English Word Meaning For PCS,PMS, NTS and CSS Exams

A to Z Most Important words and there meanings for entry tests and CSS Exams. You can prepared your entry tests using these most important Past papers MCQs of Words and meanings for the entry tests.

Words Starts With " A "

1. Abbreviation A shortened form of a word or phrase
2. Abolish Do away with wholly
3. Accelerate To increase the speed; to hasten the progress of
4. Accountable Liable to be called to account
5. Actuary One who calculates premium
6. Adolescence The period between childhood and adulthood
7. Aggravate To increase the gravity of an offence or the intensity of a disease
8. Aggressor A person who attacks first
9. Agnostic One who doubts the existence of god
10. Alienate To turn friends in enemies
11. Altruist A person who loves every body
12. Amateur One who does something not professionally but for pleasure
13. Ambidextrous Of a person who can use both hands equally well
14. Ambiguous A sentence whose meaning is unclear
15. Ambivalent Having opposing feelings
16. Amnesty General pardon
17. Amphibian A land animal that breeds in water
18. Anarchist One who is out to subvert a government
19. Anarchy Absence of government
20. Anonymous A book written by an unknown author
21. Answerable A person liable to be called to account for his action
22. Antedate To date before the true time
23. Anthropology A study of man
24. Antidote A medicine to counteract the effect of another medicine
25. Antiseptic A medicine that prevents decomposing
26. Antonym A word opposite in meaning to another
27. Appreciate To rise in value
28. Arbitrator A person appointed by parties to settle the disputes between them
29. Archaeology A study of ancient things
30. Aristocracy A Government by the Nob les
31. Arsenal A place where weapons and ammunitions are stored
32. Atheist One who does not believe in the existence of God
33. Audience An assembly of hearers at a lecture or concert
34. Auditor One who makes an official examination of accounts
35. Autobiography A life history written by oneself
36. Autocracy A Government by one
37. Avaricious Of a person extremely desirous of money

Words Starts With " B "

1. Behead Cut off the head
2. Bibliophile A great lover of books
3. Bigamy Practice of having two wives or husbands
4. Bigot One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views
5. Bilingual A person who speaks two languages
6. Biography A life history written by somebody else
7. Biology The science which treats with life
8. Botany The branch of biology dealing with plant life
9. Brittle Hard but liable to be easily broken
10. Bureaucracy A Government by the officials

Words Starts With " C "

1. Callous A man devoid of kind feeling and sympathy
2. Cannibal Of a man or animal that feeds on its own species
3. Carnivorous A flesh eating animal
4. Catalogue A list of books
5. Celibacy Abstinence from sex
6. Celibate One who is unmarried
7. Centenarian A person who is above hundred years
8. Centenary Celebration of a hundredth year, once –a-century
9. Colleague A co -worker or a fellow -worker in the same institution
10. Congenital Belonging or pertaining to an individual from birth
11. Contemporaries People living at the same time
12. Contemporary Belonging to the same period of time
13. Convalescent One who is recovering from illness
14. Cosmology Science of origin of universe
15. Cosmopolitan One who can make himself at home in all countries
16. Cosmopolite A citizen of the world
17. Credulous A person who readily believes whatever is told to him/her.
18. Cynic One who questions everything

Words Starts With " D "

1. Delegate To give one
2. Democracy Government of the people, for the people, by the people
3. Depreciate To go down in value
4. Deteriorate To go from bad to worse
5. Disenfranchisement To take away some one
6. Draw A game in which neither party wins
7. Drawn/ Tie A game or batter in which neither party wins

Words Starts With " E "

1. Eccentric One who has strange habits
2. Ecology Study of environment
3. Edible A thing that is fit to be eaten
4. Effeminate Of a man showing feminine attributes
5. Egotist A person who always thinks of himself ; somebody who is selfish or self -centered
6. Eligible One who is qualifies for election
7. Elucidate To explain something mysterious or difficult
8. Embez zlement Misappropriation of money
9. Emphasize To lay special stress on
10. Epicure Somebody who has refined taste for food; somebody who loves sensual pleasure and luxury
11. Epidemic A contagious disease which spreads over a huge area
12. Epitaph Inscription on a tombs tone
13. Equestrian A person who rides on horse-back
14. Equilibrium A state of perfect balance
15. Eradicate Destroy or get rid of something completely; root out an evil or bad practice
16. Ethnology A study of races
17. Etiquette Established rules of conduct; rules of acceptable behavior
18. Etymology A study of derivation of words
19. Exonerate Free somebody from blame or guilt
20. Extempore A speech delivered without any previous preparation

Words Starts With " F "

1. Facsimile An exact copy
2. Fanatic A man who has too much enthusiasm for his own religion
3. Fastidious A person difficult to please
4. Fatal Anything that leads to death
5. Fatalist A person who believes in fate
6. Feminist One who thinks only of welfare of women
7. Foregone Something that has been determined beforehand
8. Fratricide The murder or murderer of one

Words Starts With " G "

1. Germicide A medicine that kills germs
2. Glutton One who eats too much
3. Gratis Without payment
4. Gregarious Of animals living in flocks
5. Gullible One who is easily deceived

Words Starts With " H "

1. Herbivorous A grass eating animal
2. Homicide Murder of a human being
3. Honorary A position for which no salary is paid
4. Hostility Intense aggression or anger state of antagonism
5. Humanitarian One who feels sympathetic towards human beings
6. Hung Assembly or parliament in which no party has got clear majority
7. Hypocrite One who pretends to be what he is not

Words Starts With " I "

1. Idiosyncrasy A person’s peculiar habit
2. Idolatry Worship of idols
3. Illegal That which is against law
4. Illegible A handwriting that cannot be read
5. Illicit That is prohibited by law
6. Illiterate A person who cannot read or write
7. Immigrant One who lives in a foreign country
8. Imperceptible That which cannot be noticed
9. Impervious A person who remains unmoved and unaffected by other people’s opinions, suggestions
10. Impracticable That which cannot be practiced
11. Impregnable Incapable of being seized by attack
12. Improba ble That which is not likely to happen
13. Inanimate Without life
14. Inaudible A sound that cannot be heard
15. Incomprehensible A statement which cannot be understood
16. Incorrigible One who cannot be corrected
17. Incredible That which cannot be believed
18. Incurable That which cannot be cured
19. Indefatigable One incapable of being tired
20. Indefensible That which cannot be defended
21. Indescribable That which cannot be described
22. Indispensable Something that is essential and cannot be dispensed with
23. Inevitable That which cannot be av oided
24. Inexplicable That which cannot be explained
25. Infallible A remedy which never fails
26. Infanticide The act of killing an infant
27. Inflammable Something that is quickly and easily set on fire and burned
28. Inimitable A method that cannot be imitated
29. Insatiable That which cannot be satisfied
30. Insoluble Incapable of being dissolved in a liquid
31. Insolvent One who is unable to pay his debts
32. Intestate One who dies without a Will
33. Introspection The action of looking back on past time
34. Invincible That which cannot be conquered
35. Invisible A thing that cannot be seen with human eyes
36. Invulnerable That which cannot be hurt
37. Irrelevant Not applicable
38. Irreparable A loss of damage that cannot be compensated
39. Irrevocable That cannot be altered or withdrawn
40. Irritable A man who is easil y irritated

Words Starts With " J "

1. Jurisdiction The area over which an official has control

Words Starts With " L "

1. Legal That which is lawful

Words Starts With " M "

1. Maiden The first speech made by a person
2. Manuscript Handwritten book
3. Matinee A cinema show which is held in the afternoon
4. Matricide Killing of one’ s own mother; killer of one’s own mother
5. Medieval Belonging to the Middle Ages
6. Mercenary One who can do anything for money
7. Misanthrope One who hates mankind
8. Misanthropist Hater of mankind
9. Misogamist A person who does not believe in the institution of marriage
10. Misogynist A person who hates women
11. Mobocracy Rule by the mob
12. Monarchy A Government by a king or queen
13. Monogamy Practice of having one wife or husband

Words Starts With " N "

1. Namesake Somebody or something with the same name as somebody or something else
2. Neophyte One who is a newcomer
3. Notorious A person with an evil reputation
4. Novice One who is new to a trade or profession
5. Numismatics Science of coins or medals

Words Starts With " O "

1. Obsolete A thing no longer in use
2. Oligarchy A Government by the few
3. Omnipotent All-powerful; possessing complete power and authority
4. Omnipresent One who is present everywhere
5. Omniscient A person who knows everything
6. Omnivorous An animal or a human being that eats any kind of food
7. Opaque That through which light cannot pass
8. Optimist One who looks at the bright side of things; somebody positive
9. Ornithology A study of birds
10. Orphanage A place where orphans live

Words Starts With " P "

1. Panacea A supposed cure for all diseases or problems
2. Parasite A person supported by another and giving him/her nothing in return
3. Patricide Killing of one’s own fath er; killer of one’s own father
4. Pauper One who has no money
5. Pedestrian One who goes on foot
6. Pessimist One who looks on the dark side of things
7. Philanthropist Lover of mankind
8. Philistine One who does not care for art, literature etc
9. Physiology A study of the body
10. Plagiarist One who copies from other writers
11. Plutocracy A Government by the rich
12. Polyandry Practice of having several husbands
13. Polygamy Practice of having several wives
14. Polyglot One who knows many languages
15. Posthumous A book published after the death of its author
16. Postmortem Medical examination of a dead body
17. Postscript A short message added on to the end of a letter after the signature
18. Potable Water fit for drinking
19. Predator An animal who preys on other animals
20. Psephology Systematic study of election trends
21. Pseudonym To write under a different name

Words Starts With " R "

1. Regicide Murder of the king
2. Reticent One who speaks less

Words Starts With " S "

1. Sacrilege Violating the sanctity of a church
2. Samaritan One who helps others Good
3. Sinecure An office with high salary but no work
4. Smuggler A person who imports or exports goods into or from a country secretly because they are illegal or in order to avoid paying duty on them
5. Soporific A drug or other substance that induces sleep
6. Stoic One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain
7. Suicide Murder of self
8. Synonyms Words which have the same meaning

Words Starts With " T "

1. Theist One who believes in God
2. Translucent That through which light can partly pass
3. Transparent That through which light can pass
4. Turncoat One who changes sides

Words Starts With " V "

1. Valetudinarian One who always thinks himself to be ill
2. Vandal One who damages public property
3. Vegetarian Somebody who doesn’t eat meat or fish
4. Venial A pardonable offense
5. Ventriloquist One who can throw his voice
6. Veteran Somebody who is considerably experienced in something
7. Volunteer One who works for free

Words Starts With " Z "

1. Zoology A study of animals
2. Zoology The branch of biology dealing with the study of animals