All One word substitution asked in SSC-CGL from 1997 till date

One Word Substitution Asked in SSC Exams (1997 - 2016) [PDF Download]

Important One Word Substitution in English for SSC Exam

One Word Substitutions is one of the most important part of English section in SSC & Other Competitive Exams. It usually covers good marks in every exam. Here you get the comprehensive list of importanct senteces with its one word substitute along with usage of word in sentences.

Frequently Asked One Word Substitution List pdf

One Word Substitution | One word Subsitute for a sentence

Many Words	One Word
One who deals in flower	A florist (CPO, 2014)
Specially skilled in story telling	A raconteur (CPO, 2015)
A place where animals are slaughtered	Abattoir (CGL T1, 2016)
To renounce a high position of authority or control	Abdicate (CGL T1, 2011)
Wildly unreasonable, illogical or ridiculous	Absurd (CGL T2, 2015)
Partner in crime	Accomplice (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
A person who helps another to commit a crime	Accomplice (CHSL, 2015)
A partner in a crime	Accomplice (CPO, 2014)
To free a person by a verdict of ‘not guilty’	Acquit (CGL T2, 2015)
One who performs daring gymnastics feats	Acrobat (FCI, 2012)
A word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase	Acronym (CGL T1, 2013)
To play the part of and function as, some other person	Act (CGL T1, 2013)
A person who is physically dependent on a substance	Addict (LDC, 2010)
One who has become dependent on something or drugs	Addict (SO (Audit), 1997)
No longer a child, but not yet an adult	Adolescent (CGL T1, 2016)
A handsome man	Adonis (CHSL, 2015)
A person who supports or speaks in favour of something	Advocate (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
The branch of philosophy concerned with the study of principles of beauty, especially in art	Aesthetics (CGL T1, 2016)
List of issues to be discussed at a meeting	Agenda (CPO,2011)
A list of things to be discussed at a meeting	Agenda (MT(NT), 2014)
Always ready to attack or quarrel	Aggressive (CHSL,2012)
Always ready to attack or quarrel	Aggressive (CHSL,2012)
A state of emotional or intellectual separation	Alienation (CGL T1, 2016)
An allowance made to a wife by her husband, when they are legally separated	Alimony (CHSL, 2014)
Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter	Alliteration (TA(IT & CE), 200)
The height of object above sea level	Altitude (CHSL,2012)
The philosophy of putting another’s welfare above one’s own	Altruism (CGL T1, 2016)
One who is concerned with the welfare of other	Altruist (CGL T1, 2015)
A person who loves everybody	Altruist (CGL T2, 2014)
A person who devotes his/her life for the welfare of others	Altruist (CPO, 2013)
A former student of a school, college or university	Alumnus (CHSL, 2013)
One who plays for pleasure rather than as a professional	Amateur (CGL T2, 2014)
Able to use right hand and left hand equally well	Ambidextrous (LDC, 2010)
One who is able to use both hands	Ambidextrous (CGL T1, 2016)
Capable of being interpreted in two ways	Ambiguous (LDC, 2010)
Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses, and therefore not definite	Ambiguous (SO (Audit), 2001)
Loss of memory	Amnesia (CGL T1, 2011)
Loss of memory	Amnesia (CPO, 2014)
A general pardon of offenders	Amnesty (LDC, 2011)
A general pardon granted by the Government to political offenders	Amnesty (CGL T1, 2013)
One not concerned with right or wrong	Amoral (SO (Audit), 1997)
One who lives both on land as well as in water	Amphibian (CGL T1 RE, 2013)
Animal that can live on land and in water	Amphibians (DEO, 2008)
Animals that can live on land and water	Amphibians (MTS,2014)
A person who has had one or more limbs removed	Amputee (CGL T2, 2015)
One who believes in no government and therefore incites disorder in a state	Anarchist (Statistical Invigilator, 2005)
One who is out to destroy the Government	Anarchist (CGL T1, 2012)
The absence of law and order	Anarchy (Stenographer, 2011)
A state where no law and order exists	Anarchy (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
A short story based on your personal experience	Anecdote (CHSL, 2013)
A strong dislike	Animosity (CGL T1 RE, 2013)
To destroy completely	Annihilate (CGL T2, 2015)
Yearly celebration of a date or an event	Anniversary (MTS, 2013)
A book written by an unknown	Anonymous (CHSL, 2014)
A medicine to nullify the effect of poison	Antidote (CHSL, 2013)
Strong dislikes between two persons	Antipathy (LDC, 2011)
A policy that segregate people on the basis of race	Apartheid (CHSL, 2014)
Lack of feeling	Apathy (CHSL, 2014)
A place where bees are kept	Apiary (CGL T1, 2016)
Estimation of a thing’s worth	Appraisal (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
A person who works for an employer for a fixed period of time in order to learn the particular skills needed in their job	Apprentice (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
A person who agrees to work for somebody in order to learn a skill	Apprentice (CGL T1, 2015)
A tank where fish or water plants are kept	Aquarium (SO(Audit), 2008)
Animals living in water	Aquatic (CHSL, 2015)
Animals which live in water	Aquatic (MTS, 2013)
A land fit for growing crops	Arable (CPO, 2015)
Someone who is designated to hear both sides of a dispute and make a judgement	Arbitrator (CGL T1, 2015)
The study of ancient civilization	Archaeology (MT(NT), 2011)
A study of ancient things	Archaeology (CGL T1, 2015)
The place where public, government or historical records are kept	Archive (CPO,2011)
A place where government / public records are kept	Archive (TA(IT&CE), 2006)
A records of historical events	Archives (CPO, 2015)
A person who deliberately sets fire to a building	Arsonist (CGL T1, 2015)
Fluent and clear in speech	Articulate (CHSL,2012)
One who practices one of fine arts	Artist (LDC, 2011)
Person leading a life of strict self– discipline	Ascetic (CGL T2, 2014)
To agree to something	Assent (DEO, 2009)
The quality of being politely firm and demanding	Assertive (FCI, 2012)
Place that provide refuge	Asylum (CPO T– 2, 2011)
One who does not believe In the existence of God	Atheist (CGL T1, 2015)
One who makes an official examination of accounts	Auditor (CGL T1, 2015)
A building where an audience sits	Auditorium (SO (Audit), 2004)
A record of one’s own life written by oneself	Autobiography (CGL T1, 2016)
Government by ruler who has unlimited power	Autocracy (SO(Audit), 2008)
Dissection of a dead body to find the cause of the death	Autopsy (SO(CA), 2005)
The group, especially in the arts, regarded as being the most experimental	Avant– grade (CGL T1, 2014)
A person extremely desirous of money	Avaricious (CGL T2, 2015)
A place where birds are kept	Aviary (SO(Audit), 2007)
A place where birds are kept	Aviary (CHSL, 2015)
A man having no hair on scalp	Bald (CHSL,2012)
Poem in short stanza narrating a popular story	Ballad (CHSL, 2014)
One who is unable to pay one’s debt	Bankrupt (MTS, 2013)
Instrument to measure atmospheric pressure	Barometer (CPO, 2010)
A place where soldiers live	Barracks (CGL T1, 2016)
One who helps people by giving them money or other aid	Benefactor (CGL T1, 2014)
One who gains benefits from something	Beneficiary (CHSL,2012)
A group of girls	Bevy (SO(CA), 2007)
A list of books and writings of one author or one subject	Bibliography (MTS, 2013)
Obsession with books	Bibliomania (CGL T1, 2016)
A lover of books	Bibliophile (DEO, 2009)
One who loves books	Bibliophile (SO(CA), 2007)
One who has obstinate and narrow religious views	Bigot (SO(CA), 2007)
A person who is fluent in two languages	Bilingual (FCI, 2012)
Material that changes naturally by the action of bacteria	Biodegradable (CGL T1, 2014)
A test in which cells from diseased organs are removes and tested	Biopsy (CGL T1, 2011)
Words uttered impiously about God	Blasphemy (CGL T1, 2011)
Talking disrespectfully of sacred things	Blasphemy (MTS, 2013)
One who does not follow the usual way of life	Bohemian (SO(Audit), 2006)
The study of plant life	Botany (MTS, 2013)
A situation that stops activity from progressing	Bottleneck(Stenographer, 2010)
A broad road bordered with trees	Boulevard (Statistical Invigilator, 2005)
A small shop that sells fashionable clothes, cosmetics etc	Boutique (CGL T1, 2016)
Pertaining to cattle	Bovine (CGL T1, 2011)
Affecting or relating to cows	Bovine (CGL T1, 2014)
Pertaining to sheep	Bovine (CGL T1, 2014)
Place where wine is made	Brewery (LDC, 2011)
A thing likely to be easily broken	Brittle (MT(NT), 2011)
Liable to be easily broken	Brittle (CGL T1, 2012)
The thing that can be easily broken	Brittle (CGL T1, 2016)
Liable to be easily broken	Brittle (MT(NT), 2014)
That which may be easily broken	Brittle (MTS, 2013)
A woman with dark brown hair	Brunette (CPO, 2012)
The process by which a person or an organization reduces the amount of money it spends	Budgeting (CGL T2, 2011)
A government by officials	Bureaucracy (TA(IT & CE), 200)
Government by Department of State	Bureaucracy (CGL T1, 2016)
A government run by officials	Bureaucracy (CGL T2, 2014)
A person who breaks into houses in order to steal	Burglar (SO (Audit), 2004)
Hole excavated by an animal as dwelling	Burrow (CGL T1, 2014)
A person who writes decoratively	Calligrapher (CGL T1, 2011)
The act of producing beautiful handwriting using a brush or a special pen	Calligraphy (CGL T1, 2013)
A decorative handwriting	Calligraphy (CGL T2, 2013)
The art of beautiful handwriting	Calligraphy (CPO, 2014)
That which makes it difficult to recognize the presence or real nature of something	Camouflage (CHSL, 2014)
One who eats human flesh	Cannibal (FCI, 2012)
One who eats human flesh	Cannibal (CGL T1, 2012)
A person who consumes human flesh	Cannibal (CGL T1, 2013)
House or shelter of a gipsy	Caravan (CPO, 2014)
A picture of a person or a thing drawn in such a highly exaggerated manner to cause a laughter	Caricature (TA (IT & CE, 2008))
Animals that eat flesh	Carnivorous (MTS, 2013)
The study of maps	Cartography (SO (Audit), 2004)
Science of practice of map drawing	Cartography (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
The art of making maps and charts	Cartography (MTS,2014)
A humorous drawing dealing with current events or politics	Cartoon (CGL T1, 2016)
A list of books available in a library	Catalogue (FCI, 2012)
A list of name of books	Catalogue (MTS, 2013)
Soldiers who fight on horseback	Cavalry (CHSL,2012)
An agreement between two countries or groups to stop fighting	Ceasefire (Stenographer, 2011)
Underground place for storing wine or other provisions	Cellar (CGL T2, 2014)
Place of burial (especially not in churchyard)	Cemetery (SO(Audit), 2008)
A large burial ground	Cemetery (MTS, 2013)
Completing a period of hundred years	Centennial (MTS,2014)
A child secretly changes for another in infancy	Changeling (CGL T1 RE, 2015)
A person who drives our motor cars	Chauffeur (CHSL, 2014)
A person employed as a car driver for an important person	Chauffeur (CHSL, 2014)
A person employed to drive a private or hired car	Chauffeur (CPO, 2014)
Body of singers	Choir (MT(NT), 2011)
The study or practice of dancing or composing ballets	Choreography (CGL T1, 2013)
Arrangement in order of occurrence	Chronological (CPO, 2010)
The use of many words where only a few are necessary	Circumlocution (SAS, 2010)
A round about way of expression	Circumlocution (CGL T1, 2016)
Clues available at the scene	Circumstantial (CGL T1,2010)
All the arts, beliefs and social institutions etc, characteristics of a race	Civilization (CGL T1, 2014)
Fear of being enclosed in small closed space	Claustrophobia (SO (Audit), 1997)
Enclosed in a small closed space	Claustrophobia (CGL T1, 2013)
Fear of closed space	Claustrophobia (CGL T2, 2013)
A fear of closed/dark places	Claustrophobia (CHSL, 2014)
An excessive fear of confined spaces	Claustrophobia (CPO, 2015)
Regular user of places/restaurant etc	Clientele (CGL T1, 2016)
A drink usually made from a mixture of one or more alcoholic drinks	Cocktail (CGL T1, 2014)
A supplement to a will	Codicil (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
Use of force or threats to get someone to agree to something	Coercion (LDC, 2011)
A collection of slaves	Coffle (CPO, 2014)
A person who is working in the same institution	Colleague (CGL T1, 2016)
A co– worker in an office or institution	Colleague (MTS, 2013)
To keep a great person or event in people’s memory	Commemorate (DEO, 2009)
To give money for sales to agents	Commission (CGL T1, 2016)
One who sets type for books, newspapers, etc	Compositor (CGL T1, 2016)
To have a very high opinion about oneself	Conceited (SO(Audit), 2008)
Living together of a man and woman without being married to each other (live in relationship)	Concubinage (TA(IT&CE), 2006)
An apartment or building in which each apartment is owned separately by the people	Condominium (CGL T1, 2013)
To officially take private property away to seize	Confiscate (CHSL,2012)
People at a religious gathering	Congregation (CGL T2, 2015)
An assembly of worshippers	Congregation (CHSL, 2013)
A gathering at a religious place	Congregation (CHSL, 2015)
A man knows a lot about things like food, music and art	Connoisseur (CGL T1, 2014)
Feeling inside you which tells you what is right and what is wrong	Conscience (CGL T1, 2011)
A number of stars grouped together	Constellation (LDC, 2011)
State of anxiety or dismay causing mental confusion	Consternation (FCI, 2012)
Imposed a restriction on	Constrained (CGL T2, 2015)
A disease which is spread by direct contact	Contagious (MT(NT), 2011)
Belong to same period	Contemporary (CGL T1, 2016)
Men living in the same age	Contemporary (MTS, 2013)
Something that might happen in the future	Contingency (CGL T1, 2014)
Prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported	Contraband (CGL T1, 2013)
A place where nuns live and work	Convent (SO (CA), 2006)
An exact copy of handwriting or a picture produced by a machine	Copy (CGL T1, 2013)
The ceremony of crowning a sovereign	Coronation (CGL T1, 2016)
One who is a citizen not of a country but of the world	Cosmopolitan (SAS, 2010)
Belonging to all parts of the world	Cosmopolitan (SO (Audit), 2004)
A person who can make himself/herself feel at home in any country	Cosmopolitan (CHSL, 2014)
That which can be believed	Credible (CGL T1, 2016)
Ready to believe anything	Credulous (TA (IT & CE), 2004)
A person who readily believes others	Credulous (CGL T1, 2013)
One who believes everything he/she hears	Credulous (CHSL, 2014)
A principle or standard by which anything is or can be judged	Criterion (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
One who finds nothing good in anything	Critic (FCI, 2012)
Guilty of crime	Culpable (CGL T2, 2015)
One who is in charge of Museum	Curator (CHSL, 2015)
A person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions	Cynic (CGL T1, 2014)
One who sneers at the aims and beliefs of his fellow men	Cynic (CGL T1, 2016)
Act of injuring another’s reputation by any slanderous communication	Defamation (CGL T1, 2015)
To injure one’s reputation	Defame (CHSL,2012)
The abandonment of one’s country and cause	Defection (SO(Audit), 2007)
To give one’s authority to another	Delegate (Stenographer, 2011)
A political leader appealing to popular desires and prejudices	Demagogue (CGL T1, 2013)
Government of the people, by the people and for the people	Democracy (CHSL,2012)
A form of government in which supreme power rests with people is	Democracy (Constable GD,2013)
Of very bad morals ; characterized by debasement or degeneration	Depraved (SO(Audit), 2007)
To feel or express disapproval of something or someone	Deprecate (DEO, 2008)
Failing to discharge one’s duty (willfully)	Dereliction (LDC, 2010)
Medical study of skin and its diseases	Dermatology (CGL T1, 2015)
The study of skin	Dermatology (CGL T1, 2016)
Study of skin and its diseases	Dermatology (CPO, 2015)
Not to be moved by entreaty	Despotic (CGL T1, 2011)
The state of being miserable bereft (deprived of or lacking) of all possessions	Destitute (TA (IT & CE, 2008))
One who is skillful;	Dexterous (CGL T1, 2015)
Determine the nature of disease	Diagnose (CPO, 2010)
The process of deciding the nature of disease by examination	Diagnosis (FCI, 2012)
Bitter and violent attack in words against someone or something	Diatribe (SO(Audit), 2007)
Irresistible craving for alcoholic drinks	Dipsomania (TA(IT&CE), 2006)
An event that causes great harm to dams	Disasters (CHSL, 2014)
An area of land that is controlled by a ruler	Dominion (SO(CA), 2005)
A heavy continuous fall of rain	Downpour (MT(NT), 2014)
A game in which no one wins	Draw (MTS,2014)
Dry weather with no rainfall	Drought (TA(IT&CE), 2006)
A wall built to prevent the sea or a river from flooding an area	Dyke (TA(IT & CE), 200)
Succession of rulers belonging to one family	Dynasty (SO (Audit), 2001)
One who secretly listens to talks of others	Eavesdropper (Statistical Invigilator, 2005)
One who listens secretly to private conversation	Eavesdropper (CGL T1, 2016)
A man with abnormal habits	Eccentric (CGL T1, 2016)
Careful in spending of money, time, etc	Economical (TA (IT & CE, 2009))
Worth eating	Edible (CGL T2, 2015)
Fit to be eaten	Edible (CHSL,2012)
A thing fit to be eaten	Edible (CPO, 2015)
Rub or wipe out	Efface (CGL T2, 2015)
More like a woman than a man in manners and habits	Effeminate (CGL T1, 2013)
A person who is womanish in habits	Effeminate (CGL T1, 2016)
A man who is quite like a woman	Effeminate (MTS, 2013)
A person who is self– centred	Egoist (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
One who thinks or speaks too much of himself	Egoist (CGL T1, 2013)
A mournful poem or a song	Elegy (CGL T1 RE, 2015)
A song sung at the death of a person	Elegy (CGL T2, 2015)
To run away with a lover	Elope (CPO, 2010)
The act of setting free from bondage of any kind	Emancipation (CGL T1, 2016)
Misappropriation of money	Embezzlement (CGL T1, 2016)
An act of misappropriation of money	Embezzlement (CHSL, 2015)
One who goes to settle in another country	Emigrant (SO (Audit), 2004)
A person who leaves one country to settle in another	Emigrant (CPO, 2014)
A person who leaves his own country in order to go and live in another	Emigrant (CPO, 2015)
Experts who scientifically study insects	Entomologists (CGL T1, 2016)
The study of insects	Entomology (CPO,2011)
Study of insects	Entomology (SO(CA), 2007)
Study of insects	Entomology (TA (IT & CE, 2009))
The study of worms and insects	Entomology (CPO, 2013)
Likely to arouse envy (jealousy)	Enviable (MTS, 2013)
Lasting for a very short time	Ephemeral (CHSL, 2015)
Long poem based on a noble theme	Epic (CGL T1 RE, 2013)
A person devoted to sensual enjoyment, especially that derived from fine food and drink	Epicurean (SO(Audit), 2008)
A disease that affects a large number of people in an area at the same time	Epidemic (CGL T1, 2016)
A short poem or speech addressed to the spectators after the conclusion of drama	Epilogue (SO (Audit), 2001)
A short poem or speech addressed to the spectators after the conclusion of a drama	Epilogue (SO(CA), 2007)
Concluding part of a literary work	Epilogue (Statistical Invigilator, 2005)
Short speech or poem given at the end of a play or a book	Epilogue (CHSL, 2014)
An inscription on a tomb	Epitaph (CGL T1, 2011)
Words written on a tomb	Epitaph (SO (Audit), 1997)
Words inscribed on a tomb	Epitaph (CGL T1, 2013)
Words inscribed on the tomb	Epitaph (CGL T1, 2016)
Words written on a tomb of a dead person	Epitaph (CGL T2, 2013)
An inscription on a tomb	Epitaph (MT(NT), 2014)
The period between two regions	Era (CGL T2, 2015)
An error in misprint in printing or writing	Erratum (CGL T2, 2015)
That which makes one highly knowledgeable	Erudition (CGL T1, 2016)
A person in a vehicle or on horseback escorting another vehicle	Escort (CGL T1, 2013)
Something which lasts forever	Eternal (CHSL, 2014)
Science of the race of mankind	Ethnology (CGL T1,2010)
Make pale by excluding fight	Etiolate (CGL T1, 2015)
Rules governing socially acceptable behavior	Etiquette (CHSL, 2015)
The study of the origin and history of words	Etymology (SO (Audit), 2004)
A writing or a speech in praise of someone	Eulogy (CPO, 2014)
A mild or indirect expression substituted for an offensive or harsh one	Euphemism (Statistical Invigilator, 2005)
Act of mercy killing	Euthanasia (CGL T1, 2016)
An extract from a book of writing	Excerpt (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
To free completely from blame	Exonerate (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
To free someone from all blames	Exonerate (CGL T1, 2015)
Free somebody from blame or guilt	Exonerate (CGL T2, 2014)
To make atonement to one’s sins	Expiate (CGL T1, 2016)
TO remove an objectionable part from a book	Expurgate (CGL T1, 2014)
Speech delivered without preparation	Extempore (CGL T1, 2016)
A speech delivered without any preparation	Extempore (CHSL, 2014)
Spoken or done without preparation	Extempore (CHSL,2012)
A speech made without preparation	Extempore (CPO, 2014)
A person who wastes his money on luxury	Extravagant (CGL T2, 2015)
A man who waste his money on luxury	Extravagant (CHSL,2012)
An animal story with moral	Fable (MT(NT), 2011)
A story in which animals or objects speak and give wholesome moral lessons	Fable (CGL T1, 2015)
An exact copy	Facsimile (CGL T1, 2016)
Widespread scarcity of food	Famine (CHSL, 2014)
One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views	Fanatic (LDC, 2010)
Excessively enthusiastic and unreasonably excited about something	Fanatical (Stenographer, 2011)
Wild imagination	Fantasy (CHSL, 2014)
Not easily pleased by anything	Fastidious (CGL T1, 2013)
A person difficult to please	Fastidious (CGL T2, 2013)
A person who is very selective , disgusted easily and is hard to please	Fastidious (CGL T2, 2015)
Not likely to be easily pleased	Fastidious (CPO, 2014)
Something that causes death	Fatal (CGL T1, 2011)
Causing or ending in death	Fatal (SO(CA), 2007)
Submission to all that happens as inevitable	Fatalism (CHSL, 2015)
The animals of a particular region	Fauna (CGL T1,2010)
Something capable of being done	Feasible (SO (Audit), 2001)
Pretended attack	Feint (CPO, 2015)
One who believes in offering equal opportunities to women in all spheres	Feminist (SO (Audit), 2003)
One who believes in giving equal opportunity to women in all fields	Feminist (SO(Audit), 2008)
Bitter quarrel between two families existing for a long period	Feud (CGL T1, 2016)
Something which is imagined to be real but actually does not exist	Figment (CHSL,2012)
Shine with a bright but brief or irregular light	Flicker (CGL T1, 2016)
Unwelcome aspect of a situation	Flip side (CGL T2, 2015)
The plant and vegetation of a region	Flora (LDC, 2011)
The plant and a vegetation of a region	Flora (CGL T2, 2015)
The plants and vegetation of a region	Flora(LDC, 2011)
To struggle helplessly	Flounder (CGL T1, 2011)
Accidental good fortune	Fluke (CHSL, 2014)
A continuous process of change is known as	Flux (SAS, 2010)
Chief of a group of workmen	Foreman (CGL T1, 2016)
Falsification of documents etc	Forgery (CGL T1, 2016)
An abandoned child of unknown parents who is found by somebody	Foundling (CPO T– 2, 2011)
Murder of a brother	Fratricide (CGL T1, 2013)
The act of killing one’s own brother or sister	Fratricide (CHSL, 2015)
Act of deceiving somebody in order to make money	Fraud (SO (Audit), 2001)
One who runs away from justice or the law	Fugitive (CGL T1, 2015)
One who can walk on ropes (tightrope walker)	Funambulist (SO (Audit), 2004)
Simple, fast– spreading plant without flowers or leaves, which can often cause disease	Fungus (SO(CA), 2005)
The firing of many guns at the same time to mark an occasion	Fusillade (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
A brave, noble minded or chivalrous man	Gallant (CGL T1, 2016)
The practice or art of choosing, cooking, and eating good food	Gastronomy (SO (Audit), 2003)
Chief or Commander of army	General (Constable, 2015)
Science of heredity	Genetics (CPO, 2010
The killing of whole group of people	Genocide (LDC, 2011)
The act of killing whole group of people, especially a whole race	Genocide (SO(CA), 2005)
Intentional destruction of racial groups	Genocide (CGL T1, 2013)
The killing of a race	Genocide (CGL T1, 2016)
The branch of medical science which deals with the problems of the old	Geriatrics (CGL T1 RE, 2015)
A movement of part of the body to express an idea or feeling	Gesture (LDC, 2010)
Motion of heads, hands etc, as a mode of expression indicating attitude	Gesture (SO(Audit), 2007)
In a threatening manner	Ghastly (FCI, 2012)
Inflammation of gums	Gingivitis (CHSL, 2014)
Pay attention	Glance at (CGL T2, 2015)
A person who repairs broken window– glasses	Glazier (CPO, 2014)
A list of explanations of rare, technical or obsolete words	Glossary (CGL T2, 2014)
To look at someone in an angry or threatening way	Glower (CGL T1, 2011)
Person who eats too much	Glutton (CGL T1, 2016)
One who eats too much	Glutton (MTS, 2013)
To bite like a rat	Gnaw (FCI, 2012)
Animals who live in herds	Gregarious (Statistical Invigilator, 2005)
An animal that lives in a group	Gregarious (CGL T1, 2016)
Easily duped or fooled	Gullible (DEO, 2008)
A person who is easily deceived or tricked	Gullible (CHSL, 2015)
Seeing something which is not actually present	Hallucination (Investigator, 2010)
An image without objective reality	Hallucination (CGL T1 RE, 2015)
A drug which makes one see things that are not really there	Hallucinogen (CGL T1, 2016)
A small village or group of houses	Hamlet (CGL T2, 2014)
A building in which aircraft are housed	Hanger (CHSL, 2013)
Trouble any annoy continually	Harass (CGL T1, 2016)
A piece of shelter for ships	Harbour (CGL T1, 2016)
One who believes in that gaining pleasure is the most important thing in life	Hedonist (SO(Audit), 2006)
Animal that feeds on plants	Herbivorous (LDC, 2011)
Opinion contrary to accepted doctrine	Heresy (CGL T1, 2015)
To seize control of a vehicle in order to force it to go to a new destination or demand something	Hijack (SO (Audit), 2003)
An act of violence to take control of a plane	Hijack (Constable GD,2013)
Parts of a country behind the coast or a river bank	Hinterland (CPO T– 2, 2011)
Very dramatic	Histrionic (CGL T2, 2011)
To secretly store more than what is allowed	Hoard (CGL T2, 2011)
Murder of a man	Homicide (LDC, 2011)
Conferred as an honor	Honorary (CGL T1, 2015)
A job carrying no salary	Honorary (CGL T1, 2016)
The line where the land and sky seems to meet	Horizon (CGL T2, 2013)
One who studies the art of gardening	Horticulturist (CGL T2, 2013)
A den for small animals	Hutch (SO (CA), 2006)
Fear of water	Hydrophobia (DEO, 2008)
Any morbid dread of water (fear of water)	Hydrophobia (CGL T1, 2016)
Excessive preoccupation with one’s health	Hypochondria (Statistical Invigilator, 2006)
One who presend to be what he is not	Hypocrite (CGL T1, 2016)
Proposition made as a basis for reasoning without the assumption of its truth/ facts	Hypothesis (CGL T1, 2016)
One who criticizes popular beliefs which he thinks is mistaken or unwise	Iconoclast (CGL T1,2010)
One who destroys images or attacks popular beliefs	Iconoclast (SO (CA), 2006)
One who breaks the established traditions and image	Iconoclast (SO(Audit), 2006)
A person’s peculiar habit	Idiosyncracy (CGL T1, 2016)
The worship of idols or images	Idolatry (TA(IT&CE), 2006)
Handwriting that cannot be read	Illegible (DEO, 2008)
That which cannot be easily read	Illegible (FCI, 2012)
Handwriting which is difficult/impossible to read	Illegible (CGL T1, 2013)
A handwriting that cannot be read	Illegible (CGL T2, 2013)
A handwriting which is difficult or impossible to read	Illegible (MTS, 2013)
A man who does not know how to read or write	Illiterate (CHSL,2012)
Existing only in the mind	Imaginary (MTS, 2013)
A foreigner who settles in a country	Immigrant (CPO T– 2, 2011)
A person coming to a foreign land to settle there	Immigrant (SO (Audit), 2001)
Someone who is incapable of being quietened or pacified	Implacable (CGL T1, 2016)
To confirm with the help of evidence	Implicate (LDC, 2010)
A person who pretends to be what he is not	Imposter (FCI, 2012)
One who pretends to be what he is not	Imposter (Constable, 2015)
A person who dishonestly pretends to be somebody else	Imposter(Stenographer, 2010)
One who is too careless to plan for the future	Improvident (CGL T1, 2015)
Without risk of punishment	Impunity (Statistical Invigilator, 2006)
That which cannot be reached	Inaccessible (CGL T2, 2015)
Incapable of being approached	Inaccessible (CHSL, 2013)
A voice that cannot be heard	Inaudible (Stenographer, 2011)
Speech which is not audible	Inaudible (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
Motive or incitement to action	Incentive (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
Something that is difficult to understand	Incomprehensible (CGL T1 RE, 2015)
One who is beyond reforms	Incorrigible (Statistical Invigilator, 2005)
One who cannot be corrected	Incorrigible (CGL T1, 2013)
Beyond correction	Incorrigible (CHSL, 2014)
One who cannot be corrected	Incorrigible (Constable, 2015)
Something that is difficult to believe	Incredible (CHSL,2012)
Something which cannot be believed	Incredible (SO(Audit), 2007)
That which cannot be believed	Incredible (CGL T1, 2016)
That which cannot be believed	Incredible (Constable GD,2013)
Incapable of being tired	Indefatigable (CGL T2, 2015)
That which cannot be effaced	Indelible (CGL T1, 2015)
Feeling annoyed at the sight of unfair treatment	Indignant (CGL T2, 2015)
Not suitable for eating	Inedible (CGL T1, 2015)
Impossible to describe	Ineffable (CGL T1,2010)
Someone not fit to be chosen	Ineligible (CHSL, 2015)
Lack of skills	Ineptness (CGL T1, 2016)
That which cannot be avoided	Inevitable (CGL T1, 2015)
That which cannot be averted	Inevitable (CGL T1, 2016)
That which cannot be avoided	Inevitable (CPO, 2015)
One who does not makes mistakes	Infallible (CPO T– 2, 2011)
A method which never fails	Infallible (SO(Audit), 2007)
A person who cannot make a mistake	Infallible (CGL T1, 2012)
Incapable of error	Infallible (CHSL, 2014)
One who cannot make any mistake	Infallible (CHSL, 2015)
Killing of a child	Infanticide(SO (Audit), 2003)
Action that is likely to make people very angry	Inflammatory (CGL T1, 2016)
A cluster of flowers on a branch	Inflorescence (CGL T1, 2014)
Property handled down after the death of a person	Inheritance (SO(Audit), 2006)
Write or carve words on stone or paper	Inscribe (CGL T1, 2016)
A person who has no money to pay off his debts	Insolvent (CGL T1, 2011)
Unable to pay one’s debt	Insolvent (CGL T1, 2016)
A person who is unable to pay debts	Insolvent(SO (Audit), 2001)
Inability to sleep	Insomnia (SO(Audit), 2008)
Inability to sleep	Insomnia (MTS, 2013)
Interval between two events	Interlude (CGL T1, 2016)
One who intervenes between two or more parties to settle difference	Intermediary (SO (CA), 2006)
One who intervenes between two or more parties to settle differences	Intermediary (Stenographer, 2011)
The burial of corpse	Interment (CGL T1, 2015)
Detaining and confining something	Internment (CGL T1,2010)
To die without having made a will	Intestate (CGL T1, 2013)
To die without making a will	Intestate (CGL T1, 2015)
The action of looking within or into one’s own mind	Introspect (LDC, 2010)
A person who enters without any invitation	Intruder (CGL T1, 2015)
Animals without backbone	Invertebrates (CGL T1, 2016)
Careful or thorough enquiry	Investigation (Stenographer, 2010)
That which cannot be defeated	Invincible (CGL T2, 2013)
Call upon God or any other power (like law) for help or protection	Invocation (SO (Audit), 1997)
That which cannot be called back	Irrevocable (TA (IT & CE, 2008))
To supply land with water by artificial means	Irrigate (MTS, 2013)
A narrow stretch of land connecting two large bodies of land	Isthumus (CGL T1, 2016)
One who journeys from place to place	Itinerant (TA (IT & CE, 2008))
Detailed plan of a journey	Itinerary (CGL T1, 2013)
Detailed plan of journey	Itinerary (CHSL, 2013)
The schedule of travel	Itinerary (CHSL, 2014)
A planned route or journey	Itinerary (CPO, 2015)
A short trip or excursion	Jaunt (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
With much liveliness and a sense of purpose	Jauntily (Investigator, 2010)
Art of writing for newspapers and magazines	Journalism (CPO T– 2, 2011)
An act of travelling from one place to another	Journey (CGL T1, 2016)
A body of persons appointed to hear evidence or judge and give their verdict (decision)	Jury (SO (Audit), 2005)
A body of persons appointed to hear evidence and give their verdicts in trials	Jury (Stenographer, 2010)
Suitable or intended only for young persons	Juvenile (CGL T1, 2016)
Placing a thing besides another	Juxtapose (SO(Audit), 2006)
Put side by side	Juxtapose (Constable, 2015)
An excessively morbid desire to steal	Kleptomania (CGL T1, 2013)
A recurrent compulsive urge to steal	Kleptomania (CGL T1, 2015)
The sound of the funeral bell	Knell (SO(CA), 2007)
A person who deserves all praise	Laudable (CGL T1, 2015)
A medicine that softens the bowels	Laxative (CPO, 2014)
A legal agreement that allows someone to use a building or land for a period of time, usually is return for rent	Lease (CHSL, 2015)
A sly look that is lustful	Leer (Statistical Invigilator, 2006)
One who compiles a dictionary	Lexicographer (CGL T1, 2011)
One who compiles a dictionary	Lexicographer (CHSL, 2015)
Person believing in free will	Libertarian (CGL T1, 2014)
Tough tissues in joints	Ligaments (SO (Audit), 2004)
Related to moon	Lunar (LDC, 2011)
The first public speech delivered by a person	Maiden speech (SO(Audit), 2006)
Speech for the first time	Maiden speech (CPO, 2012)
The first speech made by a person	Maiden (CHSL,2012)
Easy to shape in any desired from	Malleable (MTS, 2013)
Animals which suckle their young	Mammals (CHSL, 2014)
A written declaration of government or a political party	Manifesto (CGL T2, 2015)
An underhand device resorted to in order to justify misconduct	Manoeuvre (CGL T1,2010)
A paper written by hand	Manuscript (LDC, 2011)
A paper/ story/ poem first written out by hand	Manuscript (CGL T1, 2016)
One who suffers for one’s faith	Martyr (CGL T1 RE, 2015)
A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs	Martyr (MTS, 2013)
One who enjoys inflicting pain on himself	Masochist (CGL T1, 2013)
A cinema show held in the afternoon	Matinee (CHSL, 2015)
An established principle of practical wisdom	Maxim (CGL T2, 2011)
To try to settle a dispute between two other parties	Mediate (CGL T2, 2015)
One who is neither intelligent nor dull	Mediocre (CGL T2, 2014)
One who will do any job for anyone for money	Mercenary (CGL T1, 2016)
A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army	Mercenary (CPO, 2014)
One whose motive is merely to get money	Mercenary (MTS, 2013)
Art of working with metals	Metallurgy (CHSL, 2015)
One who is rather fastidious	Meticulous (CGL T2, 2015)
Instrument that magnifies objects	Microscope (MTS, 2013)
A place where money is coined	Mint (CGL T1, 2016)
One who hates mankind	Misanthrope (SO (Audit), 2004)
A hater of mankind	Misanthrope (TA(IT&CE), 2006)
One who hates mankind	Misanthrope (CGL T2, 2015)
A person who loves wealth and spends as little money as possible	Miser (FCI, 2012)
One who hates women	Misogynist (LDC, 2010)
One who hates women	Misogynist (CGL T1, 2013)
One who hates women	Misogynist (CPO, 2012)
A hater of women	Misogynist (MTS, 2013)
A particular method of working	Modus Operandi (CHSL, 2014)
Lasting only for a moment	Momentary (SO (Audit), 2003)
An occasion of great importance	Momentous (SO(Audit), 2008)
Speech of great importance and gravity	Momentous (CPO, 2015)
Government by a king	Monarchy (CGL T1, 2016)
Exclusive possession or control of anything	Monopoly (MTS, 2013)
A person worship only one God	Monotheist (CHSL, 2015)
To secure a boat by attaching it to an anchor	Moor (CGL T2, 2015)
The essential or characteristic customs , habits and conventions of a society or community	Mores (SO (Audit), 2005)
A legal agreement by which a person borrows money from a bank usually to buy a house	Mortage (LDC, 2010)
Building in which a dead body is kept for a time	Mortuary (SO(Audit), 2006)
A room where dead are kept until burial	Mortuary (CGL T1, 2016)
Design made by putting together coloured pieces of glass or stones	Mosaic (CHSL, 2014)
Body of a human being or animal embalmed for burial	Mummy (SO(Audit), 2007)
Rebellion against lawful authority	Mutiny (CHSL,2012)
Fear of telling lies	Mythophobia (CHSL, 2014)
The habit of always admiring oneself	Narcissism (SO (CA), 2006)
Animals that live in a particular region	Native (Constable GD,2013)
Group of people living together in the same locality	Neighbourhood (CHSL,2012)
Favouritism granted in politics or business to relatives	Nepotism (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
Politicians who are notorious for doing undue favors to their relative	Nepotism (CGL T1, 2013)
Favouritism shown by a person in power to his relatives	Nepotism (CGL T1, 2016)
Unfair advantages for members of one’s own family	Nepotism (CHSL,2012)
Hobson’s choice	No choice at all (CGL T1, 2016)
Occurring at night	Nocturnal (CPO, 2010)
People of no fixed abode	Nomads (CHSL, 2014)
A system of naming things	Nomenclature (LDC, 2010)
An unimportant person	Nonentity (CGL T1, 2016)
Sentimental longing for a period in a past	Nostalgia (CPO, 2014)
To be known for bad acts	Notorious (CPO, 2010)
Has an evil reputation	Notorious (CGL T1, 2013)
One who is known widely but unusually unfavorably is	Notorious (CGL T2, 2015)
A person who is well known in an unfavorable way	Notorious (CHSL,2012)
A man of evil reputation	Notorious (MT(NT), 2014)
A person without training or experience in a skill or subject	Novice (SO(CA), 2005)
A person who is new to profession	Novice (CGL T1, 2016)
To reduce to nothing	Null (CGL T1, 2013)
A man who collects old and new coins	Numismatics (CGL T1, 2016)
The study or collection of coins	Numismatics (CPO, 2012)
One who collects coins	Numismatist (SO (Audit), 2005)
A person specially interested in the study of coins and medals	Numismatist (CGL T1, 2013)
A person who collects coins	Numismatists (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
A shady fertile place in a desert	Oasis (CGL T1, 2016)
A notice of a person’s death	Obituary (CGL T1, 2016)
A place where astronomical observations are made	Observatory (CGL T1, 2016)
Passing out of use	Obsolescent (CGL T1, 2014)
A word or practice that has gone out of use	Obsolete (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
A thing no longer in use	Obsolete (CGL T1, 2016)
No longer in existence or use	Obsolete (CGL T2, 2015)
Something no longer in use	Obsolete(SO (Audit), 1997)
Anything which is no longer in use	Obsolete(SO (Audit), 2001)
Pertaining to the west	Occidental (CGL T1, 2016)
Relating to countries of west	Occidental (CPO, 2014)
A geo metrical figure with eight sides	Octagon (CHSL,2012)
One who is eighty years old	Octogenarian (CGL T1, 2016)
A person who attends to the disease of the eye is an	Oculist (CPO, 2013)
Government by the few	Oligarchy (CGL T1, 2014)
Government or rule by a small group of people	Oligarchy (CGL T1, 2016)
One who is all powerful	Omnipotent (Constable GD,2013)
One who knows everything	Omniscient (CGL T1, 2016)
One who knows everything	Omniscient (MTS, 2013)
Feeding on food made of both plant and flesh	Omnivorous (SO (CA), 2006)
Animals that eat flesh	Omnivorous (CHSL, 2014)
One who eats both vegetables and meat	Omnivorous (CHSL,2012)
Many Words	One Word
Not allowing the passage of light	Opaque (CGL T1, 2013)
Through which light cannot pass	Opaque (CHSL,2012)
To be dogmatic in one’s opinion	Opinionated (Stenographer, 2011)
A doctor who specializes in the eye diseases of the eyes	Opthalmologist (CGL T1, 2016)
One who tends to take a hopeful view of a life	Optimist (CPO, 2010)
A person who is always hopeful and looks upon the brighter side of things	Optimist (SO(Audit), 2008)
A person who looks at the bright side of things	Optimist (CPO, 2015)
A specialist who tests eyesight	Optometrist (TA(IT & CE), 200)
A proficient public speaker	Orator (CHSL,2012)
A large body of people playing musical instruments	Orchestra (CGL T1, 2016)
Someone who scientifically studies the birds	Ornithologist (CHSL,2012)
Experts in the scientific study of birds	Ornithology (SO(Audit), 2006)
The study of birds	Ornithology (MTS, 2013)
A public institution for the care and protection of children without parents	Orphanage (MT(NT), 2014)
The area of medicine that treats illness of bones	Orthopaedics (CPO, 2015)
A person who has lost protection of law	Outlaw (CGL T1, 2016)
Belief that war and violence are unjustified	Pacifism (SO(CA), 2007)
A person who opposes war or use of military force	Pacifist (SO (Audit), 1997)
A person who believes in total abolition of war	Pacifist (TA (IT & CE), 2004)
A doctor who treats children	Paediatrician (SO (Audit), 2003)
A word that reads the same as backward or forward	Pallindrome (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
Thing that can be felt or touched	Palpable (CGL T1, 2016)
A cure for all disease	Panacea (LDC, 2010)
A remedy for all diseases	Panacea (LDC, 2011)
A remedy for all diseases	Panacea (TA(IT&CE), 2006)
A remedy for all diseases	Panacea (CGL T1, 2016)
A remedy for all disease	Panacea (CGL T2, 2013)
A remedy for all diseases	Panacea (CPO, 2015)
Wild and noisy disorder	Pandemonium (SO(Audit), 2006)
Belief that God is in everything and that everything is God	Pantheism (TA (IT & CE, 2008))
A small room in a big house, hotel, ship etc where glasses, dishes, spoons food, etc are kept	Pantry (CPO T– 2, 2011)
One who lives/survives on others/other lives	Parasite (CHSL, 2013)
A method of boiling briefly to cook food slightly	Parboil (CGL T1, 2014)
Release of a prisoner form jail on certain terms and conditions	Parole (CGL T1, 2011)
The murder of parents or near relative	Parricide (Statistical Invigilator, 2005)
A person of obscure position who has gained wealth	Parvenu (CGL T1, 2013)
Science of diseases	Pathology (Statistical Invigilator, 2005)
Relating to kinship with the father	Patrilineal (CGL T1, 2014)
Property inherited from one’s father	Patrimony (CGL T1, 2016)
Property inherited from one’s father or ancestors	Patrimony (MTS, 2013)
One who loves or supports his or her country and is willing to defend it	Patriot (MTS, 2013)
Person who insists on adherence to formal rules or literary meaning	Pedant (Investigator, 2010)
A person who shows off his/her learning	Pedant (CPO, 2013)
A style in which a writer makes display of his knowledge	Pedantic (FCI, 2012)
Branch of medicine concerned with children and their illness	Pediatrics (CGL T2, 2015)
Land covered by water on three sides	Peninsula (CGL T1, 2016)
Deep in thought	Pensive (Statistical Invigilator, 2006)
Continuing for a long period of time without interruption	Perpetual (CPO, 2015)
An emolument over and above fixed salary	Perquisite (CGL T1,2010)
Constant efforts to achieve something	Perseverance (TA (IT & CE), 2004)
Constant efforts to achieve something	Perseverance (CGL T2, 2015)
Stick with a thick end used in mortar for pounding	Pestle (CGL T1, 2016)
A person who always run after women	Philanderer (CPO, 2014)
A person who loves mankind	Philanthropist (LDC, 2010)
One who loves all mankind	Philanthropist (CGL T1, 2012)
A person who collects and/or studies stamps	Philatelist (CGL T2, 2015)
Study of the interaction of people with their environment	Philosophy (CGL T2, 2014)
Intense and unreasonable fear or dislike	Phobia (Stenographer, 2011)
A study of sounds is known as	Phonetics (CGL T1, 2013)
Treatment by means of exercise and massage	Physiotherapy (SO(Audit), 2007)
Act of stealing in small quantities	Pilferages (CGL T1, 2016)
One who does something for the first time	Pioneer (CGL T2, 2014)
Theft of another person’s writings or ideas and passing them off as one’s own	Plagiarism (CPO,2011)
Stealing of ideas or writings of someone else	Plagiarism (CGL T1, 2013)
One who copies from other writers	Plagiarist (CGL T1, 2016)
A person who steals the writing of others	Plagiarist (CHSL, 2015)
Person who files a suit	Plaintiff (CGL T1 RE, 2013)
A room or building for the preservation of plants	Plantain (MT(NT), 2014)
Flat metal or Porcelain plate fixed on a wall as an ornament or memorial	Plaque (SO (Audit), 2001)
Government by wealthy	Plutocracy (CGL T2, 2015)
A speaker’s platform	Podium (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
The practice of having more than one husband	Polyandry (Investigator, 2010)
A woman having more than one husband at the same time	Polyandry (SO (CA), 2006)
A man who has more than one wife at a time	Polygamist (CPO, 2014)
The practice of having many wives	Polygamy (CGL T1 RE, 2013)
One who knows many languages	Polyglot (CPO, 2015)
A figure with many angles or sides	Polygon (MT(NT), 2014)
Belief in many Gods	Polytheism (CGL T1, 2014)
Operation of body after death	Post–  Mortem (CGL T1, 2013)
A child born after the death of his father	Posthumous child (LDC, 2010)
A child born after the death of father	Posthumous (CGL T1, 2016)
That which can be drunk	Potable (CGL T2, 2014)
An animal which lives by preying on other animals	Predator (CGL T1, 2016)
To be biased against someone or something	Prejudice (SO(Audit), 2007)
The first public performance of musical or theatrical work or the first showing of a film	Premiere (CHSL, 2015)
Quibble (to avoid giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth)	Prevaricate (CGL T1, 2011)
Showing a dislike of anything improper	Prim (CPO, 2015)
The art of delaying	Procrastination (CGL T1, 2016)
General view of person’s character	Profile (SO(Audit), 2006)
Introductory part or lines to a discourse or play	Prologue (CHSL, 2015)
A pole or beam used as a temporary support	Prop (CGL T2, 2013)
A special fondness or liking for	Propensity (CGL T1, 2014)
One who is converted from one religion to other	Proselyte (CGL T1, 2016)
Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence	Protocol (CGL T1, 2011)
Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence	Protocol (CHSL, 2014)
The first model of a new device	Prototype (SO (Audit), 2004)
One who studies election trend by means of opinion polls	Psephologist (SO (Audit), 2003)
The scientific study of elections	Psephology (CGL T1, 2016)
A fictitious name especially one assumed by an author	Pseudonym (CHSL, 2014)
To write under a different name	Pseudonym (CHSL,2012)
Science of Human mind and behavior	Psychology (CGL T1, 2013)
A person who gambles or bets	Punter (CPO T– 2, 2011)
A four footed animal	Quadruped (TA (IT & CE), 2004)
Emission of light or heat from a central point	Radiation (CGL T1, 2016)
Having a stale smell or taste	Rancid (CGL T1, 2014)
Amount of money demanded by kidnappers	Ransom (MTS, 2013)
To take back, withdraw or renounce	Recant (SO (CA), 2006)
Give and receive mutually	Reciprocate(SO (Audit), 2003)
A person who withdraws from world to live in seclusion and often in solitude	Recluse (DEO, 2009)
A person who lives by himself	Recluse (CHSL, 2013)
Too much official formality	Red– tapism (TA(IT&CE), 2006)
A process involving too much official formalities	Red tapism (CGL T1, 2015)
The practice of submitting a proposal to popular vote	Referendum (CGL T1, 2011)
An act when people vote in order to make a particular subject or policy rather than voting for a person	Referendum (CGL T1, 2016)
An involuntary action under a stimulus is described as a	Reflex (SAS, 2010)
The act of killing a king	Regicide (CGL T1, 2016)
Brought back to mind	Reminisced (CHSL, 2014)
Artistic, musical or dramatic interpretation	Rendition (CPO, 2015)
One who deserts his principle or believes	Renegade (SO (CA), 2006)
Act of making things new like before	Renovate (CGL T1, 2016)
Send or bring somebody back to his own country	Repatriate (Constable GD,2013)
Providing relief	Reprieve (CGL T1, 2016)
The process by which plants and animals breathe	Respiration (CGL T1, 2016)
Military waking up signals in the morning	Reveille (SO(CA), 2007)
Take great pleasure	Revel (CGL T1 RE, 2013)
Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress	Rhetoric (CGL T1, 2013)
A doctor who specializes in diseases of the nose	Rhinologist (CGL T1, 2014)
Scale used for measuring the strength of an earthquake	Richter (LDC, 2011)
Solemn religious acts	Rites (CGL T1, 2016)
Circular building or hall with a dome	Rotunda (SAS, 2010)
Intentional damage to arrest production	Sabotage (CHSL, 2015)
Violation of something holy and sacred	Sacrilege (SO (CA), 2006)
Violation of something holy or sacred	Sacrilege (Statistical Invigilator, 2005)
Violation of the sanctity of a sacred place	Sacrilege (CGL T1, 2016)
A person who helps even a stranger in difficulty	Samaritan (CGL T1, 2013)
A man who helps a stranger or a person in difficulties is	Samaritan (CPO, 2015)
A place of good climate for invalids	Sanatorium (FCI, 2012)
A reserve for animals, birds etc in their natural habitat	Sanctuary (CPO, 2015)
Full of criticism or mockery	Satire (Stenographer, 2011)
One who is always doubting	Sceptic (CPO, 2014)
A vivacious and lively experience is said to be	Scintillating (CGL T2, 2015)
Severely abusive writing in journals	Scurrilous (SO (Audit), 1997)
A place where all religions are honoured	Secular (TA(IT&CE), 2006)
A drug or other substance that induce sleep	Sedative (CHSL, 2014)
Hard working and diligent	Sedulous (CGL T1, 2016)
That which is arranged by conferring or discussing	Seminar (CGL T1 RE, 2015)
A person who is in his seventies	Septuagenarian (SO(CA), 2007)
The production of raw silk	Sericulture (CGL T1, 2013)
To cut something into two pieces	Sever (SO (Audit), 2001)
A large number of fish swimming together	Shoal (MT(NT), 2014)
Small pieces of metal that fly out from an exploding bomb	Shrapnel (CGL T1, 2014)
A figure of speech by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resembles	Simile (CGL T2, 2011)
A post with little work but high salary	Sinecure (CGL T1, 2011)
An office with a salary but no work	Sinecure (CPO, 2012)
One who tends to patronize, rebuff or ignore people regarded as social inferiors and imitate, admire people regarded as social superiors	Snob (CGL T1, 2016)
A brief or a short stay at a place	Sojourn (CGL T1, 2016)
The act of speaking about one’s thoughts when one is alone	Soliloquy (CGL T1, 2014)
Walking in sleep	Somnambulism (CHSL, 2014)
Walking in sleep	Somnambulism (CPO, 2015)
One who walks in sleep	Somnambulist (TA(IT & CE), 200)
A fourteen line poem	Sonnet (CGL T2, 2015)
A poem of fourteen lines	Sonnet (CHSL, 2014)
Drug which cause people to sleep early	Soporific (CGL T1, 2016)
Killing one’s sister	Sororicide (CGL T1, 2016)
Something kept as a reminder of an event	Souvenir (LDC, 2011)
An object or portion serving as a sample	Specimen (CGL T1, 2011)
Study of caves	Speleology (CGL T1, 2014)
One who speaks for others	Spokesman (CHSL,2012)
Occurring at irregular intervals in time	Sporadic (DEO, 2009)
Written law of a legislative body	Statue (CPO, 2013)
One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain	Stoic (SO (Audit), 2003)
One who is indifferent to pain and pleasure	Stoic (SO(CA), 2005)
One who is unaffected or indifferent to joy, pain, pleasure or grief	Stoic (CGL T1, 2013)
One who accepts pleasure and pain equally	Stoic (CGL T1, 2013)
One who is indifferent to pain or pleasure	Stoic (CGL T1, 2016)
Calmness and indifference to suffering	Stoicism (Investigator, 2010)
Indifference to pleasure or pain	Stoicism (SO (Audit), 2005)
Indifference to Pain and pleasure	Stoicism (CGL T1, 2016)
One hides away in a ship or passenger vehicle to obtain a free passage	Stowaway (CGL T1,2010)
Too willing to obey other people	Subservient (CGL T2, 2015)
Having juicy or fleshy and thick tissue	Succulent (CGL T1, 2013)
Of the highest degree	Superlative (CGL T1, 2016)
Stealthily done (something done in a quiet and secret way in order to avoid being noticed)	Surreptitious (SO (Audit), 1997)
A part of a word that can be pronounced separately	Syllable (CGL T1, 2014)
To put two and two together	Symbiosis (Constable, 2015)
A place where Jews worship according to their religion	Synagogue (SO(CA), 2005)
Words of similar meaning	Synonyms (CPO, 2010)
A rough, violent, troublesome person	Tartar (CGL T1, 2016)
A statement in which you say the same thing twice in different words	Tautology (CGL T2, 2015)
The art of preserving skin of animals, birds and fish	Taxidermy (LDC, 2011)
Science regarding principles of classification	Taxonomy (CGL T1, 2013)
A person who never takes alcoholic drinks	Teetotaller (SO(Audit), 2008)
A person who abstains completely from alcoholic drinks	Teetotaller (CGL T1 RE, 2013)
A person who completely abstains from alcohol	Teetotaller (CGL T1, 2016)
A violent storm	Tempest (Stenographer, 2010)
Lasting only for a short while	Temporary (LDC, 2011)
A written statement about someone’s character, usually provided by an employer	Testimonial (CPO T– 2, 2011)
The study of religion and religious ideas and beliefs	Theology (SO(CA), 2005)
Study of the nature of Gods	Theology (CGL T2, 2013)
A system of Government in which only one political party is allowed to function	Totalitarianism (SO (Audit), 2005)
Something that is poisonous and unhealthy	Toxic (TA(IT&CE), 2006)
One who breaks the law	Transgressor (TA (IT & CE, 2009))
That which lasts for a short time	Transitory (TA (IT & CE), 2004)
Shaking movement of the ground	Tremor (MTS,2014)
The conference that takes place once in three year	Triennial (CGL T1, 2013)
A set of three related works by same author	Trilogy (CGL T1, 2013)
A group of three powerful people	Triumvirate (CGL T1, 2013)
One who stays away from school without permission	Truant (SO(CA), 2005)
A school boy who frequently cuts classes is a	Truant (CGL T1, 2013)
An obviously true or hackneyed statement	Truism (CGL T1, 2013)
High sea waves caused by underwater earthquake	Tsunami (Stenographer, 2011)
That which is without opposition	Unanimous (LDC, 2011)
The full agreement of all members	Unanimously (CHSL, 2014)
That which cannot be captured	Ungrippable (TA (IT & CE, 2009))
Belonging to all parts of the world	Universal (CPO, 2010)
Found all over the world	Universal (LDC, 2011)
A container for the ashes of a dead person	Urn (Constable, 2015)
One who lends money at a very high interest	Usurer (CHSL, 2013)
One living on vegetables	Vegetarian (CGL T1 RE, 2014)
One who eats no animal flesh	Vegetarian (CPO, 2014)
Speed of an object in one direction	Velocity (CPO,2011)
Committing murder in revenge	Vendetta (CGL T1, 2016)
A person who is greatly respected because of wisdom	Venerable (CGL T1, 2013)
Reproducing or memorizing word for word	Verbatim (TA (IT & CE, 2009))
One who possesses many talents	Versatile (CHSL, 2013)
Someone having many skills	Versatile (CHSL,2012)
A person with a long experience of any occupation	Veteran (SO (Audit), 1997)
One who has long experience	Veteran (CGL T1, 2015)
A person who is long experienced or practiced in an activity/capacity	Veteran (CPO, 2015)
A highly skilled musician	Virtuoso (CGL T1, 2014)
One who can think about the future with imagination and wisdom	Visionary (SO (Audit), 2003)
Doing something according to one’s own free will	Voluntary (CPO T– 2, 2011)
Of one’s own free will	Voluntary (CGL T1, 2015)
One who offers his services of his own freewill	Volunteer (CPO, 2014)
One who is greedy	Voracious (SO(CA), 2005)
A jocular person who is full of amusing anecdotes	Wag (Statistical Invigilator, 2006)
A raised platform in building	Walkaway (LDC, 2010)
One who takes care of a building	Warden (CHSL, 2013)
A list of passengers and luggage	Waybill (CGL T2, 2013)
A woman whose husband is dead	Widow (CPO, 2014)
An unexpected piece of good fortune	Windfall (CGL T1,2010)
A decorative ring of flowers and leaves	Wreath (MT(NT), 2014)
A wooden object used for connecting animals that are pulling a vehicle	Yoke (CGL T1, 2014)