This list 'Vocabulary-Death' will improve your word-power.
Take down the words which you find for the first time.
• Asphyxia…Death due to deprived of air
• Corpse…The dead body of human being
• Carcass…The dead body of an animal
• Mortuary…The place where the dead bodies of human beings are temporarily placed
• Carrion…The decaying flesh of animal
• Morgue…The place where the dead bodies are placed for identification
• Cremation…Disposal of dead body by burning
• Embalm…To preserve the dead body from putrefaction
• Winding-sheet…The cloth which is wrapped round a dead body
• Exhume…To dig up a corpse
• Bier…The frame on which a dead body is conveyed
• Pyre…A pile of wood on which a dead body is burned
• Hearse…A vehicle for taking dead body to a cemetery
• Cemetery…The place the dead bodies are interred
• Post-mortem…An examination of dead body
• Autopsy… An examination of dead body
• Posthumous…Occurring after death
• Epitaph…An inscription on a tomb
• Crypt…A vault beneath a church for burial
• Sarcophagus…A stone coffin
• Catacombs…underground caves with burying places for the dead
• Mausoleum…A very expensive and elaborately built tomb
• Euthanasia…The practise of putting painlessly to death
• Obituary…An account in the news paper about the funeral of the deceased
• Intestate…To die, without leaving a will
• Legacy…The property left to someone by a will
• Requiem…The mass for the dead
• Cortege… The mass for the dead
• Suicide…The act of killing oneself
• Homicide…The act of killing a human being
• Infanticide…Murder of a new-born child (infant)
• Fratricide…The act of killing one’s brother
• Sororicide… The act of killing one’s sister
• Matricide… The act of killing one’s mother
• Patricide… The act of killing one’s father
• Parricide… The act of killing one’s parents
• Regicide… The act of killing the king
• Resurrection….Rising from the dead
• Cenotaph…A monument set up for the person who are buried elsewhere
• Electrocuted…Killed by an electric current
Vocabulary-Death is the list of words denoting Death.
This list 'Vocabulary-Death' will improve your word-power.
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This Vocabulary-Government is the list of words which you should know in order to become a good communicator.
Take down the words which you should use in your writings.
As usual, this Vocabulary-Government also contains the important words.
• Democracy…Government of people of the people, for the people and by the people
• Autocracy…Government by a sovereign with uncontrolled authority
• Despotism… Government by a sovereign with uncontrolled authority
• Aristocracy…Government by the nobility
• Bureaucracy…Government by the departments of states
• Oligarchy…Government by a few
• Plutocracy… Government by the wealthy
• Hierarchy… Government by priests or ecclesiastics
• Hagiarchy… Government by priests
• Hagiocracy… Government by priests
• Theocracy… Government by divine guidance
• Episcopacy… Government of the church by the bishops
• Stratocracy… Government by a military class
• Kakistocracy… Government by the worst citizens
• Autonomy…The right of self-government
• Politics…The science of Government
• Revolution…A radical change in the Government
• Referendum…To decide the political question by the direct vote of the electorate
• Interregnum…The period between two reigns
• Regent…One who governs the kingdom during the infancy, absence of the sovereign
• Consort…The wife or husband of the king or queen
• Census…An official numbering of the population
• Statistics….Facts and figures
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Vocabulary : Characters
You can add more such words to this list of Vocabulary-Characters.
Take down the words which you find for the first time.
• Optimist…One who looks on the bright side of things
• Pessimist… One who looks on the dark side of things
• Philanthropist…One who devotes his services for the love of mankind
• Misanthrope…A hater of mankind
• Misanthropist… A hater of mankind
• Minion…One who becomes the favorite of a distinguished person and serves him
• Cynic…One who sneers at the believes of his fellow men
• Somnambulist…One who walks in his sleep
• Somniloquist…One who talks in his sleep
• Ventriloquist…One who has the art of speaking in such a way that the sounds seem to come from another person
• Egoist…One who delights to speak about himself
• Altruist…One who devotes his life for the welfare and interests of other people
• Fugitive…One who runs away from justice
• Refugee…One who takes refuge in a foreign country
• Alien… One who takes refuge in a foreign country
• Exile…One who is banished from his country
• Incendiary…One who maliciously set fires to building
• Kleptomaniac…One who has irresistible tendency to steal
• Bibilioklept…One who steals books
• Iconoclast…One who breaks images and church ornaments
• Martyr…One who dies for a noble cause
• Recluse…One who retires from society to live a solitary life
• Hermit… One who retires from society to live a solitary life
• Volunteer…One who offers his services of his own free will
• Conscript…One who is compelled by law to serve as a soldier
• Recruit…A soldier or a sailor newly enlisted
• Novice…One new to anything
• Tyro… One new to anything
• Neophyte… One new to anything
• Zoophilist…A lover of animals
• Amateur…One who engages in any pursuit for the love of it and not for any gain
• Fruitarian…One who feeds on fruits
• Vegetarian…One who eats only vegetable-foods
• Cannibals…One who feeds on human flesh
• Itinerant…One who journeys from place to place
• Pedestrian…One who journeys on foot
• Pilgrim…One who journeys to a holy place
• Mendicant…One who goes from placer to place begging alms
• Beggar… One who goes from placer to place begging alms
• Demagogue…A leader of people who can sway his followers by his oratory
• Sophist…One who’s reasoning is clever but false
• Pedant…One who makes a display of his learning
• Connoisseur…One who special skills on judging arts, music etc…
• Raconteur…An expert at story telling
• Eavesdropper…One who listens to the conversations of others
• Patriot…One who loves his country and serves it
• Prophet…One who foretells events
• Epicure…One devoted to pleasures of eating and drinking
• Sybarite…One given up to luxurious living
• Voluptuary…One given up to sensual pleasures and bodily enjoyment
• Hypocrite…One who pretends to be what he is not
• Imposter… One who pretends to be what he is not
• Mountebank…One who pretends to know about everything
• Charlatan… One who pretends to know about everything
• Quack… One who pretends to know about everything
• Mimic…One who imitates the voice and gestures of others
• Interpreter…One who translates the speaking of others
• Linguist…One who knows many languages
• Ambidexter…One who can use both his hands
• Host…One who entertains others
• Hostess… One who entertains others
• Chaperon…One who accompanies a young lady to the public places
• Protégé…One who is under the protection of others
• Ward… One who is under the protection of others
• Prospector…one who searches for minerals and mining sites
• Courier…A messenger sent in great haste
• Coxswain…One who steers a boat
• Contortionist…An acrobat who bends his body into various shapes
• Misogamist…A hater of marriage
• Misogynist…A hater of women
• Valetudinarian…A man who is over anxious about his health
• Heckler…One who worries a candidate for an election by awkward questions
• Canvasser…One who tries to get votes for the election-candidate
• Orthoepist…An authority on pronunciation
• Ingrate…An unthankful person
• Emissary…One sent out on a mission
• Antiquary…A person who collects things belonging to the ancient times
• Numismatist…One who collects coins
• Predecessor…One who has been before in office
• Successor…One who takes over an office after another person
• Assassin…One who kills political persons
• Accomplice…A partner in a crime
• Coadjutor…One who works along with another person
• Contemporary…One who is living at the same time as another
• Obscurant…One who is opposed to intellectual progress
• Pantophagist…One who eats all kinds of foods
• Dipsomaniac…One who has irresistible desire for alcoholic drinks
• Alcoholic… One who has irresistible desire for alcoholic drinks
• Teetotaler… One who has irresistible desire for alcoholic drinks
Vocabulary : Characters is the list of words denoting Characters.
You can add more such words to this list of Vocabulary-Characters.
Vocabulary-Characters will help you improve your word-power.
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This list Vocabulary-Marriage will give you all the words denoting Marriage.
Take down the words from this list for your future reference.
• Monogamist…One who has only one wife or husband at a time
• Bigamist…One who marries second wife or husband while the first legal spouse is alive
• Polygamist…Man who has more than one wife at a time
• Polyandrist…Woman who has more than one husband at a time
• Misogamist…A hater of marriage
• Celibate…One who vowed to a single or unmarried life
• Divorce…Legal dissolution of marriage of husband and wife
• Alimony…Payment of money allowed to wife on legal separation from the husband
• Widower…A man whose wife is dead
• Dowry…The property that the new wife brings to her husband
• Widow…A woman whose husband is dead
• Fiancé…One engaged to be married
• Fiancée… One engaged to be married
• Betrothed… One engaged to be married
• Affianced… One engaged to be married
• Trousseau…A bride’s outfit
• Banns…Proclamation of intended marriage
• Elope…To run away with lover in order to get married
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