WORD: AGGRAVATE
MEANING:
1. to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome.
2. to annoy; irritate; exasperate.
3. to cause to become irritated or inflamed.
4. annoys, irritates
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The lack of raw materials and working overnight aggravates the contestants.
2. Obesity can aggravate bone and muscle loss
3. Some of his remarks aggravate me.
PRONOUNCE:
ag•gra•vate - ऐग्रवेट / ऐग्रवैट
LINK: AGGRAVATE
WORD: YELL
MEANING:
1. A loud cry; a shout.
2. A rhythmic cheer uttered or chanted in unison.
3. shout, scream
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The crowd yelled at the players.
2. The latest episode of ‘Bigg Boss 7’ saw the inmates yelling at each other.
PRONOUNCE:
yell - येल
LINK: YELL
WORD: AWRY
MEANING:
1. with a turn or twist to one side; askew.
2. away from the expected or proper direction; amiss; wrong: Our plans went awry.
3. incorrect, wrong, improper
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The bowling discipline that went awry
2. something has gone awry in our plans
3. with kushal's return, things have gone awry between them
PRONOUNCE:
a•wry - अराइ
LINK: AWRY
WORD: DEMIT
MEANING:
1. To relinquish (an office or function).
2. Archaic To dismiss.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In the event that the chair demits the chair, the chair will pass to his/her nominee for the period specified.
2. he cannot demit it or be deprived ,of it without consent of the presbytery
PRONOUNCE:
de·mit - डिमिट
LINK: DEMIT
WORD: ODE
MEANING:
1. A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal stanzaic structure.
2.
a. A choric song of classical Greece, often accompanied by a dance and performed at a public festival or as part of a drama.
b. A classical Greek poem modeled on the choric ode and usually having a three-part structure consisting of a strophe, an antistrophe, and an epode.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Keats `Ode to knightingale is an ode.
2. It is the ode on the fall of the king of Babylon in chap 5.
3. This anecdote forms the subject of Dryden's Ode to Saint Cecilia's Day.
PRONOUNCE:
ode - ओड
LINK: ODE
WORD: LIMP
MEANING:
1. To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg.
2. To move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily: The project limped along with half its previous funding.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He limps a lot.
2. Due to the injury his leg has become quite limp.
PRONOUNCE:
limp - लिम्प
LINK: LIMP
WORD: ERUPT
MEANING:
1. To emerge violently from restraint or limits; explode: My neighbor erupted in anger over the noise.
2. To become violently active: The volcano erupted after years of dormancy.
3. To force out or release something, such as steam, with violence or suddenness.
4.
a. To break through the gums in developing. Used of teeth.
b. To appear on the skin. Used of a rash or blemish.
5. explode, eject, emit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I saw a column of smoke erupt from the building.
PRONOUNCE:
e·rupt - इरप्ट / ईरप्ट
LINK: ERUPT
WORD: SCORN
MEANING:
1.
a. Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy.
b. The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision.
2. One spoken of or treated with contempt.
3. hares, refuses
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Digvijay scorns reports of dismissal of his petition over Vyapam scam
2. She scorned the efforts of ameteur singers.
PRONOUNCE:
scorn - स्कॉर्न
LINK: SCORN
WORD: CHURN
MEANING:
1. a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
2. any of various similar machines, as for mixing beverages.
v.t.
3. to agitate in order to make into butter: to churn cream.
4. to make (butter) by the agitation of cream.
5. to shake or agitate: The storm churned the sea.
6. (of a stockbroker) to trade (a customer's securities) excessively in order to earn more in commissions.
7. mixing, rolling
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Kareena Kapoor says that Rohit Shetty, who has mastered the art of churning out fast-paced action-packed dramas, is the Manmohan Desai of the current generation.
2. Milk is churned to make butter.
PRONOUNCE:
churn - चर्न
LINK: CHURN
WORD: MIRE
MEANING:
1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog.
2. Deep slimy soil or mud.
3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty.
4. swamp, marsh, mud
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Partnership with moeen ali in a 98 run to pull England out of the mire
2. the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president
3. He should not be mired in the past.
PRONOUNCE:
mire - माइअर / माइर / माइअर
LINK: MIRE
WORD: BRAWL
MEANING:
1. A noisy quarrel or fight.
2. A loud party.
3. A loud, roaring noise.
4. fight, clash, fracas
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Will saif lose his Padma Shri due to Mumbai restaurant brawl?
2. They were all involved in a street brawl.
3. They dont mind brawling in the streets.
PRONOUNCE:
brawl - ब्रॉल
LINK: BRAWL
WORD: USHER
MEANING:
1. One who is employed to escort people to their seats, as in a theater, church, or stadium.
2. A man who attends a bridal party at a wedding.
3. One who serves as official doorkeeper, as in a courtroom or legislative chamber.
4. An official whose duty is to make introductions between unacquainted persons or to precede persons of rank in a procession.
5. Archaic An assistant teacher in a school.
6. leading, escorting, piloting
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sangakkara stepped down from captaincy, following the agonizing loss in the WC 2011 final, realising the importance of ushering in the new age of Sri Lankan cricket aside from sharpening his own batsmanship.
2. He was guided by the usher to complete the assignment.
PRONOUNCE:
ush·er - अशर
LINK: USHER
WORD: TAME
MEANING:
1. changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated.
2. docile or submissive.
3. lacking in excitement; dull: a very tame party.
4. spiritless; pusillanimous.
5. rendered useful and manageable: tame natural resources.
6. cultivated or improved by cultivation, as a plant or its fruit.
7. dull, boring, unexciting
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Movie Review: Into the Storm is just another tame disaster movie
2. Singham's sprightly girlfriend, played by Kareena Kapoor, does all that she can to tame him, but the lion in Singham is well beyond control.
PRONOUNCE:
tame - टेम / टैम
LINK: TAME
WORD: MELANGE
MEANING:
1. A mixture: "[a] building crowned with a mélange of antennae and satellite dishes" (Howard Kaplan).
2. Geology A metamorphic rock formation created from sediments and rocks scraped off the top of a downward-moving tectonic plate in a subduction zone.
3. mixture, blend, combination
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Into the Storm is shot with a melange of hand-held cameras with a lot of amateur jerky movements to give it the feel of a home-made videotape, perhaps to recreate the effect we last saw in Cloverfield.
2. India is a melange of different cultures..
PRONOUNCE:
mé·lange - मेलन
LINK: MELANGE
WORD: BLINK
MEANING:
1. To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.
2. To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint.
3. To shine with intermittent gleams; flash on and off.
4.
a. To be startled or dismayed.
b. To waver or back down, as in a contest of wills: "This was the first genuine, direct confrontation between this administration and the Soviets. It was the U.S.A. that blinked" (Zbigniew Brzezinski).
5. To look with feigned ignorance: a mayor who blinks at the corruption in city government.
6. flash, twinkle
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. massive tornado that'll swallow you whole with the blink of an eye.
2. The TV announcer never seems to blink
PRONOUNCE:
blink - ब्लिंगक
LINK: BLINK
WORD: CUE
MEANING:
1. A signal, such as a word or action, used to prompt another event in a performance, such as an actor's speech or entrance, a change in lighting, or a sound effect.
2.
a. A reminder or prompting.
b. A hint or suggestion.
3. Music
a. An extract from the music for another part printed, usually in smaller notes, within a performer's part as a signal to enter after a long rest.
b. A gesture by a conductor signaling the entrance of a performer or part.
4. signals, prompts, shows
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Gold rises by Rs 20 to Rs 30830 on global cues
2. Gold Falls by Rs 100 to Rs 30240 on Weak Global Cues
3. He is striking the ball with the cue
PRONOUNCE:
cue - क्यू
LINK: CUE
WORD: DELIBERATE
MEANING:
1. carefully thought out in advance; planned; studied; intentional: a deliberate insult.
2. careful or unhurried in speech or action: a deliberate pace.
vb
3. to consider (something) deeply; ponder; think over
4. planned, calculated
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Missing jet was victim of 'deliberate action' says Malaysian PM
2. His way of talking is very soft and delibrate.
PRONOUNCE:
deliberate - डिलिबरट / डिलिबेरट / डिलिबरैट / डिलिब्रट / डिलिबरिट / डिलिबरेट
LINK: DELIBERATE
WORD: GOON
MEANING:
1. A thug hired to intimidate or harm opponents.
2. A stupid or oafish person.
3. thugs, gangsters
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He thrashehs the goons and kill them all
PRONOUNCE:
goon - गून
LINK: GOON
WORD: DISGUISE
MEANING:
1.
a. To modify the manner or appearance of in order to prevent recognition.
b. To furnish with a disguise.
2. To conceal or obscure by dissemblance or false show; misrepresent: disguise one's true intentions.
3. hides, conceals, masks
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He disguises his name as Rajnikanth when he is treated.
2. The CID officer disguised himself as a potter to hide his identity.
3. the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories
PRONOUNCE:
dis·guise - डिस्गाइज़
LINK: DISGUISE
WORD: PRANK
MEANING:
1. A mischievous trick or practical joke.
2. trick, joke, hoax
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. To be honest, we didn't play many pranks at all
2. He is in danger of becoming some childish prank " ).
PRONOUNCE:
prank - प्रैंगक
LINK: PRANK
WORD: CONSPICUOUS
MEANING:
1. Easy to notice; obvious.
2. Attracting attention, as by being unusual or remarkable; noticeable.
3. visible, noticeable, obvious, exposed
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. a tower conspicuous at a great distance
2. The conspicuous tower couldnt be captured in the camera.
PRONOUNCE:
con·spic·u·ous - कन्स्पिक्यूअस
LINK: CONSPICUOUS
WORD: EXTENT
MEANING:
1.
a. The range, magnitude, or distance over which a thing extends: landowners unaware of the extent of their own holdings.
b. The degree to which a thing extends: prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
2. An extensive space or area: an extent of desert.
3. scope, level, amount, degree
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the extent of the damage
2. He didnot work to the extent of his knowledge.
PRONOUNCE:
ex·tent - इक्स्टेन्ट
LINK: EXTENT
WORD: SLUMP
MEANING:
1. To fall or sink heavily; collapse: She slumped, exhausted, onto the sofa.
2. To droop, as in sitting or standing; slouch.
3.
a. To decline suddenly; fall off: Business slumped after the holidays.
b. To perform poorly or inadequately: The team has been slumping for a month.
4.
a. To sink or settle, as into mud or slush.
b. To slide down or spread out thickly, as mud or fresh concrete.
5. falls, crashes, collapses
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Infosys shares slumps as revenue growth likely at bottom end of range
2. Rupee slumps to three-month low on dollar buying by state-run banks
3. the team went into a slump
PRONOUNCE:
slump - स्लम्प
LINK: SLUMP
WORD: SNUB
MEANING:
1. To ignore or behave coldly toward; slight.
2. To dismiss, turn down, or frustrate the expectations of.
3. Nautical
a. To check the movement of (a rope or cable running out) by turning it quickly about a post or cleat.
b. To secure (a vessel, for example) in this manner.
4. To stub out (a cigarette, for example).
5. ignore
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. BCCI snubs gavaskar
2. Natwar Singh: When Nawaz Sharif snubbed Manmohan Singh
3. the snub was clearly intentional
PRONOUNCE:
snub - स्नब
LINK: SNUB
WORD: RIFT
MEANING:
1. An earnest promise to perform a specified act or behave in a certain manner, especially a solemn promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order: take the vows of a nun.
2. A declaration or assertion.
3. promises, pledges
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. FM vows no compromise on fiscal prudence
2. Armed pro-Russian separatists vow to protect MH17 crash site, deny access to investigators
PRONOUNCE:
vow - वाउ
LINK: VOW
WORD: ABRUPT
MEANING:
1. Unexpectedly sudden: an abrupt change in the weather.
2. Surprisingly curt; brusque: an abrupt answer made in anger.
3. Touching on one subject after another with sudden transitions: abrupt prose.
4. Steeply inclined. See Synonyms at steep1.
5. Botany Terminating suddenly rather than gradually; truncate: an abrupt leaf.
6. shortly, suddenly, unexpectedly, rapidly
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. After Drashti Dhami's abrupt exit, Ranvir Shorey to leave Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7
2. His speech had an abrupt ending.
PRONOUNCE:
a·brupt - अब्रप्ट
LINK: ABRUPT
WORD: AMASS
MEANING:
1. To gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit: amassed a fortune. See Synonyms at gather.
2. To accumulate or assemble a large quantity of: "The astronomers had amassed compelling evidence that the galaxies indeed were speeding away from the earth and from each other" (George Johnson).
3. collect, gather
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Suresh Raina has become the first batsman to amass 3,000 runs in the IPL
2. He has amassed enough fortune.
PRONOUNCE:
a·mass - अमैस
LINK: AMASS
WORD: LEGION
MEANING:
1. The major unit of the Roman army consisting of 3,000 to 6,000 infantry troops and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
2. A large military unit trained for combat; an army.
3. A large number; a multitude. See Synonyms at multitude.
4. often Legion A national organization of former members of the armed forces.
5. mass, crowd
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sachin enjoys the status of a god and can do no wrong in the eyes of his legion of fans
2. She has a legion of admires.
3. The Raman legion.
PRONOUNCE:
le·gion - लीजन
LINK: LEGION
WORD: JUBILANT
MEANING:
1. feeling or expressing great joy
2. proud, glad, joyful
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Jubilant Germany becomes world champions again
2. The Indian army is jubilant after its success in Kargil.
PRONOUNCE:
jubilant - जूबलन्ट
LINK: JUBILANT
WORD: APPREHENSION
MEANING:
1. fear or anxiety over what may happen
2. (Law) the act of capturing or arresting
3. the faculty of comprehending; understanding
4. a notion or conception
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
2. His apprehension of the new teacher was baseless.
PRONOUNCE:
apprehension - ऐप्रिहेन्शन
LINK: APPREHENSION
WORD: EMBROIL
MEANING:
1. to involve (a person, oneself, etc) in trouble, conflict, or argument
2. to throw (affairs) into a state of confusion or disorder; complicate; entangle
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is unnecessarily getting embroiled in their conversations.
PRONOUNCE:
embroil - एम्ब्रॉइल
LINK: EMBROIL
