Single words and their expansions printed on 20/12
One words

Agenda - Item of business to be considered at a meeting.
Aggressor - One who attacks first.
Amateur - One who does something for pleasure.
Amnesty - A general pardon of political offenders.
Anarchist - One who plans to destroy governments.
Anniversary - The yearly return of a date.
Antidote - A substance that acts against the effects of poison.
Anonymous - That which of unknown authorship.
Arbitrator - One appointed to settle disputes.
Atheist - One who doesn’t believe in the existence of God.
Autobiography - The story of a person’s life, written by that person.
Bankrupt - Unable to pay one’s debts.
Bigamy - Having two wives/ husbands at a time.
Bigot - One with narrow religious thoughts.
Biography - The story of a person’s life, written by another.
Bilingual - One who speaks two languages.
Brittle - That which can easily broken.
Catalogue - List of books/ articles.
Cannibal - One who eats human flesh.
Carnivorous - One who eats meat/ flesh.
Cemetery - A place of burial.
Colleagues - Those who work in the same office/ dept.
Coach - One who trains sportsmen.
Contemporary - Living at the same time as another.
Conductor - A person who collects fare on public vehicles.
Conscription - Compulsory enrolment for military services.
Congregation - An assembly of worshippers.
Cosmopolitan - That which belongs to the whole world.
Credulous - One who easily believes.
Democracy - Govt. by representatives of the people.
Detective - One whose business is to find out criminals.
Diplomacy - The art practiced by statesmen.
Dictatorship - Govt. by an absolute leader.
Egoist - One who thinks only of oneself.
Edible - That which is fit to be eaten.
Efficacious - That which produces the desired effect.
Effeminate - Behaving more like woman than a man.
Exchange - Giving and receiving in return.
Extempore - A speech without preparation.
Emigrant - One who leaves one’s country to settle elsewhere.
Epidemic - A disease that spreads over a large area.
Fratricide - Killing of one’s brother.
Fastidious - Hard to satisfy one’s taste.
Germicide - That which kills germs.
Herbivorous - That which lives on herbs.
Honorary - An office without any pay.
Homicide - Killing of a human being.
Hospitable - Fond of entertaining guests.
Impenetrable - That which can’t be penetrated.
Impregnable - That which can’t be taken by force.