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GENERAL ENGLISH- MEANINGS.

6TH STANDARD MEANINGS AND THEIR


EXPLANATIONS
S.NO MEANINGS EXPLANATIONS
1. POISED Balanced.
2. DART Sudden And Quick Movement.
3. HEEDFUL Careful.
4. SWIFT Quick.
5. MIGHTY LIFT Full Of Excitement.
6. MASON One Who Builds.
7. TAILORING Stitching Clothes.
8. CHATTED Spoke To Each Other.
9. GUESSED Thought , Imagined.
10. GRUFFLY In a deep and Harsh sounding voice.
11. FETCH Collect.
12. IRREGULAR Separated by periods of time that are not
equal.
13. CULTIVATE To prepare the land for growing crops or
plants.
14. UPSET Very sad, worried or angry about something.
15. DISCUSSION A conversation about something important.
16. PIERCE Pass through.
17. FAVOURITE The person or thing you the most.
18. NIBBLE Bite off small tits.
19. REASSURING Comforting, Encouraging .
20. ORPHAN One whose parents have died.
21. RIPPLE A small wave in the water.
22. IMAGINED Made a picture of something in one's mind.
23. REALIZED Achieve something that you have planned or
hoped for.
24. ASTOUNDED Extremely surprised or shocked.
25. ADHERE Hold on to.
26. INCENTIVE Something that encourages people to work.
27. ENCOURAGEME Words or actions that give someone
NT confidence or hope.
28. NO SENSE OF Did not feel that they owned it.
OWNERSHIP
29. SACRED Holy and precious.
30. PERFUMED Scented.
31. MURMUR Utter sounds in a low tone.
32. RELATIVE Someone connected by birth.

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33. EXTINCT No longer in existence.
34. PYJAMAS Night dress.
35. CURTAIN Screen.
36. TELE Television.
37. YAWN To open the mouth wide and take a long deep
breath.
38. DAWN Early morning.
39. SNARE Trap.
40. SET FREE Help to become free.
41. LOOM A weaving frame.
42. CURIOUS Interested, wondering.
43. REMARKABLE Great.
44. CHORES Regular tasks.
45. SPOUT A pipe or a tube on a container.
46. RAPIDLY Very quickly.
47. MYSTERY Strange and interesting.
48. EXPLORE To examine something completely.
49. VISIONARY A person who plans the future.
50. PIONEER A person who is the first to study and develop
a particular area of knowledge.
51. UNEMPLOYED Jobless.
52. DIVERSE Different.
53. ACCEPTANCE The act of agreeing.
54. STANDING Feeling removed from others.
APART
55. ISOLATED Cut off from others.
56. COMPANION Someone who accompanies a person.
57. PARTICIPATE Take part in activity.
58. SPECTATOR Onlooker.
59. RESPONSIBILITY Taking care of.
60. RIGHT That which is every person's due.
61. OPPURTUNITY Have the space to do or explore.
62. FAVOUR Benefit , Gift.
63. INCLUDED Part of , belonging
64. SLATE A dark grey stone to cover a roof.
65. FORAGE Search for food in a wide area.
66. SHORT-SIGHTED Seeing clearly only things near you.
67. SUSPICIOUS Making you believe something is bad.
68. WHINING Complain in an annoying way.
69. SNOUT Long nose of an animal.
70. SCRAMBLED Climb with difficulty.
71. FASCINATING Making you very interested or attracted.

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72. CURIOSITY A strong feeling of wanting to know
something.
73. BAZAAR Market
74. SOUR Not sweet, having an unpleasant taste or
smell.
75. OAK A large tree found in northern countries.
76. SHELTERED Covered or protected from bad weather or
danger
77. COTTAGE Small house usually in the countryside.
78. TANG A strong , sharp pleasant taste or smell.
79. CHARCOAL A black substance from burnt wood.
80. PEER Look carefully.
81. TWIG Small , thin branch of a tree.
82. PEBBLES Small stones.
83. CREPT Moved quietly.
84. MIRACLE An event surprising and difficult to believe.
85. CRITICAL Important and judgemental.
86. APOLOGETIC Sorry.
87. DELICIOUS Tasty , yummy.
88. REPUTATION Character , opinion.
89. SLOUCHED To sit , walk or stand with your shoulders
bent forwards and your head low so that you
look lazy.
90. FUNDRAISER A social event organized to make money for a
purpose.
91. COMMUNITY The people who live in an area.
92. ETHNIC National , cultural.
93. TORTILLA A type of thin flat Mexican bread that is often
rolled or folded and filled with cheese , beans
or meat.
94. SALAD A mixture of raw vegetables cut into pieces.

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S.NO MEANINGS EXPLANATION
1. GALLOP To run.
2. GLIDE Move smoothly.
3. FASCINATE To charm , attract.
4. ENDANGERED In danger of extinction.
5. ABUNDANCE Plenty , large quantity.
6. VALUABLE Costly , precious.
7. SHRINK Get smaller in size.
8. DESTRUCTION Damage , ruin.
9. MAMMALS An animal that is born from its mother's
body not from an egg and drinks its mother's
body , not from an egg.
10. EXOTIC Unusual , out of the ordinary.
11. EXTINCT Wiped out , destroyed.
12. MERELY Only.
13. VAMPIRE A night wandering and blood sucking bat.
14. SOARING Flying high.
15. SOMERSAULT To turn head over heels.
16. ECHO Sound that comes back to you.
17. MOTHS Insects.
18. GNATS A blue fly like mosquito.
19. SKIMS To have a quick run.
20. RAFTER A beam used for a roof.
21. DISLODGED To forcefully remove from a place or
position.
22. MURMUR A low sound made when many people are
speaking.
23. FLEDGLING A young bird.
24. GIGGLED Laughed in a silly way.
25. EVASIVELY Trying to avoid.
26. DISPERSE Break up to leave.
27. TINY Very small.
28. ELATED Very happy and excited.
29. GLISTENED Shining.
30. DISMAY Disappointment.
31. ALERT Attentive
32. COPE Manage to do.
33. BEWITCHING Having a magical spell.
34. BEAMED Shone.
35. CEASE To end.

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36. BLINK Closing and opening one's eyes
37. SWING Seats held by ropes chains for swinging.
38. RESTLESS Feeling nervous.
39. SPROUTED To produce new leaves , buds etc..
40. PLACE UPON Require of.
41. TO HERALD To bring in.
42. THE DAWN OF The beginning of.
43. SECULAR Free of religion.
44. SPELL Influence
45. INSTANTANEOUS In the moment.
46. SURGES Rushes forward.
47. TO OBTAIN IT To win it.
48. TO GET THAT Achieve that freedom.
49. MIGHTY Strong.
50. KINDLED Awakened.
51. PATRIOTISM Love of the motherland.
52. PROFOUND Deep and strong.
53. BARBARIANS Lacking literary culture.
54. ZEAL Great energy or Enthusiasm in pursuit of a
cause or an objective.
55. MASSACRE Mass murder.
56. CALLED UPON Visited.
57. EXPRESSED Revealed
58. FORERUNNER One that precedes and indicates the
approach of another.
59. SECURED Obtained.
60. COINED Created.
61. TROOPS Army.
62. POSTHUMOUSLY After death.
63. ROUSING Full of energy and enthusiasm.
64. HUMMING Buzzing
65. LIMPING Walking lamely.
66. LONELY Alone.
67. RUBY A dark red stone.
68. LINNET A small brown and grey bird.
69. CREPT Move slowly and carefully.
70. HEART MELTED He became kind and loving.
71. SMART Intelligent.
72. LEARN TO BALANCE Learn to share proportionately.
73. RELAYED Broadcast.
74. DO JUSTICE TO Do as well as one can.
75. POTENTIAL Capacity.
76. BADLY Have a strong desire for.
77. KILLER INSTINCT An expression used to say that the person has
great focus , like animals do , when they stalk
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78. GAVE AWAY Yield , Surrender.
79. OF LATE Recently.
80. FIGURE OUT Understand.
81. CRIED HIMSELF TO Went to sleep crying.
SLEEP
82. PERCENTILE Minimum cut off.
83. CONCENTRATION Focus.
84. LOGIC Reasoning.
85. ELECTRON Particle in a cell.
86. STRATEGY Plan of work or action.
87. GO BY Judge by.
88. MENTAL BALANCE Capacity to think rightly.
89. IMPATIENCE Inability to wait.
90. VANISHED Disappeared.
91. CRAVEN Fearful , Weak.
92. BESTOW Grant , Give.
93. STRIFE Dispute.
94. SNIVELLING Weep , grumble.
95. SNARL Growl.
96. SNEER Contemptuous smile.
97. STYLUS A pointed implement used for tracing letters.
98. BRAILLE BOARD A board used by visually challenged people
for writing.
99. RECOGNIZING Accepting.
100. ABILITY Talent.
101. DEDICATED Devoted
102. GLUED Stuck
103. TALENT A natural ability to do something well.
104. COMPOSURE Calm manner.
105. CONFIDENCE Firm trust.
106. ICON Picture.
107. MATURE Behaving in a sensible way like an adult.
108. SITUATION Circumstances.
109. AVID Keen.
110. VERSATILITY Range of skill.
111. PERFORMED Entertained an audience by playing a piece of
music.
112. DIGNITARIES Person of high rank.
113. CHAMPION Person who defeated all his rivals.
114. EMBODIES Represents.
115. SURGES Rises.
116. ALUMNUS Ex- student.
117. DETERRED Discouraged.
118. FRAGMENTS Broken pieces.
119. DOMESTIC Country's internal affairs.
120. TIRELESS Putting a lot of hard work and energy into

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something over a long period time.
121. STRIVING Working hard.
122. DREARY Dull.
123. AWAKE Wake up.
124. NURTURE Rear , raise.
125. COMPLEX Constructed buildings.
126. SUPPLEMENTED BY Added to.
127. COUNTERPOISE Balancing weight.
128. IMPULSE Sudden idea.
129. CROSS-COUNTRY Walking across the country.
TREK
130. IDYLLIC Peaceful.
131. WIRY Thin but strong.
132. AUSTERE Simple and refined.
133. PLACID Quiet.
134. TURMOIL Stormy.
135. ENVELOPING Surrounding.
136. OBLITERATE Erase , eradicate.
137. PREMIUM TO Giving value to reason.
RATIONALISM
138. SYNDROME Disease.
139. MONOLITH Stone structure.
140. ABRUPTLY Suddenly.
141. DISCRETE Separate.
142. EGRET Water bird.
143. EMERALD Green colour.
144. FLAPPING Moving up and down.
145. BALLERINA Western classical dancer.
146. RESORTED Answered quickly.
147. GET EVEN Revenge.
148. SUPER COP Distinguished(Respected) police officer.
149. HARDENED Tough.
150. HALLMARK Symbol.
151. INDOMITABLE Strong , brave and determined.
152. HUMANE Showing kindness , care and sympathy.
153. RETALIATE To hurt someone.
154. DREARY Boring.
155. GRIM Sad.
156. PERPLEXING Confusing.
157. SLIM Very lean , light.
158. PUZZLE Maze , confuse.
159. OBSTRUCT Hinder , prevent.
160. QUITTER One who exists.
161. GRIT Tighten.
162. ROUND THE CORNER Just waiting to happen.
163. FRAIL Weak .

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164. TEND Look after.
165. BLACK SCHOOL A separate school for black children.
166. BECAUSE OF HIS Because he came from Africa.
RACE
167. DISTINGUISHED Performed well.
HIMSELF
168. LEGUMES A plant that has its seeds in a pod.
169. ECSTATIC Very happy.
170. REPLENISHING Making something full again.
171. GIANT A man who is taller and stronger than most
men.

172. TIDE The way that the level of the sea regularly
and falls during the day.
173. STUPENDOUS Very impressive , large or surprising.
174. COLOSSAL Extremely great or large.
175. ENORMOUS Very large in size or quantity.
176. SHEER Steep , vertical.
177. RECKONED Believe something is true.
178. BAIT Something that is offered in order to
persuade someone to do something.
179. BURY To put something/body in ground.
180. WEAPON Something that helps you to achieve
something difficult or to get rid of something
bad.
181. EDGE The part of something that is the furthest
from its centre.
182. PATCH Piece of ground.
183. BRINK The top of a very steep cliff.
184. INLAND In a direction away from the coast.
185. TWILIGHT The time in the evening when the sky is
beginning to get dark.
186. BARBED Wire - thick wire with a lot of sharp points
sticking out of it , used for making fences.
187. PITCH A thick black sticky substance used on roofs
and ships to stop water getting through.
188. MUSKIE North America a large predatory freshwater
fish of the pike family caught as game.
189. BASS A fresh water fish.
190. PINE A tall tree with thin sharp leaves called
needles that do not fall off in winter and hard
brown fruits called cones.
191. VALLEY A low area of land between mountains or
hills usually with a river flowing through it.
192. WINDING Twisting.
193. CLUMP Cluster.
194. ALIENS An outsider (Extraterrestrial being).

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195. GALAXIES Group of stars.
196. EMERGING Coming out.
197. DREAD Fear.
198. TRUDGED Moving uninterestingly.
199. BROODED Thought over.
200. GUST Strong draft or wind.
201. CLAMMY Sticky.
202. GLIMMERING Feeble light.
203. HOODED Raised head with a cover.
204. WOBBLED Trembled.
205. EARTHLING Person belonging to earth.
206. WAVER Be unsteady.
207. MAKE A DASH Rush.
208. YELLING Shouting.
209. MANIAC Person having an obsession.
210. TOTTERING Wavering.
211. WHIMPERING Crying feebly.

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S.NO MEANING EXPLANATION
1. FLEECY Woolly.
2. DISPOSED Sold.
3. CONFRONTED Faced.
4. IMAGINARY Not real.
5. ACCUSTOMED Used to.
6. HARSHLY Rudely.
7. SHATTERED Broke.
8. CERAMIC Baked and glazed clay.
9. WAILED Cried loudly.
10. TORRENT Strong flow.
11. WHITTLE Sharp wood with a knife.
12. GLIMPSE A quick look.
13. NOW FAR AWAY Kamala das lived in Mumbai.
14. PEER Look at something with difficulty.
15. DESPAIR Loss of hope.
16. DARKNESS Want of light.
17. BLIND EYES OF Darkness is all that one can see
WINDOWS through the windows of a closed
house.
18. BROODING Thinking deeply.
19. CORRIDOR Passage in a building.
20. EVASIVE Avoiding.
21. TWINGE Sudden movement or pain.
22. FLINCH Shrink back.
23. FADES Disappears.
24. GASHED Badly cut.
25. GRIM Unattractive.
26. BEAMED Smiled happily.
27. LOFTILY In a superior way.
28. DRAMATIC Exaggerated.
29. SPY HOLE A place from which one can look
without being seen.
30. DISGUISE Give a different appearance to
conceal one's identity.
31. BACKSTABBER One who hits from the back.
32. DOUBLE-CROSSER One who promised and then cheats.
33. PLUSH Luxurious
34. FAWNED Pretended to honour.
35. OILY Flattering.

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36. UNSUSPECTING Not expecting.
37. GRINNED Smiled broadly.
38. REGIME Rule.
39. NEVER AT A LOSS Resourceful .
40. TIGHT SQUEEZE Crowded.
41. RUMOUR False story.
42. SPREAD LIKE WILD Passed on very fast.
FIRE
43. TATTLETALE Sneak.
44. CHOP Cut.
45. PELTED Hit.
46. PANIC Fear.
47. ASTOUNDED Astonished , amazed.
48. MASTER OF Someone whose job is introduce
CEREMONY speakers and performers at a public
event.
49. DISC JOCKEY Someone who plays CDS and records
in a club restaurant and so on or
someone who introduces and plays
music on the radio.
50. NOOKS Sheltered spaces.
51. CRANNIES Long narrow holes or something.
52. UNICORN A mythical white horse like creature
with a single horn growing from its
forehead.
53. INNATE Natural , inborn.
54. GENEROSITY Being liberal.
55. AUSTERE One who chooses a simple lifestyle.
56. COMFORTS Things that make your life easier.
57. LUXURIES Expensive things.
58. SACRED Holy.
59. PILGRIMS People who travel to a holy place.
60. PREDOMINANTLY Mainly.
61. INVALIDS Sick people.
62. VIVID Clear.
63. ATTIRE Dress.
64. TRANSCEND To rise above.
65. EMULATE To try to be like.
66. ENDEAVOUR Attempt.
67. MELANCHOLY Deep sadness.
68. ORTHODOX Closely following old , Traditional ,
Religious beliefs.
69. DOWNCAST Sad , Depressed.
70. SUMMONED Ordered.
71. BLUNTLY Directly.
72. APOLOGISE Say sorry for a wrong doing.
73. CONVICTION Strong belief.

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74. CONSERVATIVE Traditional.
75. PERTURBED Worried , Anxious.
76. CONFRONT Face boldly.
77. STRANGE Unfamiliar.
78. BENEATH Underneath.
79. BREATHES Lives.
80. LIE Be buried.
81. DISPOSSESS Rob.
82. DEFILE Pollute.
83. OUTRAGE Destroy.
84. RESOLUTELY With determination.
85. AT LAST Finally
86. HEIR A person with legal right to a
position or property.
87. HEARTBROKEN Feel extremely sad.
88. CEREMONY A formal religious function.
89. PERILS Dangers.
90. ACQUIRING Gaining.
91. TERRITORY Region.
92. EMPIRE A group of countries ruled by one
country.
93. LAPSED INTO Transferred without a rule of law.
94. DETERMINED Decided.
95. FUTILE Useless.
96. DISRUPTION Disturbance.
97. SEPOY An Indian soldier in the British
army.
98. GREASE Apply oil/fat.
99. CARTRIDGES Tubes with gun powder and bullets.
100. RIFLES Long guns.
101. SMOOTHLY Easily.
102. PORK Meat of pigs.
103. BEEF Meat of cows.
104. MUTINEERS Those who revolt.
105. AMMUNITION Collection of explosives.
106. MANUFACTURE Large scale production.
107. GALLOPING Moving fast.
108. CAPTURE Catch.
109. FURIOUSLY Violently.
110. CANNON Very large gun.
111. BLASTED Bombed.
112. ASSERT Say firmly.
113. ONSLAUGHT Attack.
114. GLITTER Shine.
115. WHISPER Say softly.
116. DEFY Refuse to obey.

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117. PLEDGE Promise.
118. THEE Old English for "YOU".
119. TOIL Long , Hard work.
120. LOVEST Old English for "LOVE".
121. THY Respectful form in Old English for
"YOUR"
122. UNDEFILED Pure.
123. HERITAGE Treasure of
History,Culture,Traditions etc..
124. POSSESS Have.
125. MIRTH Joy , Happiness.
126. NEATH Beneath , Under.
127. DISTRESS Great Unhappiness , Sorrow.
128. LOFTY High.
129. FORAGING Collecting food for cattle.
130. WIRY Thin and strong.
131. RESIN A substance got from the sap of a
tree.
132. THUDDED Best loudly.
133. EXPLODED Burst with sudden noise.
134. IMPASSIONED Deeply felt.
135. GLEEFULLY Happily.
136. ORNITHOLOGISTS People who study about Birds.
137. BRUISED Hurt.
138. BOSOM Chest.
139. BARS Cage.
140. CAROL Sacred song.
141. FLINGS Throws up.
142. PLEA Request.
143. GNASH To clash the teeth in anger.
144. GERMINATE To sprout.
145. UNIQUE Special.
146. HABITAT Animal's home.
147. ENCROACH Intrude.
148. BOLE Tree trunk.
149. SPECTACULAR Very impressive.
150. PREDATORS Animals that kill and eat other
animals.
151. FREAK Enthusiast for unusual things.
152. BANNED Prohibited.
153. SUFFICE Be enough.
154. METICULOUSLY Carefully.
155. PURSUE Follow.
156. VAGARIES Variety in behaviour.
157. STALK Stride , March.
158. VIVID Bright.
159. RAGE Anger.

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160. TERRORIZING Causing great fear.
161. IGNORING Taking no notice.
162. PATROLLING Guarding.
163. LURKING Hiding.
164. SNARLING Growl with bared teeth.
165. FANGS Long , sharp teeth.
166. CLAWS Long pointed nails.
167. INTRICATE Complicated.
168. OBSERVED Noted.
169. SLEEK Having a shiny healthy coat.
170. SPLENDID Wonderful.
171. WILY Cunning.
172. KOPJE Round-topped hill.
(PRONOUNCED AS
KOP PIE)
173. PUFFING & Breathless.
PANTING

174. GLEAM A sudden expression of emotion in


somebody's eyes.
175. DYSLEXIA Difficulty with reading and spelling.
176. AVOID Shun , Stay away from.
177. NEGLECTED Did not take care of , Ignored.
178. BATTERED Beaten up.
179. BRUISED Discoloured skin after being injured.
180. BULLY One who uses his strength.
181. SCARED Frightened.
182. FABLE A short story with animals doing the
talking.
183. PARABLE A narrative of imagined events with
a moral.
184. FRIENDLY Pleasant.
185. THRILLED Excited.
186. CHERISHED Valued , treasured.
187. GENEROUS Willing to give freely.
188. NURTURE Cherish
189. ENKINDLES Inspire , Stimulate.
190. RESOLVE Determine , decide.
191. STUMBLE Slip , losing , footing , hit , Against.
192. STAGGER Sway , Unsteady.
193. OVATION Round of applause.
194. BEAMING Smiling.
195. ASPHALT A black of sticky substance used to
cover a road.
196. EXPLORE Sudden burst.
197. GALAXY Collection of stars.
198. SWARMING Flooded with.

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199. EVOLVE Develop gradually as a natural
process.
200. EXTINCT Species that has died out.
201. DENUDING Removing , stripping.
202. SEGREGATE To separate.
203. REFRAIN Stop doing it.
204. SUBMERGED Completely under Water.
205. FRETTED Worried.
206. LOWING Call of Animals.
207. HERDS Animals that live and feed together
in groups.
208. RUSTLING The sound made when the wind
passes through the leaves.
209. CAST AWAY Throw away.
210. NEW - MOWN Recently cut.
211. HUSKING Remove the cutter covering of
grains.
212. DROWSY Sleepy.
213. CANOPY Tree cover.
214. SHAFT Ray of light.
215. INCREDIBLE Unbelievable.
216. VIBRANT Full of energy.
217. STATIC Still.
218. ETERNAL Last forever.
219. IN STEP WITH To its own rhythm.
ITSELF

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1. SHUDDER Shiver.
2. CROUCH Lower the body with the limbs close to the chest.
3. CONDITIONED Habituated.
4. FEROCIOUS Fierce , Wild
5. IRREFUTABLY Convincingly.
6. IMPEDIMENTS Obstacles.
7. INDISPENSABLE Necessary.
8. AFFLICTED Troubled.
9. TORRENTIAL Heavy rain.
DOWNPOUR
10. NAGGING Annoying.
11. PERSEVERANCE Continuous with determination.
12. RIPPLE Wave.
13. DISPOSAL Power to use.
14. ENDOWED Blessed.
15. ATTRIBUTES Qualities.
16. CHARISMA Power to inspire.
17. DORMANT Hidden.
18. IN THE TEETH OF Against injustice.
THE WRONG
19. PAGEANT OF MAN Splendid human race.
20. RHYME Short poem.
21. MIRTH Laughter.
22. AKIN Similar in nature.
23. INN A public house.
24. LILT A pleasant pattern of rising and falling sound.
25. JUBILANT Joyful.
26. SWEEPING BY Moving gently.
27. OUTPOURED Overflowing.
28. BATTERED Worn out.
29. FURTIVE Stealthy / secretive.
30. SHAGGY Unkempt.
31. FUTILE Ineffectual / Useless.
32. SHRUBBERY A planting of Shrubs.
33. GUV'NOR Boss.

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34. IMMACULATE Clean and tidy.
35. WHEEDLED Persuaded.
36. BOORISH Rude.
37. INQUISITIVE Curious.
38. REMINISCENCE Remembrance.
39. TRAMPLE Walk over.
40. QUIVERING Shaking.
41. UNAMIABLY Unfriendly.
42. GULPED Swallowed.
43. FIENDISH Wicked.
44. SPOUT Pour out.
45. STARE Look fixedly.
46. PRIMORDIAL Ancient / primeval.
47. PEERING Looking carefully.
48. ABUNDANCE Plenty.
49. REVERENCE Great respect.
50. EXPLOIT Use unfairly and selfish.
51. ACCOMMODATE To find place for.
52. PRETEXT False reason.
53. RAVA.GE To cause great damage.
54. REPLENISH To fill up again.
55. CANOPY An overhanging shelter.
56. DEPLETING Emptying.
57. CONSIDERABLE Fairly large.
58. WHEREWITHAL Means to achieve something.
59. IMPENDING Imminent something bad likely to happen.
60. INDIFFERENT Uninterested.
61. COMMEMORATE To honour the memory of someone.
62. SUBLIME Grand and great.
63. SUBMISSION Humbleness.
64. SPLENDID Magnificent.
65. TRANQUILLITY Peacefulness.
66. BOSOM Chest or heart.
67. BALSAM A pleasant-smelling liquid or resin like substance
obtained from certain trees.
68. SHEAVES A bundle of corn.
69. DISCERNMENT Realisation.
70. FELLING Cutting down.
71. DECREE Order.
72. RALLYING POINT Cause for public protest.
73. PRECEDENT That which has gone before / aforesaid.
74. VIABILITY Scope / ability to succeed.

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75. MARGINALIZED Relegated / made visible.
76. AILS Gives pain.
77. PRUDENCE Wisdom.
78. APIARY Bee-keeping.
79. DESTINED Be fixed for a purpose.
80. INQUISITIVENESS Curiosity.
81. ERRANDS Small chores.
82. CHORES Routine or boring tasks.
83. GROSS Disgusting / rude.
84. RIDICULED Made fun of.
85. UNDETERRED Not stopped by failures , setbacks.
86. PROCURE Collect , get.
87. TRUDGING Walking slowly.
88. QUEER Strange.
89. PACE Rate of movement.
90. REJECTED Not granted.
91. IMMINENT Nearing.
92. ESSENTIAL Important.
93. CONSTANT Repeated.
94. APOLOGY An expression of regret.
95. LEGACY Something handed down by people who lived before.
96. ENFORCED Applied.
97. OVERRIDE Set aside.
98. TRAMPLED Crushed.
99. YIELD Give in.
100. PARAMOUNT Most important.
101. BROKE OUT Start suddenly.
102. WEARY Tired.
103. AFFLICTION Sorrow.
104. REGRETFUL Feeling sorry.
105. WHARF A landing stage along the shore.
106. GLEN A narrow valley.
107. SLOTH Lazy.
108. BROOK A narrow stream.
109. CHIDE Scold.
110. LABORIOUS Hard working.
111. ASTER A type of flower.
112. BEDOUIN Locals in the desert.
113. SENSITIVE Affected by slight changes.
114. PHOTIC Of light.
115. TRIGGER Cause something to happen.
116. DANDER Small particles or scales of hair or feather.

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117. CHUCKLED Laughed shyly.
118. SQUIRMING Wriggling.
119. INTRICATE Complicated.
120. DIAPHRAGM Muscular wall below cage.
121. YELLED Shouted.
122. CUTICLES The skin at the base of the nail.
123. MANICURED Cosmetic treatment of the hands and the nails.
124. ORIGINATED Started / come from.
125. RESPITE Break.
126. SIESTA To sleep for a short while.
127. GRIME Dirt.
128. PASTED Struck.
129. PRECIOUS Valuable.
130. SANDWICHED Pressed between two things.
131. DREAD Fear.
132. DESPAIR Lose hope.
133. CATASTROPHE Sudden great disaster.
134. DON Wear.
135. WHIZZING A humming / buzzing noise.
136. BIB A pair of overalls that covers the chest.
137. FLAILING Moving uncontrollably.
138. GARB Apparel.
139. GROPING Examining.
140. MUMBLED Muttered.
141. TATTERED Ragged.
142. INHABITANTS Residents , dwellers.
143. PLODDED Walked heavily.
144. GLEAMED Glowed.
145. CREVICES Narrow openings.
146. FAINTLY Indistinctly.
147. ACCUSTOMED TO Got used to.
148. OBSESSION An idea or feeling that completely occupies the mind.
149. BEWILDERED Confused.
150. BEREFT Lonely / Abandoned.
151. SERENITY Calmness.
152. RELIC An object kept for its association the past ; A
memento.
153. PRECINCT A boundary.
154. HAUGHTILY Arrogantly.
155. GUINEAS Old British coins.
156. MUSED Thought.
157. PERPLEXED Puzzled greatly.

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158. CONTEMPLATE Think about.
159. DEVOTION Great love and loyalty.
160. SONNET A fourteen line poem with a fixed Rhyme scheme.
161. LANKY Tall and thin.
162. SNUGGLED Pressed close to someone.
163. BUMPY Causing jolts and regular movements.
164. TRAILED OFF Faded slowly.
165. SLUMP Fall heavily or suddenly.
166. GRASP Understand.
167. SOPHOMORE Second year student in US.
168. HARNESS A support consisting of an arrangement of straps for
holding your body.
169. DESCENT A movement downward.
170. YOKE Clamp between two things used to steer a phone.
171. FLUCTUATED Move in a wavelike pattern.
172. MANOEUVRE Skilful movement of a vehicle.
173. HUDDLED Seated together in a small place.
174. KNOTS A unit of length used in navigator.
175. KILL THE Reduce the speed.
THROTTLE
176. ALTIMETER Instrument indicating the height reached.
177. STAGGER Walk unsteadily.
178. PARAMEDICS A person trained to assist medical professionals.
179. AUTOPSY An examination and dissection of a dead body to
determine cause of death.

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10TH STANDARD MEANINGS AND THEIR


EXPLANATIONS
S.NO MEANING EXPLANATION
1. Commissioned Ordered.
2. By Jove An exclamation of Surprise.
3. Profile Outline of the face / Head.
4. Accomplishment A well learned ability / skill.
5. Ineffectual Not doing anything worthy.
6. Colonel A high rank in the Army.
7. Glum Sullen , Dejected , Displeased.
8. Freckled Marked with small brown spots on the Skin.
9. Ragged Untidy.
10. Wizened Looking dried up through Age.
11. Parchment A piece of Paper.
12. Piteous Sad , sorrowful.
13. Coarse Rough.
14. Aims Offerings.
15. Forlorn Forsaken , Lonely.
16. Sovereign A former Currency worth 1 Pound.
17. Coppers Coins of lower Denomination.
18. Appearance The way someone or Something looks or seems to be.
19. Superficial Gaze Not looking at something thoroughly , seeing only
what is obvious.
20. Deceptive Misleading ; Likely to make you believe something
that is not true.
21. Seep Flow slowly and in small Quantities.
22. Geode A Rock containing a cavity which is lined with
Crystals or other Mineral matter.
23. Dazzling Brilliant.
24. Crystal A clear Mineral.
25. Apparent Obvious , easy to see.
26. Peer deeper Look closely or a Deep desire to give freely.
27. Inner Beauty Good or pleasant Qualities that are speculated in a
speech person.
28. Emerge Come out from a hidden place.
29. Treasure Something very Valuable.
30. To Cherish To keep a pleasant feeling in your Mind for a long
time; to love and preserve.
31. To Prize To Value something highly.
32. Porch Verandah.
33. Mended Improved.
34. Show Up Turn up.

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35. Frisbee A game in which a plastic disc spins in the Air is
thrown in the Air and caught by the Players.
36. Drive away A road that leads to the house.
37. Collar A bank placed around the neck of an Animal to
identify it.
38. Harness A set of Straps put around the body to Control the
Animal.
39. Articulate Express or Explain One's thoughts or Feelings.
40. Figure Out Make out.
41. Profound Intense Feeling.
42. Quartet A piece of Music composed by a group of Four
Musicians or Singers.
43. Repertoire All the plays, Songs , Pieces of Music etc.. that a
performer knows and can perform.
44. fanatic A person who is enthusiastic about something.
45. Unquenchable Cannot be satisfied.
46. Irreverent Not showing Respect.
47. Hoops Basketball rings through which players the ball to
score Points.
48. Scrabble A board game in which players try to make words
from Letter blocks and Connect them to words
already on the Boards.
49. Mall A place with lots of Shops.
50. Master To learn or Understand Completely.
51. Vista A View , Range.
52. Insidious Spreading gradually or without being Noticed.
53. Hymns Songs in Praise of God.
54. Cosy Comfortable and Safe.
55. Parlour A room in a Private House for sitting or Entertaining
Visitors.
56. Clamour Shout loudly in a Confused Way.
57. Appassionato A Particular piece of Music Considered by Beethoven
to be his most Tempestuous Piano Sonata.
58. Glamour Attraction.
59. Precariously In an Unstable Manner.
60. In no time at all Very Quickly.
61. Plink Produce a short shop ringing sound on the Piano.
62. Plonk Hit or Strike heavily with a thud.
63. Croon Sing.
64. Squealed Screamed in a Shrill voice.
65. Tenacity Persistence , Determination.
66. Bash Strike heavily.
67. Ivories The keys of the Piano.
68. Tickled Pink Amused Greatly , Delighted.
69. Belting a tune Singing Vigorously.
70. Pleased as Punch Showing or Feeling great Pleasure or Pride.

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71. Punch A character in the Punch and Judy Puppet shows.
72. A Cat in a Fish Shop Enjoying oneself thoroughly.
73. Clip-Clopped Entered Noisily.
74. Rising Replying.
75. Tender Offer.
76. Discharged Carried Out.
77. Privilege (Noun) Special Right , Benefit.
78. Privileged Prestigious.
(Adjective)
79. Suffice Be enough for , Be Adequate for.
80. Exacting Demanding.
81. Truism A Statement that is Obviously true.
82. Invidious Unjust.
83. Indispensable Absolutely essential.
84. Earnestness Seriousness.
85. Prosecute Continue , Pursue.
86. Subordinates Treats as of Lesser importance.
87. Unsophisticated Simple , Natural.
88. Prey Victim.
89. Unfits Does not Suit.
90. Acquiescence Acceptance without Protest.
91. Redress Compensation.
92. Triumph Success , Victory.
93. Disaster A very Bad situation.
94. Impostor Someone who pretends to be someone else in order to
trick people.
95. Judas Iscariot One of the Twelve apostles of Jesus , who betrayed
Jesus for thirty Pieces of Silver.
96. Mural Painting done on a Wall.
97. Diligently Showing care and Effort.
98. Countenance Face , Appearance.
99. Warped Distorted.
100. Enfeebled Made weak or Feeble.
101. Tavern Inn or Public House.
102. Gaunt Made thin by Hunger or illness.
103. Profligate Shamelessly immoral person.
104. Stuporous Dazed by shock.
105. Languor Tiredness or laziness of Mind and body.
106. Soaring Rising , Increasing.
107. Scramble Struggle.
108. Heaving Crowded.
109. Metropolis Large and Densely populated Commercial City.
110. Portends Warns that something is likely to happen.
111. Fanned out Spread out.
112. Rumour False Story.
113. Panic Fear.

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114. Corridors Passages.
115. Erupt Suddenly happen.
116. Torrent An outpour.
117. To Swarm To crowd onto Something.
118. Jamming Pushing with Force.
119. Jostle Push Roughly in a Crowd.
120. Siphoning Letting out a liquid thorough a Tube.
121. Unsustainable Cannot be Maintained.
122. Exodus Mass movement from one Place.
123. Punch Hit.
124. Welt Mark.
125. Melee A situation in which a Crowd of People are Rushing.
126. Brawl A noisy and Violent Fight.
127. Cereal Pulses.
128. Yields Produce.
129. Decade A period of Ten Years.
130. Frenzied Involved a lot activity that is often Violent.
131. Pursuit Chase.
132. Triumphantly Victoriously.
133. Hauls back Pulls back.
134. Lentil A small seed , Dried and used in Cooking.
135. Stew A Dish meat and Vegetables cooked slowly in Liquid.
136. Shooing Driving Away , Chasing.
137. Ere Before.
138. Soon Presently.
139. Blade Metaphoric use meaning that the river reflecting the
moonlight looked like silver blade of a Sword.
140. Loth Hate , Dislike.
141. Gnomes Dwarfs.
142. Council Workers One who works for the local council Administration.
143. Stacked Arranged in piles
144. Swirling Moving Around Quickly
145. Man - hole A hole under which drainage water flows.
146. Manoeuvred Moved Skilfully.
147. Wading Walking through the Water.
148. Squabble Noisy Quarrel.
149. Deluge Rushing Waters , Floods.
150. Buffeted Swung Back and Forth.
151. Jubilantly Victoriously.
152. Bedraggled Made wet by Muddy Water.
153. Undervalued Importance , goodness or Value not recognised.
154. Denied Refused.
155. Tragedy Sad happening.
156. Sadistically Getting pleasure out of Hurting someone.
157. Tortured Made to suffer.
158. Brutality Cruelty.

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159. Shortcomings Defects.
160. Plays hide and Seek Evades.
161. Campaigned Carried out series of Organised Activities to achieve
something.
162. Diligence Steady effort.
163. Persistence Continuous effort.
164. Initiating Starting.
165. Challenge Difficult task.
166. Implementation Carrying out.
167. Documentation Being recorded in Documents.
168. Exceptional Unusual.
169. Penalised Punished.
170. Surplus market Where several jobs are Available.
171. Simultaneously At the same time.
172. Intervene Become involved in.
173. Legislated Made into a Law.
174. Stooping Bending forward.
175. Drooping Closing due to tiredness.
176. Droning Making a continuous low sound.
177. Moaning Expression of pain or Regret.
178. Thinker One who attempts to repair or improve something.
179. Schwinn Bike A bicycle manufactured in the U.S.A
180. Fender Mud guard.
181. Sprocket One of the teeth on the wheel of a bicycle.
182. Contraption Device.
183. Flip Quick or light blow.
184. Balled off Escaped.
185. Warped Bent , Distorted.
186. Species Groups with biological likeness.
187. Breeding haunts Nesting places.
188. Stresses Difficult conditions , Hardships.
189. Variation Degree of change.
190. Well defined Clearly marked.
191. Higher reaches On top on the mountains.
192. Voyages Travellers.
193. Seldom Not often , Rarely.
194. Flocks Groups of birds of the same kind.
195. Excited In a state of great activity.
196. Fluttering Moving lightly and quickly.
197. Twittering Chirping.
198. Restricted Limited.
199. Nesting sites Places made or chosen by a bird for its eggs.
200. Fascinating Very interesting.
201. Landmarks Objects clearly seen from a distance and helpful in
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202. Foster parents Those who take care of instead of Parents.

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203. Din Loud , Unpleasant , Repeated noise.
204. Vigil Watchfulness , Keeping awake when one should
awake.
205. Sojourn Camp , Stay for a short time.
206. Breed Yield , Produce.
207. Brood A flock.
208. Enterprising Courageous , Willing to involve oneself in undertaking
a difficult project.
209. Congested Overcrowded.
210. Scheming Planning secretly.
211. Cajoling Persuading by flattery or deceit.
212. Vivacious Enthusiastic , cheerful.
213. Utopia An imaginary land of permanent happiness.
214. Lavish Rich , Extravagant.
215. Pacifying Soothing , Consoling.
216. Remorse Bitter regret for having done something wrong.
217. Zoomed Made larger.
218. Writ Very obvious , clearly recognisable.
219. Blurred Become unclear or indistinct.
220. Rang clear in his Sounded heavily.
ears
221. Stupendous Extremely impressive.
222. Grandeur Impressive appearance / Style.
223. Renovated Repaired into good condition.
224. Valour Bravery.
225. Scantly Insufficiently.
226. Monolithic A large single block of Stone.
227. Moat A deep wide ditch filled water , dug round a castle as a
defence.
228. Notching Cutting.
229. Contrivances Machines.
230. Vimanam The top of the seat of the deity.
231. Reverence A feeling of great respect.
232. Opulence Lavishness , Richness.
233. Staunch Steadfast.
234. Intricate Fine , Delicate.
235. Sanctum sanctorum The main place in which idol for worship is
positioned.
236. Munificence Generosity.
237. Cloisters Covered passages.
238. Magnanimous Generous.
239. Grandiose Impressive.
240. Herculean effort Strong determined effort.
241. Patronage Support.
242. Shilpi Sculptor (Carving statues).
243. Staccato A series of short detached sounds.
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time noisy.
245. Oblivious ears Ears that are listening but not paying attention.
246. Fickle Changing.
247. Bleary Not focussing.
248. Sinews Muscles.
249. Taut Tense.
250. Heirlooms of Rich Inherited skills passed down through the ages.
traditions
251. Stark evidence Clearly obvious.
252. Mild judicious tap Careful slight hit.
253. Infested Filled.
254. Hefty Big and heavy.
255. Waylaid Attacked.
256. Palatial Huge like a place.
257. Mansion House.
258. Staggered Walked with difficulty.
259. Plunder Rob.
260. Impending Likely to happen soon.
261. Lurk Present but hidden.
262. Strategy Plan.
263. Retrieved Got back.

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