OWS (Most Repeated) Flashcards
A person who loves all mankind // Someone who freely gives money and help to people who need it
Philanthropist (N.)
An inscription on a tombstone in the memory of the person who has died
Epitaph (N.)
Something no longer in use
Obsolete (Adj.)
Handwriting which is difficult or impossible to read
Illegible (Adj.)
Something that cannot be avoided // Certain to happen
Inevitable (Adj.)
A place for keeping the birds in a confined space
Aviary (N.)
Belonging to the same time // A person living in the same age with another
Contemporary (Adj.)
A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing his feelings/complaining
Stoic (N.)
One who doesn’t believe in the existence of God
Atheist (N.)
A person who draws or makes maps
Cartographer (N.)
An extreme fear of being in a small confined place
Claustrophobia (N.)
One who knows everything
Omniscient (Adj.)
A solution for all difficulties or diseases
Panacea (N.)
A person who knows and is able to use several languages
Polyglot (N.)
An arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence
Chronology (N.)
A speech or a presentation made without previous preparation
Extempore (Adj.)
One who is difficult to please
Fastidious (Adj.)
An imagined society where everything is perfect and everyone is happy // A place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions
Utopia (N.)
One who plays for pleasure rather than as a profession // A person who is neither well experienced nor professional // A non professional who is inept at a particular activity
Amateur (N.)
Able to use the left hand and right hand equally well
Ambidextrous (N.)
A person who attacks or criticizes cherished beliefs or institutions
Iconoclast (N.)
One who cannot make mistake
Infallible (Adj.)
Someone who makes charitable donations intended to the welfare of other people
Altruist (N.)
The place where public, government or historical records are kept
Archive (N.)
A person who loves or collects books
Bibliophile (N.)
The murder of a whole race or a group of people
Genocide (N.)
A sound that cannot be heard
Inaudible (Adj.)
One who cannot be corrected // One who is beyond reform
Incorrigible (Adj.)
A person who writes and edits dictionaries
Lexicographer (N.)
Someone working or acting merely for money or other rewards // A soldier who fights for the sake of money
Mercenary (N.)
A person who hates and avoids other people
Misanthrope (N.)
Sentimental longing for a period in the past
Nostalgia (N.)
Animal that can live both on land and in water
Amphibians (N.)
The life history of a person written by himself
Autobiography (N.)
A person who eats human flesh
Cannibal (N.)
A person employed to drive a private or hired car
Chauffeur (N.)
The scientific study of worms and insects
Entomology (N.)
One who is unable to pay debts
Insolvent (Adj.)
A person with strong desire to steal
Kleptomania (N.)
Government or rule by a small group of people
Oligarchy (N.)
One who is all powerful
Omnipotent (Adj.)
A person who collects or studies stamps
Philatelist (N.)
A person who never takes alcoholic drinks
Teetotaller (N.)
Someone having many skills
Versatile (Adj.)
A person who believes that laws and governments are not necessary // A person who believes in or tries to bring about a state of lawlessness
Anarchist (N.)
The art of beautiful handwriting
Calligraphy (N.)
A group of stars that forms a shape in the sky and has a name
Constellation (N.)
An animal that lives in groups // Tending to associate with others of one’s kind
Gregarious (Adj.)
A quiet person who is more interested in his own thoughts and feelings than in spending time with other people
Introvert (N.)
A piece of land/garden, in which fruit trees are grown
Orchard (N.)
Fit to drink (water)
Potable (Adj.)
A person who helps another to commit a crime or to do something morally wrong // A partner in crime
Accomplice (N.)
One who is not sure about God’s existence
Agnostic (N.)
A partial or total loss of memory
Amnesia (N.)
A person who regards the whole world as his country // One who is a citizen not of a country but of the world
Cosmopolitan (Adj.)
A person who leaves his country to live in another
Emigrant (N.)
Lasting for a very short time
Ephemeral (Adj.)
A situation in a country, an organization, etc. In which there is no government, order/control
Anarchy (N.)
To free somebody from all blame
Exonerate (V.)
One who is easily deceived
Gullible (Adj.)
Holding an office without receiving a pay
Honorary (Adj.)
A person who suffers from an imaginary illness // A person who is abnormally anxious about his health
Hypochondriac (N.)
A person pretending to be somebody he isn’t
Hypocrite (N.)
That which cannot be conquered
Invincible (Adj.)
A place where money is coined by authority of the government
Mint (N.)
A person who admires himself/herself too much, especially his appearance
Narcissist (N.)
Well-known for being bad // A person of evil reputation
Notorious (Adj.)
A person who collects coins
Numismatist(N.)
A large number of fish swimming together
Shoal (N.)
A place where bees are kept
Apiary (N.)
A military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored
Arsenal (N.)
The story of a person’s life written by somebody else
Biography (N.)
House or shelter of a gipsy // A group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, travelling together across a desert
Caravan (N.)
A man who knows a lot about things like food, music and art
Connoisseur (N.)
Man behaving more like a woman than as a man
Effeminate (Adj.)
A poem that express lament for the dead
Elegy (N.)
A short speech at the end of a play
Epilogue (N.)
A person who believes that all events are predetermined or subject to fate
Fatalist (N.)
A person who sells and arranges cut flowers
Florist (N.)
Extreme fear of water
Hydrophobia (N.)
A plan of a journey, including the route and the places that will be visited
Itinerary (N.)
A copy of a book, piece of music, etc. Before it has been printed // A paper written by hand
Manuscript (N.)
A person who dislikes women
Misogynist (N.)
A person who walks on foot and not travelling in a vehicle
Pedestrian (N.)
A person who always expects bad things to happen or something not to be successful
Pessimist (N.)
Occurring or coming into existence after a person’s death
Posthumous (Adj.)
The murder of a king
Regicide (N.)
Someone who walks about in sleep
Somnambulist (N.)
The scientific study of sound
Acoustics (N.)
A person who is chosen to settle a disagreement // a person appointed by two parties to resolve a dispute
Arbitrator (N.)
The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites
Archaeology (N.)
The money paid to former wife, husband or partner when the marriage is ended
Alimony (N.)
The study of human race, especially of its origin, development, customs and beliefs
Anthropology
A glass tank where fish and water plants are kept
Aquarium (N.)
A government by the nobles/government by person of highest social order
Aristocracy (N.)
Hard but easily broken // liable to break easily
Brittle (Adj.)
An assembly of worshippers // A group of people who have come together in a religious building for worship and prayer
Congregation (N.)
A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection
Curator (N.)
The scientific study of skin diseases
Dermatology
Causing or ending in death
Fatal (Adj.)
One who eats too much
Glutton (N.)
A person who cannot read or write
Illiterate (Adj.)
The condition of being unable to sleep over a period of time
Insomnia (N.)
A person who supervises during an examination
Invigilator (N.)
That through which light cannot pass
Opaque (Adj.)
Violation of something holy or sacred
Sacrilege (N.)
A speech made to oneself
Soliloquy (N.)
One who lends money on high rates of interest
Usurer (N.)
One who offers one’s services without being forced
Volunteer (N.)
To give up one’s authority or throne
Abdicate (V.)
A publication containing astronomical or meteorological annual calendar that contains important dates and time
Almanac (N.)
Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses, and therefore not definite
Ambiguous (Adj.)
Whose names are not known // An unknown author
Anonymous (Adj.)
A person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle
Apostate (N.)
One who makes an official examination of accounts/financial records
Auditor (N.)
A person who can speak only two languages
Bilingual (Adj.)
Words uttered impiously about God // The act of speaking irreverently about sacred things
Blasphemy (N.)
The scientific study of plants and their structure
Botany (N.)
An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
Bouquet (N.)
A person that one work with at the same place, in a profession or a business
Colleague (N.)
Gradual recovery of health and strength
Convalescence (N.)
A person who readily believes others easily
Credulous (Adj.)
A doctor who studies and treats skin diseases
Dermatologist (N.)
A thing fit to be eaten
Edible (Adj.)
Widespread outbreak of a disease which affects large populations at the same time
Epidemic (N.)
A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm
Fanatic (N.)
The plants and vegetation of a particular region
Flora (N.)
A person who has escaped from captivity or is in hiding
Fugitive (N.)
The study of earth, including the origin and history of the rocks and soil of which the earth is made
Geology (N.)
That which cannot be believed
Incredible (Adj.)
Incapable of feeling tired or exhausted
Indefatigable (Adj.)
That can burn/catches fire easily
Inflammable (Adj.)
That which cannot be called back
Irrevocable (Adj.)
Giving undue favours to one’s own kith and kin
Nepotism (N.)
The study or collection of coins
Numismatics (N.)
A notice of a person’s death
Obituary (N.)
One who see bright side of things
Optimist (N.)
A person who does not like, understand or enjoy the beauty of art, literature, music, etc.
Philistine (N.)
A person who opposes war or use of military force
Pacifist (N.)
A person who is new to a profession without training or experience in a skill or subject
Novice (N.)
The scientific study of the mind and how it influences behaviour
Psychology (N.)
Government by the richest people of a country
Plutocracy (N.)
Stealing of ideas or writings of someone else
Plagiarism (N.)
A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude
Recluse (N.)
A close-fitting cover for a sword or knife Sheath (N.) tool // Cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
Sheath (N.)
Something kept as a reminder of an event
Souvenir (N.)
In exactly the same words as were used originally
Verbatim (Adj.)
A person who is long experienced or practiced in an activity
Veteran (N.)
A decorative ring of flowers and leaves
Wreath (N.)
Fear of great heights
Acrophobia (N.)
Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty
Aesthetic (Adj.)
A list of items to be discussed at a meeting
Agenda (N.)
A medicine to nullify the effect of poison or another medicine
Antidote (N.)
Animals and plants growing or living in, or near water
Aquatic (Adj.)
One who denies oneself ordinary bodily pleasures
Ascetic (N.)
A person engaged in or trained for spaceflight
Astronaut (N.)
The scientific study of celestial bodies like sun, moon, stars, planets, etc.
Astronomy (N.)
A doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of heart diseases
Cardiologist (N.)
Animals that eat meat
Carnivorous (N.)
A place where gambling games are played
Casino (N.)
A list or collection of books or informative graphics
Catalogue (N.)
A funeral procession
Cortege (N.)
Centre of attraction
Cynosure (N.)
A leader who sways his followers by his oratory
Demagogue (N.)
The study of population and its dynamics
Demography (N.)
A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution
Dormitory (N.)
A game in which no one wins
Draw (V.)
A book or set of books giving information about all areas of knowledge
Encyclopedia (N.)
Murder of one’s brother or sister
Fratricide (N.)
A very small village
Hamlet (N.)
A building in which aircraft are housed
Hangar (N.)
All (things or people) of the same or similar kind or nature
Homogeneous (Adj.)
The study of growing garden plants
Horticulture (N.)
That which cannot be satisfied
Insatiable (Adj.)
Someone who is killed fighting for the cause of religion or faith
Martyr (N.)
A place for keeping dead bodies before burial or cremation
Mortuary (N.)
Present everywhere
Omnipresent (Adj.)
The scientific study of birds
Ornithology (N.)
A fictitious name especially one assumed by an author
Pseudonym (N.)
Dress with medals, ribbons worn at official ceremony // symbols of royalty
Regalia (N.)
A person very reserved in speech
Reticent (Adj.)
One who helps a person in need
Samaritan (N.)
An office with high salary but no work
Sinecure (N.)
The study of the nature of god and religious beliefs // The study of religion
Theology (N.)
A place where animals are slaughtered for consumption as food
Abattoir (N.)
An official pardon // the formal act of liberating someone
Amnesty (N.)
A system of government of a country in which one person has complete power
Autocracy (N.)
A large bundle bound for storage or transport
Bale (N.)
One who is unable to pay his debts
Bankrupt (N.)
An instrument used for measuring atmospheric pressure
Barometer (N.)
A group of girls/boys/birds etc
Bevy (N.)
A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work
Bibliography (N.)
A government run by officials in a state
Bureaucracy (N.)
Harsh or discordant sound // Loud confusing disagreeable sounds // An incongruous or chaotic mixture
Cacophony (N.)
A person who is skilled at producing beautiful handwriting
Calligrapher (N.)
The art or process of drawing or making maps
Cartography (N.)
One who plans the steps and moves in a dance
Choreographer (N.)
Easily spread from one person to another (disease) // A disease which spreads with contact
Contagious (Adj.)
One who sneers at the aims and beliefs of his fellow men // A person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions
Cynic (N.)
A system of government in which all the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives
Democracy (N.)
