Tuesday, January 7, 2014

PREJUDICE, ENDURANCE, LACK, ENTHUSIASM, ATTEMPT

WORD: PREJUDICE

MEANING:
1.an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
2.any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.
3.unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group.
4.such attitudes considered collectively:
5.damage or injury; detriment:

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The war against prejudice is never-ending.
2. a law that operated to the prejudice of the majority.

PRONOUNCE:
predz.u.dis - प्रेजडिस

LINK: PREJUDICE

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WORD: ENDURANCE

MEANING:
1. The act, quality, or power of withstanding hardship or stress:
2. The state or fact of persevering:
3. Continuing existence; duration.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A marathon tests a runner's endurance.
2. Through hard work and endurance, we will complete this project.

PRONOUNCE:
en·dur·ance - एन्डरन्स / एन्डुरन्स

LINK: ENDURANCE

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WORD: LACK

MEANING:
1. an insufficiency, shortage, or absence of something required or desired
2. something that is required but is absent or in short supply
vb 3. (when: intr, often foll by in or for) to be deficient (in) or have need (of): to lack purpose.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Lack of funding brought the project to a halt.
2. Owing to a lack of supporters, the reforms did not succeed.

PRONOUNCE:
lack - लैक

LINK: LACK

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WORD: ENTHUSIASM

MEANING:
1. Great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause.
2. A source or cause of great excitement or interest.
3. ardent and lively interest or eagerness
4. an object of keen interest; passion
5. (Ecclesiastical Terms) extravagant or unbalanced religious fervour
6. possession or inspiration by a god

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. There is lack of enthusiasm in MICROSOFT team.
2. She never lost her enthusiasm for teaching.

PRONOUNCE:
en·thu·si·asm - इन्थूज़ीऐज़म / एन्थूज़ीऐज़म

LINK: ENTHUSIASM

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WORD: ATTEMPT

MEANING:
1. To try to perform, make, or achieve: attempted to read the novel in one sitting; attempted a difficult dive.
2. An effort or a try.
3. Archaic To attack with the intention of subduing.
4. effort, try

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. made an effort to cover all the reading material
2. how many questions you attempted today?

PRONOUNCE:
at·tempt - अटेम्प्ट

LINK: ATTEMPT

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