Monday, December 13, 2010

Vocabulary- Kurun Soni

1. Ambled
   To walk at a slow, leisurely pace.
   He walked, ambled, thinking about his mistakes.

2. Sojourn
    A brief visit
    During his sojourn in our house he was very kind and polite.

3. Amiable
    Friendly, kind
    The queen was very amiable because of her wonderful qualities.

4. Contentious
    Always ready to argue or fight.
    The employees were always contentious due to their low pay and long hours.

5. Diminutive
    Smaller than ordinary
    The rock had many diminutive pores on one side.

6. Disapprobation
    Disapproval; condemnation 
    There was a disapprobation to use slang language in public.

7. Gravely
    Seriously
    He gravely proclaimed that their country is going to war.

8. Irked
    To be annoyed
    He was irked by his brother very easily due to his brothers snobby attitude.

9. Manacles
    A shackle for the hands; handcuffs
    The police put the manacles on the criminal before he could run away.

10. Melancholy
      Sad and gloomy
      My brother was very melancholy the day our grandfather died.

11. Asinine
      Stupid or silly
      The boy's asinine acts were not tolerable anymore.

12. Benign
      Kind and gentle
      The hotel manager was very benign to his residents.

13. Morbid
      Gruesome, horrible
      Watching the man get killed in the movie was morbid.

14. Placidly
      Calmly; quietly
      The girl's parents placidly announced the death of their daughter.

15. Apothecary
     An early form of a pharmacist.
     The apothecary made a remedy for the mans sickness.

-Kurun Soni
        

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