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Abbey

a large church together with a group of buildings where religious communities of monks or nuns live or used to live

Volte-face

a complete change in a plan of action, opinion or policy

Voyage

a long journey by sea or in space

Widower

a man whose wife has died

Wreath

a circle of flowers and leaves, especially one that you give to the family of somebody who has died

Zealot

person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals

Verbose

using or containing more words than are needed

Verso

Any left hand page of an open book

Recto

Right hand page

Vespers

Evening prayer in the church.

Matins

Morning prayer

Veteran

One who has grown old in or has long experience of (specially military) service or occupation.

Vincible

Can be defeated

Vindictive/Vengeful

Having or showing a desire for revenge

Virulent

Highly poisonous effect, venomous, malignant(harmful)

Viviparous

that produce live babies from their bodies rather than eggs

Verbatim

exactly as it was spoken or written; Repetition

Truism

A truth which is often repeated

Turncoat

a person who stops supporting one political party, religious group etc. to join another one with very different views/apostate

Unanimous

Consent of all

ubiquitous

seeming to be everywhere or in several places at the same time; very common

Usurper

One who grabs somebody's else property

Uxoricide

Killing of one's wife

Uxorious/Henpecked

जोरू का गुलाम

Vacuous

showing a lack of intelligence or feeling

Vendetta

पुश्तैनी झगड़ा

Supercilious

Arrogant, Haughty

Sycophant

चापलूस

Synagogue

Place where Jews worship

Garrulous

Talkative person

Tantrum

a sudden explosion of anger, especially by a child

Theocracy

A government by religious leaders.

Traitor

One who betrays one's country

Transgressor

One who violates a rule or law.

Transmogrification

Complete change in appearance or character (especially in a magical or surprising way)

Somnambulist

One who walks in sleep

Somniloquist

One who talks in sleep

Sonorous

Having a deep and pleasant sound, euphonie

Sororicide

Killing of one's own sister.

Spendthrift

One who spends one's money recklessly

Spinster

An unmarried woman. (Mostly women)

Sporadic

Occurring irregularly, by fits and starts

Stoic

suffering pain or difficulty without complaining

Strangulate

गला घोटना

Subdue/Subjugate

To bring under control.

Screech

चीख़ना

Scrimmage

Confused struggle or fight

Scurry

Move hurriedly with short steps.

Sedition

Act or speech for inciting the public against the government

Senility

Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool or tends to forget things, dotage.

Siesta

Period of rest or sleep after lunch. (Afternoon)

Sinecure

An office for which high salary is paid for little or no work or responsibility

Smother

Kill by suffocation (especially by covering the face with something

Sojourn

Stay for a short time

Soliloquy

Speaking aloud while alone

Scapegoat

One who is blamed for the mistakes of others बलि का बकरा

Sceptic

Doubtful

Restitution

Return of object stolen or lost.

Retaliate

Return the same sort of ill-treatment

Reticent/Taciturn

Person who does not speak too much.

Retrospective

An effect which has a reference to the past

Hearsay

statement that a person has heard from someone else अफवाह

Sacrilege

blasphemy पवित्र वस्तु का अपमान

Sarcasm

Bitter and ironical remark

Savage

Violent and uncivilized

Relegate

Reduce to a lower position or Demote

Reluctant

Unwilling

Remission

A period of time when an illness is less severe

Rendezvous

A meeting arranged with someone

Renegade

a person who leaves one political, religious, etc. group to join another that has very different views

Repartee

Witty and clever answers (smart reply)

Repercussion

दुष्परिणाम

Repository

Place where things are stored for safety

Republic

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them. (गणतंत्र)

Requiem

Prayer for the dead

Pseudonym

Name taken by an author instead of real name

Punctilious

Very careful or behave correctly

Pyrotechnic

Art of making fireworks.

Quadruped

any creature with four feet

Rebel

One who takes up arms against the government

Recapitulate

Repeat the main points

Recluse

One who lives alone and avoids company

Reconnaissance

Information gathering activity about enemy forces.

Redundancy

When something is unnecessary because it is more than what is needed

Regicide

Killing of a king

Premonition

a feeling that something unpleasant is going to happen in the future

Prerogative

a special right that somebody/something has

Prodigy

A child with unusual or remarkable talent.

Prognostication

भविष्यवाणी

Prologue

a piece of writing or a speech that introduces a play, poem,

Promiscuous

having sexual relations with many people

Proponent

Person who proposes something

Propriety

Correct and acceptable moral and social behaviour

Protectorate

Country under the protection of a more powerful country

Prudent

Wise

Placard

Poster-Written or printed things pasted or displayed in public places

Plagiarism

The practice of borrowing words and ideas from other authors and using them as one's own; literary theft

Platitude

Statement that is obviously true and hence dull or not stimulating

Plutocracy

A government by a rich and powerful class

Polyandry

The custom of having more than two husbands at the same time.