General Studies

1.

A general pardon of political offenders

Amnesty.

2.

Person who for religious reasons leads a life without pleasure

Ascetic.

3.

The study of birds

Ornithology.

4.

Creatures that move both on land & water

Amphibians.

5.

The practice of having more than one husband

Polyandry.

6.

Rule by the nobility

Aristocracy.

7.

A performer of spectacular gymnastic feat

Acrobat.

8.

An expert in statistics and assessing insurance risk

Actuary.

9.

A plant which does not bear fruit

Acarpous.

10.

A place where public records are collected and kept

Archive.

11.

A short account of an interesting incident

Anecdote.

12.

Living at the mercy of circumstances

Adrift.

13.

Dwelling in or connecting with trees

Arboreal.

14.

Self-sufficiency of an economic and political system

Autarky.

15.

The worship of idols or images

Idolatry.

16.

A hater of mankind

Misanthrope.

17.

Irresistible craving for alcoholic drinks

Dipsomania.

18.

A line on a map to show locations with same atmospheric pressure

Isobar.

19.

A narrow piece of land joining two large bodies of land

Isthmus.

20.

Proverbially very old person or thing

Methuselah.

21.

A wild, uncontrollable emotion or excitement

Hysteria.

22.

A person who pretends to be someone else

Imposter.

23.

Belief in God who is immanent and transcendent

Pantheism.

24.

The belief in a particular God in polytheistic system

Henotheism.

25.

A situation from which a way out is impossible

Impasse.

26.

A sleeplike state in which the subject acts to external suggestion

Hypnosis..

27.

Something too great for description in words

Ineffable.

28.

Something from which one cannot escape

Inextricable.

29.

A person psychologically inclined to turn within oneself

Introvert.

30.

The circle passing through the celestial poles and zenith

Meridian.

31.

The theory which insists on the unity of matter and mind

Monism.

32.

A person who gives financial and other support to a cause or person

Patron.

33.

An instrument for measuring the force of variation of the wind

Anemometer.

34.

A forecast of the result of a disease or illness

Prognosis.

35.

A spiral shoot of a plant which winds it self round another body for support

Tendrill.

36.

The inside of a nut

Kernel.

37.

A gnawing animal, e.g. the rat

Rodent.

38.

Soil composed largely of decayed vegetable matter

Humus.

39.

A group of words established by usage with a meaning different from the individual words

Idiom.

40.

Small body or matter from outer space which becomes incandescent on entering earth’s atmosphere

Meteor.

41.

Diplomatic formality and etiquette follow on state occasions

Protocol.

42.

Relating to speed less than that of sound

Subsonic.

43.

Relating to speed greater than that of sound

Supersonic.

44.

A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake

Tributary.

45.

A insidious damage to local or national interest

Sabotage

46.

The inner recess of a holy place like church, temple etc.

Sanctuary.

47.

The saying of the same thing again in different words

Tautology.

48.

The appearance or semblance of being true or real

Verisimilitude.

49.

A fictitious name assumed by an author

Pseudonym.

50.

The process of referring a political issue to the electorate

Referendum.

51.

A book produced merely to bring in money

Pot boiler.

52.

Seat on elephant’s back

Howdah.

53.

A dramatic performance

Masque.

54.

Murder of a king

Regicide.

55.

Be the embodiment or perfect example of

Personify.

56.

A general pardon of political offender

Amnesty.

57.

Course for chariot races

Hippodrome.

58.

A man who operates on sick person

Surgeon.

59.

Man whose wife has been unfaithful to him

Cuckold.

60.

Having a strange, unreal quality

Surreal.

61.

A single pillar construction

Monolithic.

62.

The motive merely to obtain money

Mercenary.

63

Responsible according to law

Legitimate.

64.

A person very hard to please

Fastidious.

65.

A person without manner’s or polish

Rustic.

66.

Place which provides both boarding & lodging

Inn.

67.

People in a rowdy scene

Rabble.

68.

The caretaker of a public building

Custodian.

69.

A man who asks many questions

Inquisitive.

70.

Policy of a political party

Manifesto.

71.

A short walk for pleasure or exercise

Stroll.

72.

An exact imitation of something valuable, meant to defraud

Counterfeit.

73.

A sudden violent seizure of power from a government

Coup.

74.

The final part of a play where matters are settled

Denouement.

75.

Something gruesome, concerned with death and injury

Macabre.

76.

Something occurring naturally in a place

Indigenous.

77.

Murder of one’s oneself

Suicide.

78.

Murder of man

Homicide.

79.

Murder of a king

Regicide.

80.

Murder of mother

Matricide.

81.

Murder of father

Patricide.

82.

Murder of brother

Fratricide.

83.

Murder of sister

Sororicide.

84.

Murder of parents

Parricide.

85.

Murder of a particular race

Genocide.

86.

Murder of a dog

Canicide.

87.

A substance that kills germs

Germicide.

88.

A substance that kills insects

Insecticide.

89.

Killing of pest

Pesticide.

90.

Government which regards God as its head and is governed by priests

Theocracy.

91.

Government by rich men

Plutocracy.

92.

Government by many men

Polyarchy.

93.

Government by a few people in power

Oligarchy.

94

Government by a king

Monarchy.

95.

Government by a crowd of people

Mobocracy.

96.

Government by officials responsible only to their chiefs

Bureaucracy.

97.

Government by one man

Autocracy.

98.

Government by the nobility

Aristocracy.

99.

Government by none (absence or failure of Government)

Anarchy.

100.

Government of the people, by the people and for the people

Democracy.

101.

Government by old persons

Gerontocracy.

102.

Government by Women

Gynococracy.

103.

A Govt. where all religions are honoured

Secular.

104.

Government by two independent authorities

Diarchy.

105.

Government by people

Chlocracy.

106.

Government by military class

Stratocracy.

107.

A person having a craze for anything in English

Angeomeniac.

108.

A person having a craze for collecting books

Bibliomaniac.

109.

A person having a sickly desire for alcohol

Dipsomaniac.

110.

A person with an irresistible desire to steal

Kleptomaniac.

111.

A person with a false impression that he is great and powerful

Megalomaniac.

112.

A person having a great desire for flowers

Anthomaniac.

113.

A person having a desire to commit suicide by drowning

Hydromaniac.

114.

A person having a desire to live in open areas, especially alone

Agoramaniac.

115.

A person having a great desire for a special kind of food

Opsomaniac.

116.

A person having a mania for money

Plutomaniac.

117.

A person having an attraction towards dead bodies

Necromaniac.

118.

A person having an unreasonable interest in any particular idea or area

Monomaniac.

119.

A person having an irresistible desire to set fire

Pyromaniac.

120.

A person who believes that he is God

Theomaniac.

121.

A person having an excessive attachment to foreign living

Xenomaniac.

122.

A person having a desire to pluck one’s hair

Tricotillomaniac.

123.

A person having a tendency for exaggerating anything

Mythomaniac.

124.

Fear of closed spaces

Claustrophobia.

125.

Fear of dogs

Cynophobia.

126

Fear of cats

Gatophobia / Ailurophobia.

127.

Fear of snakes

Ophidophobia.

128.

Fear of animals

Zoophobia.

129.

Fear of darkness

Nyctophobia.

130.

Fear of height

Hypsophobia.

131.

Fear of new things

Neophobia.

132.

Fear of new technology

Technophobia.

133.

Fear of poisoning

Toxicophobia.

134.

Fear of talking

Lalophobia.

135.

Fear of insanity

Lyssophobia.

136.

Fear of loud speaking

Phonophobia.

137.

Fear of celestial space

Astrophobia.

138.

Fear of people

Anthrophobia.

139.

Fear of crowd

Demophobia / Ochlophobia

140.

Fear of men

Androphobia

141.

Fear of Women

Gynophobia.

142.

Fear of Stranger

Xenophobia.

143.

Fear of going to bed

Clinophobia.

144.

Fear of hair

Trichophobia.

145.

Fear of crossing roads

Dromophobia.

146.

Fear of falling asleep

Hypnophobia.

147.

Fear of vehicles

Amaxophobia.

148.

Fear of bridges

Gephyrophobia.

149.

Fear of light

Photophobia.

150.

Fear of water

Hydrophobia.

151.

Fear of sunlight

Heliophobia.

152.

Fear of being touched

Hyptephobia.

153.

Fear of dead – bodies

Necrophobia / Thanatophobia.

154.

Fear of open areas

Agoraphobia.

155.

Fear of going to school

Dedictophobia.

156.

Fear of being alone

Autophobia / Monophobia.

157.

Fear of thunder & lighting

Astraphobia.

158.

Fear of railways

Siderodronophobia.

159.

Fear of blood

Haematophobia.

160.

Fear of children

Pacdophobia.

161.

Fear of disease

Pathophobia.

162.

Fear of fire

Pyrophobia

163.

Fear of ghost

Phasmophobia.

164.

Fear of insects

Entomophobia.

165.

Fear of marriage

Gamophobia.

166.

Fear of rivers

Potamophobia.

167.

Fear of walking

Basiphobia.

168.

Fear of ugliness

Cacophobia.

169.

Fear of work

Ergophobia.

170.

Fear of rain

Ombrophobia.

171.

Fear of punishment

Poinophobia.

172.

Fear of travel

Hodophobia.

173.

Fear of writing

Graphophobia.

174.

The system of single marriage

Monogamy.

175.

The system of double marriage

Bigamy.

176.

The system of triple marriage

Trigamy.

177.

The system of four marriage

Tetragamy.

178.

The system of five marriage

Pentagamy.

179.

The system of six marriage

Hexagamy.

180.

The system of seven marriage

Heptagamy.

181.

The system of eight marriages.

Octagamy.

182.

The system of nine marriage

Nonagamy.

183.

The system of ten marriage

Decagamy.

184.

The system of many marriage

Polygamy.

185.

The custom of having one husband

Monoandry.

186.

The custom of having two husband

Biandry.

187.

The custom of having many husbands.

Polyandry.

188.

A study that deals with the process of fermentation

Zymology.

189.

The science that deals with viruses

Virology.

190.

The study of religions

Theology.

191.

The study of spectres

Spectrology.

192.

The science of food, nutrition & diet

Sitalogy.

193.

The study of earthquakes & related phenomena

Seismology.

194.

The study of saliva

Sialogy.

195.

The study of ferns

Pteridology.

196.

The study of elections & prediction of results

Psephology.

197.

The science that deals with fruits and fruit growing

Pomology.

198.

A branch of biology dealing with algae

Phycology.

199.

Judging of human character from facial features

Physiognomy.

200.

The study of plants

Phytology.

201.

The science that deals with prisons and treatment of criminals

Penology.

202.

The study of animal fossils

Palaeozoology.

203.

A branch of medicine dealing with ear

Otology.

204.

A study of bones

Osteology.

205.

The science of birds

Ornithology.

206.

The study of mountains

Orology.

207.

The study of wine

Oenology.

208.

A branch of medicine concerned with anatomy, growth and disease of teeth

Odontology.

209.

A branch of medicine dealing with kidney diseases

Nephrology.

210.

The study of the atmosphere and its phenomena

Meteorology.

211.

The study of vocabulary

Lexicology.

212.

The study of fish

Ichthyology.

213.

The study of sleep

Hypnology.

214.

The study of tissues

Histology.

215.

A study of family lineage & histories

Genealogy.

216.

A study of the origin & history of words

Etymology.

217.

Study of cultures & primitive peoples

Ethnology.

218.

The study of death & destiny

Eschatology.

219.

One who walks in sleep

Somnambulist.

220.

One who is present every where

Omnipresent.

221.

One who eats flesh

Carnivorous.

222.

One who eats human flesh

Cannibal.

223.

One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession

Amateur.

224.

One who has a long experiences of any occupation

Veteran.

225.

One who banished from his own country

Exiled.

226.

One who breaks images

Iconoclast.

227.

One who loves his country

Patriot.

228.

One who is a diplomat of a Govt. in other country

Ambassador.

229.

One who does not care for art & literature

Philistine.

230.

One who pretends to be what he is not

Imposter.

231.

One who is out to destroy all Govt. order

Anarchist.

232.

One who is free from all mistakes & failures

Infallible.

233.

One who looks at the dark side of things

Pessimist.

234.

One who looks at the bright side of things

Optimist.

235.

One who foretill events

Prophet.

236.

One who hates mankind

Misanthropist.

237.

One who believes in fate

Fatalist.

238.

One who totally abstains from alcoholic drinks

Teetotaler.

239.

A lover of oneself

Egoist.

240.

A lover of others

Altruist.

241.

One who has no belief in the existence of god

Atheist.

242.

One who has belief in the existence of god

Theist.

243.

A lover of womankind

Philogynist.

244.

One who writes for the newspaper

Journalist.

245.

A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge

Pedantic.

246.

The life history of a man writer by someone else

Biography.

247.

A book published after the death of its author

Posthumous.

248.

Who knows many languages

Linguist.

249.

Who draws maps

Cartographer.

250.

One who is interested in ancient building and relics

Archaeologist.

251.

One who has suddenly risen from a low position to a high position

Upstart.

252.

One who is keenly desirous of money

Avaricious.

253.

Those living on the other side of the globe

Antipodes.

254.

To turn friends into enemies

Alienate.

255.

Something that cannot be dispensed with

Indispensable.

256.

Style which cannot be instated

Inimitable.

257.

Morning prayer in a church

Matin.

258.

Evening prayer in a church

Matin.

259.

That which does not bear the name of the writer

Anonymous.

260.

Incapable of being corrected

Incorrigible.

261.

Something that cannot be seen

Invisible.

262.

Something that cannot be heard

Inaudible.

263.

One who is out to destroy all Govt.

Anarchist.

264.

A person with a long experience of military or civil service

Veteran.

265.

A person who cannot make a mistake

Infalliable.

266.

A person who is fond of refined sensuous pleasures

Epicurean.

267.

A lover of humanity

Philanthropist

268.

One who is at home in all countries

Cosmopolitan.

269.

A person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain

Stoic.

270.

One who is a lover of book

Bibliophile.

271.

One who tells private concerns of others

Tell-tale.

272.

Capable of being seen through

Transparent.

273.

Incapable of being seen through

Opaque.

274.

A person last utterance

Swan-song.

275.

That which cannot be explained

Inexplicable.

276.

That which cannot be recalled or altered

Irrevocable.

277.

That which cannot be defended

Indefensible.

278.

A person who has no regard for other’s feeling

Inconsiderate.

279.

Things or ideas containing elements of the same nature

Homogeneous.

280.

Things or ideas containing elements of opposite nature

Heterogeneous.

281.

A person who is fond of fighting

Bellicose.

282.

A person who is very fond of sensuous enjoyments

Epicure.

283.

One who is very selective in one’s taste and choice

Fastidious.

284.

The period of gradual recovery of health after illness

Convalescence.

285.

To turn out of society

Ostracize.

286.

A remedy for all kinds of diseases or troubles

Penacea.

287.

Two countries or states whose from tiers touch

Contiguous.

288.

A thing which can be easily broken

Brittle.

289.

Undue favour shown to one’s own relatives

Nepotism.

290.

A person who compiles a dictionary

Lexicographer.

291.

One who is a breaker of things of art & literature or who opposes established institutions

Iconoclast.

292.

A lady’s umbrella

Parasol.

293.

A lady’s purse

Reticule.

294.

One who speaks & understand many languages

Polyglot.

295.

One who hates marriage

Misogamist.

296.

Everlasting punishment after death

Perdition.