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What is the name given to an animal that can live on land and in water?

Amphibian

What is the name of the study of birds?

Ornithology

What is the term for an inscription on a gravestone?

Epitaph

What term describes someone who believes in many gods?

<p>Polytheist</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who is unable to feel tired or exhausted?

<p>Indefatigable</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the killing of a whole group of people, especially a whole race?

<p>Genocide</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who is able to use both hands equally well?

<p>Ambidextrous</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for an action that is likely to make people angry?

<p>Inflammatory</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the act of mercy killing?

<p>Euthanasia</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for something that is impossible to believe?

<p>Incredible</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the misappropriation of money?

<p>Embezzlement</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for something that moves in a straight line?

<p>Rectilinear</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a general pardon for offenses against the state?

<p>Amnesty</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm?

<p>Fanatic</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a mixture of dried, naturally fragrant plant material, used to provide a gentle natural scent inside buildings?

<p>Potpourri</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for placing different things in order to create an interesting effect?

<p>Juxtapose</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who speaks many languages?

<p>Polyglot</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a lengthy and aggressive speech addressed to a large assembly?

<p>Harangue</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for someone who is not easily pleased by anything?

<p>Fastidious</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the head of monks in an abbey?

<p>Abbot</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a word that is no longer in use?

<p>Obsolete</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for someone who tends to associate with others of their kind?

<p>Gregarious</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a wide uninterrupted view?

<p>Panorama</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for something that cannot be expressed in words?

<p>Ineffable</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who copies from other writers?

<p>Plagiarist</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a notice of a person's death?

<p>Obituary</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for someone who is unable to make any mistake?

<p>Infallible</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who shines with a bright but brief or irregular light?

<p>Flicker</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the act of setting free from bondage of any kind?

<p>Emancipation</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a disease that affects a large number of people in an area at the same time?

<p>Epidemic</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for one who is eighty years old?

<p>Octogenarian</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a shady fertile place in a desert?

<p>Oasis</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a place where bees are kept?

<p>Apiary</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a brief or short stay at a place?

<p>Sojourn</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for someone who is indifferent to pain or pleasure?

<p>Stoic</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a drug that makes one see things that are not really there?

<p>Hallucinogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the killing of a race?

<p>Genocide</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for relating to kinship with the father?

<p>Patrilineal</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for someone who is new to a profession?

<p>Novice</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who is completely abstains from alcohol?

<p>Teetotaller</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who loves wealth but spends as little money as possible?

<p>Miser</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who readily believes others?

<p>Credulous</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who studies the origin and history of words?

<p>Etymologist</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who is unable to pay off debts?

<p>Insolvent</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who is constantly trying to achieve something?

<p>Persevering</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who is very dramatic and theatrical in their behavior?

<p>Histrionic</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who is skilled in many areas?

<p>Versatile</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who is known for bad acts?

<p>Notorious</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who is very enthusiastic and unreasonably excited about something?

<p>Fanatic</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Selection Adda

  • A compilation of various words and their meanings.
  • Statements and their corresponding one-word definitions are provided.
  • Hindi meanings are also given for each one-word definition.

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