In many teaching exams including REET 2020, MPTET 2020 STET 2020 etc. English may be an interesting subject having and 15 questions of English content and 15 questions of English Pedagogy in each paper of REET and other State TET Exams.
One Words Denoting Persons :
S. No. | One Words | Denoting Persons |
1. | Agnostic | One who is not sure about God’s existence. |
2. | Altruist | a lover of mankind (Syn. Philanthropist) |
3. | Amateur | one who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession |
4. | Arbitrator | a person appointed by two parties to solve a dispute |
5. | Atheist | a person who does not believe in God (Ant.-Theist) |
6. | Bankrupt | one who is unable to pay his debts (Syn.-Insolvent) |
7. | Bohemian | an unconventional style of living |
8. | Chauvinist | a person who is blindly devoted to an idea |
9. | Connoisseur | a critical judge of any art and craft |
10. | Cosmopolitan | a person who regards the whole world as his country |
11. | Debonair | suave (polished and light hearted person) |
12. | Dilettante | a dabbler (not serious) in art, science and literature |
13. | Egoist | one lover of oneself, of one’s advancement |
14. | Emigrant | a person who leaves his country to settle in another country (Ant.-Immigrant) |
15. | Fatalist | one who believes in fate |
16. | Feminist | one who works for the welfare of women (Syn.-Philogynist) |
17. | Fugitive | one who runs away from justice (Syn.-Absconding person) |
18. | Gourmand | a love of good food |
19. | Gourmet | a connoisseur of food |
20. | Henpecked | a husband ruled by his wife |
21. | Herbivorous | one that lives on herbs |
22. | Iconoclast | one who is breaker of images and traditions |
23. | Illiterate | one who dies not know reading or writing (Ant.-Literate) |
24. | Immigrant | a person who comes to a country form his own country for settling (Ant.-emigrant) |
25. | Impregnable | that cannot be entered by force (Ant.-Pregnable) |
26. | Introvert | One who does not express himself freely (Ant.-Extrovert) |
27. | Insolvent | a person who is unable to pay his debts (Syn.-Bankrupt) |
28. | Invincible | one too strong to be defeated (Ant.-Vincible) |
29. | Invulnerable | one that cannot be harmed/wounded (Ant.-Vulnerable) |
30. | Libertine | a person who leads an immoral life (Syn.-Lecher) |
31. | Martyr | one who dies for a noble cause |
32. | Misanthrope | one who hates mankind (Ant.-Philanthropist) |
33. | Misogamist | one who hates the institution of marriage |
34. | Misologist | one who hate knowledge (Ant.-Bibliologist) |
35. | Namesake | a person having the same name as another |
36. | Numismatist | one who collects coins |
37. | Omnivorous | one who eats everything |
38. | Optimist | a person who looks at the bright side of thing (Ant. – Pessimist) |
39. | Orphan | one who has lost one’s parents |
40. | Philanthropist | one who loves mankind (Ant. – Misanthrope) |
41. | Philogynist | one who works for the welfare of women (Ant. – Misogynist) |
42. | Pacifist | one who hates war, loves peace |
43. | Pessimist | one who looks at the dark side of life (Ant. – Optimist) |
44. | Philanderer | one who amuses oneself by love making |
45. | Philistine | one who does not care for art and literature |
46. | Pedestrian | one who goes on foot |
47. | Recluse | one who lives in seclusion |
48. | Sadist | a person who feels pleasure by hurting others |
49. | Somniloquist | a person who talks in sleep |
50. | Termagant | a noisy quarrelsome woman, a shrew |
51. | Truant | one who remains absent form duty without permission |
52. | Uxorious | one extremely fond of one’s wife |
53. | Veteran | one who has a long experience of any occupation |
54. | Versatile | one who adapts oneself readily to various situations |
55. | Volunteer | one who offers one’s services |
56. | Verbose | a style face of difficult words |