151. Fit to be chosen Eligible
152. To go out of one’s own
country
Emigrate
153. To throw light on a subject Elucidate
154. A book giving information
about every branch of
knowledge
Encyclopaedia
155. One who believes in ‘eat,
drink and be merry’
Epicurean
156. A disease which spreads
among many people
Epidemic
157. Words written on the grave
of a person
Epitaph
158. Imaginary line around the
earth
Equator
159. When day and night are of
equal length
Equinox
160. Having a double meaning Equivocal
161. To pull up by the roots Eradicate
162. Dealing with sexual desire Erotic
163. A man who behaves like a
woman
Effeminate
164. Something confusing and
diffi cult to understand
Enigma
165. To free a person from all
blame
Exonerate
166. An intense feeling of
happiness and spiritual
upliftment
Ecstasy
167. A medicine that produces
the desired effect
Effi cacious
168. That which can be
explained
Explicable
169. A person taking an
examination
Examinee
170. To turn out a person from
society
Ex-communicate
171. To atone for one’s sins Expiate
172. Misappropriation of money Embezzlement
173. To run away with a lover
in order to get married
secretly
Elope
174. A person who secretly
listens to the conversation
of others
Eavesdropper
175. Practice of getting secret
information
Espionage
176. Rules of formal behaviour
in society
Etiquette
177. To make a mountain of a
mole hill
Exaggerate
178. To dig the earth to fi nd
something
Excavate
179. To give one thing and get
another in return
Exchange
180. To send goods to another
country for sale
Export
181. Without previous thought
or preparation
Extempore
182. No longer in existence Extinct
183. In the habit of wasting
money
Extravagant
184. A person who takes interest
in things around him
Extrovert
F
185. To make something easy Facilitate
186. Liable to make mistakes Fallible
187. Which results or ends in
death
Fatal
188. One who believes in fate Fatalist
189. One who has too much
religious enthusiasm
Fanatic
190. Diffi cult to please Fastidious
191. That can be done Feasible
192. One who supports the
cause of women
Feminist
193. A group of sheep Flock
194. A man engaged to be married Fiancé
195. To woman engaged to be
married
Fiancée
196. A person who is completely
disappointed
Frustrated
197. State of complete
disappointment
Frustration
198. A period of two weeks Fortnight
199. Which can be changed or
moulded
Flexible
200. Used in courts of law Forensic
201. Copying signature, etc. in
order to deceive
Forgery
202. According to rules and
customs
Formal
203. Killing one’s brother Fratricide
204. Money charged for the
carriage of goods by air,
sea or train
Freight
G
205. A person having
extraordinary mental
powers
Genius
206. Mass murder of a race or
community
Genocide
207. Medicine which kills germs Germicide
208. One who works as a
connecting link between
two persons or parties
Go-between
209. A person who eats too
much
Glutton
210. A woman employed to
teach young children in a
private family
Governess
211. Gift of money given to an
employee on retirement
Gratuity
212. Animals living on grass Graminivorous
213. A storehouse of grain Granary
214. Animals living in groups Gregarious
215. A place for keeping cars Garage
216. A room or hall with
apparatus for physical
training and exercises
Gymnasium
217. One who talks too much Garrulous
218. Make-up room behind the
stage
Green room
219. Rubbish or left over useless
things
Garbage
220. A list of explanations of
rare and technical words
Glossary
221. One who can be easily
cheated or deceived
Gullible
H
222. A shopkeeper who sells
small articles of dress like
ribbons, pins and laces
Haberdasher
223. The art of cultivating
gardens
Horticulture
224. Sleep-like state for the
whole of winter
Hibernation
225. A number of cattle driven
together
Herd
