unsound and disabled……Asylum

6. A home for the old people……Infirmary

7. A speech made without any preparation……Extempore

8. A thing/magazine kept in the memory of a person or event…….Souvenir

9. A book that contains information on various subjects……Encyclopedia

10. Last performance of an artist before death……Swan song

11. A pledge given by a prisoner for temporary release……Parole

12. A general vote of the public to decide a question……Referendum

13. The common opinion of the public taken on an issue……Consensus

14. A place where dead bodies are kept……Mortuary

15. A medical examination conducted for dead bodies……Post mortem

16. An exact copy of handwriting or printing……Facsimile

17. A place where the government records are kept……Archives

18. A place where ammunition (weapons) is kept……Arsenal

19. An account published in news paper about the funeral of the dead……obituary

20. Words inscribed in the memory of dead man on his tomb……Epitaph