To examine one’s own thoughts and feelings – Introspection
A short, usually amusing, story about some real person, event – Anecdote
Life history of a person written by another – Biography
Custom of having many wives – Polygamy
A person who doesn’t believe in any god – Atheist
Bring about gentle and painless death from incurable disease- Euthanasia
The policy of extending a country’s empire & influence – Imperialism
To cause troops etc. to spread out in readiness for battle – deploy
One who forcibly seizes control of a bus or an aircraft – Hijacker
The act of killing one’s own wife – uxoricide
A government by the nobles – Aristocracy
Anything written in a letter after it is signed – postscript
A person who has no money to pay off his debt – Insolvent
A song embodying religious and sacred emotions – Hymn
Government by a single person – Aristocracy
The study of ancient societies – Archaeology
The foolish belief that one is God – Theomania
List of headings of the business to be translated at a meeting – Agenda
The place where government or historical records have kept – Achieves
A post without remuneration – Honorary
Large scale departure of people – Exodus
To send an unwanted person out of the country – Deport
A government run by a dictator – Autocracy
One who always runs away from danger – Timid
A poem written on the death of someone loved and lost – elegy
Gradual recovery from illness – convalescence
A person one who believes that pleasure is the chief good – Hedonist
Commencement of words with the same letter – Alliteration
An officer or post with no work but high pay – sinecure
Murder of brother – Fratricide
Mania of stealing articles – kleptomania
A person living permanently in a certain place – Domicile
A disease which spreads by contact – contagious
An animal story with a moral – Fable
Person who pilots or travels in a balloon, airship & aircraft- Aeronaut
Person who believes that God is everything and everything is God- Pantheist
Words different meaning but similar meaning – Homonym
A person who regards the whole world as his country – cosmopolitan
Relationship by blood or birth – consanguinity
Opposed to great or sudden change – Conservative
Walking in sleep – somnambulism
One who cannot die – Mortal
A formal written charge against a person for some crime or offence – Indictment
Language difficult to understand because of bad form – Jargon
Belief or opinion contrary to what is generally accepted – Heresy
A disease which ends in death – fatal
A person who kills somebody for political reason - Assassination
One who loves mankind – Philanthropist
A child who stays away from school without any good reasons – Truant
Line at which the earth or sea and sky seem to meet – Horizon
A person who rules without consulting the opinion of others – Autocrat
Study of mankind – Anthropology
Intentional destruction of racial groups - Genocide
One who is interested in the welfare of woman – Feminist
Study of statistics of births, deaths, diseases to show the state of community – Demography
Through which light cannot pass – Opaque
A sudden rush of wind – Gust
One who takes delight in excessive cruelty – Sadist
An unexpected stroke of good luck – windfall
Not conforming to ordinary rules of behavior - Eccentric
Stealing from the writings of others – Plagiarism
A short stay at a place – Sojourn
To talk much without coming to the point – Circumlocution
Constant effort to achieve something – Attempt
A person who looks on the bright side of things – Optimist
One who lends money at high rate of interest – Usurer
A person not sure of the existence of God – Agonist
One who complies dictionary – Lexicographer
A person with full discretionary powers to act on behalf of a country – plenipotentiary
The school or college in which one has been educated – Alma mater
One who uses fear as a weapon of power – Terrorist
The original inhabitants of a country – Aborigines
Place where birds are kept – Aviary
A person with a beautiful and elegant handwriting – Calligrapher
Loss of power to move in an any or every part of the body – Paralysis
A person who speaks for or supports an idea – Advocate
One whose attitude is ‘eat, drink and be merry’ – Epicurean
Science of printing – Typography
Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others – sadism
The power of reading the thoughts of others – Telepathy
A house for storing grains – Granary
One who abstains from alcoholic drinks – Teetotaler
Of unknown and unadmitted authorship – Anonymous
A person concerned with practical results and values – Pragmatist
Wistful longing for something one has known in the past – Nostalgia
Act of taking one’s life – Suicide
A person who brings goods illegally into the country – Smuggler
One who stirs people for personal politics – Demagogue
One who is honorably discharged from service – Emeritus
Cutting for stone in the bladder – Lithotomy
Charging one’s mind too quickly – Vacillation
A person who travels to a sacred place for religious devotion – Pilgrim
One who talks very little – Reserved
A person sharing responsibility for a political party’s discipline and tactics – Whip
Food which agrees with one’s taste – Palatable
Government by the representatives of the people – Democracy
Informal business communication with a personal signature – Memorandum
One who loves books – Bibliophile
One knowing everything – Omniscient
Plain or self-evident truth – Truism
The list of courses at a meal or of dishes that can be served in a restaurant – Menu
Parts of a country behind the coast or a river’s bank – Hinterland
Printed notice of somebody’s death – Obituary
A low-area storm with high winds rotating about a Centre of low atmospheric pressure – Cyclone
One who promotes the idea of absence of government of any kind, when every man should be a law unto
himself – Anarchist
Something which is not through or profound – Superficial
A slow-witted &incompetent person – Duffer
Using of new words – Neologism
Indifference to pleasure or pain – Stoicism
Equal in rank, merit or quality – Peer
Person who gives written testimony for use in a law court – Deponent
Present opposing arguments or evidence – Rebut
To mediate between two parties in a dispute – Intercede
The place where bricks are baked – Kiln
The branch of medical science which deals with the problems of the old – Geriatrics
One who specializes in the study of birds – Ornithologist
Property inherited from one’s father or ancestors – Patrimony
A person pretending to be somebody he is not – Imposter
One who eats human flesh – Cannibal
Allowance due to a wife from her husband on separation – Alimony
Official in charge of a museum – Curator
The doctrine that human souls pass from one body to another at the time of death – Transmigration
To come as a settler into another country – Immigrate
A drawing on transport paper – Transparency
Giving undue favors to one’s own kith and kin – Nepotism
One who sacrifices his life for a cause – Martyr
A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge – Pedantic
One who thinks that human nature is essentially evil – cynic
Science of bodily structure – Anatomy
That which makes it difficult to recognize the presence of real nature of somebody or something –
Camouflage
A physician who delivers babies – Gynecologist
Yearly celebration of a date or an event – Anniversary
Public building where weapons and ammunition are made or stored – Arsenal
One who cannot be corrected – Incorrigible
A person who enters without any invitation – Intruder
The period between two reigns – Interregnum
Lack of enough blood – Anemia
A man who is having the qualities of woman – Effeminate
A word no longer in use – obsolete
One who does not know how to save money – spemdthrift
A person 70 to 79 years old – septuagenarian
A person who sneaks into a country -Aggressor
A short journey made by a group of persons together – Excursion
A person working in the same place with another – Colleague
Interval between two events or two periods of time of different characters – Interlude
One who comes from a country area and often considered to be stupid – Bumpkin
Murder of a new-born child – Infanticide
A book containing summarized information on all branches of knowledge – Directory
The normal abode of any animal or plant – Habitat
Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool – Dotage
A paper written in one’s own handwriting – Manuscript
Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence – Protocol
People in a riot – Mob
Of outstanding significance – Monumental
A place of good climate for invalids – Sanatorium
One who promote the idea of absence of government of any kind, when every man should be law into
himself – Anarchist
A list of explanation of words, especially unusual one at the end of a book – Glossary
One who speaks or understands many languages – Polyglot
To talk without respect of something sacred or holy – Blasphemy
Murder of a king – Regicide
A person interested in reading books and nothing else – Bookworm
Land surrounded by water as to be almost an island – Peninsula
A fixed orbit in space in relation to earth – Geo-stationary
One who possesses many talents – Versatile
A person who studies the formation of the earth – Geologist
A tube filled at one end with mirrors and pieces of colored glass which shows many colored patterns
when turned – Kaleidoscope
A person who collects coins – Numismatist
Open rebellion of soldiers and sailors against lawful authority – Mutiny
A school for infants and young children – Kindergarten
Policy of a political party – Manifesto
A person who betrays a friend – Traitor
A verse letter – Epistle
One who eats everything – Omnivorous
Stage between boyhood and youth – Adolescence
That which cannot be done without – Indispensable
A cure for all diseases – Panacea
One who travels from place to place – Itinerant
A short walk for pleasure or exercise – Stroll
That which cannot be understood – Unintelligible
A person who is more interested in himself rather than anything that is going on around him – Introvert
A sea abounding in islands – Archipelago
One who resides in a country of which he is not a citizen – Alien
One who draws maps and charts – Cartographer
Words used in ancient times but no longer in general use now – Archaic
