Word Meanings

Subject: Communication Skills II

Submitted to: Sir Rana Salem Submitted By: Noor-ul-Huda BSPSYF10-E17

Department of Psychology University Of Sargodha

Table of Contents

To WORDSWORTH ............................................................................................................................. 1

WHEN YOU ARE OLD .......................................................................................................................... 1

SEEING LIFE........................................................................................................................................ 2

SEEING LIFE........................................................................................................................................ 3

SEEING LIFE.. 4

TO WORDSWORTH
( Percy Bysshe Shelley)
1. Depart: Go away 2. Childhood: child state 3. Friendship: friendly disposition 4. Loves first: it represents the girl. 5. Glow: throw out heat and light without flame 6. Woes: grief or misery 7. Deplore: grieve over 8. Refuge: protection from danger. Shelter 9. Battling: struggling 10. Multitude: masses. Large gathering 11. Mourn Consecrate: To declare or set apart as sacred 12. Deserting these: desolate. Uninhabited. A wasted land 13. Cease: To stop performing an activity or action; desist. 14. Mourn: To feel or express grief or sorrow.

WHEN YOU ARE OLD

(William Butler Yeats)
1. Nodding: A forward or up-and-down movement of the head, usually expressive of drowsiness or agreement.

2. Soft look: it represents beauty. 3. Pilgrim: A religious devotee who journeys to a shrine or sacred place. 4. Glowing Bars: Narrow metal shine brightly and steadily, especially without a flame. a. Embroidered strip.

5. Murmur: A low, indistinct, continuous sound. 6. Paced upon: walked upon. Walk slowly.

SEEING LIFE
(Arnold Bennet) 1. Inexperienced: Lack of the knowledge gained from experience. 2. Ambles: To walk slowly or leisurely; stroll.
3. Frisks: To move about briskly and playfully; frolic. 4. Mysterious: Of, relating to, or being a mystery. 5. Puppy: young dog. 6. Bounding: To leap forward or upward; spring. 7. Gratitude: Medieval Latin grtitd, from Latin grtus GRATEFUL A feeling of thankfulness or appreciation, as for gifts or favours 8. Gawky: clumsy or ungainly; awkward 9. Elegance: beauty in movement, Restraint and grace of style. 10. Ignorant: Unaware or uninformed 11. Pavement: A hard-surfaced path for pedestrians alongside and a little higher than a road. a. Sidewalk. 12. Touching: Eliciting or capable of eliciting sympathy or tenderness. 13. Agility: The state or quality of being agile; nimbleness. 14. Whizzing: To make a whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air. 15. Casually: Being without ceremony or formality; relaxed: 16. Vermilion: Of a vivid red to reddish orange. 17. Disdain: To regard or treat with haughty contempt; despise. 18. Glint: A momentary flash of light. 19. Preceded: To come, exist, or occur before in time. 20. Speck: A small spot, mark, or discoloration. 21. Inert: Unable to move or act. 22. Odorous: Having a distinctive odor 23. Reluctantly: Unwilling; disinclined 24. Slackens: To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen 25. Dread: To be in terror of. Anticipate with alarm 26. Demon: An evil supernatural being; a devil. 27. Gingerly: With great care or delicacy; cautiously 28. Nonchalant: Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent. 29. Overturned: To cause to turn over or capsize; upset. 30. Gathers: To cause to come together; convene:

31. Gutter: A channel at the edge of a street or road for carrying off surface water. 32. Relinquished: To retire from; give up or abandon 33. Repose: The act of resting or the state of being at rest 34. Wearily: Physically or mentally fatigued. 35. Disfigurement: mar or spoil the appearance or shape of; deform 36. Perceptible: Capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind 37. Jolt: To move or dislodge with a sudden, hard blow; strike heavily or jarringly 38. Beatific: Showing or producing exalted joy or blessedness. 39. Placidity: A lake of northeast New York in the Adirondack Mountains. a. Undisturbed by tumult or disorder; calm or quiet. 40. Bowels: A part or division of the intestine 41. Throbbing: To beat rapidly or violently, as the heart; pound. 42. Parley: A discussion or conference, especially one between enemies over terms of truce or other matters. 43. Resigned: Feeling or marked by resignation; acquiescent 44. Vivacious: Full of animation and spirit; lively 45. Eternity: Time without beginning or end; infinite time. 46. Manacled: A device for confining the hands, usually consisting of a set of two metal rings that are fastened about the wrists and joined by a metal chain. 47. Leashed: To restrain with or as if with a leash. 48. Dominion: Control or the exercise of control; sovereignty. 49. Elephantine: An island of southeast Egypt in the Nile River below the First Cataract near Aswan. In ancient times it was a military post guarding the southern frontier of Egypt. The Elephantine papyruses, dating from the fifth century B.C. were discovered here in 1903. a. Enormous in size or strength. 50. Inconvenience: The state or quality of being inconvenient 51. Docked: The area of water between two piers or alongside a pier that receives a ship for loading, unloading, or repairs. 52. Sublime: Characterized by nobility; majestic. 53. Conspiracy: An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act. 54. Perjury: Law. The deliberate, willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath. 55. Brutality: The state or quality of being ruthless, cruel, harsh, or unrelenting. 56. Privations: Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life. 57. Apprehensions: The act of seizing or capturing; arrest. 58. Desperately: Having lost all hope; despairing. 59. Abyss: An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void

60. Podgy: short and fat; chubby 61. Descended: To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down. 62. Stamping: To extinguish or destroy by or as if by trampling underfoot 63. Fiercely: Having a savage and violent nature; ferocious. 64. Tyke: A small child, especially a boy. 65. Disgusting: Arousing disgust; repugnant 66. Profanity: Abusive, vulgar, or irreverent language. 67. Emits: To give out as sound; utter: 68. Debased: To lower in character, quality, or value; degrade. 69. Thunderous: Loud and unrestrained in a way that suggests thunder: 70. Trinity: Theology In most Christian faiths, the union of three divine persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in one God. Also called Trine. 71. Muck-cart: a cart of moist sticky mixture, especially of mud and filth. 72. Vestiges: A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more. 73. Horrid: Causing horror; dreadful 74. Flings: Causing horror; dreadful 75. Mess: To make disorderly or soiled; clutter or foul 76. Comprehends: To take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp. 77. Snorting: A rough, noisy sound made by breathing forcefully through the nostrils, as a horse or pig does. 78. Absorption: The act or process of absorbing or the condition of being absorbed 79. Elapses: To slip by; pass 80. Phenomenon: An occurrence, circumstance, or fact that is perceptible by the senses. 81. Breed: To produce (offspring); give birth to or hatch. a. To cause to reproduce, especially by controlled mating and selection 82. Sensations: A perception associated with stimulation of a sense organ or with a specific body condition 83. Clich: A trite or overused expression or idea. a. A person or character whose behavior is predictable or superficial 84. Acquaintances: Knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship. 85. Commenced: To enter upon or have a beginning; start.