Vocabulary - 2

ENGLISH VOCABULARY - 
ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION

1 . Murder of wife

– Uroxicide ( पत्नी हत्या)

2 . Murder of sister

– Sororicide ( भगिनी हत्या)

3 . Murder of King

– Regicide ( राजहत्या)

4 . Murder of father

– Patricide ( पितृहंता)5 . Murder of mother

– Matricide ( मातृहत्या)

6 . An annual calendar with position of stars

– Almanac ( पंचांग)

7 . Something spiritual

- Platonic ( आध्यात्मिक)

8 . A person appointed by two partiesto solve a dispute

– Arbitrator ( पंच)

9 . A person who is bad in spellings

– Cacographist ( भ्रष्ट लिखावट)

10 . A person who writes beautiful hand writing

– Calligraphist ( सुलेखन)

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES
1. A name and opted by a writer = Pseudonym
2. Of unknown authorship = anonymous
3. Taking one’s own life = suicide
4. A person concerned with practical results= pragmatist
5. A speech by an actor at the end of a play= epilogue
6. A political leader who tries to stir up people = Demagogue
7. Animals living on land and in water = Amphibians
8. A person with long experience = veteran
9. Atonement for one’s sins = repentance
10.A man of odd habits = Ecentric
11.A person who derives pleasure by inflicting pain on others = Sadist
12.A general pardon of political offender = Amnesty
13.A person who is made to bear the blamedue to others = Scapegoat
14.A person who pays much attention to his clothes and appearance = Dandy
15.A person hard to please = Fastidious
16.A person who considers himself superior to others in culture and intellect = Highbrow
17.A wishful longing for something one has known in the past = Nostalgia
18.The art of cutting trees and bushes in toornamental shapes = Topiary
19.An associate in an office or institution = Colleague
20.A person who believes in God = Theist
21.A person who does not believe in God = Atheist
22.Witty, Clever, Retart = Repartee
23.A child who stays away from school without any good reason = Truant
24.One who compiles a dictionary = Lexicographer
25.One who does not care for literature and art = Philistine
26.One who totally abstains from alcoholic drinks = Teatotaller
27.A house for storing grains = granary
28.A person who is neither intelligent nor dull(average) = Mediocre
29.A person who dances to the tune of his wife = Henpecked
30.Branch of medicine which deals with theproblems of the old = Ntology(Geriatrics)
31.Careful in performing duties = Punctilious
32.A person who gives written testimony for use in a law court = deponent
33.Equal in rank, merit or quality = Peer
34.Indifference to pleasure or pain = Stoicism
35.Using of new words = Coinage
36.Fruit garden = Orchard

37.Person who gives himself up to lixuary and sexual pleasures = voluptuary
38.Books which excite sex in readers = Pornography
39.One who is likable = Amiable
40.One copies the writing of others = Plagiarist (Plagiarism)
41.Journey to a holy place = Pilgrimage
42.Worship of idols = Idolatry
43.One who ruins statues of gods = Iconoclast
44.One who is honorably discharged from service = Emeritus
45.A place of ideal peace and happiness = Elysium
46.Printed notice of Somebody’s death = Obituary
47.A story in verse = Ballad
48.One knowing every thing = Omniscient
49.One who is present every where = Omnipresent
50.One who is all powerful = Omnipotent

One Word Substitution*

1. One who is out to subvert a government Anarchist

2. One who is recovering from illness Convalescent

3. One who is all powerful Omnipotent

4. One who is present everywhere Omnipresent

5. One who knows everything Omniscient

6. One who is easily deceived Gullible

7. One who does not make mistakes Infallible

8. One who can do anything for money Mercenary

9. One who has no money Pauper

10. One who changes sides Turncoat

11. One who works for free Volunteer

12. One who loves books Bibliophile

13. One who can speak two languages Bilingual

14. One who loves mankind Philanthropist

15. One who hates mankind Misanthrope

16. One who looks on the bright side of things Optimist

17. One who looks on the dark side of things Pessimist

18. One who doubts the existence of god Agnostic

19. One who pretends to be what he is not Hypocrite

20. One incapable of being tired Indefatigable

21. One who helps others Good Samaritan

22. One who copies from other writers Plagiarist

23. One who hates women Misogynist

24. One who knows many languages Polyglot

25. One who is fond of sensuous pleasures Epicure

26. One who thinks only of himself Egoist

27. One who thinks only of welfare of women Feminist.

28. One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain Stoic

29. One who is quite like a woman Effeminate

30. One who has strange habits Eccentric

1. The practice of marrying one a time
– Monogamy ( एकपत्नीत्व )
2. The practice of having two wives or two husbands at a time
– Bigamy ( द्विविवाह )
3. The practice of marrying more than one wife at time
– Polygamy ( बहुविवाह )
4. The practice of marrying more than one husbands at a time
– Polyandry ( बहुपतित्व )
5. A hater of mankind
– Misogynist ( नारी द्वेषी )
6. A lover of womankind
– Philogynist ( स्त्रीप्रेमी )
7. A lover and collector of books
– Bibliophile ( पुस्तक प्रेमी )
8. One who has a long experience of any occupation
– Veteran ( दीर्घानुभवी , दक्ष , कुशल )
9. One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession
- Amateur ( शौकिया )
10. One who talks continuously
– Loquacious ( बातूनी )
11. One who is out to destroy all government, law and order
– Anarchist ( अशासनवादी , विद्रोहवादी )
12. One who does not care for art and literature
– Philistine ( अशिक्षित )
13. One who can use either hand with ease
– Ambidextrous ( द्विहत्थी )
14. A child born after the death of hisfather or the book published after the death of the writer. – Posthumous ( मरणोपरांत )
15. Incapable of being understood
– Unintelligible ( दुर्बोध )