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2.An act of abdicating or renouncing the throne

Abdication

3.An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables

Almanac

4.A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that is born in water and breathes with gills

Amphibian

5.A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

Allegory

6.A statement or proposition on which an abstractly defined  structure is based

Axiom

7.A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law

Belligerent

8.An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease

Biopsy

9.The action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk

Blasphemy

10.The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their  occurrence

Chronology

11.A vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change

Crusade

12.Lasting for a very short time

Ephemeral

13.Spoken or done without preparation

Extempore

14.Certain to happen

Inevitable

15.Release someone from a duty or obligation

Exonerate

16.Fond of company

Gregarious

17.Making marks that cannot be removed

Indelible

18.Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

Infallible

19.A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past

Nostalgia

20.A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases

Panacea

21.A doctrine which identifies God with the universe

Pantheism

22.Excessively concerned with minor details or rules

Pedantic

23The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own

Plagiarism

 

24.Safe to drink

Potable

25.The emblems or insignia of royalty

Regalia

26.Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred

Sacrilege

27.A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit

Sinecure

 

28.An imaginary ideal society free of poverty and suffering

Utopia

29.Denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace

Venial

 

30.In exactly the same words as were used originally

Verbatim

31.A person who knows evrythimg

omniscient

32.One who speaks less

Reticent

33.One who believes in god --

Theist

34.A person who is above hundred years

Centenarian

35.One who loves mankind

Philanthropist

36.One who is unable to pay his debts-

Insolvent

37.One who knows many languages 

Polyglot

38.One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain

Stoic

39.One who looks on the bright side of things

Optimist

40.One who looks at the bright side of things

Optimist

41.One who eats too much

Glutton

42.One who believes in fate---

Fatalist

43.A thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event

Souvenir

44.A list of books-----

Catalogue

45.A handwriting that cannot be read

Illegible

46People living at the same time-

Contemporaries

47.One who looks on the dark side of things-

Pessimist

48.One who looks at the dark side of things--

Pessimist

49.A person difficult to please

Fastidious

50.A book written by an unknown author

Anonymous

51.A thing that is fit to be eaten---

Edible

52.Work for which no salary is paid

Honorary

53.A person who cannot read or write

-Illiterate

54.A thing no longer in use----

Obsolete

55.An office with high salary but no work

Sinecure

56.One who loves books

Bibliophile

57.One who cannot be corrected-

Incorrigible

58.One who does not believe in God-

Atheist

59.One who believes in God---

Theist

60.One who knows everything

Omniscient

61.One who is present everywhere-

Omnipresent

62.One who is all powerful----

Omnipotent

63.One who cannot read and write--

Illiterate

64.One who acts against religion-

Heretic

65.One who offers one's services

Volunteer

66. One who loves mankind

Philanthropist

67.Love for mankind.---

Philanthropy

68.One who hates mankind--

Misanthrope

69.One who is out to destroy the government--

Anarchist

70.One who eats human flesh-

Cannibal

71.Those who live at the same time-

Contemporary

72.One who is more than a hundred years old

Centenarian

73.One who is eighty years old----

Octogenarian

74.One for whom the world is a home

Cosmopolitan

75.One who is indifferent to pain and pleasure--

Stoic

76.One who is given to pleasures of the flesh

Epicure

77.One that lives on others----

Parasite

78.One who is sympathetic to mankind

Humanitarian

79.One who walks on foot----

Pedestrian

80.One who studies things of the past

Antiquarian

81.One who is gifted with several talents,--

Versatile

82.One who does not drink wine-

Teetotaler

83.One who is new to a profession

Novice

84.One who is a habitual drunkard--

Sot

85.One who settles in another country

Immigrant

86.One who knows many languages-

Polyglot

87.One who carves in stones--

Sculptor

88.One who cuts precious stones-

Lapidary

89.One who deals in cattle,---

Drover

90.One who cures eye diseases---

Oculist

91.One who sells sweets and pastries

Confectioner

92.One who collects postage stamps,

Philatelist

93.One who loads and unloads ships,

Stevedore

94.One who compiles a dictionary---

Lexicographer

95.One who walks in one's sleep

Somnambulist

96.One who has an irresistible tendency to steal-

Kleptomaniac

97.One who breaks images or idols--

Iconoclast

1. Cinema show held in the afternoon

matinee 

2. The wife or husband of a king or a queen

consort

3. One who abstains from drinking alcoholic

teetotaller beverages

4. One who can use either hand with ease

ambidextrous

5. A nursery where children are cared for while their parents are at work

crèche

 

6. The meat of deer

venison

7. The act of killing one's sister

sororicide

8. The act of killing one's wife

uxoricide

9. Murder of a king

regicide

 10. The act of killing one's husband

 mariticide

11. The act of killing one's mother

matricide

12. Murder of a new-born

infanticide

13. Introductory part or lines to a discourse or play

prologue

14. One who runs away from justice or the law

fugitive

15. Murder of a parent

parricide

16. Living or going in flocks or herds

gregarious

 

17. A place where money is coined

mint

18. Intentional damage to arrest procedure

sabotage

19. One who collects coins

numismatist

20. The study of coins

numismatics

21. One who has special skill in judging art, music, tastes, etc.

connoisseur

 

22. One who walks in his sleep

somnambulist

23. One who talks in his sleep

somniloquist

24. One who breaks images or religious buildings

iconoclast

25. One who feeds on human flesh

cannibal

26. A handsome man

Adonis

27. One who makes a display of his knowledge

pedant

28. No longer in existence or use

obsolete

29. One, who is filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm in religious matters

fanatic or bigot

 

30. One who steals books

biblioklept

31.Words which are inscribed on the grave or the tomb in the memory of the buried

epitaph

 

32. The period between two reigns

interregnum

33. The act of speaking disrespectfully about sacred things

blasphemy

 

34. An error in printing or writing

35. A leader of the people who can sway people just by powerful speech

erratum

demagogue

  

36. An official numbering of the population

census

37. Animals which eat both plants and animals

omnivorous

38. One who devotes his life to the welfare and interests of other people

altruist

 

স্বপ্ন যখন পুলিশের তখন পরিশ্রম করতে কষ্ট কিসের।

39. One who is very attentive to details and concerned about accuracy

fastidious

 

40. Lasting only for one day

ephemeral

41. Speaking to oneself

soliloquy

42. One who believes that pleasure is the chief aim of life

hedonist

 

43. A person out to destroy the government

an anarchist

44. One who compiles a dictionary

lexicographer

45. Repetition of speech or writing word for word

verbatim

46. A neglected child who has no home and spends most of the time on streets

waif/wastrel/urchin

 

47. A person of outgoing nature

extrovert

48. A person who makes his journey on foot

pedestrian

49. One living at the same time as another

contemporary

50. Representation of a person in sculpture or any other three-dimensional medium

effigy

 

51. Passing off another author's work as one's own

plagiarism

52. Complete loss of memory

amnesia

53. An abnormal fear of death or corpses

necrophobia

54. A complete loss of voice

aphonia

55. To be over-particular about spending of money

parsimonious

56. A lover of mankind

philanthropist

57. Something kept as a reminder of an event or place

souvenir

58. Love for the whole world

philanthropy

59. A cure for all disease

panacea

60. Practice of employing spies in war

espionage

61. A woman with dark brown air hair

brunette

62. A hater of a man kind

misanthropist

63. Home-sickness or a sentimental longing for the past

nostalgia

 

64. A man who catches fish as a hobby

angler

65. A hater of marriage

misogamist

66. A hater of womankind

misogynist

67. One versed in many languages

linguist

68. An obsession with death or the dead

necromania

69. Incapable of being redeemed from evil, i.e., beyond correction

incorrigible

 

70. Animals which carry their young ones in pouch

marsupials

71. A gnawing animal

rodent

72. The track of a wild animal

spoor

73. The practice of marrying more than one wife at a time

polygamy

74. The practice of marrying only once

monogamy

75. To disinfect by smoke

fumigate

76. A road full of twists and turns

tortuous

77. One who is recovering from illness

convalescent

78. Woman who has more than one husband at a time

polyandrous

79. A collection of poems

anthology

80. A group of ships

fleet

81. A collection of books

library

82. One who knows all

omniscient

83. The part of the plant embryo which forms the root

radicle

84. The part of the plant embryo which forms the shoot

plumule

 

85. The science of disease of the human body

pathology

86. To banish from one's country

exile

87. That which cannot be pierced or penetrated

impenetrable

88. Not endowed with animal life

inanimate

89. A fourteen-lined poem is called a

sonnet

90. An annual calendar

almanac

91. One, who is free from all mistakes and failures

infallible

92. A person who looks at the brighter side of things

optimist

93. Relating to the ear or the sense of hearing

aural

94. A number of disorderly people

mob 

95. One who cuts precious stones

lapidist

96. One who draws maps

cartographer

97. One who collects postage stamps

philatelist

98. An imaginary name assumed by an author for disguise

pseudonym

 

99. A disease affecting widely scattered groups of people

sporadic

100. A person having same name as another

namesake

101. One vowed to a single or unmarried life

celibate

102. To destroy completely

annihilate

103. One who does not care for art and literature

philistine

104. A person who is specialist in children's diseases

paediatrician

 

105. One who studies rocks and soils

geologist

106. A school boy who cuts classes frequently

truant

107. The production of raw silk

sericulture Fot

108. A person who readily believes others

credulous

109. A place where birds are kept

aviary

110. A person extremely desirous of money

cacography

111. Bad handwriting or spelling

avaricious

112. A collection of flowers

bouquet

113. One, who speaks many languages

polyglot

114. A fault that may be forgiven

venial

115. A long list

genre

116. One, who has a long experience in a particular field

veteran

 

117. The art of cutting trees and brushes into ornamental

topiary

118. That which is not permissible

prohibited

119. A place, where dead bodies are kept for post-mortem

mortuary

 

120. A story in which ideas are symbolised as people

allegory

121. The cessation of warfare before a treaty is signed

armistice

 122 A job with high salary but little responsibility

 sinecure

123. Too willing to serve people

subservient

124. An event which happens once in three years

triennial

125. An event which happens once in two years

biennial

126. Lasting for indefinitely long time

perennial

127. Lasting for one year

annual

128. A man with irrationally fixed idea

maniac

129. Fit to drink

potable

130. A person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation

novice/tyro

 

131. A person who kills somebody especially

assassin

132. A song or poem sung at the death of a person

elegy

133. Commencement of words with the same letter

alliteration

134. A song embodying religious and sacred emotions

hymn

 

135. Life history of a person written by another

biography

136. Life history of a person written by himself

autobiography

137. A story about some real person or event

anecdote

138. Rub or wipe out

efface

139. A girl who flirts to satisfy her vanity

coquette

140. A disease which spreads by contact

contagious

141. A person who cultivates an area of interest, without real commitment or knowledge

dilettante

 

 142. Person who is indifferent to both pleasure and pain

 stoic

 

143. A medicine to cause vomiting

emetic

144. One who dies for a noble cause

martyr

145. An unexpected stroke of good luck

windfall

146. The school or college in which one has been educated

alma mater

147. Someone leaving his own country

emigrant

148. A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country

immigrant

 

149. One who talks continuously

loquacious

150. A home for lunatics

asylum

151. Holding office without any remuneration

honorary

152. A person who looks at the darker side of things

pessimist

153. A place for housing airplanes

hanger

154. Allowance paid to wife on legal separation

alimony

155. A piece of writing done by hand

manuscript

156. One who acts suddenly without thinking

impulsive

157. One who pretends to be what he is not

hypocrite

158. An ungrateful person

ingrate

159. A market where old and used goods are sold

flea market

160. Government of the people, for the people and by the people

democracy

 

161. Government by the priests

hagiocracy

162. A government of the richest class

plutocracy

163. A government where the God is the supreme

theocracy civil ruler

164. Government or the holding of power by people selected according to merit

meritocracy

 

165. A government of the noble

aristocracy

166. A government of a Church by bishops

episcopacy

167. Government of a few people

oligarchy

168. Mania for setting fires

pyromania

169. One who has an irresistible tendency to steal

kleptomaniac

170. Mania of washing oneself

ablutomania

171. Abnormal craving for alcohol

dipsomania

172. Study of human mind

psychology

173. The art of elegant speech and writing

rhetoric

174. The waves that tumble on the beach

breakers

175. The study of ancient writings

paleography

176. The science of the structure of the human body

anatomy

177. The study of plants

botany

178. The study of animals

zoology

179. Part of examination that should be conducted by word of mouth

orally

180. The study of mankind

anthropology

181. The science of family descent

genealogy

182. The art of making fireworks

pyrotechnics

183. The art of beautiful handwriting

calligraphy

184. One who is known widely but usually unfavourably

notorious

 

185. A group of people who get together to work for some cause or common interest

coterie

 

186. A specialist who handles problems related to bones

orthopaedist

187. A doctor who treats cancer

oncologist

188. Endocrinologist deals with

glands

189. A man whose wife is dead

widower

190. A woman whose husband is dead

widow

191. A preparation of killing insects

insecticide

192. A medicine to counteract poison

antidote

193. Trees which lose all their leaves in a particular time of the year

deciduous

 

194. Trees which have leaves all throughout the year

evergreen

195. A seller of cakes

confectioner

196. Animals that can live both on land and water

amphibious

197. That which is without opposition

unanimous

198. Fear of toads

bufonophobia/ ranidaphobia

199. An extreme fear of being confined in a small place

claustrophobia

200. Fear or hatred of music

melophobia

201. Fear of height

acrophobia

202. Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak

glossophobia

203. Fear of darkness

achluophobia

204. An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning

brontophobia

205. Fear of the sun

heliophobia

206. Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors

iatrophobia

207. Fear of cockroaches

Katsaridaphobia

208. Fear of bees

melissophobia/apiphobia

209. Fear of computers

logizomechanophobia

210. Fear of snakes

ophidiophobia

211. Fear of wind

anemophobia

212. Fear of punishment

mastigophobia

213. Fear of dreams

oneirophobia

214. Fear of books

bibliophobia

215. Fear of ugliness

cacophobia

216. Fear of solitude or being alone

monophobia

217. Fear of children

paedophobia

218. Fear of old people or of growing old

gerontophobia

219. Fear of beautiful women

venustraphobia

220. Fear of the colour black

melanophobia

221. Violent storm

tempest

222. A dwelling in which soldiers live

barracks

223. Animals living in flocks

gregarious

224. One who is opposed to intellectual progress

obscurant

225. A sudden and violent change

cataclysm

226. One who passed himself off as another

imposter

227. A person who collects things belonging to ancient times

antiquary

 

228. A thing likely to be broken

brittle

229. An animal or plant living in or upon another

parasite

230. A group of stars

constellation

231. A general pardon of offenders

amnesty

232. Vegetation of a region

flora

233. Animal of a region or time

fauna

234. A short statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct

maxim

 

235. Related to moon

lunar

236. Specialist in nose disease

rhinologist

237. A speech delivered without previous preparation

extempore

238. One who cannot be corrected

incorrigible

239. Pertaining to horses

equine

240. Money given to free a person from captivity

ransom

241. A disease affecting many persons at the same time and place

epidemic

 

242. Statement accepted as true without proof

axiom

243. A habitual drinker

topper/sot

244. Against common rules

anomaly

245. A brilliant performer on stage

virtuoso

246. A quarrelsome woman

termagant

247. One who is present everywhere

omnipresent

248. Belief that God is everywhere

pantheism

249. Place for housing aeroplanes

hanger

250. Case where blade of sword is kept

sheath, scabbard

251. A medicine that induces sleep

soporific

252. A decision made by public voting

plebiscite

253. One who is in sixties

sexagenarian

254. One who is in seventies

septuagenarian

255. One who is in eighties

octagenarian

256. One who is in nineties

nonagenarian

257. One who is hundred years old

centenarian

258. Fear of God

theophobia

259. Fear of foreigners

xenophobia

260. Small group of persons belonging to a body

clique

261. Compiling of dictionaries

lexicography

262. Study of caves

speleology

263. Fear of getting fat

lipophobia

264. Compulsive desire to steal

kleptomania

265. Fear of women

gynaephobia

266. Young deers are called

fawn

267. Young swan is called

cygnet

268. Young cow is called

heifer

269. Small fleet of boats

flotilla

270. Job with high salary and little responsibility

sinecure

271. One who speaks different languages

polyglot

272. One who moves from one place to another

itinerant

273. Hard to please

fastidious

274. Girl who flirts

coquette

275. Husband ruled by wife

henpecked

276. One who knows all

omniscient

277. One who is all powerful

omnipotent

278. A place where sick regain health

sanatorium

279. Last literary work of a writer

swan song

280. Official formality resulting in delay

red-tapism

281. Spiritual

platonic

282. A boastful fellow

swashbuckler

283. An assembly of worshipers

congregation

284. One not concerned with right or wrong

amoral

285. A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognised by international law

belligerent

 

286. In a state of apparent inactivity but capable of being easily called into action

dormant

 

287. A thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event

souvenir

 

288. Ready to believe anything

credulous

289. Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses and therefore not definite

ambiguous

 

290. The emblems or insignia of royalty

regalia

291. A Government by the rich

plutocracy

292. That which lasts for a short time

transitory

293. Something that is difficult to believe

incredible

294. Fluent and clear in speech

articulate

295. Spoken or done without preparation

extempore

296. Things to be corrected in a printed book

Corrigendum

297. Person prominent in a fashionable society

socialite

298. Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred

 sacrilege

299. A person who lives by himself

recluse

300. Lasting for a very short time

ephemeral

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