One Word Substitution
The use of many words where only a few are necessary (one word substitution)
Circumlocution
Circumspection
Circumscription
Circumvention
Circumlocution
Circumlocution: The use of unnecessarily wordy or indirect language to avoid being direct or to obscure the meaning of a statement.
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One who cannot be correctedA. Incorrigible
B. Incurable
C. Invulnerable
D. Hardened
Detaining and confining someone (one word substitution)
A. Interruption
B. Interrogation
C. Interment
D. Internment
That which is without opposition (one word substitution)
A. Unaware
B. Verdict
C. Unanimous
D. Spontaneous
To give oneยs authority to another (one word substitution)
A. Assign
B. Delegate
C. Represent
D. Designate
Science of diseases (one word substitution)
A. Philology
B. Pathology
C. Psychology
D. Virology
To agree to something (one word substitution)
A. Assure
B. Assent
C. Adapt
D. Adhere
Simple, fast-spreading plant without flowers of leaves, which can often cause disease (one word substitution)
A. Bacteria
B. Amoeba
C. Virus
D. Fungus
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