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     calligraphy (N. ) : beautiful     868. (2) glutton                           parricide = the killing of a par-
     hadwriting                        869. (4) isthumus                          ent or other near relative
     bibliography (N.) : a list of     870. (4) predator                          matricide = the killing of one’s
     writings with time and place of   871. (2) oligarchy                         mother
     publication                       872. (3) plagiarist                   922. (3) amphibian
838. (1) hypochondriac                 873. (2) palpable                          anthropoid = resembling a hu-
     hypochondriac (N.) : a patient    874. (3) psephology                        man being in form
     with imaginary symptoms and                                                  aquatic = Animal which lives in
                                       875. (2) flicker
     ailments                                                                     water
                                       876. (1) emancipation
     misogynist (N.) : a person who                                               marsupial = a mammal of an or-
                                       877. (2) epidemic
     dislikes women                                                               der whose members are born in-
     misanthrope (N.) : a person who   878. (4) octogenarian                      completely developed.
     dislikes people                   879. (1) oasis
                                                                             923. (4) misogynist
839. (3) mnemonic                      880. (1) apiary                            misanthrope = a person who
     mnemonic (Adj.) : helping you     881. (4) hallucinogen                      dislikes humankind and avoids
     to remember something             882. (2) reprieve                          human society
840. (4) conservation                  883. (3) altruism                          philanderer = a man who readi-
841. (3) postscript                    884. (4) novice                            ly enters into casual sexual rela-
     postscript (N.) : a note appended 885. (1) erudition                         tionships with women
     to a letter after the signature   886. (3) alienation                        monarchist = a supporter of the
     corrigendum (N.) : a printer’s    887. (4) hypothesis                        principle of having monarchs.
     error to be corrected             888. (3) stoicism                     924. (4) anarchy
     manuscript (N.) : a copy of a     889. (2) adolescent                   925. (3) pacifist
     book, piece of music, etc. before 890. (2) renovate                          narcissist = a person who has
     it has been printed               891. (1) omniscient                        an excessive interest in or admi-
     postdiction (N.) : prediction                                                ration of themselves.
                                       892. (2) hydrophobia
     after the fact                                                               fatalist = submission to fate
                                       893. (3) coronation
842. (2) predicting                                                               fascist = an advocate of the sys-
                                       894. (1) snob
843. (4) liable                                                                   tem of fascism.
                                       895. (3) mortuary
844. (1) conservative                                                        926. (3) anesthetic
                                       896. (4) monarchy
845. (2) psychologist                                                             antiseptic = disinfectant
                                       897. (3) no choice at all                  antidote = a medicine taken or
846. (1) barracks
                                       898. (2) sacrilege                         given to counteract a particular
847. (2) boer
                                       899. (4) posthumous                        poison.
848. (3) lack of skill = Ineptness;
                                       900. (1) teetotaller                  927. (2) compere
     ineptitude.
     Look at the sentence :            901. (2) ambidextrous                 928. (3) panacea
     The case remained unsolved due    902. (3) foreman                           elixir = a substance with a mag-
     to lack of skill shown by the     903. (2) feud                              ical power to cure, improve or
     police.                           904. (4) invertebrates                     preserve something
849. (4) pestle                        905. (1) regicide                     929. (4) aquarium
850. (4) referendum                    906. (4) radiation                    930. (1) ornithology
851. (4) compositor                    907. (2) incredible                   931. (3) egalitarian
852. (4) peninsula                     908. (4) inflammatory                      altruistic = unselfish; showing
853. (1) soporific                     909. (3) cartoon                           selfless concern
854. (3) obsolete                      910. (2) euthanasia                        egoistic = preoccupied with own
                                                                                  interests.
855. (2) observatory                   911. (1) manuscript
                                                                             932. (2) dipsomania
856. (4) sororicide                    912. (2) subsistence
                                                                                  pyromania = an obsessive de-
857. (3) entomologists                 913. (3) compatriots
                                                                                  sire to set fire to things
858. (1) hypocrite                     914. (1) aviary
                                                                                  megalomania = obsession with
859. (2) manuscript                    915. (2) obituary                          the exercise of power
860. (2) mint                          916. (3) fastidious                        kleptomania = a recurrent urge
861. (1) respiration                   917. (3) screech                           to steal
862. (4) cynic                         918. (4) receptacle                   933. (4) illiterate
863. (3) boutique                      919. (1) engulf                       934. (4) apprentice
864. (2) interlude                     920. (2) whisk                        935. (4) illicit
865. (4) idiosyncracy                  921. (2) genocide                     936. (2) impromptu
866. (3) procrastination                    patricide = the killing of one’s 937. (4) orphanage
867. (1) ophthalmologist                    father                                                            ppp
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