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❤️ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION Being unable to pay one's debt =Insolvent ●The study of the functions of the body =Physiology ●The science of foretelling events by stars =Astrology ●Government by officials in a state =Bureaucracy ●An office without any work but high pay =Sinecure ● Medicine to counteract the effect of a poison =Antidote ●An admirer of art =Dilettante ●A man having the qualities of women =Effeminate ●That which cannot be moved =Immobile ●The study of insects =Entomology ●Word for word =Verbatim ●Wish to do good to others =Benevolence ●Whose meaning is difficult to understand =Abstruse ●Way out for water or steam =Outlet ●Want of sleep =Insomnia ●Usual behaviour of a social group =Custom ●Use of mild words in place of words required by truth =Euphemism ●Troops trained for dropped by parachute =Paratroops ●Touch or stroke lovingly =Fondle / caress ●A traditional story related to deities =Myth ●That which is pig like =Porcine ●Thing to be corrected in a printed book =Corrigendum ●Things taken by robbers =Booty ●That which is lion like =Leonine ●That which is fox like =Vulpine ●That which is dog like =Canine ●That which exists separately from other people =Independent ●That which cannot be perceived by touch = Intangible ●That which cannot be calculated =Incalculable ●That which can be rooted out =Eradicable ●Study of the development of plants and animals from earlier forms =Genealogy ●Study of the oceans and their phenomena =Oceanography ●Study of law =Nomology ●Study of fossils =Paleontology ●The study of ancient things like tombs, buried towns =Archaeology ●Strong desire for food , wealth =Greed ●Strong feeling of dislike = Antipathy ●Stream flowing into another big river =Tributary ●Stealing from the writings of others =Plagiarism ●Statement that is obviously true =Platitude ●That which can be easily believed =Credible