Vocabulary List

Written by Jigar Monday, 06 June 2011 10:43 - Last Updated Monday, 06 June 2011 12:15

Word: MIRTH Meaning: Happiness, fun, laughter Usage: The performance produced much mirth among the audience Word: SENILE Meaning: Behaving in a confused or strange way and unable to remember things because of old age Key: Is se nil kam hota hai Usage : Most of the decisions were taken by the junior members of the team, thanks to the senility of their boss Word: INDIGNATION Meaning: Anger at an injustice Key: Injustice to- nation Usage The freedom fighters were full of righteous indignation Word: INIMICAL Meaning: Hostile,unfriendly Key: Enemicallike an enemy Usage: The quota system is inimical to the interests of the students Word: SARDONIC Meaning: Showing that you think you are better than other people and do not take them seriously Key: Sar Don - ic Usage: The teacher always has a sardonic smile when a student asks him a question Word: BLOWHARD Meaning: A person who talks too proudly about something they own or something they have done Key: Get a hard blow!! Usage: I dont like the company of blowhard people Word: CHORTLE Meaning: To laugh loudly with pleasure or amusement Key: Chor tle Usage: The thief chortled with delight on seeing the loot Word: CAMRADERIE Meaning: A feeling of friendship and trust Key: Friends can share a Kamra Usage : There is a lot of camraderie between the players Word:CANDOUR Meaning: The quality of saying with frankness and open honesty Usa ge: I can do this!!,she answered in a great candour Word: PERVERSE Meaning: Showing deliberate determination to behave in a way that most people think is wrong or unacceptable Key: Person who does the reverse Usage: She finds a perverse pleasure in upsetting us Word: IMPASSE Meaning: A difficult situation in which it is impossible to make any progress Key: Impossible to pass Usage: The company says it has reached an impasse in negotiation Word: PARSIMONY Meaning: Very unwilling to spend Key: Sirf Purse me money Usa ge: Due to official parsimony only one machine was built Word: PARTISAN Meaning: Showing too much support for one group or person Key: Ek hi party ka son

1/8

Vocabulary List
Written by Jigar Monday, 06 June 2011 10:43 - Last Updated Monday, 06 June 2011 12:15

Usage: Most newspapers are politically partisan Word: SKINFLINT Meaning: A Miserly person Key: Skin fly - int Usage: The landlord is known to be a skinflint Word: SAGACIOUS Meaning: Wise,showing good understanding and judgement Key: Sag is - delicious Usage: He was a rather sagacious judge of character Word: IGNOMINY Meaning: Public shame and loss of honou Key: Ig naam mitti me Usage: Shakti Kapoor had to suffer a great deal of ignonimity after the sting operation Word: PIECEMEAL Meaning: Gradually,irregularly Key: Eating a meal piece by piece Usage: He has a piecemeal approach to dealing with the problem Word: PRATE Meaning: To talk too much in a stupid boring way Key: A parrot can irritate Usage: Let us not prate about qualities ,rather let our virtues speak for themselves Word: PROVENDER Meaning: Dry food, fodder Usage: She bought a large quantity of provender for the cattle Word: PUTRID Meaning: Decaying and therefore smelling away Key: Put away.get rid of Usage: The kitchen had a putrid smell of rotten meat Word: INFERNAL Meaning: Pertaining to hell Key: As bad as being in a furnace Usag e: The terrorist bombings resulted in an infernal chaos Word: INORDINATE Meaning: Excessive, far more than usual Key: Ate more than ordinary Usage: There has been an inordinate delay in train timings due to the strike Word: INQUISITIVE Meaning: A person who asks a lot of difficult questions Key: In -quiz -itive Usage: The nosy neighbour has always been very inquisitive about our affairs Word: INVEIGLE Meaning: Persuade by deception, flattery Usage: Shakuni Mama inveigled the Pandavas into gambling. Word: CADAVEROUS Meaning: Extremely pale,thin and ill looking Key: Koi dava kam na kare Usage: The soldier had a cadaverous look when he returned from the front

2/8

Vocabulary List
Written by Jigar Monday, 06 June 2011 10:43 - Last Updated Monday, 06 June 2011 12:15

Word: CALLOW Meaning: Young and inexperienced Key: Can t allow below this age Usage: The callow youth was not given too many responsibilities in the office Word: CALUMNY Meaning: A false statement about a person Key: Sometimes a newspaper column can carry calumny Usage: The actress accused the press of producing vicious calumnies Word: CAMEO Meaning: A short role Key: Come and go Usage: Arjun Rampal had a cameo in Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna Word: SHREW Meaning: A bad tempered ,unpleasant woman Key: She ruined our happiness Usage: No one wanted to marry her because she was a shrew Word: COMITY Meaning: Politeness, courteous behaviour Key: The way people behave when in a committee Usage: A spirit of comity should exist among nations Word: CONDESCEND Meaning: To do something that you think is below your level Ke y: Cant descend to this level Usage: We had to wait for almost an hour before he condescended to see us Word: ENAMORED Meaning: In love, to like something very much Key: Yeh Dil Maange More!!! age: He was enamored by the music Us

Word: EXTIRPATE Meaning: To destroy something not wanted Key: Exercise destroys as extra pet Usage: We need to make a joint effort to extirpate terrorism Word: SURLY Meaning: To behave in a bad tempered ,rude way Key: Sour-ly Usage: After the contest she became surly towards me Word: CODDLE Meaning: To treat someone with too much care and attention Key: Similar to cuddle Usage: She coddles him like a child Word: LIVID Meaning: Very angry Usage: My father was livid when he found out that I had spent all the money Word: ZING Meaning: To move with a high whistling sound Usage: The fireworks went skywards with a zing

3/8

Vocabulary List
Written by Jigar Monday, 06 June 2011 10:43 - Last Updated Monday, 06 June 2011 12:15

Word: QUAINT Meaning: Attractive in an old fashioned way Key: Quite an antique Us age: They lived in a quaint little house by the sea Word: ENDEARMENT Meaning: A word or an expression used to show affection Key: En dear - ment Usage: They were whispering endearments to each other Word: IDIOSYNCRASY Meaning: An unusual way of behaving Key: Behaving like an idiotcrazy Usage: Behaving like an idiotcrazy Word: CALUMNY Meaning: SLANDER; DEFAMATION Key: DEFAME SOMEONE THROUGH A NEWSPAPER COLUMN Usage: Calumny is a mortal sin when it is calculated to do serious harm to someone. Word: CHARISMA Meaning:PERSONAL MAGNETISM OR CHARM Key: THE BIKE KARIZMA IS VERY ATTRACTIVE Usage: This television news program is famous for the charisma of its anchors. Word: CHIMERICAL Meaning: UNREAL; IMAGINARY; VISIONARY Key: (SHE MARRY KAL) - VIVEK KEPT IMAGINING, SHE WILL MARRY ME KAL Usage: The misty chimerical valleys of Kashmir are every tourists ultimate destination. Word: CIRCUITOUS Meaning: ROUNDABOUT; NOT DIRECT Key: CIRCLE KEEP GOING ROUND AND ROUND IN CONNAUGHT PLACE. Usage: The path you have chosen is a long, circuitous one Word: CULINARY Meaning: RELATED TO COOKING OR THE KITCHEN Key: CLEAN KITCHEN Usa ge: Sanjeev Kapoor is known for his culinary skills. Word: DILETTANTE Meaning: SUPERFICIAL, AMATEURISH Key: DHEELA TENT WHICH IS PUT UP BY AMATEURS Usage: His suggestions about proof reading the essay were very random as he is a dilettante. Word: HIRSUTE Meaning: HAIRY Key: WEARING A HAIRY SUIT Usage: Jack Till relates the stories of some of historys hirsute wonders, whose strange appearance could earn them fame and celebrity.

4/8

Vocabulary List
Written by Jigar Monday, 06 June 2011 10:43 - Last Updated Monday, 06 June 2011 12:15

Word: IMPORTUNE Meaning: TO BEG URGENTLY OR PERSISTENTLY Key: UNFORTUNATE CHILDREN BEG PERSISTENTLY AT THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS Usage: The fans importuned the players to sign autographs. Word: LARDER Meaning: A PLACE WHERE FOOD IS KEPT; PANTRY Key: YOU NEED A LADDER TO REACH THE PLACE WHERE THE FOOD IS KEPT Usage: She had big jars of tasty pickles in her larder. Word: NADIR Meaning: THE LOWEST POINT Key: NADIRA, THE ACTOR DIED WHEN SHE WAS AT THE LOWEST POINT OF HER CAREER. Usage: The nadir of their fortunes struck them when they lost all their wealth in the stock market. Word: OOLOGY Meaning: STUDY OF EGGS Key: THE LETTERS OO IN OOLOGY REMIND ONE OF EGGS Usage: Oologists are hunting for the eggs of rare shorebirds, for their research. Word: PERVASIVE Meaning: TO BECOME SPREAD THROUGHOUT ALL PARTS Key: PERVEZ MUSHARRAFS PICTURES ARE PRESENT EVERYWHERE AFTER HIS BOOK WAS RELEASED Usage: The bitter truth is that India is beset with the lethal and pervasive problem of corruption. Word: BEDIZEN Meaning: Adorn with showy manner Key: Bedi Zen Usage: The horses were bedizened for the Republic day Word: Abstruse Meaning: difficult to understand, obscure, hidden Usage: The class could not grasp the abstruse concepts presented in the essay. Word: Accouterment Meaning: To dress up, equip Usage: The accouterment of soldiers attracted and impressed everyone at the parade. Word: Bacchanalian Meaning: Drunken merrymaking Usage: It was difficult for anyone to go to work the day after the bacchanalian party. Word: Careening Meaning: to tilt wildly, out of control Usage: The car went careening around the bends of the mountainous road. Word: Decrepit Meaning: worn out with age, like out of a crypt Usage: The decrepit looking building did not collapse even after a massive earth quake struck the area. Word: Diaphanous Meaning: Transparent, clear. Usage: She wore a beautiful gown

5/8

Vocabulary List
Written by Jigar Monday, 06 June 2011 10:43 - Last Updated Monday, 06 June 2011 12:15

with a diaphanous veil which set off her beauty to perfection. Word: Effulgent Meaning: radiant, shining brilliantly, refulgent Usage: An effulgent sunset ended a perfect day on the beach. Word: Emancipated Meaning: modern, not constrained or restricted by custom, tradition, superstition, Usage: The emancipated woman of today is free to carve out a place for herself in society. Word: Frowzy Meaning: stuffy; ill-smelling; musty. Usage: The headmistress frowned at the frowzy appearance of the student. Word: Incarcerated Meaning: to imprison; confine. to enclose; constrict closely Usage : He was incarcerated for his crimes against the people of Iraq. Word: Magniloquent Meaning: speaking in a grandiose style, pompous; bombastic; magnified eloquence Usage: Most of the time nobody understands what he is saying because of his magniloquence . Word: Minion Meaning: a servile or fawning dependant, mini one Usage: She quickly established herself as the bosses minion, with her ever-present smile and obliging nature. Word: Objurgate Meaning: To scold or rebuke sharply Usage: His boss objurgated him for his tardiness at work. (and showed him the gate) Word: Purloin Meaning: to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer Usage: When they checked the records they realised how much he had purloined from the company. Word: conflagration Meaning: A large destructive fire. Key: Con-Flag-ration Usage: The forest was engulfed in a fast spreading conflagration. Word: DRACONIAN Meaning: Exceedingly harsh; very severe Key: Dracula Usage: The new draconian rules triggered a rebellion against the authorities. Word: DYSPEPSIA Meaning: Disturbed digestion; indigestion. Key: Pepsi Usage: Drinking Pepsi always gives me dyspepsiabut somehow I love it. Word: CETACEAN Meaning: Large aquatic carnivorous mammal Key: Sea tacean Us age: Cetacean creatures are found mostly in the sea. Word: FAUX PAS Meaning: A social blunder Key: Fox Pass Usage: Nobody expected such a faux pas from Vivek Oberoi when he blurted out his feelings against Salman in front of the camera. Word: GAMBIT Meaning: A manoeuver, stratagem, or ploy, especially one used at an initial stage Key: Gamble Usage: There was no room for any gambit in the board room.

6/8

Vocabulary List
Written by Jigar Monday, 06 June 2011 10:43 - Last Updated Monday, 06 June 2011 12:15

Word: Laggard Meaning: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind Key: Leg-guard Usage: Nobody expects a quick response from a laggard. Word: IMPUNITY Meaning: Exemption from punishment, penalty, or harm Key: Unity Usage: We often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity. Duc de La Rochefoucauld, French writer and moralist. Word: Hallucination Meaning: A false or mistaken idea; a delusion Key: Hello Usage: I start having hallucinations whenever I see my Principal. Word: INCHOATE Meaning: In an initial or early stage; incipient Key: Inko hate Usag e: Nikki Finke, an entertainment journalist with LA Weekly, expressed herself alliteratively and bluntly about the Oscars awards show on TV. "Inchoate" undeveloped was one of the mildest of her insults: "This was the most incoherent, inchoate Oscar telecast in recent memory. Word:IMPETOUS Meaning: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation Key: Petu Usage: My impetuous friend is always in a hurry to gobble up food. Word: JARGON Meaning: The specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group or meaningless talk Key: Jagaran Usage: I can never understand the jargon used by the NASA scientists. Word:JINGOISM Meaning: Extreme nationalism Key: Jung Usage: All the politicians indulge in jingoism at the time of war. Word: JUGGERNAUT Meaning: An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path Key: Jagannath Usage: When the juggernaut of the Prime ministers entourage moves, the traffic comes to a standstill. Word: KNAVE Meaning: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel Key: Naav doob gayi Us age: One should be beware of knaves stalking the streets of Delhi. Word: HAGGARD Meaning: Appearing worn and exhausted Key: Leg- guard Usage: He appeared haggard after having a sleepless night. Word: LANCET Meaning: a small knife like tool. Key: Lancer Usage: When I lost the key to my Lancer, the door lock had to be opened using a lancet. Word: LARCENY Meaning: Theft Key: Lara Dutta +Saini hair oil Usage: Lara Dutta

7/8

Vocabulary List
Written by Jigar Monday, 06 June 2011 10:43 - Last Updated Monday, 06 June 2011 12:15

likes Saini Herbal hair oil so much that she often steals it. Word: AEGIS Meaning: PROTECTION, SUPPORT Key: AGED PEOPLE WHO NEED SUPPORT FROM THE YOUNG Usag e: The orphaned childs welfare is now under the aegis of the courts. Word: ALTERCATION Meaning: ANGRY DISPUTE; NOISY ARGUMENT Key: THE ALTERATION DONE BY THE TAILOR WAS NOT APPROPRIATE LEADING TO AN altercation WITH THE CUSTOMER. Usage: Salman Khan is being sued for the altercation he had with the cops in a night club. Word: AMBIVALENCE Meaning: UNCERTAINTY, INABILITY TO MAKE A CHOICE Key: BALANCE SO BALANCED THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE A CHOICE Usage: Social customs and attitudes that unnecessarily promote ambivalence are bad. Word: AMELIORATE Meaning: TO MAKE OR BECOME BETTER Key: AMULS RATE IS GETTING BETTER DAY BY DAY. Usage: Restriction of salt intake is needed to ameliorate the health of a heart patient. Word: APPRISE Meaning: TO GIVE NOTICE TO; INFORM Key: A CHILD WHO WINS A PRIZE INFORMS HIS MOTHER OF THE ACHIEVEMENT. Usage: Im writing this letter to apprise you of the latest developments. Word: AVARICE Meaning: GREED Key: THE WAARIS OF DHIRUBHAI AMBANI FOUGHT OVER THE PROPERTY AS THEY WERE GREEDY Usage: A car in todays age an avarice or a necessity? Word: BANAL Meaning; DEVOID OF FRESHNESS OR ORIGINALITY Key: DULL BANNER - LACKING ORIGINALITY Usage: You've become, my dear, dull and banal.

8/8