An Easy Way To Learn English Vocab - III

1.    CANOROUS

Meaning: Melodious,Tuneful, Musical
Memory key- i)Aisi Awaaz jo ghol de KaaNO me RAS usey kehte hain  CANOROUS
                         ii)  Now we can call Mr. Madhur  Bhandarkar as �Canorous Bhandarkar�

Usages : i) Lata Mageshkar's canorous voice  

                 ii)a canorous chorus of birdsong filled the morning air

2.    PLACATE

Meaning : Make (someone) less angry or hostile.

Memory key : Dadi amma Dadi amma Placate ho jao�.

                          Chodho bhi ye gussa zara hass ke dikhao!!

Usage :  'They attempted to placate the students with promises'.

3.    QUOTIDIAN

Meaning :  occurring every day; daily.
Memory key : Sunday ho ya Monday

                          Quotidian khaao Annde
Usage : The book focuses on the quotidian life of farmers.

4.    COALESCE

Meaning: to unite or come together in one body or mass; merge; fuse; blend.

Memory Key: Mere hath mei tere hath ho, Sari jannatein mere �Coalesce� ho

Usage:  In the detective�s mind the various clues began to coalesce into a complete sequence of events.

5.    MUNIFICENT

Meaning:  someone who is extremely generous ; big hearted

Memory key: MUNI pays FEES of poor students, she is so Munificent.

Usage:  The king is munificent when giving aid to the poor people of his land.

6.     BRACKISH

Meaning:  Namkeen

Memory key: Krackjack Biscuits � thoda mitha thoda brackish

Usage: The water in this part of the swamp seems to be more brackish

7.     MODICUM  
Meaning : Very small in quantity or number.
Memory Key: On the arrival of MODI, it is assumed that he will be able to Modicum most of the worries of common man

Usage: Anybody with the modicum of common sense would do such kind of acts.

8.     INNUENDO

Meaning: An allusive or oblique remark or hint 

Memory : i.) Samjhdaar ko INNUENDO hee kaafi 

                  ii.)   "tauba tumhare ye INNUENDOS ...hm  to dewwane hai tumhare "

Usage:  Through masterful innuendo, she revealed the secret to him.

9.    MISSIVES (OR EPISTLES)

Meaning:   a letter
Memory key:  Missive(or Epistles) aatey hain; Humein tadpaatey hain,  Ki Ghar kab    Aaaogay ! 

Usage: I sent a missive (or epistle) to my mother when I remembered to do so.

10.  CINCH 

 Meaning: an Easy or a sure thing

Memory key:  i.) Learning English is not so cinch

ii.) Have you ever imagined that English vocab will become so cinch to you in learning.

Usage:   Ability and hard work cinched her success.

AN EASY WAY TO LEARN VOCABULARY PART - II

1.    ABUT

Meaning: :- to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against

Memory tip: The old, boring movie 'Hum Saath Saath hain' could be remembered as :- 'Hum ABUT ABUT hain' 

Usages: This piece of land abuts on a street.

2.     PROFFER

Meaning:  an offer or proposal

 Memory key : Chalo bulaawa aaya hai (IPL)  could be said as :-  Chalo PROFFER aaya hai (IPL) 

Usages: If you don't get what you want you could then proffer your notice

3.    CERTITUDE

Meaning : means absolute confidence in something or an unquestioning belief in something.
Memory key : Pehle Istemaal karein phir CERTITUDE dikhayein ! ADD for ghadi soap.

Usage : People who are very religious express certitude about their faith.

4.    PARLEY

Meaning :  discussion; conference;
Memory KEY :   An old hindi song...."Aaj kal tere mere pyaar ke charche har zabaan par........" can be sung as
"Aaj kal tere mere pyaar ke PARLEYS har zabaan par......
Sabko maalum ha aur sabko khabar hogai... "

USAGE :- They had a very interesting PARLEY on women empowerment.

5.    PYRRHIC

Meaning : (of a victory ) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor.

 Memory key : Har bollywood villain ka favorite dialogue :  "Ye dushmani bohot PYRRHIC padegi tujhe"

The phrase is - PYRRHIC VICTORY
Usage: Victory in any war is a PYRRHIC VICTORY as the loss of innocent lives is never justified.

6.    NONCHALANT

Meaning : : coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual

 Memory key:  Pyaar deewana hota hai ... mastaana hota hai Har khushi se har gham se ... NONCHALANT hota hai And    Tu CHAL ya naa CHAL mere saath. I am NONCHALANT about it!

Usage : Dean answered in a voice as nonchalant as he could muster

7.    GAUNT
Meaning : very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger
Memory Key: My Grand-AUNT is very GAUNT due to dengue fever
Usages : She is a GAUNT lady / The baby was born quite GAUNT / The old man had a GAUNT face.

8.    METTLE

Meaning : boldness/courage

Memory key: You will never ever forget the word " METTLE " again        The cartoon Courage, the cowardly dog can be remembered as -  METTLE, The Cowardly Dog

Usages: Let's give him a chance to show his mettle

9.    PLENTY

Meaning:Overabundance, excess

Memory key: PLENTY, not THORA = PLETHORA

Usages:  plenty of water or plenty of resources

10.  OSTRACIZE

Meaning: : expel from a community or group; avoid speaking to or dealing with

Memory key: Jab aapka ego ho jaye "OSTRICH" ke ande ka "SIZE", to log aapko kar denge "OSTRACIZE".

Usage: Do not ostracize him or her due to the psychiatric condition

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