Monday, October 12, 2009

[Sarkari-Naukri] Harish Sati, GK- General English Part -2

(GK) General English  - 2


One-words



1. A large room equipped for physical exercise or training of various kinds
Gymnasium

2. A hall or a building with a hall that is used for lectures, concerts etc
Auditorium

3. A building where objects of artistic, historical, or scientific importance and value are kept, studied, and put on display
Museum

4. A park where live wild animals from different parts of the world are kept in cages or enclosures for people to come and see
Zoo

5. A large cage or enclosure where birds are kept
Aviary

6. A water-filled transparent container, in which fish and other aquatic animals and plants are kept
Aquarium

7. A place where beehives are kept and bees are raised for their honey
Apiary

8. A period of 1,000 years
Millennium

9. At least a hundred years of age
Centenarian

10. One who is 90 years of age or between 90 and 100 years old
Nonagenarian

11. Somebody who is between 80 and 89 years old
Octogenarian

12. Person who is between 70 and 79 years old
Septuagenarian

13. A boy or girl between the ages of 13 and 19
Teenager

14. Somebody who moves from one region or country to another, often in search of work or other economic opportunities
Migrant

15. The act or process of moving from one region or country to another
Migration

16. To enter a new country for the purpose of settling there
Immigrate

17. Somebody who has come to a country and settled there
Immigrant

18. Person who leaves a place, especially his or her native country, to go and live in another country
Emigrant

19. The act of leaving a native country to live in another country
Emigration

20. A being from another planet or another part of the universe / One who does not belong to, is not accepted in or does not feel part of a particular group or society
Alien

21. A person, animal or plant that has lived in an area from the earliest known times
Aborigines

22. Person who is excessively concerned with his or her own health
Valetudinarian

23. One who believes that pleasure should be the only aim in life
Hedonist

24. A philosophical theory that holds that pleasure is the highest good or the source of moral values
Hedonism

25. Emotional indifference, especially admirable patience and endurance shown in the face of misfortune
Stoicism

26. Person who appears unaffected by emotions, especially somebody admired for showing patience and endurance in the face of adversity
Stoic

27. One who has the habit of sleepwalking
Somnambulist

28. Sleepwalking
Somnambulism

29. A base or support for a column or statue
Pedestal

30. Person who is traveling on foot, especially in an area also used by vehicles
Pedestrain

31. Somebody who believes that all events are decided by fate
Fatalist

32. The belief that people are powerless against fate
Fatalism

33. The tendency to speak or write too much about the self / Selfishness or self-centeredness
Egotism

34. Person who is selfish, self-absorbed, and self-centered / Person who tends to speak or write about himself or herself all the time
Egotist

35. One who believes that the correct basis for a moral code is every person’s concern for his or her own best interests
Egoist

36. Making personal welfare and interests only
Egoism

37. The belief that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists
Agnosticsm

38. Person who believes that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists
Agnostic

39. One who believes in and worship of all or many deities
Pantheist

40. The belief that God and the material world are one and that God is present in everything
Pantheism

41. One who believes in several deities
Polytheist

42. Worshiping of or believing in more than one gods.
Polytheism

43. The belief that there is only one God
Monotheism

44. One who believes that there is only one God
Monotheist

45. Disbelief in the existence of God or deities
Atheism

46. One who does not believe in God or deities
Atheist

47. Belief in the existence of a god or gods
Theism

48. One who believes in the existence of a god or gods
Theist

49. Somebody who is excessively preoccupied with health and persistently believes that he or she is ill or in danger of becoming ill. (somebody with imaginary illness)
Hypochondriac

50. An extreme fondness for books, or an obsessive urge to collect them
Bibliomania



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with warm regards

Harish Sati
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068

(M) + 91 - 9990646343 | (E-mail) Harish.sati@gmail.com


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