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This document provides definitions for various English words and terms. It includes a glossary with over 40 entries defining words like "apt", "brainstorming", "chorus", "conjunction", and more. Each entry provides a concise definition or explanation of the word's meaning. The document was prepared by Imran Baloch and is from the website www.virtualians.pk, which focuses on topics related to computing and English comprehension.

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Eng101 Midterm Short Notes Share by Student

This document provides definitions for various English words and terms. It includes a glossary with over 40 entries defining words like "apt", "brainstorming", "chorus", "conjunction", and more. Each entry provides a concise definition or explanation of the word's meaning. The document was prepared by Imran Baloch and is from the website www.virtualians.pk, which focuses on topics related to computing and English comprehension.

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CS101 Introduction of computing

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ENG101 - English Comprehension

Glossary

apt : adj unusually fitted or qualified: READY having a tendency: LIKELY suited to a
purpose; esp: being to the point

brainstorming noun A group problem-solving technique that involves the spontaneous


: contribution of ideas from all members of the groups; also : the mulling over of
ideas by one or more individuals in an attempt to devise or find a solution to a
problem

chorus : A company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or


commenting on the action Singing group

conjunction : A word that links sentence-parts. Parts of speech What contained the elements
common to each of the given sets

despite : noun The feeling or attitude of despising: contempt Malice, spite A desire to
inflict harm on another

embodied : Transitive verb To give a body to: incarnate To deprive of spiritually To make
concrete and perceptible

factitious : Produced by humans rather than by natural force

fallacies : noun Reasoning that offends against logic A false or mistaken idea

giggled : Audible expressions of mirth To laugh with repeated short

hooking : To form into a hook : crook To seize or make fast by or as if by a hook Steal,
pilfer

imperative : Which one is obliged to do Of, relating to, or constituting the grammatical mood
that expresses the will to influence the behavior of another

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jogged : To give a slight shake or push to : nudge

jotted : To write briefly or hurriedly : set down in the form of a note

keypunch : A machine with a keyboard used to cut holes or notches in punch cards

linear : Of, relating to, resembling, or having a graph that is a line ans esp. a straight line:
straight

melancholy : In low spirit dejection

milestones : A stone serving as a milepost A significant point in development

nutrients : of food good for you furnishing nourishment a nutritive substance or ingredient

oatmeal : Hot ground cereal A meal made from oats

obsolete : No longer in user or no longer useful Of a plant or animal part: indistinct or


imperfect as compared with a corresponding part un related organisms” vestigial

prediction : An act of predicting Something that is predicted : forecast

rehabilitate : To restore to a former capacity : reinstate To restore to good repute : reestablish


the good name of

slithered : To move along low to the ground To slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface

syntax : The way in which linguistic elements(as words) are put together to form
constituents Divisions of linguistics

toddler : One that toddles; esp : a young child

tumbling : Acrobatic exercise The skill, practice, or sport of executing gymnastic feats

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upholstery : Materials used to make a soft covering esp. for a seat Heavy fabrics

vague : Not clearly expressed Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood

wriggle : To move the body or a bodily part to and fro with short writing motions like a
worm To move or advance by twisting and turning To make nervous little motions
with the body

zonked : Informal terms for “drunk” Stupefied by or as if by alcohol or a drug

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