Manum Naveed

Grade 9th

1. English Vocabulary

2. Badger: to pester, nag annoy persistently.

3. Implore: to plead urgently for aid or mercy.
4. Drudgery: boring or hard work.
5. Interminable: unending.
6. Perceive: to understand, know become aware of.
7. Paradox: a statement which might seem absurd
but turns out of be true.
8. Realm: special field of something or someone.
9. Annals: historical records.
10. Compound: to increase or add to
11. Tinge: a trace/something of slight degree.
12. Abound: to exist in great numbers.
13. Technology: applied science
14. Prognosticate: to predict
15. Automaton: a robot
16. Matron: an older married woman.
17. Voracious: consuming great quantities.
18. Indiscriminate: done at random or without
careful judgement.
19. Eminent: outstanding.
20. Steeped: drenched
21. Replete: completely filled with.
22. Laconic: expressing much in few words.
23. Throng: crowd.
24. Intrepid: brave
25. Accost: to approach or speak to.
26. Reticent: silent
27. Furtive: secret
28. Felon: someone guilty.
29. Plethora: excess
30. Hapless: unfortunate
31. Irate: angry
32. Pretext: an excuse
33. Fabricate: to lie
34. Adroit: skillful
35. Gesticulate: move the arms energetically
36. Vigilant: watchful
37. Avid: eager
38. Cajole: coax
39. Rudimentary: elementary
40. Enhance: intensify
41. Nuance: slight variation in tone etc.,
42. Loathe: to hate
43. Reprimand: to show sharp disapproval
44. Lackluster: dull
45. Caustic: sarcastic
46. Wrest: take by force
47. Infamous: having a bad reputation.
48. Jostle: to shove hard
49. Incipient: just beginning to exist
50. Inadvertent: not attentive
51. Dupe: a person easily tricked.
52. Ominous: threatening
53. Tremulous: shaking, quivering
54. Repudiate: to decline, reject
55. Cessation: a stopping
56. Bristle: stiffen with fear and anger
57. Euphemism: a less offensive term
58. Mundane: boring, worldly
59. Incongruous: inappropriate
60. Condolence: pity
61. Stipulate: to specify a condition
62. Tangible: having actual form
63. Laceration: jagged wound
64. Castigate: to correct by punishing
65. Sordid: dirty, base
66. Octogenarian: a person in his eighties
67. Solace: easing of grief
68. Aspirant: candidate of high position
69. Dregs: the most worthless part
70. Frenzy: wild fit
71. Scurrilous: coarse, rough
72. Alacrity: briskness
73. Disdain: contempt
74. Belligerent: warlike
75. Intimidate: to over wave, frighten
76. Feint: a false attack
77. Pugnacious: quarrelsome
78. Promulgate: to make know officially
79. Brash: disrespectful, impudent
80. Scoff: to sneer at
81. Belittle: to make seem unimportant.
82. Rampant: going unchecked
83. Inane: foolish
84. Ethics: set of principles
85. Concur: agree
86. Clandestine: secret, undercover
87. Flagrant: outrageous
88. Admonish: to warn
89. Duress: compulsion, force
90. Culprit: guilty
91. Inexorable: inflexible
92. Elicit: to draw forth
93. Pernicious: harmful
94. Tolerate: to bear
95. Construe: to make deduction
96. Impunity: freedom from punishment
97. Egregious: remarkably bad
98. Distraught: confused
99. Acrimonious: bitter
100. Paucity: scarcity / shortage
101. Duplicity: trickery