Vocabulary

VISUAL VOCABULARY

MIRTH

Happiness ,fun laughter

The performance produced much mirth among the audience

SENILEBehaving in a confused or strange way and unable to remember

things because of old age

Is se nil kam hota hai

Most of the decisions were taken by the junior members of the team, thanks to the senility of their boss

INDIGNATIONAnger at an injustice

Injustice –to- nation

The freedom fighters were full of righteous indignation

INIMICALHostile,unfriendly

Enemical…like an enemy

The quota system is inimical to the interests of the students

SARDONICShowing that you think you are better than other people and

do not take them seriously

Sar –Don - ic

The teacher always has a sardonic smile when a student asks him a question

BLOWHARD

A person who talks too proudly about something they own or something they have done

I don’t like the company of blowhard people

Get a hard blow!!

CHORTLETo laugh loudly with pleasure or amusement

The thief chortled with delight on seeing the loot

Chor - tle

CAMRADERIE

A feeling of friendship and trust

Friends can share a Kamra

There is a lot of camraderie between the players

CANDOUR

The quality of saying with frankness and open honesty

“I can do this!!”,she answered in a great candour

PERVERSE

Showing deliberate determination to behave in a way that most people think is wrong or unacceptable

Person who does the reverse

She finds a perverse pleasure in upsetting us

IMPASSE

A difficult situation in which it is impossible to make any progress

Impossible to pass

The company says it has reached an impasse in negotiation

PARSIMONY

Very unwilling to spend

Sirf Purse me money

Due to official parsimony only one machine was built

PARTISANShowing too much support for one group or person

Ek hi party ka son

Most newspapers are politically partisan

SKINFLINT

A Miserly person

Skin – fly - int

The landlord is known to be a skinflint

SAGACIOUS

Wise,showing good understanding and judgement

Sag – is - delicious

He was a rather sagacious judge of character

IGNOMINYPublic shame and loss of honour

Ig “naam” “mitti” me

Shakti Kapoor had to suffer a great deal of ignonimity after the sting operation

PIECEMEAL

Gradually,irregularly

Eating a meal piece by piece

He has a piecemeal approach to dealing with the problem

PRATETo talk too much in a stupid boring way

A parrot can irritate

Let us not prate about qualities ,rather let our virtues speak for themselves

PROVENDER

Dry food, fodder

She bought a large quantity of provender for the cattle

PUTRIDDecaying and therefore smelling away

Put away….get rid of

The kitchen had a putrid smell of rotten meat

INFERNAL

Pertaining to hellAs bad as being in a furnace

The terrorist bombings resulted in an infernal chaos

INORDINATEExcessive, far more than usual

Ate more than ordinary

There has been an inordinate delay in train timings due to the strike

INQUISITIVEA person who asks a lot of difficult questions

In -quiz -itive

The nosy neighbour has always been very inquisitive about our affairs

INVEIGLE

Persuade by deception, flattery

Shakuni Mama inveigled the Pandavas into gambling.

CADAVEROUS

Extremely pale,thin and ill looking

Koi dava kam na kare

The soldier had a cadaverous look when he returned from the front

CALLOWYoung and inexperienced

Cant allow below this age

The callow youth was not given too many responsibilities in the office

CALUMNYA false statement about a person

Sometimes a newspaper column can carry calumny

The actress accused the press of producing vicious calumnies

CAMEOA short role

Come and go

Arjun Rampal had a cameo in Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna

SHREWA bad tempered ,unpleasant woman

She – ruined – our happiness

No one wanted to marry her because she was a shrew

COMITY

Politeness, courteous behaviour

The way people behave when in a committee

A spirit of comity should exist among nations

CONDESCENDTo do something that you think is below your level

Cant descend to this level

We had to wait for almost an hour before he condescended to see us

ENAMOREDIn love, to like something very much

Yeh Dil Maange More!!!

He was enamored by the music

EXTIRPATE

To destroy something not wanted

Exercise destroys as extra pet

We need to make a joint effort to extirpate terrorism

SURLY

To behave in a bad tempered ,rude way

After the contest she became surly towards me

Sour-ly

CODDLE

To treat someone with too much care and attention

Similar to cuddle

She coddles him like a child

LIVID

Very angry

My father was livid when he found out that I had spent all the money

ZING

To move with a high whistling sound

The fireworks went skywards with a zing

QUAINT

Attractive in an old fashioned way

They lived in a quaint little house by the sea

Quite an antique

ENDEARMENTA word or an expression used to show affection

En – dear - ment

They were whispering endearments to each other

IDIOSYNCRASYAn unusual way of behaving

Behaving like an idiot…crazy

Carrying an umbrella ,even on a clear day is one of his idiosyncrasies