· Abolish:
Do
away with wholly.
· Abbreviation: A shortened form of a word or
phrase.
· Accelerate: To increase the speed; to hasten the
progress of:
· Actuary:
One
who calculates premium:
· Aggravate:
To
increase the gravity of an offence or the intensity of a disease:
· Alienate:
To
turn friends in enemies.
· Amateur:
One
who does something not professionally but for pleasure.
· Amphibian: a land animal that breeds in water.
· Aristocracy: people of noble families or the
highest social class. Also, government of a country by a small group of people,
especially hereditary nobility.
· Cannibal: somebody who eats human flesh.
· Diplomat/Envoy:
A
diplomatic minister of the higher order sent by a country to another:
Ambassador.
· Ambiguous:
Statements
open to more than interpretation.
· Ambivalent:
Having
opposing feelings.
· Amnesty:
General
pardon.
· Anonymous:
A
letter, poem etc. whose author is unknown:
· Anarchy:
Absence
of government:
· Answerable:
A
person liable to be called to account for his action:
· Appreciate:
To
rise in value:
· Atheist:
One
who does not believe in the existence of God.
· Auditor:
One
who makes an official examination of accounts.
· Autobiography:
The
life story of a man written by himself:
· Biography:
Life
story of a man written by other:
· Bureaucracy: Government by the officials:
· Biology:
The
science which treats with life.
· Bigot:
One
who has narrow and prejudiced religious views.
· Bourgeois:
A
member of the middle class.
· Colleagues:
People
working together in the same office or department.
· Congenital:
Belonging
or pertaining to an individual from birth.
· Contemporary:
Men
living in the same age:
· Cosmopolitan:
One
who can make himself at home in all countries.
· Credulous:
A
person who believes easily whatever he is told.
· Democracy:
Government
by the people:
· Depreciate:
To
go down in value:
· Disenfranchisement:
To
take away some one’s right to vote.
· Delegate: To give one’s authority to another.
· Drawn/
Tie: A
game or batter in which neither party wins.
· Edible: A thing that is fit to be eaten.
· Ecology:
Study
of environment.
· Egoist/Egoist:
One
who thinks only for oneself, a person who is selfish, self absorbed and self
centered.
· Eligible:
One
who is qualifies for election.
· Elucidate: To explain something mysterious or
difficult.
· Emphasize:
To
lay special stress on.
· Epitaph: inscription on a tombstone.
· Equilibrium:
A
state of perfect balance:
· Eradicate:
To
root out an evil, disease:
· Extempore
or Impromptu: A
speech delivered without any previous preparation:
· Embezzlement: Misappropriation of money.
· Fanatic:
A
man who has too much enthusiasm for his own religion:
· Facsimile:
An
exact copy.
· Fastidious: One who is not easily pleased.
· Germicide:
A
medicine that kills germs.
· Hung:
Assembly
or parliament in which no party has got clear majority
· Honorary: Work for which no salary is paid:
· Humanitarian: One who feels sympathetic towards
human beings:
· Illegible: That which cannot be read:
· Illicit:
That
is prohibited by law:
· Illiterate:
One
who cannot read or write:
· Inaudible:
A
sound that cannot be heard.
· Incomprehensible:
A
statement which cannot be understood:
· Incorrigible:
One
who cannot be corrected:
· Inexplicable:
That
which cannot be explained:
· Infallible:
A
remedy which never fails.
· Impervious: a person who remains unmoved and
unaffected by other people's opinions, arguments or suggestions.
· Illiterate: a person who cannot read or write.
· Infallible: incapable of making a mistake.
· Infanticide: the killing of an infant.
· Inflammable: something that is quickly and easily
set on fire and burned.
· Inimitable:
A
method that cannot be imitated.
· Insatiable:
That
which cannot be satisfied.
· Insolvent:
One
who is unable to pay his debts.
· Invulnerable:
That
which cannot be hurt.
· Invulnerable:
That
which cannot be hurt.
· Introspection:
The
action of looking back on past time.
· Invisible:
A
thing that cannot be seen with human eyes.
· Introspection:
Looking
into one’s own thoughts.
· Irrelevant:
Remarks
which do not ally apply to the subject under discussion.
· Irreparable:
A
loss of damage that cannot be compensated.
· Irrevocable:
That
cannot be altered or withdrawn.
· Jurisdiction:
The
area over which an official has control:
· Maiden:
The
first speech made by a person.
· Misanthropist:
Hater
of mankind.
· Mercenary: somebody who works or serves only
for personal profit. Also, a professional soldier paid to fight for an army
other than that of his or her country.
· Misogynist: a person who hates women.
· Misogamist: a person who does not believe in the
institution of marriage.
· Numismatics: Science of coins or medals.
· Omniscient: a person who knows everything.
· Omnivorous: an animal or a human being that eats
any kind of food.
· Omnipotent: a person who has power over all.
· Philanthropist: Lover of mankind.
· Panacea: a supposed cure for all diseases or
problems.
· Parasite: a person supported by another and
giving him/her nothing in return.
· Parasite: a person supported by another and
giving him/her nothing in return.
· Potable:
Water
fit for drinking.
· Psephology: Systematic study of election trends.
· Soporific: a drug or other substance that
induces sleep.
· Philistine:
One
who does not care for art, literature etc.
· Sinecure:
An
office with high salary but no work.
· Theist:
One
who believes in God.
· Vandal:
One
who damages public property.
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