Plummet – Fall Hard and Fast (niche ki aur tezi se girna)
Example: An excellent rice harvest caused prices to plummet by 40%
Competence: Ability (chhamta)
Example: Courses to improve the competence of staff.
Pandemonium: Chaos, Disorder (halla, gulla)
Example: There was pandemonium when the news was announced.
Canny: Clever, Artful
Example: He was canny enough to see that they were trying to trap him
Chagrin: Displeasure (nakhush, chidh)
Example: She felt chagrin at being rejected
Lull: Pause, calm (sant karna)
Example: I can’t lull her fears
Mar: Hurt, Damage
Example: She was a really generous girl, and allowed no further bitterness to mar their adioux
Notorious: Famous with Bad name
Example: She is notorious for her wild behaviour
Natal: Innate, Inherent (janam ka)
Example: It was surprising just how people fitted their natal sign.
Vitriol: Bitterness
Example: Her mother’s sudden gush of fury and vitriol.
Weary: tired (thaka)
Example: Never be weary of well doing
Witty: Funny & clever
Example: His plays were very good, very witty
Dement: Crazy (pagal bnana)
Example: He is a dement.
Meticulous: Very careful & precise
Example: He was so meticulous about everything
Rapacious: Plundering, greedy (lalchi)
Example: He looked somehow rapacious