Neha's Notebook

  Foregone Classical Primitive Primordial Antediluvian Bygone Prehistoric Primeval Antiquated Antwacky Archaic Horse and buggy Venerable Medieval Decrepit Hoary Old-fashioned Time-worn Antique Senescent Long in the tooth Gammel Ancestral Old as the hills/Ancient as the hills As old as Adam As old as time Archival Superannuated Anachronistic Former Olden Of yore Of long ago Read more posts related to  Vocabulary

PAREIDOLIA meaning The tendency to see a meaningful pattern or image in a random object or a piece of art... Read more posts related to  Vocabulary

immersing futuristic entertaining thought-provoking page-turner heart-wrenching hilarious insightful inspirational whimsical intriguing romantic creepy tearjerker humorous engrossing absorbing well-written true-to-life historical timeless gripping stimulating sensual refreshing plot-driven character-driven light-hearted adventurous biographical autobiographical epistolary enthralling cathartic profound suspenseful compelling breakneck spine-tingling Read more posts related to  Vocabulary

SPREZZATURA meaning The art of performing a difficult task so gracefully that it appears effortless. Disciplined spontaneity.  Read more posts related to  Vocabulary

MAMIHLAPINATAPAI meaning Looking at each other hoping that the other will start the conversation which both parties desire, but are unwilling to do. A word from Yaghan language. Read more posts related to Vocabulary

Inferno by Dan Brown More than 700 years ago, Dante Alighieri, the Italian poet, penned down a long narrative poem entitled “The Divine Comedy” in Italian. This poem describes his journey through hell towards paradise. It is divided into three parts – Inferno, Purgatrio, and Paradiso. The first part “Inferno” depicts his descent into hell where he had to cross nine concentric circles of hell, oozing with torment and suffering. Dan Brown’s novel Inferno illustrates an intriguing story that revolves around Dante’s poetry Inferno. The beginning of the novel erupts into outbreak of tense action as Brown’s signature character Robert Langdon finds himself in a hospital having amnesia. Langdon, who is a professor of symbology, discovers a tiny, mysterious biometric cylinder hidden by someone inside his tweed jacket, but he recollects nothing about it whatsoever. Before he can churn his memory to think, he realizes he is being chased by hordes of black-uniformed off

  Conundrum Riddle Charade Whodunnit Poser Cliffhanger Cryptogram Huggermugger Cloak and dagger Abstruse Sphinxlike Brain-twister Mindboggler Closed Book Je ne sais quoi Skeleton in the cupboard Sixty four thousand dollar question Tough nut to crack Strangeness Question Mystique Secrecy Brain-teaser Concealmeant Puzzle Enigma Read more posts related to Vocabulary

  Piquant Peppery Red-hot Seasoned Racy Fiery Mulligatawny Raukikini Spiosach Wurzig Zokometsera Masaledaar Pittig Gingery Picante Apimentado Spiced Tongue-burning Zesty Capsaicin Snappy Spicy-hot Five alarm chili So spicy it brings tears to my eyes Read more posts related to Vocabulary

  Shambolic Jumbled Slapdash Bedraggled Tousled Unkempt Matted Rumpled Scruffy Tumbled Topsy-turvy Besmirched Dishevelled Sloppy Upside-down Hugger-mugger Pell-mell Grubby Higgledy-piggledy At sixes and sevens Muddled Disorganized Like a bomb's hit it Cluttered Tangled Disarranged In disarray In turmoil Littered Disorderly All over the place In a jumble Slipshod Chaotic Bespattered Hotchpotch Out of joint Five o'clock shadows Down at the heels A bit of a porridge All over the shop All over the map In a muddle Quick and dirty Dirty laundry Goblin mode Gungy Kerfuffle Entropy Discombobulated Slovenly Mishmash Hodgepodge Olla podrida Gallimaufry Helter-skelter Dowdy Make a shambles of Hash Mumbo-jumbo Frumpish Draggle-tailed Welter Read more posts related to  Vocabulary .

  Hilarious Zany Chucklesome Comical Laughable  Hysterical Riotous Waggish Rib-tickling Laugh-a-minute Side-splitting Light-hearted Farcical Good-humoured Lighthearted Amusing Uproarious Jocular Droll Mirthful Jocose Slapstick Gagy Rollicking Jolly Read more posts related to Vocabulary .

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis The debut novel of Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim, is a satirical campus novel that illustrates the everyday life of England during the 1950s. In 1955, the book won the Somerset Maugham Award for fiction. The chucklesome book portrays the life of a man named Jim Dixon. Dixon is the bespectacled protagonist depicted in the role of a medieval history professor. Considered foolish and dumb by everyone around him, Jim is rambunctious in his own unique way. Since he is on his probation period in a local university, he is unsure whether he’ll be able to continue with the job or not. And so, in his attempt to secure a permanent position in the university, he strives to maintain a good relationship with his senior nudnik professor Welch. In addition, he is required to submit a scholarly article for a magazine. But later in the story, he comes to know that the person he submitted his article to, had published it on his own name. Dixon reacts to the rea