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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

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

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