Difficult Words - An Astrologer's Day

                        Difficult words - An Astrologer's Day 

Difficult words - An Astrologer's Day 

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1) fiction- (n)  stories or novels which describe events that are not real.

                eg.- People are more interested in reading fiction than the real stories.

2) travelogue- (n)  a book based on the examples of travelers.

                eg. - I like the travelogue written in Marathi by well known author Meena Prabhu.

3) memoir - (n) a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge.

                eg. - 'My Days is the memoir written by R. K. Narayan.

4) amid (prep)  in or into the middle of, surrounded by 

                eg. - He is living amid of the unfavourable conditions.

5) unpredictable - ( adj) not able to be judged, unpredictable or guessed

                eg. He has really an unpredictable personality. 

6) compassionate - (adj) feeling or showing sympathy and concerns for others.

                eg. R K Narayan's writing  is compassionate towards the common Indians.

7)  grounded - (adj) well balanced and sensible

                eg. Rohit has a grounded personality

8) humour - (n) funny and amusing quality

                eg, R. K. Narayan's writing is with full of humour

9) coveted - (adj) - to want to have something  very much

                eg. - She got the coveted  'Best Student of the Year' award this year too.

10) offend - (v) to hurt somebody's feelings or to upset somebody

                eg. I was offended by his rude remark

11) genial - (adj) pleasant and friendly.

                eg. My father has a very genial personality.

12) elegance - (adj) with grace, dignified, with richness

                eg. - There is always an elegance in Amitabh's voice.

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13)  cowrie (n) - a sea animal

                eg. We used to play cowrie shells when we were young.

14) obscure- (adj) - difficult to understand, not easy

                eg. His writing was obscure.

15) mystic- (adj) something that relates to supernatural powers

                eg. The astrologer always pretends to have mystic powers.

16) palmyra - (n) - a species of palm tree

                eg. A palmyra tree has grown in our backyard.

17) resplendent - (adj) Bright, shining, and dazzling, impressive

                eg. The resplendent strips are needed on bicycle to run it at night.

18) vermilion - (n) a brilliant red scarlet pigment originally made from powedered minanal cinnabar.  कुंकू

                eg. Vermilion had a great religious importance in India.

19) gleam-  (n) a sudden expression of an emotions in somebody's eyes

                eg. Grandmother's eyes are always with gleam of love and affection.

20) to enhance - (v) to increase

                eg. The second wave of Corona have enhanced the possibility of transmission of the disease.

21) whiskers- (n) the part of the beard growing around the cheeks.

                eg. The animals like cats have whiskers.

22) turban- (n) फेटा

23) stalk - (n) the narrow stem of plants that joins leaves

                eg. The birds sit on the stalks to squeeze the juice.

24) bough (n) one of the main branches of the trees

                eg. The astrologer sit under the bough of tamarind tree.

25) to flank- to be placed at the side or sides of sth

                eg. He flanked his sheet of clothes of footpath

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26) din -(n) - a lot of unpleasant noise

27) ware -(n) - goods offered for sale

28) delicacy - (n) the quality of being easy to damage brake

 29) dallied - (v) wasted time just hanging around

30) transact- (v) conduct or carry out

31) crackle - (v) to make a series of short, sharp sound

32) enchantment- (n) - magical effect or charm

33) hissing - (adj) - to make sound like a very long 's'

34) bewildering  - (adj) - confusing, bafling

35) to intend - (v) - to plan or to do something

36) shrewd - (adj) - good at judging people, clever

37) tilling the land /farm - (v) - turning over the first 6 to 10 inch of soil before planting new crop

38) tangle - (v)- become involved in a conflict or fight with,  confused state of relations

39) stuff -  material supplies or various things / equipment used for sth.

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40) disposed - (v)- inclined or willing

41) impetuous/ impulsive - (adj) to get suddenly and without thinking, done without careful thoughts

42) endeared- (v) - make likeable

43) to stray - (v) to go away from something

44) paraphernalia - (n) a large number of small articles used in a particular activity or personal possession

45) blotted out- (v) to cause something disappear, remove sth from unpleasant from your thoughts

46) careworn - (adj) - tired an unhappy because of prolonged worry.

47) grumble - (v)  to complain in a bad tempered way

48) whereupon - (conj)  after which

49) to tilt - (v) - to move or make something move.

50) worthwhile - (adj) - useful or satisfying enough, worth

51) pique - (v) - irritated or annoyed

52) fling (v) Flung (past tense)- to throw something suddenly and carelessly

53) bluff- (v) - try to deceive

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54) glimpse - (n) -  a quick view of something

55) hoot- (v) - to sound the horn of a car or to make a loud noise

56) to swear- 1 to use a bad language

                    2. to make a serious promise

57) babble- (v) - to talk something in quick confused way

58) to puff out - (phrasal verb) to put out, to blow out sth

                            to make larger or rounder by filling it with air

59) ruthless- (adj) hard and cruel, showing no pity

60) to drag- (v)- to pull somebody / sth 

61) thrust  - (v) -to push somebody/ something suddenly or violently

62) disgorge - (v) - yield, surrender under pressure

63) incantations - (n) - supposedly magical words

64) to haggle- (v) to bargain

65) bare -(v) - to open, uncover

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66) to peep- (v) - to give a quick look through a narrow opening

67) overwhelmed - (v) - to cause somebody to such a strong emotions that he does not know                                     how to react

66) to clench- (v) - to hold something tightly

67) to groan - (v) - to make harsh painful sound due to annoyance 

68) to take aback - (phr. verb) - to surprise or shock some one very much

69) regretfully (adv) - showing that you feel sorry for something

70) gratified - (v) - to give somebody pleasure and satisfaction

71) swine - (n) (informal) 1. a very unpleasant person 2. pigs.

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72) pyol - (n) a string cot

73) to gasp - (v) - 1.to take a sudden loud breath, 2. to have a difficulty in breathing 

74) to gamble (v) - to bet money on the result of card game, horse race etc.