WORD | DESCRIPTION |
actress | feminine of actor |
architect | person who plans and draws buildings |
ascetic | person who practises severe self-denial |
astronaut | person who travels in space |
astronomer | person who studies sun, moon and stars |
athlete | sportperson good at running and jumping |
bachelor | unmarried man |
blacksmith | person who works with iron |
butcher | person who sells meat |
carpenter | person who makes things out of wood |
cashier | person who handles money in a shop |
chairman | person who presides over meeting |
champion | person who has defeated all competitors |
chauffeur, motorist | driver of a motor-car |
chemist, pharmacist | person who makes and sells medicines |
civilian | person who is not in the armed forces |
cobbler | person who mends shoes |
customer, purchaser | person who buys things from a shop |
cyclist | person who rides a bicycle |
dentist | doctor who looks after people's teeth |
dictator | very strong and absolute ruler |
divorcee | person who has ended one's marriage |
drought | spell of dry weather, wanting rain |
duchess | feminine of duke |
durable | capable of lasting long |
emigrant | person who settles in another country |
empress | wife of an emperor |
epitaph | words inscribed on tomb |
exporter | person who sends goods to other country |
florist | person who sells flowers |
flutist | person who plays the flute |
goddess | female god or deity |
goldsmith | person who works with gold |
greengrocer | person who sells fruits and vegetables |
guardian | custodian of child in place of parents |
gullible | person who can be easily duped |
homicide | killing of a human |
illiterate | person unable to read or write |
linguist | person skilled in many languages |
lioness | female lion |
lunatic | person who is insane and foolish |
patient | sick person under medical treatment |
patriot | lover of one's country |
pedestrian | person walking or traveller on foot |
pianist | performer on piano |
plumber | person who fits and repairs water pipes |
potable | fit for drinking |
preacher | person who gives religious talk or sermon |
professor | teacher of high rank in a university |
referee, umpire | person chosen to decide in a game |
resident, inhabitant | person who lives in a place |
sculptor | artist who makes figures from stone/metal |
shepherd | person who looks after sheep |
spinster | unmarried woman |
suicide | killing oneself |
tigress | female tiger |
tourist | person who travels for pleasure |
widower | man whose wife is dead |