12 STD – ENGLISH SYNONYMS  ALL UNITS

LESSON- 1

 Artless – Innocent

Barely – Hardly

Chatter – Talk (Short, High-Pitched Sound)

Demeanour-Behaviour

Deserted -Uninhabited, Lonely

Emigrate – Leaving One’s Country

Frequently – Often

Frequently – Often

Gathered – Collected

Hawked – Sell Things Crying Out Loudly

Intrude – Interfere (Enter without Permission)

Leaped – Jumped

Pause – Silence

Persuaded – Convinced

Rubble – Debris, Ruins

Scarce – Rare

Shabby- III-Dressed, Poor Maintained

Shrugged – Raised The Shoulders

Slackened – Reduced

Trade – Business

Tunic – A Loose Outer Garment Without Sleeves

Vestibule – Lobby

Vexation – Annoyance

Worn – Old And Damaged

LESSON – 2

Cauldron – A Big Pot Used For Boiling

Controversial-Debatable

Curious – Interested

Dangling – Hanging

Despised – Hated

Etiquette-Decorum

Liable – Likely

Mysterious – Secretive

Mysterious – Secretive

Optimistic – Positive, Hopeful

Rationing – Restricting the Consumption of a Scarce Commodity During War Regard – Consider

Spout – The Pipe-Like opening in a teapot through which tea is poured Out Stimulation – Encouragement, Motivation

Virtues – Merits

LESSON – 3

Agony – Pain

Amputated – Removed

Career – Profession

Cripple – Disabled

Disfigured – Spoiled Or marred in appearance

Ennobles – Improves

Fate – Destiny

Finale – Final / Climax

Grand Prix – One of Several International MotorRacing events

Gripped-Held Tightly

Important – Significant

Intrepid – Fearless

Mutilating – Injuring

Prevalent – Predominant

Profound – Deep (Here Great)

Solace – Comfort

Sophisticated – Refined

Tumour – Diseased Growth in some part of the body

LESSON – 4

Cornice – Overhanging mass of snow or ice along a ridge, shaped like the curling crest of a wave

Cramponed – Climbing on ice wearing spike shoes

Crest – Top crossing

Cwm – An enclosed arm-chair shaped hollow situated at the head of a valley Descending – Coming down

Donned – Wore

Fierce – Ferocious

Firmer – Stronger

Grin – Happiness

Heaved – Pulled

Ridge – Higher edge

Scraped – Scratched

Scrambling – Climbing hurriedly on hands and knees

Spurred – Prompted

Steady – Firm

Summit – Meadow

Tantalize – Tease or taunt

Trail – Exhausted

Traverse – the name given to such a wave

Wriggle – To move with a twist or turn

Zest-Enthusiasm

LESSON – 5

Anthologies – Book or other collection of selected writings by various authors Antiquity – Ancientness

Conservative – Traditional

Considerable – Ample, Sizable

Dravidian – A Family of languages spoken in Southern India and Sri Lanka

Edited – Compiled

Emerge – Arise

Esthetics – American Spelling for Aesthetics, Sense of Beauty

Facet – Feature, Character

Fecund-Fertile

Illuminated – Lucid Or Clear

Indigenous – Native

 Indo-Aryan – Indo-European People

Inscriptions – A Historical, religious, record cut,

Myriad – Indefinitely Great Number

Offshoot – Outgrowth, Sprout

Patently – Clearly, Undoubtedly

Profundity-Solidity, Sophistication

Secular – Non Religious, Temporal

Subaltern – Subordinate, Inferior

Touchstone – A Standard Or Criterion

Undergird – Fundamental Support

Unique – Distinctive

LESSON – 6

Accommodate – Fit In With

Anarchy – Lawlessness/ Rebellion

Chaos – Confusion

Confusion – Mess

Consideration – Scrutiny

Contract – Commitment

Conventional – Normal

Curtailed – Reduced

Fancy – Desire

Indifferent – Unconcerned

Insolence – Rudeness

 Interfere – Hinder

Liberty – Freedom

Pavement – Sidewalk/platform

Pedestrians – Persons Who Walk In The Streets

Peril – Danger / Risk

Pointed – Indicated

Preserved – Maintained

Ridiculous – Comical

Shandy – Lemonade

Tyranny – Autocracy

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