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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 653
Book's First PageONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION bureaucracy (N.) : the system of pesky (Adj.) : annoying well-educated and are interest- official rules and ways of doing purloin (V.) : to steal something ed in culture, politics, literature things that a government or an or use it without permission etc. organization has, especially 79. (2) impunity parasol (N.) : a large umbrella when these seem to be too com- that is used on beaches/outside impunity (N.) : exemption from plicated restaurants to protect people punishment or loss nepotism (N.) : giving unfair ad- impudent (Adj.) : rude; not from the hot sun vantages to your own family if showing respect for other peo- 84. (1) misanthrope you are in a position of power, ple; impertinent misanthrope (N.) : a person who especially by giving them jobs hates and avoids other people inexorable (Adj.) : that cannot formalism (N.) : a style or meth- be stopped or changed; relentless misogynist (N.) : a man who od in art, music, literature, sci- hates women imperturbable (Adj.) : not easily ence, etc. that pays more atten- philanthropist (N.) : a rich per- upset or worried by a difficult tion to the rules and the correct son who helps the poor and situation arrangement and appearance of those in need things than to inner meanings 80. (1) hypochondria hypochondria (N.) : a state in misogamist (N.) : a person who and feelings which somebody worries all the hates marriage 75. (3) drought time about his health and be- 85. (2) dipsomania drought (N.) : a long period of lieves that he is ill/sick when dipsomania (N.) : an intense per- time when there is little or no there is nothing wrong with him sistent desire to drink alcoholic rain malaise (N.) : a general feeling beverages to excess; alcoholism draught (N.) : a flow of cool air of being ill/sick, unhappy or not megalomania (N.) : a mental ill- in a room or other confined satisfied, without signs of any ness/condition in which one has space particular problem; unease an exaggerated belief in one’s draft (N.) : a rough written ver- own importance/power disaffected (Adj.) : no longer sat- sion of something that is not got isfied with your situation, organ- kleptomania (N.) : a mental ill- in its final form isation, belief, etc. and therefore ness in which one has a strong desert (N.) : large area of land not loyal to it desire, which one cannot control, that has very little water and very to steal things malinger (V.) : to pretend to be few plants growing ill/sick in order to avoid work pyromania (N.) : a mental illness 76. (1) leer that causes a strong desire to set 81. (3) idolatry leer (N.) : an unpleasant look or fire to things idolatry (N.) : the practice of smile at somebody that shows an 86. (3) renegade worshipping statues as gods evil/sexual interest in him atheism (N.) : the belief that God renegade (N.) : a person who lore (N.) : knowledge and infor- leaves one political, religious, does not exist mation related to a particular etc. group to join another that subject, especially when this is theism (N.) : belief in the exist- ence of God has very different views not written down iconoclasm (N.) : the act of crit- apostle (N.) : a person who lark (N.) : a thing that you do for strongly believes in a policy or icizing popular belief or estab- fun or as a job an idea and tries to make other lished customs/ideas littoral (N.) : the part of a coun- people believe in it 82. (2) toxic try that is near the coast proselyte (N.) : a person who 77. (3) wag toxic (Adj.) : containing poison; poisonous has been converted to another wag (N.) : a person who enjoys religious or political belief making jokes; joker trivial (Adj.) : not important/se- rious; not worth considering critic (N.) : a person who ex- wile (N.) : the use of tricks to presses disapproval of some- deceive/cheat someone (usually torpid (Adj.) : not active; with body/something and talks about no energy/enthusiasm; lethargic to extract money from him) his bad qualities, especially pub- yokel (N.) : not very intelligent tragic (Adj.) : making you feel licly very sad because somebody has or interested in culture 87. (2) intermediary died/suffered a lot aeon (N.) : a major division of intermediary (N) : a person or 83. (2) panacea time, divided into Eras organisation that helps other 78. (2) pensive panacea (N.) : something that people/organisations to make an will solve all the problems of a pensive (Adj.) : thinking deeply agreement by a means of com- particular situation munication between them; me- about something because you are amnesia (N.) : a medical condi- diator sad/worried tion in which somebody partly/ neutral (Adj.) : not supporting/ meditation (N.) : the practice of completely loses his memory thinking deeply in silence, for helping either side in a disagree- religious reasons or to make your intelligentsia (N.) : the people ment, competition, etc.; impar- in a country/society who are tial; unbiased mind calm SEE–660