VISUAL VOCABULARY

MIRTH
Happiness ,fun laughter

The performance produced much mirth among the audience

SENILE
Behaving 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

INDIGNATION
Anger at an injustice Injustice to- nation

The freedom fighters were full of righteous indignation

INIMICAL
Hostile,unfriendly

Enemicallike an enemy

The quota system is inimical to the interests of the students

SARDONIC
Showing 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

CHORTLE
T o laugh loudly with pleasure or amusement Chor - tle

The thief chortled with delight on seeing the loot

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

PARTISAN
Showing too much support for one group or person

Ek hi party ka son

Most newspapers are politically partisan

SAGACIOUS
Wise,showing good understanding and judgement
Sag is - delicious

He was a rather sagacious judge of character

IGNOMINY
Public 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

PRATE
To 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

PUTRID
Decaying and therefore smelling away

Put away.get rid of

The kitchen had a putrid smell of rotten meat

INFERNAL
Pertaining to hell As bad as being in a furnace

The terrorist bombings resulted in an infernal chaos

INORDINATE
Excessive, far more than usual Ate more than ordinary

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

INQUISITIVE
A 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

CALLOW
Young and inexperienced

Cant allow below this age

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

CALUMNY
A false statement about a person

Sometimes a newspaper column can carry calumny

The actress accused the press of producing vicious calumnies

CAMEO
A short role

Come and go

Arjun Rampal had a cameo in Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna

SHREW
A 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

CONDESCEND
To 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

ENAMORED
In 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

Sour-ly

After the contest she became surly towards me

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

Quite an antique

They lived in a quaint little house by the sea

ENDEARMENT
A word or an expression used to show affection

En dear - ment

They were whispering endearments to each other

IDIOSYNCRASY
An unusual way of behaving

Behaving like an idiotcrazy

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