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ENGLISH Dr. T.K. Jain. AFTERSCHOOOL www.afterschool.tk www.afterschoool.tk www.afterschoool.tk

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What is Ephemeral? • • • •

Momentary Evenascent Lasting for a few monents Which doesn’t have long life.

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What is avant Garde? • • • •

Latest fashion Something that people like Trendy Up to date.

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What is erudite? • Knowledgeable person • Learned person

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What is nebulous? • Not clear • When you see something – and due to dim light it is not clear – it may be nebulous.

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What is credulous? • Gullible. • Hari is credilous – because he believes everyone easily.

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What is Juvinile crime? • A child committing a crime. • There are juvinile criminals – below age 18.

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What is calumny • Slander • False allegation on someone. • Political leaders keep making calumni on each others.

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What is debonair? • • • •

Elegant Noble Chivalrous He is debonair because he always respects others.

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What is versatile? • Someone expert in a lot of fields. • Mohan is versatile because he can handle many work responsibly.

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What is stigma? • In science it is a part of flower. • He had an impeccable character and had no stigma on his character. • Stigma means bad impression or anything bad.

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What is repugnant? • Smoking is repugnant to me. • I don’t like something – therefore I am repugnant to that.

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What is guile? • Shakuni was known for his guiles.

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What is boisterous? • Children are boisterous – when teacher is not in class. • Making noise.

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What is applaud? • When Sachin hit century, people applauded him. • Applaud is to praise, appreciate or to welcome.

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What is impulsive? • Mohan is always in hurry, so he is impulsive. • Impulsive people take wrong decisions. • Taking decision without thinking.

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What is peevish? • Hari is peevish, as he is always complaining. • Peevish persons are always critisizing others.

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What is absolve? • The court has absolved him. • He has been absolved by the court – means not he is free from all allegations. • He is free from all charges.

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What is beseech? • he beseech before his opponent – when he prayed for his mercy. • It is opposite of taking challenge.

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What is obstinate? • Mohan is obstinate – because he is always insisting on his whims. • Obstinate persons are stubborn. • They don’t obey others.

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What is gloomy? • • • • •

Full of sorrow. It is full of misery It is full of depression It is full of pessimism We should avoid this in our life.

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What is rambling? • My work is always disorganised – so I am always in rambling. My work is always rambling.

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What is sublime? • Something sublime is shining, brilliant and sparkling. It is good. It is bright. • It is opposite of ludicrous, absurd, comic or ridiculous.

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What is timid? • Lack of courage is timidity. • It is opposite of courage, bravery, intrepidity.

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What is spiteful? • Someone spiteful is always full of revenge. He is always thinking malign of others. • It is opposite of benigh, benevolent

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What is zest? • It means full of zeal, enthusiasm, vigour, energy. • Someone full of zest is always full of willingness to do something.

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What is ascetic? • It is to lead a life full of simplicity. • Gandhi ji lead an ascetic life.

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What is dextrous? • My mechanic is very dextrous. • Someone dextrous is always expert in doing something very fast and efficiently.

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What is pathetic? • Many government departments are in pathetic conditions. • Something pathetic is in very poor condition. • Pathetic things need to be repaired.

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What is queer? • He is different from all others so he is queer. • A queer person is unusual.

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What is feeble? • Due to preparation of CAT, Gopi has become feeble. • Feeble means someone who is weak. • Opposite of feeble is strong.

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What is fertile? • Land of the Punjab is fertile, fecund, and gives lots of crops.

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What is coarse? • Crow speaks in coarse language but cocoo speaks in melodious tone so nobody likes crow but everyone likes cocoo.

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What is corpse? • A dead body is corpse.

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What is bewilder? • He bewilder me with his nonsense activities. • It is opposite of illuminate or enlighten.

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What is disgust? • He was feeling disgusted after the meeting. • It is opposite of delight.

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What is sporadic? • There was sporadic violence in our country. • There were sporadic rainfall. • It is opposite of regular.

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What is tortuous? • Road of Bikaner are tortuous. • It is opposite of straight.

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What is vapid? • It is tasteless in food and very dull. • It is opposite of pungent (which is very spicy).

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What is tractable? • Someone who can be managed is tractable. • Intractable person is one who is obstinate and very difficult to handle.

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What is unanimous? • We were unanimous on this matter – means we all agreed on this matter.

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What is whimsical? • Being incoherent and unorganised is being whimsical.

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What is verbose? • Full of words. Political leaders give verbose speech.

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What is wizard? • Tendularkar is a cricket wizard. • Vishwanathan Anand is chess wizard. • It means being expert.

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What is vulgar? • Using obscene language or obscene symbols is called vulgar.

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What is vibrant? • Beingfull of energy, enthusiasm, and full of emotions is called vibrant.

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What is vivid? • I have vivid memories of my visit to Sikkim. • Something vivid is as fresh as live in front of us.

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What is vindictive? • A snake is supposed to be very vindictive. • Vindictive is always taking revenge.

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What is trifle? • We ignore small matters as trifle or trivial matter.

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What is Zenith? • When you are at the top of himalaya,  you are at zenith. It is apex, pinnacle or top of something. After 10 years,  you will be at the zenith of the corporate world.

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What is usury? • In ancient times, people used to charge very high interest - which is called usury.

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What is usurp? • If I acquire someone’s property unjustifiably, I am usurping his property. • It is to acquire someone’s property without reason.

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What is turmoil? • It is unusual disturbance or upheaval, agitation or stempede or any other such thing.

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What is vanquish? • It is to win others or to defeat others or to crush others.

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What is yearning? • If you have yearning to succeed, you will definitely succeed in your life. • It is strong desire.

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What is venerate? • It is to respect others. • We venerae our teachers. • We venerate our elders.

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What is turpitude? • It is the limit of turpitude to do like what Kauravs did. • It is the extreme of wickedness.

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What is tyranny? • Tyranny of Hitler ended one day. • It is similar to dictatorship. • It is to exploit people

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What is vacillate? • Youth today get confused – about what to do. They vacillate. They are at dilemma. • To vacillate is to waver between alternate goals.

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What is yoke? • When an ox is ploughing land, he has taken weight of yoke.

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What is nemesis? • Everyone gets what one deserve – and this is nemesis. Rawan did wrong, so he was killed – an example of nemesis.

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What is lucid? • A good speaker is one who speaks very lucidly. • Being lucid means to speak or express in impressive way.

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What is onerous? • Something onerous is not light for us. • It is heavy and burden for us. • It is not something that we like.

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Thanks • Afterschoool conducts three year integrated PGPSE (after class 12 along with CA & CS) and 18 month PGPSE (Post Graduate Programme in Social Entrepreneurship) along with preparation for CFP / CFA CFA /CMA / FRM. FRM. It also conducts workshops on social entrepreneurship in schools and colleges all over India – start social entrepreneurship club in your institution today with the help from afterschoool and help us in developing www.afterschoool.tk society.

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