Important Words with Mnemonics: A Truly Beautiful Mind | English Class 9 PDF Download

1. Freak
Meaning: A person who is unusual and doesn’t behave, look, or think like others.
Sentence: His mother thought he was a freak because of his large head and late speech.
Mnemonic: “Freak means funny or rare kind.”
→ Easy to remember: a freak is someone or something different or rare — in behavior or appearance.

2. Amateur
Meaning: Doing something for personal enjoyment rather than as a profession.
Sentence: He was an amateur scientist before becoming world-renowned.
Mnemonic: Amateur = “A + mature” (Not yet fully mature in skill)
→ Someone still growing in ability.

3. Regimentation
Meaning: Order or discipline taken to an extreme.
Sentence: Einstein hated the school’s strict regimentation.
Mnemonic: Regimentation = Regiment (a military unit) + -ation (the act of)
→ So, regimentation = acting like a regiment — very disciplined and structured.

4. Stifled
Meaning: Unable to breathe; suffocated.
Sentence: He felt stifled by the rules of school.
Mnemonic: Stifled = Stop + filtered
→ Imagine filtering or blocking a laugh, cry, or breath.

5. Liberal
Meaning: Willing to understand and respect others’ opinions.
Sentence: He found a more liberal environment in Switzerland.
Mnemonic: Liberal sounds like “liberty-all”
→ Imagine someone saying, “Liberty for all!” — that’s a liberal view.

6. Philistines
Meaning: People who do not like art, literature, or music.
Sentence: He disliked philistines who didn’t appreciate creativity.
Mnemonic:  Philistines = “Feel-less to fine things”
→ Imagine someone who just shrugs at a beautiful painting or poem — a philistine.

7. Patent
Meaning: A document granting rights of an invention to the inventor.
Sentence: Einstein worked in a patent office.
Mnemonic: Patent = “Pat + ent” → Think “Pat’s invention” is protected.
→ The inventor (Pat) has rights to their invention.

8. Absolute
Meaning: Measured in itself, not in relation to anything else.
Sentence: His theory challenged the concept of absolute time and space.
Mnemonic: Absolute sounds like “all-solution”
→ Imagine a solution that solves everything completely — that’s absolute.

9. Deflected
Meaning: Changed direction due to hitting something.
Sentence: Light deflected during a solar eclipse proved his theory.
Mnemonic: Deflected = De- (away) + flect (bend)
→ So, deflected means bent or turned away.

10. In an Uproar
Meaning: Very upset or disturbed.
Sentence: The public was in an uproar over atomic bomb fears.
Mnemonic: Uproar = Up (high noise) + Roar (loud shout)
→ Together: a loud, noisy confusion.

11. Faltered
Meaning: Became weak or unsteady.
Sentence: Their marriage faltered under personal pressures.
Mnemonic: Faltered = Fall + Altered
→ Imagine someone starting to fall  and their pace changes.

12. Unraveling
Meaning: Starting to fail or weaken.
Sentence: His personal life was unraveling while he worked on theories.
Mnemonic: Unravel = Un- (undo) + Ravel (tangle)
→ So, unraveling means undoing a tangled mess.

13. Missive
Meaning: A long, formal letter.
Sentence: Einstein sent a missive to Roosevelt about the atomic bomb.
Mnemonic: Missive = Mission-statement in a message.

14. Visionary
Meaning: A person who can think about the future in an original way.
Sentence: Einstein was a true visionary, advocating world peace.
Mnemonic: Visionary sounds like “vision-airy”
→ Imagine ideas floating in the air, clear and bright.

15. Advocated
Meaning: Publicly supported or recommended.
Sentence: He advocated for world government and peace.
Mnemonic: Ad + vocate = “Ad” means toward + “Vocate” sounds like vocal (to speak)
→ So, advocated means speaking toward or for a cause.

16. Global Citizenship
Meaning: A sense of belonging to a community beyond national boundaries.
Sentence: Einstein lived as a symbol of global citizenship.
Mnemonic: Global = World + Citizenship = being a member
→ Together: being a member of the whole world community.

17. Profound
Meaning: Very great or intense.
Sentence: He had a profound impact on science and humanity.
Mnemonic: “Profound means deeply found.”
→ Easy to remember: something profound is deeply meaningful or important.

18. Consequences
Meaning: Results or effects of a particular action or situation.
Sentence: He feared the consequences of atomic bomb use.
Mnemonic:  Con + sequence = With + sequence (a series)
→ Consequences are the series of results that come after something.

19. Adaptation
Meaning: Changing to suit a new situation or environment.
Sentence: His life was one of constant learning and adaptation.
Mnemonic: “Adaptation means adjusting to adapt.”
→ Easy to remember: adaptation is changing yourself to fit in better.