Newspaper Monthly Vocab-1

1. Parlance:-language used by particular group of people

2. hornswoggled:-to trick or decieve,beguile,delude,hoax,dupe

Example:- I think we've been hornswoggled by that carnival barker.

3. Impromptu:-

not prepared ahead of time : made or done without preparation
Synonyms: ad hoc, ad-lib, down and dirty, extemporary, extempore, extemporaneous, improvisational, improvised
Example:-
He made an impromptu speech about honor and responsibility.

4. Vagaries--an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
Synonyms: bee, caprice, crank, fancy, freak, humor, kink, maggot
Example:- the vagaries of a rather eccentric, elderly lady.

5. Confiscated:-to take (something) away from someone especially as punishment or to enforce the law or rules
Synonyms: attach, expropriate, sequester
Example:-Guards confiscated knives and other weapons from the prisoners.

6. Badger:-a) to harass or annoy                       persistently      

b). a type of animal that lives in                             the ground and has short                                   thick legs and long claws on                             its front feet

Examples:-
She finally badgered me into cutting my  hair

7. BACH:-a small house or weekend cottage.

8. Cemetery:-a place where dead people are buried
Examples:-
many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby
Synonyms: boneyard, God's acre, graveyard, memorial park

9. Filial:-of or relating to a son or daughter.

10. Careen:-to go forward quickly without control
Examples:-
the sled careened as it barreled down the hill
Synonyms: rock, lurch, pitch, roll, seesaw, sway.

11. Hoisting:-(a)to raise (something) especially by using ropes or machinery
(b) to raise into position
 Examples:-

a. The steel girders were hoisted intoplace and securely welded.

b. The engine was hoisted out with a winch.

Synonyms: boost, heft, heave, jack (up), upheave.

12. Valour/valor:- courage or bravery
Example:-

The soldiers received the nation's highest award for valor
Synonyms: bottle [British slang], bravery, courageousness, daring, daringness, dauntlessness

13. Evangelist:-a.)someone who talks about somethingwith great enthusiasm
(b).a person and especially a preacher who tries to convince people to become Christian
Example:-

an evangelist of space exploration.

14. Smithereens:-small broken pieces : tiny bits
Sentence:-the house was blown to smithereens by the explosion.

15. Oodles:- a large amount of something

Sentence:-Oodles of data

16. Prerogative:-a right or privilege ; especially : a special right or privilege that some people have
Examples:-

If you'd rather sell the tickets than use them, that's your prerogative.
Synonyms: appanage

17. Pillar to post:-From one place or thing to another in rapid succession

18. Asunder:-into parts

19. Cobbles-- (a)to make (something) by putting together different parts in a quick way
(b) to make or repair (shoes)
(C) a round stone that is used in paving streets
Example:-

expensive leather shoes cobbled in Italy

20. Subterfuge:-the use of tricks especially to hide, avoid, or get something
Example:-

They obtained the documents by subterfuge.

Synonyms: artifice, chicane, chicanery, gamesmanship, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery

21. Gullet;-the tube that leads from the mouth through the throat to the stomach, esophagus

22. Insult to injury:-To exacerbate an already problematic situation in a way that is humiliating.

23. Porter:-- a person who carries burdens; especially : one employed to carry baggage for patrons at a hotel or transportation terminal

synonyms:carrier, bearer, baggage carrier, baggage bearer;  Sherpa

Examples:-
she asked a porter to help with their bags"

24. Tandem:-(a)a group of two people or things thatwork together or are associated with each other
(b)one after or behind another
Example:-

The team has a tandem of talented guards.

25. ATROPHY:-gradual loss of muscle or flesh usually because of disease or lack of use
Example:-

The doctor is concerned about possible atrophy of the shoulder muscles.

26. Charred:-(of an object) become blackened as a result of partial burning
Example:-
a region charred by bush fires"

27. Belch:- a) to let out air from the stomachthrough the mouth very loudly

b) to push or throw (something) out withforce
c)  to eject or emit violently
Example:-

a) He belched loudly, and his girlfriend said, “That's disgusting!”.

b) Smoke belched from the factory chimneys beside the river.

Synonyms: erupt, disgorge, eject, eruct, expel, jet, spew, spout, spurt

28. Demeanour:-a person's appearance and behavior : the way someone seems to be to other people

Examples:-

the director of the opera company has a haughty demeanor that can be irritating

Synonyms: actions, address, bearing, comportment, conduct, behavior, deportment, geste

29. Nerve-racking:-causing a person to feel very nervous
Synonyms: agitating, anxious, creepy, disquieting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, fraught, hairy, nail-biting, nerve-racking.

30. Bailiwick:-
one's sphere of operations or area of interest.

31. Gnaw:-
to bite or chew (something) repeatedly

: to make (a hole in something) by chewing
Examples:-

a) The dog was gnawing a bone.

b) He nervously gnawed on his fingernails.
Synonyms: bite (at), corrode, erode, fret

32. Effulgence:-radiant splendor : brilliance
Example:-

the exceptional effulgence of the harvest moon is always a striking sight

Synonyms: brightness, brilliancy, candor, dazzle, brilliance, illumination, lambency.

33.logjam:- a)a situation in which a large number of logs floating down a river becometangled with each other so that furthermovement is not possible

b) a situation in which no progressseems possible
Examples:-

a) He was called in to try to break the logjam in the negotiations.

b) the presence of an ambulance on the side of the highway created a logjam of rubberneckers who just had to have a look

Synonyms: backup, bottleneck, jam-up, jam, snarl, tailback

34. Acreage:-land measured in acres
Example:-

A large portion of the park's acreage is forest.

35. Abattoir:-a building where animals are killed for their meat; slaughterhouse

36.Guillotine:- a machine with a heavy blade  that was used in the past to cut off the heads of people who had been sentenced to death

Example:- State have guillotined creative rights

37 Subtly:-a) hard to notice or see : not obvious

: clever and indirect : not showing your real purpose

b) having or showing skill at recognizing and understanding things that are not obvious

Examples:-

a)a subtle difference in meaningbetween the words

b) Racial discrimination still exists, only now it's subtler than it once was.

Synonyms: beguiling, cagey (alsocagy), crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, dodgy 

38 Inadvertent:-not intended or planned

Example:-an inadvertent encounter with a rattlesnake in the brush

Synonyms: casual, chance, fluky (alsoflukey), fortuitous, accidental, incidental

39  Lodge:-a)to provide (someone) with a place to stay for a short period of time

Example:-

The workers were lodged in temporary camps.

b) a local group that is part of a largerorganization

Examples:-

He's a member of a Masonic lodge.

Synonyms: auberge, caravansary (or caravanserai), hospice

40 Wigwam:- a round tent that was used in the past by Native Americans as a house or shelter

41  Wigwag--: to send a signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code