SSC Exam Vocabulary

Vocabulary from SSC Exams

• Mendicant: One who goes from place to place begging.
• Mercenary: Someone working or acting merely for money or other rewards; a soldier who fights for the sake of money.
• Metallurgy: The scientific study of metals and their uses.
• Metamorphosis: A change in the form or nature of something.
• Meticulous: Paying careful attention to every detail.
• Microphobia: Fear of small things.
• Microscope: An instrument used in scientific study for making very small things larger.
• Migrant: A traveller who moves from one region or country to another.
• Migration: Movement of people or animals from one area to another.
• Millennium: A period of one thousand years.
• Mimic: Imitate someone's action or words in order to entertain or ridicule.
• Mindful: Taking heed or care; being conscious.
• Mint: A place where money is coined by authority of the government.
• Misanthrope: A person who hates and avoids other people.
• Misanthropy: A general contempt towards mankind.
• Misappropriate: Unfairly take something belonging to another for one's use.
• Miser: A person who loves money and hates spending it.
• Mishap: An unforeseen happening which creates some damage.
• Misnomer: A word or a name that is inappropriate for a person or thing.
• Misogamist: One who hates institution of marriage.
• Misogynist: A person who dislikes women.
• Misologist: One who hates reason, argument, or enlightenment.
• Misoneist: A hater of new things.
• Mnemonic: Helping you to remember something.
• Mob: A large crowd of people, especially one that may become violent or cause trouble.
• Modus Operandi: A particular method of working.
• Momentary: lasting for a very short time.
• Momentous: Very important or serious.
• Monarch: A supreme ruler.
• Monarchy: A system of government by a king/a queen.
• Monastery: A building where monks live as a community.
• Monition: A warning of impending danger.
• Monk: A person who lives a secluded or solitary life, often for religious reasons.
• Monogamist: A person who practices one spouse at a time.
• Monogamy: The practice of marrying one person at a time.
• Monograph: A specialist written work or exhibition on one subject or one aspect.
• Monomania: Obsession with one particular thing.
• Monopoly: The complete control of trade in particular goods or the supply of a particular service.
• Monotheist: A person who believes that there is only one god.
• Monotonous: Lacking in variety and interest; never changing and therefore boring.
• Monument: A building which is constructed to keep alive one's memory.
• Moor: To secure a boat by attaching it to an anchor.
• Mores: Customs and habits of a particular group.
• Morgue: A place where dead bodies are kept for identification.
• Mortality: The state of being subject to death.
• Mortgage: A legal agreement by which a bank lends you money to buy a house.
• Mortuary: A place for keeping dead bodies before burial or cremation.
• Mosaic: Art consisting of a design made of small pieces of coloured stone/glass.
• Mottle: Mark with spots or smears of color.
• Muffle: Wrap or cover for warmth.
• Multitasking: Ability to do several things at the same time.
• Multitudinous: Consisting of many things or parts.
• Mummy: Body preserved by special oils and wrapping it in cloth.
• Mundane: Ordinary and dull.
• Museum: A place where antiques are kept.
• Mutiny: The act of refusing to obey the orders of somebody in authority.
• Myopic: Lacking foresight or intellectual insight.
• Mystery: Something that is hidden.
• Mythomania: The compulsion to tell lies.
• Mythophobia: Fear of telling lies.
• Naive: Showing a lack of experience, wisdom or judgment.
• Namesake: A person or thing that has the same name as another.
• Narcissism: The habit of admiring yourself too much (appearance).
• Narcissist: A person who admires himself/herself too much (appearance).
• Nascent: Recently formed or developed.
• Nasty: Highly unpleasant, annoying, objectionable sound.
• Native: Connected with the place you were born.
• Navigate: Guide the course of a ship, using instruments or maps.
• Nectar: Fluid secreted by flowers for making honey.
• Negligible: So small or unimportant as to be not worth considering.
• Neigh: Sound of a horse.
• Negotiator: One who mediates in a deal or complex situation.
• Neighbourhood: Group of people living together in the same locality.
• Nemesis: Deserved and unavoidable punishment for wrongdoing.
• Neologism: A new word coined by an author.
• Neophyte: A person who has recently started an activity.
• Nephrologist: A specialist of kidney.
• Nepotism: Giving undue favors to one's own kith and kin.
• Neurologist: A doctor who studies and treats diseases of nerves.
• Neurology: The study of nerves.
• Neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system and brain.
• Niche: A hollow space in a wall for a statue or ornament.
• Nihilism: The rejection of all religious and moral principles.
• Nirvana: A transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self.
• Nocturenal: Occurring at night.
• Nomads: People of no fixed abode.
• Nomenclature: A system of naming things.
• Nonentity: An unimportant person.
• Nosomania: Delusion of suffering from a disease.
• Nostalgia: Sentimental longing for a past period.
• Notorious: Well-known for being bad.
• Novelty: The quality of being new and original.
• Novice: A person new to a profession without training or experience.
• Null: To reduce to nothing.
• Numerologist: One who studies the occult meanings of numbers.
• Numismatics: The study or collection of coins.
• Numismatist: A person who collects coins.
• Nursery: A place where young plants/trees are grown for sale.
• Nyctophobia: An extreme fear of darkness.
• Oaf: A big clumsy often slow-witted person.
• Oasis: A fertile tract in a desert.
• Obituary: A notice of a person's death.
• Oblivious: Not informed about or aware of something.
• Obscure: Not clear.
• Observatory: A place where astronomical observations are made.
• Obsolescent: Passing out of use.
• Obsolete: Something no longer in use.
• Occidental: Relating to the countries of the west.
• Occupation: A work that would give me income.
• Octagon: A geometrical figure with eight sides.
• Octogenarian: One who is eighty years old.
• Octopus: Eight armed sea creature.
• Oculist: A person who attends to the diseases of the eye.
• Odyssey: A long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune.
• Oenomania: obsession for wine.
• Off-Centre: Not quite coinciding with a central position.
• Oligarchy: Government or rule by a small group of people.
• Ominous: Suggesting something unpleasant is likely to happen.
• Omnibus: A volume containing several books.
• Omnipotent: One who is all powerful.
• Omnipresent: Present everywhere.
• Omniscient: One who knows everything.
• Omnivore: An animal/person that eats a variety of food.
• Omnivorous: One who eats both vegetables and meat.
• Opaque: That through which light cannot pass.
• Ophiology: Study of Snakes.
• Ophiophobia: Fear of snakes.
• Ophthalmologist: Doctor specializing in the diseases of the eyes.
• Opinionated: To be dogmatic in one's opinions.
• Opprobrium: Public disgrace arising from shameful conduct.
• Optimist: One who sees bright side of things.
• Opus: A musical work that has been created.
• Orator: A proficient public speaker.
• Oration: A formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion.
• Orchard: A piece of land/garden in which fruit trees are grown.