WORD: RIFT
MEANING:
1. A narrow fissure in rock.
2. A break in friendly relations: a rift between siblings.
3. crack ,gap, split
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ajaz plotting to create a rift between lovebirds Gauahar and Kushal
PRONOUNCE:
rift - रिफ्ट
LINK: RIFT
WORD: REFRAIN
MEANING:
1. Stop oneself from doing something.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Kindly refrain from using washroom till lunch [mentioned on our washroom door :)]
PRONOUNCE:
rɪˈfreɪn - रिफ्रेन / रिफ्रैन
LINK: REFRAIN
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WORD: COMPLUVIUM
MEANING:
1. A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. She pushes out, eager To meet the compluvium Begging for rain
PRONOUNCE:
Com`plu´vi`um
LINK: COMPLUVIUM
WORD: QUANGO
MEANING:
1. An organization or agency that is financed by a government but that acts independently of it.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I once worked for a quango but it was a lifetime away.
PRONOUNCE:
quan·go
LINK: QUANGO
WORD: ZENITH
MEANING:
1. The upper region of the sky.
2. The highest point above the observer's horizon attained by a celestial body.
peak, top, summit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. At 40,she reached the zenith of her career.
PRONOUNCE:
ze·nith - ज़ीनथ / ज़ीनिथ / ज़ीनिथ
LINK: ZENITH
WORD: METAPHOR
MEANING:
1. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus
2. making an implicit comparison, as in ""a sea of troubles"" or ""All the world's a stage"" (Shakespeare).
3. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol:
4. symbol, image
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Khooni Panja' remark used as colloquial metaphor, no personal attack: Modi
2. she expressed herself metaphorically
PRONOUNCE:
met·a·phor - मेटफॉर
LINK: METAPHOR
WORD: GRILL
MEANING:
1. Grilling is a form of cooking that involves dry heat applied to the surface of food.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Regular: cook (food) using a grill. Informal: My father grilled us about what we had been doing OR Not looking to grill you..
PRONOUNCE:
gril - ग्रिल
LINK: GRILL
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WORD: PRETEND
MEANING:
1. behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I closed my eyes and pretended I was asleep.
PRONOUNCE:
prɪˈtɛnd - प्रिटेन्ड / प्रीटेन्ड
LINK: PRETEND
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WORD: HYPOCRITE
MEANING:
1. a person who pretends to be what he is not
2. fraud, pretender
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Armaan's back with a bang, calls Ajaz a hypocrite
PRONOUNCE:
hyp·o·crite - हिपक्रिट
LINK: HYPOCRITE
WORD: IMMOLATE
MEANING:
1. To kill as a sacrifice.
2. To kill (oneself) by fire.
3. To destroy.
4. sacrifice, kill, slaughter
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of women.
2. dozens of self-immolations that since 2009 have taken place
PRONOUNCE:
im·mo·late - इमलेट / इमलैट
LINK: IMMOLATE
WORD: LOOM
MEANING:
1. Present Participle, Synonyms: emerge, appear, become visible, come into view, take shape
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Vehicles loomed out of the darkness
2. Error paged loomed out of the web site
3. With the holiday looming, I’m too lazy :)
PRONOUNCE:
loom - लूम
LINK: LOOM
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WORD: GLOWER
MEANING:
1. To look or stare angrily or sullenly. See Synonyms at frown.
2. look angry or sullen, wrinkle ones forehead, as if to signal disapproval
3. look hard, look angrily
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The girl glowered at the man who tried to make a pass at her
2. He glowered at me
PRONOUNCE:
glow·er - ग्लाउअर
LINK: GLOWER
WORD: RESPITE
MEANING:
1. A usually short interval of rest or relief. See Synonyms at pause.
2. Law Temporary suspension of a death sentence; a reprieve.
3. interval, break
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Car sales in India dipped 8% last month marking a full year of continuous decline, with no respite from the slowing demand that forced customers to postpone any fresh purchases.
PRONOUNCE:
res·pite - रेस्पिट
LINK: RESPITE
WORD: BRACE
MEANING:
1. A device that holds or fastens two or more parts together or in place; a clamp.
2. stay, stop, block
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Geofreey Boycott warns England to brace themselves for 5-0 humiliation in Ashes
PRONOUNCE:
brace - ब्रेस / ब्रैस
LINK: BRACE
WORD: EVICT
MEANING:
1. To put out (a tenant, for example) by legal process; expel.
2. To force out; eject. See Synonyms at eject.
3. expelled, ejected, removed
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.
2. Kamya Punjabi, who got evicted from famous reality show 'Bigg Boss on Saturday
PRONOUNCE:
e·vict - इविक्ट
LINK: EVICT
WORD: MINGLE
MEANING:
1. to mix or cause to mix
2. (intr.) often followed by “with” . to come into close association
3. circulate, associate, mix
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Kushal disappointed to see Gauhar mingle with Armaan
PRONOUNCE:
min·gle - मिंगगल
LINK: MINGLE
WORD: NOD
MEANING:
1. A forward or up-and-down movement of the head, usually expressive of drowsiness or agreement: a nod of affirmation.
2. An indication of approval or assent: The contestant got the nod from the judges.
3. permission, signal, sign
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Lokpal bill gets parliament nod, just a step away from becoming law
2. He nodded his head for approval.
PRONOUNCE:
nod - नाड
LINK: NOD
WORD: ENVOY
MEANING:
1. A representative of a government who is sent on a special diplomatic mission.
2. A minister plenipotentiary assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador.
3. A messenger; an agent.
4. representive, messenger
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India summons US envoy, expresses shock over diplomat's arrest
PRONOUNCE:
en·voy - एन्वॉइ / आन्वॉइ
LINK: ENVOY
WORD: SEMBLANCE
MEANING:
1.
An outward or token appearance: ""Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact"" (Thomas Carlyle).
2. A representation; a copy.
3. appearance, impression
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. England have lost all semblance of confidence with the bat.
PRONOUNCE:
sem·blance - सेम्ब्लन्स
LINK: SEMBLANCE
WORD: SURGE
MEANING:
1. To rise and move in a billowing or swelling manner.
2. To roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat.
3. To move like advancing waves: The fans surged forward to see the movie star.
4. To increase suddenly: As favorable reviews came out, interest in the software surged.
5. To improve one's performance suddenly, especially in bettering one's standing in a competition.
6. flows, waves, rises
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Rupee surges to 4-month high
PRONOUNCE:
here - here
LINK: SURGE
WORD: OMINOUS
MEANING:
1. Menacing; threatening:
2. threatening, warning, worrying
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. ominous black clouds; ominous rumblings of discontent
2. The signs are rather ominous.
PRONOUNCE:
om·i·nous - आमनस
LINK: OMINOUS
WORD: OBLIVIOUS
MEANING:
1. Lacking all memory; forgetful.
2. Lacking conscious awareness; unmindful.
3. unaware, unconscious
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Initially, developers are totally oblivious to the concept of ORM
2. She is oblivious to their silly criticism.
PRONOUNCE:
o·bliv·i·ous - अब्लिवीअस
LINK: OBLIVIOUS
WORD: JINX
MEANING:
1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck.
2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. will sonakshi break the box office jinx for shahid?
PRONOUNCE:
jinx - जिंगक्स
LINK: JINX
WORD: DIP
MEANING:
1. to slope downwards
2. to sink or appear to sink quickly
3. to plunge or be plunged quickly or briefly into a liquid, esp to wet or coat
4. fall, drop, depression, hollow
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India's domestic car sales dip 8 pct
2. The value of rupee has dipped an all time low.
PRONOUNCE:
dip - डिप
LINK: DIP
WORD: NOSTALGIC
MEANING:
1. A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.
2. The condition of being homesick; homesickness.
3. Sentimental
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shahrukh Khan, Karan Johar get nostalgic as KAL HO NAA HO completes a decade.
2. they spent an hour together, talking nostalgically as they wandered slowly down the coast road
PRONOUNCE:
nos·tal′gic - नॉस्टैल्जिक
LINK: NOSTALGIC
WORD: MAUL
MEANING:
1. To injure by or as if by beating: The boxer mauled the other fighter. The critics mauled the novelist's first effort. See Synonyms at batter1.
2. To handle roughly: The package was mauled by the careless messenger.
3. To split (wood) with a maul and wedge.
4. damage, injury
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Hope floats after mauling
PRONOUNCE:
maul - माल / मॉल
LINK: MAUL
WORD: FLOAT
MEANING:
1. To cause to remain suspended without sinking or falling.
2. To put into the water; launch: float a ship; float a navy.
3. hover, drift, swim
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1.She kept on floating in the pool to relax.
2. The water in the pond was so low that the boat could not float.
PRONOUNCE:
float - फ्लोट
LINK: FLOAT
WORD: GOOFY
MEANING:
1. foolish; silly; stupid
2. Brit (of teeth) sticking out; protruding
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. She was making goofy faces at us in class.
2. an actress known for her goofy charm
PRONOUNCE:
goof·y - गूफी
LINK: GOOFY
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WORD: FIERY
MEANING:
1. Consisting of or containing fire.
2. Burning or glowing.
3. Using or effected with fire.
4. Easily ignited; flammable.
5. burning, sizzling, flaming
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Fast and The Furious Star Dies in Fiery Car Crash
2. At the time of sunset sky turns fiery.
PRONOUNCE:
fier·y - फाइअरी
LINK: FIERY
WORD: COVET
MEANING:
1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy.
2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire.
3. greatly desired
4. wanted, desired
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. MS Dhoni becoming only the second Indian cricketer to win the coveted prize after just-retired Sachin Tendulkar.
PRONOUNCE:
cov·et - कवट / कविट
LINK: COVETED
WORD: RETAIN
MEANING:
1. To maintain possession of. See Synonyms keep.
2. To keep or hold in a particular place, condition, or position.
3. To keep in mind; remember.
4. To keep in one's service or pay.
5. hold, keep
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India determined to retain ICC Cricket World Cup title.
PRONOUNCE:
re·tain - रिटेन / रिटैन / रीटैन
LINK: RETAIN
WORD: REPEAL
MEANING:
1. To revoke or rescind, especially by an official or formal act.
2. Obsolete To summon back or recall, especially from exile.
3. cancel, reverse
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Modi can't repeal Article 370 even if he becomes PM for 10 terms: Farooq Abdullah
PRONOUNCE:
re·peal - रिपील / रीपील
LINK: REPEAL
WORD: BANK
MEANING:
1. the land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.
2. side, edge
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The London is situated on the bank of river Thames.
PRONOUNCE:
bank - बैंगक
LINK: BANK
WORD: MOURNING
MEANING:
1. Conventional outward signs of grief for the dead, such as a black armband or black clothes.
2. the act or feelings of one who mourns; grief
3. the symbols of such sorrow, as black garments.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Paul Walker's death has came as a shock for everyone and mourning his demise Bollywood celebrities say that he has "gone far too soon".
2. She is mourning her dead child
PRONOUNCE:
mourn·ing - मॉर्निंग / मोर्निंग
LINK: MOURNING
WORD: POACHERS
MEANING:
1. One who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another.
2. thieves, robbers
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Six poachers held in City.
2. Some poachers export the ivory for currency.
PRONOUNCE:
poach·er - पोचर
LINK: POACHERS
