DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

HARIDWAR DISTRICT | UTTARAKHAND 247667 | INDIA

Fall 2017
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1 A husband's (or wife's) provision for a spouse after separation or divorce; maintenance.

2 A Lady’s purse.

3 A person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.

4 A person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods.

5 A gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music.

6 An expert judge in matters of taste.

7 A person devoted to sensual enjoyment especially that derived from fine food and drink.

8 A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.

9 A person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration.

10 Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture.

11 A tightrope walker.

12 Habitual sleeplessness; inability to sleep.

13 An experience involving the apparent perception of something not present.

14 A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.

15 Dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women.

16 Showing undue concern about one's health.

17 A branch of political science which deals with the study and scientific analysis of elections.

18 The study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related
objects.

19 A person who studies or collects butterflies and moths.

20 A fictitious name, especially one used by an author.

21 Conferred as an honour, without the usual requirements or functions.

22 Too powerful to be defeated or overcome.

23 (Of a person or their behavior) not able to be changed or reformed.

24 Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to
understand

25 Using or expressed in more words than are needed

26 (Of handwriting or print) clear enough to read

27 Someone who speaks many languages

28 Someone who has a Long Experience

29 Murder of Wife

30 One, who draws maps

31 A person, who writes beautiful handwriting

32 Fear of solitude

33 Fear of ugliness

34 Chemistry in ancient times is called

35 The study of fingerprints as a method of identification

36 Collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition

37 An establishment for the medical treatment of people who are convalescing or have a chronic
illness.

38 A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid

39 A small close knit group people who do not readily allow others to join them

40 A pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation

41 School for infants and children

42 Poem narrating a popular story

43 Poem written on the death of someone loved and lost

44 A short but amusing story

45 An animal story with a moral

46 Living or occurring at the same time

47 Occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the originator.

48 A remarkable talent

49 The practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially
by giving them jobs.

50 An outcast

51 People who have recently acquired wealth, typically those perceived as ostentatious or
lacking in good taste.

52 Extreme greed for wealth or material gain

53 Reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness

54 Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily

55 Tending to talk a great deal; talkative

56 Able to use the right and left hands equally well

57 Melodramatic behavior designed to attract attention

58 Relating to horse riding

59 The path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces

60 Superior mental acuteness