One Word Substitution Flashcards
(242 cards)
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One who is not sure about God’s existence
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Agnostic
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A person who deliberately sets fire to a building
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Arsonist
3
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One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession
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Amateur
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One who can use either hand with ease
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Ambidextrous
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One who makes an official examination of accounts
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Auditor
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A person who believes in or tries to bring about a state of lawlessness
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Anarchist
7
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A person who has changed his faith
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Apostate
8
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One who doesn’t believe in the existence of God
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Atheist
9
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A person appointed by two parties to solve a dispute
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Arbitrator
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One who leads an austere life
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Ascetic
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An unconventional style of living
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Bohemian
12
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One who is bad in spellings
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Cacographer
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One who feeds on human flesh
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Cannibal
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A person who is blindly devoted to an idea/ A person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism
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Chauvinist
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A critical judge of any art and craft
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Connoisseur
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Persons living at the same time
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Contemporaries
17
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One who is recovering health after illnesss
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Convalescent
18
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A girl/woman who flirts with man
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Coquette
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A person who regards the whole world as his country
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Cosmopolitan
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One who is a centre of attraction
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Cynosure
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One who sneers at the belief of others
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Cynic
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A leader of orator who espoused the cause of the common people
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Demagogue
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A dabbler (not serious) in art, science and literature
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Dilettante
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One who is for pleasure of eating and drinking
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Epicure
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One who often talks of his achievements
Egotist
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Someone who leaves one country to settle in another
Emigrant
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A man who is womanish in his habits
Effeminate
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One hard to please (very selective in his habits)
Fastidious
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One who runs away from justice
Fugitive
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One who is filled with excessive enthusiasm in religious matters
Fanatic
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One who believes in fate
Fatalist
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A lover of good food
Gourmet
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Conferred as an honour
Honorary
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A person who acts against religion
Heretic
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A person of intellectual or erudite tastes
Highbrow
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A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
Hypochondriac
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A person who is controlled by his wife
Henpeck
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One who shows sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
Indefatigable
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Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions
Iconoclast
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One who does not express himself freely
Introvert
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Who behaves without moral principles
Immoral
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A person who is incapable of being tempered with
Inpregnable
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One who is unable to pay his debts
Insolvent
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A person who is mentally ill
Lunatic
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A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society
Misanthrope
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A person who is primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics
Mercenary
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Someone who love with himself
Narcissist
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One collect coins as hobby
Numismatist
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A person who likes or admires women
Philogynist
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A lover of mankind
Philanthropist
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A person who speaks more than one language
Polyglot
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One who lives in solitude
Recluse
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Someone who walks in sleep
Somnambulist
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A person who is indifferent to the pains and pleasure of life
stoic
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A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
Termagant
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A person who shows a great or excessive fondness for one's wife
Uxorious
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One who possessed outstanding technical ability in a particular art of field
Virtuoso
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A group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
Battery
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A large bundle bound for storage or transport
Bale
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A large gathering of people of a particular type
Bevy
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An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
Bouquet
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A family of young animals
Brood
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A group of things that have been hidden in a secret place
Cache
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A group of people, typically with vehicles or animals travelling together
Caravan
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A closed political meeting
Caucus
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An exclusive circle of people with common purpose
Clique
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A group of followers to hired to applaud to a performance
Claque
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A series of stars
Constellation
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A Funeral procession
Cortege
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A group of worshippers
Congregation
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A herd or flock of animals being driven in a body
Drove
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A small fleet of ships or boats
Flotilla
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A small group of trees without underbrush
Grove
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A community of people smaller than a village
Hamlet
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A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals
Herd
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A large group of people
Horde
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Temporary police force
Posse
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A large number of fish swimming together
Shoal
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A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid
Torrent
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The medieval forerunner of chemistry
Alchemy
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A person who presents a radio/television programme
Anchor
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One who studies the evolution of mankind
Anthropologist
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A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft
Astronaut
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The scientific study of the physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification and economic importance of plants
Botany
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A person who draws or produces maps
Cartographer
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A person who writes beautiful writing
Calligrapher
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A person who composes the sequence of steps and moves for a performance of dance
Choreographer
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A person employed to drive a private or hires car
Chauffeur
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A person who introduces the performers or contestants in a variety show
Compere
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A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection
Curator
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The branch of biology concerned with cyclical physiological phenomena
Chronobiology
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A secret or disguised way of writing
Cypher
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The study of statistics
Demography
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The use of the fingers and hands to communicate and convey ideas
Dactylology
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A person who sells and arranges cut flowers
Florist
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A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor
Genealogy
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The therapeutic use of sunlight
Heliotherapy
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The art or practice of garden cultivation and management
Horticulture
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One who supervises in the examination hall
Invigilator
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The theory or philosophy of law
Jurisprudence
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A person who compiles dictionaries
Lexicographer
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The scientific study of the structure and diseases of teeth
Odontology
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One who presents a radio programme
Radio Jockey
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The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
Rhetoric
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The branch of science concerned with the origin, structure and composition of rocks
Petrology
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One who study the elections and trends in voting
Psephologist
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An artist who makes sculptures
Sculptor
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The scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification and distribution of animals
Zoology
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A collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution or group of people
Archives
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A large cage, building, or enclosure for keeping birds in
Aviary
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A building where animals are butchered
Abattoir
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A place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives
Apiary
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A building containing tanks of live fish of different species
Aquarium
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A place or scene of activity, debate or conflict
Arena
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A collection of weapons and military equipment
Arsenal
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An institution for the care of people who are mentally ill
Asylum
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A hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a rabbit, as a dwelling
Burrow
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A public room or building where gambling games are played
Casino
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A large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard
Cemetery
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A room in a public building where outdoor clothes or luggage may be left
Cloakroom
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A place where a dead person's body in cremated
Crematorium
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A Christian community of nuns living together under monastic vows
Convent
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Nursery where babies and young children are cared for during the working day
Creche
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A stoppered glass container into which wine or spirit is decanted
Decanter
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A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution
Dormitory
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The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree
Drey
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A room or building equipped for gymnastics, games and other physical exercise
Gymnasium
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A storehouse for threshed grain
Granary
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A large building with an extensive floor area, typically for housing aircraft
Hangar
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A box or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for keeping rabbits or other small domesticated animals
Hutch
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A place in a large institution for the care of those who are ill
infirmary
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a small shelter for a dog
Kennel
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A place where wild animal live
Lair
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A place where coins, medals, or token are made
Mint
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A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition
Menagerie
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A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows
Monastery
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A place where bodies are kept for identification
Morgue
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A piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees
Orchard
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A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
Reservoir
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A small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and another dirty household work
Scullery
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A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword
Sheath
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A room or building for sick children in a boarding school
Sanatorium
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A place where animal hides are tanned
Tannery
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A large, tall cupboard in which clothes may be hung or stored
Wardrobe
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A state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems
Anarchy
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A form of government in which power is held by the nobility
aristocracy
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A system of government by one person with absolute power
Autocracy
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A self-governing country or region
Autonomy
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A system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives
Bureaucracy
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A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
Democracy
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A state, society or group governed by old people
Gerontocracy
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A state or country run by the worst, least qualified or most unscrupulous citizens
Kakistocracy
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Government by new or inexperienced hands
Neocracy
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Government by the populace
Ochlocracy
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A small group of people having control of the country or organisation
Oligarchy
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Government by the wealthy
Plutocracy
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Government not connected with religious or spiritual matters
Secular
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A form of government with a monarch at the head
Monarchy
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A political system based on government of men by god
Thearchy
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A solemn procession, especially for a funeral
Cortege
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A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead
Elegy
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A phrase or form words written in memory of a person who has died
Epitaph
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Killing of one's son or daughter
Filicide
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Destruction or abortion of a foetus
Foeticide
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Killing of one's brother or sister
Fratricide
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Killing of a large group of people
Genocide
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Killing of one person by another
Homicide
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Killing of infants
Infanticide
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Burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb
Interment
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Killing of one's mother
Matricide
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A room or building in which dead bodies are kept
Mortuary
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A news article that reports the recent death of a person
obituary
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killing of parents or other near relative
parricide
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killing of one's father
Patricide
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An examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death
Post-mortem
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Action of killing a king
regicide
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Killing of one's sister
sororicide
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Act of intentionally causing one's own death
Suicide
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Killing of one's wife
Uxoricide
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An extreme or irrational fear of heights
Acrophobia
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An irrational fear of fresh air or drafts of air
Aerophobia
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Fear of being egotistical, being alone or isolated
Autophobia
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A phobia of pain
algophobia
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An abnormal fear of heights
Altophobia
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An emotional disorder characterised by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat
Anorexia
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An extreme or irrational fear of open or public places
Agoraphobia
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An abnormal or persistent fear of depths
Bathophobia
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Fear or hatred of books
Bibliophobia
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Fear of ugliness and things that are ugly
Cacophobia
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A dislike of being in the centre
Centrophobia
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An extreme fear about beauty
Cellophobia
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Fear of time
Chronophobia
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Fear of dogs
Cynophobia
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An extreme or irrational fear of confined places
Claustrophobia
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A delusion of being possessed by evil spirits
Demonomania
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An abnormal and persistent fear of drinking alcohol
Dipsophobia
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An abnormal and persistent fear of work or finding employement
Ergophobia
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Fear of getting married, being in a relationship, or commitment
Gamophobia
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Physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse
Genophobia
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Fear of old age
Geraphobia
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Fear of knowledge
Gnosiophobia
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Fear of women
Gynophobia
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Fear of writing or handwriting
graphophobia
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An irrational and intense fear of travel
Hodophobia
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An excessive fear or aversion to obtaining pleasure
Hedonophobia
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Fear of disease
Haemetophobia
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An obsessive fear of words
Logophobia
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An extreme fear of wind or drafts
Menemophobia
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An extreme or irrational fear of the night or of darkness
Nyctophobia
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Fear of medication
Pharamacophobia
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Fear of death
Thanatophobia
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Extreme superstition regarding the number thirteen
Triskaidekaphobia
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An act of abdicating or renouncing the throne
Abdication
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An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables
Almanac
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A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that is born in water and breathes with gills
Amphibian
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A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
Allegory
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A statement or proposition on which an abstractly defined structure is based
Axiom
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A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recongnised by international law
Belligerent
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An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease
Biopsy
220
The action of offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk
Blasphemy
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The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence
Chronology
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A vigorous campaign for political, social or religious change
Crusade
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Lasting for a very short time
Ephemeral
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spoken or done without preparation
extempore
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Release someone from a duty or obligation
Exonerate
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Fond of Company
Gregarious
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Making marks that cannot be removed
Indelible
228
Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong
Infallible
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Certain to happen
inevitable
230
A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past
Nostalgia
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A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases
Panacea
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A doctrine which identifies God with the universe
Pantheism
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Excessively concerned with minor details or rules
Pedantic
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The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own
Plagiarism
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Safe to drink
potable
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the emblems or insignia of royalty
Regalia
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Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred
sacrilege
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A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit
sinecure
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a thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event
souvenir
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An imaginary ideal society free of poverty and suffering
Utopia
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Denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace
Venial
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