One word substitution
one who is against the religionHeretic
One who eats human flesh
Cannibal
One who lives at the same time
Contemporary
One who is more than a hundred years old
Centenarian
One who is given to pleasure of the flesh
Epicure
One who lives on others
Parasite
ONE WHO IS A HABITUAL DRUNKED
SOTTOPER
ONE WHO IS SETTLES IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
IMMIGRANT
ONE WHO KNOWS MANY LANGUAGES
POLYGOT
ONE WHO DEALS IN CATTLE
DROVER
ONE WHO CUTS PRECIOUS STONES
LAPIDIST(LAPIDARY)
ONE WHO CURE EYE DISEASE
OCULIST
ONE WHO SELLS SWEETS AND PASTRIES
CONFECTIONER
ONE WHO LOADS AND UNLOADS SHIPS
STEVEDORE
ONE WHO RETIRES FROM SOCITY TO LIVE A SOLITARY LIFE
RECLUSE
ONE WHO PRETENDS TO BE WHAT HE IS NOT
HYPOCRITE
A PROFESSIONAL RIDER IN HORSE RACES
JOCKEY
A NUMBER OF SHEEPS
FLOCK
A COLLECTION OF FLAGS
BUNTING
A NUMBER OF STARS GROUNDED TOGETHER
CONSTELLATION
THE HOUSE OF AN ARAB
DOWAR
A FACTORY FOR MANUFACTURING OF BEERS
BREWERY
A PLACE FOR THE COLLECTION OF DRIED PLANTS
HERBARIUM
A CASE IN WHICH THE SWORD IS KEPT
SHEATH
FREE FROM INFECTION
IMMUNE
THE DEAD BODY OF A ANIMAL
CARACASS
THE SCIENCE OF COLOURS
CHROMATICS
THE SCIENCE OF THE STRUCTURE OF HUMAN BODY
ANATOMY
THE ART OF EFFECTIVE SPEKING
ELOCUTION
THE STUDY OF ROCKS AND SOILS
GEOLOGY
THE STUDY OF MOUNTAINS
ORALOGY
THE STUDY OF LANGUAGES
PHILOLOGY
THE STUDY OF THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF WORDS
ETYMOLOGY
THE STUDY OF ANCIENT WRITING
PALEOGRAPHY
THE ART OF PRESERVING SKIN
TAXIDERMY
THE PERIOD BETWEEN TWO REIGNS
INTERREGNUM
A COUNCIL OF CLERGYMEN
SYNOD
THE CEREMONY AT WHICH A MAN BECOMES A PRIEST
ORDINATION
VIOLITING RELIGIOUS THINGS
SACRILIEGE
ONE WHO INTOLERANTLY DEVOTED TO A PARTICULAR CREED
BIGOT
ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED
BETRODTED
AN INSTRUMENT FOR RECODING THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE EARTH
GYROSCOPE
A POEM OF MOURNING
ELEGAY
A HOLLOW SPACE IN A WALL FOR A STUATE
NICHE
LANGUAGES THAT HAS BEEN VERY MUCH USED
HACKNEYED
CURRECT SPELLING
ORTHOGRAPHY
A VERY PRIVATE ROOM
SANCTUM,SANCTORUM
A PLACE WHERE MAD MEN ARE KEPT
LUNATIC
KILLING ONE’S FATHER
PATRICIDE
A MEDICINE THAT LOOSENS THE BOWELS
LAXATIVE
A SPEECH MADE TO ONESELF
SOLILOQUY
SEPARATION FROM OTHER PEOPLE TO AVOID INFECTION
QUARANTINE
AN IMAGINARY IDEAL
UTOPIA
A THING KEPT IN MEOMORY OF AN EVENT
SOUVENIR
COMMON PLACE REMARKS
PLATITUDES
BELIEF OF GOD IN NATURE
PANTHEISM
INCAPABLE OF BEING BURNT
INCOMBUSTIBLE
A PERSON SUFFERING FROM NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
NEUROTIC
AN INSTRUNMENT FOR MEASURING GASES
MANOMETER
AN EXAGGERATED STATEMENT
HYPERBOLE
ONE WHO IS COMPLETELY SATISFIED
COMPLACENT
SIMPLE AND EASILY DECEIVED
GULLIBLE
ONE WHO HAS DELUSIONS OF ONE’S GRANDEUR
MEGALOMANIAC
ONE WHO FLAUNTS NEWLY ACQUIRED WEALTH
PARVENU
WEARINESS OF AND SADNESS FOR LIFE AND WORLD
WELTSCHMERZ
BOREDOM AND FRUSTRATION IN LIFE
ENNUI
SHY,TIMID , UNWILLING TO FACE A SITUATION
DIFFIDENT
ONE WHO IS CHVALROUS,IDEALISTIC AND UNPRACTICAL
QUIXOTIC
ONE WHO IS GRAVE AND GLOOMY
SATURNINE
THE ACT OF ENJOYING OR HAVING AN EXPERIENCE INDIRECTLY
VICARIOUSLY
THE TENDENCY TO POSTPONE THINGS FOR FUTURE
PROCRASTINATION
TO RELAX IN A COUNTRYSIDE FAR AWAY FROM THE HUMDRUM OF TOWN
RUSTICATE
TO SPEND LIFE WITHOUT PURPOSE AND INTITATIVE
VEGETATE
A GIRL WHO FLIRTS EGREGIOUSLY
COQUETTLE
A WOMEN WHO LURES MEN TO DESTROY THEM
CIRCE
A TALL STRONG,MASCULINE KIND OF WOMEN
AMAZON
A LOUD-MOUTHED TURBULENT KIND OF WOMEN
VIRAGO
A TRAITOR WHO CAN SEL OUR EVEN HIS FIRENDS
JUDAS
UNDERSTANDING WITHOUT THE INTERFERENCE OF FEELINGS
EMPATHY
AN EMBARRASSING MISTAKE
A FAUX PAS
A MEDLEY OR HETEROGENOUS MIXTURE OF GREAT VARIETY
POTPOURRI
A SLANG OF THE UNDERWORLD
ARGOT
A LANGUAGE OF SPECIAL GROUP
PATOIS
THE ASCRIBING OF HUMAN MOTIVATION, CHARACTERUSTICS IFR BEHAVIOUR TO INANMATE OBJECTS, ANIMAL OR NATURAL PHENOMENA
ANTHROPORMORPHISM
A PAYMENT TO LEGALY BINDNG BUT FOR WHICH SOME MORAL OBLIGATION IS FELT
EX GRATIA
A WASHING OR CLEANSING OF THE BODY ESPECIALLY IN A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY
ABLUTION
SOMETHING PERFECTLY NEAT AND TIDY
IMMACULATE
A TREATISE ON ONE SUBJECT
MONOGRAPH
THE GROUP ESPECIALLY IN THE ARTS REGARDED A BEING THE MOST EXPERIMENT
AVANT-GRADE
AN OFFICIAL BULLETIN
COMMUNIQUE
A PASSAGE WITH ONLY ONE END
CUL-DE-SAC
THE ART OF PAINTING ON A PLASTER SURFACE
FRESCO
A RECORD OR TABLE SHOWING THE DESCENT OF A PERSON OR A FAMILY
GENEALOGY
A CONNOISSEUR OF FOOD AND DRINK
GOURMENT
A PERSON OR THING THAT GOES BEFORE AND ANNOUNES THE COMING OF SOMETHHING
HARBINGER
A PERSISTENT ANXIETY ABOUT ONE’S HEALTH USUALLY INVOLVING IMAGINED SYMPTOMS OF ILLINESS
HYPOCHONDRIA
AN ODD,A TYPICAL OR ECCENTRIC TRAIT
IDIOSYNCRASY
TO COMENASATE A PERSON ETC. FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE
LINDEMNIFY
A PLAN FOR OR ROUTE TO BE FOLLOWED ON A JOURENY
ITINERARY
A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO BAND TOGETHER FOR SOME SECRET PURPOSE ESPECIALLY FOR POLITICAL INTRIGUE
JUNTA
A SHORT JOURENY FOR PLEASEURE
JAUNT
A SWIFTLY CHANGING SCENE OR PATTERN
KALEIDOSCOPE
A WRITTEN ATTACK USING HUMOUR TO PROVOKE CONTEMPT
LAMPOON
A FALSE WRITTEN STATEMENT TO DAMAGE A PERSON’S REPUTE
LIBEL
A PHARSE R SENTENCE THAT IS COMICAL OR NONCENSICAL BECAUSE THE SPEAKER USED A WRONG WOEK THAT SOUNDED SOMETHING LIKE A RIGHT WORD
MALAPROPISM
A FULLSIZE MODEL OF A COMPLETE OF PATIAL HUMAN FIGURE
MANNEQUIN /DUMMY
PERASONAL REMINISCENCES IN A NARRATIVE FROM
MEMOIR
A LONG WANDERING JOURNEY
ODYSSEY
A SPEECH OR WRITING PRASING A PERSON OR A THING
PANEGYRIC
A LOVER SPECIALLY ONE WHO UNLAWFULLY TAKES THE POSITION OF A WIFE OR A HUSBAND
PARAMOUR
AN EXPERESSION OF THE POPULAR WILL CONCERNING SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS GIVEN BY A DIRECT VOTE OF THE PEOPLE
PLEBISCITE
A PORTRAIT OF A PERSON WITH ONLY THE OUTLINE OF THE PROFILE
SILHOUETTE
CAUSING OR TENDING TO CAUSE SLEEP
SOPORIFIC
A SUBSUTUTE
SURROGATE
EXSISTING ONLY IN NAME
TITULAR
A SHORT LITERARY DESCRIPTION MARKED BY DELICACY
VIGNETTE
A LONG JOURENY ESPECIALLY BY SEA
VOYAGE
A PERSON WHO OPPOSES ANOTHER
ANTAGONSIT
A PERSON WHO IS VERY SELECTIVE DISGUSTED EASILY AND IS HARD TO PLEASE
FASTIDIOUS
SOMETHING THAT CAN NOT BE HARMED
INVIOLATE
FEAR OF CROWDS
OCLOPHOBIA
A FUNERAL BELL
KNELL
A PERSON WHO IS PURE AND CLEAN
IMMACULATE
A PERSON WHO IS FILLED WITH EXCESSIVE ENTHUSIASM
EXTROVERT
A PERSON WHO OS BAD IN SPELLING
CACAOGRAPHIST
A PERSON CLAMING TO BE SUPERIOR IN CULTURE AND INTELLECT TO OTHERS
HIGHBROW
A PERSON LEAVING HIS NATIVE COUNTRY TO SETTLE IN ANOTHER
EMIGRANT
A PERSON HAVING THE SAME NAME
NAMESAKE
A PERSON WHO IS TALKTIVE
GARRULOUS
SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY
INALIENABEL
ONE WHO TRAVELS FROM PLACE TO PLACE
TRAMP
TO MOVE ALONG WITH QUICK SHORT TWISTING ACTIONS
WRIGGLE
BE THE EMODIMENT OR PERFERCT EXAMPLE OF
CHARACTERISE
ONE WHO DERSERTS HIS RELIGION
APOSTATE
CUSTOM OF HAVING MANY WIVES
POLYGAMY
PERSON WHO BELIVES THAT GOD IS EVERYTHING AND EVEYTING IS GOD
PANTHEIST
RELATIONSHIP BY BLOOD OR BIRTH
CONSANGUINITY
BELIEF OR OPINION CONTRARY TO WHAT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED
HERESY
A COUNTRY RULED BY TWO COUNTRY
CONDOMUNIUM
A LADY’S PURSE
RETICULE
A RELIGIOUS SONG
HYMN
A VERSE LETTER
EPISTLE
A ANIAML STORY WITH MORAL
FABLE
ART OF CUTTING TREE AND BUSHES INTO ORNAMENTAL SHAPE
TOPIARY
CHANGE ONE’S MIND TWO QUICKLY
VACILLATION
CONGRULATIONS SOME ONE IN FORMAL MANNER
FELICATATE
CREATURE HAVINGH BOTH MALE AND FEMALE ORGANS
HERMAPHRODITE
EQUAL IN RANK
PEER
FAULT THAT MAY BE FORGIVEN
VENIAL
FEAR OF BECOMING BLAD
PHALACROPHOBIA
Fear of pain
Aglophobia/odynophobia
Fear of getting fat makes young girl stop eating resulting in harmful effect
Anorexia
Fear of males
Androphobia
Fear of ugliness
Cacophobia
Fear of doctors
Catrophobia
Fear of depths
Bathopobia
Fear of dogs
Cynophobia
Extreme fear of beauty
Cellophobia
Fear of thirst
Dipsophobia
Morbid compulsion of drink
Dipsomania
Fear of work
Ergophobia
Fear of marriage
Gamophobia
Fear of birth
Genophobia
Fear of old age
Geraphobia
Fear of writing
Graph phobia
Fear of pleasure
Hedonophobia
Fear of travel
Hydrophobia
Fear of women
Gynophobia
Fear of getting fat
Lipophobia
Fear of childbirth
Maieusiphobia
Fear of snakes
Ophiopobia
FEAR OF BEING ROBBED
HARPAXOPHOBIA
FEAR OF COCKROACHES
KATSARIDAPHOBIA
Fear of darkness
Nyctophobia
Fear of ghosts
Phasmophobia
Fear of deaths
Thanatophobia
Fear of numbers
Triskaidekaphobia
FEAR OF DARK
LYGOPHOBIA
FEAR OF FAILURE
ATYCHIPHOBIA
FEAR OF GOD
ZEUSOPHOBIA
FEAR OF GOING TO BED
CLINOPHOBIA
FEAR OF POVERTY
PENIAPHOBIA
FEAR OF PROPERTY
ORTHOPHOBIA
FEAR OF RIDING A CAR
AMAXOPHOBIA
FEAR OF SEX
XENOPHOBIA
FEAR OF SPEED
LALOPHOBIA
FEAR OF WORDS
LOGOPHOBIA
FUNNY IMITATION OF A POEM
PARODY
GIVING UP THRONE BY THE KING
ABDICATION
GO BACK AND FORTH
SHUTTLE
GROUP OF THREE NOVALS
TRILOGY
LANGUAGE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
JARGON
LIST OF EXPLANTATION
GLOSSARY
LOUD TALK OR SPEECH
HARANGUE
MAN HAVING THE WOMAN’S QUALLITY
EFFEMINATE
MAN OF LAX MORAL
LICENTIOUS
MAN WHOSE WIFE IS UNFAITHFUL TO HIM
CUCKOLD
MANIA FOR TRAVEL
DROMOMANIA
MANIA OF BEING IMPORTANT
MEGALOMANIA
MEDICINE WHICH LESSENS PAIN
ANODYNE
MORNING PRAYER
MATIN
OLD AGE WHEN A MAN BEHAVE LIKE A FOOL
DOTAGE
ONE WHO COMES FROM A VILLAGE AND CONSIDERED STUPID
BUMPKIN
ONE WHO FIGHTS FOR MONEY
MERCENARY
ONE WHO FORSAKES RELIGION
RENEGADE
ONW WHO IS GUILTY OF FIRING PROPERTY
ARSONIST
ONE WHO IS VERY CAREFUL AND PARTICULAR
METICULOUS
ONE WHO PAYS TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO HIS CLOTHS AND APPEARANCE
DANDY
ONW WHO PRETENDS ILLNESS TO ESCAPE DUTY
MALINGERER
ONE WHO TALKS CONTINUOUSLY
LOQUACIOUS
ONE WHO WORKS IN RETURN FOR BEING TAUGHT THE TRADE
DISCIPLE
ONE WHOSE ATTITUDE IS TO EAT, DRINK AND MERRY
EPICUREAN
PEOPLE IN ROWDY SCENCE
RABBLE
PERASON OBSESSED WITH ONE IDEA OR SUBJECT
MONOMANIIAC
PERSON WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN ANY RELIGION
PAGAN
PERSON WHO HOLDS SCHOLARSHIP AT A UNIVERSITY
BURSAR
PERSON WHO IS AGAINST THE ORDINARY SOCIETY ESP. DRESSING
HIPPY
PERSON WHO IS ALWAYS DISSATISFIED
MALCONTENT
PERSON WHO LIVES ALONE AND AVOID OTHERS
RECLUSE
PERSON WHO LOVES NATURE
AESTHETE
PERSON WHO PRETENDS TO HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE
CHARLATAN
PERSUASIVE AND FLUENT SPEECH
ELOQUENCE
PHYSICIAN WHO DELIVERS BABIES
OBSTERICIAN
PLACE WHERE COWS ARE SHELTERED
BYRE
PLACE WHICH PROVIDES BOTH BOARD AND LODGING
INN
POWER OF READING THOUGHTS OF OTHERS
TELEPATHY
RIDICULULOUS USE OF WORKS
MALAPROPISM
RIDE ON SOMEONE’S BACK
PIGGYBACK
ROOM LEADING INTO A LARGE ROOM
ANTEROOM
SEAT ON ELEPHANT’S BACK
HOWDAH
SONG SUNG AT BURIAL
DIRGE
THING THAT BRING GENTLE AND PAINLESS DEATH FROM INCURABLE DISEASE
EUTHANASIA
TO EXPLAIN A SPRITUAL TRUTH
BENIGN
TO DO AWAY WITH RULE
ABROGATE
TO EXPLAIN A SPRITUAL TRUTH
PARABLE
USING OF NEW WORDS
NEOLOGY
A SMALL ENCLOSERE FOR CATTLE ,SHEEP ,POLUTRY ETC
PEN
MUSIC PLAYED OR SUNG AT NIGHT BELOW A PERSON’S WINDOW
SERENADE
STRONG AND SETTLED DISLIKE BETWEEN TWO PERSONS
ANTIPATHY
A SMALL HOUSE WITH ALL ROOMS ON ONE FLOOR
BUNAGLOW
AN EXTERMELY DEEP CRACK OR OPENING IN THE GROUND
CHASM
LOTTERY IN WHICH AN ARTICLE IS ASSIGNED BY LOT TO ONE OF THOSE BUYING TICKTS
RAFFLE /Draw
ONE WHO ALWAYS RUNS AWAY FROM DANGER
TIMID
ONE WHO DESPISES PERSONS OF LOWER SOCIAL POSITION
SNOB
GRADUAL RECOVERY FROM ILLNESS
CONVALESCENCE
ONE WHO IS DETERMINED TO EXACT FULL VEGEANCE FOR WRONG DONE TO HIM
VINDICTIVE
COMMENCEMENT OF WORDS WITH THE SAME LETTER
ALLITERATION
A PERSON LIVING PERMANENETLY IN A CERTAIN PLAC E
DOMICILE
TO SLAP WITH A FLAT OBJACT
SWAT
AN ASSEMBLY OF HEARAERS
ASSEMBLAGE
ONE WHO IS UNRELENTING AND CANNOT BE MOVED BY ENTREATIES
INEXORABLE
REGARD FOR OTHERS AS PRINCIPLE OF A ACTION
ALTRUISM
PERSON WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE GREAT LOVE FOR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL IN NATURE , ART ETC
AESTHETE
A DISEASE WHICH SPREADS BY CONTACT
CONTAGIOUS
AN ANIMAL STORY WITH MORAL
FABLE
PERSON WHO PIOLTS OR TRAVELS IN A BALLON AIRSHIP OR OTHER AIRCRAFT
AERONAUT
WITTY , CLEVER RETORT
REPARTEE
A STORY IN WHICH IDEAS ARE SYMBOLISED AS PEOPLE
ALLEGORY
A COMMON PLACE REMARK
PLATITUDE
A SUDDEN RUSH OF WIND
GUST
NOT CONFORMING TO ORDINARY RULES OF BEHAVIOUR
ECCENTRIC
SHORT DESCRIPATIVE POEM OR PICTURESQUE SCENE OR INCIDENT
IDYLL
A PERSON WHO IS RESEREVED IN TALKS
RETICENT
A SHORT STAY AT A PLACE
SOJOURN
A RAISED PLACE ON WHICH OFFERING TO A GOD ARE MADE
ALTAR
GOVERNMENT BY THE GODS
THERACHY
A PERSON WITH FULL DISCRETINARY POWER TO ACT ON BEHALF OF A COUNTRY
PLENIPOTENTIARY
TO DERIVE A THING OF ITS HOLY CHARACTER
DESCRATE
A SMALL PIECE OF WOOD
CHIP
A pioneer of a reform movement
Apostle
Wicked to a high degree
Heinous
The original inhabitants of a country
Aborigines
Dungeon entered by trapdoor
Oubliette
Science of printing
Typography
One who robs smuggler of his smuggled goods after the border has been crossed
Hijacker
Use of more words than are needed to express the meaning
Pleonasm
The science of judging of a person’s character capabilities etc. From an examination of the shape of his skull
Phrenology
A political leader who tries to stir up people
Demagogue
A light sailing boat built especially for racing
Yacht
Atonement for one’s sins
Repentance
Be the embodiment or perfect example
Personify
A person who maliciously destroys by fire
Incendiary
The line which a plough cuts in the ground
Furrow
A person who forsakes religion
Renegade
A person concerned with practical results and values
Pragmatist
Responsible according to law
Legitimate
Decision made upon a political question by the votes of all qualified persons
Plebiscite
Shining , brilliant and magnificent
Resplendent
Cutting for stone in the bladder
Lithotomy
A heavy unnatural slumber
Stupor
Changing one’s mind too quickly
Vacillation
To do away with rules
Abrogate
A person sharing responsibility for a political party’s discipline and tactics
Whip
Food which agrees with one’s taste
Palatable
A story in verse
Ballad
Plain or self evident truth
Truism
A person who has just started learning
Apprentice
A low area storm with high winds rotating about a centre of low atmospheric pressure
Cyclone
A fault that may be forgiven
Venial
One who is likeable
Amiable
Person who gives himself up to luxury and sexual pleasures
Voluptuary
A field or a part of a garden where fruit trees grow
Orchard
A women of lax moral
Harlot
A person who gives written testimony for use in a court
Deponent
A person who makes and sells ladies hats, etc.
Milliner
To mediate between two parties in a dispute
Intercede
The branch of science which deals with the problems of the old
Geriatrics
Property inherited from one’s father pr ancestors
Patrimony
Something left in a will by someone who has died
Legacy
The doctrine that human souls pass from one body to another at the time of death
Transmigration
A drawing on transparent paper
Transparency
The act of violating the sanctity of church
Sacrilege
A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge
Pedantic
One who thinks that human nature is essentially evil
Cynic
Interested mainly in a small group country etc.
Insular
The period between two reigns
Interregnum
Poem in short stanzas narrating a popular story
Ballad
One who does not know how to save the money
Spendthrift
Walk in a vain , self-important way
Strut
Clumsy or ill-bred fellow
Boor
A small shop that sells fashionable clothes, cosmetics etc.
Boutique
The normal abode of any animal or plant
Habitant
A person who is skilled in horsemanship
Equestrian
To atone one’s sins
Expiate
The rule of a person who is tyrant
Despotism
Of outstanding significance
Monumental
A tumour which is not likely to spared
Benign
To remove the skin of a potato or and orange
Peel
Explicit understanding to do something
Promise
To surround with armed forces
Besiege
A person who wishes to throw over all establishments
Anarchist
Forcing out(blood etc.) from its vessel
Extravasate
A book or picture produced merely to bring in money
Pot-boiler
Deviation or departure from common rule of standard
Anomaly
Elderly women in charge of a girl on social occasions
Chaperon
land so surrounded by water as to e almost and island
Peninsula
Part-song for several voices without instrumental accompaniment
Madrigal
A person without objective reality
Hallucination
Open rebellion of soldiers and sailors against lawful authority
Mutiny
A verse letter
Epistle
A person who travels from place to place
Itinerant
Something which can be taken for granted
Postulate
Words used in ancient time but no longer in general use now
Archaic
Cutting all the waste paper into pieces
Shredding
A solider who fights for money
mercenary
Government by all
Pant isocracy
Two wheeled cab for two to ride indie with driver mounted up behind
Hansom
Destroy without any trace
Obliterate
Submarines operate below the surface of the seas
Subterranean
Morning prayer in the church regularly
Matin
An unreal and visionary ideal
Chimerical
Give back to the users their youthful vigour and appearance
Rejuvenate
A lover of mankind
Altruist/philanthropist
An unconventional style of living
Bohemian
A person who is blindly devoted to an idea
Chauvinist
Suave (polished and light hearted person)
Debonair
A dabbler (not serious in art, Science and literature
Dilettante
That cannot be entered by force
Impregnable
A person who leads an immoral life
Libertine/Lecher
One hates the institution of marriage
Misogamist
One who eats everything
Omnivorous
One who works for the welfare of the women
Philogynist /Feminist
A boastful fellow
Swashbuckler
A noisy quarrelsome women, a shrew
Termagant
One who is habitual drunken
Toper/sot
One who is brilliant performer on stage(specially music)
Virtuoso
An annual calendar with position of stars
Almanac
A statement accepted as true without proof
Axiom
Examination of living tissue
Biopsy
Compulsory enlistment for military service
Conscription
An exact copy of handwriting ,printing
Facsimile/Xerox
Animals which live in a flock , used for human beings also
Gregarious/sociable
An act of separation from a person to avoid infection
Quarantine
Dress with medals, ribbons worn at official ceremonies
Regalia
A thing kept in memory of an event
Souvenir
A place where animals are slaughtered for the market
Abattoir
The dwelling place if an animal underground
Borrow
A place where treasurers ,stores ,ammunition are hidden
Cache
A graveyard where dead are buried
Crèche
An original glass bottle for holding wine or other alcoholic drinks
Decanter
A squirrel’s home
Drey
A home for old people
Infirmary
A place for wild animals and birds
Menagerie
A house or shelter for a dog
Kennel
A place where pigs are kept
Sty
A case in which the blade of a sword is kept
Sheath ,Scabbard
A place where lather is tanned
Tannery
One who drives a motor car
Chauffeur
One who introduces performing artists on the stage programmes
Compere
One who studies the pattern of voting in elections
Psephologist
Government by old man
Gerontocracy
Government by the worst citizen
Kekistocracy
Government run universally
Panarcy
A funeral procession comprising a number of mourners
Cortege
Murder of one’s children
Filicide
Murder of one’s brother
Fratricide
Murder of one’s parents
Parricide
Murder of one’s sister
Sororicide
Live in relationship a man and a woman living without being married
Concubiange
Happening in five years
Quinquennial
150th anniversary
Sesquicentennial
A collection of poem
Anthology
A large number of cotton tied in a bundle
Bale
A large group of girls/ladies
Bevy
A pair of pigeons
Brace
Of inner circle of members of government
Caucus
A small person belonging to a body
Clique
A group[p of applauders i.e. paid to clap
Claque
A group of islands
Cluster
A group of worshipers
Congregation
A small fleet of boats
Flotilla
A number of fish caught (in net) caught at one time
Haul
A number of ruins, stones
Heap
Of young pigs, dogs at birth
Litter
A group of people who are the same in some way
Posse
A section of hair
Lock
A large number of fish swimming together
Shoal
A sequence of similar items
String
A flies or locusts, bees ,ants
Swarm
A framework of rafters, posts and bars
Truss
A large crowd of people
Throng
A group of dancers, artists or acrobats
Troupe
Of abusive invectives
Torrent
Of grass ,hair
Tuft
In questions
Barrage
The study of sounds
Acoustics
The science of soil management and the production of field crops
Agronomy
Chemistry in ancient times
Alchemy
Cultivation of tress and vegetables
Arboriculture
The study of duration of life
Chronology
The art of making fireworks
Chromatics
The study of cells, especially their formation structure and functions
Cytology
The study of finger prints for the purpose of identification
Dactylographic
The study of animal behaviour
Ethology
The study of production of better offspring by the careful selection of parents
Eugenics
The study of effect of environment on workers
Ergonomy
The sun therapy
Heliotherapy
The study of tissues
Histology
The study of teeth
Odontology
The study of correct pronunciation
Orthoepy
The art of method of teaching
Pedagogy
The study of rocks
Petrology
The study of written records their authenticity etc.
Philology
The study of speech sounds and production, transmission , reception
Phonetics
The study of human face
Physiognomy
The study of ancient writing
Palaeography
The art of elegant speech or writing
Rhetoric
The study of caves
Spelelogy
An admirer of art
Dilettante
Use of mild word in place of words required by truth
Euphemism
That which is pig like
Porcine
That is fox like
Vulpine
Study of law
Nomo logy
Study of fossils
Palaeontology
Statement that is obviously true
Platitude
Temple dedicated to all the gods
Pantheon
The study of physical phenomenon of lakes
Limnology
Serious crime like murder ,arson
Felony
Secret place difficult to reach
Recess
Secret religious meeting
Conventicle
Showing contemptuous indifference
Supercilious
A short summary of a book or speech
Epitome
A short saying or poem which express an idea in a very clever and amusing way
Epigram
Scornful and contemptuous language
Opprobrium
Science of time
Horology
Science of the races of mankind and their relation to one another
Ethnology
Science of the causes of diseases
Etiology/aetiology
Science of human beauty
Kalology
Science and philosophy of human law
Jurisprudence
To raise a pattern or design on the surface of something
Emboss
Quick to judge and understand
Perspicacious
Pull out of usual shape
Distort
Public marry making and feasting
Carnival
Prevent from being carried out
Circumvent
Present from or before birth
Congenital
Lover of dogs
Canophilist
Guided by one’s sense of duty
Conscientious
Gust of wing
Draught
Offering made to god
Oblation
Gathering of all things
Omnibus
A garland of flowers
Wreath
Give the right to vote
Enfranchise
Future generation
Posterity
Fit for bad temper or anger
Tantrum
Blessing given by priest
Benediction
Bring under control in war
Subjugate
That can live without outside help
Viable
Angry at injustice
Indignant
Change to something abnormal , unnatural
Perversion
Habitual character and deposition
Ethos
To destroy
Annihilate
Recurrence of some disease after generation or similarity in special features with remote ancestors
Atavism
To mitigate of lessen the suffering or pain
Alleviate
To make better , to improve or to lift or a better place
Ameliorate
A mistake in the chronological order or a thing which is out of harmony with a period
Anachronism
Any language speaking only
Colloquialism
A person who fails in the performance of this duty or commits and offence
Delinquent
Something regularly found among a particular people or community
Endemic
A professor who has retired from service
Emeritus
To free from the confines of something to liberate from
Emancipate
Something artificial having the appearance of some thing got up
Factitious
As opposed to realistic , imagined not real
Fictitious
Tendency to grow downwards
Geotropism
A personal peculiarity of temperament or constitution
Idiosyncrasy
A person who has a most uncompromising attitude especially on politics
Intransigent
A subtle allusive and generally deprecatory remark
Innuendo
Extremely extravagant in manners and morals
Licentious
Belonging to this word , earthly
Mundane
Application of name or descriptive term to an object to which it is not literally applicable
Metaphor
A scene or situation which is gruesomely imaginative or full of gruesome details
Macabre
A change that befalls something
Mutation
A drama which is marked by very crude appeal to feelings and emotions
Melodrama
One who believes in the philosophy that nothing has real existence
Nihilist
A quick remedy or apparent medicine or similarly a pet scheme
Nostrum
The art of spelling words correctly
Orthography
A passage marking the close of speech
Peroration
A school teacher or a man affecting learning
Pedagogue
Original modal
Prototype
To mediate, to pander over a question
Ruminate
A person who refuses compliance with
Recalcitrant
A reasoned willing to avail himself of fallacies that will help his case
Sophist
A very delicate flaw or mistake which is not expected from the person making it
Solecism
A symbolic religious ceremony especially baptism
Sacrament
Abounding in blood
Sanguine
Affectedly and pompously formal person or style
Sententious
That which surpasses
Transcendental
The practise of taking exorbitant or excessive interest on the money lent
Usury
Guilty of accepting bribes extremely mercenary
Venal
A person sent on a mission
Emissary
Not definitely or clearly expressed
Inexplicit
Incapable of being taken by force or arms
Impregnable
To increase the gravity of an offence or the intensity of a dispute
Aggravate
A man or woman with skin and hair or auburn colour
Blonde
Wilful and persistent resistance to lawful authority
Contumacy
A person who is insensible to kind thoughts or sympathetic feeling
Callous
Total loss of voice
Aphonia
To do away with a rule
Abrogate
To make thin or fine or to reduce the strength
Attenuate
Deviation from eh common rule of standard
Anomaly
Stealthy done
Surreptitious
Mental derangement
Paranoia
Wild and noisy disorder
Pandemonium
Placing a thing beside another
Juxtapose
The abandonment of one’s country or cause
Desertion
Bitter and violent attack in words
Diatribe
The state of being miserable , bereft of all possessions
Destitute
Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter
Alliteration
A wall built to prevent the sea or a river from flooding an area
Embankment
Something that is poisonous or unhealthy
Trivial
A small umbrella
Parasol
To have a very high opinion of oneself
Conceited
The highest singing voice in women or boys or a music in highest voice
Soprano
A song to put babies to sleep
Lullaby
The original inhabitants of a country
Aborigines
Winding sheet of a corpse
Shroud
Bearing young’s by eggs
Oviparous
Bearing living young’s
Viviparous
Fond of much alcoholic drinks
Bibulous
A hater of new things
Misoneist
Hatter of smoking
Misocapnic
A lover of animals
Philozoic
A lover of learning
Philomath
A lover of poetry and art
Philomuse
That which is not composed of matter
Incorporeal
One who always gets into trouble
Scapegrace
Persuade by flattery
Cajole
That which has very harmful and dangerous effects
Detrimental
That which is corpse like
Cadaverous
That is cat like
Feline
A vehicle that is used to carry a dead body
Hearse
A person who is very cruel
Fiend
Swelling part of a body
Inflammation
The dad body of a animal
Carcase
A medicine which induces vomit
Emetic
A spear on a rope for catching whales and other larger fish
Harpoon
A female of gander
Goose
An adult male of deer
Hart
A word that is the same in sound as another but different in meaning
Homonym
Words alike in sound but different in meaning and spelling
Paronym
A dog used for hunting
Hound
A magnificent tomb
Mausoleum
An impudent girl
Minx
Flesh of sheep used as food
Mutton
Secretion of a plant which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate flowers
Nectar
A member of a wandering tribe
Nomad
A person who looks after horses in a inn
Ostler
A set of instruments put together for a purpose
Apparatus
An area planted with grapes
Vineyard
A disease that is found regularly in a particular place
Endemic
A disease widely epidemic
Pandemic
That which can not be burnt
Incombustible
A person who is very careful in the use of money
Frugal/parsimonious
Able to walk after being bedridden
Ambulatory
Absolute right
Prerogative
Accept without protest or silently
Acquiesce
Being economical in speech or expressed in few words
Laconic
Belief accepted without question
Dogma
Branches of learning concerned with literature history
Humanities
and philosophy
Bring under control especially a group of people causing trouble
Subdue
Calmness of mind and temper
Equanimity
Ceremony of crowning a king
Coronation
Chain of flowers ,leaves ribbons etc.
Festoon
Collection of flowers
Anthology
Compel to a course of action
Coerce
Compensation of loss
Indemnity
Complain or protest irritatingly
Grudge /grumble
Concluding part of speech
Peroration
Confused and disorderly
Promiscuous
Conference for discussion on a subject
Symposium
Confused struggle or fight
Scrimmage
Copy or reproduction of a work
Replica
Craze for flowers
Anthomania
Cud-chewing animal
Ruminant
Cut into small peaces
Mince
Cutting or arm, leg, etc. By surgery
Amputation
Cutting and gathering of grain
Harvest
Difficult or dangerous situation
Predicament
Done or obtained without payment or free of charge
Gratuitous
Easily bending
Supple
Equally sensitive to all colours
Panchromatic
Express earnest disapproval of
Deprecate
Expand and contract rhythmically
Pulsate
Fastest speed of a horse
Gallop
Felling of fear and disappointment
Dismay
Feeling or impression that something evil is going to happen
Presentment
Feeling that everything turns
Giddiness
Fixed sum of money paid to somebody as income in his lifetime
Annuity
Fond of new things
Newfangled
Foolish love
Infatuation
Forecast of the probable course of a disease or illness
Prognosis
Gay and elegant dress or appearance
Finery
Give more force or importance to
Accentuate
Give something as a security for debt
Pawn/mortgage
Having a common terminus or boundary
Coterminous
Having a full , deep sound
Sonorous
Having a similar nature, common interest
Congenial
Having a vague desire
Wistful
Having the same source or origin
Cognate
Hiding of true feelings
Dissimulation
In a primitive or uncivilized state
Savage
Incur loss through some fault
Forfeit
Identical in all respects
Congruent
Indirect effect or remote effect of some event
Repercussion
Instrument for measuring the intensity of light
Photometer
Interrupt and ask troublesome questions
Heckle
Interrupt the proceeding and demand a statement or explanation from
Interrelate
Judicial process or order to stop something
Injunction
Killing of one’s husband
Mariticide
Lacking in sexual power or sufficient strength to do something
Impotent
Loss of ability to use speech/understand
Aphasia
Make a deep sound of pain
Groan
Make desolate
Devastate
Make (something misleading) additions to a book
Interpolate
Military forces and their equipments
Armament
Miscellaneous articles not listed separately
Sundries
Money in form of coins
Specie
Name derived from father’s name
Patronymic
Natural tendency to do something
Propensity
Noisy drinking party or merry making
Carousal
Not shoeing proper respect
Impertinent
Occurring here and there or now and then of or for all
Sporadic
Of the daytime
Diurnal
Of all sorts
Omnifarious
One preying on or exploiting others
Predator
One who arranges for the supply of food in a club, school etc.
Steward
One who courts or woos a woman
Suitor
One who explains a theory , idea etc.
Exponent
One who habitually relapses into crime or one who cannot be cured of criminal activities
Recidivist
One who has no means of live hood
Pauper
One who makes an eloquent public speech
Orator
One who spends one’s money recklessly
Spendthrift/Prodigal
One who sells fruit, vegetables etc. From a barrow in the streets
Grocer
One who shows lack of respect or religious reverence
Impious
Page number of a book
Folio
Pardon or forgiveness of sins by god
Remission
Particular point of good conduct , ceremony honour
Punctilio
Period of rest or sleep taken in the early afternoon
Siesta
Person singing jointly with others
Cosignatory
Person to whom another gives encouragement and help
Protégé
Person who changes his religious belief
Renegate/ Renegade
Personal belonging , equipments etc.
Paraphernalia
Place for ideal peace and happiness
Elysium
Place for public speaking
Rostrum
Plead to obtain a favour
Intercede
Pleasant or sharp to the taste
Piquant
Practise of using abuse
Scurrility
Presented in a forceful and convening manner
Cogent
Principal raw material or commodity grown in a locality
Staple
Put under the surface of water
Submerge
Scatter things among others or place here and there
Intersperse
Severe test of character or endurance
Ordeal
Short saying expressing a general truth
Maxim/proverb/dictum/adage
Smash to pieces
Shatter
Something that is detested
Anathema
Something which religion or custom regards as forbidden
Taboo
State of unconscious
Narcosis
Sticking together
Coherent
Story told to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth
Didactic
Stroke of good luck
Fluke
Study of literature dealing with lives of saints
Hagiology
Style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge
Ornate
Substance used in place of sugar
Saccharin
Suffering from bodily or mental weakness because old age
Senile
Suggest in addition to the fundamental meaning
Connote
Suggest indirectly
Insinuate
Suggesting absence of thought or intellect
vacuous
System of religious worship
Cult
That cannot be erased or removed
Indelible
That cannot be weighed
Imponderable
That easily changes into gas or vapour
Volatile
That which can lessen the severity of (pain , disease)
Palliative
That which cannot be doubted or questioned
Unimpeachable
That which eats grass
Herbivore /herbivorous
Thing to be added at the end of a book etc.
Addendum
Theory of utility
Pragmatism
Turn or wander away from the main topic
Digress
Union of states, parties, or persons
Confederacy
Use in an unworthy or wicked way
Desecrate /defile
Use of public money for one’s own benefit
Peculation/embezzlement
Way out for water or stream
Outlet
Whole body of wage earners
Proletariat
Wide spread violence
Havoc
Witty clever retort
Repartee
Word formed from initial letters of a name
Acronym
Word made by changing the order of the letters in another word
Anagram
Woven fabric richly ornamented with designs
Brocade
Written law passed by the law making body
Statute
Of a very short duration of period
Transient
Not clearly expressed or understand
Inscrutable
Area of land almost surrounded by sea
Peninsula
Salt water lake separated from the sea by sand banks
Lagoon
Person who caters to the rich
Sycophant
One who doubts the soundness of inferences
Aesthetic
An expression of mild disapproval
Denigration
Art of poetry
Ceramics
Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool
Dotage
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