Saturday, September 25, 2010

English Word List -II

1. clunk - thump - to heat heavily with something thick

2. blubber - Fat of a whale

3. pout - sulk

4. grouchy - irritable

5. overblown - excessive

6. felony - a grave crime

7. forger - counterfeiter

8. statuesque - grand

9. exilir - potion - a dose or draught of potion

10. sepulchre - a tomb - a grave, burial cave

11. lavation - the washing of hands

12. aboveboard - straightforward

13. faux - imitation

14. exonerate - to free from blame - to acquit

15. rogue - scoundrel

16. obliterate - to efface - to erase - to destroy

17. impasse - deadlock

18. frond - large leaf

19. riveting - fascinating

20. bunker - a place for storing coal - a window seat and chest - a bomber proof shelter

21. frolic - prank - merriment

22. assuage - ease

23. disconcert - confuse

24. guffaw - hearty laugh

25. epistle - letter

26. headland - promontory - the point of land jutting out into the sea

27. signet -seal

28. treachery - perfidy - violation of faith

29. tubercle - a small tumour - pimple or knob - consumption - nodule

30. foreshadow - indicate in advance

31. tendon -sinew - a bundle of fibres by which a muscle is attached to a bone

32. impertinence - rudeness

33. stupefaction - bewilderment

34. bohemian - unconventional

35. pronghorn - antelope

36. lancet - surgical knife

37. misdemeanor - infraction - offence - evil conduct

38. refute - to rebut by argument - to disprove

39. falter - stumble

40. portly - stout

41. tiara - crown

42. sass - backtalk

43. jugular - pertaining to the neck or throat

44. tenacity - persistence

45. forsake - abandon

46. baleen - whalebone

47. doggedness - persistence

48. outlying - remote

49. flagrant - blatant

50. debunk - discredit




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