| 1 | A PERSON WHO LOVES EVERYBODY | ALTRUIST | ||
| 2 | A PERSON WHO DOES THINGS ONLY FOR PLEASURE | AMATEUR | ||
| 3 | A PERSON WHO WANTS TO CREATE LAWLESSNESS IN THE STATE | ANARCHIST | ||
| 4 | A PLACE WHERE WEAPONS AND AMMUNITIONS ARE STORED | ARSENAL | ||
| 5 | A LETTER WHICH DOES NOT BEAR THE NAME OF ITS WRITER | ANONYMOUS | ||
| 6 | A PERSON WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD | ATHEIST | ||
| 7 | A MEDICINE TO COUNTERACT THE EFFECT OF A POISON | ANTIDOTE | ||
| 8 | A MEDICINE THAT PREVENTS DECOMPOSING | ANTISEPTIC | ||
| 9 | A GOVERNMENT RUN BY THE NOBILITY | ARISTOCRACY | ||
| 10 | A PERSON WHO IS SKILLED IN THE SCIENCE OF THE CELESTICAL BODIES: | ASTRONOMER | ||
| 11 | A LIFE HISTORY OF A PERSON WRITTEN BY SELF | AUTOBIOGRAPHY | ||
| 12 | AN ASSEMBLY OF LISTENERS | AUDIENCE | ||
| 13 | A GOVERNMENT WHERE THE POWERS ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE HANDS OF ONE PERSON | AUTOCRACY | ||
| 14 | A PERSON WHO CANNOT PAY HIS DEBTS | BANKRUPT | ||
| 15 | ONE WHO IS ENGAGED IN FIGHTING A BATTLE OR WAR | BELLIGERENT | ||
| 16 | A LIFE STORY OF A PERSON WRITTEN BY ANOTHER PERSON | BIOGRAPHY | ||
| 17 | A LOVER OF BOOKS | BIBLIOPHILE | ||
| 18 | THE STATE OF HAVING TWO WIVES OR HUSBANDS AT THE SAME TIME | BIGAMY | ||
| 19 | A PERSON BLINDLY ATTACHED TO ANY OPINION SYSTEM OR PARTY | BIGOT | ||
| 20 | A PERSON WHO IS SKILLED IN THE SCIENCE THAT TREATS OF THE LIFE OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS | BIOLOGIST | ||
| 21 | ONE WHO IS IRREVERENT TOWARDS GOD | BLASPHEMOUS | ||
| 22 | ONE WHO IS WELL VERSED IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF PLANTS AND VEGETABLES , | BOTANIST | ||
| 23 | A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH ALL THE POWERS ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE HANDS OF THE OFFICERS | BUREAUCRACY | ||
| 24 | A PERSON WHO EATS HUMAN FLESH | CANNIBAL | ||
| 25 | A LIST OF BOOKS | CATALOGUE | ||
| 26 | A PERSON WHO IS WELL VERSED IN THE MATTERS RELATING TO HEART | CARDIOLOGIST | ||
| 27 | AN ANIMAL WHICH EATS FLESH | CARNIVOROUS | ||
| 28 | THE STATE OF BEING UNMARRIED UNDER A VOW | CELIBACY | ||
| 29 | A PERSON WHO PRACTICES CELIBACY | CELIBATE | ||
| 30 | A MORBID FEAR OF CONFINED SPACES | CLAUSTROPHOBIA | ||
| 31 | HACKNEYED PHRASES OR OFTEN USED WORDS OR STEREO-TYPE PHRASES | CLICHE | ||
| 32 | A PERSON WHO IS COMPETENT TO PASS CRITICAL JUDGEMENT UPON ANYTHING | CONNOISSEUR | ||
| 33 | AN ASSOCIATE IN AN OFFICE OR INSTITUTION | COLLEAGUE | ||
| 34 | A PERSON WHO IS FREE FROM NATIONAL PREJUDICES OR WHO CONSIDES HIMSELF AS A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD | COSMOPOLITAN | ||
| 35 | A PERSON LIVING AT THE SAME TIME AS ANOTHER | CONTEMPORARY | ||
| 36 | A PERSON WHO IS TOO READY TO BELIEVE | CREDULOUS | ||
| 37 | A LETTER WHICH NOT CLAIMED BY ANYONE | DEAD LETTER | ||
| 38 | A LANGUAGE WHICH IS NO LONGER IN USE | DEAD LANGUAGE | ||
| 39 | A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE | DEMOCRACY | ||
| 40 | ONE WHO IS WELL VERSED IN THE SCIENCE WHICH TREATS OF THE SKIN AND ITS DISEASES | DERMATOLOGIST | ||
| 41 | AN ADMIRER OF OR DABBLER IN FINE ARTS | DILETTANTE | ||
| 42 | A BATTLE OR A MATCH IN WHICH NEITHER PARTY WINS | DRAW | ||
| 43 | A PLACE WHERE ONE LIVES PERMANENTLY | DOMICILE | ||
| 44 | A THING FIT TO BE EATEN | EDIBLE | ||
| 45 | A MAN WHO IS HAVING THE QUALITIES OF A WOMAN | EFFIMINATE | ||
| 46 | A PERSON WHO IS IN LOVE WITH HIMSELF OR SELF CENTERED | EGOIST | ||
| 47 | ONE WHO IS GIVEN TO SENSUAL PLEASURES OR ENJOYMENT | EPICUREAN | ||
| 48 | A SPEECH MADE WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS PREPARATION | EXTEMPORE | ||
| 49 | ONE WHO IS AFFECTED BY EXCESSIVE ENTHUSIASM ESPECIALY IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS | FANATIC | ||
| 50 | ONE WHO CANNOT BE EASILY PLEASED | FASTIDIOUS | ||
| 51 | A DISEASE (OR ACCIDENT) WHICH ENDS IN DEATH | FATAL | ||
| 52 | ONE WHO FIRMLY BELIEVES IN FATE OR DESTINY | FATALIST | ||
| 53 | A SUPPORTER OF THE CAUSE OF WOMEN | FEMINIST | ||
| 54 | THE MURDER OF A BROTHER | FRATRICIDE | ||
| 55 | WITHOUT PAYMENT OR FREE OF COST | GRATIS | ||
| 56 | THE HABIT OF TALKING TOO MUCH | GARRULITY | ||
| 57 | DELIBERATE EXTERMINATION OR KILLING OF A WHOLE RACE | GENOCIDE | ||
| 58 | A MEDICINE THAT KILLS GERMS | GERMICIDE | ||
| 59 | ONE WHO IS WELL VERSED IN THE SCIENCE OF FEMALE AILMENTS | GYNAECOLOGIST | ||
| 60 | ANIMALS LIVING ON PLANTS | HERBIVOROUS | ||
| 61 | THE KILLIING OF ONE MAN BY ANOTHER MAN | HOMICIDE | ||
| 62 | A WORD WHICH AGREES WITH ANOTHER IN PRONOUNCIATION AND ALSO IN SPELLING BUT IS DIFFERENT IN CONNOTATION | HOMONYM | ||
| 63 | AN OFFICE FOR WHICH NO SALARY IS PAID | HONORARY | ||
| 64 | ONE WHO ENTERTAINS HIS GUESTS WELL | HOSPITABLE | ||
| 65 | ONE WHO HAS EXAGGERATED ANXIETY ABOUT ONE'S HEALTH | HYPOCHONDRIAC | ||
| 66 | ONE WHO LACKS KNOWLEDGE | IGNORANT | ||
| 67 | THAT WHICH IS CONTRARY TO LAW | ILLEGAL | ||
| 68 | A HANDWRITING WHICH CANNOT BE EASILY READ | ILLEGIBLE | ||
| 69 | ONE WHO IS UNABLE TO READ AND WRITE | ILLITERATE | ||
| 70 | ONE WHO COMES TO SETTLE IN A COUNTRY | IMMIGRANT | ||
| 71 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE ATTACKED OR TAKEN BY FORCE | IMPREGNABLE | ||
| 72 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE PASSED THROUGH | IMPASSABLE | ||
| 73 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE PUT INTO PRACTICE | IMPRACTICABLE | ||
| 74 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE PIERCED THROUGH | IMPENETRABLE | ||
| 75 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE APPROACHED OR REACHED | INACCESSIBLE | ||
| 76 | THAT WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE OR CREDIBLE | IMPROBABLE | ||
| 77 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE HEARD | INAUDIBLE | ||
| 78 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE CORRECTED | INCORRIGIBLE | ||
| 79 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE BELIEVED | INCREDIBLE | ||
| 80 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE CURED | INCURABLE | ||
| 81 | ONE WHO IS INCAPABLE OF BEING TIRED | INDEFATIGABLE | ||
| 82 | INCAPABLE OF BEING EFFACED, OR CANCELLED OR OBLITERATED | INDELIBLE | ||
| 83 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE EXPLAINED | INEXPLICABLE | ||
| 84 | ONE WHO IS UNRELENTING AND CANNOT BE MOVED BY ENTREATIES | INEXORABLE | ||
| 85 | ONE WHO IS NOT LIABLE TO COMMIT MISTAKES OR ERRORS | INFALLIABLE | ||
| 86 | CAPABLE OF CATCHING FIRE OR COMBUSTIBLE | INFLAMMABLE | ||
| 87 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE IMITATED | INIMITABLE | ||
| 88 | THAT WHICH IS QUITE HARMLESS | INNOCUOUS | ||
| 89 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE CONQUERED OR DEFEATED | INVINCIBLE | ||
| 90 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE DESCRIBED | INDESCRIBABLE | ||
| 91 | THAT WHICH IS FOUND TO HAPPEN | INEVITABLE | ||
| 92 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE SOLVED | INSOLUBLE | ||
| 93 | THAT WHICH CANNOT BE MADE GOOD OR REPAIRED | IRRERAPARABLE | ||
| 94 | ONE WHO KNOWS SEVERAL LANGUAGES | LINGUIST | ||
| 95 | A PERSON WHO TALKS TOO MUCH | LOQUACIOUS | ||
| 96 | A PERSON'S FIRST PUBLIC SPEECH | MAIDEN SPEECH | ||
| 97 | A PAPER WRITTEN BY HAND | MANUSCRIPT | ||
| 98 | A HIRED SOLDIER WHO FIGHTS FOR THE SAKE OF MONEY | MERCENARY | ||
| 99 | A MURDERER OF ONE'S MOTHER | MATRICIDE | ||
| 100 | A PERSON WHO IS TOO CAREFUL FOR DETAILS | METICULOUS | ||
Assignment -1
Directions: Select the single word or phrase which means most
- An office with pay but little responsibility
(a) sinecure
(b) presidency
(c) factotum
(d) plutocracy
- A group of small ships
(a) archipelago
(b) fleet
(c) flotilla
(d) tugs
- A person in the habit of pointing out others' faults
(a) interloper
(b) officious
(c) gossamer
(d) gadfly
- The study of handwriting as a guide to character
(a) forensic
(b) graffiti
(c) hieroglyphics
(d) graphology
- A long boring speech
(a) horology
(b) harangue
(c) valediction
(d)filibuster
- Accidental solving of a crime
(a) investigation
(b) detection
(c) sixth-sense
(d) serendipity
- A commonplace and unoriginal statement
(a) witticism
(b) preamble
(c)prevarication
(d) platitude
- Mutual loyalty among group members
(a) etiquette
(b) homogeneity
(c)Spirited corp
(d) rendezous
- Poetry that is silly
(a) observe
(b) doggerel
(c) dirge
(d) limerick
- Inscription on a grave
(a) epigram
(b) oration
(c) obituary
(d) epitaph
- A place where bees are kept
(a) aviary
(b) artifice
(c) diadem
(d) apiary
- Something short-lived
(a) ephemeral
(b) epicurean
(c) interim
(d) illusory
- Interest only in money
(a) marmoreal
(b) mordant
(c) mercenary
(d) munificent
- Scientific study of birds
(a) aviation
(b) ornithology
(c) microbiology
(d) supersonics
- A very light and thin material
(a) gossamer
(b) gazelle
(c) coterie
(d) poultice
- Mercy-killing of patients who are incurably ill
(a) circumspection
(b) benignity
(c) euthanasia
(d) apoplexy
- General act of forgiveness on a national occasion
(a) benediction
(b) emancipation
(c) investiture
(d) amnesty
- Passing off someone else's writing as one's own
(a) copying
(b) patenting
(c) plagiarism
(d) adaptation
- A lake of sea water
(a) archipelago
(b) lagoon
(c) gorge
(d) inundation
- The science of making watches
(a) graphology
(b) morphology
(c)Aneroid
(d) horology
- The right to vote
(a) ballot
(b) electorate
(c) franchise
(d) graffiti
- A person who believes he is always ill
(a) maverick
(b) metaphysics
(c) neophyte
(d) Hypochondriac
- One who assails traditional beliefs
(a) critic
(b) atheist
(c)anthropologist
(d) iconoclast
- A person who chooses to live in a foreign country
(a) traveler
(b) explorer
(c) immigrant
(d) refugee
- An official inquiry into the cause of an unnatural death
(a) inquest
(b) investigation
(c) post-mortem
(d) instigation
- A massive moving entity
(a) miasma
(b) juggernaut
(c) jamboree
(d) typhoon
- A happening that cannot be altered
(a) invincible
(b) fate
(c) fait-accompli
(d) congruence
- A person with good artistic taste
(a) gourmet
(b) gourmand
(c) connoisseur
(d) judge
- A flirting woman
(a) virago
(b) shrew
(c) martinet
(d) coquette
- Forcefully enlisting private property for military use
(a) occupation
(b) commandeering
(c) trespass
(d) encroachment
Answers
| 1.A | 2.B | 3.D | 4.D | 5.B | 6.D | 7.D | 8.C | 9.D | 10.D |
| 11.D | 12.A | 13.C | 14.B | 15.A | 16.C | 17.D | 18.C | 19.B | 20.D |
| 21.C | 22.D | 23.D | 24.C | 25.A | 26.B | 27.C | 28.C | 29.D | 30.B |
| HOMOGRAPHS | (HOMONYMS) |
| Addenda | additional items |
| Agenda | list of things to be done |
| Aphasia | loss of speech |
| Asphyxia | suffocation |
| Atone | to make amends |
| Attain | to reach or achieve |
| Avert | to anticipate and ward off |
| Overt | not concealed |
| By law | local or corporate rules; rules adopted by an organization |
| carpus | body |
| collaborate | to work or act jointly |
| corroborate | to confirm |
| courtesy | husband's right in dead wife's land |
| cynosure | one that attracts |
| sinecure | easy job |
| decedent | deceased (dead) person |
| dissident | one who disagrees |
| depositary | one who receives a deposit |
| disseminate | to spread widely |
| dissimilate | to make or become dissimilar |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| engrosss | to prepare a text; to purchase in quantity to absorb full attention |
| ingross | existing independently; in a large quantity or sum |
| forego | to precede |
| forgo | to give up |
| furlong | one-eight of a mile |
| furlough | leave of absence |
| incredibility | unbelievableness |
| incredulity | disbelief |
| injure | according to low |
| injure | to do harm to |
| interpellate | to question formally |
| interpolate | to insert words in a text |
| lumbar | relating to vertebrae of the lower back |
| lumber | Timber ready for use(n), To move clumsily (v) |
| malfeasance | wrongful conduct |
| misfeasance | improper performance of a legal act |
| nonfeasance | failure to do what ought to be done |
| misalliance | an improper alliance, a poor marriage |
