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1) Amputate • to cut off a part of a person's body which is infected

2) Anthology • a collection of poems
3) Archives • a place where government or public records are kept
4) Anarchist • one, who is out to destroy all governance, law and order
5) Amateur • a man who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession
6) Anthology • a collection of poems
7) Aristocracy • government by the nobles
8) Aquatic • animals/plants ere which live in water
9) Amphibian • animals which live both on land and sea
10) Ambidexter • one, who can use either hand with ease
11) Abdication • voluntary giving up of throne in favour of someone
12) Arbitrator • a person, appointed by two parties to solve a dispute
13) Astronomer • a person, who studies stars, planets and other heavenly bodies
14) Astrologer • a person who studies the influence of heavenly bodies on human
beings
15) Axiom • a statement which is accepted as true without proof
16) Agenda • a list of headings of the business to be transacted at a meeting
17) Bigamy • the practice of having two wives or husbands at a time
18) Bibliophile • a lover and collector of books
19) Bouquet • a collection of flowers
20) Bureaucracy • government by the officials
21) Belligerent • a person, nation that is involved in war
22) Biennial • an event which happens once in two years
23) Blasphemy • the act of speaking disrespectfully about sacred things
24) Cosmopolitan • a person who regards whole world as his country
25) Chauffeur • one, who is employed to drive a motor car
26) Carnivorous • one, who lives on flesh
27) Cannibal • one, who feeds on human flesh
28) Contemporaries • belonging to or living at the same time
29) Cynosure • centre of attraction
30) Connoisseur • a critical judge of any art and craft
31) Crusade • a religious war
32) Choreographer • one, who teaches dancing
33) Cacographist • a person, who is bad in spellings
34) Calligraphist • a person, who writes beautiful handwriting
35) Cynic • one, who sneers at the aims and beliefs of his fellow men
36) Cavalry • soldiers, who fight on horse back
37) Dormitory • the sleeping rooms with several beds especially in a
college or institution
38) Drawn • a game that results neither in victory nor in defeat
39) Elegy • a poem of lamentation
40) Epitaph • words which are inscribed on the grave or the tomb in
the memory of the buried
41) Ephemeral • lasting one day
42) Effeminate • a person who is womanish
43) Emigrant • a person who leaves his own country and goes to live in another
44) Edible • fit to be eaten
45) Egotism • practice of talking too much about oneself
46) Encyclopaedia • a book that contains information on various subjects
47) Epicure • one, who is devoted to the pleasure of eating and drinking
48) Florist • one, who deals-in flowers
49) Fastidious • one, who is very -selective in one's taste
50) Fanatic or Bigot • one, who is filled with excessive and mistaken
enthusiasm in religious matters
51) Fatal • causing death
52) Fatalist • one, who believes in fate
53) Facsimile • an exact copy of handwriting, printing etc
54) Fauna • the animals of a certain region
55) Flora • the plants of a particular region
56) Fratricide • murder of brother
57) Fugitive • one, who runs away from justice or the law
58) Fragile • easily broken
59) Feminist • one, who works for the welfare of the women
60) Gregarious • animals which live in flocks
61) Hangar • a place for housing aeroplanes
62) Hive • a place for bees
63) Horticulture • the art of cultivating and managing gardens
64) Homicide • murder of man
65) Hearse • a vehicle which is used to carry a dead body
66) Hedonist • one, who believes that pleasure is the chief good (sensual)
67) Horizon • a line at which the earth and the sky seem to meet
68) Honorary • holding office without any remuneration
69) Heretic • one, who acts against religion
70) Herbivorous • one, who lives on herbs
71) Insolvent/Bankrupt • a person who is unable to pay his debts
72) Inaudible • a sound that cannot be heard
73) Inaccessible • that cannot be easily approached
74) Incorrigible • incapable of being corrected
75) Irreparable • incapable of being repaired
76) Illegible • incapable of being read
77) Inevitable • incapable of being avoided
78) Impracticable • incapable of being practised
79) Immigrant • a person who comes to one country from another in
order to settle there
80) Invincible • one, too strong to be overcome
81) Indelible • that cannot be erased
82) Incognito • travelling under another name than one's own
83) Itinerant • one, who journeys from place to place
84) Infirmary • a home or room used for ill or injured people
85) Infanticide • murder of an infant
86) Infantry • soldiers, who fight on foot
87) Inflammable • liable to catch fire easily
88) Interregnum • a period of interval between two reigns or governments
89) Kennel • a place for dogs
90) Lunatic asylum • a home for lunatics
91) Lexicographer • one, who compiles a dictionary
92) Loquacious • one, who talks continuously
93) Linguist • one, who is skilled in foreign languages
94) Lapidist • one, who cuts precious stones
95) Misanthrope • a hater of mankind
96) Misogamist • one, who hates marriage
97) Matricide • murder of mother
98) Martyr • one, who dies for a noble cause
99) Maiden speech • the first speech delivered by a person
100) Mint • a place where coins are made
101) Misogynist • a hater of womankind
102) Morgue • a place, where dead bodies are kept for identification
103) Mammals • animals which give milk
104) Monogamy • the practice of marrying one at a time
105) Missionary • a person, who is sent to propagate religion
106) Numismatics • the study of coins
107) Namesake • a person having same name as another
108) Nostalgia • a strong desire to return home, home sickness
109) Novice or Tyro • one, new to anything, inexperienced
110) Orphan • one, who has lost parents
111) Omnipresent • one, who is present everywhere
112) Omnipotent • one, who is all powerful
113) Omniscient • one, who knows everything
114) Opaque • that which cannot be seen through
115) Obituary • an account in the newspaper of the funeral of the one deceased
116) Orphanage • a home for orphans
117) Obstetrician • one, who is skilled in midwifery
118) Ostler • one, who looks after horses at an inn
119) Omnivorous • one, who eats everything
120) Pessimist • a person who looks at the darker side of things
121) Potable • fit to drink
122) Post mortem • an examination of dead body
123) Philanthropist • a lover of mankind
124) Patricide • murder of father Philatelist • one, who collects stamps
125) Plagiarism • literary theft or passing off an author's original work as one's own
126) Polygamy • the practice of marrying more than one wife at a time
127) Polyandry • the practice of marrying more than one husband at a time
128) Philogynist • a lover of womankind
129) Plebiscite • (a decision made by) votes of all qualified citizens
130) Philanderer • one, who amuses himself by love making
131) Philistine • one who does not care for art and literature
132) Plutocracy • government by the rich
133) Pseudonym • an imaginary name assumed by an author for disguise
134) Posthumous • a child born after the death of his father or the book
published after the death of the writer
135) Panacea • a remedy for all diseases
136) Paediatrician • a person, who is specialist in child diseases
137) Paleography • the study of ancient writing
138) Posse • a number of policemen called to quell a riot
139) Parole • pledge given by a prisoner for temporary release, not to escape
140) Pedestrian • one, who goes on foot
141) Portable • that can be carried easily
142) Quarantine • an act of separation from other persons to avoid infection
143) Rhetoric • the art of elegant speech or writing
144) Regicide • murder of King or Queen
145) Suicide • murder of oneself
146) Stable • a place for horses
147) Somnambulist • a person, who walks in sleep
148) Somniloquist • a person, who talks in sleep
149) Souvenir • a thing kept as a reminder of a person, place or event
150) Sanatorium • a place for the sick to recover health
151) Truant • a person/student who absents himself from class or duty
without permission
152) Teetotaller • one, who does not take any intoxicating drink
153) Theocracy • government by religious principles
154) Uxorious • one extremely fond of one's wife
155) Utopia • an imaginary perfect social and political system
156) Uxoricide • murder of wife
157) Verbatim • repetition of speech or writing word for word
158) Volunteer • one, who offers one's services
159) Virgin • a woman who has no sexual experience
160) Versatile • interested in and clever at many different things
161) Veteran • one, who has a long experience of any occupation
162) Venial • a fault that may be forgiven