8th Class English Identification through Definitions and Examples Identification through Definitions and Examples

1.     

Total abstainer from all alcoholic drinks

teetotaller

2.     

The stage of growth between boyhood and youth

adolescent

3.     

Animal or man who eats flesh of other animals

carnivorous

4.     

A child without parents

orphan

5.     

An object through which light passes but people cannot see across clearly

translucent

6.     

That which can be drunk

potable

7.     

Belonging to one?s ancestors

ancestral

8.     

A state of perfect balance

equilibrium

9.     

A hater of women

misogynist

10.   

Which can be destroyed quickly

perishable

11.   

A physician who specialises in disease of skin

dermatologist

12.   

Specialist in bone or skeleton disorders

orthopaedist

13.   

A disease that spreads by contact

contagious

14.   

Killing of king

regicide

15.   

The act of ending one?s life

suicide

16.   

The day of last judgement or end of the world

doomsday

17.   

Composed of elements highly diverse in character

heterogenous

18.   

Free from external incitement or self-generated or happening without external cause

spontaneous

19.   

A medicine used to calm or pacify

tranquiliser

20.   

Murder of an infant or new-born baby

infanticide

21.   

Dramatic scene in which a person speaks by himself

monologue

22.   

An account of a person?s life written by himself

autobiography

23.   

A person who renounces the world and practices some self-discipline in order to attain salvation

ascetic

24.   

A person who is interested in antiquities

antiquarian

25.   

Marrying one person while being legally married to another

bigamy.