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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 688
Book's First PageONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION sexual relationships with many agnostic (N.) : a person who epic (N.) : a long narrative poem different women doubts truth of religion telling of a hero’s deeds philanthropist (N.) : a rich per- sceptic (N.) : someone who ha- sonnet (N.) : a verse form con- son who helps the poor and bitually doubts accepted beliefs sisting of 14 lines with a fixed those in need, especially by giv- misogynist (N.) : someone who rhyme scheme ing money dislikes women 599. (2) mosaic Don Juan Casanova (N.) : a man 591. (2) virtuoso mosaic (N.) : art consisting of a who loves and has sex with many virtuoso (N.) : someone who is design made of small pieces of women dazzlingly skilled in any field; a coloured stone/ glass philatelist (N.) : a person who musician who is a master of tracery (N.) : decoration consist- collects/ studies stamps technique and artistry ing of an open pattern of inter- 585. (1) chauffeur artiste (N.) : a public performer lacing ribs 586. (2) nostalgia (dancer/ singer) relief (N.) : sculpture consisting nostalgia (N.) : a feeling of sad- diva (N.) : a distinguished female of shapes carved on a surface ness mixed with pleasure and operatic singer so as to stand out from the sur- affection when you think of hap- 592. (4) parboil rounding background py times in the past parboil : cook briefly (vegeta- oleograph (N.) : a print textured reminiscence (N.) : a spoken/ bles) to resemble an oil painting written description of something saute (V.) : fry briefly over high 600. (3) claustrophobia that somebody remembers about heat claustrophobia (N.) : fear of their past life 593. (1) avant - garde being closed in a confined space wistfulness (N.) : sad thought avant-garde (N.) : artists/ writ- xenophobia (N.) : fear of strang- about something that you would ers whose ideas are ahead of ers/ foreigners like to have, especially something their time acrophobia (N.) : fear of great in the past that you can no long- iconoclast (N.) : someone who heights er have tries to destroy traditional ideas/ pyrophobia (N.) : fear of fire 587. (2) laxative institutions 601. (1) mythophobia antacid (N.) : a medicine that nerd (N.) : a student who stud- prevents/ corrects acidity (in the mythophobia (N.) : fear of ies excessively stomach) myths, stories/ making false 594. (1) benefactor statements laxative (N.) : a medicine, food/ benefactor (N.) : a person who drink that makes somebody emp- legendary (Adj.) : remarkable helps people/ institutions ty their bowels easily enough to be famous ; very well- beneficiary (N.) : the recipient known 588. (1) pantheism of funds/ other benefits lyophobia (N.) : (in chemistry) pantheism (N.) : belief in many/ tycoon (N.) : a very wealthy/ having little attraction between all Gods powerful businessman particles and the medium of dis- monotheism (N.) : belief in only 595. (3) apartheid persion one God apartheid (N.) : the former offi- (4) oratory (N.) : skill in public polytheism (N.) : belief that cial policy of racial segregation speaking there is more than one God (in South Africa) charvinism (N.) : fanatical pa- 602. (2) chauffeur atheism (N.) : the belief that God does not exist triotism chauffeur (N.) : a person em- theism (N.) : the belief that God ployed to drive a private/ hired 589. (2) inflorescence exists car inflorescence (N.) : the flower- partisan (N.) : an ardent and claustrophobia (N.) : fear of ing part of a plant/ arrangement enthusiastic supporter of some being closed in a confined space of flowers on a stalk person/ activity cabby (N.) : a taxi driver bouquet (N.) : a bunch of flow- ers arranged in an attractive way 596. (1) eternal cavalier (N.) : a courtly gentle so that it can be carried in a cer- eternal (Adj.) : continuing for- man, especially one acting as a emony/presented as a gift ever; everlasting lady’s escort wreath (N.) : an arrangement of mortal (Adj.) : subject to death wagoner (N.) : one who drives a flowers and leaves (in a circle) infallible (Adj.) : incapable of wagon placed on graves, worn on head/ failure/error 603. (3) somnambulism hung on doors as christmas dec- 597. (1) itinerary somnambulism (N.) : walking in oration. 598. (3) ballad sleep incandescence (N.) : being very ballad (N.) : a narrative poem of obsession (N.) : an idea/ thought bright popular origin that continually preoccupies/ 590. (2) cynic ballet (N.) : a theatrical repre- intrudes on a person’s mind cynic (N.) : someone who is crit- sentation of a story performed hallucination (N.) : an experi- ical of the motives of others to music by ballet dancers ence involving the apparent per- SEE–695