Accountable | Liable to be called to account |
Ambidextrous | One who can use both hands |
Amnesty | General pardon for political offenders |
Amphibious | Capable of living in both land and water |
Anarchy | Misrule |
Animate | Having life |
Anonymous | Without bearing name of the writer |
Antedate | To date before the true time |
Antidote | Medicine to counteract the effect of another drug |
Aquatic | Animals that live in water |
Aristocracy | A government run by nobles |
Atheist | One who does not believe in the existence of God |
Autocracy | Absolute government by one man |
Avaricious | Greedy for money |
Behead | To cut off the head |
Brittle | Easily breakable |
Bureaucracy | Government run by officials |
Cannibal | Man/ animal that feeds on its own species |
Catalogue | List of names ,books etc |
Centenarian | A person who is hundred years or more |
Contemporary | Being in the same time |
Convalescent | Recovering from illness |
Cosmopolite | Citizen of the world |
Credulous | One who easily believes what is told to him |
Dead letter | Unclaimed/ undelivered letter |
Dead language | A language that is written but not spoken any more |
Democracy | A government by the people through their chosen representatives |
Edible | Fit to be eaten |
Effeminate | Of manners more like women than a man |
Equestrian | One who rides on horse back |
Extempore | Spoken or done without preparation |
Fastidious | Not easily pleased |
Fatal | Lethal / ending in death |
Fatalist | One who believes in fate |
Foregone | Of conclusion that has been arrived at before hand |
Fratricide | The murder or murderer of one’s own brother |
Germicide | Medicine that kills germs |
Gratis | Without payment |
Gregarious | Outgoing, social, extrovert |
Honorary | Voluntary |
Idolatry | Worship, admiration, veneration |
Ignorant | Unaware |
Illegal | Contrary to law |
Illegible | Difficult or impossible to read |
Imperceptible | Unnoticeable |
Impracticable | Not viable, impossible |
Impregnable | Invincible, secure |
Improbable | Unlikely, questionable |
Inanimate | Lifeless, non living |
Inaudible | That cannot be heard |
Incorrigible | Habitual, persistent |
Incurable | Fatal, deadly |
Indefatigable | Untiring, remorseless, unrelenting |
Ineffable | Indescribable, overwhelming, inexpressible |
Inexorable | Unalterable, inevitable, unstoppable |
Inexplicable | That which cannot be explained, bizarre, mysterious |
Infallible | Incapable of making mistakes |
Infanticide | Murder or murderer of an infant |
Inflammable | Likely to be easily burnt |
Inimitable | Which cannot be imitated, Unmatched, peerless |
Insatiable | Which cannot be satisfied |
Insolvent or bankrupt | Unable to pay debt |
Insurmountable | Incapable of being overcome |
Invincible | Incapable of being overcome |
Irrelevant | Not to the point of subject in hand |
Irreparable | Incapable of being repaired |
Linguist | One who knows many languages |
Loquacious | Person fond of talking |
Maiden speech | First public speech |
Manuscript | Document written by hand |
Matricide | The murder or murderer of one’s mother |
Mercenary | Working only for money |
Migratory | Moving from one place to another |
Neglectful | Negligent, careless, slipshod, remiss |
Notorious | Having a bad reputation |
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