Words You Must Know

Posted by Administrator on Tue, 26 Jan 2010

  A person who does not believe in the existence of God Atheist
2 A person who believes in the existence of God Theist
3 Government by one person Autocracy
4 Government by the rich Plutocracy
5 Government by the few Oligarchy
6 Government by officials Bureaucracy
7 Government by the nobles Aristocracy
8 Government by the people Democracy
9 Government by a king or a queen Monarchy
10 Government of a country by religious leaders Theocracy
11 Murder of one’s own father Patricide
12 Murder of one’s own mother Matricide
13 Murder of one’s own brother Fratricide
14 Act of killing himself/ herself Suicide
15 Murder of the king Regicide
16 The killing of a man Homicide
17 Murder of infants Infanticide
18 One who talks in sleep Somniloquist
19 One who walks in sleep Somnambulist
20 Hatred of mankind Misanthropy
21 Hater of mankind Misanthropist
22 Hatred of women Misogyny
23 Hater of women Misogynist
24 Love towards mankind Philanthropy
25 Lover of mankind Philanthropist
26 An animal that eats flesh Carnivorous
27 An animal that eats grass Herbivorous
28 Animals which feed on fish Piscivorous
29 An animal that eats human flesh Cannibal
30 Eating all types of food, both vegetables and meat Omnivorous
31 The life history of a man written by himself Autobiography
32 The life history of a man written by someone else Biography
33 A woman with hair that is pale gold in colour Blonde
34 A white skinned woman with dark brown hair Brunette
35 One who is all powerful Omnipotent
36 One who is present everywhere Omnipresent
37 One who knows everything Omniscient
38 The action of looking within or into one’s own mind Introspection
39 The action of looking back upon past time Retrospection
40 A child born after the death of its father or a book published after its author’s death Posthumous
41 State of being two wives or two husbands at once Bigamy
42 The state of having one wife Monogamy
43 The practice of having many wives Polygamy
44 Shaving head Tonsure
45 A person suffering from nervous disorder Neurotic
46 A cinema show which is held in the afternoon Matinee
47 A building where dead bodies are kept Mortuary
48 A medicine tending to loosen the bowls Laxative
49 Cannot be seen Invisible
50 Worship of idols and images Idolatry
51 Stage of growth between boyhood and youth Adolescent
52 Money given to a divorced woman by her husband Alimony
53 One who deserts his religion or cause Apostate
54 A statement open to more than one interpretation Ambiguous
55 A person capable of using both hands equally well Ambidextrous
56 An animal capable of living on land and water Amphibious
57 One who is a great lover of books Bibliophile
58 One who is mad for books Bibliomania
59 Equipment used to find whether is the accused is lying Polygraph
60 One who abstains from alcoholic drinks Teetotaler
61 The power of reading others’ thoughts Telepathy
62 A person with a long experience of any occupation Veteran
63 Liable to catch fire easily Inflammable
64 A trade that is prohibited by law Illicit
65 A person who mends broken window glasses Glazier
66 A state of perfect balance Equilibrium
67 Words inscribed on the tomb of a person Epitaph
68 The art of beautiful writing Calligraphy
69 Living, existing or occurring together in time Contemporary
70

A writer who borrows words and ideas from another author and passes them off as his own

 Plagiarist
71 The science which treats of races Ethnology
72 The scientific study of the body Physiology
73 The scientific study of the earth Geology
74 The scientific study of animals Zoology
75 The scientific study of birds Ornithology
76 The study which deals with the derivation of words Etymology
77 The science of language Philology
78 A man who speaks several languages Polyglot
79 Too much official formality Red-tapism
80 An office for which no salary is paid Honorary
81 A writing that cannot be read Illegible
82 An insect with many legs Centipede
83 With one voice – agreed by everyone Unanimously
84 A person who is too much like a woman Effeminate
85 Believing in luck Superstition
86 Property inherited from ancestors Patrimony
87 Medical examination of a body held after death Post mortem
88 Being the first of its kind Maiden
89 Undue favour to relatives by a high official Nepotism
90 Capable of being seen through Transparent
91 Following the traditional beliefs closely Orthodox
92 Happening at the same time Simultaneous
93 The study of cultures in the past Archaeology
94 A very large number Zillion
95 True and cannot be disagreed Indisputable
96 Too important to be without Indispensable
97 A person with a generous heart Magnanimous
98 An area of land where people are buried Graveyard
99 Partial or complete loss of memory Amnesia
100 Pardon for criminals Amnesty
101 An unusual behaviour Idiosyncrasy

 

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