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Numismatics
Meaning in English :- One who study the coins
2. Nocturnal
Meaning in English :- Done or happening in the night
3. Nepotism
Meaning in English :- Favouring ones own's relatives
4. Narcissism
Meaning in English :- Abnormal and Excessive admiration of oneself.
5. Nausea
Meaning in English :- A feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit.
6. Neogamist
Meaning in English :- Newly married
7. Naïve
Meaning in English :- Having or showing a lack of experience
8. Notary
Meaning in English :- A person authorized to perform certain legal formalities
9. Nursery
Meaning in English :- A place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for
planting
10. Nautical
Meaning in English :- Of ships, sailors or navigation
11. Notorious
Meaning in English :- Famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed
12. Obstetrician
Meaning in English :- One expert in the delivery of women
13. Osteology
Meaning in English :- A branch of medical science that deals with study of bones
14. Oculist
Meaning in English :- One skilled in the disease of eyes
15. Oligarchy
Meaning in English :- A rule or government by a small group of people
16. Obsolete
Meaning in English :- Out of use
17. Omniscient
Meaning in English :- One who knows everything
18. Orphanage
Meaning in English :- An institution for the shelter of orphans
19. Orphan
Meaning in English :- A child whose parents died
20. Orthodox
Meaning in English :- A person holding conversational belief especially in matter of religion
21. Omnipotent
Meaning in English :- One who has great power and most powerful
22. Opaque
Meaning in English :- Not able to be seen through; not transparent
23. Optimist
Meaning in English :- An optimist is someone who always sees the bright side of any
situation
24. Oath
Meaning in English :- Solemn undertaking with God’s help to do something
25. Outriders
Meaning in English :- Policemen riding on motorcycles as guards
26. Prologue
Meaning in English :- Introductory part of a poem or play
27. Pedantic
Meaning in English :- A style in which a writer seeks to display his knowledge
28. Panacea
Meaning in English :- A cure to all
29. Prodigy
Meaning in English :- A child with unusual or remarkable talent
30. Polyandry
Meaning in English :- The practice of having more than one husband at the same time
31. Posthumous
Meaning in English :- A child born after the death of his father
32. Plagiarism
Meaning in English :- Stealing of the literary works of other writers
33. Plutocracy
Meaning in English :- A government or rule of the rich people
34. Pedestrian
Meaning in English :- One who walks on foot
35. Piscivorous
Meaning in English :- Animal which feeds on fish
36. Patricide
Meaning in English :- Murder of one’s father
37. Pessimist
Meaning in English :- One who takes on a dark view of everything
38. Pseudonym
Meaning in English :- An imaginary name assumed by an author for disguise
39. Perjury
The act of making a false oath in a judicial proceeding
40. Quarantine
Meaning in English :- Isolation of people or animal that may carry an infectious
disease
41. Quadruped
Meaning in English :- An animal with four feet
42. Quintuplet
Meaning in English :- Each of five children born at one birth
43. Quack
Meaning in English :- A doctor who dishonestly pretends to have medical skills or
knowledge
44. Quiver
Meaning in English :- Tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion
45. Quixotic
Meaning in English :- Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
46. Questionnaire
Meaning in English :- A set of printed or written questions with a choice of answers
47. Quadrennial
Meaning in English :- Recurring every four years
48. Qualm
Meaning in English :- An uneasy sick feeling
49. Quash
Meaning in English :- To put down or suppress completely
50. Refugee
Meaning in English :- A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape
war
51. Rioters
Meaning in English :- One who is engaged in war
52. Regicide
Meaning in English :- Murderer of the King
53. Rapport
Meaning in English :- A close and harmonious relationship
54. Rampant
Meaning in English :- Getting worse quickly and in an uncontrolled way
55. Ransom
Meaning in English :- A sum of money demanded or paid for the release of a captive.
56. Recluse
Meaning in English :- A person who lives alone and avoids social activities.
57. Recapitulate
Meaning in English :- To say something again or to repeat words
58. Referendum
Meaning in English :- A general vote by the electorate on a single political question
59. Rejuvenate
Meaning in English :- Restore to the former state or make fresh again.
60. Repartee
Meaning in English :- A quick witty reply
61. Retrospective
Meaning in English :- Looking back on or dealing with past events or situations
62. Stoic
Meaning in English :- One who is indifferent to pleasure and pain
63. Shrew
Meaning in English :- An ill-tempered woman
64. Sycophant
Meaning in English :- A person who tries to win favour by flattering other
65. Spinster
Meaning in English :- An elderly unmarried woman
66. Soliloquy
Meaning in English :- Speaking aloud alone
67. Somnambulist
Meaning in English :- One who walk in sleep
68. Spendthrift
Meaning in English :- One who spends money recklessly
69. Scavengers
Meaning in English :- The person who keeps street clean
70. Sanatorium
Meaning in English :- An institution for the medical care and recuperation of persons
who are chronically ill
71. Spokesman
Meaning in English :- One who speaks of another
72. Sororicide
Meaning in English :- Killing of one’s own sister
73. Sinecure
Meaning in English :- A post with high salary but no work
74. Truant
Meaning in English :- Who stays away from school without leave or explanation
75. Theology
Meaning in English :- The study of the nature of God and religious belief
76. Teetotaller
Meaning in English :- A person who never drinks alcohol
77. Taciturn
Meaning in English :- One who is not talkative
78. Theist
Meaning in English :- One who believes in the existence of God
79. Tomboy
Meaning in English :- A girl who enjoys rough, noisy activities traditionally associated with boys
80. Transgressor
Meaning in English :- One who violates the rule
81. Triennial
Meaning in English :- Recurring every three years.
82. Turnkeys
Meaning in English :- A person who has charge of the keys of a prison
83. Trousseau
Meaning in English :- An outfit of bride
84. Tantrum
Meaning in English :- An uncontrolled outburst of anger and frustration
85. Taxidermy
Meaning in English :- The art of preparing, stuffing and mounting the skins of animals
with lifelike effect
86. Tyrant
Meaning in English :- A cruel and oppressive ruler
87. Usurer
Meaning in English :- One who lends money at a very high rate
88. Usurper
Meaning in English :- One who seizes something without any legal right
89. Uxorious
Meaning in English :- One who is extremely fond of one’s wife
90. Unanimous
Meaning in English :- Agreed to by everyone
91. Uxoricide
Meaning in English :- The killing of one's wife
92. Unintelligible
Meaning in English :- Impossible to understand
93. Ubiquitous
Meaning in English :- Present, appearing, or found everywhere
94. Unilateral
Meaning in English :- Involving only one group or country
95. Utopia
Meaning in English :- Imaginary places in which the government, laws and social
conditions are perfect
96. Utilitarian
Meaning in English :- Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive.
Voracious (पेटू) – Very greedy in eating.
Vagabond – A person who lives a wandering life.
Vandal– One who damages public property.
Versatile – Able to adopt oneself readily to many situations.
Veteran – One who is experienced in something.
Velodrome) – A track designed for cycling.
Vulnerable– To be affected easily by something.
Valetudinarian–One who always thinks himself to be ill.
Wag– The jocular person who is full of
amusing anecdotes.
Waif– A thin and homeless child.
Walkabout (– A walk of king etc. among common
people to meet them.
Wardrobe– A place where clothes are kept.
Walkway– A passage raised above ground for people to walk.
Windfall– An unexpected piece of good fortune.
Widow– A woman whose husband is dead.
Xenophobia– Intense dislike or fear of foreigners or strangers.
Zoophobia – fear from animal.
Zoophile– A person who loves animals.
Zymology – Study of enzymes.

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