1.

Make soil productive: Fertilize

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2. Make rusty; go rusty: Oxidise

3. Prepare for movement or action; collect together for service or use: Mobilise
4. Fill with terror by threats or acts of violence: Terrify, Terrorize
5. Reduce to minimum: Minimize
6. Use sparingly: Economise
7. Speak in general terms: Generalize

9. Subject to penalty: Penalise

10. Establish a colony: Colonise
11. Put in danger: Jeopardize

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12. Make permissible by law: Legalise

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8. Give authority to: Authorise

13. Be fully conscious; understand: Realise

14. Arouse horror and indignation in a person; offend the moral feelings or the
ideas of etiquette of: Scandalise
15. Compose or produce something without preparation: Improvise

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16. Act as a deputy: Deputise

17. Happen at the same time; be simultaneous: Synchronise

18. Say sorry for wrong doing: Apologise
19. Support by means of a subsidy: Subsidise

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20. Exclude from society; refuse to associate with: Ostracise

21. Become fact: Materialise
22. That cannot be tamed: Untameable
23. Which cannot be put into practice: Impracticable
24. Open to objection: Objectionable
25. Which cannot be seized: Impregnable
26. Perform the service at: Officiate
27. Found fault with someone: Censure

29. Sail round the globe: Circumnavigate

30. Never to be effaced: Ineffaceable
31. Very easily made angry: Irritable
32. Averse to mixing in society: Unsociable
33. Cannot be deciphered at all: Undecipherable
34. So high that it cannot be estimated: Inestimable

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35. Beyond all price: Invaluable

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28. Do not rightly understand: Misunderstand

36. Beyond a doubt: Unquestionable, Indubitable

37. Make away with: Murder
38. At the beginning of the day: Dawn

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39. Uncalled for; quite motiveless: Gratuitous

40. Those who serve for hire: Hirelings

41. One who believes in going naked on all occasions: Nudist

42. State of being married: Matrimony

43. State of complete continence on the part of a woman: Virginity

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44. From parents and forefathers: Hereditary

45. One residing in a country of which one is not a full-fledged citizen: Alien
46. Which cannot be solved: Insoluble
47. Full of words: Verbose

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48. Which cannot be suppressed: Irrepressible

49. Which cannot be believed: Incredible
50. A person of infirm health: Valetudinarian
51. A breaker of images: Iconoclast
52. A lover of woman: Philogynist
53. A medicine tending to loosen the bowels: Laxative
54. Disease caught from others: Infectious

56. That which is not possible to justify: Unjustifiable

57. That which is not possible to apply: Inapplicable
58. Not giving attention: Inattentive

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55. That which cannot be escaped from: Inescapable

59. That which cannot be withdrawn or cancelled: Irrevocable

60. That which cannot be refuted: Irrefutable
61. Perfectly beyond answer: Unanswerable

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62. Cannot be measured: Immeasurable

63. A state in which the succession is through women only: Matriarchy

64. Lasting only a very short time: Ephemeral, Temporary, Transient
65. Deserving all praise: Laudable

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66. That which cannot be recovered: Irrecoverable

67. A person who can disguise the direction from which his voice comes:
Ventriloquist
68. The art practised by statesmen and ambassadors or the skill in managing
international affairs: Diplomacy

mb

69. A speech addressed to oneself: Soliloquy

70. A person who walks while sleeping: Somnambulist

71. A person who is overscrupulous about small details: Meticulous
72. Property inherited by a person from his ancestors: Patrimony
73. Small, trifling ornamental articles: Knick-knacks

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74. Fit to marry: Marriageable

75. Nature belonging to men: Masculine

76. A change surprising enough to be called magical: Transformation,
Metamorphosis
77. At the age of growth between boyhood and youth: Adolescent
78. Easy to carry over long distances: Portable
79. Easy to shape in any desired mould: Pliable
80. Apply the money fraudulently for ones use: Misappropriate

82. Specify by name, one by one all: Enumerate

83. Surround on all sides: Envelope

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81. Interpretation of dreams: Oneirocriticism

84. Ambiguous words to conceal the truth or mislead hearers and readers:
Equivocal
85. Not easily disturbed by sudden misfortune: Unruffled

86. Much too lofty to harbour petty feelings: Magnanimous

87. A graduate of the university of Oxford: Oxonian

89. A ladys umbrella: Parasol

90. A ladys purse: Reticule

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88. A graduate of the university of Cambridge: Cantab

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91. Relating to a barber or his work: Tonsorial

92. Pertaining to tailors or clothes: Sartorial

93. A person who is hard to please: Fastidious

94. A figure with eight sides: Octagon

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95. Undue favour shown by a man in high position to his own relatives:
Nepotism
96. A statement that is absolutely clear: Explicit
97. A person who cannot be easily approached: Inaccessible
98. To urge a person to commit a crime: Instigate
99. To root out an evil: Eradicate

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100. To destroy anything completely: Annihilate

101. The act of renouncing the crown by a king: Abdication
102. Morning prayer in a church: Matins
103. Not only blameable, but can also be proceeded against in a court of law:
Culpable
104. Marked by open and effusive exhibition of feelings: Demonstrative
105. Capable of being proved: Demonstrable
106. Of set design: Deliberate

107. Cut off: Amputate

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108. Total abstainer from all alcoholic drinks: teetotaller

109. Believers in the doctrine that the total abolition of war is both possible and
desirable: Pacifist

110. Direct vote of all the electorate of the state to obtain a public expression of
the whole communitys opinion: Referendum, Plebiscite
111. Organized scheme of popularising: Propaganda
112. Without any variation: Uniform

114. A very sad condition: Predicament

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113. Skilfully planning the movements of troops: Manoeuvring

115. So much like one another that it could not be said which was which:
Indistinguishable

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116. Beyond all power of time to destroy:

117. That nothing can avail to appease: Fastidious

118. The quality of doing the right thing at right time and place: Tact
119. The purest and most essential part of the drug: Quintessence

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120. The doctrine that human souls migrate into other bodies of animals:
Transmigration
121. That which can be allowed: Permissible
122. That which will last a very long time: Durable, Long-lasting, Permanent
123. The power of seeing everything: Omniscience

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124. The power of being present everywhere: Omnipresence

125. Emitting a bad smell: Foul-smelling, Malodorous
126. That which cannot be surmounted or overcome: Insurmountable
127. One who acts between two or more parties: Intermediary
128. Give and receive mutually: Reciprocate
129. Walking from place to place on business: Itinerant, Peripatetic
130. Cessation of hostilities before a formal treaty is signed: Armistice
131. That which can be wounded or penetrated: Invulnerable

132. The loyalty of subjects to their sovereign and Government: Allegiance

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133. One who is learned in the science dealing with bird life: Ornithologist
134. Composed of elements highly diverse in character: Heterogeneous
135. At one and the same time: Simultaneous

136. Assailing the use of images in religious worship: Iconoclast

137. The power of reading the thoughts or mind of others immediately:

Thought-reading, Telepathy
138. Very pleasing to eat: Toothsome

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139. One who can use both hands with equal facility: Ambidextrous
140. Self-generated; free of external incitement: Spontaneous
141. Evening prayer in a church: Vespers

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142. To use expressive motion of limbs while speaking: Gesticulate

143. To express disapproval of anything or any person: Deprecate
144. Literary theft: Plagiarism

145. To frighten a person with the purpose of getting something out of him:
Coerce

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146. A self-evident truth: Truism

147. To happen simultaneously with another event: Synchronize

148. Allowance paid by a husband to his wife on legal separation: Alimony
149. New-coined word: Neologism

150. Examination of the body of a dead person: Post-mortem

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151. A drug that induce sleep: Narcotic

152. A person who suffers from nervous disease: Neurotic

153. A medicine which prevents putrefaction: Antiseptic
154. Things which contain elements of the same nature: Homogeneous
155. Nations engaged in war: Belligerent
156. An effect which has reference to what is past: Retrospective
157. A nation that is fond of fighting: Bellicose

159. Relating to the sun: Solar

160. Relating to the moon: Lunar

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158. A substance which can be easily broken: Brittle, Fragile

161. A round-about way of expressing oneself: Circumlocution

162. To reproduce a passage word for word: Verbatim
163. Money paid to employees on retirement: Gratuity
164. A person who eats vegetables: Vegetarian

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165. A room where dead bodies are kept for post mortem examination: Mortuary
166. To wander from the main theme: Digress
167. A shed of cars: Garage

168. A person who goes on horseback: Equestrian

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169. A place where clothes are kept: Wardrobe

170. Pertaining to land or land owner-ship: Agrarian

171. Practice of spying: Espionage

172. Anything that is marked by dull uniformity: Monotonous

173. A door that is partly open: Ajar

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174. Substance capable of burning or used for burning: Incombustible

175. A man whose wife is dead: Widower
176. One who knows many languages: Linguistic, polyglot
177. Incapable of being explained: Inexplicable

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178. Talking disrespectfully of sacred things; to utter profanity about sacred

things: Blasphemy, Sacrilege
179. To compel a person to do a thing by force: Coerce
180. Disease or defect inherited from birth: Congenital
181. Two countries whose frontiers touch each other: Contiguous
182. An insect with many legs: Centipede
183. Science of insects: Entomology
184. The part of the government which makes laws: Legislature

185. The part of the government which enforces laws: Executive

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186. Throw light on something difficult or mysterious: Elucidate

187. A medicine that produces the desired effect: Efficacious
188. A law that is not subject to change: Imputable
189. To involve a person in accusation: Incriminate

190. An extremely talkative person: Garrulous, Talkative, Loquacious

192. Commonplace remarks: Platitude

193. A remedy for all diseases: Panacea

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191. Afternoon performance at a theatre; a cinema show held in the afternoon:

Matinee

194. A person who is indifferent to art or literature: Philistine

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195. Amount paid to a person for work done by him: Remuneration

196. A book, picture etc. produced merely to bring in money: Pot-boiler
197. People who revolt against the government: Rebels
198. Too much official routine; excessive use of formalities in public business:
Red-tapism

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199. Reserved in speech; disposed to silence: Reticent

200. To rise and fall in the form of waves: Undulate
201. To establish the justice of a cause: Vindicate
202. A person with a long experience of military or civil service: Veteran
203. Able to keep water out: Water-proof

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204. To take out the man from the debris: Extricate

205. To go from bad to worse: Deteriorate
206. A person who is eighty years old: Octogenarian
207. A bird of passage: Migratory
208. Causing no harm: Innocuous
209. The science of language: Philology
210. Capable of different interpretation: Equivocal

212. Unwilling to do: Reluctant

213. Without end: Interminable
214. Lack of interest: Indifference
215. At the same time: Concurrent
216. In most respects: Substantially
217. In a secret manner: Clandestinely

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218. Something that may be imagined: Conceivable

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211. Mental weariness from lack of occupation: Ennui

219. Without any reticence or reserve: Outspokenly

220. In a complaining manner: Querulously
221. In a very fundamental way: Radically

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222. Beyond all doubts: Conclusively

223. Without regard to differences in quality or theme: Indiscriminately

224. Before ones minds eye: Imaginatively
225. On the surface only: Superficially

226. Without making any noise: Stealthily, Noiselessly

mb

227. Without any mental reservation: Explicitly

228. With a nervous and shaking voice: Tremulously

229. With a great care and thoroughness: Conscientiously
230. Very wisely: Judicially

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231. With uncontrollable emotion and fear: Hysterically

232. With Unremitting effort: Tirelessly
233. Looking at the question from the opposite point of view: Conversely
234. Regardless of expense: Lavishly
235. With complete lack of originality: Slavishly
236. Through an oversight: Inadvertently
237. With intention and determination: Wilfully

239. Before the right time: Prematurely

240. Without reason and poise: Emotionally
241. With skill and resourcefulness: Adroitly

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238. At a very inconvenient time: Inopportunely

242. Without exercising our own independent judgement: Blindly

243. By artificial means: Synthetically
244. Expressing pride in victory: Triumphantly

246. In an extreme way: Severely

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245. In a hesitating way: Tentatively

247. By disposition and character: Temperamentally

248. In a way that no one would notice: Surreptitiously

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249. Perfectly and in every way: Scrupulously

250. With unsatisfied longing at: Wistfully
251. In a quarrelsome way: Aggressively
252. Actively and with energy: Briskly

253. Without impartial consideration: Arbitrarily

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254. With anxious fear: Apprehensively

255. In a soft manner: Leniently

256. In a winning manner: Persuasively

257. In a sincere manner: Earnestly

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258. In a lovely manner: Briskly

259. In a friendly way: Amicably

260. Very soon: Presently
261. In a few words: Concisely
262. By hand: Manually

263. By machines: Mechanically

264. So badly: Fatally

266. For the time being: Temporarily

267. In a manner lacking all respect: Disrespectfully
268. By reputation: Reputedly
269. Of ones own free will: Voluntarily
270. With the agreement of all: Unanimously
271. In a manner showing good taste: Tastefully

273. Beyond all hope of recall: Irrevocable

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272. One after another: Successively

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265. Time and again: Constantly

274. In comparison with those of other: Comparatively

275. To be regretted: Regrettable

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276. Every reason to be: Justifiable

277. In its appeal to ones sense of beauty: Aesthetically

278. At the very moment of: Instantaneously
279. Easily influenced: Susceptible

280. Lacking in any sense of responsibility: Irresponsible

mb

281. Cannot answer: Unanswerable

282. Could not be repressed: Irrepressible

283. Absolutely necessary: Indispensible
284. Opposed in nature or character: Incompatible

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285. Very much to be regretted: Regretful

286. Cannot be defended: Indefensible
287. Determined not to be turned aside from or to modify purpose: Intractable
288. Of little or no significance: Negligible
289. Impossible to replace: Irreplaceable
290. Unable to endure: Intolerable
291. Cannot be chosen: Ineligible

292. Cannot be reconciled to each other: Irreconcilable

294. Impossible to pronounce: Unpronounceable

295. Can be divided: Divisible
296. One could imagine: Imaginable

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293. Cannot be understood; Difficult to understand: Unintelligible

297. Fixed so firmly that could not be rooted out: Ineradicable

298. Impossible to define or explain: Inexplicable

300. Without faults: Impeccable

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299. Impossible to put into practice: Impractical

301. Wanting to gain things for itself: Acquisitive

302. Merely humble and meekly unassertive: Submissive

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303. Showing Some sign of: Indicative

304. That which was decisive in shaping something: Formative

305. That was meant to be insulting: Abusive

306. That has had a widespread effect: Pervasive

307. Mournful and sorrowful: Plaintive

mb

308. That which do not work properly: Defective

309. That which Ended in failure: Abortive

310. That was intended to avoid being a direct reply: Evasive

311. That which brings a lot of money: Lucrative

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312. Too prone to wander from one point to another without plan: Discursive
313. Liable to mislead: Deceptive
314. Intended for defending: Defensive
315. An overdose of: Excessive
316. Deep and thorough: Intensive
317. Causing a feeling of disgust: Repulsive
318. Covered with a sticky substance: Adhesive

320. Apt to ask questions: Inquisitive

321. Able to remember facts: Retentive
322. Whose purpose is to describe: Descriptive
323. A great deal of: Extensive

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319. Apt to be moved by sudden impulse: Unimpulsive

324. Land that produces crops of a very high yield: Productive

326. Likely to lead to: Conducive

327. Apply to the past: Retrospective

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325. Intentionally irritating of designed to produce a strong reaction:

Provocative

328. Contemptuous and haughty: Supercilious

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329. Unpredictable and ever changing: Capricious

330. Based on terror: Fallacious

331. Thoroughly unpleasant: Obnoxious

332. One who develops faculties at an unusually early age: Precocious

333. That which is not directly relevant to the subject: Extraneous

mb

334. That which seems right or true but are not really so: Specious
335. Of great importance and gravity: Momentous
336. Polite and showing good manners: Courteous
337. To make the people disobey the government: Seditious

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338. Something that spoke about God in a disrespectful or wicked way:

Blasphemous, Sacrilegious
339. Claiming great merit and importance: Presumptuous
340. Threatening or unfavourable: Ominous
341. Likely to cause harm or injury: Injurious
342. Having strength or liveliness: Vivacious
343. Containing something printed likely to damage the character or reputation
of a person: Libellous
344. Full of turns and bends: Tortuous

346. Native; belonging naturally: Indigenous

347. Roundabout or indirect: Circuitous

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345. Plentiful; in abundance: Copious

348. Shocking; beyond all reasonable limits: Outrageous

349. Taking care not to make mistakes or get into danger: Cautious
350. Offering service that is not wanted; intrusive: Officious
351. Taking in unwarranted-liberty: Presumptuous

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352. An open and innocent: Ingenuous

353. Motivated by ill-will and spite: Malicious

354. Very difficult to please or very particular: Fastidious

355. Appear absurd or ridiculous: Ludicrous

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356. Noisy and cheerful: Boisterous

357. Cleverly conceived and original in design: Ingenious

358. Collection of different kinds of (goods): Miscellaneous
359. Of great effort and energy: Strenuous

360. Likely to spread and influence others: Infectious

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361. To have a plenty of space: Commodious

362. Natural and unforced: Spontaneous

363. Trees that shed their leaves each year: Deciduous

364. Almost fierce from lack of food: Ravenous

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365. Being of the same mind: Unanimous

366. Hard and intensive: Intensive
367. Difficult; requiring the use of much energy: Arduous
368. Careful to act according to ones conscience; showing a strong sense of
duty: Conscientious
369. Full of a strong desire to do or be something or for success, fame or
honour: Ambitious
370. Untrustworthy or disloyal; not to be depended on: Treacherous

371. Suggesting lavish expenditure; rich and costly: Sumptuous

373. Delighting in infliction of injury: Vicious

374. Thoughtless of others: Inconsiderate
375. Avoiding extremes: Moderate
376. Permitted by law: Legitimate
377. In proper proportion with: Commensurate

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378. Having little or no hope: Desperate

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372. Merry or gay, usually in a rather noisy way: Boisterous

379. Possessed from birth; in ones nature: Innate

380. Inflexible of will or stubborn: Obstinate

381. Insistent on ones demands: Importunate

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382. Proportionate to the requirements: Adequate

383. Settled and not impulsive or lively; quiet, calm, grave: Sedate
384. Dominated by or easily giving way to strong feelings: Passionate
385. Richly adorned, not simple in style: Ornate

386. Requiring nice handling, critical, ticklish: Delicate

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387. Work together with someone: Cooperate

388. Instil a particular set of beliefs into: Inculcate

389. Lower the dignity or self-respect of; mortify; belittle: Humiliate
390. Make worse: Aggravate, Deteriorate

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391. Make complex: Complicate

392. Make drunk: Intoxicate

393. Put together; invent: Fabricate

394. Make easy: Facilitate
395. Play the part of another person: Impersonate
396. Make bad or impure: Contaminate
397. Break up land to prepare it for crops; pay attention to; cherish: Cultivate

399. Pull up by the roots; get rid of: Exterminate

400. Utterly destroy: Annihilate
401. Take part in: Participate
402. Make enquiries into: Investigate
403. Soak thoroughly: Saturate
404. Restore to good condition: Renovate

406. Estimate too highly: Exaggerate

407. Propose for election: Nominate

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405. Fill with holes: Perforate

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398. Win over; regain ones good will or esteem; soothe; Conciliate: Pacify

408. Fill with fury; make very angry; enrage: Infuriate

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409. Turn into vapours: Evaporate

410. Subject to questioning: Interrogate

411. Have commanding influence and position: Dominate

412. Supply land with water: Irrigate

413. Preserve in memory by celebration: Commemorate

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414. Try to do as well as or better than: Emulate

415. Enter into; pierce; discern a persons mind: Penetrate

416. Look forward to a thing before it comes: Anticipate

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417. Buy or sell where there is a great chance of loss and a great chance of
gain: Speculate
418. Go round axis; revolve: Rotate
419. Go through the main points again: Recapitulate
420. Place apart or alone: Isolate
421. Look at or think about seriously: Contemplate
422. Make pure: Purify

423. calm down angry feelings: Soothe, Pacify

424. Insure against loss: Indemnify

426. Go rotten: Putrefy

427. Put right: Rectify
428. Invest with glory: Glorify
429. Strengthen morally or physically: Fortify
430. Confirm or formally accept an agreement: Ratify
431. Give notice of; report: Notify

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432. Make false or incorrect: Falsify

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425. Make clear: Clarify

433. Make or become hard or firm: Strengthen

434. Bear witness; serve as evidence of: Testify

435. Check the truth or accuracy of: Verify

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436. Make null and void: Nullify

437. Fill with horror, puzzle, bewilder: Horrify

438. Make or become liquid: Liquefy

439. Arrange in classes, put in groups: Classify

440. Show to be reasonable or proper: Justify

mb

441. Make or become more intense: Intensify

442. Illustrate by example: Exemplify
443. Make larger or fuller: Amplify
444. Unite, form into one: Unify

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445. The art of cultivating the land: Agriculture

446. Not subject to death: Immortal
447. Of a disposition inclining to cast doubt upon generally accepted opinions:
Sceptical
448. In process of dying: Moribund
449. A letter of certificate testifying to ones character or fitness for a position:
Testimonial
450. Handed down from one generation of a family to another: Bequeathed

451. A charge put on foreign goods entering the country: Customs

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452. A position in which one has to choose between two courses both of which
seem equally undesirable: Dilemma
453. A list of articles in an estate or a house with a brief description of each:
Inventory

454. To take by force the power or position which rightfully belongs to another:
Usurp

456. A state of great disorder: Chaos

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455. A summary of a document in which only the important points are included:
Synopsis

457. A settlement to a dispute in which each side concedes something to the

other: Compromise
458. To clear from blame or accusation: Exonerate

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459. That which cannot be doubted: Indubitable

460. One who is an expert in the art of preparing, stuffing and mounting skins:
Taxidermist
461. Food that is tasteless and wanting in flavour is: Insipid
462. That cannot be surmounted: Insurmountable

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463. That is harmless, not poisonous: Innocuous

464. That cannot be explained or accounted for: Insoluble

465. That cannot be taken out: Indelible
466. Unable to speak distinctly: Inarticulate

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467. Who is incurably bad: Incorrigible

468. Which is not decisive or convincing: Inconclusive

469. Who cannot be tired out: Inexhaustible
470. That which cannot be explained: Inexplicable
471. That can never come to an end: Interminable
472. To spring from seed: Germinate
473. To come to a climax; to reach its highest point: Culminate
474. To murder by surprise or secret assault: Assassinate

476. To maintain successfully the cause of: Vindicate

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475. To surrender especially on terms: Capitulate

477. To seize by authority; to appropriate to the public treasury by way of

penalty: Confiscate
478. To make up on the spur of the moment: Improvise
479. To remove offend portion of a book: Excise

480. To utter ones thought aloud when alone: Soliloquise

482. To have sole control of: Monopoly

483. To drive out an evil spirit: Exorcise

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481. To lay a solemn curse on: Anathematise

484. To habituate animals, plants or oneself to a new climate: Acclimatise

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485. To become antiquated or incapable of further development: Fossilise

486. To admit an alien to citizenship, to introduce into another country:
Naturalize
487. Not likely to be true: Dubious
488. Far distant: Remote

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489. A scientific study of fishes: Ichthyology

490. A scientific study of birds, eggs: Oology

491. A scientific study of the development and nature and laws of human
society: Sociology
492. A study of Chinese, their history, religion, literature is called: Sinology

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493. A study of coins is called: Numismatics, Numismatology

494. A place in which public records are kept: Archives
495. A place where birds are kept: Aviary
496. A place where weapons are stored or manufactured: Arsenal
497. The place where bees are kept: Apiary
498. A company of merchants crossing a desert: Caravan
499. A drink made from the juice of apples: Cider
500. A drink made from the juice of pears: Perry

501. A person who enquires into sudden deaths: Coroner

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502. That part of the roof which projects beyond the walls: Eaves

503. One who stands under the eaves(or near a window or door) to listen:
Eavesdropper
504. Pertaining to cats: Feline
505. Pertaining to dogs: Canine

506. A light open trough used by a bricklayer to carry bricks, mortar: Hood
507. The central stone of an arch: Keystone

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508. Place where explosive are kept: Magazine

509. The tall buildings in America: Skyscrapers

510. The flesh of the calves: Veal

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511. The flesh of the deer: Venison

512. One who abandons his principles or party: Turncoat, Renegade, Apostate
513. A nut that has no kernel: Deaf-nut

514. Things given, kept etc. recall the past, some occasion or place: Souvenir,
Memento

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515. A child nursed not by its parents: Foster-child

516. A wound not healed: Green-wound
517. Something to terrify birds: Scarecrow
518. One who speaks for others: Spokesman
519. What does not burn: Incombustible

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520. The head of a notorious party: Ring-leader

521. That vote that decides: Casting-vote
522. Relating to the sense of hearing: Acoustic
523. The art of preparing, stuffing and mounting skins: Taxidermy
524. The study or science of population: Demography
525. Drag through the mud: Disgrace
526. Gave and take: Reciprocity

527. Up in arms: Quarrelsome

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528. Wise as a serpent: Astute

529. With a sparing hand: Stingily
530. Keep open house: Entertain
531. By fits and starts: Capriciously
532. Busy as a bee: Diligent
533. Diamond cut diamond: Retaliation

535. Keep at bay: Repel

536. Hold at arms length: Unfriendly
537. In every ones mouth: Current

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538. Pour water into a sieve: Prodigality

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534. Neither more nor less: Exactly

539. Call in question: Doubt or Challenge

540. In the front rank: Important, Prominent

541. Science of diseases of women: Gynaecology

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542. Branch of medicine and surgery dealing with midwifery, childbirth its
antecedents and sequels: Obstetrics
543. Public slaughterhouse: Abattoir

544. Too strange to be believed: Incredible

545. Without making any noise: Noiselessly

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546. Formally renounce the crown: Abdicate

547. Before a moment had elapsed: Instantaneously
548. Not once or twice, but several times: Frequent
549. Not in accordance with the facts: False
550. Go off from the main subject of discourse: digress
551. The last thing anyone would have expected of: Unthinkable
552. Daily allowance of food: Ration
553. Decorate with lights: Illuminate

554. Systematic study of election trends: Psephology.

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555. Do away with wholly: Abolish.

556. A shortened form of a word or phrase: Abbreviation.

557. To increase the speed; to hasten the progress of: Accelerate.

558. To increase the gravity of an offence or the intensity of a disease:

Aggravate.
559. To turn friends in enemies: Alienate.

560. One who does something not professionally but for pleasure: Amateur.

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561. A diplomatic minister of the higher order sent by a country to another:

Ambassador, Diplomat, Envoy.
562. A statement open to more than interpretation: Ambiguous.
563. Having opposing feelings: Ambivalent.

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564. A letter, poem etc. whose author is unknown: Anonymous.

565. Absence of government: Anarchy.

566. A person liable to be called to account for his action: Answerable.

567. To rise in value: Appreciate.

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568. To go down in value: Depreciate.

569. One who does not believe in the existence of God: Atheist.
570. One who believe in God: Theist.

571. One who makes an official examination of accounts: Auditor.

572. The life story of a man written by himself: Autobiography.

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573. Life story of a man written by other: Biography

574. Government by the officials: Bureaucracy.
575. Government by the people: Democracy.
576. To take away some ones right to vote: Disenfranchisement.
577. The science which treats with life: Biology.
578. One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views: Bigot.
579. A member of the middle class: Bourgeois.

581. One who damages public property: Vandal.

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580. General pardon: Amnesty.

582. One who does not care for art, literature etc.: Philistine.

583. People working together in the same office or department: Colleagues.

584. Belonging or pertaining to an individual from birth: Con-genital.
585. Men living in the same age: Contemporary.

586. One who can make himself at home in all countries: Cosmopolitan.

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587. A person who believes easily whatever he is told: Credulous.

588. To give ones authority to another: Delegate.

589. A game or batter in which neither party wins: Drawn.

590. A thing that is fit to be eaten: Edible.

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591. Water fit for drinking: Potable.

592. Study of environment: Ecology.

593. One who thinks only for oneself: Egoist.

594. One who is qualifies for election: Eligible.

595. To explain something mysterious or difficult: Elucidate.

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596. To lay special stress on: Emphasize.

597. A state of perfect balance: Equilibrium.

598. To root out an evil, disease: Eradicate.

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599. A speech delivered without any previous preparation: Extempore or

Impromptu.
600. A man who has too much enthusiasm for his own religion: Fanatic.
601. An exact copy: Facsimile
602. One who is not easily pleased: Fastidious
603. A medicine that kills germs: Germicide.
604. Work for which no salary is paid: Honorary.
605. One who feels sympathetic towards human beings: Humanitarian.
606. An office with high salary but no work: Sinecure.

608. A trade that is prohibited by law: Illicit.

609. One who cannot read or write: Illiterate.
610. Science of coins or medals: Numismatics.
611. Misappropriation of money: Embezzlement.
612. A sound that cannot be heard: Inaudible.

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607. That which cannot be read: Illegible.

613. A statement which cannot be understood: Incomprehensible.

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614. One who cannot be corrected: Incorrigible.

615. That which cannot be explained: Inexplicable.

616. A method that cannot be imitated: Inimitable.

617. That which cannot be satisfied: Insatiable.

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618. One who is unable to pay his debts: Insolvent.

619. That which cannot be hurt: Invulnerable.

620. The action of looking back on past time: Introspection.

621. A thing that cannot be seen with human eyes: Invisible.
622. Looking into ones own thoughts: Introspection.

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623. Remarks which do not ally apply to the subject under discussion:
Irrelevant.
624. A loss of damage that cannot be compensated: Irreparable.
625. That cannot be altered or withdrawn: Irrevocable.

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626. The area over which an official has control: Jurisdiction.

627. The first speech made by a person: Maiden.
628. Hater of mankind: Misanthropist.
629. Lover of mankind: Philanthropist.
630. A silly person: Goose
631. A person who lives a wandering life: Vagabond
632. Social position or rank: Status
633. Someone who knows a lot about the subject: Scholar

635. A building in which monks live: Monastery

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634. Deeply religious: Pious

636. An instrument used to see distant objects :Telescope

637. A person who is slow to learn: Dunce
638. The path in which planets move :Orbit

639. A permit from an authority to own, use or do something: Licence

640. One who does the scientific study of the sun, the moon, etc.: Astronomer

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641. The study or practice of travelling through the air: Aeronautics

642. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft :Astronaut
643. Say a prayer in singing voice :Chant
644. Visit a place often: Haunt

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645. Final release from rebirth : Deliverance

646. A person who loves money and hates spending it: Miser
647. An ugly woman: Hag

648. An animal that is cruel and dangerous :Beast

649. Skilful in inventing: Ingenious

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650. Say publicly that something important is true: Proclaim

651. To be disloyal to someone who trusts you: Betray
652. Situation in which everything is happening in a confused way: Chaotic

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653. A drink usually made from a mixture of one or more alcoholic drinks:
Cocktail
654. A loose piece of clothing without sleeves: Mantle
655. A painting, drawing or photograph of a person especially of the head and
shoulders: Portrait
656. To make someone angry: Grieve
657. Height above sea level :Altitude
658. To shift people from a place of danger to a safer place :Evacuate
659. To cause to feel no pain: Numb

660. Men who work on shores loading unloading ships: Longshoremen

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661. Name shared by all the members of a family: Surname

662. One who is very eager for knowledge and reads a lot: Voracious
663. A flightless bird now extinct : Dodo
664. Storehouse for grains :Granary
665. Animals that live in a particular region: Fauna
666. A place in a house where food is kept: Storeroom

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667. A person who belongs to another country: Foreigner

668. Study of ancient monuments and arts: Archaeology

669. Science which deals with the study of living beings: Biology
670. Science of earths crust and the interior strata: Geology

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671. The art of understanding the influence of heavenly bodies: Astrology

672. To seek protection from danger: Refuge

673. One who presides over the function: President

674. A man servant who serves at the table: Waiter

675. Waste material: Garbage

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676. One who makes furniture: Carpenter

677. One who treats patients: Doctor

678. One who can read and write: Literate

679. A place where prisoners are kept: Jail / Gaol

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680. One who does farming: Farmer

681. A poem of fourteen (14) lines: Sonnet

682. A book where you find meanings for words: Dictionary
683. A document with a code of laws which checks both ruler and ruled:
Constitution
684. A period of one hundred years (100 years) : Century
685. A light pleasure boat: Yacht
686. Short stories with an element of moral : Fable

688. A person who writes novels: Novelist

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687. Red or yellow burning gas seen when something is on: Flame

689. A document allowing persons to travel abroad: Passport

690. One who looks only at the darker side of life: Pessimist
691. One who looks at the brighter side of life: Optimist
692. A place where horses are kept : Stable
693. A type of small dog with a turned up nose: Pug

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694. Remains of prehistoric animal or plant preserved by being buried in earth:

Fossils
695. A place where meals are sold and eaten: Restaurant
696. Things given or received as gift: Present

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697. A man who does not know how to read and write: Illiterate

698. A large number of people or animals suffering from the same kind of
disease at the same time: Epidemic
699. A book giving information on all branches of knowledge: Encyclopaedia
700. Liquid waste that flows out from a factory: Effluents

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701. A living creature that is so small that it cannot be seen without a

microscope and that may cause diseases: Microbe
702. Part of the earth where life is found: Biosphere
703. The act of killing oneself: Suicide

704. Soldiers who fight on horseback: Cavalry

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705. Soldiers who fight on foot: Infantry

706. Strong rush of air, rain, smoke etc. carried by wind: Gust
707. A person who uses his strength or power to frighten or hurt others: Bully
708. A part of a horses harness that goes on to its head: Bridle
709. A sudden rush of frightened animals: Stampede
710. A person who has been found guilty and is being punished: Criminal
711. A person who does banking business: Banker
712. A mad person: Lunatic

713. A person who is in charge of keys of a prison: Turnkeys

715. One who is unable to pay his debts: Bankrupt

716. Long hard journey especially on foot: Trek
717. Group of people living together: Community

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714. A person in charge of a jail and the prisoners in it: Jailor

718. A group of soldiers living in a town or a fort, and defending it: Garrison
719. Flesh and Vegetable eating animals: Omnivorous

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720. Plants of a particular region: Flora

721. Government by small groups: Oligarchy

722. A policeman in ordinary clothes while on duty: Plainclothesman

723. A person who flies an aeroplane: Pilot

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724. Number of books housed in one building: Library

725. A person who studies Physics: Physicist

726. A mark remaining on the skin from a wound: Scar

727. Making someone angry: Provoke

728. Difficulty in breathing: Suffocation

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729. Special quality not found anywhere: Uniqueness

730. To make impure by mixing dirty or poisonous matter: Contaminate

731. A person who writes poems: Poet

732. One who is out to subvert a government: Anarchist

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733. One who is recovering from illness: Convalescent

734. One who is all powerful: Omnipotent
735. One who is present everywhere: Omnipresent
736. One who knows everything: Omniscient
737. One who is easily deceived: Gullible, Credulous
738. One who does not make mistakes: Infallible
739. One who can do anything for money: Mercenary

741. One who changes sides: Turncoat

742. One who works for free: Volunteer
743. One who loves books: Bibliophile
744. One who can speak two languages: Bilingual
745. One who hates mankind: Misanthrope
746. One who doubts the existence of god: Agnostic

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740. One who has no money: Pauper, bankrupt

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747. One who pretends to be what he is not: Hypocrite

748. One incapable of being tired: Indefatigable
749. One who helps others Good: Samaritan

750. One who copies from other writers: Plagiarist

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751. One who hates women: Misogynist

752. One who knows many languages: Polyglot

753. One who is fond of sensuous pleasures: Epicure

754. One who thinks only of welfare of women: Feminist

755. One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain: Stoic

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756. One who is quite like a woman: Effeminate

757. One who has strange habits: Eccentric
758. One who speaks less: Reticent

759. One who goes on foot: Pedestrian

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760. One who believes in fate: Fatalist

761. One who dies without a Will: Intestate

762. One who always thinks himself to be ill: Valetudinarian
763. A Government by a king or queen: Monarchy
764. A Government by the rich: Plutocracy
765. A Government by the Nobles: Aristocracy
766. A Government by one: Autocracy

768. That through which light can pass: Transparent

769. That through which light cannot pass: Opaque

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767. Rule by the mob: Mobocracy

770. That through which light can partly pass: Translucent

771. A sentence whose meaning is unclear: Ambiguous
772. A place where orphans live: Orphanage
773. That which cannot be described: Indescribable

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774. That which cannot be avoided: Inevitable

775. That which cannot be defended: Indefensible
776. Practice of having several wives: Polygamy

777. Practice of having several husbands: Polyandry

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778. Practice of having one wife or husband: Monogamy

779. Practice of having two wives or husbands: Bigamy
780. That which is not likely to happen: Improbable

781. People living at the same time: Contemporaries

782. A book published after the death of its author: Posthumous

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783. One who eats too much: Glutton

784. One who questions everything: Cynic

785. A flesh eating animal: Carnivorous

786. A grass eating animal: Herbivorous

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787. One who lives in a foreign country: Immigrant

788. To transfer one's authority to another: Delegate
789. One who is a newcomer: Neophyte
790. That which is lawful: Legal
791. That which is against law: Illegal
792. One who is unmarried: Celibate
793. A study of man: Anthropology

795. A study of the body: Physiology

796. A study of animals: Zoology
797. A study of birds: Ornithology
798. A study of ancient things: Archaeology
799. A study of derivation of words: Etymology
800. Murder of a human being: Homicide

802. Murder of a mother: Matricide

803. Murder of an brother: Fratricide
804. Murder of an infant: Infanticide

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805. Murder of the king: Regicide

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801. Murder of a father: Patricide

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794. A study of races: Ethnology

806. To free somebody from all blame: Exonerate, absolve from

807. To write under a different name: Pseudonym
808. A thing no longer in use: Obsolete

809. Words written on the tomb of a person: Epitaph

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810. One who is greedy for money: Avaricious

811. A person's peculiar habit: Idiosyncrasy

812. An animal who preys on other animals: Predator

813. Violating the sanctity of a church: Sacrilege

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814. Not normal: Abnormal

815. Go with: Accompany

816. Succeed in doing: Accomplish

817. Take as one's own: Adopt
818. By oneself: Alone

819. Once a year: Annually

820. Become invisible: Disappear

821. Express approval by clapping: Applaud

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822. Loud enough to be heard: Audible

823. Keep oneself away from: Avoid
824. At the back of: Behind
825. Not sharp: Blunt
826. Period of 100 years: Century
827. Low in cost or value: Cheap

829. Never ending: Continually

830. Without interval: Continuous
831. Move on hands and knees: Crawl

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832. Lame person: Cripple

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828. Comfort in time of sorrow: Console

833. Period of 10 years: Decade

834. Move up one's mind: Decide

835. Go out of sight or existence: Disappear

836. Find out: Discover

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837. Far away: Distant

838. Long spell of dry weather: Drought

839. Suitable for eating: Edible

840. Qualified to be chosen: Eligible

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841. Leave one country and go to settle in another: Emigrate

842. Put up with: Endure
843. Way in: Entrance

844. Time that has no limit: Eternity

845. Way out: Exit

846. Show clearly the meaning of: Explain

847. Send goods to another country for sales: Export

849. Able to bend easily without breaking: Flexible

850. Go or come after: Follow
851. Period of two weeks: Fortnight
852. Easily broken: Fragile
853. Physically weak: Frail

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848. Extreme scarcity of food: Famine

854. Small articles of dress, sewing-goods, etc: Haberdashery

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855. Suitable for living in: Habitable

856. An animal's or plant's natural environment: Habitat

857. Doing something constantly: Habitual
858. Argue about price of goods: Haggle

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859. Suffering from a mental or physical disability: Handicapped

860. Spend the winter in sleep: Hibernate
861. Push roughly: Hustle

862. Who or what a person is: Identity

863. Doing no work or lazy: Idle

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864. Light up: Illuminate

865. Make clear by examples or pictures: Illustrate

866. Without any delay: Immediately

867. Come into a foreign country as a permanent resident: Immigrate

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868. Living forever: Immortal

869. Become better: Improve

870. Incapable of being wrong: Infallible
871. Not guilty: Innocent
872. Cannot be conquered: Invincible
873. Cannot be seen: Invisible
874. Cannot be repaired: Irreparable

876. Person who is insane or very foolish: Lunatic

877. Dumb person: Mute
878. Person living next door: Neighbour
879. Well-known in an unfavourable way: Notorious
880. Happening from time to time: Occasionally

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875. Unable to walk normally: Lame

881. Person who takes a hopeful views of things: Optimist

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882. Father and mother: Parents

883. Person walking in a street: Pedestrian

884. Person who takes a gloomy views of things: Pessimist

885. Science and art of government: Politics

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886. Liked by many people: Popular

887. Put off until a later time: Postpone
888. On time: Punctual

889. Four-legged animal: Quadruped

890. With little or no sound: Quiet

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891. Again and again: Repeatedly

892. Come or go back: Return
893. Make known: Reveal
894. Turn round: Revolve

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895. Make along piercing cry or sound: Scream

896. Loud cry: Shout

897. In a short time: Soon

898. Person who watches a show or game or incident: Spectator
899. Not fresh: Stale

900. Look long and steadily: Stare

901. Remain alive or in existence: Survive

902. Go from one place to another: Travel

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903. Able to be seen through: Transparent

904. Not occupied: Uninhabited
905. Of no use: Useless
906. Surrounding district: Vicinity
907. Once a week: Weekly
908. Speak softly: Whisper

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909. Young person: Youth

910. Group of people who watch a show: Audience
911. Having an evil reputation: Notorious
912. One who is new to a profession:

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913. Collection of coins: Numismatics

914. Fear of darkness: Nyctophobia and Scotophobia

915. One which is not in use, out-dated: Obsolete
916. Study of mountains: Orography

917. Fear of mountains: Alpine phobia

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918. Fear of snakes: Ophidiophobia or ophiophobia

919. A child whose parents are dead: Orphan
920. Study Of Correct spelling: Orthography
921. Study of ancient writing: Palaeography

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922. A cure for all diseases: Panacea

923. Fear of everything: Pan phobia or Panto phobia

924. Belief of God in nature: Pantheism. "Pan" is Greek for English "All".
"Theism" is from the Greek "Theos" which means "God". "All is God".
925. A temporary release allowed on certain conditions: Bail
926. Killing one's own father: Patricide
927. Property inherited from ones father or ancestor: Patrimony
928. A home for pigs: Pigsty or Pigpen

930. Fear of eating: Phagophobia

931. Fear of drugs: Pharmacopobia
932. Fear of ghosts: Phasmophobia
933. Fear of sound: Acousticophobia
934. Fear of light: Photophobia
935. Study of languages: Linguistics

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936. A figure with many angles or sides: Polygon

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929. That which is everlasting:

937. A forecast of the result of a disease of illness: The prognosis (Greek for
knowing the future)
938. Fear of fever: Pyrexiophobia

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939. Fear of fire: Arsnophobia

940. Confinement to one place to avoid spread of infection: Quarantine

941. A person who lives by himself: Hermit or Recluse
942. Asking everyone for an opinion: Census

943. An institution for reforming young offenders: Reformatory

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944. To send back a person to his own country: Deportation or Extradition

945. The art of elegant speech or writing: Rhetoric
946. Violating or profaning religious things: Blasphemy
947. An instrument for detecting earthquakes: Richter Scale

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948. A case in which sword is kept: Scabbard

949. One who talks in sleep: Sleep-talking or Somniloquy
950. Killing one's own sister: Sororicide
951. One who is a habitual drunker: Drunkard
952. That which is a government by the military class: Dictatorship
953. Fear of hell: Hadephobia
954. A person who abstains from alcoholic drinks: Teetotaller
955. Fear of death: Thanatophobia

957. A brides outfit: Trousseau.

958. An imaginary ideal state: Utopia
959. Killing one's own wife: Uxoricide
960. One extremely fond of one's wife: Uxorious
961. Fear of foreigners: Xenophobia
962. Fear of animals: Zoophobia

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956. Fear of hair: Trichophobia

964. Collection of stamps: Philately

965. Excessive desire for money: Avarice
966. Study of mind: Psychology

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963. One who donates liberally for good causes: Altruist

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967. A speech by the dramatist at the beginning of the play: Epilogue

968. One who attends to the diseases of the eye: Oculist
969. One who tests eyesight and sell spectacles: Optician
970. One who attends to sick people and prescribes medicines: Physician
971. One who compounds and sells drugs: Druggist

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972. One who compounds and sells drugs: Pharmacist

973. One who treats disease by performing operations: Surgeon
974. One who attends to the teeth: Dentist
975. One skilled in the care of hands and feet: Chiropodist

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976. One who treats diseases by rubbing the muscles: Masseur

977. A physician who assists women in child-birth: Obstetrician
978. A physician who assists women in child-birth: Accoucher
979. One who drives a motor-car: Chauffeur
980. One who attends to an engine: Engineer
981. One who attends to sick people and prescribes medicines: Doctor
982. The person in charge of a ship: Captain

984. One who carves in stone: Sculptor

985. One who cuts precious stone: Lapidar
986. One who cuts precious stone: Lapidist
987. One who writes for the newspaper: Journalist
988. One who writes for the newspaper: Reporter

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983. The commander of a fleet: Admiral

989. One who writes for the newspaper: Correspondent

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990. One who sets type for books: compositor

991. One who draws and plans the design of the building: Architect
992. One who draws plans: Draughtsman
993. One who deals in flowers: Florist

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994. One who deals in fruits: Fruiterer

995. One who deals in cattle: Drover

996. One who sells fruits or vegetables: Costermonger

997. One who sells iron and hardware: Ironmonger
998. One who deals in medicinal herbs: Herbalist

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999. One who deals in fish: fishmonger

1000. One who deals in furs: furrier

1001. One who works in glass: Glazier

1002. One who deals in wines: Vintner

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1003. One who works mending water pipes: Plumber

1004. One who attends to the fire of steam engine: Stoker
1005. One who makes barrels: Cooper
1006. One employed to do excavating works: Navvy
1007. One who makes and sells ladies hats: Milliner
1008. One who sells small articles such as ribbons or thread or laces:
Haberdasher
1009. One who deals in cloths and other fabrics: draper

1011. A professional rider in horse races: Jockey

1012. One who shoes horses: Farrier
1013. One who studies rocks and soils: Geologist

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1010. One who deals in silk: Mercer

1014. One who studies the past through the objects left behind: Archaeologist
1015. One who studies the stars: Astronomer
1016. One who flies an aero plane: Pilot

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1017. One who flies an aero plane: Aviator

1018. One who works in a coal-mine: Collier

1019. An institution for the education in the Arts and Sciences: Polytechnic

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1020. The study of all heavenly bodies and the earth in relation to them:
Astronomy
1021. The art of tilling the soil: Agriculture

1022. The art of cultivating and managing gardens: Horticulture

1023. The Science of land management: Agronomics
1024. The science of family descent: Genealogy

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1025. The study of ancient building and prehistoric remains: Archaeology

1026. The study of ancient writings: Palaeography
1027. The art of beautiful hand-writing: Calligraphy
1028. The art of metal working: Metallurgy

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1029. The study of coins: Numismatics

1030. The study of numbers: Mathematics

1031. The art of measuring lands: Surveying
1032. The science of triangles: Trigonometry
1033. The art of preserving skins: Taxidermy
1034. The art of making fire-works: Pyrotechnics
1035. The science of colours: Chromatics
1036. The art of elegant speech and writing: Rhetoric

1037. The art of effective speaking: Elocution

1039. The study of mankind: Anthropology

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1038. The art of telling the future by the study of the stars: Astrology

1040. The science which deals with the varieties of human-kinds: Ethnology
1041. The science of the structure of the human-body: Anatomy

1042. The science which deals with the way in which the human-body works:
Physiology
1043. The scientific study of industrial arts: Technology

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1044. The study of the human-mind: Psychology

1045. The study of human face: Physiognomy
1046. The study of living matter: Biology

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1047. The study of plants: Botany

1048. The study of animals: Zoology

1049. The study of rocks and soils: Geology

1050. The study of birds: Ornithology
1051. The study of egg: Oology

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1052. The study of mountains: Orology

1053. The study of languages: Philology

1054. The study of origin and history of words: Etymology
1055. The study of stars: Astronomy

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1056. The study of lakes: Limnology

1057. killing of a foetus: Abortion, Aborticide

1058. killer of algae: Algaecide
1059. murder of a friend: Amicicide
1060. killer of aphids: Aphicide
1061. killing of birds: Avicide
1062. killer of bacteria: Bacillicide
1063. killer of bacteria: Bactericide

1064. killing living material: Biocide

1066. killing of whales and other cetaceans: Ceticide

1067. substance used to kill bed-bugs: Cimicide
1068. destruction or killing of a god: Deicide
1069. destruction of the environment: Ecocide
1070. killing of bishops: Episcopicide

1072. killing of a woman: Femicide

1073. killing of a foetus: Feticide
1074. killing of one's own child: Filicide

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1075. killing or killer of flowers: Floricide

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1071. killing of a cat: Felicide

1076. killing a foetus: Foeticide

1077. substance that kills ants: Formicide

1078. killing of one's brother: Fratricide
1079. killing of fungus: Fungicide

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1080. killing of a race or ethnic group: Genocide

1081. substance that kills germs: Germicide
1082. killing of a giant: Gianticide

1083. killing of women: Gynaecide

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1084. killing of plants: Herbicide

1085. killing of heretics: Hereticide

1086. killing of a human being: Homicide
1087. killing of an infant: Infanticide
1088. killing of insects: Insecticide
1089. killing of larvae: Larvicide
1090. destruction of liberty: Liberticide

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1065. slaughter of cattle; one who kills cattle: bovicide

1092. killing or killer of one's husband: Mariticide

1093. killing of one's mother: Matricide

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1091. killing of a wolf: Lupicide

1094. reduction of mind by psychological pressure: Menticide

1095. killing or killer of microbes: Microbicide
1096. agent which kills mites: Miticide
1097. killing of mollusc: Molluscicide

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1098. substance for killing flies: Muscicide

1099. killing or killer of a newborn infant: Neonaticide
1100. killing insect eggs: Ovicide
1101. killing of parasites: Parasiticide

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1102. harmful act appearing to be an attempt at suicide: Parasuicide

1103. killing or killer of one's parents: Parenticide

1104. killing of parents or a parent-like close relative: Parricide

1105. killing of one's father: Patricide
1106. killer of partridges: Perdricide

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1107. killing of pests: Pesticide

1108. killing of offspring; killing of the human race: Prolicide

1109. flea-killer: Pullicide

1110. substance or person who kills rats: Raticide

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1111. killing of a monarch: Regicide

1112. killing of rodents: Rodenticide

1113. killing of old men: Senicide
1114. killing or killer of a snake: Serpenticide
1115. killing or killer of a sibling: Siblicide
1116. substance that kills trees: Silvicide
1117. killing of one's own sister: Soriricide

1119. killing of sperm: Spermicide

1120. killing of spores: Sporiricide
1121. killing of oneself: Suicide
1122. killing of tapeworms: Taeniacide
1123. killing or killer of a bull: Tauricide
1124. killing of trypanosomes: Trypanocide

1126. destruction of a city: Urbicide

1127. killing or killer of a bear: Ursicide
1128. killing of one's own wife: Uxoricide

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1125. killing or killer of a tyrant: Tyrannicide

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1118. destruction of an entire species: Speciocide

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1129. killing or killer of a prophet: Vaticide

1130. destroying the meaning of a word: Verbicide

1131. killing of worms: Vermicide

1132. substance or person who kills wasps: Vespacide

1133. killing of viruses: Virucide

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1134. killing of a fox: Vulpicide

1135. something that kills weeds: Weedicide

More One Word Substitution:
ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION

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A country ruled by two country -Condominium

* A dramatic performance -Masque

* A ladys purse -Reticule
* A man of odd habits -Eccentric
* A man who dances to the tunes of his wife -Henpecked
* A nation engaged in war -Belligerent

* A person behind time -Antiquated

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* A person who wishes to throw his establishment - Anarchist

* A place of good climate -Sanatorium

* A place of washing dishes adjoining kitchen -Scullery

* A religious song -Hymn
* A remarkable talent - Prodigy
* A short but amusing story - Anecdote

* Act of killing ones wife - Uxoricide

* An animal story with a moral -Fable

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* A verse letter -Epistle

* An instrument for viewing objects at a distance - Telescope

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* An unknown person - Anonymous

* Animals living on land and in water - Amphibian

* Appointment by two parties to settle a dispute - Arbiter

* Art of cutting tree and bushes into ornamental shape -Topiary
* At the same time - Contemporary

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* Award given after death - Posthumous

* Borrow ideas and steal others words is called -Plagiarism

* Care taker of a public building -Custodian
* Change ones mind too quickly -Vacillation

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* Congratulate somebody in formal manner -Felicitate

* Contempt of God -Blasphemy
* Creature having both male and female organs -Hermaphrodite
* Cure for all disease -Panacea
* Custom of having many husbands - Polyandry
* Custom of having many wives -Polygamy
* Dealing of counterfeit things -Forgery

* Disease which is spread by contact - Contagious

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* Doctor who treats children -Pediatrician

* Equal in rank -Peer
* Fault that may be forgiven - Venial
* Favouring own kith and kin -Nepotism
* Fear of bathing -Ablutophobia
* Fear of becoming bald - Phalacrophobia

* Fear of cockroaches -Katsaridaphobia

* Fear of crowd -Ochlophobia
* Fear of darkness -Lygophobia

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* Fear of death -Nicrophobia

* Fear of dentist -Dentophobia

* Fear of disease -Pathophobia

* Fear of failure -Atychiphobia

* Fear of foreigners -Xenophobia

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* Fear of God -Zeusophobia

* Fear of going to bed -Clinophobia

* Fear of height -Acrophobia

* Fear of making decisions -Decidophobia

* Fear of poverty - Peniaphobia

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* Fear of being robbed -Harpaxophobia

* Fear of property -Orthophobia

* Fear of radiation -Radiophobia
* Fear of riding a car - Amaxophobia
* Fear of school -Scolionophobia
* Fear of sex -Genophobia
* Fear of speaking - Lalophobia

* Fear of water -Hydrophobia

* Fear of words -Logophobia
* First speech -Maiden
* Food agrees with ones taste -Palatable
* Funny imitation of a poem -Parody
* Giving up throne by the king -Abdication

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* Go back and forth -Shuttle

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* Fear of speed -Tachophobia

* Government by a single person -Autocracy

* Government by the Gods -Theocracy

* Government run by a dictator - Autocracy

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* Group of three novels -Trilogy

* Incapable of being wounded -Invulnerable

* In-charge of museum /Pitch -Curator

* Indifference to pleasure or pain -Stoicism

* Instruments which makes smaller objects larger -Microscope

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* Intentional destruction of racial group -Genocide

* Interval between two events -Interlude
* Just punishment for wrong doing - Nemesis
* Killing of another human being -Homicide

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* Language difficult to understand -Jargon

* Large scale departure of people -Exodus
* List of explanation of words -Glossary
* List of goods with their price -Invoice
* Longing for something -Nostalgia
* Loop of rope is called -Noose
* Loud talk or speech -Harangue

* Man having the qualities of woman -Effeminate

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* Man of lax moral - Licentious

* Man whose wife has been unfaithful to him -Cuckold

* Mania for setting fires - Pyromania
* Mania for stealing things - Kleptomania
* Mania for talking -Logo mania
* Mania for travel -Dromomania

* Medicine which lessens pain -Anodyne

* Member of a band of robbers -Brigand
* Morning prayer -Matin

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* Murdering of a family - Familicide

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* Mania of being important -Megalomania

* Murdering of an infant -Infanticide

* Murdering of Brother -Fratricide

* Murdering of husband by his wife -Mariticide

* Murdering of the king -Regicide

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* Murdering of tyrant -Tyrannicide

* Old age when a man behaves like a fool -Dotage

* One who believes one is God -Theo mania
* One who believes that everything is pre-destined - Fatalist

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* One who believes that pleasure is the chief good -Hedonist

* One who betrays one -Traitor
* One who collects coins -Numismatist
* One who comes from a village and considered stupid -Bumpkin
* One who compiles dictionary -Lexicographer
* One who cuts precious stones -Lapidist
* One who deserts his religion -Apostate

* One who does not care for literature -Philistine

* One who does not take definite stand -Evasive

* One who draws maps and charts -Cartographer
* One who eats everything

-Omnivorous

* One who eats human flesh -Cannibal

* One who fights for the sake of money - Mercenary

* One who has many talents -Versatile

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* One who forsakes religion -Renegade

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* One who does not respect something sacred or holy -Blasphemy

* One who has suddenly gained new wealth -Parvenu

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* One who has unreasoning enthusiasm for the glorification of ones country Chauvinism
* One who hates knowledge and learning -Misologist
* One who is bad in spelling -Cacographic

* One who is guilty of firing property -Arsonist

* One who is more interested in himself - Introvert

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* One who is more interested in others -Extrovert

* One who is neither intelligent nor dull -Mediocre

* One who is not the citizen of country -Alien
* One who is talkative -Garrulous

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* One who is the most powerful -Omnipotent

* One who is very careful and particular - Meticulous
* One who is very well versed in any subject - Connoisseur
* One who lends money at high rate -Usurer
* One who loves all and sundry -Philanthropist
* One who loves books -Bibliophile
* One who passes through the gate without taking permission -Trespasser
* One who pays too much attention to his clothes and appearance -Dandy

* One who plays a game for pleasure not professionally - Amateur

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* One who pretends illness to escape duty - Malingerer

* One who reads only books -Bookworm
* One who sacrifices his life for country -Martyr
* One who sneaks into a country -Infiltrator
* One who speaks many languages - Polyglot

* One who studies skin and its diseases -Dermatologist

* One who talks continuously -Loquacious

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* One who studies the formation of the earth -Geologist

* One who thinks human nature is evil - Cynic

* One who totally abstain from alcohol -Teetotaler

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* One who travels from place to place -Itinerant

* One who treats female problems -Gynecologist

* One who wants to see others unhappy -Sadist

* One who works in return for being taught the trade -Disciple
* One who works without getting any salary - Honorary

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* One whose attitude is to eat, drink and merry

* Opposing arguments
* Out of date things

-Epicurean

-Rebut

-Obsolescent

* Paper written in ones own handwriting

-Manuscript

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* Part of a church in which bells are hung - Belfry

* People in rowdy scene

-Rabble

* Person different to pleasure and pain

-Stoic

* Person obsessed with one idea or subject - Monomaniac

* Person pretending to be somebody he is not - Imposter
* Person who believes God is everything
* Person who believes others

-Credulous

-Ban theist

* Person who enjoys sensuous enjoyments

-Pagan

-Epicure

* Person who has long experience - Veteran

* Person who hates women - Misogynist
* Person who holds scholarship at a university

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* Person who does not believe in any religion

-Bursar

* Person who is against ordinary society especially dressing

-Malcontent

* Person who is made to bear the blame

-Scapegoat

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* Person who is always dissatisfied

-Hippy

* Person who kill others for political reason - Assassin

* Person who lives alone and avoids other people
* Person who loves nature

-Aesthete

-Philanderer

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* Person who makes love for amusement

-Recluse

* Person who pretends to have more knowledge

-Charlatan

* Person who regards the whole world as his country

* Person with a beautiful handwriting
* Person without manners

-Cosmopolitan

-Calligrapher

-Rustic

-Eloquence

* Physician who delivers babies

-Obstetrician

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* Persuasive and fluent speech

* Place where birds are kept

-Aviary

* Place where cows are sheltered -Byre

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* Place where govt. records are kept -Archives

* Place where women dwelled (Ancient time) - Harem
* Place which provides both board and lodging - Inn
* Plants and vegetation

-Flora

* Poem narrating a popular story

-Ballad

* Poem written on the death of someone loved and lost

* Policy of political party

-Manifesto

-Elegy

-Telepathy

* Public building where weapons are made and stored

* Responsible according to law - Legitimate
* Ride on someone else back

-Piggyback

* Ridiculous use of words - Malapropism

* Room leading into a large room

-Lavatory

* School for infants and children

* Seat on elephants back

-Kindergarten

-Howdah

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* Room with toilet facilities

-Anteroom

-Arsenal

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* Power of reading thoughts of others

* Send unwanted person out of the country -Deport

* Short journey made by a group of persons together -Excursion

-Stub

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* Short remaining end of cigarette

* Short walk for pleasure or exercise

* Slow witted person

-Duffer

* Song sung at burial

-Dirge

-Stroll

* Speech by an actor at the end of play -Epilogue

-Extempore

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* Speech without preparation

* Stage between boyhood and youth -Adolescence

* Statement which cannot be understood
* Stories of old time Gods and heroes

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* Story that cannot be believed

* Study of ancient science
* Study of birds

-Incomprehensible

-Legend

-Incredible

-Archaeology

-Ornithologist

* Study of human body -Anatomy

* Study of mankind

-Anthropology

* Study of statistics of birth, death and diseases

* Sudden rush of winds

-Gust

-Demography

* Thing that cannot be touched of felt -Palpable

* Thing that destroys the effect of poison

-Antidote

* Thing through which light cannot pass -Opaque

* Thing which cannot be done without

-Indispensable

* Things that can be seen and touched

* Things that cannot be understood

-Unintelligible

-Abrogate

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* To do away with a rule

-Tangible

* To explain a spiritual truth -Parable

* To spread troops for battle

-Deploy

* Tumour which is not likely to spread

* Using of new words

-Benign

-Windfall

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* Unexpected stroke of good luck

-Neology

* Views which are not of ones liking

-Irritating

* Walking in sleep - Somnambulism

* Which cannot be rectified

-Irreparable

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* Woman who has extra marital relationship

-Adultery

* Work which involves too much official formalities Red-Tapism

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-Euthanasia

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* Thing that bring gentle and painless death from incurable death