One Words Denoting Killings


 
 
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One Words Denoting Killings

One Word Substitution : - One Word Substitutions (Substitutes) may be defined as single words that are used in place of a group of words to denote a person, an object, a place, a state of mind a profession etc. In common parlance they are termed as single words used to make an expression brief and pertinent. Polonius in 'Hamlet', a play by Shakespeare, aptly remarks

"Therefore since brevity in the soul of wit.

The tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes I will be brief".

As such the use of one word substitutions tend to obviate the repetition of unnecessary words avoiding verbosity and ambiguity. Rambling style speaks of a rambling state of mind whereas brevity conveys telling effect.

Moreover, one word substitutions are indispensable while writing a precis of a given passage. A student is required not to exceed the limit of words. They come in handy in such situations. Hence their significance cannot be gainsaid and students are advised to learn them very seriously.A few of one word substitutes are given below for the benefit of the students.

One Words Denoting Killings/Deaths of Persons : -

  • Cemetery : - a graveyard where the dead are burried
  • Cortege : - a funeral procession comprising a number of mourners
  • Cremation : - a place where the last funeral rites are performed ground/Crematorium
  • Obituary : - an account in the newspaper about the funeral of the deceased
  • Elegy : - a poem of lamentation on the death of someone loved and admired
  • Epitaph : - words inscribed on the grave/tomb in the memory of the one burried
  • Filicide : - murder of one's children
  • Foeticide : - murder of a foetus
  • Fratricide : - murder of one's brother
  • Genocide : - murder of race
  • Homicide : - murder of a man/woman
  • Infanticide : - murder of an infant
  • Matricide : - murder of one's mother
  • Parricide : - murder of one's parents
  • Patricide : - murder of one's father
  • Regicide : - murder of king or queen
  • Suicide : - murder of oneself
  • Uxoricide : - murder of one's wife
  • Sororicide : - murder of one's sister
  • Mortuary : - a place where dead bodies are kept for postmortem
  • Morgue  : - a place where bodies are kept for identification
  • Postmortem : - Medical Examination of a dead body (Syn-Autopsy)
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    Question : 1

    Out of the four alternatives , choose the one which can be substituted for the given words / sentence .

    murder of a man/woman

    Right Option : C
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    Question : 2

    Out of the four alternatives , choose the one which can be substituted for the given words / sentence .

    A place where dead bodies are kept for postmortem

    Right Option : D
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    Question : 3

    Out of the four alternative, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words / sentences.

    Operation of the body after death .

    Right Option : A
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