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->to agree to something

-assent

->a person who withdraw from the world to live in seclusion and
often in solitude
-recluse
->a lover of books

-bibliophile

->occurring irregular intervals in time

-sporadic

->to keep a great person or event in peoples memory


commemorate

->person who insists on adherence to formal rules or literally


meaning
-pedant
->calmness and indifference to suffering

-stoicism

->the practice of having more than one husband


polyandry

->seeing something which is not actually present


hallucination

->with much liveliness and a sense of purpose

-jauntily

->belief that war and violence are unjustified

-pacifism

->a group of girls

-bevy

->one who knows many languages

-linguist

->one who does not follow the usual rules of social justice
-bohemian
->placing a thing beside another

-impose

->to throw or drop unnecessary goods or fuel from a ship or space


craft
-jettison
->wild and noisy disorder

-pandemonium

->motion of head ,hands to express attitude

-gesture

->bitter and violent attacks in words

-diatribe

->treatment by means of exercise and massage


physiotheraphy

->the abandonment of ones country or cause

-desertion

->one who hides away on a ship to obtain a free passage


-stowaway
-> clues available at a scene
circumstantial

->an unexpected piece of good fortune

-windfall

->an emolument over and above fixed income or salary


honorarium
->the animals of a particular region

-fauna

->code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence


protocol

->to renounce a high position of authority or control


abdicate

->not to be moved by entreaty


despotic

->an object or portion serving as a sample


specimen

->the practice of submitting a proposal to popular vote


referendum

->the worship of idols or images

-idolatry

->something that is poisonous or unhealthy


toxic

->a remedy for all disease

-panacea

->a hater of mankind


misanthrope

->one who uses fear as a weapon of power


terrorist

->a small piece of wood

-chip

->mania for setting fires


pyomania

->a post with little work and high salary

-sinecure

->something that causes death


fatal

->a person who writes decoratively


calligrapher

->pertaining to cattle

-bovine

->to took at someone in an angry or threatening way


glower

->a government in which all regions are honoured


secular

->a place where government /public record are kept


archive

->living together of a man and woman without being married to


each other
-concubinage
->too much official formality

-red tapism

->dry weather with no rainfall

-drought

->a person who breaks into a house in order to steal


burglar
->the study of maps

-cartography

->tough tissues in joints

-ligaments

->the first model of a new device

-prototype

->a building where audience sits

-auditorium

->speed of an object in one direction

-velocity

->theft of another persons writings or ideals and passing them


off as ones own
-pagiarism

->the study of insects

-entomology

->list of issues discuss at a meeting

-agenda

->an under hand device resorted to in order to justify misconduct


-manoeuvre
->impossible to describe

-in effable

->one who criticizes popular beliefs which he thinks is mistaken or


unwise
-iconoclast
->detaining and confining someone

-internment

->science of the races of mankind

-ethnology

->a raised place which offerings to a god are made

-altar

->to talk much without coming to the point


circumlocution

->that which ca be easily broken

-brittle

->a place where a wild animals lives

-lair

->a person with a long experience of any occupation


veteran

->words written on a tomb

-epitaph

->stealthily done

-surreptitious

->something no longer in use

-obsolete

->one not concerned with right or wrong

-amoral

->a person who can appreciate art, music, etc


connoisseur

->two words different in spelling and meaning but pronounced


alike
-homonyms
->a service self seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering
people
-sycophant
->an abnormal fear of high places

-acrophobia

->the belief nothing can be known about god

-agnosticism

->one who deserts his principles or party

-renegade

->one who intervences between two or more parties to settle


differences
-intermediary
->the habit of admiring of always oneself

-narcissim

->to take back withdraw or renounce

-recant

->a pen for small animals

-hutch

->a person who insists on adherence to formal rules or literary


meaning
-pedant
->calmness and indifference to suffering

-stocism

->the practice of having more than one husband


polyandry

->seeing something which is not actually present


hallucination

->with much liveliness and a sense of purpose

-jauntily

->to feel or express dis approval of something or someone


-deprecate
->handwriting that cant be read

-illegible

->animals that can live on land and water


amphibians
->easily duped or fooled
->fear of water

-gulible

-hydrophobia

->one who collects coins

-numismatist

->a system of government in which only one political party is


allowed to function
-totalitarianism
->customs and habits of a particular group

-mores

->a body of persons appointed to hear evidence and give their


verdict in traits
-jury
->indifference to pleasure or pain

-stocism

->an involuntary action under a stimulus is described as a


-reflex
->a continuous process of change is known as

-flux

->the use of many words where only a few words are necessary
-circumlocution
->circular building or hall with a dome

-rotunda

->one who is a citizen not of a country but of the world coosmopolitan


->release of a prisoner from jail on certain terms and conditions
-parole
->loss of memory

-amnesia

->to struggle helplessly

-flounder

->a man of letters

-proficient in literary art

->a person who is physically dependent on a substance


addict
->a child born after the death of its father is called
posthumous

-a

->a movement of a part of the body to express an idea or feeling


-gesture
->a legal agreement by which a person borrows money from a
bank usually to buy a house
-mortgage
->failing to discharge ones duty
->a person who loves mankind
->to confirm with the help of evidence

-dereliction
-philanthropist
-corroborate

->the action of looking within or into ones own mind


introspection

->one who has narrow and prejudice religious views


fanatic

->capable of being interpreted in two ways


ambiguous

->able to use the left hand as well as the right hand


ambidextrous

->one who hates women


misogynist

->a system of naming things


nomenclature

->a cure for all disease

-panacea

->a raised passage way in a building


walkaway

->a person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and
often in solitude
recluse
->occurring at irregular intervals in time

-sporadic

->to keep a great person or event in peoples memory


commemorate
->belief that war and violence are unjustified

-pacifism

->a short poem or speech addressed to the spectators at the


beginning of a drama
-prologue
->one who loves books
bibliophile

->belief that god is everything and that everything is god


-pantheism
->a picture of person or a thing drawn in such a highly
exaggerated manner as to cause laughter
caricature
->the state of being miserable bereft of all possessions
destitute

->that which cannot be called back


irrevocable

->one who journeys from place to place

-itinerant

->printed notice of someones death


obituary

->a room leading into a large room or hall


anteroom

->just punishment for doing wrong

-nemesis

->constant efforts to achieve something


preserverance

->a person who has no money to payoff his debts


insolvent

->words uttered impiously about god


blasphemy

->one who compiles a dictionary


lexicographer

->a test in which cells from diseased organs are removed and
tested
-biopsy
->one who goes to settle in another country
emigrant

->belongs to all parts of the world


cosmopolitan

->one who walks on ropes

-acrobat

->the study of the origin and history of words


etymology

->woman trained to help other woman in child birth


wife

-mid

->a person with full discretionary powers to acts on behalf of a


country
-plenipotentiary

->the science of judging a persons character capabilities etc from


an examination of the shape of his skull
-phrenology
->not easily pleased by anything
fastidious

->more like a woman than a man in manners and habits


-effeminate
->to play the part of and function as some other person
-impersonate
->to die without having made a will

-intestate

->one who enjoys inflicting pain on himself


masochist
->murder of a brother

-fratricide

-> a set of human mind and behavior


trilogy

->the study of practice of dancing or composing ballets


choreography

->having juicy or fleshy and thick tissues


succulent

->one who accepts pleasure and pain equally

-stoic

->one who thinks or speaks too much of himself


egotist

->an exact copy of handwriting or a picture produced by a


machine
-facsimile
->a study of sounds is known as
phonetics
->to reduce to nothing
->an obviously true or hackneyed statement
truism

-null
-

->a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase


-acronym
->a person of obscure position who has gained wealth
-parvenu
->an animal living on fish
piscivore

->can be read clearly


legible

->the act of killing ones own father


-patricide
->governments runs its administration through departments
staffed by civil servants
-bureaucracy
->person who directs preparation of a newspapers
editors

->a person who does not think or behave like everyone


maverick

->child of unusual or remarkable talent

-prodigy

->an extract who supports or speaks in favor of something


advocate

->the firing of many guns at the same time to mark an occasion


-fusillade
->a word that reads the same backwards as forwards
palindrome
->a person who is self centerd

-egoist

->a principle or standard by which anything is or can be judged


-criterion
->a state where no law and order exists
->something that is beyond the power of nature
supernatural

-anarchy
-

->walk in a proud and confident way


swagger

->the part of a stage in front of the curtain


podium

->one who does something not professionally but for pleasure


-amateur
->wild and noisy disorder
pandemonium

->a person who is solely motivated by money or personal gain


-mercenary
->to feel or express disapproval of something or someone
-deprecate
->to run away with a lover
elope

->science of heredity
genetics

->arrangement in order of occurrences


chronological

->occurring at night

-nocturnal

->determine the nature of disease


diagnose

->one who collects coins


numismatist

->a system of government in which only one political party is


allowed to function
-totalitarianism
->customs and habits of a particular group
-mores
->a body of persons appointed to hear evidence and give their
verdict in trails
-jury

->indifference to pleasure or pain


stocism

->an involuntary action under a stimulus is described as a


-reflex
->a continuous process of change is known as
-flux
->the use of many words where only few words are necessary
-circumlocution
->circular building or hall with a dome
-rotunda
->one who is a citizen not of a country but of the world
-cosmopolitan
->printed notice of somebodys death
-obituary
->a room leading into a large room or hall
-anteroom
->just punishment of wrong doing
nemesis

->a person who has just started learning


apprentice

->a low area storm with high winds rotating about a center of low
atmospheric pressure
-cyclone
->an underhand device resorted to in order to justify misconduct
-manoeuvre
->impossible to describe
ineffable

->one who criticizes popular beliefs which he thinks is mistaken or


unwise
-iconoclast

->detaining and confining someone


internment

->science of the races of mankind


ethnology

->one who knows many languages


linguist

->one who does not follow the usual rules of social life
-bohemian
->placing a thing besides another
impose

->to throw or drop unnecessary goods or fuel from a ship


-jettison
->wild and noisy disorder
pandemonium

->to be biased against


prejudiced

->bitter and violent attacks in words


-diatribe
->treatment by means of exercise and massage
-physiotherapy
->the abandonment of ones country or cause
-desertion
->one who hides away on a ship to obtain a free passage
-stowaway
->clues available at a scene
circumstantial

->an unexpected piece of good fortune


windfall

->an emolument over and above fixed income or salary


-honorarium

->the animals of a particular region


fauna

->code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence


-protocol
->to renounce a high position of authority or control
-abdicate
->not to be moved by entreaty
-despotic
->an object or portion serving as a sample
-specimen
->the practice of submitting a proposal to popular vote
-referendum
->a place where birds are kept
-aviary
->a method which never fails
unflinching

->something which cannot be lived


incredible

->body of a human being or animal emblazed for burial


-mummy
->of very bad morals characterized by debasement
-depraved
->the worship of idols and images
idolatry

->something that is poisonous or unhealthy


-toxic
->a hater of mankind
misanthrope

->irresistible craving for alcoholic drinks


dispsomania

->an inscription on a tomb


epitaph

->feeling inside you which tells you what is right and what is
wrong
-conscience
->release of a prisoner from jail on certain terms and condition
-parole
->loss of memory
amnesia

->to struggle helplessly


flounder

->a woman whose husband is dead


widow

->to take one to task


rebuke

->that which lasts for a short time


transitory

->ready to believe anything


credulous

->a four footed animal


quadruped

->a person who believes in the total abolition of war


-fascist
->constant efforts to achieve something
perseverance

->a post with little work but high salary


sinecure

->something that causes death


-fatal
->a person who writes decoratively
calligrapher

->pertaining to cattle
bovine

->to took at someone in an angry or threatening way


-glower
->a government in which all religions are honoured
- secular
->a place where government/public records are kept
-archive
->living together of a man and woman without being married to
each other
-concubinage
->too much official formality
tapism

-red

->dry weather with no rainfall


drought

->a person who breaks into a house in order to steal


-burglar
->the study of maps
cartography
->tough tissues in joints
ligaments

->speed of an object in one direction


-velocity
->theft of another persons writings or ideas and passing them off
as ones own
-pagiarism
->the study of insects
entomology

->list issues to be discussed at a meeting


-agenda
->detaining and confining someone
internment

->science of the races of mankind


ethnology

->a short stay of a place


sojourn

->a raised place on which offerings to a god are made


-altar
->to talk much without coming to the point
circumlocution

->that which can be easily broken

-brittle

->a place where a wild animal lives

-lair

->a person with a long experience of any occupation


veteran

->stealthy done
surreptitious

->something no longer in use

-obsolete

->one no concerned with right or wrong

-amoral

->a person who can appreciate art, music


connoisseur

->two words different in spelling and meaning but pronounced


alike
-homonyms
->a service self seeker who attempts to win favour by flattering
people
-sycophant
->an abnormal fear of high places

-acrophobia

->the belief that nothing can be known about god


agnosticism

->one who deserts his principles or party

-renegade

->one who interferences between two or more parties to settle


differences
-intermediary
->the habit of always admiring oneself

-narcissism

->to take back withdraw or renounce

-recant

->a pen for small animals

-hutch

->person who insists on adherence to formal rules or literary


meaning
-pedant
->calmness and indifference to suffering

-stocism

->the practice of having more than one husband


polyandry

->seeing something which is not actually present


hallucination

->with much liveliness and a sense of purpose

-jauntily

->to feel or express disapproval of something or someone


deprecate

->a system of government in which only one political party is


allowed to function
-totalitarianism
->customs and habits of a particular group
mores

->a body of persons appointed to hear evidence and give their


verdict in trails
-jury
->indifference to pleasure or pain

-stocism

->an involuntary action under a stimulus is described as a


reflex
->in cold blood

-angry

->one who looks at the bright side of things


optimist

->one who looks at the dark side of things


pessimist

->one who does not believe in god

-atheist

->one who believes in god

-theist

->one who knows everything


omniscient

->one who is all powerful


omnipotent

->that which has a double meaning


controversial

->incapable of making errors

-infallible

->governed by a sense of duty


conscientious

->that which is no longer fashionable


ancient

->murder of a king

-regicide

->a place where birds are kept


aviary

->one who is unaffected or indifferent to joy pain pleasure or grief


-stoic
->a person who is greatly respected because of wisdom
venerable
->an excessively morbid desire to steal
kleptomania

->prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported


-contraband
->intentional destruction of racial groups
genocide

->a person in a vehicle or on horseback escorting another vehicle


-outride
->an apartment building in which each apartment is owed
separately by the people living in it but also containing shared
areas
-condominium
->a group of three powerful people

-triumvirate

->operation of the body after death

-post mortem

->not allowing the passage of light

-opaque

->science regarding principles of classification


taxonomy

->a political leader appealing popular desires and prejudices


-demagogue
->enclosed in a small closed space
claustrophobia

->more like a woman than a man in manners and habits


-effeminate
->to play the part of and function as some other person
impersonate
->not easily pleased by anything
->to die without having a will

-fastidious
-intestate

->one who enjoys inflicting pain of himself


masochist

->murder of a brother or sister

-fratricide

->a study of sounds is known as


phonetics

->to reduce to nothing

-annual

->an obviously true (or) hackneyed statement

-truism

->a person of obscure position who has gained wealth


parvenu
->science of human mind and behavior

-psychology

->a set of three related words by the same author

-trilogy

->the study or practice of dancing or composing ballets


choreography
->having juicy or fleshy and thick tissues
succulent

->one who thinks or speaks too much of himself

-egotist

->a exact copy of handwriting or a picture produced by a machine


-facsimile
->that which has a double meaning

-ambiguous

->incapable of making errors

-infallible

->governed by a sense of duty


conscientious

-a person who is kept in a prison or mental hospital

-inmate

->person who is not loyal to his or her own country-traitor


->person a young member of a family was born into a famous rich
family
-scion
->persons used as a symbol to represent a group

-mascot

->a person who lives in solitude in a simple way especially for


religious reasons
-hermit
->a person who is first to discover something new and makes
popular
-trailblazer
->persons who own or control a large part of particular industry
-baron
->persons who are between 40 and 49 years old
quadragenarian

->persons who have very strong feeling about religious -zealot


->a person who leads to an immoral life

-libertine

->one who hates marriage

-misogamist

->
->one who cant be corrected

-incurable

->a general pardon granted by the government to political


offenders
-amnesty
->one who hates woman

-misogynist

->a person who consumes human flesh

-cannibal

->a study of human race

-anthropology

->an expert in an area of the fine or other arts


connoisseur

->the art of preserving skin of animals,birds


taxidermy

->chanting of magic spells

-incartation

->having infinite power

-omnipotent

->a feeling of fondness mixed with some sadness for something


in the past
-nostalgia
->dying without making a will

-intestate

->the book won the prestigious award after the death of its author
-posthumously
->spending too much time thinking about and admiring ones own
appearance or abilities
narcissism
->socio economic order that existed in medieval Europe
feudalism
->scholarly and learned

-erudite

->a system of government in which the laws of the state are


believed to be the laws of god
-theocracy
->a round or cylindrical container used for storing things such as
food, chemicals or rolls of film
-vessel
->a place of permanent residence
->that cant be altered or withdrawn
irrevocable

-abode
-

->money paid to employees on retirement


gratuity
->a place where clothes are kept

-wardrobe

->a raised place on which offerings to a god are made


altar

->something that cant be explained


inexplicable

->a written declaration made on oath in the presence of a


magistrate
-affidavit
->a person who thinks only about himself and not about others
needs
-egocentric
->a guide post pointing out the way for a place
finger post

->government by a small group of all powerful persons


oligarchy

->one indifferent to art and literature is

-philistine

->open to injure or criticism


vulnerable

->a narrow piece of land connecting two masses of land


isthmus

->a person eighty years of age


octogenarian

->too much official formality


tapism

-red

->enclosure for birds

-aviary

->the cant be conquered


invincible
->hard to please
fastidious

->speaking without preparation


extempore

->special trail of the head of state by parliament


impeachment

->someone able to use both hands with equal skill


ambidextrous

->one who deserts his principles or party


renegade

->one who intervenes between two or more parties to settle


differences
-intermediary
->the habit of always admiring oneself
narcissism

->to talk back withdraw or renounce


recant

->instruments used to measure atmospheric pressure


barometer

->one who tends to take a hopeful view of life

-optimist

->belongings to all parts of world

-universal

->to be known as bad acts

-notorious

->words of similar meaning


synonyms

->a short stay at a place

-sojourn

->a general excuse granted by government to political offenders


-pardon
->one who hates marriage

-misogamist

->one who cant be corrected

-incorrigible

->a school boy who cuts classes frequently


->detailed plan of journey

-itinerary

-truant

->stealing of ideas or writings of someone else


plagiarism

->a person who consumes human flesh -cannibal


->the production of raw silk

-sericulture

->politicians are notorious for doing undue favour to their


relatives
-nepotism
->a person who helps even a stranger in difficulty
samaritan
->a person who readily believes others

-credulous

->meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to


impress
-rhetoric
->the political leader had an evil reputation. he is not trusted
-dubious
->the conference takes place once in three years

-triennial

->a person who is greatly respected because of wisdom


venerable
->an excessively morbid desire to steal
->garrulous
->tinsel
->labyrinth
->cordial
->instinctive
->venial

-kleptomania

-talking a lot
-strips of shiny metal, used as decorations
-a complicated series of paths
-pleasant and friendly. sweet fruited soft drink
-without thinking
-not very serious and therefore able to be forgiven

->parsimony

-unwilling to spend money

->tribulation

-great trouble or suffering

->lunacy

-behavior that is stupid or crazy

->obtuse
sharp

-slow or unwilling to understand something not

->inadvertently
unintentionally

-without knowledge, by accident,

->rampart
-a high wide wall of stone or earth a path on
top built around a castle town
->hallucination-not really
->salacious
->derive

-encouraging sexual desire


-to come or develop from something

->retrench

-to spend less money

->aggravate
situation worse

-to make illness or a bad or unpleasant

->indelible

-impossible to forget or remove permanent

->citadel

-a castle on high ground in or near a city

->stern

-serious, strict, severe, harsh

->aberration
not usual
->dwindle
->dormant

-a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is


-to become gradually less
-not active

->revere

-love unquestioning and uncritically

->erudite

-having or showing knowledge

->grating

-unpleasant to listen

->capricious

-unpredictable, changeable

->lassitude

-a state of feeling tired in mind or body

->allure
->condone

-the quality of being attractive and exciting


-to accept behavior that is morally wrong

->a school boy who cuts classes frequently

-truant

->stealing of ideas or writings of someone

-plagiarism

->the production of raw silk

-sericulture

->politicians are notorious for doing undue favor to their relatives


-nepotism
->a person who readily believes others -credulous
->meaning less language with an exaggerated style intended to
impress
-rhetoric
->the political leader had an evil reputation he is not trusted
-dubious
->the conference takes place once in three years

-triennial

->one who is unaffected or indifferent of joy pain pleasure or grief


-stoic
->a person who is greatly respected because of wisdom
venerable
->an excessively morbid desire to steal

-kleptomania

->prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported


-contraband
->intentional destruction of racial groups

-genocide

->a person in a vehicle or on a horseback escorting another


vehicle
-outrider
->one who studies the pattern of voting in election
psephology
->one who studies evolution of mankind
->one who draws maps

-anthropologist
-cartographer

->absence of government

-anarchy

->government by the nobles

-aristocracy

->government by the one person

-autocracy

->the right of self-government

-autonomy

->government run by the officials is called


->government by the people

-democracy

-bureaucracy

->government by the old men

-gerontocracy

->government by the inexperienced persons is called

-neocracy

->government by the rich is called -plutocracy


->government run universally

-panarchy

->government by the few persons -oligarchy


->government by mob

-ochlocracy

->murder of ones children is called -fillicide


->murder of a foetus

-foeticide

->murder of ones brother

-fratricide

->murder of a man

-homicide

->murder of a king or queen is called


->murder of ones mother

-matricide

->murder of ones parents

-patricide

->murder of ones wife

-uxoricide

-regicide

->the practise of having two wives or husbands at a time is called


-bigamy
->sound of apes called

-gibber

->sound made by brakes

-screech

->clang means resonant metallic sound


->bray means sound of asses
->moan means sound by a person in agony
->drone means sound made by beetles
->jingle means sound of the bells
->chirp means sound of the birds
->sound made by the camels is called
->sound of cats

-grunt
-mew

->sound of chains

-clank

->sound of cattle

-low

->creak is the sound of

-doors

->a person not sure of the existence of the god


->a man of odd habits

-agnostic

-eccentric

->deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others

-sadism

->the power of reading the thoughts of others

-telepathy

->of unknown and unadmitted authorship

-anonymous

->one who can use either of his hands with ease


ambidextrous

->part of a church in which bells are housed

-belfry

->living for years and years

-perennial

->words inscribed on a tomb

-epitaph

->to remove an objectionable from a book

-expurgate

->the policy of extending a countrys empire and influence


-imperialism
->the killing of ones brother or sister
->one who loves mankind

-fratricide

-philanthropist

->animals living on land and water

-amphibian

->thing that can be felt or touched

-palpable

->a person who readily changes parties or principles


turncoat
->anything which destroys the effect of poison
->a fixed orbit in space in relation to earth

-antidote
-geo stationary

->to talk without respect of something sacred or holy


blasphemy
->person believing in free will

-libertarian

->to cause troops etc spread out In readliness for battle


deploy

->the doctrine that human souls pass from one body to another at
the time of death
-transmigration
->one who cannot be changed or reformed

-incorrigible

->a person who is unable to pay off his debts -insolvent


->a person who eats too much

-glutton

->a large number of bullets fired at the same time

-fusillade

->story that can hardly be believed -incredible


->study of caves

-speleology

->a person who rules without consulting the opinion of others


-autocrat
->a post without remuneration

-honorary

->person who believes that god is everything and everything is


god -pantheist
->to supply land with water by artificial means

-irrigate

->one who forcibly seizes of an aircraft

-hijacker

->science of disease

-pathology

->a mild or indirect expression substituted for an offensive harsh


on
-euphemism
->a short moral story

-parable

->all the arts beliefs and social institutions etc. characteristic of a


race
-culture
->a special fondness or linking for

-penchant

->to slap with a flat object

-swat

->through which the light cannot pass

-opaque

->stealing from the writings of others

-plagiarism

->branch of medicine dealing with the problems of the old


-geriatrics
->a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others
philanthrophist
->concluding the part of a literary work
->one who is beyond reform

-epilogue

-incorrigible

->one who secretly listens to talk of others

-eavesdropper

->materials that change naturally by the action of bacteria


-biodegradable
->custom of having many wives

-ploygamy

->a person who travels to a sacred as an act of religious devotion


-piligrim
->an establishment for the medical treatment of people who are
convalescing or have a chronicle illness
-sanatorium
->the act of killing ones wife

-uxoricide

->a person who is unable to pay off his debts -insolvent


->a person of obscure position who has gained wealth
parvenu
->a study of sounds is known as
->one who is beyond reform

-phonetics
-incorrigible

->an act or expression of criticism and censure

-reproof

->a person living permanently in a certain place

-domicile

->relationship by blood or birth


consanguinity

->one whose motive is merely to get money


mercenary

->food which agrees with ones taste

-platable

->study of birds

-ornithology

->that which cannot be perceived

-imperceptible

->to remove an objectionable part from book

-expurgate

->one who is beyond reform

-incorrigible

->an act or expression of criticism and censure

-reproof

->a part of a word that can be pronounced separately

-syllable

->the original inhabitants of a country


aborigines

->one who does not care for literature or art


->a person who is skilled in horsemanship
equetrian
->a cure for all disease

-philistine
-panacea

->belonging to the same country and having the same interests


and feelings
-compatriot
->concluding part of a literary work

-epilogue

->one who believes in no government and therefore incites


disorder in a state
-anarchist
->a tall strong woman

-amazon

->the custom of having more than one husband at the same time
-polyandry
->place where birds are kept

-aviary

->a name adopted by an author in his writings


pseudonym

->something which is not thorough or profound


superficial

->life history of a person written by another


->ready to believe

-biography

-credulous

->one who deliberately damages other peoples property


-vandal

->regarding others as a principle of action


->a large burial ground

-altruism

-cemetery

->an imaginary name assumed by an author for disguise


-pseudonym
->one who believes in no government and therefore incites
disorder in a state
-anarchist
->one who does not care for literature or art

-philistine

->a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self
interest rather acting for honourable or unselfish reasons
- cynic
->a man who is quite like a woman

-effeminate

->violation of something holy or sacred -sacrilege


->government by the few

-oligarchy

->a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self
interest rather than acting for honourable or unselfish reasons
-cynic
->murder of new born child

-infanticide

->code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence

-protocol

->the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable


disease
-euthanasia
->a man of lax moral

-licentious

->one who travels from place to place

-iltnerant

->small pieces of metal that fly from an exploding bomb


-sharpnel
->all the arts and beliefs and social institutions etc characteristic
of a race
-culture
->an office or post with no work but high pay
->the original inhabitants of a country

-sinecure
-aborigines

->one who does not care for literature or art

-philistine

->parts a country behind the coast or a rivers banks


hinterland
->a special fondness or linking for

-penchant

->a person pretending to be somebody he is not

-imposter

->a person who has suddenly gained new wealth power or


prestige
-parvenu
->a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others
philanthropist
->a dramatic performance

-masque

->a person of obscure position who has gained wealth


parvenu
->animals who live in herds

-gregarious

->a mild or indirect expression substituted for an offensive or


harsh one
-euphemism
->a wooden object used for connecting animals that are
connecting a vehicle
-yoke
->relating to kinship with the father

-patrilineal

->food which agrees with ones taste

-platable

->a disease which spread by contact

-contagious

->the art of speaking about ones thought when one is alone


-soliloquy
->one who is beyond reform

-incorrigible

->a short leisurely walk

-stroll

->having a stale smell or taste

-rancid

->be the embodiment or perfect example of

-personality

->a person pretending to be somebody he is not

-imposter

->a low house having only one floor

-bungalow

->a song sung at a burial

-dirge

->a special fondness or liking for

-penchant

->ready to believe

-credulous

->a person who studies the origin and history of words


etymologist

->a book which holds several works of one author


omnibus

->through which light cannot pass

-opaque

->food which agrees with ones taste

-platable

->hole excavated by an animals as dwelling


->something that happen in the future

-burrow
-contingency

->to examine ones own thoughts and feelings


introspection

->a short usually amusing story about some real person or event
-anecdote
->woman who offers the use of her body for sexual intercourse to
any one who will pay for this
-prostitute
->life history of a person written by another

-biography

->custom have having many wives

-polygamy

->a person who does not believe any religion -pagan


->bringing about gentle and painless death from incurable
disease
-euthanasia
->a man of lax moral

-licentious

->a small enclosure for cattle sheep poultry etc

-pen

->to cause troops etc to spread out in readiness for battle


deploy

->music sung or played at night below a persons window


serenade

->a government by the nobles

-aristocracy

->anything written in a letter after it is signed-postscript


->strong and settled dislike between two persons
antipathy

->an entertainer who performs difficult physical actions -acrobat


->a song embodying religious and sacred emotions
hymn

->the policy of extending a countrys empire and influence


imperialism

->government by single person

-autocracy

->practice of married woman having extra marital relationship


-adultery
->a workman who fits and repairs pipes

-plumber

->part of a church in which bells hang


->mania for balking

-belfry

-logomania

->the custom of having more than one husband at the same time
-polyandry
->an extremely deep crack or opening in the ground
chasm
->the study of ancient societies
->the foolish belief that one is god

-archaeology
-theomania

->list of headings of the business to be transacted at a meeting


-agenda
->a process involving too much official formality
tapism
->person who brings an action at law
->the short remaining end of a cigarette

-red
-plaintiff

-stub

->the place where public government or historical records are


kept
-archives
->a post without remuneration
->large scale departure of people

-honorary
-exodus

->lottery in which an article is assigned by

-raffle

->to send an unwanted person out of the country

-deport

->voluntarily giving up throne by king in favor of his son


-abdication
->child bereaved of one or both the parents
->gift left by will

-orphan

-legacy

->a government run by a dictator

-autocracy

->one who always runs from the danger -timid


->a poem written on the death of someone loved and lost
elegy

->one who despises persons of lower social position


snob

->gradual recovery from illness

-convalescene

->one who is determined to exact full vengeance for wrongs done


to him
-vindictive
->a person who believes that pleasure is the chief god -hodonist
->commencement of words with the same letter
alliteration
->an office or post with no work but high pay

-sinecure

->one who is well versed in any subject a critical judge of any art
particular in fine arts
-philistine
->person who is indifferent to both pleasure and pain

-stoic

->a person who is against the standards of ordinary society


especially in dressing
-hippy

->murder of brother

-fratricide

->mania for stealing articles

-kleptomania

->mental woariness for want of occupation


->onewho loves all and sundry
->mania for travel

-ennui

-philanthropist
-dromomania

->a person living permanently in a certain place


->paying back injury with injury

-domicile

-reprisal

->acutely affected by external impressions

-sensitive

->to slap with a flat object

-swat

->an assembly of hearers

-audience

->an association in an office or institution

-colleague

->one who is unrelenting and can not be moved by entreaties


-inexorable
->regard for others as a principle of action

-altruism

->persons who claims to have great love for and understanding of


what is beautiful in nature art etc
-aesthete
->a disease which spreads by contact
->an animal story with a moral

-contagious
-fable

->to change shape nature or substance of

-transmute

->person who believes that god is everything and everything is


god -pantheist
->person who pilots or travels in a ballon airship or other aircraft
-aeronaut
->witty clever retort

-repartee

->words different in meaning but similar in sound


homonym

->simplest and smallest form of plant life present in air water and
sol essential to life but may cause disease
-bacteria
->a girl or woman who flirts that is tries to attract people and
make advances in love simply to satisfy her vanity
conquette
->a person who regards the whole world as his country
cosmopolitan
->relationship by blood or birth

-consanguinity

->a story in which ideas are symbolized as people -allegory


->the cessation of warfare before a treaty is signed

-armistice

->a person who makes love without serious intentions


philanderer

->opposed to great or sudden change

-conservative

->having no beginning or end to its existence -eternal


->the art of cutting trees and bushes into ornamental shape
-topiary
->walking in sleep

-somnambulism

->one who can not die

-immoral

->a formal written charge against a person for some crime or


offence
-indictment
->language difficult to understand because of bad form
jargon

->belief or opinion contrary to what is generally accepted


heresy

->a person obsessed with exclusively one idea or subject


-monomaniac
->a child of unusual or remarkable talent
->a disease which ends in death

-prodigy
-fatal

->a person who kills somebody especially for political reasons


-assassin
->one who loves mankind

-philanthropist

->a small piece of potato

-chip

->a child who stays away from school without any good reason
-truant
->a common place remark

-platitude

->line at which the earth or sea and sky seem to meet


horizon
->study of mankind

-anthropology

->intentional destruction of racial groups

-genocide

->one who is interested in the welfare of women

-feminist

->study of statistics of birds deaths diseases to show the state of


community
-demography
->through which light cant pass
->a sudden rush of wind

-opaque

-gust

->one who takes delight in excessive cruelty


->an unexpected stroke of good luck

- sadist
-windfall

->a person who helps you break the law -accomplice


->not conforming to ordinary rules of behavior
->stealing from the writings of others

-eccentric

-plagiarism

->short descriptive poem of picturesque scene or incident


->a man who starves body for the good of soul
->a person who is reserved in talks
->a short stay at a place

-idyll

-ascetic

-reticent

-sojourn

->a raised place on which offerings to a god are made


altar

->to talk much without coming to the point


circumlocution
->constant effort to achieve something
->a place where wild animals lived

-attempt

-lair

->a person who looks on the bright side of things

-optimist

->one who lend money at high rate of interest

-usurer

->one who cuts precious stones


->government by the gods

-lapidist
-thearchy

->a person not sure of the existence of god

-agnostic

->one who compiles dictionary

-lexicographer

->which can be easily believed

-credible

->woman trained to help other woman in child birth


wife

-mid

->a person with full discretionary powers to act on behalf of a


country -plenipotentiary
->design made by putting together colored pieces of glass or
stones
-mosaic
->to deprive a thing of its holy character

-desecrate

->a man with prejudiced views against religion

-bigot

->the school or college in which one has been educated -alumni


->one who deserts his religion

-apostate

->medicine which lessens pain

-anodyne

->a woman whose husband is dead

-widow

->to take one to task

-rebuke

->a small piece of wood

-chip

->mania for setting fires

-pyromania

->a pioneer of a reform movement -apostle

->wicked to high degree

-heinous

->the original inhabitants of a country

-aborigines

->dungeon entered by trapdoor

-oubliette

->one desirous of getting money

-avaracious

->a person who is always dissatisfied

-malcontent

->loss of power to move in any or every part of the body


-paralysis
->one who does not care for literature or art

-philistine

->a group of three novels or plays each complete in itself


-trilogy
->a person who speaks for or supports an idea
->a man of odd habits

-eccentric

->a thing or person behind time

-antiquated

->one whose attitude is eat drink and be merry


->science of printing

-advovate

-epicurean

-typography

->man whose wife has been unfaithful to him


->deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others

-cuckold
-sadism

->one who robs smuggler of his smuggled goods after the border
has been crossed
-hijacker
->course for chariot races

-hippodrome

->one who pretends illness to escape duty

-malingerer

->the power of reading the thoughts of others

-telepathy

->use of more words than are needed to express the meaning


-pleonasm
->the science of judging a persons character capabilities of the
shape of the skull
-phrenology

->one filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm in cause


-fanatic
->a person who rarely speaks the truth -liar
->time after twilight and before the night
->custom of having many wives

-dusk

-polygyngy

->to bring peace and end violence -pacify


->animals living on land and in the water

-amphibian

->one who plays a game for pleasure and not professionally


-amateur
->that which can be interpreted in any way

-ambiguous

->a political leader who tries to stir up people -demagogue


->a light sailing boat built especially for racing

-yacht

->person who has long experience

-veteran

->atonement for ones sins

-repentance

->an instrument for viewing objects at a distance


telescope

->be the embodiment or perfect example of

-personality

->a general pardon of political offenders

-amnesty

->a man who operates on sick people

-surgeon

->a person who maliciously destroys by fire


->a house for storing grains

-incendiary

-granary

->a person very hard to please

-fastidious

->a person claiming to be superior in culture and intellect to


others
-highbrow
->one who totally abstains from alcoholic drinks

-teetotaller

->a name adopted by an author in his writings

-pseudonym

->the line which a plough cuts in the ground

-furrow

->a man who pays too much attention to his clothes and personal
appearance
-dandy
->a person who forsakes religion

-renegade

->of unknown and unadmitted authorship


->contempt of god

-anonymous
-blasphemy

->person holding a scholarship at a university-bursar


->a person concerned with practical results and values
pragmatist
->member of a band of robbers

-brigand

->a person without manners or polish

-rustic

->a speech by an actor at the end of a play


->responsible according to law
->a funny imitation of a poem

-epilogue
-legitimate

-parody

->decisions made upon a political question by the votes of all


qualified persons
-plebiscite
->wishful longing for something one has known in the past
-nostalgia
->a person who is made to bear the blame due to others
-scapegoat
->act of taking ones life

-suicide

->a person who brings goods illegally into the country


smuggler
->a man who dances to the tunes of his wife
henpecked
->a place of ideal peace and happiness

-elysium

->one who stirs people for personal politics or profit


demagogue

->one who is honourably discharged from service

-emeritus

->shining brilliant and magnificent

- resplendent

->cutting for stone in the bladder

-lithotomy

->a heavy unnatural slumber

-stupor

->changing ones mind too quickly

-vacillation

-> to do away with a rule

-abrogate

->one who talks very little

-reserved

->a person sharing responsibility for a political partys discipline


and tactics
-whip
->food which agrees with ones taste

-palatable

->government by the representatives of the people


democracy

->informal business communication with a personal signature


-memorandum
->one who loves books

-bibliophile

->one knowing everything

-omniscient

->a story in verse

-ballad

->plain or self evident truth

-truism

->the list of courses at a meal or of dishes that can be served in a


restaurant
-menu
->parts of country behind the coast or a rivers bank
hinterlands
->printed notice of somebodys death

-obituary

->a room leading into a large room or hall

-anteroom

->just punishment for wrong doing

-nemesis

->a person who has just started learning

-apprentice

->a low area storm

-cyclone

->to break off proceedings of a meeting for a time

-adjourn

->a fault that may be forgiven

-venial

->one who promotes the idea of absence of government of any


kind when every man should be a law into himself
-anarchist
->one who is likeable

-amiable

->person who gives himself upto luxury and sexual pleasures


-voluptuary
->a field or a part of a garden where fruit trees grow
orchard
->something which is not thorough or profound
superficial
->a woman of lax moral

-hostess

->a slow witted and incompetent person


->using of new words

-duffer

-neologism

->one who is neither intelligent nor dull -mediocre


->equal in rank merit or quality

-peer

->person who gives written testimony for use in a law court


-deponent
->present opposing arguments or evidence

-rebut

->books pictures intended to arouse sexual desire


pornography

->a person who makes and sells ladies hats etc

-milliner

->careful in performing duties

-punctilious

->to mediate between two parties in a dispute


->a thing liable to be easily broken

-brittle

->the place where bricks are baked

-kiln

-intercede

->the branch of medical science which deals with the problems of


the old
-geriatrics
->one who specializes in the study of birds

-ornithologist

->property inherited from ones father or ancestors


patrimony
->connoisseur of choice food

-gourmet

->person who makes love for amusement without serious


intentions -philander
->a person pretending to be somebody he is not
->one who eats human flesh

-imposter

-cannibal

->allowance due to a wife from her husband from separation alimony


->fear of going to bed

-clinophobia

->official incharge of a museum

-curator

->the doctrine that human souls pass from one body to another at
the time of death
-transmigration
->people at a lecture or concert
->a persons first speech

-audience
-maiden

->to come as a settler into another country


->a drawing on transparent paper

-immigrate
-transparency

->giving undue favors in ones own kith and kin

-nepotism

->a person who is very fond of sensuous enjoyments

-epicure

->a person who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he


really have
-charlatan
->the act of violating the sanctity of church
->one who sacrifices his life for a cause
->bring to an end

-finish

->an old unmarried woman

-spinster

-sacrilege
-martyr

->a style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge


-pedantic

->a person guilty of malicious setting on fire of property etc arsonist


->one who thinks that human nature is essentially evil
cynic
->science of bodily structure

-anatomy

->that which makes it difficult to recognize the presence of real


nature of somebody or something
-camouflage
->a person who lives by himself

-recluse

->a written declaration made on oath in the presence of


magistrate
-affidavit
->a physician who delivers babies

-obstetrician

->the loop of rope with a running knot used to hang a person


-noose
->yearly celebration of a date or an event

-anniversary

->public building where weapons and ammunitions are made or


stored
-custodian
->interested mainly in a small group country etc
->one who can not be corrected

-insular

-incorrigible

->a person who enters without any invitation -intruder


->the period between two reigns

-interregnum

->poem in short stanzas narrating a popular story


->lack of enough blood

-anemia

->a man who is having the qualities of woman


effeminate
->a word no longer in use

-obsolete

->one who does not know how to save money


->a person 70 to 79 years old

-ballad

-spendthrift

-centenarian

->a person who sneaks into a country

- infiltrater

->a short journey made by a group of persons together


excursion
->people in a rowdy scene

-rabble

->creature having both male and female organs


hermaphrodite

->one who has suddenly gained new wealth powers or prestige


-parvenu
->a person working in the same place with another
colleague

->interval between two events or two periods of time of different


character
-interlude
->one who comes from a country area and is often considered as
a stupid
-bumpkin
->murder of a new born child

-infanticide

->walk in a vain ,self-important way

-strut

->place which provides both board and lodging


->clumsy or ill-bred fellow

-inn

-boor

->a small shop that sells fashionable clothes cosmetics etc


boutique
->thing that can be felt or touched

-palpable

->a person who readily believes others -credulous


->a book containing summarized information on all branches of
knowledge
-directory
->the normal abode of any animal or plant

-habitat

->extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool


->a violent and bad tempered woman
->one who talks continuously

-dotage

-virago
-loquacious

->a person who is skilled in horseman ship

-equestrian

->to atone for ones sins

-expiate

->the rule of a person who is tyrant

-desposition

->a paper written in ones own handwriting

-manuscript

->to congratulate someone in a formal manner

-felicitate

->interested in and clever at many things

-versatile

->code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence

-protocol

->people in a riot

-mob

->that which can be carried

-portable

->of outstanding significance

-monumental

->a small named group of fixed stars


->run away from home with lover

-constellation
-elope

->a place of good climate for invalids

-sanatorium

->a tumour which is not likely to spread -benign


->place where bankers exchange cheques and adjust balances
-clearing house
->one who promotes the idea of absence of government of any
kind when every man should be a law into himself
-anarchist
->to remove the skin of a potato or an orange-peel
->irrational fear of crowds

-ochlophobia

->one appointment by two parties to settle a dispute

-arbiter

->a list of explanation of words especially unusual ones at the end


of a book
-glossary
->one who can use either of his hands with ease
ambidextrous
->a statement which can not be understood
incomprehensible
->the plants and vegetation of a region

-flora

->a person who is talkative

-garrulous

->medical study of the skin and its diseases


->room with toilet facilities

-dermatalogy

-lavatory

->one who speaks or understand many languages

-polyglot

->to talk without respect of something sacred or holy


blasphemy

->a person who lives alone and avoids other people

-recluse

->explicit undertaking to do something


->murder of a king

-promise

-regicide

->to surround with armed forces

-besiege

->a person who wishes to throw over all establishments


anarchist
->a dramatic performance

-masque

->seat on elephants back

-howdah

->an expression of mild disapproval

-reproof

->forcing out(blood etc) from its vessel -extravasate


->incapable of being explained or accounted for

-inexplicable

->a person interested in reading books and nothing else


book worm

->a book or picture produced merely to bring money


boiler

-pot

->deviation or departure from common rule or standard


anomaly

->a person who hates women

-misogynist

->elderly woman in charge of a girl on social occasions


chaperon
->land so surrounded by water as to be almost an island
-penisula

->a place adjoining kitchen for washing dishes


->incapable of being wounded

-scullery

-invulnerable

->a fixed orbit in space in relation to earth

-geo stationary

->part-song for several voices without instrumental


accompaniment
-madrigal
->a person who is the property of another and bound to serve him
-slave
->a perception without objective reality

-hallucination

->one who possesses many talents

-versatile

->a person who studies the formation of the earth

-geologist

->a tube filled at one end with mirrors and pieces of colored glass
which shows many colored patterns when turned
kaleidoscope
->word for word reproduction

-verbatim

->a person who collects coins

-numismatist

->open rebellion of soldiers and sailors against lawful authority


-mutiny
->a school for infants and young children
->policy of political party

-kindergarten

-manifesto

->story told to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth

-parable

->one who believes that everything is pre destined

-fatalist

->a person who betrays a friend

-traitor

->a verse letter

-epistle

->one who eats everything

-omnivorous

->joint sovereignty exercised over a country by two or more


countries -condominium
->stage between boyhood and youth

-adolescence

->to move along with quick short twistings


->that which can not be done without

-wriggle

-indispensable

->that which can not be rectified or made good

-irreparable

->a ride on someone elses back or shoulders -piggyback


->unreasoning enthusiasm for the glorification of ones country
-chauvinism
->the form of madness which gives a person the idea that his
importance is very great
-megalomania
->one who travels from place to place

-itinerant

->that which is perceptible by touch

-tangible

->a person who is bad in spelling

-cacographist

->a short walk for pleasure or exercise

-stroll

->that which cannot be understood

-unintelligible

->a person who is more interested in himself than anything that is


going on around him
-introvert
->a story that can hardly be believed

-incredible

->something which can be taken for granted


->a sea abounding in islands

-postulate

-archipelago

->one who resides in a country of which he is not a citizen


alien
->one who draws maps and charts

-cartographer

->anything which destroys the effect of poison


->a song sung at burial

-antidote

-dirge

->words used in ancient times but no longer use now


archaic
->ridiculous use of words

-malapropism

->he spent a long time cutting all the waste paper into pieces
-shredding
->the stableman at the inn was the only witness to the murder
-ostler
->a nation engaged in war cannot attain high levels of excellence
in cultural fields
-belligerent
->sunil was buying tickets at the counter when suddenly he
noticed a ladys purse lying on the floor
-raticule
->the mans nervousness depicted that it was the first speech
delivered by him
-maiden
->now days we often across come across cases of admission to
institution through counterfeit certificates and documents
-forgery
->he is very careful and particular about everything he does
-meticulous
->a solider who fights for sake of money cannot be branded as
courage and patriotic
-mercenary
->government by all cannot ensure order

-pantisocracy

->we are looking forward to a good winter this year


predicting

->the auto mobiles has tended to destroy without any trace the
difference between rural urban life
-negate
->virus is a biological organism which lives on another organism
-parasite
->we should always be grateful to one who has suffered for a
great cause
-martyr
->study of environment is a newly evolving branch of science
-ecology
->rajesh was a hater of learning and knowledge
misologist

->he is working in return for being taught the trade


apprentice

->submarines operates below the surface of the sea


subterranean

->tuberculosis is a disease which spreads by contact


contagoius

->rani impressed everyone with his pervasive and fluent speech


-eloquence
->a loud talk or speech is never impressive

-harangue

->no theorem can be proved without using the statements which


are taken for granted
-postulates
->the bus has to go back and forth every six hours

-commute

->the committee insisted on a total check on all social evils and


he was the one who heralded the revolution
-harbinger
->during the sultanate rule in india men were not allowed to enter
the womens part of dwelling
-harem
->you are requested to send a list of goods sent with their prices
along with the parcel so that the payment can be done
immediately -invoice
->it is a custom of christianity to sing morning prayer in the
church regularly
-matin
->not many people were impressed by a speech delivered without
previous preparation
-extempore
->a man can be sentenced to death for killing another human
being
-homicide
->the complete eradication of poverty is an unreal and visionary
ideal
-chimerical
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