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• A place where animals are slaughtered for consumption as food : Abattoir
• To reduce to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole : Abbreviation
• To give up one's authority or throne : Abdicate
• Act of giving up (renouncing) the throne : Abdication
• Formally put an end to a system, practice, or institution : Abolish
• The original inhabitants/natives of a country : Aborigines
• To increase the speed : Accelerate
• A person who helps another to commit a crime or to do something morally wrong :
Accomplice
• Sharp, bitter, or harsh in temper, language, etc. : Acerbic
• The scientific study of sound : Acoustics
• To decide and state officially in court that somebody is not guilty of a crime :
Acquit
• An entertainer who performs difficult physical feats : Acrobat
• An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a
word : Acronym
• Fear of great heights : Acrophobia
• The ability to make good judgments and take quick decisions : Acumen
• A person who is physically dependent on a substance/harmful drugs : Addict
• The period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood : Adolescence
• Growing/existing/living in air : Aerial
• Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty : Aesthetic
• A list of items to be discussed at a meeting : Agenda
• To increase the importance, position or wealth : Aggrandize
• Extreme mental or physical suffering : Agony
• Study of chemistry in a medieval fashion : Alchemy
• Fear of pain : Algophobia
• A person belonging to a foreign country : Alien
• The money paid to former wife, husband or partner when the marriage is ended :
Alimony
• A story, play, picture, etc. in which each character/event is a symbol representing
an idea/a quality : Allegory
• Words that begin with the same letter, syllable or sound : Alliteration
• The school or college in which one has been educated : Alma Mater
• A publication containing astronomical or meteorological annual calendar that
contains important dates and time : Almanac
• A table or flat surface where offerings are made to a deity : Altar
• The height above sea level : Altitude
• Someone who makes charitable donations intended to the welfare of other people :
Altruist
• One who plays for pleasure rather than as a profession : Amateur
• Able to use the left hand and right hand equally well : Ambidextrous
• Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses : Ambiguous
• One who has the qualities like shyness and openness at the same time : Ambivert
• Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace : Amble
• Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better : Ameliorate
• A partial or total loss of memory : Amnesia
• An official pardon : Amnesty
• Not following any moral rules and not caring about right/wrong : Amoral
• Animals that can live both on land and in water : Amphibians
• A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be
based : Analogy
• A person who believes that laws and governments are not necessary : Anarchist
• A situation in a country, an organization, etc. in which there is no government,
order/control : Anarchy
• A person who presents a radio/television programme : Anchor
• Belonging to the long past : Ancient
• A short, interesting or amusing story about a real person or an event : Anecdote
• A medical specialist who administers drugs for relieving pain during surgery :
Anesthetist
• A strong dislike or hostility : Animosity
• To destroy completely : Annihilate
• The date on which an event happened in some previous year : Anniversary
• Whose names are not known : Anonymous
• Obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat : Anorexia
• A collection of poems, stories, etc. that have been written by different people and
published together in a book : Anthology
• One who studies the evolution of mankind : Anthropologist
• The study of human race, especially of its origin, development, customs and beliefs
: Anthropology
• A medicine to nullify the effect of poison or another medicine : Antidote
• Strong dislike between two persons : Antipathy
• One who studies/deals antique things : Antiquarian
• The exact opposite : Antithesis
• A policy that segregates people on the basis of race : Apartheid
• Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern : Apathetic
• The feeling of not being interested in or enthusiastic : Apathy
• A place where bees are kept : Apiary
• A person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle : Apostate
• A person who works for an expert to learn a trade : Apprentice
• Being afraid of water or being near water : Aquaphobia
• A glass tank where fish and water plants are kept : Aquarium
• Animals and plants growing or living in, or near water : Aquatic
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• A person who is chosen to settle a disagreement : Arbitrator
• One who studies human Antiquities : Archaeologist
• The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites :
Archaeology
• No longer in use : Archaic
• A large body of water with many islands : Archipelago
• The place where public, government or historical records are kept : Archive
• A place where fights take place : Arena
• A government by the nobles : Aristocracy
• A military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are
stored : Arsenal
• Deliberately and meticulously set something on fire : Arson
• A criminal who illegally sets fire to property : Arsonist
• Fear of fire : Arsonphobia
• Good at expressing ideas, feelings clearly in words : Articulate
• One who practices one of the fine arts : Artist
• One who denies oneself ordinary bodily pleasures : Ascetic
• To attribute a cause or characteristic to something : Ascribe
• The science of foretelling events by mapping stars : Astrology
• A person engaged in or trained for spaceflight : Astronaut
• The scientific study of celestial bodies like sun, moon, stars, planets, etc. :
Astronomy
• Place that provides refuge : Asylum
• One who doesn’t believe in the existence of God : Atheist
• That can be heard clearly : Audible
• One who makes an official examination of accounts/financial records : Auditor
• A building where an audience sits : Auditorium
• Made or done in the traditional or original way : Authentic
• The life history of a person written by himself : Autobiography
• A system of government of a country in which one person has complete power :
Autocracy
• A ruler who has complete power : Autocrat
• A self-governing country or region : Autonomy
• An official examination of a dead body by a doctor in order to discover the cause of
death : Autopsy
• A mass of snow, ice and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside : Avalanche
• Insatiable desire for wealth : Avarice
• Having an extreme desire for wealth : Avaricious
• A place for keeping the birds in a confined space : Aviary

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• A rule/principle that most people believe to be true : Axiom
• A man having no hair on the scalp : Bald
• A large bundle bound for storage or transport : Bale
• A poem that tells a story and has a regular rhythm and rhyme scheme : Ballad
• One who is unable to pay his debts : Bankrupt
• Jokes and funny remarks amongst friends : Banter
• An instrument used for measuring atmospheric pressure : Barometer
• Housing for soldiers : Barracks
• A cylindrical container : Barrel
• A group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place : Battery
• Something of monstrous size or power : Behemoth
• A person who is fond of fighting : Bellicose
• The sound made by the crocodile : Bellow
• One who helps people by giving them money or other aid : Benefactor
• A group of girls/boys/birds etc. : Bevy
• A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work : Bibliography
• Preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books : Bibliomania
• A person who loves or collects books : Bibliophile
• A thing which happens every two years : Biennial
• A person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions : Bigot
• A person who can speak only two languages : Bilingual
• The story of a person’s life written by somebody else : Biography
• Study of living organisms : Biology
• The removal of tissue from the body of somebody who is ill for examination :
Biopsy
• Words uttered impiously about God or sacred things : Blasphemy
• The sound made by sheep : Bleat
• One who does not follow the usual rules of social life : Bohemian
• Huge fire for celebration : Bonfire
• An avid book reader : Bookworm
• One who is well-versed in the knowledge of plants : Botanist
• The scientific study of plants and their structure : Botany
• A broad road bordered with trees : Boulevard
• An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present : Bouquet
• A small shop that sells fashionable clothes : Boutique
• Affecting or relating to cows or cattle : Bovine
• A shady place under trees : Bower
• A factory where beer is made : Brewery
• Member of a band of robbers : Brigand
• Hard but easily broken : Brittle
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• The young of an animal cared for at one time : Brood
• A woman with dark brown hair : Brunette
• A government run by officials : Bureaucracy
• A hole excavated by an animal as dwelling : Burrow
• A group of things that have been hidden in some place : Cache
• One who is bad in spellings : Cacographer
• Harsh or discordant sound : Cacophony
• A person who is skilled at producing beautiful handwriting : Calligrapher
• The art of beautiful handwriting : Calligraphy
• That which makes it difficult to recognize the presence or real nature of something :
Obfuscation
• A person who eats human flesh : Cannibal
• House or shelter of a gipsy : Caravan
• The dead body of an animal : Carcass
• A doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of heart diseases : Cardiologist
• A picture of a person or thing drawn in such an exaggerated manner as to cause
laughter : Caricature
• A person who draws or makes maps : Cartographer
• The art or process of drawing or making maps : Cartography
• A place where gambling games are played : Casino
• A list or collection of books or informative graphics : Catalogue
• A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed by the
reaction : Catalyst
• Event resulting in sudden and great damage or suffering : Catastrophe
• Causing great damage or suffering : Catastrophic
• A local meeting of party members to select candidates, etc. : Caucus
• Soldiers who fight on horseback : Cavalry
• A time when enemies agree to stop fighting : Ceasefire
• A person who readily believes others : Credulous
• A person or idea that can be believed or trusted : Credible
• A place where a dead person’s body is cremated : Crematorium
• A principle or standard by which anything is or can be judged : Criterion
• A person who sneers at the aims and beliefs of his fellow men : Cynic
• The sound made by frogs : Croak
• The study of secret writing and coded language or words : Cryptography
• Guilty of the crime : Culpable
• Person who is the custodian of a museum or gallery : Curator
• A long and determined attempt to achieve something that you believe in strongly :
Crusade
• Extreme fear of dogs : Cynophobia
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• Center of attraction : Cynosure
• The branch of biology dealing with cells : Cytology
• A period of ten years : Decade
• To injure someone’s reputation by false and harmful communication : Defamation
• A disturbed state of mind caused by an illness, fever or intoxication : Delirium
• A political system in which people elect representatives to form a government :
Democracy
• The study of population and its characteristics : Demography
• The branch of medicine that deals with skin diseases : Dermatology
• A doctor who studies and treats skin diseases : Dermatologist
• Skillful with the hands : Dexterous
• The process of finding the nature of a disease : Diagnosis
• A form of language peculiar to a specific region or group : Dialect
• A leader who wins his followers by his powerful oratory : Demagogue
• A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by
force : Dictator
• The study of population and its characteristics : Demography
• A person who dabbles in the arts or literature without serious interest : Dilettante
• A person who craves for alcoholic drinks : Dipsomaniac
• A song sung in the past at a funeral or a lament for the dead : Dirge
• Government by two rulers or authorities : Diarchy
• A person who investigates and solves crimes : Detective
• A person without a home, a job or property : Derelict
• A file system in a computer that organizes documents and folders : Directory
• Angry or dissatisfied, especially due to unfair treatment : Disgruntled
• To break into small parts as the result of impact or decay : Disintegrate
• To make known private or sensitive information : Divulge
• A place under the control of a ruler or government : Dominion
• A building primarily offering sleeping accommodation to students : Dormitory
• To pull out or extract something : Draw
• Nest of a squirrel : Drey
• An uncontrollable urge or mania for wandering or traveling : Dromomania
• A place of fixed and permanent home by an individual : Domicile
• Capable of being bent or pulled into a shape without breaking : Ductile
• One who can’t speak : Dumb
• A range of different things : Diversity
• Change the appearance to deceive or to hide true identity : Disguise
• One who listens secretly to private conversation : Eavesdropper
• A person with abnormal habits or eccentricities : Eccentric
• Repetition of a sound caused by reflection of sound waves : Echo
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• Study of the interaction of organisms with their environment : Ecology
• A thing fit to be eaten : Edible
• A man behaving more like a woman than a man : Effeminate
• Productive and achieving maximum output with minimum wasted effort or expense
: Efficient
• A person who believes in the equality of all people : Egalitarian
• A person who is preoccupied with his own interests : Egoist
• A person who speaks always in praise of himself / excessively conceited : Egotist
• All the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote : Electorate
• A poem that expresses lament for the dead : Elegy
• A small mischievous fairy : Elf
• The art of effective speaking or public oratory skills : Elocution
• To run away secretly with a romantic partner : Elope
• An official order to stop doing business with another country : Embargo
• An act of misappropriation of money : Embezzlement
• A person who leaves his country to live in another : Emigrant
• The ability to understand another person’s feelings or experience : Empathy
• A book or set of books giving information about all areas of knowledge :
Encyclopedia
• Regularly found in a particular place or among a particular group; native : Endemic
• Mysterious; difficult to understand : Enigmatic
• A scientist who studies insects : Entomologist
• The scientific study of insects and worms : Entomology
• Lasting for a very short time : Ephemeral
• Widespread outbreak of a disease affecting large populations at the same time :
Epidemic
• A speech at the end of a book or play : Epilogue
• An inscription on a tombstone : Epitaph
• A state of perfect balance : Equilibrium
• The dates when days and nights are of equal length : Equinox
• One who accompanies somebody to protect him : Escort
• Something which lasts forever; having no end : Eternal
• Forever; endless duration : Eternity
• Something which lasts forever; having no end (adj.) : Eternal
• The scientific study of cultures, customs, and origins of human races : Ethnology
• The customary code of polite behaviour in society : Etiquette
• The study of the origin and history of words : Etymology
• A formal speech or piece of writing praising someone who has died : Eulogy
• Substitution of a mild for a very blunt expression : Euphemism
• Feelings of great happiness and excitement : Euphoria
• A person who lives outside his native country : Expatriate
• Bringing about gentle and painless death from incurable disease : Euthanasia
• A long and carefully organized journey or trip, especially for exploration :
Expedition
• To make amends for (a sin or fault) : Expiate
• To remove objectionable passages from a text : Expurgate
• Spoken or done without preparation : Extempore
• Spending much more than is necessary or wise : Extravagant
• An outgoing, sociable person : Extrovert
• A short imaginary story, especially one with a moral : Fable
• An exact copy of handwriting or a picture produced by a machine : Facsimile
• Marked by excessive enthusiasm or devotion : Fanatic
• A pleasant situation that you imagine but is unlikely to happen : Fantasy
• Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail : Fastidious
• Causing or resulting in death : Fatal
• The belief that events are decided by fate and cannot be controlled : Fatalism
• A person who believes that all events are predetermined or subject to fate : Fatalist
• The animals of a particular region or period : Fauna
• Capable of being done or carried out; practical : Feasible
• One who believes in giving equal opportunity to women in all fields : Feminist
• A group of birds of one kind : Flock
• To struggle helplessly or clumsily in water or mud : Flounder
• An unlikely piece of good luck : Fluke
• A person who sells and arranges cut flowers : Florist
• A group of ships sailing together : Fleet
• Capable of bending easily without breaking : Flexible
• The plants and vegetation of a particular region : Flora
• A person who attracts attention with a flashy style : Flamboyant
• Falsification of documents, etc. : Forgery
• Direct and outspoken : Forthright
• A period of two weeks : Fortnight
• An entrance hall in a building used by the public, especially a hotel or theatre :
Foyer
• Something which gets broken easily : Fragile
• License granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services
in a territory : Franchise
• Murder of one’s brother or sister : Fratricide
• An act of deceiving somebody in order to make money : Fraud
• A person who has escaped from captivity or is in hiding : Fugitive
• One who walks on ropes : Funambulist
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• An act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage : Gambit
• Talks a lot to explain something very trivial : Garrulous
• The art and practice of cooking and eating good food : Gastronomy
• Affecting or concerned with all or most people, things, etc. : General
• A branch of biology that studies heredity : Genetics
• The deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group :
Genocide
• A person who studies the origin, history, and structure of the Earth : Geologist
• The study of the Earth’s physical structure, including rocks and soil : Geology
• The branch of medicine dealing with the health and care of older adults : Geriatrics
• Government by a council of old people; rule by elders : Gerontocracy
• A large, longstanding mass of ice that moves slowly down a mountain valley :
Glacier
• A person who repairs broken window-glasses : Glazier
• A movement of part of the body to express an idea or feeling : Gesture
• Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture : Glossary
• One who eats too much : Glutton
• A person who loves good food and knows a lot about it; connoisseur of food :
Gourmet
• Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other
surface in a public place : Graffiti
• A building where grain is stored : Granary
• The study of handwriting and its connection with character : Graphology
• Tending to associate with others of one’s kind : Gregarious
• One who is easily deceived : Gullible
• A room filled with equipment for games and physical exercise : Gymnasium
• A false perception of things that do not really exist : Hallucination
• A very small village : Hamlet
• A building in which aircraft are housed : Hangar
• A lengthy and aggressive speech addressed to a large assembly : Harangue
• A transport vehicle for conveying the coffin at a funeral : Hearse
• One who believes gaining pleasure is the most important thing in life : Hedonist
• Preferring or attracted to sunlight : Heliophilous
• The therapeutic use of sunlight : Heliotherapy
• Animals that feed on plants : Herbivores
• A group of cattle or sheep : Herd
• A belief or opinion contrary to accepted doctrines : Heresy
• One who is against religion : Heretic
• Consisting of parts of different kinds; varied : Heterogeneous
• A geometrical figure with six sides : Hexagon
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• To seize and divert (a vehicle) to one’s own use : Hijack
• Intellectually pretentious or snobbish person : Highbrow
• Very dramatic : Histrionic
• The killing of a person by another : Homicide
• (Things or people) of the same or similar kind or nature : Homogeneous
• Holding an office or position without receiving a salary : Honorary
• The sound of an owl : Hoot
• A large group of people : Horde
• The line where the land and sky seem to meet : Horizon
• The study of growing garden plants : Horticulture
• Friendly and welcoming to visitors : Hospitable
• A person who is kept captive until demands are met : Hostage
• A store or supply accumulated for future use : Hoard
• A box or cage for rabbits or small animals : Hutch
• Extreme fear of water : Hydrophobia
• A song or music in praise of God : Hymn
• A person who suffers from an imaginary illness / abnormally anxious about health :
Hypochondriac
• A pretence of having virtuous character or beliefs that one does not really possess :
Hypocrisy
• A person pretending to be someone he is not : Hypocrite
• One who attacks or criticizes cherished beliefs or institutions : Iconoclast
• A person’s peculiar habit or characteristic : Idiosyncrasy
• An image of a god used for worship : Idol
• The practice of worshipping statues as gods : Idolatry
• A circular house made of blocks of hard snow : Igloo
• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally : Hyperbole
• Handwriting which is difficult or impossible to read : Illegible
• Unable to read or write : Illiterate
• To light up or make clear : Illuminate
• Pictures given in a book for the purpose of explaining things : Illustration
• Freedom from punishment or harm : Impunity
• A complicated or confusing state of affairs : Imbroglio
• A foreigner who settles in a country : Immigrant
• Matter which is against moral values : Immoral
• Resistant to a particular infection : Immune
• The policy of extending a country’s empire and influence : Imperialism
• Not allowing fluid to pass through; unaffected by outside opinions : Impervious
• A person who dishonestly pretends to be somebody else : Imposter

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• Strong and impossible to defeat or change; that which cannot be taken by force :
Impregnable
• Incapable of being approached : Inaccessible
• Incapable of speech distinctly or express oneself clearly : Inarticulate
• Not endowed with life; lifeless objects : Inanimate
• A sound that cannot be heard : Inaudible
• A reward or bonus offered to motivate action : Incentive
• Lack of civic-mindedness or of patriotism : Incivism
• Impossible to deny or disapprove : Incontrovertible
• That which cannot be corrected; beyond reform : Incorrigible
• That which cannot be believed : Incredible
• Incapable of feeling tired or exhausted : Indefatigable
• That which cannot be effaced; permanent : Indelible
• Originating or occurring naturally in the place where found : Indigenous
• Anger about an unfair situation or someone’s unfair behaviour : Indignation
• Not fit to eat : Inedible
• Something that cannot be avoided; certain to happen : Inevitable
• One who cannot make a mistake : Infallible
• Murder of an infant : Infanticide
• Not limited by number : Infinite
• A place in a large institution for the care of those who are ill : Infirmary
• Something that is difficult to understand : Incomprehensible
• Something that is necessary or crucial : Indispensable
• That cannot be expressed in words : Ineffable
• Someone not fit to be chosen or appointed : Ineligible
• Something that cannot be stopped or changed; certain to happen : Inexorable
• Easily set on fire; flammable : Inflammable
• That which cannot be satisfied : Insatiable
• One who is unable to pay debts : Insolvent
• The condition of being unable to sleep over a period of time : Insomnia
• The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles : Integrity
• Interval between two events : Interlude
• One who intervenes between two or more parties to settle differences :
Intermediary
• The act of burying a dead person : Interment
• One who dies without a will : Intestate
• The examination or observation of one’s own mental and emotional processes :
Introspection
• A quiet person more interested in their own thoughts and feelings than in
socializing : Introvert
• A detailed list of things in a place : Inventory
• A person who supervises during an examination : Invigilator
• Refresh and revive : Invigorate
• That which cannot be conquered : Invincible
• That which cannot be called back : Irrevocable
• A period between reigns or governments : Interregnum
• A person who travels from place to place : Itinerant
• A plan of a journey, including the route and the places that will be visited :
Itinerary
• Special words and phrases used by particular groups, especially in their work :
Jargon
• A person or thing that brings bad luck : Jinx
• A person who rides in horse races, especially as a profession : Jockey
• The work of collecting and writing news, stories for newspapers, magazines, radio
or television : Journalism
• The science or philosophy of law : Jurisprudence
• A group of members of the public who listen to the facts of a case in a court and
decide guilt or innocence : Jury
• Placing different things side by side to create an interesting effect : Juxtapose
• Small shelter for dog : Kennel
• The inner soft part of a seed, fruit or nut : Kernel
• A recurrent urge to steal, without need or profit : Kleptomania
• A natural skill or aptitude : Knack
• The solemn sound of a funeral bell : Knell
• Two lengths of rope, bamboo or wood with rungs, used for climbing : Ladder
• A secluded or hidden retreat : Lair
• Property or money bequeathed by will : Legacy
• Pertaining to or resembling a lion : Leonine
• One who compiles or writes dictionaries : Lexicographer
• The art or practice of compiling dictionaries : Lexicography
• A strong band of tissues in the body that connects bones and supports organs :
Ligament
• Feeding on mud or slime : Limivorous
• A person who knows several foreign languages well; one who studies languages :
Linguist
• Easy to understand : Lucid
• Profitable, yielding financial gain : Lucrative
• A soft gentle song sung to make a child go to sleep : Lullaby
• Related to the moon : Lunar
• One who is mentally not sound : Lunatic
• A girl or young woman, especially an unmarried one : Maiden
• The first public speech delivered by a person : Maiden-speech
• A person who is never happy with what he has : Malcontent
• Any female animal which feeds its young on milk from her own body : Mammal
• One who talks a lot : Loquacious
• A large impressive house : Mansion
• A document written by hand before printing : Manuscript
• Someone who is killed for the cause of religion or faith : Martyr
• A person skilled in cutting, dressing, and laying stone in buildings : Mason
• Concerned solely with material needs; money-oriented : Materialistic
• A cinema show held in the afternoon : Matinee
• The killing of one’s mother : Matricide
• A stately or impressive building housing a tomb or group of tombs : Mausoleum
• An established principle of practical wisdom; a short statement of a general truth :
Maxim
• An area of grassland where animals graze : Meadow
• To try to settle a dispute between two or more parties : Mediate
• A sound that is pleasing to hear : Melodious
• Something that serves as a reminder : Memento
• Of only average standard : Mediocre
• A person or thing that is likely to cause harm or danger : Menace
• Someone working or acting merely for money or other rewards; a soldier who
fights for the sake of money : Mercenary
• Paying careful attention to every detail : Meticulous
• A traveller who moves from one region to another : Migrant
• A period of one thousand years : Millennium
• A place where money is coined by authority of the government : Mint
• A person who hates and avoids other people : Misanthrope
• A person who loves money and hates spending it : Miser
• A word or name that is inappropriate for a person or thing : Misnomer
• One who hates the institution of marriage : Misogamist
• A person who dislikes women : Misogynist
• One who hates reason, argument, or enlightenment : Misologist
• Very important or serious : Momentous
• A supreme ruler : Monarch
• A system of government by a king or queen : Monarchy
• A building where monks live as a community : Monastery
• The practice of marrying one person at a time : Monogamy
• Complete control of trade in particular goods or the supply of a service : Monopoly
• A person who believes that there is only one god : Monotheist
• Lacking in variety and interest; never changing and therefore boring : Monotonous
• A place for keeping dead bodies before burial or cremation : Mortuary
• A place where dead bodies are kept for identification : Morgue
• Commonplace; of this world rather than spiritual : Mundane
• A place where antiques are kept : Museum
• The act of refusing to obey the orders of somebody in authority, especially by
soldiers/sailors : Mutiny
• A person or thing that has the same name as another : Namesake
• The habit of admiring yourself too much, especially your appearance : Narcissism
• A person who admires himself/herself too much, especially his appearance :
Narcissist
• Highly unpleasant, annoying, disagreeable : Nasty
• Connected with the place you were born // a person, animal or plant belonging to a
place by birth : Native
• Guide the course of a ship especially by using instruments or maps : Navigate
• Deserved and unavoidable punishment/ Downfall that satisfies natural justice :
Nemesis
• A person who has recently started an activity : Neophyte
• A doctor who studies and treats diseases of the kidneys : Nephrologist
• Giving undue favors to one’s own family or friends in business or politics :
Nepotism
• A doctor who studies and treats diseases of the nervous system : Neurologist
• The cry of a horse : Neigh
• Beginning to exist; recently formed or developed : Nascent
• A transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self :
Nirvana
• People of no fixed abode : Nomads
• Sentimental longing for a period in the past : Nostalgia
• Well-known for being bad; having an evil reputation : Notorious
• A person who is new to a profession without training or experience in a skill or
subject : Novice
• The study or collection of coins : Numismatics
• A person who collects or studies coins : Numismatist
• An extreme fear of darkness : Nyctophobia
• A notice of a person’s death, especially in a newspaper : Obituary
• Something no longer in use : Obsolete
• Relating to the countries of the West : Occidental
• A geometrical figure with eight sides : Octagon
• One who is eighty years old : Octogenarian
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• A person who attends to the diseases of the eye : Oculist
• Obsession for wine : Oenomania
• Government or rule by a small group of people : Oligarchy
• Suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen : Ominous
• One who is all-powerful : Omnipotent
• Present everywhere : Omnipresent
• One who knows everything : Omniscient
• An animal or person that eats a variety of food of both plant and animal origin :
Omnivore
• One who eats both vegetables and meat : Omnivorous
• That through which light cannot pass : Opaque
• Fear of snakes : Ophiophobia
• A doctor who specializes in the diseases of the eyes : Ophthalmologist
• The study of snakes : Ophiology
• One who sees the bright side of things : Optimist
• A proficient public speaker : Orator
• A piece of land or garden in which fruit trees are planted : Orchard
• A person who studies birds : Ornithologist
• The scientific study of birds : Ornithology
• A child whose parents are dead : Orphan
• A public institution for the care and protection of children without parents :
Orphanage
• Conforming to established doctrine, especially in religion : Orthodox
• Doctor who deals with bone problems : Orthopaedist
• Belief that war and violence are unjustified : Pacifism
• A person who opposes war or use of military force : Pacifist
• A formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples : Pact
• A doctor who treats children’s diseases : Pediatrician
• A solution for all difficulties or diseases : Panacea
• Disease that spreads over a whole country or the world : Pandemic
• The belief that God is in everything, including nature : Pantheism
• A small room in a big house, hotel, ship etc. where glasses, dishes, spoons, food
etc. are kept : Pantry
• Story told to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth : Parable
• One who lives/survives on others’ or other lives : Parasite
• Permission given to a prisoner to leave prison before sentence ends on condition of
good behaviour : Parole
• The crime of killing your father, mother or a close relative : Parricide
• One who has suddenly gained new wealth, power or prestige : Parvenu
• The scientific study of diseases : Pathology
• The study of ancient writings and scriptures : Palaeography
• A word that reads the same backwards as forwards : Palindrome
• A system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are
largely excluded from it : Patriarchy
• Killing of one’s own father : Patricide
• Property that is given to somebody when his father dies : Patrimony
• One who loves, supports and defends his country : Patriot
• One who has no money or means of livelihood left : Pauper
• A person who insists on adherence to formal rules or literary meaning : Pedant
• Overly concerned with minute details or formalisms : Pedantic
• A structure in the garden where climbing plants can grow and people can walk
under : Pergola
• Continuing for a long period of time without interruption; lasting forever or
indefinitely : Perpetual
• An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment; an extra profit or
allowance additional to a main income : Perquisite
• A person who walks on foot and not travelling in a vehicle : Pedestrian
• A strong or habitual liking for something; a tendency : Penchant
• Constant effort to achieve something : Perseverance
• A person who always expects bad things to happen : Pessimist
• A chemical used to kill insects or rodents : Pesticide
• Someone who freely gives money or help to people in need : Philanthropist
• Love of mankind; charitable goodwill : Philanthropy
• A collector or student of postage stamps : Philatelist
• One who dislikes or is hostile to culture and the arts : Philistine
• Study of language and its development : Philology
• Intense and unreasonable fear or dislike : Phobia
• Study of the sounds of human speech : Phonetics
• Branch of biology dealing with the function of living organisms : Physiology
• The act of stealing things of little value in small amounts : Pilferage
• One who does something for the first time; a trailblazer : Pioneer
• Someone who attacks and robs ships at sea : Pirate
• Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret : Poignant
• The study or art of political governance : Politics
• Having more than one wife at the same time : Polygamy
• One who knows and uses several languages : Polyglot
• Practice of a woman having more than one husband : Polyandry
• A formal promise or undertaking : Pledge
• Seeming reasonable or probable : Plausible
• One who brings a lawsuit : Plaintiff
• Stealing another’s written work : Plagiarism
• One who steals another’s writings or ideas : Plagiarist
• To steal and pass off another’s work as one’s own : Plagiarise
• Something that can be carried easily : Portable
• A collection of drawings, documents, etc., representing an artist’s work : Portfolio
• Occurring or coming into existence after a person’s death : Posthumous
• A medical examination of a dead body : Postmortem
• A note appended to a letter after its signature : Postscript
• Fit to drink (water) : Potable
• An animal that lives by killing and eating other animals : Predator
• An introduction to a book explaining the author’s aims : Preface
• The first public performance of a theatrical work or film : Premiere
• A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant
: Premonition
• To make evasive or misleading statements : Prevaricate
• A person, especially a young one, with exceptional abilities : Prodigy
• An introduction to a literary work : Prologue
• The first design of something from which other forms are copied or developed :
Prototype
• A feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements :
Pride
• To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness :
Procrastinate
• Spending money or resources wastefully or recklessly : Prodigal
• To forbid or condemn something as harmful or unlawful : Proscribe
• The main character in a literary work or story : Protagonist
• A formal set of rules or procedures governing conduct : Protocol
• The study of election trends by means of opinion polls : Psephologist
• The scientific study of voting behavior : Psephology
• A fictitious name especially one assumed by an author : Pseudonym
• The scientific study of the mind and how it influences behaviour : Psychology
• Careful in performing duties; showing great attention to detail : Punctilious
• Having a sharply strong taste or smell : Pungent
• A compulsion to set fire to things : Pyromania
• An animal with four feet : Quadruped
• Search for something : Quest
• Occurring every five years : Quinquennial
• Unrealistically optimistic or idealistic : Quixotic
• A skilled storyteller or narrator : Raconteur
• Medical doctor who specializes in imaging (X-rays, CT, ultrasound) : Radiologist
• Having a stale smell or taste : Rancid
• To free a prisoner on payment : Ransom
• A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion : Recluse
• To adjust or correct; amend : Rectify
• Excessive adherence to official formalities : Red-Tapism
• Excessively wordy or repetitive : Redundant
• A public vote on a particular issue : Referendum
• Symbols or emblems of royalty : Regalia
• The act of killing a king : Regicide
• Something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period : Relic
• The return of someone to his own country : Repatriation
• A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply : Reservoir
• To become strong in spite of many difficulties : Resilient
• To give back in kind or retaliate : Retaliate
• A person very reserved in speech : Reticent
• A characteristic of one thing that is suggestive of another : Reminiscence
• Action of reviewing past events in one’s life : Retrospection
• Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress; the art of
effective or persuasive speaking or writing : Rhetoric
• One who has fixed opinions and beliefs; hard and difficult to bend : Rigid
• Deliberately destroy something for military advantage : Sabotage
• Violation of something holy or sacred : Sacrilege
• The state or quality of being holy : Sanctity
• A place of good climate for invalids : Sanatorium
• One who helps a person in need : Samaritan
• A protected place for birds and animals : Sanctuary
• A sacred place : Sanctum
• Optimistic in an apparently difficult situation : Sanguine
• Full of criticism and mockery : Satire
• A sheath for the blade of a sword : Scabbard
• A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings of others : Scapegoat
• Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs : Sceptic
• A plan of what is to be done and when : Schedule
• A group of fish : School
• Small room where dishes are washed : Scullery
• The artists who make sculptures : Sculptor
• Government not connected with religious or spiritual matters : Secular
• A drug or other substance that induces sleep : Sedative
• An instrument for detecting an earthquake : Seismograph
• The scientific study of earthquakes : Seismology
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• Making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of
damaging their reputation; severely abusive writing in journals : Scurrilous
• Aware of and able to understand other people and their feelings : Sensitive
• A person between the ages of 70 and 79 : Septuagenarian
• The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way :
Serendipity
• Repeatedly committing the same offence and typically following a characteristic,
predictable behaviour pattern : Serial
• Rearing of silkworms for production of silk : Sericulture
• A close-fitting cover for the blade of a weapon or tool : Sheath
• A large number of fish swimming together : Shoal
• A figure of speech by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only
resembles : Simile
• Happening or being done at exactly the same time : Simultaneous
• An office or position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or
financial benefit : Sinecure
• The internal or external framework of bones in a vertebrate : Skeleton
• A brief or short stay at a place : Sojourn
• A speech made to oneself, especially when alone : Soliloquy
• Walking in sleep : Somnambulism
• Someone who walks about in sleep : Somnambulist
• One who talks in sleep : Somniloquist
• The act or habit of talking in one’s sleep : Somniloquy
• A fourteen-line poem : Sonnet
• A drug or other substance that induces sleep : Soporific
• The murder of one’s sister : Sororicide
• Something kept as a reminder of an event : Souvenir
• The scientific study of caves : Speleology
• One who speaks on behalf of others : Spokesman
• Written law of a legislative body : Statute
• One who loads and unloads ships : Stevedore
• A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing his feelings : Stoic
• Indifference to pleasure and pain : Stoicism
• A government by the military class : Stratocracy
• A written order to attend a court of law to give evidence : Subpoena
• The right to vote in political elections : Suffrage
• The action of killing oneself intentionally : Suicide
• A final performance or effort, especially before retirement or death : Swan Song
• A group or large number of insects or people moving together : Swarm
• A building where the Jews meet for religious worship and teaching : Synagogue
• Words of the same meanings : Synonyms
• Of or connected with the sense of touch : Tactile
• A person who preserves skin or hides of dead animals by stuffing and mounting
them : Taxidermist
• The art of cleaning and preserving animal skins : Taxidermy
• A person who never takes alcoholic drinks : Teetotaller
• Power of reading thoughts of others : Telepathy
• A violent windstorm : Tempest
• Holding on to something or keeping an opinion with determination : Tenacious
• A written statement about someone’s character, usually provided by an employer :
Testimonial
• One who believes in the existence of a god or gods : Theist
• Government of a country by religious leaders : Theocracy
• The study of the nature of God and religious beliefs : Theology
• A strong and fast moving stream of water : Torrent
• A system of government in which only one political party is allowed to function :
Totalitarianism
• A person who works against his country : Traitor
• Free from disturbance; quiet and peaceful : Tranquil
• Lasting for only a short time (noun) : Transient
• That which lasts for a short time (adjective) : Transitory
• Allowing you to see through it (glass, etc.) : Transparent
• Distorted representation of something : Travesty
• The crime of betraying one’s country : Treason
• Those who pass through this gate without permission will be prosecuted (noun) :
Trespassers
• Happening every three years : Triennial
• A set of three related works by the same author : Trilogy
• Not important or serious; obvious and dull : Trivial
• A student who idly or without excuse absents himself/herself from school : Truant
• The sound made by an elephant : Trumpet
• By everyone in a particular group : Unanimously
• Found all over the world : Universal
• Something never done or known before : Unprecedented
• Difficult to manage or handle because of size or weight : Unwieldy
• One who lends money on high rates of interest : Usurer
• An imagined society where everything is perfect and everyone is happy : Utopia
• Excessively fond of one’s wife : Uxorious
• One who switches to an opposing party : Turncoat
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• A person who is unduly anxious about his/her health : Valetudinarian
• One who damages public property : Vandal
• Killer of a prophet : Vaticide
• One who eats no animal flesh : Vegetarian
• The speed of something in a particular direction : Velocity
• A slight fault that can be forgiven : Venial
• One who has the art of speaking in such a way that the sound seems to come from
another person/place : Ventriloquist
• In exactly the same words as were used originally : Verbatim
• Someone having many skills : Versatile
• Evening prayer in church : Vespers
• A person who is long experienced or practiced in an activity : Veteran
• To show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something; proved to
be right in court : Vindicate
• A person who possesses outstanding technical ability in a particular art or field :
Virtuoso
• The cultivation of grapevines : Viticulture
• A substance easily evaporated at normal temperatures : Volatile
• Of one’s own free will : Voluntary
• One who offers one’s services without being forced : Volunteer
• A long sea journey : Voyage
• Exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or
emotionally : Vulnerable
• Forsaken or neglected child who has no home and spends most of his/her time on
the streets : Waif
• A place where clothes are kept : Wardrobe
• A man whose wife is dead : Widower
• An unexpected piece of good fortune : Windfall
• To dispute angrily : Wrangle
• A decorative ring of flowers and leaves : Wreath
• Fear of foreigners : Xenophobia
• A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their ideals : Zealot