Vocab words day-19

[keerthi]

Hi friends,


Todays 5 words are.

1. Frugal:Costing little,inexpesive
2. pablum:Something (as writing or speech) that is trite, insipid, or simplistic
3. bonhomie:A pleasant and affable disposition; geniality
4. Surreal:Having an oddly dreamlike quality
5. Simmer:To cook (food) gently in a liquid just at or below the boiling point.

Please post other possible meanings
for these words,and secondary meanings .Altleast post one synonym and
secondary meaning for each one

[Spoorthi]

Frugal:

Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources.

Costing little; inexpensive: a frugal lunch.

SYN:sparing

pablum:Trite, insipid, or simplistic
writing, speech, or conceptualization. ex:“We have to settle for the
pablum that passes for the inside dope”

syn:pap

bonhomie:A pleasant and affable disposition; geniality.

a disposition to be friendly and approachable.

syn:affability,affableness,amiability,amiableness,geniality.

Surreal:

1. Having qualities attributed to or associated with surrealism:
   “Even with most facilities shut down... a few mavericks managed to slip
   into the park to sample the almost
   surreal emptiness before the shutdown ended.”
2. Having an oddly dreamlike quality.

syn:phantasmagoric,phantasmagorical,surrealistic,dreamlike.



Simmer:

1. To be cooked gently or remain just at or below the boiling point.
2. 2. To be filled with pent-up emotion; seethe.
   3. To be in a state of gentle ferment: thoughts simmering in the back of her mind.
3. To cook (food) gently in a liquid just at or below the boiling point.
4. To keep (a liquid) near or just below the boiling point.

syn:boil
Edited by: spoorthi

[winner]

1.frugal->thrift,economy

2.Trite-->Lacking power to evoke interest thriugh overuse or repetition,hackneyed

[bala_07]

Frugal : Economical , scotch, sparing, stinting

Pablum : pap, oversimplified idea

Bonhomie : affability, amiability Hypernym: friendliness

Surreal :dreamlike eg:- As irrational and surreal as a dream

Simmer : raise temperature or boil eg:- simmering water