THE PUNDITS – BEST 500 OWS asked by SSC

THE PUNDITS
BEST 500 OWS Asked
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1. A place where animals are slaughtered for consumption as Food - Abattoir

2. The superior of a monastery - Abbot

3. Deviation from the right course - Aberration

4. Believe in and follow practices of - Adhere

5. An extremely young man - Adonis

6. Fear of pain - Algophobia

7. A story, play, picture, etc. in which each character/event is a symbol representing an idea/a

quality such as truth, evil, death - Allegory

8. Mountain Climbing - Alpinism

9. Fear of riding in a car - Amaxophobia

10. A person who has had one or more limb removed - Amputee
11. Like a weak old woman - Anile
12. A strong dislike - Animosity

13. Obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat - Anorexia

14. A policy that segregates people on basis of race - Apartheid

15. Loss of speech due to medical problem - Aphasia

16. The state of having rejected your religious Beliefs or your political party or a cause -Apostasy

17. Be appropriate or applicable - Appertain

18. Estimation of a thing’s worth - Appraisal

19. A person who works for an expert to learn a trade -Apprentice

20. A person who is chosen to settle a disagreement - Arbitrator

21. A large body of water with many islands - Archipelago

22. A place where fights take place - Arena

23. A government by nobles - Aristocracy

24. Fear of fire - Arsonphobia

25. Regard something as being due to a cause - Ascribe

26. Nations that do not trust each other - Askance

27. A person who physically attacks another - Assailant
28. The group, especially in the arts, regarded as being the most experimental - Avant – grade
29. Insatiable desire for wealth - Avarice

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30. Killing of bird - Avicide

31. Keen interest or enthusiasm - Avidity

32. Senseless talk or writing - Balderdash

33. Poem in short stanzas narrating a popular story - Ballad

34. Revel in and make the most of something pleasing - Bask

35. A person who is fond of fighting - Bellicose

36. Deprived or lacking of something - Bereft

37. The sound made by crocodile - Bellow

38. Preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books - Bibliomania

39. Very strange or unusual - Bizarre

40. The cry of a goat - Bleat
41. A person of south african Dutch descent - Boer
42. One who does not follow the rules of society - Bohemian

43. A broad road bordered with trees - Boulevard

44. Words uttered impiously about God - Blasphemy

45. A hunting weapon which comes back, used by Australian Aborigines - Boomerang
46. Belonging to middle class - Bourgeois

47. A shady place under trees - Bower

48. A factory where beer is made – Brewery

49. Member of a band of robbers - Brigand

50. Leather straps put around a horse’s head to control it - Bridle

51. A family of young birds - Brood

52. A woman with dark brown hair - Brunette

53. Gold and silver before using for manufacturing ornaments – Bullion

54. Carry out a task clumsily or incompetently - Bungle

55. Hole excavated by an animal as dwelling - Burrow

56. Place where cows are sheltered - Byre

57. A man devoid of kind feeling and sympathy - Callous
58. Song which is sung in a church by a group of singers - Carol
59. A large, deep, metal pot used for cooking over open fire - Cauldron

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60. Love for dogs – Canophilia

61. A large deep pot used both in oven & as vessel – Casserole
62. Underground place for storing wine - Cellar

63. Art of designing or writing on wax - Cerography

64. Vexation for humiliation of disappointment - Chagrin

65. A small building used for christian worship - Chapel

66. A person falsely claiming to have a special skill - Charlatan

67. A deep fissure in the earth’s surface – Chasm

68. Palm Reading – Chiromancy

69. Rude in a mean spirited and surly way - Churlish

70. Extreme self – confidence or audacity - Chutzpah
71. Making a loud and confused noise - Clamorous
72. Customers collectively - Clientele

73. An instruction that is added later to a will usually to change a part of it - Codicil
74. Forcefully threat someone to agree to something - Coercion

75. A collection of slaves - Coffle

76. Mutual discourse - Colloquy

77. Master of ceremonies - Compere

78. Living together of a man and woman without being married to each other - Concubinage

79. An apartment building in which each apartment is owned separately by the people living in it

,but also containing shared areas - Condominium

80. An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information - Conjecture

81. Combustible or flammable - Conflagrant

82. A corporation made up of a number of different companies that operate in diversified fields -

Conglomerate
83. Guided by one’s sense of duty - Conscientious

84. State of anxiety or dismay causing mental confusion- Consternation

85. Extremely skilled - Consummate
86. Imposed a restriction on - Constrained
87. Someone who is satisfied with life in general - Contented

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88. Prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported - Contraband

89. A man who is recovering from illness - Convalescent

90. To confirm with the help of evidence - Corroborate

91. Collection of written or spoken texts – Corpus

92. A stanza having two lines in a verse - Couplet

93. A person who takes care of cattle - Cowherd

94. A system of religious belief ; a faith - Creed

95. Break or fall apart into small fragments in the process of deterioration - Crumble
96. Guilty of Crime – Culpable

97. Centre of Attraction - Cynosure

98. A secret or disguised way of writing - Cypher
99. Open refusal to obey orders – Defiance
100. Become liquid, typically during decomposition - Deliquesce

101. A political leader appealing to popular desires and prejudice - Demagogue

102. Criticize unfairly - Denigrate

103. Person who gives written testimony for use in a law court- Deponent
104. Morally corrupt - Depraved

105. To feel and express strong disapproval - Deprecate

106. Unable to think clearly because of mental illness – Deranged

107. A person without a home, a job or property - Derelict

108. A person without money, food and other things necessary 6for life - Destitute
109. Showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals- Devious

110. A dabbler in the art and literature - Dilettante

111. A song sung in the past at a funeral or for a dead person – Dirge

112. The state of being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote -
Disenfranchisement

113. Situated on bank - Dorsal

114. The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree - Drey
115. Mania for travel - Dromomania
116. A contest between two people to settle a point of honour – Duel

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117. Instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually - Edify

118. Rub or wipe out - Efface

119. Man behaving more like a woman than as man - Effeminate

120. Favouring social equality - Egalitarian

121. A poem that express lament for the dead - Elegy

122. A small mischievous fairy - Elf

123. A paradise with perfect bliss - Elysium

124. The art of effective speaking - Elocution

125. Fix an object firmly and deeply in surrounding mass – Embed

126. A small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire - Ember
127. One who is honourably discharged from service - Emeritus
128. Medicine that causes vomiting - Emetic
129. One who goes for a secret official mission - Emissary

130. To sweep over something so as to surround it completely – Engulf

131. A state of mental weariness from lack of occupation - Ennui

132. Likely to arouse envy - Enviable

133. Long poem based on a noble theme - Epic

134. Devoted to pleasure and enjoy himself - Epicurean

135. Preserve a right , tradition, or idea in a form that ensures it will be protected and respected

- Enshrine

136. A disease causing a person to fall unconscious involuntarily – Epilepsy

137. A short speech at the end of a play - Epilogue

138. A verse letter - Epistle

139. Which can be rooted out - Eradicable

140. Excessive desire to work - Ergomania

141. A lover of work - Ergophile

142. Profound scholarly knowledge - Erudition

143. A mistake in a book - Erratum
144. A person in a vehicle or on horseback escorting another vehicle - Escort
145. Make pale by excluding light - Etiolate

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146. The study of the origin of the origin and history of words - Etymology

147. A science of race, culture and human development -Eugenics

148. Praise highly in speech or writing - Eulogise

149. Substitution of mild for very blunt expression – Euphemism

150. Soon passing out or of a short duration - Evanescent

151. Expel someone from a property , especially with the support of the law - Evict
152. A short piece of writing, music, film etc. taken from a longer whole - Excerpt

153. A short journey for pleasure - Excursion

154. Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture - Exegesis

155. An urgent need of demand - Exigency

156. A situation in which many people leave a place at a time - Exodus
157. To free somebody from all blame - Exonerate
158. A large open area of land, water or sky - Expanse

159. To make atonement for one’s sins - Expiate

160. To remove an objectionable part from a book - Expurgate

161. A speech or a presentation made without previous preparation - Extempore

162. A short story with a moral, usually with animals as characters - Fable

163. Performing adroitly and without effort - Facile

164. An exact copy of handwriting or a picture produced by a machine - Facsimile

165. A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm - Fanatic

166. A pleasant situation that you imagine but that is unlikely to happen - Fantasy
167. One who is difficult to please - Fastidious

168. Well chosen or suited to the circumstances - Felicitous

169. Relating to or involved in crime - Felonious

170. Bitter quarrel over a long period of time - Feud

171. Something that is imagined but does not exist - Figment

172. Killing of one’s own child - Filicide

173. A strong interest in something or someone - Fixation
174. A person who attracts attention with a flashy style - Flamboyant

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175. Farmland ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to

restore its fertility - Fallow

176. A quick, sudden movement - Flick

177. Shine with a bright but brief or irregular light - Flicker

178. Unwelcome aspect of a situation - Flip side

179. To struggle helplessly - Flounder

180. Accidental good fortune - Fluke

181. Continuous movement and change - Flux

182. Be deprived of property or a right or privilege as a penalty – Forfeited

183. Move ahead or forward steadily and gradually - Forge

184. An entrance hall in a building used by the public, especially in a hotel or theatre - Foyer
185. Doing something awkwardly in a clumsy manner - Fumbling
186. One who walks on ropes - Funambulist

187. The main body of an aircraft - Fuselage

188. One who runs away from justice or the law - Fugitive

189. Causing annoyance or resentment - Galling

190. To express in an unclear way - Garbled

191. Talks a lot to explain something very trivial - Garrulous

192. In a threatening manner - Ghastly

193. A part of the city especially the slum area - Ghetto

194. A person who repairs broken window glasses - Glazier

195. Inflammation of gums - Gingivitis

196. To look at someone in an angry or threatening way - Glower

197. One who eats too much - Glutton

198. One who has keen interest in good food - Gourmet

199. Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a

public place - Graffiti

200. Costing nothing - Gratis
201. The sound a bear makes - Growl
202. A strong blast of wind - Gust

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203. A drug which makes one see things that are not really there - Hallucinogen

204. A very small village - Hamlet

205. A lengthy and aggressive speech addressed to a large Assembly - Harangue

206. Somebody that foretells coming of something - Harbinger

207. A place of shelter for ships - Harbour

208. Acutely distressing - Harrowing

209. Irritating inconvenience - Hassle

210. A transport vehicle for conveying the coffin at a funeral - Hearse

211. Interrupt with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse- Heckle

212. One who believes that gaining pleasure is most important thing in life - Hedonist
213. Place for collection of dried plant specimens - Herbarium
214. A person claiming to be superior in culture and intellect to others - Highbrow
215. A belief or an opinion that is against the principle of a particular religion - Hersey

216. Parts of a country behind coast of river bank - Hinterland

217. Very dramatic - Histrionic

218. Destruction or slaughter on a mess scale - Holocaust

219. Holding an office without receiving a pay - Honorary

220. The cry of an owl - Hoot

221. A large group of people - Horde

222. Something that is extremely unpleasant - Horrendous

223. Someone taken a prisoner to fulfil demands - Hostage

224. Annoyed or irritated and quick to take offence at petty things - Huffy

225. Assembly or parliament in which no party has got clear majority - Hung
226. A box or cage for rabbits or small animals - Hutch

227. A song or music in praise of God - Hymn

228. One who destroys images or attacks popular beliefs - Iconoclast

229. A person’s peculiar habit - Idiosyncrasy

230. The practice of worshipping a statues as gods – Idolatry
231. Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque - Idyllic
232. Transfix or pierce with a sharp instrument - Impale

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233. The policy of extending a country’s empire and influence - Imperialism

234. A person who dishonestly pretends to be somebody else - Imposter

235. Not allowing fluid to pass- through – Impervious

236. Strong and impossible to defeat - Impregnable

237. One who is too careless to plan for the future - Improvident

238. Shamelessly rude - Impudent

239. Without risk of punishment - Impunity

240. A deity or spirit embodied in human form - Incarnate

241. Lack of civic – mindedness or of patriotism - Incivism

242. Travelling under a name other than one’s own - Incognito

243. Extreme or indefinite to be adequately described – Indescribable
244. Anger about an unfair situation or about someone’ s unfair Behaviour - Indignation
245. A person who is absolutely necessary for someone – Indispensable

246. That cannot be expressed in words - Ineffable

247. Unable to act - Inert

248. Not to be moved by entreaty - Inexorable

249. One who cannot make mistake - Infallible

250. Causing no harm - Innocuous

251. An indirect reference - Innuendo

252. Rebellious or opposing the authority - Insurgent

253. One who interferes in the affairs of others, often for selfish Reasons - Interloper
254. Interval between two events - Interlude

255. The act of burying a dead person – Interment

256. Continuing for a very long time - Interminable

257. Estimate the value of something - Interpolate

258. The period between two reigns - Interregnum

259. One who dies without a will - Intestate

260. Overflow or fill an area with excess water, as flood - Inundate
261. Refresh and revive - Invigorate
262. Call upon God or any other power etc. for protection or help - Invocation

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263. A narrow stretch of land connecting two large bodies of land - Isthmus

264. Special words and phrases used by particular group of people, especially in their work -
Jargon

265. A short journey that you make for pleasure - Jaunt

266. To cross streets on foot carelessly - Jaywalk

267. A military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force - Junta
268. Placing different things in order to create an interesting effect - Juxtapose

269. Soft, inner part of a nut or fruit stone - Kernel

270. The sound of the funeral bell - Knell

271. A deep cut or tear in skin or flesh - Laceration

272. A place where wild animals live - Lair
273. A medicine that softens the bowels - Laxative
274. A sly look that is lustful - Leer

275. Eating mud - Limivorous

276. A soft gentle song sung to make a child go to sleep - Lullaby

277. The first public speech by a person - Maiden Speech

278. Usage of an incorrect word in place of the one which is similar in pronunciation -

Malapropism
279. In a way that is obvious to the eye or mind - Manifestly

280. A dummy used to display clothes in a shop window – Mannequin

281. An underhand device resorted to in order to justify the Misconduct - Manoeuvre

282. An instrument used for measuring the pressure of liquids and gases - Manometer

283. Someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment - Masochist

284. Woman who is the head of the family - Matriarch

285. A stately or impressive building housing a tomb or group of Tombs - Mausoleum

286. A musical composition made up of a series of songs -Medley

287. Feeling or expressing pensive sadness - Melancholic

288. Something that serves as a reminder - Momento
289. A soldier who will fight for any country/ group that offers payment - Mercenary
290. A hater of new things - Misoneist

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291. A particular method of working - Modus operandi

292. A warning of impending danger - Monition

293. To secure a boat by attaching it to an another - Moor

294. Customs and habits of a particular group - Mores

295. Wrap or cover for warmth - Muffle

296. A legal agreement by which a bank lends you money to buy a house - Mortgage
297. Ordinary and dull - Mundane

298. Fear of telling lies - Mythophobia

299. A person or thing that has the same name as another – Namesake

300. The habit of admiring himself too much - Narcissism

301. Fluid secreted by flowers which is collected by bees to make honey - Nectar
302. Deserved and unavoidable punishment for wrong doing - Nemesis
303. A new word coined by an author - Neologism

304. The rejection of all religions and moral principles, in the meaning that life is meaningless -
Nihilism

305. An unimportant person - Nonentity

306. Delusion of suffering from a disease - Nosomania

307. An extreme fear of darkness - Nyctophobia

308. A fertile tract in desert - Oasis

309. Passing out of use - Obsolescent

310. Relating to the countries of west - Occidental

311. A person who attends to the diseases of the eye is - Oculist

312. Obsession of wine - Oenomania

313. Study of snakes - Ophiology

314. To be dogmatic in one’s opinions - Opinionated

315. Public disgrace arising from shameful conduct - Opprobrium

316. A musical work that has been created on a large scale -Opus
317. A formal speech , especially one given on a Ceremonial occasion - Oration
318. A large body of people playing various musical instruments - Orchestra
319. Something like an opening, particularly one in the body such as a nostril - Orifice

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320. A person who looks after horses at an inn - Ostler

321. To banish or turn out of society and fellowship - Ostracise

322. Be more successful than someone - Outdo

323. Belief that war and violence are unjustified - Pacifism

324. A group of wolves - Pack

325. A word that reads the same backwards as forwards - Palindrome

326. Make something less severe - Palliation

327. Wild and noisy disorder - Pandemonium

328. Gratify an immoral or distasteful desire - Pander

329. Breathe hard and with difficulty - Pant

330. The belief that God is in everything, including nature - Pantheism
331. A temple dedicated to all the gods - Pantheon
332. Story told to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth - Parable

333. A method of boiling briefly to cook food slightly - Parboil

334. Having a limited or narrow outlook or scope - Parochial

335. A small room in a big house, hotel, ship etc. where glasses, dishes, spoons, food etc are kept
- Pantry

336. The crime of killing your father, mother or a close relative- Parricide
337. One who has suddenly gained new wealth, power or prestige - Parvenu

338. Relationship between father and child that continues in a family with each generation -

Patrilineal
339. One who has no money - Pauper

340. A person who insists on adherence to formal rules or literacy meaning - Pedant
341. A special fondness or liking for - Penchant

342. An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment - Perquisite

343. Subject someone to hostility and ill – treatment, especially because of their race or political

or religious beliefs -Persecute

344. That which is morally dangerous - Pestiferous
345. Stick with a thick end used in a mortar for pounding - Pestle
346. Decrease or fade gradually before coming to an end - Peter

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347. A person who always runs after women - Philanderer

348. A person who collects or studies stamps - Philatelist

349. One who does not care for literature or art - Philistine

350. The act of stealing something in small quantities – Pilferage

351. Person who files a suit - Plaintiff

352. A solemn promise or undertaking - Pledge

353. A liquid with healing, magical, or poisonous property -Potion

354. A mixture of dried flowers and leaves used for making a room smell - Potpourri
355. One who values practically - Pragmatist

356. A very steep or overhanging rock face or cliff on mountain – Precipice

357. An action or event that happens before another important one and forms an introduction
to it - Prelude
358. To make evasive or misleading statement - Prevaricate

359. Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources - Profligate

360. Working- class people regarded collectively - Proletariat

361. A piece of wood, metal etc. used for supporting something or keeping it in position - Prop
362. A person who has been converted to another religious or political belief - Proselyte

363. Food for farm animals - Provender

364. Concern for one’s own area or region at the expense of national or supranational unity -

Provincialism

365. A person who moves stealthily about or loiters near place with a view to committing a crime
- Prowler

366. One who studies election trends by means of opinion polls - Psephologist
367. Careful in performing duties - Punctilious

368. A person who gambles , places a bet - Punter

369. A shake or tremble in a person’s voice - Quaver

370. A feather used as a pen - Quill

371. A person who is good at telling stories in an interesting and amusing way - Raconteur
372. Characterised by bitterness or resentment - Rancorous
373. To free prisoner on payment - Ransom

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374. Greedy for money - Rapacious

375. Reduction in tax or debt - Rebate

376. To take back , withdraw or renounce - Recant

377. A hollow object used to contain something - Receptacle

378. That which is no longer useful - Redundant

379. Dress with medals ,ribbons worn at official ceremony-Regalia

380. A characteristic of one thing that is suggestive of another – Reminiscence

381. Artistic, musical or dramatic interpretation - Rendition

382. One who deserts his principles or party - Renegade

383. Atonement for one’s sins - Repentance

384. Postponing or remitting punishment - Reprieve
385. Postponement or delay permitted in the suffering of a penalty or the discharge of an
obligation - Respite

386. A tune that is played to wake soldiers in morning - Reveille

387. Take great pleasure - Revel

388. Criticise in an abusive or angrily insulting manner - Revile

389. The art of effective or persuasive speaking/ writing- Rhetoric

390. Solemn religious acts - Rites

391. Deliberately destroy something for military advantage – Sabotage

392. The firing of many guns at the same time to mark occasion -Salvo

393. One who helps a person in need - Samaritan

394. A place of good climate for invalids - Sanatorium

395. The state of being holy - Sanctity

396. Optimistic in an apparently difficult situation - Sanguine

397. Taste good food or drink and enjoy it to the full - Savouring
398. A sheath for the blade of a sword - Scabbard

399. Tale that brings bad reputation to somebody - Scandal

400. Barely sufficient or adequate - Scant
401. A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings of others – Scapegoat
402. A person who is forgetful and unable to concentrate or think Clearly - Scatterbrain

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403. Search for and collect anything usable from discarded waste – Scavenge

404. An ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial Occasions as a symbol of sovereignty -

Sceptre

405. Small rooms where dishes are washed - Scullery

406. Severely abusive writing in journals - Scurrilous

407. A drug or other substance that induces sleep - Sedative

408. Marked by care and persistent effort - Sedulous

409. A vertical passageway into a mine - Shaft

410. A large number of fish swimming together - Shoal

411. Fragments from an exploded during artillery shell, mine or bomb – Shrapnel
412. An office with high salary but no work - Sinecure
413. Reduce or decrease in speed or intensity - Slacken
414. Have saliva dripping copiously from the mouth - Slobber

415. A figure of speech by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resemble –
Simile

416. Kill someone by covering their nose and mouth so they can suffocate - Smother
417. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying - Snob

418. A brief or short stay at a place - Sojourn

419. A very delicate flaw or mistake which is not expected from the person making it - Solecism

420. A fourteen- line poem - Sonnet

421. A drug or other substance that produces sleep - Soporific

422. A type of magic in which spirits, especially evil ones, are used to make things happen –

Sorcery
423. The murder of one’s sister - Sororicide

424. Something kept as a reminder of an event - Souvenir

425. Sudden involuntary muscular contraction - Spasm

426. Study of caves - Speleology

427. A sudden rush of a large number of frightened people or Animals - Stampede
428. An upright bar, post, or frame forming a support or barrier - Stanchion
429. An attractively tall, graceful, and dignified woman - Statuesque

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430. Written law of a legislative body - Statute

431. One who loads and uploads ships - Stevedore

432. A government by the military class - Stratocracy

433. Angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issue - Strife

434. Speaking with a stammer or lisp - Stuttering

435. Too willing to obey other people- Subservient

436. Having juicy or fleshy and thick tissues - Succulent

437. The right to vote in political elections - Suffrage

438. Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly – Supplicate

439. A person’s last performance - Swan song

440. A building where the jews meet for religious worship and teaching - Synagogue
441. Of or connected with the sense of touch - Tactile
442. A statement in which you say the same thing twice in different words - Tautology

443. A person who never takes alcoholic drinks - Teetotaller

444. A written statement about someone’s character, usually provided by an employer –

Testimonial
445. A busy, main road for public use - Thoroughfare

446. A long, angry speech of criticism or accusation - Tirade

447. Existing only in name - Titular

448. Full of twists and turns - Tortuous

449. Someone who violates a law or command - Transgressor

450. Change in form, nature, or substance - Transmute

451. Distorted representation of something - Travesty

452. The crime of betraying one’s country - Treason

453. Beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience - Transcendent
454. A group of three powerful people - Triumvirate

455. A student who idly or without excuse absents himself from School - Truant
456. Defiantly aggressive - Truculent
457. The sound made by an elephant - Trumpet
458. Protection of or authority over someone – Tutelage

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459. One who is new to a profession – Tyro

460. That can not be captured – Ungrippable

461. Something that cannot be handled easily – Unwieldy

462. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet – Urn

463. A person who shows people their seats – Usher

464. One who lends money on high rates of interest – Usurer

465. One extremely fond of one’s wife – Uxorious

466. A person who is unduly anxious about his health -Valetudinarian

467. One who damages public property - Vandal

468. Killer of prophet - Vaticide

469. Showing strong feeling - Vehement
470. Committing murder in revenge - Vendetta
471. A slight fault that can be forgiven – Venial

472. Seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injury – Vengeful

473. A person who is greatly respected because of wisdom – Venerable

474. Evening prayer in church - Vespers

475. The area near or surrounding a particular place – Vicinity

476. To show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something - Vindicate
477. One who is determined to take full revenge for wrongs done to him- Vindictive

478. A person highly skilled in music – Virtuoso

479. The faculty or power of using one’s will - Volition

480. A group of arrows - Volley

481. A long sea journey - Voyage

482. A jocular person who is full of amusing anecdotes - Wag

483. To take someone somewhere suddenly and quickly - Whisk

484. Reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps – Whittle

485. A plant, leaf, or flower becoming limp - Wilt

486. To move along with quick, short twistings - Wriggle
487. A feeling intense longing for something – Yearning
488. The remains of something that has been badly damaged – Wreckage

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489. The young of a frog – Tadpole

490. The art of cutting gems – Lapidary

491. The sound made by frog – Croak

492. Beginning to exist; recently formed or developed – Nascent

493. Experiences that are very unpleasant or difficult – Ordeal

494. A long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune - Odyssey
495. To forbid something, especially by law – Proscribe

496. A calculated move to gain advantage – Gambit

497. To reveal a secret – Divulge

498. To move about here & there aimlessly – Meander

499. Quiet and Peaceful – Tranquil
500. A person living in solitude like a saint – Hermit
501. Which spread by physical touch or contact – Contagious

502. Neglected child who has no home and spends most of his Time on streets – Waif
503. A group of worshippers – Congregation

504. A big clumsy often slow witted person – Oaf

505. A violent, overbearing, turbulent woman – Termagant

506. Someone who lives in solitude – Recluse

507. Enjoying or affording warm secure shelter or cover and opportunity for ease and

contentment - Snug

508. Something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period – Relic

509. Filled with fear or dread – Hysterical

510. Completely lifeless and unresponsive – Cadaverous

511. Speaking at length about trivial things - Rambling

512. A person dealing with antiques – Antiquarian

513. Enclosed land with fruit trees - Orchard

514. Argue loudly about unimportant things – Squabble

515. Affected by an unpleasant feeling – Stricken

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516. The theory of philosophy or law – Jurisprudence

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