Tuesday, April 29, 2014

GLORY

WORD: GLORY

MEANING:
1. Great honor, praise, or distinction accorded by common consent; renown.
2. Something conferring honor or renown.
3. A highly praiseworthy asset: Your wit is your crowning glory.
4. Adoration, praise, and thanksgiving offered in worship.
5. Majestic beauty and splendor; resplendence: The sun set in a blaze of glory.
6. The splendor and bliss of heaven; perfect happiness.
7. A height of achievement, enjoyment, or prosperity: ancient Rome in its greatest glory.
8. A halo, nimbus, or aureole. Also called gloriole.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The soldiers have brought glory to the country
2. he valued glory above life itself
3. She took glory in her victory at Wimbledon.

PRONOUNCE:
glo-ry - ग्लॉरी / ग्लोरी

LINK: GLORY

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