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VOCABULARY
1. aside (N): (a) cooperation (b) comment (c)
compliment (d) canal.
2. bric-a-brac: (a) ornaments (b) stamps (c) coins
(d) magazines.
3. charade: (a) factual statement (b) diplomatic
language (c) ugly situation (d) absurd claim.
4. doyen: (a) prominent person (b) dirty trick
(c) fast track (d) singular achievement.
5. eavesdrop: (a) conspire secretly (b) prepare
secretly (c) listen secretly (d) speak fluently.
6. fiasco: (a) complete failure (b) partial success
(c) corrective measure (d) direct route.
7. gritty: (a) determined (b) confused (c) cruel
(d) kind.
8. heist: (a) coronation (b) donation (c) rotation
(d) robbery.
9. interlocutor: (a) vendor (b) consultant (c) rep-
resentative (d) examiner.
10. jaunty: (a) obedient (b) confident (c) friendly
(d) short-lived.
11. kerfuffle: (a) rivalry (b) friendship (c) noisy
activity (d) silent movie.
12. limpid: (a) long (b) complex (c) rigid
(d) clear.
13. muffle: (a) discover (b) cover (c) invent
(d) sink.
14. ordain: (a) decide (b) resign (c) confine
(d) submit.
15. parsimonious: (a) pompous (b) proud (c) eco-
nomical (d) strict.
16. quiescent: (a) inactivity (b) inability (c)
involvement (d) separation.
17. sobriquet: (a) divorce (b) popularity (c) pover-
ty (d) nick-name.
18. thaw (N): (a) thorn (b) throne (c) evidence
(d) cordiality.
19. upbraid: (a) praise (b) scold (c) conceal
(d) reveal.
20. volte-face: (a) assertion of opinion (b) rejec-
tion of agreement (c) reversal of opinion
(d) suspension of disbelief.
ANSWERS
1. aside (N): (b) comment.
Beneath the narrators witty asides simmers
dissent.
2. bric-a-brac: (a) ornaments (no great value).
She is in the habit of collecting/buying bric-a-
brac.
3. charade: (d) absurd claim/pretence.
The ground reality tears apart the charade of
normalcy between the two countries.
4. doyen: (a) respected/prominent person.
The late K.K. Birla was the doyen of Indian
industry.
5. eavesdrop: (c) listen secretly.
Some politicians always believe that someone
has been eavesdropping on them.
6. fiasco: (a) complete failure.
The prolonged talks between the management
and the workers ended in a fiasco.
7. gritty: (a) determined, brave.
Towards the end of the novel the protagonist
becomes more gritty and courageous.
8. heist: (d) robbery.
In the broad daylight some unidentified persons
committed the heist in a bank.
9. interlocutor: (c) representative.
Due to his early stint as interlocutor, the Gover-
nor already had a channel of communication with the
separatists of the Valley.
10. jaunty: (b) confident, energetic.
He proved that he was jaunty enough to face
any unpleasant situation.
11. kerfuffle: (c) noisy activity, fuss.
There was a bit of kerfuffle during the race
when a dog impeded the leading runners.
12. limpid: (d) clear, simple.
He though the speech a model of its kind,
limpid and unaffected.
13. muffle: (b) cover, wrap.
He held his handkerchief over the mouthpiece
to muffle his voice.
14. ordain: (a) decide/order officially.
Nehru ordained that socialism should rule.
15. parsimonious (c) economical, simple.
The fiction writers style is parsimonious and
poetic in his use of language.
16. quiescent: (a) inactivity.
The LOC (Line of Control), which had been
quiescent for years, suddenly turned live with many
incidents of firing.
17. sobriquet: (d) nick-name.
For the people of Bihar the Kosi river has earned
the sobriquet river of sorrow.
18. thaw (N): (d) cordiality, friendliness.
His visit is one of the most striking results of
the thaw in relations between East and West.
19. upbraid: (b) scold, criticise.
His wife started upbraiding him for neglecting
the children.
20. volte face: (c) reversal of opinion or position.
On the political front the days events were a
remarkable volte face.

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