• A work whose writer is unknown Anonymous
• A record of one’s life written by himself
Autobiography
• The history of the life of a person Biography
• The heading or short description of a
newspaper article, chapter of a book Caption
• A humorous play, having a happy ending Comedy
• A list of books in a library Catalogue
• A book in which the events of each day are recorded Diary
• A book containing the words of a language
with their definitions, in alphabetical order Dictionary
• A book of names and address Directory
• A short speech by a player at the end of a play Epilogue
• A brief summary of a book Epitome
• A book containing information on all branches
of knowledge Encyclopedia
• To remove the offensive portion of a book Expurgate
• A speech delivered without earlier preparation Extempore
• A noisy or vehement speech intended to excite passions Harangue
• A written account, usually in book form of the
interesting and memorable experience of one’s life Memoir
• A note to help the memory Memorandum
• A declaration of plans and promises put forward
by a candidate for Election, a political party or
a Sovereign Manifesto
• A short speech by a player at the beginning of a play Prologue
• Literary theft, or passing off an author’s original
work as one’s own Plagiarism
• A writer who borrows words and ideas from
another author Plagiarist
• A statement open to more than one interpretation Ambiguous
• One who cannot read or write Illiterate
• One who does not care for literature and art Philistine
• The first speech delivered by a person Maiden
• A word or law no longer in use Obsolete
• A person very reserved in speech Reticent
• A style full of words Verbose
• A statement that cannot be contradicted Irrefragable
• Incapable of being described adequately Indescribable
• Speaking one’s thoughts aloud to oneself Soliloquizing
• A play with a sad or tragic end Tragedy
• Something that can not be read Illegible
• One who is a great lover of books Bibliophile
16. Pertaining to Religion:-
• One who is not sure of the existence of God Agnostic
• One who renounces his religious vows or
forsakes his religious principles Apostate
• One who does not believe in the existence of God Atheist
• One who believe in the existence of God Theist
• One who starves the body for the good of the soul Ascetic
• One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views Bigot
• To talk impiously about sacred things Blaspheme
• A beaker of church images or ornaments Iconoclast
• Worship of images or idols Idolatry
• One who believes in a single God Monotheist
• To make a thing sacred Consecrate
• One who believes in many God Polytheist
• One who is present everywhere Omnipresent
• One who knows everything Omniscient
• One who is all powerful Omnipotent
• One who serves public interest & feels very
sympathetic towards human beings Humanitarian
• One who has much enthusiasm for his own
religion & hates other religion Fanatic
17. Pertaining to Death:-
1.0 To destroy completely Annihilate
2.0 Dead and decaying flesh especially of animals Carrion
3.0 A monument set up for persons who are buried elsewhere Cenotaph
4.0 To preserve a dead body from put rejection Embalm
5.0 Words inscribed on a tomb Epitaph
6.0 An examination of a dead body Autopsy/
Postmortem
7.0 An account in the newspaper of the funeral
of one deceased Obituary
8.0 The property left to someone by a will Legacy
9.0 Something occurring after death Posthumous
10.0 The act of killing a human being Homicide
11.0 Murder of a new born child Infanticide
12.0 Murder of one’s brother Fratricide
13.0 Murder of one’s Sister Sororicide
14.0 Murder of one’s mother Matricide
15.0 Murder of one’s Father Patricide
16.0 Murder of one’s parent Parricide
17.0 Murder of a king Regicide
18.0 Murder of oneself Suicide
19.0 Lasting only for a short white Temporary/
transient
20.0 One who embraces voluntary death for the
sake of one’s country Martyr
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