One word Substitution – Vocab Builder – Part 6

One word Substitution – Vocab Builder – Part 6

1. Use of more words than are needed to express the meaning – Pleonasm

2 . A person who maliciously destroys by fire – incendiary

3. A heavy unnatural slumber – stupor

4. To do away with rules – abrogate

5. One who is likeable – Amiable

6. A woman of lax moral – Harlot

7. A person who makes and sells ladies hats, etc – milliner

8. The act of violating the sanctity of church – Sacrilege

9. A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge- Pedantic

10. Poem in short stanzas narrating a popular story-Ballad

11. Walk in a vain, self important way – Strut

12. Clumsy or ill bred fellow – Boor

13. A person who is skilled in horsemanship – Equestrian