50 WORD MEANINGS

BOOK REVIEW- THINK and GROW RICH by Napolean Hill

Submitted by- Bishal Datta

MBA 2nd sem,Sec A
Roll no. -163113

1.Alternative-choice, selection, option

2.Consumer-person who buys things

3.Discrimination-treating people unfairly because of differences in race, gender, etc.

4.Earn-get money through working

5.Encourage-give help, support or confidence

6.Ignore-don't pay attention

7.simile n. A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself.

8. similitude n. Similarity.

9.Illusion-false idea, dream

10.remonstrance - Reproof.

11.1wrangle v. To maintain by noisy argument or dispute.

12.wreak v. To inflict, as a revenge or punishment.

13.1remonstrant - Having the character of a reproof.

14.Immigrant--person who comes into a country to live

15.Irrelevant-not related or applicable

16.Lonely-without needed companionship

17.Observe-perceive thorough the senses, see

18.accuse - To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.

19.tangible adj. Perceptible by touch.

20.virulent adj. Exceedingly noxious or deleterious.

21.visage n. The face, countenance, or look of a person

22.tannery n. A place where leather is tanned.

23.tantalize v. To tease.

24.accustom -To make familiar by use.

25.acerbity - Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.

26.patter -To mumble something over and over.

27.paucity -Fewness.

28.restitution - Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs.

29.resumption - The act of taking back, or taking again.

30.resurgent - Surging back or again

31.grindstone n. A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools.

32.feasible adj. That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable.

33.federate v. To league together.

34.feint n. Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement.

35.grisly adj. Fear-inspiring.

36.grotesque adj. Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned.

37.overture n. An instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio, or ballet.

38.overweight n. Preponderance.

39.pacify v. To bring into a peaceful state.

40.forecastle n. That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.

41.foreclose v. To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem

42.morality n. Virtue.

43.moralize v. To render virtuous

44.mystification n. The act of artfully perplexing.

45.myth n. A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact.

46.mythology n. The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and

heroes.

47.designate v. To select or appoint, as by authority.

48.desist v. To cease from action.

49.desistance n. Cessation.

50.iridescent adj. Exhibiting changing rainbow-colors due to the interference of the light.