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Practice Test 1
To examine one’s own thoughts and feelings: introspection
The action of looking back on or reviewing past events or situations,
especially those in one's own life: retrospection
Woman who offers the use of her body for sexual intercourse to
anyone who will pay for this: prostitute
A person devoted to luxury and sensual pleasure: voluptuary
(In polygamous societies) a woman who lives with a man but has
lower status than his wife or wives i.e. a mistress: concubine
Life history of a person written by another: biography
Life history of a person written by himself: autobiography
A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as
an appendix: bibliography
A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge:
memoir
A person who does not believe in any religion: pagan
The view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of
knowledge" or "any view appealing to reason as a source of
knowledge or justification": rationalism
A person who loves stamps: philatelist
A person who collects coins: numismatist
A person who believes that everything is predestined: fatalist
Somebody who always expects the worst to happen: pessimist
Someone who claims to be able to tell your future by examining your
hand: palmist
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Somebody who studies positions of the Moon, Sun, and other
planets in the belief that their motions affect human beings:
astrology
Extremely self-admiring: narcissist
Bringing about gentle and painless death from incurable disease:
euthanasia
A structure, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the
hanging of criminals: gallows
A violent person, especially one involved in crime: ruffian
A person who wanders from place to place without a home or job:
vagabond
A person who attacks and robs ships at sea: pirate
Place side by side or in a particular relation: collocate
The killing of a dog: canicide
Any substance which can be used to kill birds: avicide
A small enclosure for cattle, sheep, poultry etc.: pen
One who forcibly seizes control of a bus or an aircraft: hijacker
Scammers who con people to make a buck. Unfortunately, there are
many types of people in the world who will try to get your money.
Somewhere between a used car salesman and an outright thief is a:
swindler
Sneak thief: a thief who steals without using violence: pilferer
Music sung or played at night below a person’s window: serenade
The leading or upper part in a duet: primo
A government by the nobles: aristocracy
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A system of government in which most of the important decisions
are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives:
bureaucracy
Anything written in a letter after it is signed: postscript
All future generations of people: posterity
Effect of hindsight bias that explains claimed predictions of
significant events, such as plane crashes and natural disasters:
postdiction
A thing to be corrected, typically an error in a printed book:
corrigendum
Strong and settled dislike between two persons: antipathy
Strong hostility: animosity
A person who has no money to pay off his debts: insolvent
An entertainer who behaves difficult physical actions: acrobat
A small house with all rooms on one floor: bungalow
A small house, typically one in the country: cottage
A set of rooms forming an individual residence, typically on one floor
and within a larger building containing a number of such residences:
flat
A song embodying religious and sacred emotions; a religious song:
hymn
A lyric poem, typically one in the form of an address to a particular
subject, written in varied or irregular metre: ode
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads
are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally
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from one generation to the next; a story in verse; poem narrating a
popular story: ballad
The policy of extending a country’s empire and influence:
imperialism
Unreasoning enthusiasm for the glorification of one’s country:
chauvinism
A strong feeling of love, respect and duty towards one’s country:
patriotism
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and
industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by
the state: capitalism
A theory or system of social organization in which all property is
owned by the community and each person contributes and receives
according to their ability and needs: communism
Excessive or offensive sexual desire; lustfulness: lechery
A sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor:
monarch
A ruler who has absolute power: autocrat
A person whose power derives from their wealth: plutocrat
The highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of
noble birth holding hereditary titles and offices: aristocracy
The government or control of society or industry by an elite of
technical expert: technocracy
A workman who fits and repairs pipes: plumber
A slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from
which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer: minaret
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A small building or room used for Christian worship in a school,
prison, hospital, or large private house: chapel
A tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building,
typically a church tower: spire
Excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs: debauchery
An extremely deep crack or opening in the ground: chasm
An opening, hole, or gap: aperture
A narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry
away water: ditch
A large hole in the ground: pit
The study of ancient societies; the study of ancient science:
archaeology
The study of the characteristics of different peoples and the
differences and relationships between them: ethnology
Unjustified suspicion and mistrust of other people: paranoia
List of headings of the business to be transacted at a meeting:
agenda
An item on an agenda: agendum
Policy of a political party: manifesto
An account of an event, situation or episode: report
A short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing:
excerpt
The art of dealing with people in a sensitive and tactful way; skill of
managing relations: diplomacy
Person who brings an action at law: plaintiff
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A person involved in a lawsuit: litigant
An individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of
law: defendant
A person who makes a deposition or affidavit under oath; a person
who gives written testimony for use in a law court: deponent
Remove from office suddenly and forcefully: depose
A post without remuneration: honorary
A small room or cupboard in which food, crockery, and cutlery are
kept: pantry
A strongbox or small chest for holding valuables: coffer
Lottery in which an article is assigned by lot to one of those buying
tickets: raffle
A public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest
bidder: auction
An official inspection of an organization's accounts, typically by an
independent body: audit
The carrying of people or things from one place to another: transit
Exclude from a society or group: ostracise
A person who lives outside their native country: expatriate
Voluntarily giving up throne by king in favour of his son: abdication
Restore (a dead person) to life: resurrect
The attainment or acquisition of a position of rank or power:
accession
The formal rejection of something, typically a belief, claim, or course
of action: renunciation
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The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country:
immigration
The act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in
another; moving abroad: emigration
Child bereaved of one or both of his parents: orphan
Feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness: desolate
Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself:
destitute
An uncouth (lacking good manners, refinement, or grace) and
aggressive man or boy: lout
Gift left by will: legacy
A husband's (or wife's) provision for a spouse after separation or
divorce; maintenance; allowance due to a wife from her husband on
separation: alimony
Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources: parsimony
Compensation made by one member of an unmarried couple to the
other after separation: palimony
Property inherited from one's father or male ancestor: patrimony
A government run by a dictator: autocracy
A small group of people having control of a country or organization:
oligarchy
A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible
members of a state, typically through elected representatives:
democracy
One who always runs away from danger: timid
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A person who evades work, duty, responsibility, etc.: shirker
A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition,
narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or
the past history of a nation: epic
One who despises persons of lower social position: snob
Feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper;
stiffly correct: prim
A self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if they are
superior to others: prig
Gradual recovery from illness: convalescence
Exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement: hysteria
A partial or total loss of memory: amnesia
Regular payment made into a fund by an employee towards a future
pension: superannuation
One who is determined to exact full vengeance for wrongs done to
one: vindictive
(Of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects:
virulent
A person who upholds, maintains or defends a cause: vindicator
Commencement of words with the same letter: alliteration
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the
fact that there are words which sound alike but have different
meanings: pun
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in
conjunction (e.g. Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true): oxymoron
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Practice Test 2
An office or post with no work but high pay: sinecure
Without charge; free: gratis "a monthly programme was issued
gratis"
By virtue of one's position or status: ex-officio "an ex officio member
of the committee"
A person who has had long experience in a particular field: veteran
A person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without
real commitment or knowledge: dilettante
A person living in solitude as a religious discipline: hermit
The person or thing at which criticism or ridicule is directed: butt
Mental weariness for want of occupation: ennui
Tiredness or inactivity, especially when pleasurable: languor
Physical weakness, especially as a result of illness: debility
A person living permanently in a certain place: domicile
Paying back injury with injury: reprisal
A blood feud in which the family of a murdered person seeks
vengeance on the murderer or the murderer's family: vendetta
The action of subduing someone or something by force: repression
To bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master:
subjugation
Attribution of human form or other characteristics to anything other
than a human being: Anthropomorphism
Acutely affected by external expressions: sensitive
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(Of a person) clever, original, and inventive: ingenious
Easily influenced: impressionable
To slap with a flat object: swat
Chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or
other tool: hew "master carpenters would hew the logs with an axe"
Cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or
knife: chop "they chopped up the pulpit for firewood"
Bite at or nibble something persistently: gnaw "watching a dog gnaw
at a big bone"
An assembly of hearers: audience
A group of people assembled for religious worship: congregation
A collection or gathering of things or people: assemblage
An associate in an office or institution: colleague
Combine or unite a resource or commodity with (another) for mutual
benefit: ally
One who is unrelenting and cannot be moved by entreaties:
inexorable
Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong: infallible
(Of a fortified position) unable to be captured or broken into:
impregnable
Regard for others as a principle of action: altruism
An inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by selfinterest; scepticism: cynicism
One who thinks human nature is evil: cynic
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The desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by
the generous donation of money to good causes: philanthropy
Person who claims to have great love for and understanding of what
is beautiful in nature; person who loves nature: aesthete
(Of a disease or disease-causing organism) liable to be transmitted to
people, organisms, etc. through the environment: infectious
Sharing a common border; touching: contiguous
A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is
imaginatively recounted: tale
A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by
Jesus in the Gospels: parable "the parable of the blind men and the
elephant" synonyms: allegory, moral story
To change shape, nature or substance of: transmute
Person who believes that God is everything and everything is God:
pantheist
A large van for transporting furniture: pantechnicon
Person who pilots or travels in a balloon, airship or other aircraft:
aeronaut
Sport of performing manoeuvres such as rolls, loops, stalls, spins and
dives with an airplane: aerobat
Witty, clever retort: repartee
The use of irony to mock or convey contempt: sarcasm
Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language: invective
Words similar in sound but different in meaning: homonym
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An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and
pronounced as a word: acronym
Simplest and smallest form of plant life; present in air, water and
soil; essential to life but may cause disease: bacteria
A girl or a woman who flirts, that is, tries to attract people and make
advances in love simply to satisfy her vanity: coquette
Relationship by blood or birth: consanguinity
The identity and origins of one's parents: parentage
The state or process of officially attaching or connecting (a subsidiary
group or a person) to an organization: affiliation
A person who advocates political independence for a country:
nationalist
Relating to or denoting a metropolis: metropolitan
A person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to
defend it against enemies or detractors: patriot
A story in which ideas are symbolised as people: allegory
Stories of old time Gods or heroes; a traditional story sometimes
popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated: legend
The cessation of warfare before a treaty is signed: armistice
A written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation, for use as
evidence in court; a written declaration made on oath in the
presence of a magistrate: affidavit "a former employee swore an
affidavit relating to his claim for unfair dismissal"
An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political
offences: amnesty "an amnesty for political prisoners"
A person who makes love without serious intentions: philanderer
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A wife, husband, or companion, in particular the spouse of a reigning
monarch: consort "Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert"
An attractive, passionate male seducer or lover: Romeo
A silly, foolish, or eccentric person: goon
Opposed to great or sudden change: conservative
Lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in an undesirable
or uninteresting way: static
Involving or causing a complete or dramatic change: revolutionary
Careful preservation and protection: conservation
Beginning a course of action: embarkment
An advancement to a more senior job, rank, grade or position:
promotion
The organizing and controlling the affairs of a business or a sector of
a business: management
The process of improving something: enhancement
Having no beginning or end to its existence: eternal
Not discovered or known about; uncertain: obscure
Applicable to all cases: universal
The art of growing ornamental, artificially dwarfed varieties of trees
and shrubs in pots: bonsai
Trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown
branches or stems, especially to encourage growth: pruning
One who cannot die: immortal
Never ending or changing: perpetual
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Lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or
continually recurring: perennial
Preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually and to a
troubling extent: obsession
An experience involving the apparent perception of something not
present; a perception without objective reality: hallucination
The act of making an indirect reference to somebody or something; a
statement that refers to something in an indirect way: allusion
Something that deceives the mind: illusion
Acid indigestion: dyspepsia
A formal written charge against a person for some crime or offence:
indictment
A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or
wrong, typically one made without proof: allegation "he made
allegations of corruption against the administration"
Bitterness or ill feeling: acrimony "the AGM dissolved into acrimony"
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the
exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional
techniques: rhetoric
Excessively concerned with minor details or rules; over scrupulous:
pedantic "his analyses are careful and even painstaking, but never
pedantic"
In exactly the same words as were used originally; word for word
reproduction: verbatim "subjects were instructed to recall the
passage verbatim"
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To attack someone in a public place and steal their money, jewellery,
or other possessions: mug
A trademark for a photocopier: Photostat
To make another example or specimen that is exactly the same as
something else: copy
Belief or opinion contrary to what is generally accepted: heresy
Excessively credulous belief in and reverence for the supernatural:
superstition
An executioner who hangs condemned people: hangman
A disease which ends in death: fatal
One who loves mankind: philanthropist
A scientist who studies earthquakes and seismic waves. Seismic
waves are the waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of
rock within the earth or an explosion. They are the energy that
travels through the earth and is recorded on seismographs:
seismologist
The occupation of measuring eyesight, prescribing corrective lenses
and detecting eye disease: optometrist
A severe brain disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally;
some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely
disordered thinking and behaviour: schizophrenia
A small piece of potato: chip
A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing
way: epigram
A child who stays away from school for no good reason: truant
A common remark: platitude
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First speech: maiden
Morning Prayer: matin
A bell rung in the evening e.g. to summon worshippers; evening
prayer: vesper
A conclusion to a speech in which the main points of the speech are
summarized: peroration
Line at which the earth or seas and sky seem to meet: horizon
The point in the sky or celestial sphere directly above an observer:
zenith
An ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or
twists, used to edge clothing or material: fringe
A heavy base supporting a statue or vase: plinth
A person who rules without consulting the opinion of others:
autocrat
Practice Test 3
Study of mankind: anthropology
A sudden rush of wind: gust
A strong wind: gale
A light to moderate wind (6-50kmph or 4-31 mph): breeze
A tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans:
typhoon
A violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and
usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow: storm
One who takes delight in excessive cruelty; one who wants to see
others unhappy: sadist
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A person who reason with clever but false arguments: sophist
The belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known
or communicated: nihilism; it is often associated with extreme
pessimism and a radical scepticism that condemns existence. A
true nihilist would believe in nothing, have no loyalties, and no
purpose other than, perhaps, an impulse to destroy.
A person who helps in breaking the law: accomplice
Not conforming to ordinary rules of behaviour; a person with odd
habits: eccentric
Study of statistics of births, deaths, diseases to show the state of
community: demography
Short descriptive poem of picturesque scene or incident: idyll
A disease or ailment: malady
A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme
schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line: sonnet
A man who starves body for the good of soul: ascetic
A member of a religious community of men typically living under
vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience: monk
A person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in Christian
faith as being in heaven after death: saint
A person who is reserved in talks: reticent
A short stay at a place: 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: attempt
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A place where a wild animal lives: lair
One who lends at high rates of interest: usurer
To seize and hold (the power or rights of another, for example) by
force or without legal authority: usurper
A person not sure of the existence of God: agnostic
Government by the Gods: theocracy
A government or state in which the wealthy class rules: plutocracy
A utopian social system in which every member participates equally
in government; government by all: pantisocracy
Which can be easily believed: credible
One who believes everything easily: credulous
Woman trained to help other women in child birth: midwife
A person with full discretionary powers to act on behalf of a country:
plenipotentiary
A messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic
mission: envoy
An accredited diplomat sent by a state as its permanent
representative in a foreign country: ambassador
A person sent as a diplomatic representative on a special mission:
emissary
Design made by putting together coloured pieces of glass or stones:
mosaic
To deprive a thing of its holy character: desecrate
Lacking interest, passion, or energy: desiccate
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Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred; the act of violating
sanctity of church: sacrilege
Make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred: consecrate
A man with prejudiced views on religion: bigot
Following or conforming to the traditional or generally accepted
rules or beliefs of a religion, philosophy, or practice: orthodox
A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for
an extreme religious or political cause: fanatic
Not relating to that which is sacred or religious; secular: profane
The school or college in which one has been educated: Alma mater
"he started teaching at his alma mater"
An afternoon performance in a theatre or cinema: matinee
A male former pupil or student of a particular school, college, or
university: alumnus
One who deserts his religion: apostate
One who forsakes religion: renegade
A person who shifts allegiance from one loyalty or ideal to another,
betraying or deserting an original cause by switching to the opposing
side or party: turncoat
The state of being married: wedlock
An unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual
age for marriage: spinster
To take one to task: rebuke
Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something: entreat
One who uses fear as a weapon of power: terrorist
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A person who campaigns for some kind of social change: activist
A person who holds extreme political or religious views, especially
one who advocates illegal, violent, or other extreme action:
extremist
Favouring confrontational or violent methods in support of a political
or social cause: militant
Absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual,
regarded as a political ideal: anarchy
Small piece of wood: splinter
A pioneer of a reform movement: apostle
The highest point in the development of something; a culmination or
climax: apotheosis
A person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs: apothecary
Wicked to a high degree: heinous
The original inhabitants of a country: aborigines
Dungeon entered by trapdoor: oubliette
A room below ground level in a house, often used for storing wine or
coal: cellar
A large room or chamber used for storage, especially an
underground one: vault
One desirous of getting money: avaricious
Wanting or devouring great quantities of food: voracious
Place where birds are kept: aviary
A place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives: apiary
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A coal miner: collier
A person who makes maps: cartographer
A person who compiles a dictionary: lexicographer
A person who is always dissatisfied: malcontent
A substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific
role or office: surrogate
Belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian)
doctrine: heresy
Any disease marked by inflammation and pain in the joints, muscles,
or fibrous tissue, especially rheumatoid arthritis: rheumatism
A medical condition in which patches of skin become rough and
inflamed with blisters which cause itching and bleeding: eczema
A contagious disease that affects the skin, mucous membranes, and
nerves, causing discoloration and lumps on the skin and, in severe
cases, disfigurement and deformities: leprosy; Leprosy is now mainly
confined to tropical Africa and Asia.
One who does not care for literature or art: philistine
(In ancient times) a member of a people not belonging to one of the
great civilizations (Greek, Roman, Christian): barbarian
A person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society: primitive
A group of three novels or plays, each complete in itself: trilogy
A set or succession of three similar things: triplet
(In ancient Rome) each of three public officers jointly responsible for
overseeing any of the administrative departments: triumvir
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An iron tripod placed over a fire for a cooking pot or kettle to stand
on: trivet
The science of the causes and effects of diseases: pathology
The branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living
organisms and their parts: physiology
The branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical
development, and relationships of a language or languages:
philology
(Of a person or their behaviour) tending to attract attention because
of their exuberance, confidence, and stylishness: flamboyant
Not discovered or known about; uncertain: obscure
Practice Test 4
A person who speaks for or supports an idea: advocate
Develop or be the first to use or apply (a new method, area of
knowledge, or activity): pioneer
A person who deals with systems of ideas: ideologist
Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy: indolent
Intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself:
bigotry
The tendency to derive sexual gratification from one's own pain or
humiliation: masochism
The tendency to hate women: misogyny
An aversion to marriage and the married state: misogamist
The feeling of disliking people and avoiding social situations:
misanthropy
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The feeling of disliking learning, logical argument, enlightenment and
knowledge: misology
A person who commits a crime or some other wrong: malefactor
A stadium for chariot or horse races: hippodrome
Science of printing: typography
One who robs smuggler of his smuggled goods after the border has
been crossed: hijacker
Power of reading thoughts of others: telepathy
Mental illness or disorder: psychopathy
The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially
those affecting behaviour in a given context: psychology
Use of more words than are needed to express the meaning:
pleonasm
The art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in
such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the
speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy:
ventriloquism
The science of judging a person’s character, capabilities etc. from an
examination of the shape of his skull: phrenology
The study of the forms of things, in particular: morphology
One filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm in cause: fanatic
A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules
or with displaying academic learning: pedant
One who has suffered for a great cause; a person who is killed
because of their religious or other beliefs: martyr
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A person who rarely speaks the truth: liar
A dishonest or unscrupulous person; a rogue: scoundrel
A person who is dishonest or a criminal: crook
Behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more
noble beliefs than is the case: hypocrite
A person who betrays a friend: traitor
A person showing a lack of faith or loyalty to somebody or
something: disloyal
A deceiver who uses trickery to gain an unfair advantage
Time after twilight and before night: dusk
Without a clearly defined shape or form: amorphous
Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or
someone: ambivalent
A political leader who tries to stir up people: demagogue
A teacher, especially a strict or pedantic one: pedagogue
A skilled, experienced, and respected political leader or figure:
statesman
A person who demands complete obedience; a strict disciplinarian:
martinet
A light sailing boat built specially for racing: yacht
A small boat for recreation or racing, especially an open boat with a
mast and sails: dinghy
A light, narrow boat with pointed ends and no keel, propelled with a
paddle or paddles: canoe
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A warship with a mixed armament, generally lighter than a destroyer
(in the US navy, heavier) and of a kind originally introduced for
convoy escort work: frigate
Loyal, reliable, and hard-working: stalwart "he remained a stalwart
supporter of the cause"
Atonement for one’s sins: repentance
Preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss; deliverance
from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brought
about by faith in Christ: salvation
The act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing;
atonement: expiation (expiate)
The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil:
redemption
An instrument for observation over, around or through an object,
obstacle or condition that prevents direct line-of-sight observation
from an observer's current position: periscope
A toy consisting of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of coloured
glass or paper, whose reflections produce changing patterns when
the tube is rotated: kaleidoscope
A device consisting of a rotating heavy metal wheel pivoted inside a
circular frame whose movement does not affect the wheel’s
orientation in space: gyroscope
Be the embodiment or perfect example of: personify
A false show or pretence: masquerade
The temporary or permanent release of a prisoner before the expiry
of a sentence, on the promise of good behaviour: parole
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Mercy; lenience: clemency
A man who operates on sick people: surgeon
A person who maliciously destroys by fire: incendiary (incendiarist)
A house for storing grains: granary
A warehouse: godown (in eastern Asia, especially in India)
Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail:
fastidious
A person very hard to please: fastidious
A person claiming to be superior in culture and intellect to others:
highbrow
A select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the
rest of a group or society: elite
A member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th
centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church under
Elizabeth I as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms
of worship: puritan
A charitable or helpful person: Samaritan
A name adopted by an author in his writings: pseudonym
The devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science
or other discipline: nomenclature
The line which a plough cuts in the ground: furrow
A valley: vale
A long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean bed, typically one
running parallel to a plate boundary and marking a subduction zone:
trench
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A channel used to convey a liquid: trough
A person who believes that their tastes in a particular area are
superior to those of other people: snob "a musical snob"
Of unknown and unadmitted authorship; an unknown person:
anonymous
The state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried: vexation "Jenna
bit her lip in vexation"
A person concerned with practical results and values: pragmatist
A philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist
independently of anyone thinking of them: realist
The demand for a strict adherence to orthodox theological doctrines,
usually understood as a reaction to Modernist theology:
fundamentalist
Member of a band of robbers: brigand
(In India or Burma (Myanmar)) a member of a band of armed robber:
dacoit
A person without manners or polish: rustic
Rough and bad-mannered; coarse: boorish
(Of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or
judgement: naïve
Speech by an actor at the end of a play: epilogue
A long speech by one actor in a play or film, or as part of a theatrical
or broadcast programme: monologue "he was reciting some of the
great monologues of Shakespeare" syn.: soliloquy, sermon and
homily
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A separate introductory section of a literary, dramatic, or musical
work: prologue "the suppressed prologue to Women in Love" syn.:
introduction, foreword, preface, preamble, prelude, preliminary
A play or a part of a play with speaking roles for only two actors:
duologue
Responsible according to law: legitimate
Responsible by law; legally answerable: liable
A picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain
striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or
grotesque effect: caricature
A biological entity which lives on another organism: parasite
Any diverse organisms that live together, but in this case, the
relationship is not necessarily beneficial to both: symbiotic Parasites,
for example, have a symbiotic relationship with their hosts, but only
the parasite benefits.
A family member or other person supported financially by another,
especially one living in the same house: dependant
Decision made upon a political question by the votes of all qualified
persons: plebiscite
The right to vote in political elections: suffrage
The right to vote in public election: franchise
Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing: wistful
An ignorant or a stupid person: ignoramus
A foolish or a stupid person: nincompoop
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Killing animals for food: slaughter
To kill as a sacrificial victim: immolation
A person who brings goods illegally into the country: smuggler
A close friend: chum
A place of ideal peace and happiness: Elysium
The protection granted by a state to someone who has left their
home country as a political refugee: asylum
An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect:
utopia
Term used by Europeans to describe a tribal chief of
the Muisca native people of Colombia, South America, who as an
initiation rite, covered himself with gold dust and dove into Lake
Guatavita: el dorado
One who is honourably discharged from service: emeritus
Shining, brilliant and magnificent: resplendent
Giving off light; bright or shining: luminous
Shine brightly, especially with reflected light: gleaming
Refined, sophisticated, or elegant: polished
Cutting for stone in the bladder: lithotomy
A division or contrast between two things that are or are
represented as being opposed or entirely different: dichotomy
The surgical cutting and sealing of part of each vas deferens, typically
as a means of sterilization: vasectomy
Surgical removal of fallopian tubes: tubectomy/salpingectomy
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A heavy unnatural slumber: stupor
Changing one’s mind too quickly: vacillation
Having many different skills or qualities: versatility
A person who travels to a sacred place as an act of religious
devotion: pilgrim
Given to begging: mendicant
To do away with a rule: abrogate
To destroy something so that nothing remains; destroy without any
trace: obliterate
To officially end the validity of something such as a law: repeal
One who talks very little: reserved
Unwilling or unable to speak: mute
Generally unemotional and difficult to arouse: phlegmatic
A person sharing responsibility for a political party’s discipline and
tactics: whip
A person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for
allegiance to another, in a way which is considered illegitimate by the
first state: defector
Relating to stimulation of the senses: sensuous
A political theory in which the means of production and distribution
are controlled by the people and operated according to equity and
fairness rather than market principles: socialism
Informal business communication with a personal signature:
memorandum
One who loves books: bibliophile
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A person who hates, fears or distrusts books: bibliophobe
A person in charge of bibliography: bibliographer
A person who reads books omnivorously: bibliophagist
One knowing everything: omniscient
Possessing complete, unlimited or universal power and authority
omnipotent
Present or seemingly present all the time or everywhere:
omnipresent
Plain or self-evident truth: truism
A short well-known saying that expresses an obvious truth and often
offers advice: proverb
A rule, instruction, or principle that guides somebody’s action,
especially one that guides moral behaviour, like a writ: precept
The list of courses at a meal or of dishes that can be served in a
restaurant: menu
Information relating to a particular person and his or her financial,
profession or education history, stored in a database and used; a
resume: biodata
A list of priced and illustrated items for sale, presented in book form
or in other formats including CD-ROM or video: catalogue
To classify and list items: catalog
Parts of a country behind the coast or a river’s banks: Hinterland
An area of land, usually fairly large, that is always wet and is
overgrown with various shrubs and trees: swamp
A group or chain of islands; a sea abounding in islands: archipelago
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A narrow body of water that joins two larger bodies of water; narrow
or with very little room; very strict or severe: strait
A large inlet of an ocean similar to a bay but often longer and more
enclosed by land; a great difference; a deep wide hole in the ground:
gulf
A large expanse of salt water; a vast amount or expanse of
something: ocean
A narrow strip of land that joins two larger areas of land: isthmus
Printed notice of somebody’s death: obituary
An expression of sorrow and sympathy, usually to somebody who is
grieving over a death: condolence
The making of false statements about somebody with malicious
intent; a slanderous statement or false accusation: calumny
A trademark for a board with letters and a pointer or planchette (a
small board supported on castors, typically heart-shaped and fitted
with a vertical pencil, used for automatic writing and in séances [a
meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the dead,
especially through the agency of a medium]. "The planchette jerked
and skittered to the upper left-hand corner of the paper") by which
answers to questions are spelled out, supposedly by spiritual forces:
Ouija
A room in which people may relax or wait: lounge
A large entrance hall or foyer (the entrance hall or vestibule in a
private house) immediately inside the door of a hotel, theatre or
other public building: lobby
Just punishment for wrong doing: nemesis
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To remove opponents or people considered undesirable from a state
or organization: purge
The act of purging or being purged, especially from guilt or sin:
purgation
Strong anger, often with a desire for revenge: wrath
An experience or feeling of spiritual release and purification brought
about by an intense emotional experience: catharsis
A person working in return for being taught the trade; a person who
has just started learning: apprentice
A person who believes in and follows the teachings of a leader, a
philosophy or a religion: disciple
A student who learns from a mentor or other person who is skilled,
knowledgeable and skilled: pupil
An unofficial name or nickname, especially a humorous one:
sobriquet
A man who is in charge of a group of other workers: foreman
Somebody who is beginning or learning an activity and has acquired
little skill in it: novice
A low-area storm with high winds rotating about a centre of low
atmospheric pressure: cyclone
An extremely destructive funnel-shaped rotating column of air that
passes in a narrow path over land: tornado
A violent tropical storm in the western pacific and Indian oceans:
typhoons
A severe tropical storm with torrential rain and extremely strong
winds: hurricane
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To break off proceedings of a meeting for a time: adjourn
To call people together for a formal meeting: convene
To postpone doing something, especially as a regular practice:
procrastinate
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 unto himself; a person who wishes
to throw over all establishments: anarchist
Taking part in warfare: belligerent
Somebody who challenges or overturns traditional beliefs, customs
and values: iconoclast
One who is likable: amiable
Giving or involving an extravagant and sometimes excessive
expression of feelings in speech or writing: effusive
Full of cheerful excitement or enthusiasm: ebullient
A field or a part of a garden where fruit trees grow: orchard
Something which is not thorough or profound: superficial
In excess of what is needed: superfluous
A woman of lax moral: hostess
A man of lax moral: licentious
An old word that means “prostitute”: harlot
A slow-witted and incompetent person: duffer
Wet or dirty with nasal mucus: snotty
A highly offensive term for a black person: nigger
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Somebody or something considered ineffective: dud
A good quality but also a criticism of someone for being overly
submissive: docility
A person or group of people in a legal action who appeal a judicial
decision in a higher court or a different jurisdiction: appellant
Present opposing arguments or evidence: rebut
To reject or snub an offer, advance, or approach made by somebody:
rebuff
To tell someone officially and in a serious way that something they
have done is wrong; a rebuke given for having done something
wrong; to rebuke somebody for a wrongdoing: reprimand
Books, pictures etc. intended to arouse sexual desires: pornography
Sexual in an offensive way: lewd
Art or literature intended to arouse sexual desire by portraying sex in
an explicit way: erotica
A person who makes and sells ladies’ hats: milliner
A dealer in fabric and sewing materials: draper
A clumsy or unskilful worker, especially at repair work: tinker
A maker and fitter of horseshoes: farrier
Careful in performing duties: punctilious
Inclined to fight or be aggressive; quick to argue with people:
pugnacious
Honest and unaffected in a way that shows what is said is really
meant; based on what is truly and deeply felt; talking and acting in a
way that shows you really mean what you say and do: sincere
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Arriving or taking place at the arranged time: punctual
To mediate between two parties in a dispute: intercede
To halt the flow of a speaker or of speaker’s utterance with a
question or remark: interrupt
A thing liable to be easily broken: brittle
Able to be drawn out into wires or hammered into very thin sheets:
ductile-malleable
The place where bricks are baked: kiln
A building equipped for the casting of metal or glass: foundry
A place where the coins used in a currency are manufactured under
government control: mint
An area of ground in which the dead are buried: cemetery
The branch of medical science that deals with the problems of the
old: geriatrics
The branch of medicine that deals with the study and treatment of
malignant tumours i.e. cancer: oncology
The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during
pregnancy and childbirth, and for some six weeks following delivery:
obstetrics
A branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of the endocrine
glands: endocrinology
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One who specialises in the study of birds: ornithologist
A student of or expert in natural history, especially botany or
zoology: naturalist
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Study of animals: zoology
Study of living things: biology
Study of plants: botany
Property inherited from one’s father: patrimony
Hereditary ownership of wealth or a title or the succession to wealth
or a title: inheritance
Connoisseur of choice food: gourmet
Somebody who habitually eats or drinks too much: glutton
A lover of food who often eats excessively or greedily: gourmand
An overwhelming desire to have more of: greed
A person pretending to be someone he is not: imposter
One who eats human flesh: cannibal
An animal, especially a large four-footed mammal; the instinctive,
irrational or aggressive part of somebody’s personality: beast
Somebody who enjoys treating people and animals cruelly and
violently
Feeding mainly on the flesh of other animals: carnivorous
To release an accused person from custody after a certain bail
amount has been paid: bail
A regular sum of money paid by the government to somebody who is
unemployed: dole
Money that somebody receives because something bas has
happened to him: compensation
Fear of bullets, missiles or being shot: ballistophobia
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Fear of narrow things or places: stenophobia
Official in charge of a museum/pitch: curator
A man employed to patrol or guard buildings or an area: watchman
A senior member of the academic staff of a university or college who
manages the whole institution or a department, faculty or group of
students: dean
Someone who is in charge of a building: warden
Someone whose job is to oversee and guide the work or activities of
a group of other people: supervisor
The doctrine (a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church,
political party, or other group "the doctrine of predestination") that
human souls pass from one body to another at the time of death:
transmigration
Process of estimating, beyond the original observation range, the
value of a variable on the basis of its relationship with another
variable: extrapolation
A process or period in which something undergoes a change and
passes from one state, stage, form or activity to another: transition
A complete or marked change of physical form, structure or
substance: metamorphosis
People at a lecture or a concert: audience
A group of people who have gathered for a religious service:
congregation
Somebody who watches or observes: spectator
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A group of people who are involved in organized crime, or the world
of organized crime; a large and unruly crowd of people; people in a
riot: mob
A large group of people gathered in one place: crowd
To make somebody feel a sense of not belonging: alienate
A drawing on a transparent paper: transparency
A plan of action or a guide to doing something: blueprint
Of or pertaining to the world: worldliness
Dishonest exploitation of power for personal gain: corruption
The practice of giving special treatment or unfair advantages to a
person or group: favouritism
A person who is very fond of sensuous enjoyments: epicure
In extremely good physical health, especially possessing great
stamina and strength; full of energy, vitality and enthusiasm; strongly
desiring sex: lusty
Bring to an end: finish
Lively noisy continual activity; hasten: hustle
To throw something with great force: hurl
A man who is not or has never been married: bachelor (opp. of
spinster)
A woman, especially married of middle age or later, having children
and is thought of as being mature, sensible and of good social
standing: matron
A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge: pedantic
Having elaborate or excessive decoration: ornate
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Using more words than necessary: verbose
Having an excessive sense of self-importance usually displayed
through exaggerated seriousness or stateliness in speech or manner;
full of splendour and magnificence: pompous
A doubter of accepted beliefs/ of religious doctrines and principles:
sceptic
A man who hates women: misogynist
A person who hates learning and knowledge: misologist
One who derives sexual gratification from one's own pain or
humiliation: masochist
One who shows an aversion (a strong dislike or disinclination) to
marriage and the married state: misogamist
To prevent something from occurring, especially something harmful:
avert
One who dislikes people and avoids social situations: misanthropist
Science of bodily structure: anatomy
The science dealing with the preservation of health: hygiene
The branch of medicine that deals with the structure and function of
the nervous system and treatment of the diseases and disorders that
affect it: neurology
That which makes it difficult to recognise the presence of real nature
of somebody or something: camouflage
Something done or a way of behaving that is not genuine, but is
intended to deceive somebody; a claim, especially one with few facts
to support it; make-believe or things imagined: pretence
A covering for the eyes, mouth or face: mask
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Worthy of respect as a result of great age, wisdom, remarkable
achievements, or similar qualities; revered for qualities such as great
age or holiness; extremely old: venerable
Somebody who is regarded as knowledgeable, wise and experienced,
especially a man of advanced years revered for his wisdom and good
judgement: sage
A release from a debt or duty; something that brings an activity to an
end: quietus
A document that provides supporting evidence for a claim, e.g.
receipt proving that a purchase was made: voucher
A collection of documents relating to a person or topic: dossier
A strong thick rope or steel wire: cable
Thick strong string or thin rope: cord
Yearly celebration of a date or an event: anniversary
A time or season of celebration; a period of 25 years or 50 years:
jubilee
A period of 100 years: centenary
Public building where weapons and ammunition are made or stored:
arsenal
A building used for drilling and training militia; a store or collection of
weapons: armoury
The caretaker of a public building: custodian
Interested mainly in small group, country: insular
One who cannot be corrected: incorrigible
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Not able to be wounded, damaged, hurt or affected; impossible to
defeat, harm or damage; incapable of being wounded: invulnerable
Too strong or skilful to ever be defeated: invincible
Strengthened in order to survive a nuclear weapon attack: hardened
A person who enters without any invitation: intruder
Somebody who enter or remains in a building intending to commit a
felony, usually theft: burglar
Somebody who intentionally defaces or destroys somebody else’s
property: vandal
The period between two reigns: interregnum
To decline in value, quality or conduct; a momentary failure in
behaviour or morality: lapse
A state in which there is neither motion nor development, often
resulting from opposing forces balancing each other: stasis
Something from a different period of time: anachronism
A pause in, or temporary discontinuation of, an activity: intermission
A form of dance characterized by conventional steps, poses and
graceful movements including leaps and spins: ballet
Lack of enough blood: anaemia
Unusual sensitivity to a normally harmless substance that provokes a
strong reaction from a person’s body: allergy
A man who is having the qualities of woman: effeminate
Tending to talk a great deal; one who talks continuously: loquacious
Unmarried or not having sexual activity, especially because of a
religious vow: celibate
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A word no longer in use: obsolete
Out of date: obsolescent
A person or thing that is foreign and unusual, especially a plant or
animal: exotic
Relating to or occurring at the first stages or form of something:
primitive
A person who does not know how to save money: spendthrift
Marked by a thought about danger or other possible undesirable
consequences: reckless
A person 70 to 79 years old: septuagenarian
A person 90 to 99 years old: nonagenarian
Somebody who is a 100 years old or older: centenarian
A person 80 to 89 years old: octogenarian
A person who sneaks into a country: infiltrator
A country, army etc. that uses force to enter another country:
invader
A person or country that attacks or starts a war, fight or argument
often without being provoked: aggressor
Someone who shoots people from a concealed position: sniper
To go for a long walk in the countryside, usually for pleasure: hike
An informal meal prepared for eating in the open air: picnic
To walk without hurrying, often for pleasure; a short walk for
pleasure or exercise: stroll
People in a rowdy scene: rabble
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Creature having both male and female parts: hermaphrodite
Sexually attracted to members of the same sex: homosexual
An offensive term for someone who practices sodomy (anal
intercourse): sodomite
One who has suddenly gained new wealth, power or prestige:
parvenu
An independent thinker who refuses to conform to the accepted
views on a subject; an independent person who has ideas and
behaviour that are very different from other people’s: maverick
Having an abundance of material wealth: affluent
A person working in the same place with another: colleague
A close friend or a companion: comrade
Somebody who works to somebody else’s instructions, often in a
paid capacity: assistant
Modern, or relating to the present time; living at the same time as
the other: contemporary
Done, happening or existing at the same time: simultaneous
Happening at the same time, or occupying the same position in
space: coincident
To make something work at the same time or the same rate as
something else: synchronise
Interval between two events or two periods of time between
different character (dusk-night): interlude
A method of constructing new data points within the range of a
discrete set of known data points: interpolation
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A part that projects from something larger; a collection of separate
material at the end of a book or document: appendix
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One who comes from a country area and is often considered to be
stupid: bumpkin
Walk in a vain, self-important way: strut
To run at a slow steady pace as a fitness exercise: jog
A fast movement similar to a horse’s or a four-legged animal; the
fastest pace of a horse, in which all the four feet are off the ground
at the same time: gallop
To walk in a slow and leisurely way, especially up and down a street
or in a public place, taken for pleasure or to be seen; a marching
movement in country dancing: promenade
To walk, or walk a particular path or distance, with slow heavy weary
steps: trudge
To make a long difficult journey, especially on foot and often over
rough or mountainous terrain: trek
Place which provides both board and lodging: inn
A place where meals and drinks are sold and served to customers:
restaurant
A hotel for people who are traveling by car: motel
Clumsy or ill-bred fellow: boor
Somebody regarded as unintelligent, clumsy, or uncultured: oaf
An unpleasant young man who behaves badly, especially in public:
lout
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Someone who is not very intelligent or who does not know a lot
about the world, usually because they come from a small town or
village: yokel
A small shop that sells fashionable clothes, cosmetics etc.: boutique
Partitioned enclosure or small room shaped like a box that offers
privacy e.g. when telephoning, selling tickets, or voting: booth
A space marked off for parking a motor vehicle in a garage or parking
lot: stall
A place where merchandise is offered for retail sale to customers:
store
Thing that can be felt or touched: palpable (tangible) (impalpable)
A disease or condition that is found in a large part of a population:
pandemic
Insignificant or unimportant: paltry
Describes photographic film that is sensitive to all visible colours and
ultraviolet light: panchromatic
Having or demonstrating sound reason and judgement: sensible
A book containing summarised information on all branches of
knowledge: encyclopaedia
A reference book that alphabetizes and explains terms: dictionary
A book that consists of essays, stories or poems by different writers:
anthology
A book alphabetically listing persons and organizations, usually with
information about how to contact them: directory
The normal abode of any animal or plant: habitat
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All the external factors influencing the life and activities of people,
plants and animals; the natural world, especially when it is regarded
as being at risk from the harmful influences of human activities; a set
of external conditions, especially those affecting a particular activity:
environment
A place that has recently been populated with permanent residents;
the act of populating a place with permanent residents or becoming
a permanent resident in a place: settlement
A position or activity that particularly suits somebody’s talents and
personality or that somebody can make his or her own: niche
Extreme old age when a person behaves like a fool: dotage
A medical category of people with moderate to severe intellectual
disability, as well as a type of criminal: imbecility (The term arises
from the Latin word imbecillus, meaning weak, or weak-minded.)
Forgetful, confused, or otherwise mentally less acute in later life:
senile -> senility
A violent and bad-tempered woman: virago
A member of a group of women warriors who lived in Scythia, an
area of present-day Ukraine, or elsewhere at the northern limits of
the world: Amazon
Not having much money: impecunious
A person who is skilled in horsemanship: equestrian
The part of an army consisting of soldiers who rode horses: cavalry
A soldier belonging to a regiment of cavalry: cavalryman
A gallant or chivalrous man, especially one escorting a lady: cavalier
A rider of racehorses, especially professionally: jockey
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To tell somebody that you are sorry for doing something wrong for
causing a problem: apologize
To try to win somebody’s favour by pleasing him or her, especially in
order to gain an advantage: ingratiate
To appease or conciliate somebody or something: propitiate
A paper written in one’s own handwriting: manuscript
A roll of paper, parchment, leather, or other material, used for a
written document, or a document written on such a roll: scroll
Strong, smooth or textured, usually off-white paper used for special
documents, letters, or artwork: parchment
Written record of something: transcript
Rule by a tyrant: despotism
Government by dictator, usually by force: dictatorship
Cruelty and injustice in the exercise of power or authority over
others: tyranny
To congratulate someone in a formal manner: felicitate
To observe an event or occasion with ceremony or formality:
solemnize
To have a strong feeling of wanting something to happen or wanting
to have something: wish
To show happiness that something good or special has transpired:
celebrate
Interested in and clever at many things: versatile
Cosmetic treatment for hands and nails: manicure
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Clear to see or understand; to make something evident by showing
or demonstrating it very clearly; a list giving details of a ship’s cargo,
its destination, and other particulars for customs purposes: manifest
Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence; a set of rules: protocol
A strong or excessive emphasis on outward appearance or form
instead of content or meaning; stylization and emphasis on
symbolism in theatrical productions; the view that mathematical
symbols are meaningless, though mathematical concepts and
structures can be valuable: formalism
An organization or group whose members are arranged in ranks e.g.
in ranks of power and seniority: hierarchy
That which can be carried: portable
Useful or easy to use; skilful at doing a number of different things:
handy
Suitable for drinking, clean and uncontaminated: potable
Not too unpleasant to put up with or accept: bearable
Of outstanding significance: monumental
Having a discernible (able to be seen, noticed or understood)
meaning: meaningful
Suggesting or indicating that something bad is going to happen or be
revealed: ominous
Easy or clear to see or understand: evident
Governed by reason rather than emotion or prejudice: rational
A small, named group of fixed stars: constellation
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A group of billions of stars and their planets, gas and dust that
extends over many thousands of light-years and forms a unit within
the universe: galaxy
A group of galaxies or stars that are gravitationally interacting in
space and appear to an observer on Earth to be close together:
cluster
Run away from home with lover: elope
To prove convincingly superior to somebody in a contest,
competition, or argument; to overcome, suppress, or subdue an
emotion, feeling, or idea: vanquish
To run away secretly, especially in order to avoid arrest or
prosecution; to escape from a place of detention: abscond
(absconder)
A tumour which is not likely to spread: benign
Full of hate and showing a desire to harm others: malignant
Place where bankers exchange cheques and adjust balances: clearing
house
A business that keeps money for individual people or companies,
exchanges currencies, makes loans, and offers other financial
services: bank
The government department formerly in the United Kingdom
responsible for collecting taxes and managing public spending; a
national treasury or account, especially the UK government’s
account at the Bank of England, or the assets in it: exchequer
To remove the skin of a potato or an orange: peel
The act of washing something lightly by running a liquid, usually
clean water, over or around it: rinse
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To clean something by rubbing hard; a stunted tree or bush: scrub
To take something away from somebody or from a place: remove
An irrational fear of crowds: Ochlophobia
An irrational fear of being in a confined or enclosed space:
claustrophobia
An eating disorder characterized by immoderate food restriction and
irrational fear of gaining weight, as well as a distorted body selfperception: sitophobia
Abnormal fear of thunder and lightning: astraphobia
An appointment made by two parties to settle a dispute: arbiter
Somebody who works with both sides in a dispute in an attempt to
help them to reach an agreement: mediator
Somebody, especially a man, who is a negotiator or intermediary in a
transaction: middleman
A list of explanation of words, especially unusual ones at the end of a
book: glossary
An alphabetical list of topics, people or titles giving the location of
where they are mentioned in a text: index
One who can use either of one’s hands with ease: ambidextrous
A statement which cannot be understood: incomprehensible
The plants and vegetation of a region: flora
The animal life of a region: fauna
An expanse of scenery of a particular type, especially as much as can
be seen by the eye: landscape
A person who is talkative: garrulous
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A representative or spokesperson for a group: speaker
A giver of speeches, especially somebody skilled: orator
A medicine, food or drink that helps you to make solid waste leave
your body: laxative
Medical study of skin and its diseases: dermatology
The branch of medicine concerned with the nature and correction of
disorders of the bones, joints, ligaments or muscles: orthopaedics
The branch of medicine involving the study and treatment of sexually
transmitted diseases: venereology
A complementary disease-treatment system in which a patient is
given minute doses of natural substances that in larger doses would
produce symptoms of the disease itself: homeopathy
Room with toilet facilities: lavatory
A set of matching furniture for a room e.g. a bed, end tables, and a
dresser for a bedroom; e.g. a sofa and two armchairs for a lounge:
suite
Of a luxurious standard and surpassing all others of the same type:
deluxe
A small simple house, especially one made of wood in forest or
mountain areas: cabin
One who speaks or understands many languages: polyglot
Somebody who is skilled in grammar; a writer on grammar, especially
one who espouses (to adopt or support something as a belief or
cause) prescriptive rules: grammarian
Someone who studies and speaks a lot of languages: linguist
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To talk without respect of something sacred or holy; contempt of
God: blasphemy
Something that is morally offensive: obscenity
Crude or obscene, particularly with regard to sex or bodily functions:
vulgar
Not liking or seeking the company of others: unsocial
Explicit undertaking to do something: promise
A contract or arrangement, either written or verbal and sometimes
enforced by law; the state of having come to the same opinion or
having made the same decision as somebody else, or an expression
of this state: agreement
Something that somebody chooses or makes up his or her mind
about, after considering it and other possible choices; the process of
coming to a conclusion or determination about something: decision
To surround with armed forces: besiege
To stop happening or continuing: cease
To fight to overthrow a government or ruling power; to refuse to
conform to the usual codes and conventions of the society: rebel
A young person who is so violent or prone to committing crimes,
especially in public places: hooligan
A dramatic performance: masque
A building in which Muslims worship: mosque
A person, animal or thing that is believed to bring good luck, usually
one that becomes the symbol of a particular group, especially a
team: mascot
Seat on elephant’s back: howdah
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A seat, usually made of leather, used by a rider on the back of an
animal such as a horse or donkey: saddle
The foot of a horse, deer, cow or similar animal, covered with horny
material: hoof
An expression of mild disapproval: reproof
Lack of respect; rudeness: impertinence
A threat or a sign that something bad is going to happen; a piece of
advice given to somebody to be careful or to stop doing something:
warning
To speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully;
defame: denigrate (denigration) to denigrate someone's character.
To treat or represent as lacking in value or importance; belittle;
disparage: to denigrate someone's contributions to a project.
Forcing out (blood etc.) from its vessel: extravasate
Full of energy, excitement and cheerfulness: exuberant
To get someone out of a difficult or unpleasant situation
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Incapable of being accounted for or explained: inexplicable
Something beyond belief; a story that can hardly be believed:
incredible
(Of a feeling) too strong to be described or conveyed in words:
inexpressible
Not expressed or shown fully, openly and unambiguously: inexplicit
A person interested in reading books and nothing else: book worm
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A person who records the day-to-day financial transactions of an
organization: book-keeper a.k.a. an accounting clerk or accounting
technician. A bookkeeper is usually responsible for writing the
"daybooks". The daybooks consist of purchases, sales, receipts, and
payments.
A book or picture produced merely to bring in money: pot-boiler
Slang for cop, police officer, security guard, etc.: blue-bird
A thing that brings in a profit: money-spinner "we hoped this show
would be a money-spinner"
A curved stroke in handwriting, especially as made by children
learning to write; a hook used for hanging a pot over a hearth or for
lifting a hot pot: pot-hook
To learn from sorrow and hardship: sapiopathic
One who finds intelligence the most sexually attractive feature:
sapisexual I am so sapiosexual, I need a man who graduated cum
laude. Cum laude: academic distinction (Summa cum laude: the best;
Magna cum laude: very good; Cum laude: good, but not that good.)
A group which is open to members of all sexual orientations or
gender identities including straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transsexual, or transvestite: pansexual
Deviation or departure from common rule or standard: anomaly
The diverse nature of something: heterogeneity
The state of being known or identified by name, e.g. as the author or
donor of something: anonymity
Complete agreement among all the members of a group: unanimity
Elderly woman in charge of a girl on social occasions: chaperone
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A seller or maker of candles; a seller of particular supplies and goods;
someone who sells equipment that people need on a ship: chandler
Land so surrounded by water as to be almost an island: peninsula
A shallow body or other liquid, created by or near an industrial or
waste site; a coastal body of shallow water formed where low-lying
rock, sand or coral presents a partial barrier to the open sea; a small
lake adjoining a larger one: lagoon
A place adjoining kitchen, for washing dishes: scullery
A large closet or freestanding cupboard with a rail or shelves for
clothes and shoes; all the clothes that belong to somebody:
wardrobe
A fixed orbit in space in relation to earth: geo-stationary
Making or denoting an orbit around the earth or another celestial
body in which one revolution is completed in the period taken for
the body to rotate about its axis: geo-synchronous
Measured from, or considered as if viewed from the centre of the
earth: geocentric
Part-song for several voices without instrumental accompaniment:
madrigal
A speech, article or poem that gives someone or something a lot of
praise; extravagant praise delivered in formal speech or writing:
panegyric
A humorous poem with five lines: limerick
A person who is the property of another and bound to serve him:
slave
An employee who serves somebody else: servant
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A man who is enslaved or a serf (labourer legally bound to and
obliged to serve a lord): bondsman
To treat something as less important and allow something else to
dominate or take priority; lower than somebody in rank or status:
subordinate
Having or showing intelligence or ability well above average:
exceptional
Young and sexually desirable: nubile
A person who studies the formation of the earth: geologist
A person who studies weather: meteorology
A person who studies mankind: anthropologist
A person who studies earthquakes: seismologist
Open rebellion by soldiers and sailors against lawful authority:
mutiny
An uprising that attempts to overthrow a government: revolt
The overthrow of a ruler or political system: revolution
A school for infants and young children: kindergarten
An institution in which children are taught up to the age of 17 years:
school
Showing lack of maturity: infantile
A child’s bedroom or playroom in a house; a room in a hospital
where new-borns stay and are cared for by the nursing staff and
paediatricians prior to going home: nursery
A document, especially a letter or advertisement distributed to a
large number of people: circular
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Story told to illustrate a moral or a spiritual truth; to explain a
spiritual truth: parable
Containing a political or moral message; tending to give instruction
or advice, even when it is not welcome or needed; intended to teach
something, especially a moral lesson: didactic
Somebody or something that is the very best example of something:
paragon
A set of ideas that are used for understanding or explaining
something, especially in a particular subject; the complete set of
different forms of a word e.g. student, student’s, students and
students’: paradigm
A verse letter; a long formal letter, often intended to provide
instruction; a literary work in the form of a letter: epistle
To say something that is not true in a conscious effort to deceive
somebody: lay
A short piece of writing that honours a dead person: epitaph
A style of British theatre, or a play in this style, traditionally
performed at Christmas, in which a folktale or children’s story is told
with jokes, songs and dancing: pantomime
One who eats everything: omnivorous
Knowing everything: omniscient
Unable to pay debts: insolvent
A country ruled by two countries; joint sovereignty exercised over a
country by two or more countries: condominium
Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar: pandemonium
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A state of friendly agreement or understanding that exist or is
declared between two or more countries; an informal agreement
between countries or groups: entente
A policy in which a country rules other nations and develops trade
for its own benefit; a situation in which one country rules another:
colonialism
Stage between boyhood and youth: adolescence
Stage of development when a child changes physically into an adult:
puberty
The condition or time of childhood before a baby walks or talks:
infancy
The state of being fully grown or developed: maturity
To move along with quick, short twisting: wriggle
To walk in an arrogant or proud way: swagger
To move on all fours: crawl
To trip when walking or running: stumble
That which cannot be done without: indispensable
Not able to exist or be done: impossible
Impossible to be carried out effectively: impracticable
Impossible to undo, change: irrevocable
That which cannot be rectified or made good: irreparable
Valuable or rare and impossible to replace if used, lost or destroyed:
irreplaceable
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Not capable of being made to agree or coexist with someone else;
incapable of being resolved; determinedly hostile and unwilling to
accept compromise: irreconcilable
A ride on someone else’s back or shoulders: piggyback
A prolonged hug or embrace given to comfort or show affection; to
nestle together or hold somebody or something close for affection,
warmth or comfort: cuddle
A sum of money paid illegally in order to gain concession or favours;
a strong or violent reaction: kickback
Someone who has a large round part on their back, caused by an
unusual curve in their spine: hunchback
A cure for all diseases: panacea
Able to kill or inactivate bacteria: antibiotic
The use of prayers or religious rituals to drive out evil spirits believed
to be possessing a person or place: exorcism
The ritual chanting or use of supposedly magic words: incantation
The form of madness which gives a person the idea that his
importance is very great: megalomania
Extreme foolishness, or an act that demonstrates such foolishness:
insanity
A sudden and uncontrollable expression of emotion; a sudden onset
or intensification of a pathological symptom or symptoms, especially
when recurrent: paroxysm
Somebody who talks immodestly or with excessive pride about
himself or herself: braggart
One who travels from place to place: itinerant
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A worker who has learned a skill and works for a business that
belongs to someone else; a competent and reliable but
unexceptional performer or exponent of something; an artisan who
has completed an apprenticeship and is fully trained and qualified
but still works for an employer: journeyman
A homeless person who travels on foot, often begging for a living:
tramp
That which is perceptible by touch; can be seen and touched:
tangible
Tending to stick firmly to any decision, plan or opinion: tenacious
(opp. of irresolute)
A disease that spread by contact: contagious
A group of people representing a particular organization or belief, or
from a particular region or country, and forming part of a larger
group; dependent on or resulting from a future and as yet unknown
event or circumstance; possible but not certain to happen:
contingent
A person who is bad in spelling: cacographer
That which cannot be understood: unintelligible
Impossible or very difficult to read: illegible
(Of speech or writing) not able to be read or understood:
undecipherable/indecipherable "his almost undecipherable brogue"
brogue: a strong outdoor shoe with ornamental perforated patterns
in the leather.
A person who is more interested in himself rather than anything that
is going around him: introvert
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Somebody whose interests are directed outside the self; somebody
who is sociable and self-confident; confident, lively and happy in
social situations: extrovert
Somebody who believes that the correct basis for morality is selfinterest: egoist
Somebody who is selfish and self-centred: egotist
Invented by somebody’s imagination, especially as a part of a fiction:
fictitious
To create something by mixing or combining various ingredients in a
new way, especially in cooking; to invent a false explanation or false
information, especially for a dishonest purpose: concoct (concoction)
Existing only in the mind: imaginary
Something which can be taken for granted: postulate
A belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, political party,
or other group: doctrine "the doctrine of predestination"
To specify something such as a condition when making an agreement
or an offer: stipulate
Something that has been stipulated: stipulation
a general rule, principle or a truth; a phrase or saying that includes a
rule or moral principle about how you should behave; a succinct or
pithy that has some proven truth to it: maxim
Expressed with brevity and clarity, with no wasted words: succinct
An established fundamental belief, especially one relating to religion
or politics: tenet
One who resides in a country of which one is not a citizen: alien
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Somebody who comes from a country other than your own:
foreigner
Born or originating in a particular place: native
Somebody who spends money wastefully; giving or producing
something in large amounts: prodigal
One who draws maps and charts: cartographer
One who writes and edits dictionary: lexicographer
One who studies handwritings; the study of writing systems and their
relationship to the sound systems of languages: graphologist
The science of studying people’s handwriting in order to learn about
their character: graphology
Anything which destroys the effect of poison: antidote
A substance used for cleaning injured skin and preventing infections:
antiseptic
For the treatment of tuberculosis, it is classified as a second line
drug: seromycin
The fluid that separates from clotted blood, similar to plasma but
without clotting agents; a liquid put into someone’s blood to help
them to fight an infection or a poison
A song sung at a burial: dirge
A mournful or reflective poem; a poem written on someone’s death:
elegy
Words used in ancient times but no longer in general use: archaic
A person behind time: antiquated
To cause something to become out of date or old: antiquate
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Very old: ancient
Something that no longer exists: extinct
Ridiculous use of words: malapropism
Use of new words: neology
The practice of coining new words or phrases or of extending the
meaning of existing words or phrases: neologism
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is
named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle): onomatopoeia
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A stableman or someone who looks after the horses: ostler
The male head servant in a large or important household, with
responsibilities that include overseeing the other staff: butler
A nation engaged in a war: belligerent
Cutting into pieces: shredding
Severely reducing or shortening something; aggressively critical; cut
with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword:
slashing "she tried to kill herself by slashing her wrists"
To arrange or position something for use or for a particular purpose;
to make somebody likely to experience something; to make
somebody willing or receptive to something: dispose
Tear or pull (something) quickly or forcibly away from something or
someone; something wonderful or excellent: rip "a fan tried to rip his
trousers off during a show"
Ready or inclined to quarrel, fight or go to war: bellicose
A lady’s purse: reticule
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A small room or hall between an outer door and the main part of a
building: vestibule
An umbrella made to provide shade from the sun: parasol
A length of fabric, usually sheer, worn by woman over the head and
face as a concealment or for protection: veil
Tendency to fight or be aggressive; quick to argue with people:
pugnacity
A philosophical doctrine that holds that pleasure is the highest good
or the source of moral values: hedonist
One who believes that pleasure is the chief good: hedonist
Indifference to pleasure or pain: stoicism
Person indifferent to pain and pleasure: stoic
Careful and particular: meticulous
Exact and accurate, or detailed and specific: precise
Having or showing careful regard for what is morally right; rigorously
precise or thorough; very careful to be honest and do what is morally
correct: scrupulous
Showing great care, attention and industriousness in carrying out a
task or a role; governed by or done according to somebody’s sense
of right and wrong; working hard and careful to do things well:
conscientious
A soldier who fights for the sake of money: mercenary
A two-wheeled cab for two to ride inside with driver mounted up
behind: hansom (the most common local means of transport in
Britain times)
A light automotive vehicle used to sell or deliver something: wagon
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A four-wheeled horse-drawn private passenger vehicle, large and
comfortable: carriage
A railroad engine: locomotive
Looking forward to: hoping
To cause something to happen or be done: get
To give somebody hope, confidence or courage: encourage
To create a vivid mental picture of something: visualise
To say what is going to happen in the future, often in the basis of
present conditions or past experience: predict
To deny the truth of something, or prove it to be false: negate
To render something ineffective: nullify
To stop a previously arranged event: cancel
An instrument with lenses for making very small object appear
larger: microscope
A device for looking at distant objects that magnifies what is seen
using a lens for each eye: binoculars
A moving theatre; a motion picture: bioscope
An instrument for viewing objects at a distance: telescope
A very ardent enthusiast or follower of something: devotee
Study of environment: ecology
Study of rocks, soil and minerals and corresponding origins, of a
particular place: geology
Study of physical features like climate, mountains, rivers, distribution
of flora, fauna and human life: geography
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Existing or situated below ground level; existing or carried on in
secret: subterranean
Done in a concealed or underhand way to escape notice, especially
disapproval: surreptitious
Able to judge quickly and correctly what people and situations are
really like; penetratingly discerning or perceptive: perspicacious
Persuasive and fluent speech: eloquence
An educational speech on a subject made before an audience:
lecture
A serious and lengthy speech or piece of writing about a topic:
discourse
A word or phrase that communicates an idea: expression
A loud talk or speech: harangue
Knowledge acquired through study and reading: erudition
Having or showing great knowledge gained from study and reading:
erudite
Use of high-flown language: magniloquence
State or condition of being hostile: malevolence
Go back and forth: shuttle
To travel regularly from one place to another: commute
One who heralds (to give or be a sign that something is going to
happen): harbinger
Woman’s part of dwelling; in a traditional Muslim home, the
separate private quarters reserved for wives and concubines; place
where women dwelled in ancient times: harem
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List of goods with their price: invoice
The merchandise or stock that a store or company has on hand:
inventory
Speech delivered without previous preparation: extempore
The act of speaking while alone, especially when used as a theatrical
device that allows a character’s thoughts and ideas to be conveyed
to the audience: soliloquy
Act of killing another human being: homicide
Murdering of brother: fratricide
Murder of a new-born child: infanticide
Intentional destruction of racial group: genocide
Murdering of the king: regicide
Unreal and visionary; having no existence in reality or no likelihood
of existing or happening: chimerical
Involving deep careful thought: meditative
Extraordinarily good; apparently impossible but real or true:
fantastic
Spending a lot of time thinking very carefully about something:
contemplative
Work which involves too much official formalities: red-tapism
Favouring own kith and kin: nepotism
One who passes through the gate without taking permission:
trespasser
A road passing round a town or its centre to provide an alternative
route for through traffic: bypass
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Somebody who is responsible for or guilty of an offense or misdeed:
culprit
A public highway that passes through a place; the right to go from
one place to another along a designated route: thoroughfare
Not willing to take a definite stand: evasive
Not clearly or fully explained: vague
Having more than one possible meaning or interpretation:
ambiguous
Difficult to analyse, understand or solve; made up of many
interrelated parts: complex
Shelter for cows: byre
Small shelter, using wood and wire, for small animals such as rabbits:
hutch
Shelter for dogs: kennel
A building used to accommodate military personnel: barracks
Views which are not of one’s liking: irritating
Arousing strong feelings of repugnance (strong dislike) or
disapproval: abhorrent
Arousing feelings of disgust, nausea or repulsion: revolting
A doctor who treats children and infants: paediatrician
One who treats female problems: gynaecologist/gynecologist
One who treats skin diseases: dermatologist
One who diagnoses and treats conditions of the foot, ankle, and
related structures of the leg: podiatrist
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Going very much against what is thought to be sensible or
reasonable; extremely unreasonable or silly: preposterous
Making someone physically or mentally weak: debilitating
Refusing to behave in a reasonable way and sometimes protesting
loudly: obstreperous
Award given after death: posthumous
Lasting for only a short period of time and leaving no permanent
trace: ephemeral
True at heart: honest [SELF]
A title of respect; given as a mark of distinction, esteem or respect,
used in speech or writing before the full name or governmental
superior: honorific
A title of respect before someone’s name to indicate entitlement to
respect because of an official position held, or used to address a
parliamentary colleague: honourable
Uncomfortable, or embarrassed or slightly sick; not expected, usual
or ordinary: strange
Borrow ideas and words from others and using them as one’s own:
plagiarism
Something made to be as much as possible like something else:
imitation
A film, television drama, or stage play that has been adapted from a
written work: adaptation (adaptation)
A place where government or historical records are kept: archives
Give back the youthful vigour and appearance: rejuvenate
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To bring something back to an earlier and better condition; to give
somebody new strength or vigour; to return something to its proper
owner or place: restore
A faithful, dependable and hard-working supporter of somebody or
something: stalwart
To guard or protect somebody or something; an administrative or
electoral division of an area such as a city, town or county; a room in
a hospital especially one for several patients being given similar
treatment: ward (This also: His letters to his ward speak volumes
serve as strong testimony to for his forbearance and good sense.)
Generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful
person: magnanimous
To offer something as evidence, a reason or proof: adduce
To refer disapprovingly or contemptuously to somebody or
something: disparage
Opposed to progressive social or political change: reactionary
Appropriate to or characteristic of spoken language (informal
conversation) that is used to create the effect of conversation:
colloquial (colloquialism)
A large meeting to discuss something, usually an academic subject:
colloquium
To praise with great enthusiasm and admiration: extol
A person who seeks an office, honour, etc.: candidate (candidature)
To fill somebody or something with needed energy or nourishment;
to restock depleted items or material: replenish
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To give help or provide a service; to translate something into another
language; the first thin coat of plaster applied to masonry: render
Drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place: oust
Study of human beauty: kalology
Study of dreams: oneirology
A man who dances to the tunes of his wife: henpecked
A place of good climate: sanatorium
A remarkable talent: prodigy
A short but amusing story: anecdote
Act of killing one’s wife: uxoricide
An animal story with a moral: fable
Animals living on land and in water: amphibians
Art of cutting tree and bushes into ornamental shape: topiary
Custom of having many husbands: polyandry
Custom of having many wives: polygamy
Dealing of counterfeit things: forgery
Equal in rank: peer
Fear of bathing: ablutophobia
Fear of becoming bald: phalacrophobia
Fear of being robbed: harpaxophobia
Fear of cockroaches: katsaridaphobia
Fear of darkness: lygophobia
Fear of death: necrophobia
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Fear of dentist: dentophobia
Fear of disease: pathophobia
Fear of failure: atychiphobia
Fear of foreigners: xenophobia
Fear of God: zeusophobia
Fear of going to bed: clinophobia
Fear of height: acrophobia
Fear of making decisions: decidophobia
Fear of poverty: peniaphonbia
Fear of property: orthophobia
Fear of radiation: radiophobia
Fear of riding in a car: amaxophobia
Fear of school: scolionophobia
Fear of sex: genophobia
Fear of speaking: lalophobia
Fear of speed: tachophobia
Fear of water: hydrophobia
Fear of words: logophobia
Food agreeing with one’s taste: palatable
Funny imitation of a poem: parody
Longing for something: nostalgia
Man whose wife has been unfaithful to him: cuckold
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Mania for setting fires: pyromania
Mania for stealing things: kleptomania
Mania for talking: logomania
Mania for travel: dromomania
Medicine which lessens pain: anodyne
Murdering of a family: familicide
Murdering of husband by his wife: mariticide
Murdering of tyrant: tyrannicide
One who believes one is God: theomania
One who cuts precious stones: lapidist
One who does not respect something sacred or holy: blasphemer
One who is neither intelligent nor dull: mediocre
One who plays a game for pleasure, not professionally: amateur
One who pretends illness to escape duty: malingerer
One who reads only books: bookworm
One who totally abstains from alcohol: teetotaller/teetotaler
One whose attitude is to eat, drink and merry: epicurean
Part of a church where bells are hung: belfry
Person obsessed with one idea or subject: monomaniac
Person who holds scholarship at a university: bursar
Person who is against ordinary society, especially dressing: hippy
Person who is made to bear the blame: scapegoat
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Person who kills others for political reasons: assassin
Person who lives alone and avoids other people: recluse
Person who pretends to have more knowledge: charlatan
A person who regards the whole world as his country: cosmopolitan
Physician who delivers babies: obstetrician
Send unwanted person out of the country: deport
Short journey made by a group of persons together: excursion
Short remaining end of a cigarette: stub
Study of birds: ornithology
Thing that cannot be touched or felt: impalpable
Thing through which light cannot pass: opaque
To spread troops for battle: deploy
Unexpected stroke of good luck: windfall
Walking in sleep: somnambulism
Woman who has extra-marital relationship: adultery
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A dramatic performance: masque
A lady’s purse: reticule
A man of odd habits: eccentric
A man who dances to the tunes of his wife: henpecked
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A nation engaged in war: belligerent
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A person behind time: antiquated
8.
A person to throw away his establishment: anarchist
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A place of good climate: sanatorium
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A place of washing dishes adjoining kitchen: scullery
11.
A religious song: hymn
12.
A remarkable talent: prodigy
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A short but amusing story: anecdote
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A verse letter: epistle
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Act of killing one’s wife: uxoricide
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An animal story with a moral: fable
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An instrument for viewing objects at a distance: telescope
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An unknown person: anonymous
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Animals living on land and in water: amphibians
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Appointment by two parties to settle a dispute: arbiter
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Art of cutting tree and bushes into ornamental shape:
topiary
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At the same time: contemporary
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Award given after death: posthumous
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Borrow ideas and steal other words is called: plagiarism
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Caretaker of a public building: custodian
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Change one’s mind too quickly: vacillation
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Congratulate somebody in formal manner: felicitate
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Contempt of God: blasphemy
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Creature having both male and female organs:
hermaphrodite
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Cure for all disease: panacea
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Custom of having many husbands: polyandry
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Custom of having many wives: polygamy
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Dealing of counterfeit things: forgery
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Disease which is spread by contact: contagious
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Doctor who treats children: paediatrician
Equal in rank: peer
Fault that may be forgiven: venial
Favouring own kith and kin: nepotism
Fear of bathing: ablutophobia
Fear of becoming bald: phalacrophobia
Fear of being robbed: harpaxophobia
Fear of cockroaches: katsaridaphobia
Fear of crowd: Ochlophobia
Fear of darkness: lygophobia
Fear of death: necrophobia
Fear of dentist: dentophobia
Fear of disease: pathophobia
Fear of failure: atychiphobia
Fear of foreigners: xenophobia
Fear of God: zeusophobia
Fear of going to bed: clinophobia
Fear of height: acrophobia
Fear of making decisions: decidophobia
Fear of poverty: peniaphonbia
Fear of property: orthophobia
Fear of radiation: radiophobia
Fear of riding in a car: amaxophobia
Fear of school: scolionophobia
Fear of sex: genophobia
Fear of speaking: lalophobia
Fear of speed: tachophobia
Fear of water: hydrophobia
Fear of words: logophobia
First speech: maiden
Food agreeing with one’s taste: palatable
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Funny imitation of a poem: parody
Giving up throne by the king: abdication
Go back and forth: shuttle
Government by a single person: autocracy
Government by the Gods: theocracy
Government run by a dictator: autocracy
Group of three novels: trilogy
Incapable of being wounded: invulnerable
In charge of museum/pitch: curator
Indifference to pleasure or pain: stoicism
Instruments which make smaller objects larger: telescope
Intentional destruction of racial group: genocide
Interval between two events: interlude
Just punishment for wrongdoing: nemesis
Killing of another human being: homicide
Language difficult to understand: jargon
Large scale departure of people: exodus
List of explanation of words: glossary
List of goods with their price: invoice
Longing for something: nostalgia
Loop of rope: noose
Loud talk or speech: harangue
Man having qualities of a woman: effeminate
Man of lax moral: licentious
Man whose wife has been unfaithful to him: cuckold
Mania for setting fires: pyromania
Mania for stealing things: kleptomania
Mania for talking: logomania
Mania for travel: dromomania
Mania of being important: megalomania
Medicine which lessens pain: anodyne
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Member of a band of robbers: brigand
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Morning prayer: matin
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Murdering of a family: familicide
100. Murdering of an infant: infanticide
101. Murdering of brother: fratricide
102. Murdering of husband by his wife: mariticide
103. Murdering of the king: regicide
104. Murdering of tyrant: tyrannicide
105. Old age when a man behaves like a fool: dotage
106. One who believes one is God: theomania
107. One who believes that everything is pre destined: fatalist
108. One who believes that pleasure is the chief good:
hedonist
109. One who betrays another: traitor
110. One who collects coins: numismatist
111. One who comes from a village and considered stupid:
bumpkin
112. One who compiles dictionary: lexicographer
113. One who cuts precious stones: lapidist
114. One who deserts one’s religion: apostate
115. One who does not care for literature: philistine
116. One who does not respect something sacred or holy:
blasphemer
117. One who does not take definite stand: evasive
118. One who draws maps and charts: cartographer
119. One who eats everything: omnivorous
120. One who eats human flesh: cannibal
121. One who fights for the sake of money: mercenary
122. One who forsakes religion: renegade
123. One who has many talents: versatile
124. One who has suddenly gained new wealth: parvenu
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125. One who has unreasoning enthusiasm for glorification of
one’s country: chauvinist
126. One who hates knowledge and learning: misologist
127. One who is bad in spelling: cacographer
128. One who is guilty of firing property: arsonist
129. One who is more interested in oneself: introvert
130. One who is more interested in others: extrovert
131. One who is neither intelligent nor dull: mediocre
132. One who is not the citizen of a country: alien
133. One who is talkative: garrulous
134. One who is the most powerful: omnipotent
135. One who is very careful and particular: meticulous
136. One who is very well versed in any subject: connoisseur
137. One who lends money at high rate: usurer
138. One who loves all and sundry: philanthropist
139. One who loves books: bibliophile
140. One who passes through the gate without taking
permission: trespasser
141. One who pays too much attention to one’s clothes and
appearance: dandy
142. One who plays a game for pleasure, not professionally:
amateur
143. One who pretends illness to escape duty: malingerer
144. One who reads only books: bookworm
145. One who sacrifices one’s life for country: martyr
146. One who sneaks into a country: infiltrator
147. One who speaks many languages: polyglot
148. One who studies skin and its diseases: dermatologist
149. One who studies the formation of the earth: geologist
150. One who talks continuously: loquacious
151. One who thinks human nature is evil: cynic
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152. One who totally abstains from alcohol:
teetotaller/teetotaler
153. One who travels from place to place: itinerant
154. One who treats female problems:
gynaecologist/gynacologist
155. One who wants to see others unhappy: sadist
156. One who works in return for being taught the trade:
disciple (should be apprentice)
157. One who works without getting any salary: honorary
158. One whose attitude is to eat, drink and merry: epicurean
159. Opposing arguments: rebut
160. Out of date things: obsolescent
161. Paper written in one’s own handwriting: manuscript
162. Part of a church where bells are hung: belfry
163. People in rowdy scene: rabble
164. Person indifferent to pleasure and pain: stoic
165. Person obsessed with one idea or subject: monomaniac
166. Person pretending to be somebody he is not: imposter
167. Person who believes God is everything: pantheist
168. Person who believes others: credulous
169. Person who does not believe in any religion: pagan
170. Person who enjoys sensuous enjoyments: epicure
171. Person who has long experience: veteran
172. Person who hates women: misogynist
173. Person who holds scholarship at a university: bursar
174. Person who is against ordinary society, especially
dressing: hippy
175. Person who is always dissatisfied: malcontent
176. Person who is made to bear the blame: scapegoat
177. Person who kills others for political reasons: assassin
178. Person who lives alone and avoids other people: recluse
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179. Person who loves nature: aesthete
180. Person who makes love for amusement: philanderer
181. Person who pretends to have more knowledge: charlatan
182. A person who regards the whole world as his country:
cosmopolitan
183. Person with a beautiful handwriting: calligrapher
184. Person without manners: rustic
185. Persuasive and fluent speech: eloquence
186. Physician who delivers babies: obstetrician
187. Place where birds are kept: aviary
188. Place where cows are sheltered: byre
189. Place where government records are kept: archives
190. Place where women dwelled in ancient times: harem
191. Place which provides both boarding and lodging: inn
192. Plants and vegetation: flora
193. Poem narrating a popular story: ballad
194. Poem written on the death of someone loved and lost:
elegy
195. Policy of political party: manifesto
196. Power of reading thoughts of others: telepathy
197. Public building where weapons are made and stored:
arsenal
198. Responsible according to law: legitimate
199. Ride on someone else’s back: piggyback
200. Ridiculous use of words: malapropism
201. Room leading into a large room: anteroom
202. Room with toilet facilities: lavatory
203. School for infants and children: kindergarten
204. Seat on elephant’s back: howdah
205. Send unwanted person out of the country: deport
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206. Short journey made by a group of persons together:
excursion
207. Short remaining end of a cigarette: stub
208. Short walk for pleasure or exercise: stroll
209. Slow witted person: duffer
210. Song sung at burial: dirge
211. Speech by an actor at the end of a play: epilogue
212. Speech without preparation: extempore
213. Stage between boyhood and youth: adolescence
214. Statement which cannot be understood:
incomprehensible
215. Stories of old time Gods and heroes: legends
216. Story that cannot be believed: incredible
217. Study of ancient science: archaeology
218. Study of birds: ornithology
219. Study of human body: anatomy
220. Study of mankind: anthropology
221. Study of statistics of birth, death and diseases:
demography
222. Sudden rush of winds: gust
223. Thing that brings gentle and painless death from incurable
disease: euthanasia
224. Thing that cannot be touched or felt: impalpable
225. Thing that destroys the effect of poison: antidote
226. Thing through which light cannot pass: opaque
227. Thing which cannot be done without: indispensable
228. Things that can be seen and touched: tangible
229. Things that cannot be understood: unintelligible
230. To do away with a rule: abrogate
231. To explain a spiritual truth: parable
232. To spread troops for battle: deploy
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233. Tumour which is not likely to spread: benign
234. Unexpected stroke of good luck: windfall
235. Using of new words: neology
236. Views which are not of one’s liking: irritating
237. Walking in sleep: somnambulism
238. Which cannot be rectified: irreparable
239. Woman who has extra-marital relationship: adultery
240. Work which involves too much official formalities: redtapism
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