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