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- Fatal: Something that causes death.
- Prevaricate: This means to Quibble (to avoid giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth).
- Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb.
- Glower: To look at someone in an angry or threatening way.
- The action of killing a king: Regicide
- Act of intentionally causing one’s own death: Suicide
- The killing of one’s wife: Uxoricide
- Post-mortem: An examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death.
- Epitaph: A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died.
- Elegy: A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
- Abdication: An act of abdicating or renouncing the throne.
- Almanac: An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables.
- Belligerent: A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law
- Exonerate: Release someone from duty or obligation
- Infallible: Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong
- Nostalgia: A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.
- Panacea: A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.
- Plagiarism: The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.
- Potable: Safe to drink.
- Sacrilege: Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred
- Verbatim: In exactly the same words as were used originally
- Souvenir: A thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event.
- Caravan: A group of people, typically with vehicles or animals traveling together.
- Bale: A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
- Bouquet: An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present.
- Flotilla: A small fleet of ships or boats.
- Alchemy: The medieval forerunner of chemistry.
- Cartographer: A person who draws or produces maps.
- Chauffeur: A person employed to drive a private or hired car.
- Lexicographer A person who compiles dictionaries.
- Apiary: A place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives.
- Arena: A place or scene of activity, debate, or conflict.
- Abattoir: A building where animals are butchered.
- Asylum: An institution for the care of people who are mentally ill.
- Casino: A public room or building where gambling games are played.
- Cemetery: A large burial ground.
- Crematorium: a venue for the cremation of the dead (like Hindus).
- Infirmary: A place in a large institution for the care of those who are ill.
- Monastery: A monastery is a building or the complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks, or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).
- Montessori: A system of education for young children that seeks to develop natural interests and activities rather than using formal teaching methods.
- Morgue: A place where bodies are kept for identification.
- Orchard: A piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees.
- Tannery: A place where animal hides are tanned.
- Acrophobia and Altrophobia: An extreme or irrational fear of heights
- Bathophobia: An abnormal and persistent fear of depths.
- Ablutophobia: overwhelming fear of bathing, cleaning, or washing.
- Bibliophobia: Fear or hatred of books.
- Chronophobia: fear of time.
- Cynophobia: Fear of dogs.
- Hydrophobia: Rabies.
- Claustrophobia: An extreme or irrational fear of confined places.
- Genophobia: Fear of old age.
- Gnosiophobia, Epistemophobia: fear of knowledge.
- Gynephobia: fear of women.
- Emetophobia: An extreme fear of vomiting, seeing vomit, watching other people vomit, or feeling sick.
- Hemophobia: term for the irrational fear of blood
- Nyctophobia: An extreme or irrational fear of the night or of darkness.
- Necrophilia: sexual act with the dead body.
- Pharmacophobia: Fear of medication
- Thanatophobia: Fear of death
- Thanatos: Death personification in Greek Mythology.
- Triskaidekaphobia Extreme superstition regarding the number thirteen.
• Tri: 3
• Kai: and
• Deca: 10 - The killing of one’s son or daughter: Filicide
- Destruction or abortion of a fetus: Foeticide
- The killing of one’s brother or sister: Fratricide
- The killing of a large group of people: Genocide
- The killing of one person by another: Homicide
- The killing of infant Infanticide
- The killing of one’s mother: Matricide
- The killing of one’s father: Patricide
- Cynosure: One who is a center of attraction
- In Latin, Cynosure refers to the constellation Ursa Minor, also known as the North Star and Little Bear.
- Effeminate: A man who is womanish in his habits.Epicure and Gourmand One who is for the pleasure of eating and drinking.
- Fugitive: One who runs away from justice.
- Fatalist One who believes in fate.
- Debonair: A person having a sophisticated charm.
- Fastidious or meticulous: One hard to please (very selective in his habits).
- Emigrant: Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.
- Immigrant: A person who has moved to another country.
- Demagogue: A political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument.
- Cynic: A cynic is someone who believes that humans are selfish and that they only do something if it will benefit themselves.
Cynics: criticize acts of kindness and will probably tease you if you help an old lady cross the street. - Misanthrope: A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.
- Philanthropist: A lover of mankind.
- Somnambulist A person who walks about in his or her sleep; a sleepwalker.
- Stoic: A person who is indifferent to the pains and pleasures of life.
- Polyglot: A person who understands multiple languages.
The glott comes from the Greek word for “tongue,” and the prefix poly- means “more than one,” - Narcissist: someone in love with himself.
- Numismatist: One who collects coins as a hobby.
- Mercenary: A person who primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.
- Extrovert: One who expresses himself freely.
- Introvert: One who does not express himself freely.
- Iconoclast: Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions.
- Lunatic: A person who is mentally ill.
- Constellation: A series of stars.
- Cortege: A funeral procession.
- Congregation: A group of worshippers.
- Hamlet: A community of people smaller than a village.
- Horde: A large group of people.
- Shoal: A large number of fish swimming together.
- Torrent: A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid.
- Anarchy: A state of disorder due to the absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems.
- Anarchist: A person who wants lawlessness.
- Aristocracy: A form of government in which power is held by the nobility.
- Aristotle is the noblest person in history.
- Aristology: Science of eating, dining.
- Autocracy: A system of government by one person with absolute power.
- Gerontocracy: A state, society, or group governed by old people.
- Gerontology: Study of aging.
- Bureaucracy: A system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by the state officials rather than by elected representatives.
- Democracy: A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
- Kakistocracy: A state or country run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.
- Neocracy: Government by new or inexperienced hands.
- Oligarchy: A small group of people having control of a country or organization.
- Plutocracy: Government by the wealthy.
- Secular: Government not connected with religious or spiritual matters.
- Monarchy: A form of government with a monarch at the head.
- Constitutional Monarchy: United Kingdom.
- Absolute Monarchy: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Theocracy: A political system based on the government of men by God.
- Theology: Study of God.
- Agnostic: One who is not sure about God’s existence.
- Atheist: One who does not believe in the existence of God.
- Ambidextrous: One who can use either hand with ease
- Ambi: Both, Ambi.
- Dexter: Right
- Auditor: An auditor is someone who inspects accounting records.
- Auditory Nerve: Related to hearing.
- Auditorium: A big hall where people listen.
- Amateur: One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession.
- Contemporaries: Persons living at the same time.
- Peers: means the same thing.
- Cannibal: One who feeds on human flesh.
- Erratum or Corrigendum: A thing to be corrected, typically an error in a printed book.
- Cosmopolitan: A person who regards the whole world as his country.
- A sophisticated person who has traveled in many countries
- Metropolitan: urban, cosmopolitan, urbane, city, modern, municipal.
- Convalescent: One who is recovering health after illness.
- Itinerant: Someone who travels around more frequently especially in order to get work.
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