76. Place where women sell
their body
Brothel
77. A government by offi cials Bureaucracy
C
78. A table of the days, week
and months of a year
Calendar
79. Not caring for the suffering
of others
Callous
80. One who eats human fl esh Cannibal
81. A vote which decides the
matter
Casting-vote
82. A systematic list of books
in a library
Catalogue
83. Soldiers who fi ght on
horseback
Cavalry
84. One who has taken an oath
not to marry
Celibate
85. Area of land where the
dead are buried
Cemetery
86. Pertaining to a hundred
years
Centenary
87. One who is hundred years
old
Centenarian
88. A period of hundred years Century
89. Union of political parties
for a special purpose
Coalition
90. The policy of ‘live and let
live’
Co-existence
91. Two or more things
happening together by
chance
Coincidence
92. Persons working together Colleagues
93. A play full of fun and
laughter
Comedy
94. A place where two rivers
meet
Confl uence
95. A device or drug which
prevents pregnancy
Contraceptive
96. Persons living at the same
time
Contemporaries
97. Persons belonging to the
same religion
Co-religionists
98. That which can be
corrected
Corrigible
99. Recovering from illness Convalescent
100. Which can be understood
fully
Comprehensibl
101. A disease present from
birth
Congenital
102. Which catches fi re and
burns easily
Combustible
103. A person or party opposed
to change
Conservative
104. A person held guilty and
punished by court
Convict
105. One who loves all countries
of the world
Cosmopolitan
106. Which can be believed Credible
107. A nursery where babies
are looked after while their
mothers are at work
Crèche
108. Place or building where
nuns live and work
Convent
109. A small piece of machinery
used for arithmetical
calculations
Calculator
110. The art of beautiful
handwriting
Calligraphy
111. A picture drawn to make
people laugh
Caricature
112. One who believes things
very easily
Credulous
113. Pertaining to cooking or the
kitchen
Culinary
114. Tool, like knives, used for
cutting
Cutlery
115. A person or thing that
attracts everyone’s attention
Cynosure
D
116. One who pays too much
attention to dress
Dandy
117. A period of 10 years Decade
118. Attack on the good
reputation of a person
Defamation
119. Government of the people,
by the people and for the
people
Democracy
120. A person held or detained
by law
Detenue
121. One who is wise, careful
and hard-working
Diligent
122. A note of disapproval Dissent
123. To lower the worth or value
of a thing
Depreciate
124. To give one’s authority to
others
Delegate
125. A representative group of
persons
Delegation
126. To make an attack on the
good reputation of a person
Defame
127. One who drinks too much
alcohol
Drunkard
128. Having two aspects or sides Dual
129. A song sung by two persons Duet
130. A fi ght between two
persons with swords or
pistols
Duel
131. Government by one man Dictatorship
132. Money or gifts given to a
girl in her marriage
Dowry
133. To challenge authority Defy
134. To place of permanent
residence
Domicile
135. To spoil the holiness of a
sacred place or thing
Desecrate
136. The art practiced by
statesmen
Diplomacy
137. A cruel ruler with unlimited
power
Despot
138. To go from bad to worse Deteriorate
139. To fi nd the nature of a
disease
Diagnose
140. A language which is used
by a particular region or
class
Dialect
141. A notebook in which daily
events are recorded
Diary
142. A book containing the
words of a language
with their meanings in
alphabetical order
Dictionary
143. A book of names and
addresses
Directory
144. A match or game in which
no party wins
Drawn
145. Likely to last long Durable
146. A man small in size Dwarf
E
147. One having strange habits Eccentric
148. Fit to be eaten Edible
149. A person who talks or
thinks too much of himself
Egoist
150. To describe in detail Elaborate
