Chinna Jul'14-Dec'14 Flashcards
paradigm
Pattern or model
When visited visited a conference, I learnt about a new paradigm where people doing menial work were called
join and participate in the discussion of everyone’s problems.
solemn
Formal or dignified
Conference did a solemn exercise of helping the people who attended the meetings.
menial
Not required much manual work and lacking prestige
When visited visited a conference, I learnt about a new paradigm where people doing menial work were called
join and participate in the discussion of everyone’s problems.
Facsimile
An exact copy of a document.
My teacher had a facsimile of our school principal’s important papers.
Exhort
To try hard to persuade somebody for something
The manufacturers exhort the customers to buy their product.
Cavalier
Not caring enough about something important or about the feelings of other people.
A person’s cavalier attitude towards education is shocking to say the least
Beguile
Attract or impress
Many people including my friends perform well in the exams to beguile the teacher so that she or he will so show partiality in the next exams.
Imbecile
Stupid person
After the death of Ghiyas ud-Din Tughluq or ghazi Malik the starter of tughlaq dynasty died in 1325CE his imbecile son Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq ascended the throne
Audacious
Take risks
Mary anning was a person who discovered a dinosaur when she was twelve. I think she is very audacious because once she risked her life to find more fossils
Impending
About to happen
My feeling of impending misfortune was making me feel miserable; Where I learnt: the impending trail
Frantic
Wild with fear, anxiety or other emotion
chhatrapati shivaji was frantic on the day when he got to know that afzal khan has destroyed his favorite temples and forts.
Where I learnt: his gestures were frantic
Mirth
Happiness or laughter
He was in a mirthful mood because it was his birthday
Where I learnt: Gandhi’s silent mirth.
Frisson
Shiver excitement or fear
He was still not able to surmount his frisson for his new experience( going to a 10 days tour with his friends) Where I learnt: frisson of tension
Cavalier
Not caring enough about something important or about the feelings of other people
government is not showing a cavalier attitude towards education.
Exhort
To try hard to persuade somebody for something
the manufacturers and retailers exhort the customers to buy their products.
