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Vocab 45


1.       Obsessed (adj): Unable to stop thinking; too interested in or worried about something.
Why are people so obsessed with money?

2.       Feat (n): Something difficult needing a lot of skill, strength, bravery, etc. to achieve it.
Meeku was very keen to be known everywhere for his feats.

3.       Desirous (adj): Wanting something
The duke was desirous of meeting you.

4.       Dejected (adj): Unhappy, disappointed or without hope
One day Meeku was sitting in front of his house totally dejected.
Dejectedly (adv)
Dejection (n)

5.       Moan (v): To make a complaint in an unhappy voice, usually about something which does not seem important to other people.
“I don’t like potatoes”, he moaned.

6.       Bedsit (n): A rented room which has bed, table, chairs and somewhere to cook in it.
He lives in a tiny student bedsit.

7.       Misconstrue (v): To form a false understanding of the meaning or intention of something that someone does or says.
Our friendship was misconstrued by everyone.

8.       Mundane (adj): Very ordinary and therefore not interesting
Mundane matters such as paying bills and shopping for food do not interest her.

9.       Myriad (n): A very large number of something
A myriad of choices

10.   Obdurate (adj): Describes a person who refuses to change their mind, or someone or something that is difficult to deal with or change.
The president remains obdurate on the question of tax cuts.

11.   Oblige (v): To force someone to do something, or to make it necessary for someone to do something.
The law obliges companies to pay decent wages to their employees.

12.   Obliterate: To remove all signs of something, either by destroying it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen
He obliterated all the moles from his face, which might prove him guilty for the homicide.

13.   Onerous (adj): Difficult to do or needing a lot of effort.
The onerous task of finding a peaceful solution.

14.   Pacifism (n): The belief that war is wrong, and therefore that to fight in a war is wrong.
Pacifist (adj)

15.   Perfunctory (adj): Done quickly, without taking care or interest.
His smile was perfunctory.
Perfunctorily (adv): The heads of two states shook hands perfunctorily for the photographers.


Compiled By: Chaudhary Amit V.
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