Best 500 OWS Asked by SSC (1999-2023) PDF

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THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC THE PUNDITS BEST 500 OWS Asked in all SSC Exams (From 1999 to 2023) Useful in Quick Revision for All Competitive Exams JOIN - https://telegram.me/ThePundits_Official YouTube - https://youtube.com/@ThePundits_Official?feature=shared 1  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC Hello SSCIANS, From 1999 to 2023, SSC has asked approximately a total of 1500 One Word Substitutions. Some of them are easy to remember, while some of them require multiple revisions to retain them till exam. Usually, aspirants highlight such words so that they can revise them easily before exam in minimum time. In this PDF, We have picked up such (Moderate to hard) 500 One Word Substitutions which need multiple revisions. Revise this PDF as many times as you can & Share it with other aspirants too. Regards, - Team ‘THE PUNDITS’ For more such relevant PDFs, JOIN - https://telegram.me/ThePundits_Official 2  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 1. A place where animals are slaughtered for consumption as Food - Abattoir 2. The superior of a monastery - Abbot 3. Deviation from the right course - Aberration 4. Believe in and follow practices of - Adhere 5. An extremely young man - Adonis 6. Fear of pain - Algophobia 7. A story, play, picture, etc. in which each character/event is a symbol representing an idea/a quality such as truth, evil, death - Allegory 8. Mountain Climbing - Alpinism 9. Fear of riding in a car - Amaxophobia 10. A person who has had one or more limb removed - Amputee 11. Like a weak old woman - Anile 12. A strong dislike - Animosity 13. Obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat - Anorexia 14. A policy that segregates people on basis of race - Apartheid 3  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 15. Loss of speech due to medical problem - Aphasia 16. The state of having rejected your religious Beliefs or your political party or a cause - Apostasy 17. Be appropriate or applicable - Appertain 18. Estimation of a thing’s worth - Appraisal 19. A person who works for an expert to learn a trade -Apprentice 20. A person who is chosen to settle a disagreement - Arbitrator 21. A large body of water with many islands - Archipelago 22. A place where fights take place - Arena 23. A government by nobles - Aristocracy 24. Fear of fire - Arsonphobia 25. Regard something as being due to a cause - Ascribe 26. Nations that do not trust each other - Askance 27. A person who physically attacks another - Assailant 28. The group, especially in the arts, regarded as being the most experimental - Avant – grade 4  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 29. Insatiable desire for wealth - Avarice 30. Killing of bird - Avicide 31. Keen interest or enthusiasm - Avidity 32. Senseless talk or writing - Balderdash 33. Poem in short stanzas narrating a popular story - Ballad 34. Revel in and make the most of something pleasing - Bask 35. A person who is fond of fighting - Bellicose 36. Deprived or lacking of something - Bereft 37. The sound made by crocodile - Bellow 38. Preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books - Bibliomania 39. Very strange or unusual - Bizarre 40. The cry of a goat - Bleat 41. A person of south african Dutch descent - Boer 42. One who does not follow the rules of society - Bohemian 43. A broad road bordered with trees - Boulevard 5  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 44. Words uttered impiously about God - Blasphemy 45. A hunting weapon which comes back, used by Australian Aborigines - Boomerang 46. Belonging to middle class - Bourgeois 47. A shady place under trees - Bower 48. A factory where beer is made – Brewery 49. Member of a band of robbers - Brigand 50. Leather straps put around a horse’s head to control it - Bridle 51. A family of young birds - Brood 52. A woman with dark brown hair - Brunette 53. Gold and silver before using for manufacturing ornaments – Bullion 54. Carry out a task clumsily or incompetently - Bungle 55. Hole excavated by an animal as dwelling - Burrow 56. Place where cows are sheltered - Byre 57. A man devoid of kind feeling and sympathy - Callous 6  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 58. Song which is sung in a church by a group of singers - Carol 59. A large, deep, metal pot used for cooking over open fire - Cauldron 60. Love for dogs – Canophilia 61. A large deep pot used both in oven & as vessel – Casserole 62. Underground place for storing wine - Cellar 63. Art of designing or writing on wax - Cerography 64. Vexation for humiliation of disappointment - Chagrin 65. A small building used for christian worship - Chapel 66. A person falsely claiming to have a special skill - Charlatan 67. A deep fissure in the earth’s surface – Chasm 68. Palm Reading – Chiromancy 69. Rude in a mean spirited and surly way - Churlish 70. Extreme self – confidence or audacity - Chutzpah 71. Making a loud and confused noise - Clamorous 72. Customers collectively - Clientele 7  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 73. An instruction that is added later to a will usually to change a part of it - Codicil 74. Forcefully threat someone to agree to something - Coercion 75. A collection of slaves - Coffle 76. Mutual discourse - Colloquy 77. Master of ceremonies - Compere 78. Living together of a man and woman without being married to each other - Concubinage 79. An apartment building in which each apartment is owned separately by the people living in it ,but also containing shared areas - Condominium 80. An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information - Conjecture 81. Combustible or flammable - Conflagrant 82. A corporation made up of a number of different companies that operate in diversified fields - Conglomerate 83. Guided by one’s sense of duty - Conscientious 84. State of anxiety or dismay causing mental confusion- Consternation 8  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 85. Extremely skilled - Consummate 86. Imposed a restriction on - Constrained 87. Someone who is satisfied with life in general - Contented 88. Prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported - Contraband 89. A man who is recovering from illness - Convalescent 90. To confirm with the help of evidence - Corroborate 91. Collection of written or spoken texts – Corpus 92. A stanza having two lines in a verse - Couplet 93. A person who takes care of cattle - Cowherd 94. A system of religious belief ; a faith - Creed 95. Break or fall apart into small fragments in the process of deterioration - Crumble 96. Guilty of Crime – Culpable 97. Centre of Attraction - Cynosure 98. A secret or disguised way of writing - Cypher 9  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 99. Open refusal to obey orders – Defiance 100. Become liquid, typically during decomposition - Deliquesce 101. A political leader appealing to popular desires and prejudice - Demagogue 102. Criticize unfairly - Denigrate 103. Person who gives written testimony for use in a law court- Deponent 104. Morally corrupt - Depraved 105. To feel and express strong disapproval - Deprecate 106. Unable to think clearly because of mental illness – Deranged 107. A person without a home, a job or property - Derelict 108. A person without money, food and other things necessary for life - Destitute 109. Showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals- Devious 110. A dabbler in the art and literature - Dilettante 111. A song sung in the past at a funeral or for a dead person – Dirge 10  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 112. The state of being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote - Disenfranchisement 113. Situated on bank - Dorsal 114. The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree - Drey 115. Mania for travel - Dromomania 116. A contest between two people to settle a point of honour – Duel 117. Instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually - Edify 118. Rub or wipe out - Efface 119. Man behaving more like a woman than as man - Effeminate 120. Favouring social equality - Egalitarian 121. A poem that express lament for the dead - Elegy 122. A small mischievous fairy - Elf 123. A paradise with perfect bliss - Elysium 124. The art of effective speaking - Elocution 125. Fix an object firmly and deeply in surrounding mass – Embed 11  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 126. A small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire - Ember 127. One who is honourably discharged from service - Emeritus 128. Medicine that causes vomiting - Emetic 129. One who goes for a secret official mission - Emissary 130. To sweep over something so as to surround it completely – Engulf 131. A state of mental weariness from lack of occupation - Ennui 132. Likely to arouse envy - Enviable 133. Long poem based on a noble theme - Epic 134. Devoted to pleasure and enjoy himself - Epicurean 135. Preserve a right , tradition, or idea in a form that ensures it will be protected and respected - Enshrine 136. A disease causing a person to fall unconscious involuntarily – Epilepsy 137. A short speech at the end of a play - Epilogue 138. A verse letter - Epistle 12  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 139. Which can be rooted out - Eradicable 140. Excessive desire to work - Ergomania 141. A lover of work - Ergophile 142. Profound scholarly knowledge - Erudition 143. A mistake in a book - Erratum 144. A person in a vehicle or on horseback escorting another vehicle - Escort 145. Make pale by excluding light - Etiolate 146. The study of the origin of the origin and history of words - Etymology 147. A science of race, culture and human development -Eugenics 148. Praise highly in speech or writing - Eulogise 149. Substitution of mild for very blunt expression – Euphemism 150. Soon passing out or of a short duration - Evanescent 151. Expel someone from a property , especially with the support of the law - Evict 13  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 152. A short piece of writing, music, film etc. taken from a longer whole - Excerpt 153. A short journey for pleasure - Excursion 154. Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture - Exegesis 155. An urgent need of demand - Exigency 156. A situation in which many people leave a place at a time - Exodus 157. To free somebody from all blame - Exonerate 158. A large open area of land, water or sky - Expanse 159. To make atonement for one’s sins - Expiate 160. To remove an objectionable part from a book - Expurgate 161. A speech or a presentation made without previous preparation - Extempore 162.A short story with a moral, usually with animals as characters - Fable 163. Performing adroitly and without effort - Facile 14  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 164. An exact copy of handwriting or a picture produced by a machine - Facsimile 165. A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm - Fanatic 166. A pleasant situation that you imagine but that is unlikely to happen - Fantasy 167. One who is difficult to please - Fastidious 168. Well chosen or suited to the circumstances - Felicitous 169. Relating to or involved in crime - Felonious 170. Bitter quarrel over a long period of time - Feud 171. Something that is imagined but does not exist - Figment 172. Killing of one’s own child - Filicide 173. A strong interest in something or someone - Fixation 174. A person who attracts attention with a flashy style - Flamboyant 175. Farmland ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility - Fallow 176. A quick, sudden movement - Flick 15  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 177. Shine with a bright but brief or irregular light - Flicker 178. Unwelcome aspect of a situation - Flip side 179. To struggle helplessly - Flounder 180. Accidental good fortune - Fluke 181. Continuous movement and change - Flux 182. Be deprived of property or a right or privilege as a penalty – Forfeited 183. Move ahead or forward steadily and gradually - Forge 184. An entrance hall in a building used by the public, especially in a hotel or theatre - Foyer 185. Doing something awkwardly in a clumsy manner - Fumbling 186. One who walks on ropes - Funambulist 187. The main body of an aircraft - Fuselage 188. One who runs away from justice or the law - Fugitive 189. Causing annoyance or resentment - Galling 190. To express in an unclear way - Garbled 16  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 191. Talks a lot to explain something very trivial - Garrulous 192. In a threatening manner - Ghastly 193. A part of the city especially the slum area - Ghetto 194. A person who repairs broken window glasses - Glazier 195. Inflammation of gums - Gingivitis 196. To look at someone in an angry or threatening way - Glower 197. One who eats too much - Glutton 198. One who has keen interest in good food - Gourmet 199. Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place - Graffiti 200. Costing nothing - Gratis 201. The sound a bear makes - Growl 202. A strong blast of wind - Gust 203. A drug which makes one see things that are not really there - Hallucinogen 204. A very small village - Hamlet 17  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 205. A lengthy and aggressive speech addressed to a large Assembly - Harangue 206. Somebody that foretells coming of something - Harbinger 207. A place of shelter for ships - Harbour 208. Acutely distressing - Harrowing 209. Irritating inconvenience - Hassle 210. A transport vehicle for conveying the coffin at a funeral - Hearse 211. Interrupt with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse- Heckle 212. One who believes that gaining pleasure is most important thing in life - Hedonist 213. Place for collection of dried plant specimens - Herbarium 214. A person claiming to be superior in culture and intellect to others - Highbrow 215. A belief or an opinion that is against the principle of a particular religion - Hersey 216. Parts of a country behind coast of river bank - Hinterland 18  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 217. Very dramatic - Histrionic 218. Destruction or slaughter on a mess scale - Holocaust 219. Holding an office without receiving a pay - Honorary 220. The cry of an owl - Hoot 221. A large group of people - Horde 222. Something that is extremely unpleasant - Horrendous 223. Someone taken a prisoner to fulfil demands - Hostage 224. Annoyed or irritated and quick to take offence at petty things - Huffy 225. Assembly or parliament in which no party has got clear majority - Hung 226. A box or cage for rabbits or small animals - Hutch 227. A song or music in praise of God - Hymn 228. One who destroys images or attacks popular beliefs - Iconoclast 229. A person’s peculiar habit - Idiosyncrasy 230. The practice of worshipping a statues as gods – Idolatry 19  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 231. Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque - Idyllic 232. Transfix or pierce with a sharp instrument - Impale 233. The policy of extending a country’s empire and influence- Imperialism 234. A person who dishonestly pretends to be somebody else - Imposter 235. Not allowing fluid to pass- through – Impervious 236. Strong and impossible to defeat - Impregnable 237. One who is too careless to plan for the future - Improvident 238. Shamelessly rude - Impudent 239. Without risk of punishment - Impunity 240. A deity or spirit embodied in human form - Incarnate 241. Lack of civic – mindedness or of patriotism - Incivism 242. Travelling under a name other than one’s own - Incognito 243. Extreme or indefinite to be adequately described – Indescribable 20  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 244. Anger about an unfair situation or about someone’ s unfair Behaviour - Indignation 245. A person who is absolutely necessary for someone – Indispensable 246. That cannot be expressed in words - Ineffable 247. Unable to act - Inert 248. Not to be moved by entreaty - Inexorable 249. One who cannot make mistake - Infallible 250. Causing no harm - Innocuous 251. An indirect reference - Innuendo 252. Rebellious or opposing the authority - Insurgent 253. One who interferes in the affairs of others, often for selfish Reasons - Interloper 254. Interval between two events - Interlude 255. The act of burying a dead person – Interment 256. Continuing for a very long time - Interminable 257. Estimate the value of something - Interpolate 21  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 258. The period between two reigns - Interregnum 259. One who dies without a will - Intestate 260. Overflow or fill an area with excess water, as flood - Inundate 261. Refresh and revive - Invigorate 262. Call upon God or any other power etc. for protection or help - Invocation 263. A narrow stretch of land connecting two large bodies of land - Isthmus 264. Special words and phrases used by particular group of people, especially in their work - Jargon 265. A short journey that you make for pleasure - Jaunt 266. To cross streets on foot carelessly - Jaywalk 267. A military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force - Junta 268. Placing different things in order to create an interesting effect - Juxtapose 269. Soft, inner part of a nut or fruit stone - Kernel 270. The sound of the funeral bell - Knell 22  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 271. A deep cut or tear in skin or flesh - Laceration 272. A place where wild animals live - Lair 273. A medicine that softens the bowels - Laxative 274. A sly look that is lustful - Leer 275. Eating mud - Limivorous 276. A soft gentle song sung to make a child go to sleep - Lullaby 277. The first public speech by a person - Maiden Speech 278. Usage of an incorrect word in place of the one which is similar in pronunciation - Malapropism 279. In a way that is obvious to the eye or mind - Manifestly 280. A dummy used to display clothes in a shop window – Mannequin 281. An underhand device resorted to in order to justify the Misconduct - Manoeuvre 282. An instrument used for measuring the pressure of liquids and gases - Manometer 283. Someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment - Masochist 23  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 284. Woman who is the head of the family - Matriarch 285. A stately or impressive building housing a tomb or group of Tombs - Mausoleum 286. A musical composition made up of a series of songs -Medley 287. Feeling or expressing pensive sadness - Melancholic 288. Something that serves as a reminder - Momento 289. A soldier who will fight for any country/ group that offers payment - Mercenary 290. A hater of new things - Misoneist 291. A particular method of working - Modus operandi 292. A warning of impending danger - Monition 293. To secure a boat by attaching it to an another - Moor 294. Customs and habits of a particular group - Mores 295. Wrap or cover for warmth - Muffle 296. A legal agreement by which a bank lends you money to buy a house - Mortgage 297. Ordinary and dull - Mundane 24  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 298. Fear of telling lies - Mythophobia 299. A person or thing that has the same name as another – Namesake 300. The habit of admiring himself too much - Narcissism 301. Fluid secreted by flowers which is collected by bees to make honey - Nectar 302. Deserved and unavoidable punishment for wrong doing- Nemesis 303. A new word coined by an author - Neologism 304. The rejection of all religions and moral principles, in the meaning that life is meaningless - Nihilism 305. An unimportant person - Nonentity 306. Delusion of suffering from a disease - Nosomania 307. An extreme fear of darkness - Nyctophobia 308. A fertile tract in desert - Oasis 309. Passing out of use - Obsolescent 310. Relating to the countries of west - Occidental 25  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 311. A person who attends to the diseases of the eye is - Oculist 312. Obsession of wine - Oenomania 313. Study of snakes - Ophiology 314. To be dogmatic in one’s opinions - Opinionated 315. Public disgrace arising from shameful conduct - Opprobrium 316. A musical work that has been created on a large scale -Opus 317. A formal speech , especially one given on a Ceremonial occasion - Oration 318. A large body of people playing various musical instruments- Orchestra 319. Something like an opening, particularly one in the body such as a nostril - Orifice 320. A person who looks after horses at an inn - Ostler 321. To banish or turn out of society and fellowship - Ostracise 322. Be more successful than someone - Outdo 323. Belief that war and violence are unjustified - Pacifism 324. A group of wolves - Pack 26  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 325. A word that reads the same backwards as forwards - Palindrome 326. Make something less severe - Palliation 327. Wild and noisy disorder - Pandemonium 328. Gratify an immoral or distasteful desire - Pander 329. Breathe hard and with difficulty - Pant 330. The belief that God is in everything, including nature- Pantheism 331. A temple dedicated to all the gods - Pantheon 332. Story told to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth - Parable 333. A method of boiling briefly to cook food slightly - Parboil 334. Having a limited or narrow outlook or scope - Parochial 335. A small room in a big house, hotel, ship etc. where glasses, dishes, spoons, food etc are kept - Pantry 336. The crime of killing your father, mother or a close relative- Parricide 337. One who has suddenly gained new wealth, power or prestige - Parvenu 27  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 338. Relationship between father and child that continues in a family with each generation - Patrilineal 339. One who has no money - Pauper 340. A person who insists on adherence to formal rules or literacy meaning - Pedant 341. A special fondness or liking for - Penchant 342. An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employ- ment - Perquisite 343. Subject someone to hostility and ill – treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs - Persecute 344. That which is morally dangerous - Pestiferous 345. Stick with a thick end used in a mortar for pounding - Pestle 346. Decrease or fade gradually before coming to an end - Peter 347. A person who always runs after women - Philanderer 348. A person who collects or studies stamps - Philatelist 349. One who does not care for literature or art - Philistine 350. The act of stealing something in small quantities – Pilferage 28  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 351. Person who files a suit - Plaintiff 352. A solemn promise or undertaking - Pledge 353. A liquid with healing, magical, or poisonous property -Potion 354. A mixture of dried flowers and leaves used for making a room smell - Potpourri 355. One who values practically - Pragmatist 356. A very steep or overhanging rock face or cliff on mountain – Precipice 357. An action or event that happens before another important one and forms an introduction to it - Prelude 358. To make evasive or misleading statement - Prevaricate 359. Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources - Profligate 360. Working- class people regarded collectively - Proletariat 361. A piece of wood, metal etc. used for supporting something or keeping it in position - Prop 362. A person who has been converted to another religious or political belief - Proselyte 29  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 363. Food for farm animals - Provender 364. Concern for one’s own area or region at the expense of national or supranational unity - Provincialism 365. A person who moves stealthily about or loiters near place with a view to committing a crime - Prowler 366. One who studies election trends by means of opinion polls - Psephologist 367. Careful in performing duties - Punctilious 368. A person who gambles , places a bet - Punter 369. A shake or tremble in a person’s voice - Quaver 370. A feather used as a pen - Quill 371. A person who is good at telling stories in an interesting and amusing way - Raconteur 372. Characterised by bitterness or resentment - Rancorous 373. To free prisoner on payment - Ransom 374. Greedy for money - Rapacious 375. Reduction in tax or debt - Rebate 30  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 376. To take back , withdraw or renounce - Recant 377. A hollow object used to contain something - Receptacle 378. That which is no longer useful - Redundant 379. Dress with medals ,ribbons worn at official ceremony-Regalia 380. A characteristic of one thing that is suggestive of another – Reminiscence 381. Artistic, musical or dramatic interpretation - Rendition 382. One who deserts his principles or party - Renegade 383. Atonement for one’s sins - Repentance 384. Postponing or remitting punishment - Reprieve 385. Postponement or delay permitted in the suffering of a penalty or the discharge of an obligation - Respite 386. A tune that is played to wake soldiers in morning - Reveille 387. Take great pleasure - Revel 388. Criticise in an abusive or angrily insulting manner - Revile 389. The art of effective or persuasive speaking/ writing- Rhetoric 31  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 390. Solemn religious acts - Rites 391. Deliberately destroy something for military advantage – Sabotage 392. The firing of many guns at the same time to mark occasion- Salvo 393. One who helps a person in need - Samaritan 394. A place of good climate for invalids - Sanatorium 395. The state of being holy - Sanctity 396. Optimistic in an apparently difficult situation - Sanguine 397. Taste good food or drink and enjoy it to the full - Savouring 398. A sheath for the blade of a sword - Scabbard 399. Tale that brings bad reputation to somebody - Scandal 400. Barely sufficient or adequate - Scant 401. A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings of others – Scapegoat 402. A person who is forgetful and unable to concentrate or think Clearly - Scatterbrain 32  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 403. Search for and collect anything usable from discarded waste - Scavenge 404. An ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial Occasions as a symbol of sovereignty - Sceptre 405. Small rooms where dishes are washed - Scullery 406. Severely abusive writing in journals - Scurrilous 407. A drug or other substance that induces sleep - Sedative 408. Marked by care and persistent effort - Sedulous 409. A vertical passageway into a mine - Shaft 410. A large number of fish swimming together - Shoal 411. Fragments from an exploded during artillery shell, mine or bomb – Shrapnel 412. An office with high salary but no work - Sinecure 413. Reduce or decrease in speed or intensity - Slacken 414. Have saliva dripping copiously from the mouth - Slobber 415. A figure of speech by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resemble – Simile 33  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 416. Kill someone by covering their nose and mouth so they can suffocate - Smother 417. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying - Snob 418. A brief or short stay at a place - Sojourn 419. A very delicate flaw or mistake which is not expected from the person making it - Solecism 420. A fourteen- line poem - Sonnet 421. A drug or other substance that produces sleep - Soporific 422. A type of magic in which spirits, especially evil ones, are used to make things happen - Sorcery 423. The murder of one’s sister - Sororicide 424. Something kept as a reminder of an event - Souvenir 425. Sudden involuntary muscular contraction - Spasm 426. Study of caves - Speleology 427. A sudden rush of a large number of frightened people or Animals - Stampede 428. An upright bar, post, or frame forming a support or barrier — Stanchion 34  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 429. An attractively tall, graceful, and dignified woman - Statuesque 430. Written law of a legislative body - Statute 431. One who loads and uploads ships - Stevedore 432. A government by the military class - Stratocracy 433. Angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issue - Strife 434. Speaking with a stammer or lisp - Stuttering 435. Too willing to obey other people- Subservient 436. Having juicy or fleshy and thick tissues - Succulent 437. The right to vote in political elections - Suffrage 438. Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly – Supplicate 439. A person’s last performance - Swan song 440. A building where the jews meet for religious worship and teaching - Synagogue 441. Of or connected with the sense of touch - Tactile 442. A statement in which you say the same thing twice in different words - Tautology 35  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 443. A person who never takes alcoholic drinks - Teetotaller 444. A written statement about someone’s character, usually provided by an employer - Testimonial 445. A busy, main road for public use - Thoroughfare 446. A long, angry speech of criticism or accusation - Tirade 447. Existing only in name - Titular 448. Full of twists and turns - Tortuous 449. Someone who violates a law or command - Transgressor 450. Change in form, nature, or substance - Transmute 451. Distorted representation of something - Travesty 452. The crime of betraying one’s country - Treason 453. Beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience - Transcendent 454. A group of three powerful people - Triumvirate 455. A student who idly or without excuse absents himself from School - Truant 456. Defiantly aggressive - Truculent 36  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 457. The sound made by an elephant - Trumpet 458. Protection of or authority over someone – Tutelage 459. One who is new to a profession – Tyro 460. That can not be captured – Ungrippable 461. Something that cannot be handled easily – Unwieldy 462. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet – Urn 463. A person who shows people their seats – Usher 464. One who lends money on high rates of interest – Usurer 465. One extremely fond of one’s wife – Uxorious 466. A person who is unduly anxious about his health - Valetudinarian 467. One who damages public property - Vandal 468. Killer of prophet - Vaticide 469. Showing strong feeling - Vehement 470. Committing murder in revenge - Vendetta 37  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 471. A slight fault that can be forgiven – Venial 472. Seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injury – Vengeful 473. A person who is greatly respected because of wisdom – Venerable 474. Evening prayer in church - Vespers 475. The area near or surrounding a particular place – Vicinity 476. To show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something - Vindicate 477. One who is determined to take full revenge for wrongs done to him- Vindictive 478. A person highly skilled in music – Virtuoso 479. The faculty or power of using one’s will - Volition 480. A group of arrows - Volley 481. A long sea journey - Voyage 482. A jocular person who is full of amusing anecdotes - Wag 483. To take someone somewhere suddenly and quickly - Whisk 38  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 484. Reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps – Whittle 485. A plant, leaf, or flower becoming limp - Wilt 486. To move along with quick, short twistings - Wriggle 487. A feeling intense longing for something - Yearning 488. The remains of something that has been badly damaged - Wreckage 489. The young of a frog – Tadpole 490. The art of cutting gems – Lapidary 491. The sound made by frog – Croak 492. Beginning to exist; recently formed or developed – Nascent 493. Experiences that are very unpleasant or difficult – Ordeal 494. A long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune - Odyssey 495. To forbid something, especially by law – Proscribe 496. A calculated move to gain advantage – Gambit 497. To reveal a secret – Divulge 39  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 498. To move about here & there aimlessly – Meander 499. Quiet and Peaceful – Tranquil 500. A person living in solitude like a saint – Hermit 501. Which spread by physical touch or contact – Contagious 502. Neglected child who has no home and spends most of his Time on streets – Waif 503. A group of worshippers – Congregation 504. A big clumsy often slow witted person – Oaf 505. A violent, overbearing, turbulent woman – Termagant 506. Someone who lives in solitude – Recluse 507. Enjoying or affording warm secure shelter or cover and opportunity for ease and contentment - Snug 508. Something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period – Relic 509. Filled with fear or dread – Hysterical 510. Completely lifeless and unresponsive – Cadaverous 511. Speaking at length about trivial things - Rambling 40  THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC 512. A person dealing with antiques – Antiquarian 513. Enclosed land with fruit trees - Orchard 514. Argue loudly about unimportant things – Squabble 515. Affected by an unpleasant feeling – Stricken 516. The theory of philosophy or law – Jurisprudence Share the PDF & KEEP REVISING …… For more such relevant PDFs, JOIN - https://telegram.me/ThePundits_Official YouTube - https://youtube.com/@ThePundits_Official?feature=shared 41