You are on page 1of 6

Slightly difficult but a very important word :Bete noire :Pronunciation :- beyt nwahr;

Meaning :- A person or a thing which is extremely disliked.


It is a French word & gets used v commonly across Newspapers / Books / Magazines ...
& How do we remember it ?
Simple !!
Bete noire sounds like '(Aisa) Beta Na Ho' .
Shri Shri Rahul Gandhi has become the new Bete noire of Indians.

I promise YOU will never forget this Vocabulary word ever again
MODICUM Meaning :- Very small in quantity or number.
Key: MODI has CUM; so the worries of Indian Economy & Common man have become CUM
(less in hindi)

The famous Amitabh Bachchan song:'Samandar mein naha kar aur bhi BRACKISH ho gayi ho' .
BRACKISH :- Namkeen

VICINAL :Meaning :- Neighboring or Adjacent


It is usually used as an Adjective
Memory Key:The new song from 'Fata poster nikla hero' :
Main tere agal bagal hoon, tu mere agal bagal hai ...
Here, Shahid & Ileana are VICINAL to each other .
More Keys:VICINAL ~ VICINITY which is a very commonly used word.
Or,
VIKI NAL kharidne VICINAL town mein gaya hai.

DILETTANTE :If you flirt like a butterfly from interest to interest; never concentrating for any length of time on one
then you are a DILETTANTE.
Jis insaan ka DIL Tan te Nan kare (nayi cheez to dekh kar) wo DILETTANTE
(Tan te Nan is that song from the movie Kaminey (Shahid Kapoor starrer) )
& yes - The word is usually used as a Noun.

4 fantastic keys to learn the word 'INNUENDO' forever...

1) Kuch kuch hota hai's KOI MIL GAYA song!!


"Naam na lo par kuch to kaho, halksa sa ik "INNUENDO" to do"
2) Samjhdaar ko INNUENDO hee kaafi
3) Aankhon hi ankhon mein allusion(innuendo) ho gya.......baithe baithe jine ka sahara ho gya!
4) "tauba tumhare ye INNUENDOS ...hm to dewwane hai tumhare "

INNUENDO & ALLUSION are synonyms.


What do they mean?
Can u create a fantastic key to nail these words ???
The winner (with the key) gets the credits in tmrw's main post.
Cheers !!

The two words MISSIVE & EPISTLE are synonyms & mean 'a Letter'
The 'Maine Pyaar Kiya' song:Kabootar jaa jaa jaa; Kabotar Jaa ja ja
Pehle pyaar ki pehli MISSIVE (or EPISTLE) ; Saajan ko de aa...
Kabootar jaa jaa jaa; Kabotar Jaa ja ja
or
The song from the movie Border:MISSIVES (or Epistles) aatey hain; Humein tadpaatey hain,
Ki Ghar kab Aaaogay !

An important difference which gets asked in competitive exams so many times:You always conform TO (follow) a rule.
You always conform WITH one's views.

CINCH
Cinch means - an Easy or a sure thing.
<That job is a cinch>
<Getting Aaron Finch out is a CINCH --- The bowler said >
Any other tareeka ??? Bolo Bolo ???

kesa ye ishq hai!! "EERIE " (ajab) sa "PERIL" (risk) hai


EERIE :- weird: <an eerie midnight howl>
PERIL :- grave risk; jeopardy; danger: They faced the peril of falling rocks.

Dev Anand's ever hit song:JIFFY (pal bhar) ke liye koi hume pyar krle
MENDACIOUS (jhutha) hi sahi

Election time vocabulary :INCENDIARY :Many cartoons like Amit Shah , Azam Khan etc do a rabble rousing act by giving INCENDIARY speeches.
INCENDIARY :- aag Lagane waali
< havells wires r non- incendiary >
Can u think of more easy examples ??

The Ram Kapoor starrer , almost every lady's favorite Bade achay lagtey hain (serial)
can be learnt as
COPIOUS achay lagtey hain.
Another memory key:Agar hum exams mein COPY kar ke likhengay to hamaare COPIOUS marks aayengey.
COPIOUS:- Plentiful, abundant, badey (in hindi)

Jab Ghar mein pada ho Sona ;


Phir kahey ko WOEBEGONE hona ...
Woebegone :- Rona dhona (in simple language )

You might also like