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Includes antonyms (opposite), single word for a group of words and the same word used both as Noun and Verb. This chapter includes antonyms (opposite), single word for a group of words and the same word used both as Noun and Verb.
A. Antonyms (Opposite)

B. Single word for a Group of Words

1. One who believes in the existence of God - Theist 

2. The yearly return of a date - anniversary 

3. An assembly of listeners - audience 

4. One who plays for pleasure - amateur 

5. The life history of a person written by himself - autobiography 

6. The science of vegetable life - botany 

7. The life history of a person written by another - biography 

8. A person who lives at the same time as other - contemporary 

9. Done off hands without notes - extempore 

10. One who believes in fate - fatalist 

11. A room containing many books - library 

12. A period of hundred years - century 

13. A period of two weeks - fortnight 

14. Resulting in death - fatal

15. That which lives on another - parasite

16. Happening at the same time - simultaneously

17. A list of books - catalogue 

18. A place for burial of dead bodies - cemetry

19. Of or from all parts of the world - cosmopolitan 

20. Government carried by the representatives of the people - democracy 

21. Contrary to law - illegal 

22. Bad beyond reform - incorrigible 

23. A play that ends in death - tragedy 

24. A light amusing drama or play - comedy 

25. One who takes a bright view of things - optimist 

26. One who takes a dark view of things - pessimist 

27. A child born after the death of his father - posthumous 

28. A paper written by hand - manuscript 

29. One who speaks for others - spokesman

30. Performing work without pay - honorary

31. Government carried on by an absolute ruler - dictatorship

32. That which cannot be read - illegible

33. One who does not know how to read and write - illiterate

34. That which cannot be heard - inaudible

35. A child whose parents are dead - orphan

36. A woman whose husband is dead - widow

37. A man whose wife is dead - widower

38. One who lives on vegetables - vegetarian

39. Science of the life of animals - zoology

40. Subject to death - mortal

41. Government by a king - monarchy

42. One who does not believe in the existence of God - atheist

43. A cure of all diseases - panacea

44. An instrument for measuring temperature - thermometer