VOCABULARY

UNIT 1 – BEAUTY
1) Transient: lasting only for a short time; impermanent.
2) Transcendental: Superior; surpassing all others;
extraordinary.
3) Perception: Conscious understanding of something.
4) Aestheticism: an approach to art exemplified by the
Aesthetic Movement.
5) Manifestation: an event, action, or object that clearly
shows or embodies something abstract or theoretical.
6) Encompasses: surround and have or hold within.
7) Renderings: Sketch, illustration, or painting.
8) Bourgeoisie: A class of citizens who were
wealthier members of the third estate.
9) Severe: Strict or harsh.
10) Coquette: a flirtatious woman.
11) Trifling: unimportant or trivial.
12) Seamstress: a woman who sews, especially one who
earns her living by sewing.
13) Embalmed: preserve (a corpse) from decay,
originally with spices and now usually by arterial
injection of a preservative.
14) Agility: ability to move quickly and easily.
15) Ghetto: a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied
by a minority group
16) Cataract: a large waterfall.
17) Garret: a small room at the top of a house.
18) Gilded: covered thinly with gold leaf or gold
paint.

UNIT 2 – TRAVEL
1) mundane: lacking interest or excitement; dull.
2) wanderlust: a strong desire to travel.
3) introspection: the examination or observation of one's
own mental and emotional processes.
4) lapidary: Pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the
art of working them.
5) solitudes: the state or situation of being alone.
6) travail: engage in painful or laborious effort.
7) revelation: a surprising and previously unknown fact that
has been disclosed to others.
8) complacencies: An instance of self-satisfaction.
9) subtler: Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood;
barely noticeable.
10) resuscitate: revive (someone) from unconsciousness or
apparent death.
11) uncanny: strange or mysterious, especially in an
unsettling way.
12) obscured: keep from being seen; conceal.
13) educes: To infer or deduce.
14) treacherous: guilty of or involving betrayal or deception.
15) crucible: a situation of severe trial, or in which different
elements interact, leading to the creation of something new.
16) emancipation: the fact or process of being set free from
legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
17) scrutiny: critical observation or examination.
18) anecdotes: A short account of a real incident or person,
often humorous or interesting.
19) pessimists: Someone who habitually expects the worst
outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.
20) ecstasy: an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or
joyful excitement.
21) epiphany: a moment of sudden and great revelation or
realization.
22) indigenous: originating or occurring naturally in
a particular place; native.
23) ineffable: too great or extreme to be expressed or
described in words.
24) vagabonds: a person who wanders from place to place
without a home or job.
25) etched: made by or subjected to etching.
26) rejuvenating: make (someone or something) look or feel
better, younger, or more vital.

UNIT 3 – ENVIRONMENT
1) cumulative: an accumulation of successive additions
2) paradigm: a typical example or pattern of something; a
pattern or model.
3) anthropocentric: regarding humankind as the central or
most important element of existence, especially as opposed
to God or animals.
4) bawl: To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
5) scuffles: a short, confused fight or struggle at close
quarters.
6) gleanings: things, especially facts, that are gathered or
collected from various sources rather than acquired as a
whole.
7) spruces: a widespread coniferous tree
8) tyro: a beginner or novice.
9) ineducable: considered incapable of being educated,
especially (formerly) as a result of mental disability.
10) fording: cross (a river or stream) at a shallow place.
11) melee: a confused fight or scuffle.
12) extirpate: eradicate or destroy completely.
13) desuetude: a state of disuse.
14) pruning: trimming
15) dictum: a formal pronouncement from an authoritative
source.
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UNIT 6 – HEALTH AND FITNESS
1) Infirmity: physical or mental weakness.
2) perceived: become aware or conscious of (something)
3) deterioration: the process of becoming progressively
worse.
4) contemporary: belonging to or occurring in the present.
5) discourses: written or spoken communication or debate.
Text I – My Story
1) culminated: reach a climax or point of highest
development.
2) plateau: a state of little or no change following a period of
activity or progress.
3) dreaded: regarded with great fear or apprehension
4) accountable: required or expected to justify actions or
decisions; responsible.
5) consistency: consistent behaviour or treatment.
UNIT 7 – SPORTS
1) prominent: important; famous.
2) perseverance: persistence in doing something despite
difficulty or delay in achieving success.
3) commercialisation: the process of managing or running
something principally for financial gain
4) doping: administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or
athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance.
Text II – Sir Ranjit Singh
1) retrospective: looking back on or dealing with past events
or situations.
2) acclaim: praise enthusiastically and publicly.
3) accessible: able to be reached or entered.
4) strides: walk with long, decisive steps in a specified
direction.
5) commendable: deserving praise.
6) conventional: based on or in accordance with what is
generally done or believed.
7) flourishing: developing rapidly and successfully; thriving.
8) immemorial: originating in the distant past; very old.

Unit - 5 Crime
1) Vengeful: Seeking to harm someone in return for a
perceived injury
2) Doctrine: a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a
Church, political party, or other group
3) Discourse: written or spoken communication or debate.
 4) Vandalism: action involving deliberate destruction of or
damage to public or private property.
5) Poaching: illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land
that is not one's own or in contravention of official
protection.
6) Sabotaging: deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct
(something), especially for political or military
advantage.
7) Delinquency: minor crime, specially committed by young
people.
Text - I The story of B 24
1) Rambling: (of writing or speech) lengthy and confused or
inconsequential.
2) inconsequential: not important or significant
3) Gaol: a place for the confinement of people accused or
convicted of a crime OR to put someone in Jail
4) Gallows: a structure, typically of two uprights and a
crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals OR execution by
hanging.
5) Aggravating:making a problem or offence worse or more
serious OR causing annoyance or exasperation
6) moping: feel dejected and apathetic
7) Archway: Curved structure forming a passage or
entrance
8) Gravelled: To cover an area with gravel
9) Grimed: Blacken or make dirty with grime
10) Coaxing: Persistent gentle persuasion
11) Tapestry: a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures
or designs formed by weaving coloured weft threads or
by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or
soft furnishings
12) Prim: feeling or showing disapproval of anything
regarded as improper; stiffly correct
13) Queer: Strange, odd OR slightly ill
14) Malicious: characterized by malice; intending or
intended to do harm
15) Tantrum: an uncontrolled outburst of anger and
frustration, typically in a young child.
16) Languidly: having or showing a disinclination for
physical exertion or effort OR peacefully and relaxed
17) Wearily: With extreme tiredness
18) Cockatoo: a parrot with an erectile crest, found in
Australia, eastern Indonesia, and neighbouring islands
19) Squandering: waste (something, especially money
or time) in a reckless and foolish manner
20) Tramp: a person who travels from place to place on
foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar
21) Blistering: Intense
22) Vitriol: Sulphuric Acid
23) Lashed: strike or beat with a whip of a strick
24) Nagging: (of a person) constantly harassing
someone to do something
25) Tormenting: inflicting severe physical or mental
suffering
26) Sprang: move or jump quickly
27) Skirting: go round or past the edge of
 28) Brambles:a prickly scrambling shrub of the rose
family, especially a blackberry.
TEXT - II Aarushi- Hemraj Murder
1) Whodunit: a story or play about a murder in which the
identity of the murderer is not revealed until the end
2) Acquitted: free from a criminal charge by a verdict of
not guilty
3) Quash: To reject as invalid, especially by a legal
procedure
4) Botched: Carry out badly or carelessly
5) Liaison: a sexual relationship, especially one that is
secret or illicit
6) incarcerated: imprison or confine