Idioms

1. A name and opted by a writer = Pseudonym
2. Of unknown authorship = anonymous
3. Taking one’s own life = suicide
4. A person concerned with practical results = pragmatist
5. A speech by an actor at the end of a play = epilogue
6. A political leader who tries to stir up people = Demagogue
7. Animals living on land and in water = Amphibians
8. A person with long experience = veteran
9. Atonement for one’s sins = repentance
10. A man of odd habits = ecentric
11. A person who derives pleasure by inflicting pain on others = Sadist
12. A general pardon of political offender = Amnesty
13. A person who is made to bear the blame due to others = Scapegoat
14. A person who pays much attention to his clothes and appearance = Dandy
15. A person hard to please = Fastidious
16. A person who considers himself superior to others in culture and intellect = Highbrow
17. A wishful longing for something one has known in the past = Nostalgia
18. The art of cutting trees and bushes in to ornamental shapes = Topiary
19. An associate in an office or institution = Colleague
20. A person who believes in God = Theist
21. A person who does not believe in God = Atheist
22. Witty, Clever, Retart = Repartee
23. A child who stays away from school without any good reason = Truant
24. One who compiles a dictionary = Lexicographer
25. One who does not care for literature and art = Philistine
26. One who totally abstains from alcoholic drinks = Teatotaller
27. A house for storing grains = granary
28. A person who is neither intelligent nor dull(average) = Mediocre
29. A person who dances to the tune of his wife = Henpecked
30. Branch of medicine which deals with the problems of the old = Ntology(Geriatrics)
31. Careful in performing duties = Punctilious
32. A person who gives written testimony for use in a law court = deponent
33. Equal in rank, merit or quality = Peer
34. Indifference to pleasure or pain = Stoicism
35. Using of new words = Coinage
36. Fruit garden = Orchard
37. Person who gives himself up to lixuary and sexual pleasures = voluptuary
38. Books which excite sex in readers = Pornography
39. One who is likable = Amiable
40. One copies the writing of others = Plagiarist (Plagiarism)
41. Journey to a holy place = Pilgrimage
42. Worship of idols = Idolatry
43. One who ruins statues of gods = Iconoclast
44. One who is honorably discharged from service = Emeritus
45. A place of ideal peace and happiness = Elysium
46. Printed notice of Somebody’s death = Obituary
47. A story in verse = Ballad
48. One knowing every thing = Omniscient
49. One who is present every where = Omnipresent
50. One who is all powerful = Omnipotent