The document defines various English words and their meanings, with examples provided for context. Some of the words defined include mirth, senile, indignation, inimical, sardonic, blowhard, chortle, and camraderie. The definitions cover a range of concepts including emotions, behaviors, attitudes, and more.

1. VISUAL VOCABULARY

2. MIRTH Happiness ,fun laughter The performance produced much mirth among the audience

3. 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

4. INDIGNATION Anger at an injustice In justice –to - nation The freedom fighters were full of righteous indignation

5. INIMICAL Hostile,unfriendly Enemical …like an enemy The quota system is inimical to the interests of the students

6. 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

7. 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 !!

8. CHORTLE To laugh loudly with pleasure or amusement The thief chortled with delight on seeing the loot Chor - tle

9. CAMRADERIE A feeling of friendship and trust Friends can share a Kamra There is a lot of camraderie between the players

10. CANDOUR The quality of saying with frankness and open honesty “ I can do this!!”,she answered in a great candour

11. PERVERSE Showing deliberate determination to behave in a way that most people think is wrong or unacceptable Per son who does the reverse She finds a perverse pleasure in upsetting us

12. IMPASSE A difficult situation in which it is impossible to make any progress Imp ossible to pass The company says it has reached an impasse in negotiation

13. PARSIMONY Very unwilling to spend Sirf Purse me money Due to official parsimony only one machine was built

14. PARTISAN Showing too much support for one group or person Ek hi party ka son Most newspapers are politically partisan

15. SKINFLINT A Miserly person Skin – fly - int The landlord is known to be a skinflint

16. SAGACIOUS Wise,showing good understanding and judgement Sag – is - delicious He was a rather sagacious judge of character

17. 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

18. PIECEMEAL Gradually,irregularly Eating a meal piece by piece He has a piecemeal approach to dealing with the problem

19. PRATE To talk too much in a stupid boring way A parrot can irri tate Let us not prate about qualities ,rather let our virtues speak for themselves

20. PROVENDER Dry food, fodder She bought a large quantity of provender for the cattle

21. PUTRID Decaying and therefore smelling away Put away….get rid of The kitchen had a putrid smell of rotten meat

22. INFERNAL Pertaining to hell As bad as being in a furnace The terrorist bombings resulted in an infernal chaos

23. INORDINATE Excessive, far more than usual Ate more than ordinary There has been an inordinate delay in train timings due to the strike

24. INQUISITIVE A person who asks a lot of difficult questions In - quiz -itive The nosy neighbour has always been very inquisitive about our affairs

25. INVEIGLE Persuade by deception, flattery Shakuni Mama inveigled the Pandavas into gambling.

26. CADAVEROUS Extremely pale,thin and ill looking Koi dava kam na kare The soldier had a cadaverous look when he returned from the front

27. CALLOW Young and inexperienced Cant allow below this age The callow youth was not given too many responsibilities in the office

28. CALUMNY A false statement about a person Sometimes a newspaper column can carry calumny The actress accused the press of producing vicious calumnies

29. CAMEO A short role Come and go Arjun Rampal had a cameo in Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna

30. SHREW A bad tempered ,unpleasant woman She – ruined – our happiness No one wanted to marry her because she was a shrew

31. COMITY Politeness, courteous behaviour The way people behave when in a committee A spirit of comity should exist among nations

32. 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

33. ENAMORED In love, to like something very much Yeh Dil Maange More !!! He was enamored by the music

34. EXTIRPATE To destroy something not wanted Exercise destroys as extra pet We need to make a joint effort to extirpate terrorism

35. SURLY To behave in a bad tempered ,rude way After the contest she became surly towards me Sour- ly

36. CODDLE To treat someone with too much care and attention Similar to cuddle She coddles him like a child

37. LIVID Very angry My father was livid when he found out that I had spent all the money

38. ZING To move with a high whistling sound The fireworks went skywards with a zing

39. QUAINT Attractive in an old fashioned way They lived in a quaint little house by the sea Quit e an ant ique

40. ENDEARMENT A word or an expression used to show affection En – dear - ment They were whispering endearments to each other

41. IDIOSYNCRASY An unusual way of behaving Behaving like an idiot … crazy Carrying an umbrella ,even on a clear day is one of his idiosyncrasies