My Vocabulary Notes

Willy- Nilly- Whether one wants it or not Wishy-Washy- Of inferior color or quality Tittle-Tattle- Silly talk Tommy-rot- Nonsense Topsy-turvy- Totally disordered Trail-blazer: Pioneer Shilly-shally- To hesitate in making a decision Slap-Happy- Cheerful yet too casual Snotty-nosed- Treating people of lower position roughly Starry-eyed- Enthusiastic yet impractical Strait-Jacket- A restricting thing, Stranglehold strait-laced- Very strict in morality Rabble-rouser: A haranguer, A fiery speaker Rand and rave: To show one's anger shouting loudly Rat-tat: Knocking at the door Roly-poly: Short and Fat person Pooh-pooh: To reject an idea with contempt Namby-Pamby: Weak and sentimental No-No: An unaccepted/unpermitted work Moth-eaten: Outdated or old-fashioned Mumbo-Jumbo: Complicated procedure with no clear objective Knick-knack: Things of little value Jiggery-Pockery:  Dishonest/Cheating Behaviour Hanky-Panky: Improper behaviour Hebbie-jeebies: Feeling of fear or anxiety Higgledy-piggled

 1. Cadre: A core Group 2. Quattrocento- 15th Century 3. Quinquennium: A five year period 4. Cinquecento: 16th Century 5. Sestet- A stanza of six lines 6. Habdomadal- Occuring every seven days 7. Decalogue: The 10 commandments 8. Quadrigenarian: 40 years old.  9. Hecatomb- Slaughter of a great number of persons. 10. Importunate: Urgent in demand, annoyingly insistent 11. Deliquescence: A melting away.  12. Recrudescence: A revival 13. Hearken: To listen 14. Stultify: To cause to appear foolish 15. Montage: Process of collecting several pictures to produce a single composition 16. Arrant: out and out, unmitigated 17. Manumission- 'sending away from hand' , emancipation  18. Arbitrament: Authoritative or final judgement 19. Escarpment- Steep Slope or cliff 20. Hebetude: dullness, lethargy.