Vocabulary: Words With Meaning and Example
In this article, we have printables on SMART VOCABULARY for kids! This will help the kiddos build their vocabulary and will further help in their language and communication development! Having a diverse vocabulary set right from childhood can be beneficial for them in the future, so we brought you some easy-to-remember and learn vocabs to attain smartness in the kids! You can even print them out as flashcards to have a quiz as a fun learning activity anytime and anywhere!
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Smart Vocabulary For Kids
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Aficionado
Meaning: A person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject, or pastime
eg. He is a crossword aficionado.
Afters
Meaning: Sweet food is eaten at the end of a meal.
eg. We had ice cream for afters.
Agog
Meaning: Very eager or curious to hear or see something
eg. People are agog for the Delhi election results.
Apprehensive
Meaning: Feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen
eg. I’m very apprehensive about my upcoming exams.
Audacity
Meaning: The willingness to take bold risks
eg. Her audacity came in handy during the emergency.
Belabour
Meaning: Attack someone physically or verbally
eg. Jane was belaboring Ed with her fists.
Big-Headed
Meaning: An arrogant person
eg. His boss was a big-headed person.
Burning Desire
Meaning: If you have a burning desire to do something, you are extremely interested in it or want to do it.
eg. She has a burning desire to open her own school.
Burst
Meaning: to explode outward, with noise
eg. One of the balloons burst with a loud noise.
Chatterbox
Meaning: A chatterbox is someone who talks a lot.
eg. Your sister’s a real chatterbox!
Condone
Meaning: Accept (behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive)
eg. The college cannot condone any behavior that involves illicit drugs.
Corpulent
Meaning: If you describe someone as corpulent you mean they are fat
eg. This is a story about a corpulent gentleman.
Covenant
Meaning: An agreement or a promise
eg. The covenant to pay the rent on the due date is absolutely fundamental.
Demure
Meaning: Shy, modest, and well-behaved (especially used for girls)
eg. Hannah is very demure and sweet.
Disdain
Meaning: The feeling of not liking someone or something and thinking that they do not deserve your interest or respect
eg. He regards the political process with disdain.
Disposable
Meaning: A product that is purchased with the intention of throwing it away after use.
eg. I purchased some disposable cups for the picnic.
Distinctive
Meaning: Unique/ different from others
eg. Rehman biryani has its distinctive taste.
Doff
Meaning: Remove (an item of clothing)
eg. She doffed her hat.
Don
Meaning: Put on (an item of clothing)
eg. In the dressing room, the players donned their football shirts.
Empty-Headed
Meaning: A stupid person who lacks intelligence or sense
eg. I’ve never seen such an empty-headed student.
Equivocate
Meaning: To intentionally speak in a way that is unclear and confusing, especially to hide the truth
eg. He asked her once again about that matter and again she equivocated.
Farouche
Meaning: A shy person, socially inept
eg. Helena is so farouche.
Fatigued
Meaning: Tired/ exhausted
eg. She looked fatigued, with dark circles under her eyes.
Flabby
Meaning: (of a part of a person’s body) soft and loose
eg. This exercise helps to flatten a flabby stomach.
Frivolous
Meaning: Behaving in a silly way and not taking anything seriously
eg. I think he sees her as a frivolous young woman.
Gallant
Meaning: Brave and heroic
eg. I made gallant efforts to win the first medal.
Grimace
Meaning: Expression of pain or disgust
eg. She had a grimacing face when her coffee slipped.
Insatiable
Meaning: (of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy.
eg. Like so many politicians, he had an insatiable hunger for power.
Leverage
Meaning: Use (something to achieve something new or better)
eg. We can gain a market advantage by leveraging our network of partners.
Lucid
Meaning: Expressed clearly; easy to understand
eg. The lecture was lucid and straightforward, allowing the students to grasp the concepts presented fully.
Ludicrous
Meaning: Foolish, unreasonable, nonsensical
eg. His ludicrous expressions make me cringe.
Mitigate
Meaning: Make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful
eg. It is unclear how to mitigate the effects of tourism on the natural environment of the island.
Peculiar
Meaning: Unusual and strange/ different from what is normal
eg. She has the most peculiar ideas.
Penitent
Meaning: Someone who is very sorry for something wrong that they have done, and regrets their actions.
eg. He realized that he was wrong and looked so penitent.
Perilous
Meaning: Full of danger or risk/ extremely dangerous
eg. The roads were perilous and we had to be really careful on every bend.
Perish
Meaning: To die, especially in an accident or by being killed, or to be destroyed
eg. Three hundred people perished in the earthquake.
Perplexed
Meaning: Someone who is confused or shocked.
eg. If you were me, you would get perplexed too.
Pugnacious
Meaning: A person who is always ready to argue or fight.
eg. Due to her pugnacious nature, she is not liked.
Quibble
Meaning: To argue about something that is not very important
eg. There’s no point quibbling over a couple of dollars.
Recluse
Meaning: A person who lives alone and avoids going outside or talking to other people
eg. She is a millionaire recluse who refuses to give interviews.
Serene
Meaning: Peaceful and calm; worried by nothing
eg. Natalie always has a serene smile on her face.
Shrug
Meaning: Raise (one’s shoulders) slightly and momentarily to express doubt
eg. She shrugged her shoulders as if to say that there was nothing she could do about it.
Slacker
Meaning: A person who avoids work
eg. We need hard-working employees, not slackers.
Sojourn
Meaning: Stay somewhere temporarily
eg. She had sojourned once in Egypt.
Spotty
Meaning: A person with spots on their skin.
eg. Use this cream for your spotty skin.
Sycophant
Meaning: Someone who praises powerful or rich people in order to get some advantage from them
eg. She appears to be a sycophant.
Tear-Jerker
Meaning: A film, play, book, or story that makes you cry.
eg. Bring a pile of tissues with you when you watch that tear-jerker film.
Thwart
Meaning: to stop something from happening or someone from doing something
eg. Our holiday plans were thwarted by the airline pilots’ strike.
Trendy
Meaning: Someone or something that is trendy or very fashionable and modern
eg. These shoes are trendy and up-to-date.
Truce
Meaning: a short interruption in a war or argument, or an agreement to stop fighting for a period of time
eg. After years of rivalry the two companies have agreed (the US agreed to) a truce.
Turmoil
Meaning: A state of great disturbance, confusion, and anxiety
eg. Your mind is in such turmoil you do not know what you are saying.
Uncouth
Meaning: Someone who is rude, noisy, and unpleasant.
eg. She thought he was loud-mouthed and uncouth.
Upside
Meaning: Advantage/ the positive part of a situation
eg. It’s annoying that we can’t travel until Thursday. But the upside is that the tickets will be cheaper then.
Vex
Meaning: Make(someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried
eg. Don’t vex your mother, she’s in a foul mood.
Vim
Meaning: Energy; enthusiasm
eg. Tortoise is full of vim and vigour.
Wend
Meaning: To move slowly and not directly
eg. The thieves then wended their way through the dark back streets to the docks.
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