Vocabulary-Miscellaneous
Vocabulary-Miscellaneous is the list of words denoting Miscellaneous subjects.
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• Bilingual…One fluent in two languages
• Ephemeral…Lasting only for a day
• Verbatim…Word for word
• Petrify…To change to stone
• Pulverize…To reduce to powder
• Extravagant…Wasteful in spending
• Memorize…To learn by heart
• Incognito…Traveling under a name other than one’s own
• Malleable…Capable of being drawn out
• Ductile… Capable of being drawn out
• Miscellaneous…Consisting of several kinds
• Monopoly…The exclusive right to buy or sell a commodity
• Insolvent…Unable to pays one’s debts
• Layette…The outfit of a new born baby
• Fragile…that can be easily broken
• Dicerptible…Capable of being separated or torn asunder
• Imminent...Close at hand
• Mercenary…Serving for money
• Dipsomaniac…Irresistible craving for alcoholic drinks
• Gyneolatry…Excessive devotion to female sex
• Palisade…A fence of stakes or iron, etc…
• Sinecure…A job for which one is paid, but which one has few or no duties
• Codicil…An appendix to a will
• Orthography…Correct spelling
• Cacography…Bad spelling
• Queue…A line of people waiting for something
• Stile…Steps to enable one to get over a fence
• Amnesia…Loss of memory
• Aphonia…Loss of voice
• Aphony…Loss of voice
• Howdah…A seat on the back of an elephant
• Shunting…To turn a train on side track
• Effluent…The liquid which comes out from a sewerage tank
• Winnow…To separate the husk form the grain
• Stanchion…A bar or pair of bars for confining cattle in a stall
• Effigy…The likeness or representation of a person especially on coins or medals
• Waif…A forsaken or neglected child who has no home and spends most of its time on the streets
• Ferrule…An iron ring placed at the end of a staff to prevent it from splitting
• Carnivorous…Living on flesh
• Herbivorous…Living on grass and vegetables
• Graminivorous…Living on grass
• Piscivorous…Living on fish
• Omnivorous…Living on both animal flesh and grass
• Gavel…The chairman’s hammer
• Baton…A stick used by the music conductor or a policeman
• Yolk…the yellow part of an egg
• Albumen…the white part of an egg
• Chevron…The stripes on the sleeves of policemen in the services to denote their ranks
• Viaduct…A bridge carrying a road across a river or valley
• Alloy…A mixture of metals, especially when an inferior metal is mixed with one of richer metal
• Canopy…A rich-covering over the bed in a procession
• Careen…To lay ship on its side in order to clean it
• Nostalgia…Home-sickness or sentimental longings for the past
• Menu…The list of various items to be served at a meal
• Recipe…Directions for preparing certain dishes
• Casein…The part of milk from which cheese is made
• Versatile…Able to adapt oneself to many situations
• Jetsam…Goods thrown overboard in order to make a ship lighter
• Flotsam…Goods found floating after ship wreck
• Jamboree…A joyful gathering of youth groups
• Carillon…a set of bells so arranged that tunes of songs or hymns can be played on them
• Caricature…A picture of a person or thing drawn in such a highly exaggerated manner as to cause laughter
• Alias…A name taken on by a person but which is not his real name
• Mosaic…A picture produced by putting together small pieces of glass or marbles
• Strop…Leather for sharpening razors
• Valise…A leather traveling-bag carried in the hand
• Roster…A list showing the order in which certain persons have to perform their duties
• Pannier…One of pair of baskets slung over the back of a donkey
• Amulet…A thing worn by few people as a charm against evil
• Skeleton…The bony framework of the body
• Chassis…The framework of a car
• Awning…A covering of canvas, tarpaulin etc… to shade windows and the doors from the sun
• Embezzle…To put one’s use the money of another with which one is entrusted
• Parsimonious…To be over particular about spending of money
• Ullage…The space which for safety is left unfilled in a cask or vessel before it is sealed
• Niche…A hollow space in a wall for a statue
• Indemnify…To compensate for loss or damage
• Arraign…To bring a person before a court of law to answer a charge leveled against him
• Dock…An enclosure for prisoners in a courthouse
• Felloe…The whole rim (or one of the segments of the rim) of a wheel
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