YT 7 (15TH SEP) Flashcards
RANCID
ACID RAIN ALWAYS GIVES A BAD SMELL
MEANING: CAUSING INTENSE DISPLEASURE, DISGUST, OR RESENTMENT, ABHORRENT, ABOMINABLE, APPALLING, AWFUL, DISGUSTING
POS: ADJ
DRACONIAN
DRACULA GIVES SEVERE PUNISHMENT
MEANING: ATROCIOUS, BARBARIC, INHUMANE
POS: ADJ
DIPSOMANIAC
A MANIAC WHO DIPS HIMSELF IN ALCOHOL EVERYDAY
MEANING: ALCOHOLIC, DRUNKARD
POS: NOUN
SOMNAMBULIST
ETYM: SOMN + AMBUL + IST
MEANING: A PERSON WHO WALKS IN SLEEP
POS: NOUN
CALLITHUMPIAN
CALLITHUMPIAN RATHORE
MEANING: RIOTOUS, ROWDY, BOISTEROUS, VIOLENT
POS: ADJ
INSOLENT
INSOLENT DIL MAANE NA
MEANING: DISPLAYING OR MARKED BY RUDE BOLDNESS, IMPUDENT, IMPERTINENT, AUDACIOUS
POS: ADJ
UNIVOCAL
UNI + VOCAL (CLEARLY EXPRESSING, VOICE)
MEANING: SO CLEARLY EXPRESSED AS TO LEAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THE MEANING
POS: ADJ
CONUNDRUM
KAUN STOLE THE DRUM?
MEANING: A PUZZLE, A MYSTERY, AN ENIGMA
POS: NOUN
TIMID
COURAGE THE COWARDLY (TIMID) DOG
MEANING: COWARD, SHY AND NERVOUS, DREADFUL
POS: ADJ
TRENCHANT
ASHNEER GROVER’S REMARKS HOTE HAI TRENCHANT
MEANING: SEVERE, EXPRESSING STRONG CRITICISM
POS: ADJ