WORD: AUSTERE
MEANING:
1. Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave: the austere figure of a Puritan minister.
2. Strict or severe in discipline; ascetic: a desert nomad's austere life. See Synonyms at severe.
3. Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare: an austere style.
4. serious, grim, severe, rigid
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. It was a big house furnished in an austere style.
2. Ram was a rather austere figure.
PRONOUNCE:
aus·tere - ऑस्टिर / ऑस्टीर
LINK: AUSTERE
WORD: STALWART
MEANING:
1. Having or marked by imposing physical strength.
2. Firm and resolute; stout.
3. resolute, committed, determined
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is one of the most stalwart worker of our company.
2. I prayed our stalwart group of five wasn't down to only me..
3. Maharashtra lost a political stalwart in Antulay's death: Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao.
PRONOUNCE:
stal·wart - स्टॉल्वर्ट / स्टॉल्वार्ट
LINK: STALWART
WORD: IMPOSTER
MEANING:
1. One who engages in deception under an assumed name or identity.
2. fraud, sham, pretender, cheat
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He then saves the queen's imposter from the dungeon.
2. At any one of those moments you could have been replaced by an imposter.
PRONOUNCE:
im·pos·tor - इम्पास्टर
LINK: IMPOSTER
WORD: IMPLORE
MEANING:
1. To appeal to in supplication; beseech: implored the tribunal to have mercy.
2. To beg for urgently; entreat.
3. beg, plead, pray, appeal
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. They implored her to stay.
2. I implore you, put me out of misery?
PRONOUNCE:
im·plore - इम्प्लॉर / इम्प्लोर
LINK: IMPLORE
WORD: SOUTHPAW
MEANING:
1.
a. Using the left hand more skillfully or easily than the right.
b. Sports Swinging from left to right: a left-handed batter; a left-handed golfer.
2.
a. Done with the left hand.
b. Intended for wear on or use by the left hand: left-handed scissors.
3. Awkward; maladroit.
4. Of doubtful sincerity; dubious: left-handed flattery; a left-handed compliment.
5. Of, relating to, or born of a morganatic marriage.
6.
a. Turning or spiraling from right to left; counterclockwise.
b. Rotating counterclockwise; levorotatory.
7. left hand
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The RCB skipper lashed out against the previous criticism of the southpaw and said players of Yuvraj's stature need to be backed.
2. The young, vivacious southpaw that was Phillip Hughes
PRONOUNCE:
south paw - साउथ्पॉ
LINK: SOUTHPAW
WORD: DIVER
MEANING:
1. One that dives: a high diver who excelled in performing the jackknife.
2. One that works under water, especially one equipped with breathing apparatus and weighted clothing.
3. Any of several diving water birds, especially the loon.
4. swimmer, frogman
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Divers enter capsized South Koran ferry.
2. Divers on the wrecks.
PRONOUNCE:
div·er - डाइवर
LINK: LINK
WORD: SCULPTURE
MEANING:
1. The art or practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal.
2.
a. A work of art created by sculpture.
b. Such works of art considered as a group.
3. Ridges, indentations, or other markings, as on a shell, formed by natural processes.
4. statue, figure, monument
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Beautiful idols were sculptured in elephanta caves.
2. She squinted at the object and decided it was a sculpture, but she couldn't make out any detail.
PRONOUNCE:
sculp·ture - स्कल्प्चर
LINK: SCULPTURE
WORD: SHRINE
MEANING:
1. A place of religious devotion or commemoration, such as:
a. a place where devotion is paid to a deity or deities, as in Shinto.
b. the tomb of a saint or other venerated person.
c. a location where an important event in the life of a holy person is thought to have occurred.
2. A container or receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary.
3. A site hallowed by association with a revered person or object or with an important event: Independence Hall, shrine of American liberty.
4. memorial, monument
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. shrine board of vaishno devi
2. The central object of cult in this shrine was apparently a marble cross.
PRONOUNCE:
shrine - श्राइन
LINK: SHRINE
WORD: MONUMENT
MEANING:
1. A structure, such as a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial.
2. An inscribed marker placed at a grave; a tombstone.
3. Something venerated for its enduring historic significance or association with a notable past person or thing: the architectural monuments of ancient Rome; traditions that are monuments to an earlier era.
4.
a. An outstanding enduring achievement: a translation that is a monument of scholarship.
b. An exceptional example: "Thousands of them wrote texts, some of them monuments of dullness" (Robert L. Heilbroner).
5. An object, such as a post or stone, fixed in the ground so as to mark a boundary or position.
6. A written document, especially a legal one.
7. memorial, shrine, testimonial
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Taj mahal is a monument built by Shahjahan in memory of his wife.
2. the use of the arch in monumental architecture
PRONOUNCE:
mon·u·ment - मान्यमन्ट / मान्यूमन्ट / मान्यमन्ट
LINK: MONUMENT
WORD: SABOTAGE
MEANING:
1. Destruction of property or obstruction of normal operations, as by civilians or enemy agents in time of war.
2. Treacherous action to defeat or hinder a cause or an endeavor; deliberate subversion.
3. damage, harm
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dont Sabotage somebodys plans.
2. Investigators examining the wreckage of the aircraft have not ruled out Sabotage.
PRONOUNCE:
sab·o·tage - सैबटाश़
LINK: SABOTAGE
WORD: MONSTER
MEANING:
1.
a. An imaginary or legendary creature, such as a centaur or Harpy, that combines parts from various animal or human forms.
b. A creature having a strange or frightening appearance.
2. An animal, a plant, or other organism having structural defects or deformities.
3. Pathology A fetus or an infant that is grotesquely abnormal and usually not viable.
4. A very large animal, plant, or object.
5. One who inspires horror or disgust: a monster of selfishness.
6. huge, giant, gigantic, massive, mammoth
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. What kind of monster do you think I am?
2. I'll never accept that monster bitch!
PRONOUNCE:
mon·ster - मान्स्टर
LINK: MONSTER
WORD: COGNIZANCE
MEANING:
1. Conscious knowledge or recognition; awareness.
2. The range of what one can know or understand.
3. Observance; notice: We will take cognizance of your objections at the proper time.
4. Law Acknowledgment, recognition, or jurisdiction; the assumption of jurisdiction in a case.
5. Heraldry A crest or badge worn to distinguish the bearer.
6. knowledge, awareness, understanding
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Her younger brother have a powerful cognizance of law.
2. To this commission may be referred the cognizance of particular matters.
PRONOUNCE:
cog·ni·zance - काग्नज़न्स / काग्निज़न्स
LINK: COGNIZANCE
WORD: OPULENT
MEANING:
1. characterized by opulence: an opulent lifestyle.
2. wealthy, rich, or affluent.
3. richly supplied; plentiful.
4. rich, wealthy, magnificent
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. We can see opulent surroundings at the hill view.
2. it was still an opulent city and yielded a rich booty.
PRONOUNCE:
op·u·lent - आप्यलन्ट
LINK: OPULENT
WORD: LAY
MEANING:
1. To cause to lie down: lay a child in its crib.
2.
a. To place in or bring to a particular position: lay the cloth over the painting.
b. To bury.
3. To cause to be in a particular condition: The remark laid him open to criticism.
4. To put or set down: lay new railroad track.
5. To produce and deposit: lay eggs.
6. To cause to subside; calm or allay: "chas'd the clouds ... and laid the winds" (John Milton).
7. To put up to or against: lay an ear to the door.
8. To put forward as a reproach or an accusation: They laid the blame on us.
9. To put or set in order or readiness for use: lay the table for lunch.
10. placing, putting
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Rahul ridicules BJP's claim of laying roads in MP
2. Go and lay down on your bed.
PRONOUNCE:
lay - ले / लै
LINK: LAY
WORD: LEAP
MEANING:
1. (intr) to jump suddenly from one place to another
2. (often foll by: at) to move or react quickly
3. (tr) to jump over
4. to come into prominence rapidly: the thought leapt into his mind.
5. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr) to cause (an animal, esp a horse) to jump a barrier
6. jump, dive, hike
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. a successful leap from college to the major leagues
2. The frog leap into the tank.
PRONOUNCE:
leap - लीप
LINK: LEAP
WORD: BOYCOTT
MEANING:
1. to join together in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of protest or coercion: to boycott a store.
2. to abstain from buying or using: to boycott imported goods.
3. refuse, reject, prohibit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The opposition boycotted the meeting.
2. However, the magnitude of the Arab boycott of US products is minimized by economists
PRONOUNCE:
boy•cott - बॉइकाट
LINK: BOYCOTT
WORD: SOLITARY
MEANING:
1. Existing, living, or going without others; alone: a solitary traveler. See Synonyms at alone.
2. Happening, done, or made alone: a solitary evening; solitary pursuits such as reading and sewing.
3. Remote from civilization; secluded: a solitary retreat.
4. Having no companions; lonesome or lonely.
5. Zoology Living alone or in pairs only: solitary wasps; solitary sparrows.
6. Single and set apart from others: a solitary instance of cowardice.
7. lonely, private, single
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Antartica is a solitary place where no man lives.
2. Tigers are solitary animals.
PRONOUNCE:
sol·i·tar·y - सालटेरी / सालिटेरी
LINK: SOLITARY
WORD: RIGOROUS
MEANING:
1. Characterized by or acting with rigor: a rigorous program to restore physical fitness.
2. Full of rigors; harsh: a rigorous climate.
3. Rigidly accurate; precise. See Synonyms at burdensome.
4. hard, severe, difficult
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The accused got the rigorous imprisonment of seven years.
2. His imprisonment was not a rigorous one, and negotiations for his release were soon begun.
PRONOUNCE:
rig·or·ous - रिगरस
LINK: RIGOROUS
WORD: CONVIVIAL
MEANING:
1. friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
2. fond of feasting, drinking, and merry company; jovial.
3. of or befitting a feast; festive.
4. pleasant, welcoming, warm
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. She has spend her whole evening in convivial atmosphere.
2. merriment of convivial gathering
PRONOUNCE:
con•viv•i•al - कन्विवीअल
LINK: CONVIVIAL
WORD: DENT
MEANING:
1. a hollow or dip in a surface, as one made by pressure or a blow
2. an appreciable effect, esp of lessening: a dent in our resources.
3. injured, hurt, broken
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. how a sting operation has dented AAP's fairytale in Delhi.
2. Early strikes dent england
3. it made a dent in my bank account
PRONOUNCE:
dent - डेन्ट
LINK: DENT
WORD: AGITATION
MEANING:
1. the act of agitating or the state of being agitated.
2. persistent urging of a political or social cause or theory before the public.
3. campaigning, Protest, activism
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Arvind Kejriwal misused Lokpal agitation funds,
Anna Hazare begins indefinite fast, says it will be a 'do-or-die' agitation
PRONOUNCE:
ag•i•ta•tion - ऐजटैशन / ऐजिटेशन
LINK: AGITATION
WORD: SKIMPY
MEANING:
1. Inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting: a skimpy meal.
2. Unduly thrifty; niggardly.
3. insufficient
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Gauahar Khan 'slapped' for wearing 'skimpy' dress on sets of reality show
2. Actor or acrtess wore skimpy dresses.
PRONOUNCE:
skimp·y - स्किम्पी
LINK: SKIMPY
WORD: REPRIMAND
MEANING:
1. a severe rebuke, esp. a formal or official one.
v.t.
2. to reprove or rebuke severely.
3. rebukes, lectures, talking-tos
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Man 'reprimands' Gauhar Khan for 'wearing short clothes', slaps her on crowded set.
2. Her negligence passed without a reprimand.
PRONOUNCE:
rep•ri•mand - रेप्रमैन्ड / रेप्रीमान्ड
LINK: REPRIMAND
WORD: HIATUS
MEANING:
1. A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break: "We are likely to be disconcerted by . . . hiatuses of thought" (Edmund Wilson).
2. Linguistics A slight pause that occurs when two immediately adjacent vowels in consecutive syllables are pronounced, as in reality and naive.
3. Anatomy A separation, aperture, fissure, or short passage in an organ or body part.
4. pause, break, interruption
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. She promises to marry him at the end of the lengthy hiatus
2. after a 3-year long hiatus he returned to the silver screen.
PRONOUNCE:
hi·a·tus - हाइएटस / हाइऐटस
LINK: HIATUS
WORD: HONE
MEANING:
1. To sharpen on a fine-grained whetstone.
2. To perfect or make more intense or effective: a speaker who honed her delivery by long practice.
3. improved, refined, enhanced
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He honed his skills through hours of monotonous practice.
PRONOUNCE:
hone - होन
LINK: HONE
WORD: MONOTONOUS
MEANING:
1. dull and tedious, esp because of repetition
2. unvarying in pitch or cadence
3. dull, droning, boring
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He honed his skills through hours of monotonous practice.
2. the history of the play throughout the latter part of the eighteenth century is monotonously uneventful
PRONOUNCE:
monotonous - मनाटनस
LINK: MONOTONOUS
WORD: BOISTEROUS
MEANING:
1. Rough and stormy; violent.
2. Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline. See Synonyms at vociferous.
3. energetic, lively, active, rowdy
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Australian public loved his fighting spirit and boisterous nature, a kid from the bush who made it to the top but never changed as a person.
2. Boisterous winds and waves
PRONOUNCE:
bois·ter·ous - बॉइस्टरस / बॉइस्ट्रस
LINK: BOISTEROUS
WORD: PUGNACIOUS
MEANING:
1. readily disposed to fight; belligerent
2. aggressive, argumentative
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A pugnacious left-hander brimming with self-confidence, his life was tragically cut short when he was hit on the head by a ball and never regained consciousness.
2. He is very pugnacious.
PRONOUNCE:
pugnacious - पग्नेशस / पग्नैशिस
LINK: PUGNACIOUS
WORD: VIVACIOUS
MEANING:
1. full of high spirits and animation; lively or vital
2. having or displaying tenacity of life
3. lively, cheerful, full of life
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Azmi remembered the actress for her vivacious personality.
2. The young, vivacious southpaw that was Phillip Hughes
3. Aishwarya is a vivacious model
PRONOUNCE:
vivacious - ववैशस / विवेशस
LINK: VIVACIOUS
WORD: CRONY
MEANING:
1. a friend or companion
2. friend, pal, colleague, mate, associate, supporter
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Crony capitalism a big threat to countries like India: RBI chief Raghuram Rajan
2. Rampal cronies go underground, shut ashram in MP
3. Her son spends most of his evenings with his cronies.
PRONOUNCE:
cro·ny - क्रोनी
LINK: CRONY
WORD: THESPIAN
MEANING:
1. Of or relating to drama; dramatic: thespian talents.
2. Thespian Of or relating to Thespis.
3. theatrical, dramatic, melodramatic
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. After a string of online rumours of his ill-health, thespian Dilip Kumar Tuesday emerged out of his hibernation from Twitter to ensure his fans know that he's well.
2. He is a thespian of reputation.
PRONOUNCE:
thes·pi·an - थेस्पीअन
LINK: THESPIAN
WORD: FACTION
MEANING:
1. A group of persons forming a cohesive, usually contentious minority within a larger group.
2. Conflict within an organization or nation; internal dissension: "Our own beloved country . . . is now afflicted with
3. group, party, section, side
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The population is divided between four factions, each having a specific outlined function.
2. The trade union of our factory is divided by faction.
PRONOUNCE:
fac·tion - फैक्शन
LINK: FACTION
WORD: FARCE
MEANING:
1.
a. A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect.
b. The branch of literature constituting such works.
c. The broad or spirited humor characteristic of such works.
2. A ludicrous, empty show; a mockery: The fixed election was a farce.
3. A seasoned stuffing, as for roasted turkey.
4. ridiculous situation, sham, circus
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. All sound and fury: The Campa Cola row is a farce
2. The play was a farce.
PRONOUNCE:
farce - फार्स
LINK: FARCE
WORD: MITIGATE
MEANING:
1. to lessen in force or intensity; make less severe: to mitigate the harshness of a punishment.
2. to make milder or more gentle; mollify.
3. lessened, eased, moderated, deminished
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Friday, 21 Nov 2014 5:37 PM UTC DevOps has mitigated the issues that we observed earlier today with VS Online.
2. You would have to mitigate the risks before getting the approval.
PRONOUNCE:
mit·i·gate - मिटगैट / मिटिगेट
LINK: MITIGATE
WORD: PEG
MEANING:
1.
a. A small cylindrical or tapered pin, as of wood, used to fasten things or plug a hole.
b. A similar pin forming a projection that may be used as a support or boundary marker.
2. Music One of the pins of a stringed instrument that are turned to tighten or slacken the strings so as to regulate their pitch.
3. A degree or notch, as in estimation: Our opinion of him went up a few pegs after he did the dishes.
4. Chiefly British A drink of liquor.
5. Baseball A low and fast throw made to put a base runner out.
6. Informal A leg, especially a wooden one.
7. freeze, control, limit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. New Zealand peg Pakistan back with crucial wickets in Dubai test
2. When I hang a picture on the wall, I hammer in a strong thin peg to hold it in place.
PRONOUNCE:
peg - पेग
LINK: PEG
WORD: SPURN
MEANING:
1. To reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn. See Synonyms at refuse.
2. To kick at or tread on disdainfully
3. rejects, snubs
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Obama spurns Republicans: Provides legal status to five million illegal immigrants in us
2. She spurned his proposal.
PRONOUNCE:
spurn - स्पर्न
LINK: SPURN
WORD: PROWESS
MEANING:
1. Superior skill or ability.
2. Superior strength, courage, or daring, especially in battle.
3. ability, skill, expertise, knack
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sangakarra reached the peak of his prowess under the leadership of his good mate Mahela Jayawardene, having a prolific run in both forms of the game.
2. Since Gangster, Shiney’s acting prowess has been lauded and appreciated.
3. Sporting prowess will be recknod in interviews.
PRONOUNCE:
prow·ess - प्राउअस / प्राउइस
LINK: PROWESS
WORD: BROTH
MEANING:
1. The water in which meat, fish, or vegetables have been boiled; stock.
2. A thin, clear soup based on stock, to which rice, barley, meat, or vegetables may be added.
3. A liquid containing nutrients for culturing microorganisms: "[They] grew bacteria in a small flask of broth" (Horace Freeland Judson).
4. soup
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
2. The curry has thich fish broth.
PRONOUNCE:
broth - ब्रॉथ
LINK: BROTH
WORD: HAIRDO
MEANING:
1. haircut, hairstyle
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Anushka Sharma is featured dressed in khaki, sporting a short hairdo and of course the transistor slung across.
PRONOUNCE:
hair·do - हेर्डू
LINK: HAIRDO
WORD: TENACIOUS
MEANING:
1. holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often fol. by of): a tenacious grip; tenacious of old habits.
2. highly retentive: a tenacious memory.
3. persistent or stubborn.
4. adhesive or sticky.
5. holding together; cohesive.
6. stubborn, resolute, persistent, determined
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Magnus Carlsen is tenacious in his play, says Anand
2. Parvati was tenacious in doing the penance.
PRONOUNCE:te•na•cious - टनेशस / टनैशस
LINK: TENACIOUS
WORD: FLURRY
MEANING:
1. A brief, light snowfall.
2.
a. A sudden gust of wind.
b. A stirring mass, as of leaves or dust; a shower.
3. A sudden burst or commotion; a stir: a flurry of interest in the new product; a flurry of activity when the plane landed.
4. A short period of active trading, as on a stock exchange.
5. wind, shower
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bigg Boss is known for bringing a flurry of foreign celebrities to spice up the show each year.
2. he had to close the window against the flurries
PRONOUNCE:?????
flur·ry - फ्लरी
LINK: FLURRY
WORD: ZING
MEANING:
1. To make a zing.
2. To move swiftly with or as if with a zing: an arrow zinging toward its target.
3. Informal To be vivacious or lively: a conversation zinging along.
4. energy, punch
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bigg Boss 8: 7 foreigners who added zing to the show!
2. We have to put more zing into our game to win the championship.
PRONOUNCE:zing - ज़िंग
LINK: ZING
WORD: DENIGRATING
MEANING:
1. To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame.
2. To disparage; belittle: The critics have denigrated our efforts.
3. superior, full or your self
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Y Shyam Sunder, a local leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), had filed a petition in the court in February this year alleging that the cricketer hurt the sentiments of Hindus by denigrating a Hindu god.
PRONOUNCE:
den·i·grate - डेनग्रेट / डेनग्रैट
LINK: DENIGRATE
WORD: LIVID
MEANING:
1. Discolored, as from a bruise; black-and-blue.
2. Ashen or pallid: a face livid with shock.
3. Extremely angry; furious.
4. rious, mad, angry
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In an extraordinary turn of events, the West Indies cricket team on Friday called off the remaining part of its India tour in the wake of an acrimonious ongoing pay dispute with their Board, prompting a livid BCCI to contemplate legal action against the visitors.
PRONOUNCE:
livid - लिविड
LINK: LIVID
WORD: SLUNG
MEANING:
1. Hanged
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Anushka Sharma is featured dressed in khaki, sporting a short hairdo and of course the transistor slung across.
PRONOUNCE:
slung - स्लंग
LINK: SLUNG
WORD: IMPASSE
MEANING:
1. a situation in which progress is blocked; an insurmountable difficulty; stalemate; deadlock
2. bottleneck, deadlock
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. syrian peace talks reach impasse
2. WTO impasse ends: 'Peace clause' helps US, India end feud over food subsidies
3. The negotiations his reached an impasse with both sides refusing to compromise.
PRONOUNCE:
impasse - इम्पैस
LINK: IMPASSE
WORD: STRIFE
MEANING:
1. Heated, often violent dissension; bitter conflict. See Synonyms at discord.
2. A struggle, fight, or quarrel.
3. Contention or competition between rivals.
4. Archaic Earnest endeavor or striving.
5. trouble, conflict, fighting
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Kerry to see Abbas, Jordan's Abdullah on Jerusalem strife
2. Dowry is the major cause of strife in many marriages.
PRONOUNCE:
strife - स्ट्राइफ
LINK: STRIFE
WORD: CONTEMPLATE
MEANING:
1. to look at or view with continued attention; observe thoughtfully.
2. to consider thoroughly; think deeply about.
3. to have in view as a purpose; intend: to contemplate bribery.
4. to have in view as a future event: to contemplate buying a new car.
5. anticipate, expect, plan, consider
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Was contemplating direction when 'Anegan' happened, actor Karthik Muthuraman
2. In an extraordinary turn of events, the West Indies cricket team on Friday called off the remaining part of its India tour in the wake of an acrimonious ongoing pay dispute with their Board, prompting a livid BCCI to contemplate legal action against the visitors.
PRONOUNCE:
con•tem•plate - कान्टम्प्लेट / कान्टम्प्लैट
LINK: CONTEMPLATE
WORD: GAMBIT
MEANING:
1. an opening in chess in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece.
2. any maneuver by which one seeks to gain an advantage; ploy.
3. a remark made to open or redirect a conversation.
3. strategy, scheme
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Viswanathan Anand's best bet: An opening gambit
2. V.Anands victory in chess depends highly on the opening gambit.
PRONOUNCE:
gam•bit - गैम्बिट
LINK: GAMBIT
WORD: STERILIZATION
MEANING:
1. The procedure of destroying all microorganisms in or on a given environment, such as a surgical instrument, in order to prevent the spread of infection. This is usually done by using heat, radiation, or chemical agents.
2. Any of various surgical procedures intended to eliminate the capacity to reproduce in humans or animals.
3. purification, cleansing, disinfection
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1.. 6 women dead, 52 hospitalized after sterilization surgery in Chhattisgarh
PRONOUNCE:
sterilization - स्टेरलज़ैशन / स्टेरलिज़ेशन / स्टेरलिज़ैशन
LINK: STERILIZATION
WORD: SPUR
MEANING:
1. A short spike or spiked wheel that attaches to the heel of a rider's boot and is used to urge a horse forward.
2. Something that serves as a goad or incentive.
3. A spurlike attachment or projection, as:
a. A spinelike process on the leg of some birds.
b. A climbing iron; a crampon.
c. A gaff attached to the leg of a gamecock.
d. A short or stunted branch of a tree.
e. A bony outgrowth or protuberance.
4. A lateral ridge projecting from a mountain or mountain range.
5. An oblique reinforcing prop or stay of timber or masonry.
6. Botany A tubular or saclike extension of the corolla or calyx of a flower, as in a columbine or larkspur.
7. An ergot growing on rye.
8. A spur track.
9. hasten, speed, rush, hurry up
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Former South African allrounder Jacques Kallis has said that his decision to retire from international cricket was well considered and not taken at the spur of the moment
PRONOUNCE:
spur - स्पर
LINK: SPUR
WORD: YEARN
MEANING:
1. To have a strong, often melancholy desire.
2. To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness: yearned over the child's fate.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I yearn to become a pilot.
2. Yearn for this day to come.
PRONOUNCE:
yearn - यर्न
LINK: YEARN
WORD: INDULGE
MEANING:
1. (when: intr, often foll by in) to yield to or gratify (a whim or desire for): to indulge a desire for new clothes; to indulge in new clothes.
2. (tr) to yield to the wishes of; pamper: to indulge a child.
3. (tr) to allow oneself the pleasure of something: at Christmas he liked to indulge himself.
4. (Commerce) commerce (tr) to allow (a debtor) an extension of time for payment of (a bill, etc)
5. (intr) to take alcoholic drink, esp to excess
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The writer indulged in metaphorical language
2. one shouldnt indulge oneself in day dreaming.
PRONOUNCE:
indulge - indulge
LINK: INDULGE
WORD: EMPATHY
MEANING:
1. Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives. See Synonyms at pity.
2. The attribution of one's own feelings to an object.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He had empathy with small children.
2. He needed to develop empathy skills.
PRONOUNCE:
em·pa·thy - एम्पथी
LINK: EMPATHY
WORD: VESTIGE
MEANING:
1. A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more.
2. Biology A rudimentary or degenerate, usually nonfunctioning, structure that is the remnant of an organ or part that was fully developed or functioning in a preceding generation or an earlier stage of development.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The vestige of the remains of the Dwaraka is noteworthy
PRONOUNCE:
ves·tige - वेस्टिज
LINK: VESTIGE
WORD: FUNK
MEANING:
1.
a. A state of cowardly fright; a panic.
b. A state of severe depression.
2. A cowardly, fearful person.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The girl was in a state of funk after the accident.
2. Hes been in a funk since the divorce
PRONOUNCE:
funk - फंगक
LINK: FUNK
WORD: FIZZLES
MEANING:
1. To make a hissing or sputtering sound.
2. Informal To fail or end weakly, especially after a hopeful beginning.
3. fails, disappears, vanishes
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Movie review: Sonali Cable has briliant script but fizzles out in execution
2. All of his plans fizzled out on hearing the cost of implementation.
PRONOUNCE:
fiz·zle - फिज़ल
LINK: FIZZLES
WORD: CULPRIT
MEANING:
1. One charged with an offense or crime.
2. One guilty of a fault or crime.
3. criminals, lawbreakers
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Human Rights Watch to Modi govt: Enact anti-communal violence law, persecute anti-Sikh riots culprits
2. The culprit was caught red handed
PRONOUNCE:
cul·prit - कल्प्रिट
LINK: CULPRIT
WORD: ENTHRALL
MEANING:
1. to captivate or charm; spellbind.
2. to put or hold in slavery; subjugate.
3. charm, enchant, grip
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bollywood celebrities enthrall audiences on the silver screen.
PRONOUNCE:
en-thrall - एन्थ्रॉल
LINK: ENTHRALL
WORD: STINK
MEANING:
1. To emit a strong foul odor.
2.
a. To be highly offensive or abhorrent.
b. To be in extremely bad repute.
3. Slang To have something to an extreme or offensive degree: a family that stinks with money; a deed that stinks of treachery.
4. Slang
a. To be of an extremely low or bad quality: This job stinks.
b. To have the appearance of dishonesty or corruption: Something about his testimony stinks.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1.Some of these shows stunk so bad, they closed after one night.
PRONOUNCE:
stink - स्टिंगक
LINK: STUNK
WORD: FREAK
MEANING:
1. A thing or occurrence that is markedly unusual or irregular: A freak of nature produced the midsummer snow.
2. An abnormally formed organism, especially a person or animal regarded as a curiosity or monstrosity.
3. A sudden capricious turn of mind; a whim: "The freaks of the psyche can no more be explained than the Devil" (Maurice Collis).
4. Slang
a. A drug user or addict: a speed freak.
b. An eccentric or nonconformist person, especially a member of a counterculture.
c. An enthusiast: rock music freaks.
5. curiosity, rarity
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The legacy of oil executive Christophe de Margerie, killed in freak Moscow crash of his corporate jet.
2. It was a freak accident.
PRONOUNCE:
freak - फ्रीक
LINK: FREAK
