Vocabulary Teaching

1. Abash
lMeaning:
lWhat happens when u get a bash? (bashing)…..u
get embarrassed.

2. Abode
lMeaning:
labode sounds just like aboard= a+board...
boarding refers to living room or place.

3. Acrid
lMeaning:
lremove "r" from acrid, so now it becomes acid
and acid is always bitter in taste and when smelt
its pungent too

4. Allegiance
lMeaning:
allegiance ~ alleg +ef + iance: This sounds
together like alleg (ALLEGE) + iance (sounds like
fiance)....you allege your fiance of not being loyal
to you.
We have heard the fancy stories of ALI and his
GIN... his gin is COMMITTED and LOYAL to him..
hence ALLE + GI(A)N + CE...

5. Altar
lMeaning:
lAl(l)+tar = all is black like tar. It is all black in

6. Amiss
lMeaning:
la-miss.. its a miss (not a hit).. its a failure. So its
wrong.

7. Ardent
lMeaning:
lAr (aro) + den(t) = Aro den. You are very
interested in that so you want more.

8. Artifice
lMeaning:
lart(ART)+ fice (SOUNDS LIKE FISH); fisherman
knows the art of catching fish, they use some
clever techniques like giving them bait, and thus
catch them, so offering bait to fishes is a trick
commonly used by fisherman.
lARTIFICE: sounds like artificial fish which is
nothing but a trick.

9. Auspicious
lMeaning:
lAuspicious Australia is suspicious.

10. Backwater
lMeaning:
lBackwater sounds like backward water.

11. Beguile
lMeaning:
be+guile ~ the thief taught his son guiles to
beguile others and not to feel guilt for that after
deceiving people.