Valentine Vocab – Feb 14
(Prepared by SSC Focus Team )
Here are a few ‘WORD’ Families look up them in A DICTIONARY or A THESAURUS
1. MARVELLOUS, STUPENDOUS, FABULOUS, BRILLIANT, AMAZING, GREAT
2. THRIVE, FLOURISHING, PROSPER, SURVIVE
3. SPEED – LIGHTNING SPEED, BREAK-NECK SPEED, BLUR, BLISTERING
4. LURK, HIDE FUGITIVE, COVER, CAMOUFLAGE, SECRETIVE, CONFIDENTIAL, FURTIVE, STEALTH
5. APPRAISE, MOLLFY, FLEXIBLE, COMPROMISE, RIGID, INTRANSIGENT
6. GLOOMY, GRIM, DISMAL, DEPRESSING, BLEAK, HOPELESS
7. START, LAUNCH, COMMENCE, INAUGURATE, BEGIN, INITIATE
8. SLEEP, SIESTA, NAP
9. SOPHISTICATED, SAVOI-FAIRE, CULTURED, DEBONAIR, BOHEMIAN, RUSTIC, PHILISTINE
10. PULVERISE, DECIMATE, CRUSH, THRASH
ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION
ONE WHO LOVES BOOKS- BIBLIOPHILE
ONE WHO LOVES MANKIND- PHILANTHROPIST
A PERSON WHO LOVES EVERYBODY- ALTRUIST
1. One who has become dependent on something or drugs –Addict
2. Fear of being enclosed in small closed space –Claustrophobia
3. Call upon God or any other power (like law) for help or protection –Invocation
4. Severely abusive writing in journals –Scurrilous
5. A person who opposes war or use of military force –Pacifist
6. One not concerned with right or wrong –Amoral
7. Something no longer in use –Obsolete
8. Stealthily done (something done in a quiet and secret way in order to avoid being noticed) –Surreptitious
9. Words written on a tomb –Epitaph
10. A person with a long experience of any occupation –Veteran
11. Something capable of being done –Feasible
12. A person coming to a foreign land to settle there –Immigrant
13. In a threatening manner –Ghastly
14. A person who is unable to pay debts –Insolvent
15. Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses, and therefore not definite –Ambiguous
16. Fear of water –Hydrophobia
17. Act of deceiving somebody in order to make money –Fraud
18. Flat metal or Porcelain plate fixed on a wall as an ornament or memorial – Plaque
19. To cut something into two pieces –Sever
20. Succession of rulers belonging to one family –Dynasty
21. To seize control of a vehicle in order to force it to go to a new destination or demand something –Hijack
22. Lasting only for a moment – Momentary
23. One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain –Stoic
24. The practice or art of choosing, cooking, and eating good food –Gastronomy
25. Killing of a child –Infanticide
26. One who believes in offering equal opportunities to women in all spheres –Feminist
27. One who studies election trend by means of opinion polls –Psephologist
28. A doctor who treats children –Paediatrician
29. One who can think about the future with imagination and wisdom –Visionary
30. Give and receive mutually – Reciprocate
31. A building where an audience sits –Auditorium
32. The first model of a new device –Prototype
33. Tough tissues in joints –Ligaments
34. The study of maps –Cartography
35. A person who breaks into houses in order to steal –Burglar
36. The study of the origin and history of words –Etymology
37. One who can walk on ropes (tightrope walker)– Funambulist
38. Belonging to all parts of the world –Cosmopolitan
39. One who hates mankind –Misanthrope
40. One who goes to settle in another country –Emigrant
41. Constant efforts to achieve something –Perseverance
42. A person who believes in total abolition of war –Pacifist
43. A four footed animal –Quadruped
44. Ready to believe anything –Credulous
45. That which lasts for a short time –Transitory
46. Indifference to pleasure or pain –Stoicism
47. A body of persons appointed to hear evidence or judge and give their verdict (decision) –Jury
48. The essential or characteristic customs , habits and conventions of a society or community –Mores
49. A system of Government in which only one political party is allowed to function – Totalitarianism
50. One who collects coins –Numismatist
51. Violation of something holy or sacred –Sacrilege
52. A broad road bordered with trees – Boulevard
53. Animals who live in herds –Gregarious
54. The murder of parents or near relative –Parricide
55. A mild or indirect expression substituted for an offensive or harsh one –Euphemism
56. One who believes in no government and therefore incites disorder in a state – Anarchist
57. One who secretly listens to talks of others –Eavesdropper
58. Science of diseases –Pathology
59. One who is beyond reforms –Incorrigible
60. Intense and unreasonable fear or dislike –Phobia
61. The act of killing whole group of people, especially a whole race –Genocide
62. One who stays away from school without permission –Truant
63. A person without training or experience in a skill or subject –Novice
64. Dissection of a dead body to find the cause of the death –Autopsy
65. The study of religion and religious ideas and beliefs – Theology
66. The full agreement of all members –Unanimously
67. A place where Jews worship according to their religion –Synagogue
68. An area of land that is controlled by a ruler –Dominion
69. One who is greedy –Voracious
70. Simple, fast-spreading plant without flowers or leaves, which can often cause disease –Fungus
71. Dry weather with no rainfall –Drought
72. Too much official formality –Red-tapism
73. Living together of a man and woman without being married to each other (live in relationship) – Concubinage
74. A place where government / public records are kept –Archive
75. A place where all religions are honoured – Secular
76. Excessive preoccupation with one’s health –Hypochondria
77. Without risk of punishment – Impunity
78. Deep in thought – Pensive
79. A jocular person who is full of amusing anecdotes –Wag
80. A sly look that is lustful –Leer
81. Irresistible craving for alcoholic drinks –Dipsomania
82. A hater of mankind –Misanthrope
83. A remedy for all diseases –Panacea
84. Something that is poisonous and unhealthy – Toxic
85. The worship of idols or images –Idolatry
86. A place where nuns live and work –Convent
87. Violation of something holy and sacred –Sacrilege
88. One who destroys images or attacks popular beliefs –Iconoclast
89. Feeding on food made of both plant and flesh –Omnivorous
90. A woman having more than one husband at the same time –Polyandry
91. A den for small animals –Hutch
92. To take back, withdraw or renounce –Recant
93. The habit of always admiring oneself –Narcissism
94. One who intervenes between two or more parties to settle difference –Intermediary
95. One who deserts his principle or believes –Renegade
96. Property handled down after the death of a person –Inheritance
97. One who breaks the established traditions and image –Iconoclast
98. One who believes in that gaining pleasure is the most important thing in life –Hedonist
99. Building in which a dead body is kept for a time –Mortuary
100. Experts in the scientific study of birds –Ornithology
101. Placing a thing besides another – Juxtapose
102. One who does not follow the usual way of life –Bohemian
103. The first public speech delivered by a person –Maiden speech
104. Wild and noisy disorder –Pandemonium
105. General view of person’s character –Profile
106. A person who is in his seventies –Septuagenarian
107. Study of insects –Entomology
108. Military waking up signals in the morning –Reveille
109. The sound of the funeral bell – Knell
110. One who has obstinate and narrow religious views – Bigot
111. One who eats human flesh –Cannibal
112. A short poem or speech addressed to the spectators after the conclusion of a drama –Epilogue
113. Causing or ending in death –Fatal
114. A group of girls –Bevy
115. Belief that war and violence are unjustified –Pacifism
116. A wall built to prevent the sea or a river from flooding an area – Dyke
117. A specialist who tests eyesight – Optometrist
118. Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter –Alliteration
119. One who walks in sleep –Somnambulist
120. A government by officials – Bureaucracy
121. Of very bad morals ; characterized by debasement or degeneration –Depraved
122. Body of a human being or animal embalmed for burial –Mummy
123. Something which cannot be believed –Incredible
124. A method which never fails –Infallible
125. A place where birds are kept –Aviary
126. The abandonment of one’s country and cause –Defection
127. Treatment by means of exercise and massage –Physiotherapy
128. Bitter and violent attack in words against someone or something – Diatribe
129. Motion of heads, hands etc., as a mode of expression indicating attitude –Gesture
130. To be biased against someone or something –Prejudice
131. A person who never takes alcoholic drinks –Teetotaller
132. A tank where fish or water plants are kept –Aquarium
133. A person devoted to sensual enjoyment, especially that derived from fine food and drink – Epicurean
134. Inability to sleep –Insomnia
135. One who believes in giving equal opportunity to women in all fields –Feminist
136. To have a very high opinion about oneself – Conceited
137. Place of burial (especially not in churchyard) –Cemetery
138. A person who is always hopeful and looks upon the brighter side of things –Optimist
139. An occasion of great importance –Momentous
140. Government by ruler who has unlimited power –Autocracy
141. One who journeys from place to place –Itinerant
142. That which cannot be called back –Irrevocable
143. The state of being miserable bereft (deprived of or lacking) of all possessions –Destitute
144. A picture of a person or a thing drawn in such a highly exaggerated manner to cause a laughter –Caricature
145. Belief that God is in everything and that everything is God – Pantheism
146. One who breaks the law – Transgressor
147. That which cannot be captured – Ungrippable
148. Reproducing or memorizing word for word – Verbatim
149. Careful in spending of money, time, etc. –Economical
150. Study of insects – Entomology
151. Science of the race of mankind –Ethnology
152. Detaining and confining something –Internment
153. One who criticizes popular beliefs which he thinks is mistaken or unwise –Iconoclast
154. Impossible to describe –Ineffable
155. An underhand device resorted to in order to justify misconduct –Manoeuvre
156. The animals of a particular region –Fauna
157. An emolument over and above fixed salary –Perquisite
158. An unexpected piece of good fortune –Windfall
159. Clues available at the scene –Circumstantial
160. One hides away in a ship or passenger vehicle to obtain a free passage –Stowaway
161. One who is a citizen not of a country but of the world –Cosmopolitan
162. Circular building or hall with a dome –Rotunda
163. The use of many words where only a few are necessary –Circumlocution
164. A continuous process of change is known as –Flux
165. An involuntary action under a stimulus is described as a –Reflex
166. Determine the nature of disease –Diagnose
167. Occurring at night –Nocturnal
168. Arrangement in order of occurrence –Chronological
169. Science of heredity – Genetics
170. To run away with a lover –Elope
171. With much liveliness and a sense of purpose –Jauntily
172. Seeing something which is not actually present –Hallucination
173. The practice of having more than one husband –Polyandry
174. Calmness and indifference to suffering –Stoicism
175. Person who insists on adherence to formal rules or literary meaning –Pedant
176. Words of similar meaning –Synonyms
177. To be known for bad acts –Notorious
178. Belonging to all parts of the world –Universal
179. One who tends to take a hopeful view of a life –Optimist
180. Instrument to measure atmospheric pressure –Barometer
181. The practice of submitting a proposal to popular vote –Referendum
182. An object or portion serving as a sample –Specimen
183. Not to be moved by entreaty –Despotic
184. To renounce a high position of authority or control –Abdicate
185. Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence –Protocol
186. To struggle helplessly –Flounder
187. Loss of memory –Amnesia
188. Release of a prisoner form jail on certain terms and conditions –Parole
189. Feeling inside you which tells you what is right and what is wrong –Conscience
190. The study of insects –Entomology
191. To look at someone in an angry or threatening way –Glower
192. Pertaining to cattle –Bovine
193. A person who writes decoratively- Calligrapher
194. Something that causes death –Fatal
195. A post with little work but high salary –Sinecure
196. A test in which cells from diseased organs are removes and tested – Biopsy
197. One who compiles a dictionary –Lexicographer
198. Quibble (to avoid giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth)- Prevaricate
199. Words uttered impiously about God –Blasphemy
200. A person who has no money to pay off his debts – Insolvent
