Machiavellian

meaning - machiavellian are crafty and double-dealing.

in pic - machi-valli

Plaintive

pain + tick
meaning - expressing sorrow

Frigid

a rigid fridge

meaning - extremely cold (in behaviour)

Ostentatious

stent (stunt)-bazzi
meaning - intended to attract notice and impress others

Reticent

Reticent = retire + silent

meaning - relucant to draw attention, temp disinclined to talk

Salacious

saala chhed raha hai saali ko and vica versa

meaning - tending to moral looseness

Soothe

Soothe = Soo (so0O) + the (the)

(the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation)

meaning - cause to feel better

synonyms - comfort, console, solace

connotation - positive

pic - the lady sooths her in a spa

Alacrity

Alacrity = ala (le la) + crity (creativity)
le aa, aur creativity le aa

meaning - liveliness and eagerness

synonyms - briskness, smartness

connotation - positive

pic - creativity brings on liveliness and alacrity in an artist

Altercation

Altercation - alter (alter) + cation (cation)

meaning -a loud argument or disagreement

synonyms - affray, fracas

connotation - negative

pic - when you alter a cation in NaCl molecule with an anion, disagreement appears between anion and anion.

Dotage

Dotage = dot (pot) + age (age)

meaning - old age, especially with some loss of mental ability

synonyms - senility

connotation - negative

pic - Dotage is like potage, you just keep sitting on a pot and getting older

Ineluctable

Ineluctable - In (in) + luc (luck) + table (table)

meaning - impossible to avoid or evade

synonyms - unavoidable, inescapable

pic - So, a person will be lucky or unlucky in his work on a particular day as per his luck-table, he can't escape from it, it's unavoidable.

Yank

Yank
(yank the plank)

meaning - to pull something forcefully with a quick movement:

pic - he yanked the plank from the robo

Putrid

Putrid = Put (put-off) + rid (rotten)

meaning - decayed and having an unpleasant smell

connotation - negative

pic - get rid of that putrid smell from that decomposed bird

Zephyr

Pic - Respire in Zephyr

Meaning - a refreshing slight wind

Disport

Disport = Dis (Disc) + port (@ port)

Meaning - play boisterously, amusing yourself

pic - pple enjoying at disc at port

Disdain

Disdain = Dis (this) + dain (pain)
the crowd had pain with this king

meaning - when you dislike someone or something and think that they do not deserve your interest or respect

connotation - negative

synonyms - patronage, condescension, scorn, contempt

pic - the crowd had pain with this king

Discourse

Discourse = Dis (this) + course (course)

meaning - an extended communication (interactive) dealing with some particular topic

synonyms - discussion, preaching

pic - professor @ IIT 'discussing his course'

Louche

Louche = Lou (low) + che (character)

meaning - a person with low character, questionable taste or morality

pic - he is a louche

Edifice

Edifice = Ed (EDS) + ifice (office)

meaning - a system (building) which has been established for a long time

connotation - positive

pic - office of EDS is an edifice

Deadpan

Deadpan = dead (wood) + pan (pan)

meaning - looking or seeming serious when you are telling a joke

connotation - negative

synonyms - expressionless, impassive

pic - wooden pan is like a deadpan

Obsequious

Obsequious = O (all) + b (be) + sequious (sequence)

meaning - attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

connotation - negative

synonyms - bootlicking, sycophantic

pic - Mr. A will do anything for a fag; he would flat too