Thursday, December 31, 2015

SORROW

WORD: SORROW

MEANING:
1. Mental suffering caused by loss, disappointment, or misfortune, or an instance of this: tried to assuage her sorrows. See Synonyms at regret.
2. A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune: "I must struggle through my sorrows and difficulties as I can" (Jane Austen).
3. Expression of sorrow, or an instance of this: I listened to his sorrows.
4. grief, mourning, sadness

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. he tried to express his sorrow at her loss 
2. She is sorrowing over his sons death.

PRONOUNCE:
sor·row - सारो

LINK: SORROW

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

COMPLAINT

WORD: COMPLAINT

MEANING:
1. An expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
2. A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance: What is your complaint?
3.
a. A bodily disorder or disease; a malady or ailment.
b. The symptom or distress about which a patient seeks medical assistance.
4. Law
a. A formal statement initiating a lawsuit by specifying the facts and legal grounds for the relief sought.
b. A formal charge, made under oath, of the commission of a crime or other such offense.
5. gruevance, criticism

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He launched a complaint against his neighbour.

PRONOUNCE:
com·plaint - कम्प्लेन्ट / कम्प्लैन्ट

LINK: COMPLAINT

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

ERECT

WORD: ERECT

MEANING:
1. To construct by assembling: erect a skyscraper.
2. To raise to a rigid or upright condition.
3. To fix in an upright position.
4. To set up; establish: erect a dynasty.
5. Mathematics To construct (a perpendicular, for example) from or on a given base.created, founded

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bangladesh had erected their highest ODI total against Pakistan

PRONOUNCE:
e·rect - इरेक्ट

LINK: ERECT

Monday, December 28, 2015

REBEL

WORD: REBEL

MEANING:
1. To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.
2. To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.
3. To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance: She rebelled at the unwelcome suggestion.
4. dissident, dissenting, unorthodox

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is working against rebel forces.

PRONOUNCE:
re·bel - रेबल / रिबेल / रिबेल / रिबेल / रिबेल

LINK: REBEL

Sunday, December 27, 2015

INDEED

WORD: INDEED

MEANING:
1. Without a doubt; certainly: very cold indeed; was indeed grateful.
2. In fact; in reality: felt sure I'd win, and indeed I did.
3. truly, certainly

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. a friend in need is friend indeed.
2. it is very cold indeed

PRONOUNCE:
in·deed - इन्डीड

LINK: INDEED

Saturday, December 26, 2015

GREED

WORD: GREED

MEANING:
1. excessive consumption of or desire for food; gluttony
2. excessive desire, as for wealth or power
3. gluttony, voracity, hunger

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A mans greed for money leads him to do anything.

PRONOUNCE:
greed - ग्रीड

LINK: GREED

Friday, December 25, 2015

CAVEAT

WORD: CAVEAT

MEANING:
1.
a. A warning or caution: made a recommendation with many caveats.
b. A qualification or explanation.
2. Law A formal notice filed by an interested party requesting postponement of a court proceeding or other action until the filer can be heard.
3. limitation, warning, caution

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. There is a caveat though. Only popup editing mode will work in this scenario.
2. Caveat, I didn't try this so the directive example is probably incomplete

PRONOUNCE:
ca·ve·at - केवीऐट / कैवीऐट

LINK: CAVEAT

Thursday, December 24, 2015

SITUATION

WORD: SITUATION

MEANING:
1.
a. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs. See Synonyms at state.
b. A critical, problematic, or striking set of circumstances: We don't want this minor gaffe to turn into a situation.
2. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings: the town's situation on the river.
3. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances: Their family's situation deteriorated during the recession.
4. A position of employment; a post: found a nice situation with a software company.
5. state, condition

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. that's quite a situation
2. no human situation is simple

PRONOUNCE:
sit·u·a·tion - सिचूएशन / सिचूऐशन

LINK: SITUATION

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

ANARCHIST

WORD: ANARCHIST

MEANING:
1. The theory or doctrine that all forms of government are oppressive and undesirable and should be abolished.
2. Active resistance and terrorism against the state, as used by some anarchists.
3. Rejection of all forms of coercive control and authority: "He was inclined to anarchism; he hated system and organization and uniformity" (Bertrand Russell).
4. revolutionary, rebel

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'Anarchist' Arvind Kejriwal asks Delhi to join 10-day protest
2. an advocate of anarchism

PRONOUNCE:
an·ar·chism - ऐनर्कस्ट / ऐनर्किस्ट

LINK: ANARCHIST

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

AMBITION

WORD: AMBITION

MEANING:
1.
a. An eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power.
b. The object or goal desired: Her ambition is the presidency.
2. Desire for exertion or activity; energy: had no ambition to go dancing.
3. goal, aim, aspiration

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. his ambition is to own his own business
2. ambition fancy emotion freak exaltation gusto gust rapture impulse 

PRONOUNCE:
am·bi·tion  - ऐम्बिशन

LINK: AMBITION

Monday, December 21, 2015

VIGIL

WORD: VIGIL

MEANING:
1.
a. A watch kept during normal sleeping hours.
b. The act or a period of observing; surveillance.
2. The eve of a religious festival observed by staying awake as a devotional exercise.
3. often vigils Ritual devotions observed on the eve of a holy day.
4. watch, wake

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ferrari to hold silent vigil for Michael Schumacher on his 45th birthday
2. Melbourne AIDS summit holds MH17 vigil

PRONOUNCE:
vig·il - विजल

LINK: VIGIL

Sunday, December 20, 2015

MERCY

WORD: MERCY

MEANING:
1. Compassionate treatment, especially of those under one's power; clemency.
2. A disposition to be kind and forgiving: a heart full of mercy.
3. Something for which to be thankful; a blessing: It was a mercy that no one was hurt.
4. Alleviation of distress; relief: Taking in the refugees was an act of mercy.
5. pity, clemency, forgivemess

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Please show mercy to others.
2. it was a mercy we got out alive

PRONOUNCE:
mer·cy - मर्सी

LINK: MERCY

Saturday, December 19, 2015

TIPPED

WORD: TIPPED

MEANING:
1. titled

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Indian-born Rajeev Suri tipped to becomes global CEO of Nokia Corporation

PRONOUNCE:
tip - टिप

LINK: TIPPED

Friday, December 18, 2015

RURAL

WORD: RURAL

MEANING:
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the country.
2. Of or relating to people who live in the country: rural households.
3. Of or relating to farming; agricultural.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. large rural households
2. unpaved rural roads
3. an economy that is basically rural
4. He belongs to rural area.

PRONOUNCE:
ru·ral - रुरल

LINK: RURAL

Thursday, December 17, 2015

TATTERS

WORD: TATTERS

MEANING:
1. A torn and hanging piece of cloth; a shred.
2. tatters Torn and ragged clothing; rags.
3. rags, pieces, strips

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dale Steyn's strikes leave india in tatters
2. His dress is in tatters

PRONOUNCE:
tat·ter - टैटर्ज़

LINK: TATTERS

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

URBAN

WORD: URBAN

MEANING:
1. Of, relating to, or located in a city.
2. Characteristic of the city or city life.
3. city, town

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1.  urban development
2. I studied urban sociology in my college.

PRONOUNCE:
ur·ban - अर्बन

LINK: URBAN

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

PESTERS

WORD: PESTERS

MEANING:
1. (tr) to annoy or nag continually
2. annoys, disturbs

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pyecraft is a patron of a London club, who usually pesters Mr. Formalyn

PRONOUNCE:
pester - पेस्टर

LINK: PESTERS

Monday, December 14, 2015

TIDY

WORD: TIDY

MEANING:
1. characterized by or indicating neatness and order
2. considerable: a tidy sum of money.
3. neat, orderly

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. a tidy house
2. Rahuls study room is tidy.

PRONOUNCE:
tidy - टाइडी

LINK: TIDY

Sunday, December 13, 2015

PATRON

WORD: PATRON

MEANING:
1. One that supports, protects, or champions someone or something, such as an institution, event, or cause; a sponsor or benefactor: a patron of the arts.
2. A customer, especially a regular customer.
3. (also pä-trōn′) The owner or manager of an establishment, especially a restaurant or an inn of France or Spain.
4.
a. A noble or wealthy person in ancient Rome who granted favor and protection to someone in exchange for certain services.
b. A slave owner in ancient Rome who freed a slave without relinquishing all legal claim to him.
5. One who possesses the right to grant an ecclesiastical benefice to a member of the clergy.
6. A patron saint.
7. fan, client

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pyecraft is a patron of a London club, who usually pesters Mr. Formalyn

PRONOUNCE:
pa·tron  - पेट्रन / पैट्रन

LINK: PATRON

Saturday, December 12, 2015

NOTICE

WORD: NOTICE

MEANING:
1. the act of perceiving; observation; attention: to escape notice.
2. take notice to pay attention; attend
3. take no notice of to ignore or disregard
4. information about a future event; warning; announcement
5. a displayed placard or announcement giving information
6. advance notification of intention to end an arrangement, contract, etc, as of renting or employment (esp in the phrase give notice)
7. at short notice with notification only a little in advance
8. at two hours' notice with notification only two hours in advance
9. Brit dismissal from employment
10. favourable, interested, or polite attention: she was beneath his notice.
11. (Theatre) a theatrical or literary review: the play received very good notices.
12. warning, announcement

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I didn't notice you.
2. The book received good notices
3. He got notice from his office about the meeting.

PRONOUNCE:
notice - नोटस / नोटिस / नोटिस

LINK: NOTICE

Friday, December 11, 2015

PENDULUM

WORD: PENDULUM

MEANING:
1. a body so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
2. a swinging lever, weighted at the lower end, for regulating the speed of a clock mechanism.
3. weight

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The match like a pendulum tilted both ways and gave opportunities to both India and South Africa to register a win.
2. I have a wall clock containing pendulum.

PRONOUNCE:
pen•du•lum - पेन्जलम

LINK: PENDULUM

Thursday, December 10, 2015

COZY

WORD: COZY

MEANING:
1. snugly warm and comfortable.
2. convenient, beneficial, or opportunistic, esp. as a result of connivance: a cozy agreement between competing firms.
3. warm, comfortable

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the small room was cozy and intimate
2. They gave a cozy welcome to the invitees

PRONOUNCE:
co•zy - कोज़ी

LINK: COZY

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

ANTE

WORD: ANTE

MEANING:
1. Games The stake that each poker player must put into the pool before receiving a hand or before receiving new cards.
2. A price to be paid, especially as one's share; cost: "Whether they could actually turn back Soviet policy depended on many factors that Moscow might yet choose to test by upping the ante" (Foreign Affairs). "Citizen Kane was the movie that raised the artistic ante among American filmmakers" (J. Hoberman).
3. chance, stake

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the world`s largest mobile carrier - is set to up the ante in the smartphone war with rival Samsung

PRONOUNCE:
an·te - ऐन्टी

LINK: ANTE

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

SPLIT

WORD: SPLIT

MEANING:
1.
a. To divide (something) from end to end, into layers, or along the grain: split the log down the middle. See Synonyms at tear1.
b. To cause to be split unintentionally: split my pants laughing.
c. To cause to undergo nuclear fission or division into elements: splitting atomic nuclei with neutrons; splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen.
d. To affect with force in a way that suggests tearing apart: A lightning bolt split the night sky.
2.
a. To separate (people or groups, for example); disunite.
b. Sports To advance between (a pair of defenders) when trying to score.
3. To divide and share: split a dessert.
4. To divide, as for convenience or proper ordering: split the project up into stages.
5. To separate (leather, for example) into layers.
6. riven, divided, fragmented

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. My friend and I split up
2. he demanded his split before they disbanded

PRONOUNCE:
split - स्प्लिट / स्प्लीट

LINK: SPLIT

Monday, December 7, 2015

RELIEVED

WORD: RELIEVED

MEANING:
1.
a. To cause a lessening or alleviation of: relieved all his symptoms; relieved the tension.
b. To make less tedious, monotonous, or unpleasant: Only one small candle relieved the gloom.
2. To free from pain, anxiety, or distress: I was relieved by the news that they had arrived home safely.
3.
a. To furnish assistance or aid to: relieve the flooded region.
b. To rescue from siege.
4.
a. To release (a person) from an obligation, restriction, or burden.
b. To free from a specified duty by providing or acting as a substitute.
c. Baseball To enter the game as a relief pitcher after (another pitcher).
5. Informal To rob or deprive: Pickpockets relieved him of his money.
6. Archaic To make prominent or effective by contrast; set off.
7. thankful, pleased

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Relieved after R.. Rajkumar's success
2. We were relieved to hear you were safe and sound.

PRONOUNCE:
re·lieve - रिलीव्ड / रीलीव्ड / रीलीव्ड

LINK: RELIEVED

Sunday, December 6, 2015

OBVIOUS

WORD: OBVIOUS

MEANING:
1. easy to see or understand; evident
2. exhibiting motives, feelings, intentions, etc, clearly or without subtlety
3. naive or unsubtle: the play was rather obvious.
4. being or standing in the way
5. clear, understandable

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. It is obvious that he hates her.
2. the answer is obviously wrong
3. Obvious error

PRONOUNCE:
obvious - आब्वीअस

LINK: OBVIOUS

Saturday, December 5, 2015

WORN

WORD: WORN

MEANING:
1. Affected or damaged by wear or use: the worn pockets on a jacket.
2. Showing the wearing effects of overwork, worry, or suffering: a pale, worn face.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Its often worn backward
2. the worn pockets on the jacket

PRONOUNCE:
worn - वॉर्न / वोर्न

LINK: WORN

Friday, December 4, 2015

POLITE

WORD: POLITE

MEANING:
1. showing regard for others, in manners, speech, behaviour, etc; courteous
2. cultivated or refined: polite society.
3. elegant or polished: polite letters.
4. well mannered, good mannered

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Children always should be polite towards their parents and teachers.

PRONOUNCE:
polite - पलाइट

LINK: POLITE

Thursday, December 3, 2015

LAID

WORD: LAID

MEANING:
1. placed, put, set

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Nelson Mandela Laid to Rest in Ancestral Village

PRONOUNCE:
laid - ले / लै

LINK: LAID

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

DICTATOR

WORD: DICTATOR

MEANING:
1.
a. An absolute ruler.
b. A tyrant; a despot.
2. An ancient Roman magistrate appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency.
3. One who dictates: These initials are those of the dictator of the letter.
4. ruler, tyrant

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is a dictator by nature.
2. dictatorial powers

PRONOUNCE:
dic·ta·tor - डिक्टेटर / डिक्टैटर / डिक्टैटर

LINK: DICTATOR

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

ENTICE

WORD: ENTICE

MEANING:
1. To attract (someone), usually to do something, by arousing hope, interest, or desire: The good review enticed me to see the movie. See Synonyms at lure.
2. attract, seduce

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. T-Mobile entices subscribers to recruit friends from rival carriers
2. A salesman enticed over 300 people to buy Santro car.

PRONOUNCE:
en·tice - इन्टाइस / एन्टाइस

LINK: ENTICE

Monday, November 30, 2015

MANDATORY

WORD: MANDATORY

MEANING:
1. Required or commanded by authority; obligatory: Attendance at the meeting is mandatory.
2. Of, having the nature of, or containing a mandate.
3. Holding a League of Nations mandate over a territory.
4. obligatory, compulsory, required

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. pl fill up the mandatory fields.
2. It is mandatory for all the children to learn the local langauage.

PRONOUNCE:
man·da·to·ry - मैन्डटॉरी / मैन्डटोरी

LINK: MANDATORY

Sunday, November 29, 2015

COMMEND

WORD: COMMEND

MEANING:
1. To express approval of; praise: commended the volunteers for their hard work. See Synonyms at praise.
2.
a. To represent as worthy, qualified, or desirable; recommend: I commend her book to you.
b. To cause to be worthy of recommendation: There is much about her book to commend it.
3. To commit to the care of another; entrust: commended the orphans to the care of a guardian.
4. praise, acclaim

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I thank the Department of Space, for this opportunity to witness the launch. I commend Dr. K. Radhakrishnan for his leadership: PM
2. His paintings commend him to the artistic world

PRONOUNCE:
com·mend - कमेन्ड

LINK: COMMEND

Saturday, November 28, 2015

SURPRISE

WORD: SURPRISE

MEANING:
1. To cause to feel wonder, astonishment, or amazement, as at something unanticipated: Thinking I was at home, she was surprised to see me in the office. We were surprised that he could recover so quickly.
2.
a. To encounter or discover suddenly or unexpectedly; take or catch unawares: She surprised him as he was reading her diary.
b. To attack or capture suddenly and without warning: surprised the sentries in a predawn raid, wounding several.
3.
a. To cause (someone) to do or say something unintended or to be in an unintended condition: "There passed a scene ... that surprised me into courage to come forward" (Fanny Burney).
b. To elicit or detect through surprise: "She occasionally surprised a look on Jemima's face" (Marcia Willett).
4. shock, revelation

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Oh! what a surprise its a fairy.
2. I want to give surprise gift to my brother.

PRONOUNCE:
sur·prise - सर्प्राइज़ / सप्राइज़

LINK: SURPRISE

Friday, November 27, 2015

CONTENTION

WORD: CONTENTION

MEANING:
1. The act or an instance of striving in controversy or debate. See Synonyms at conflict.
2. A striving to win in competition; rivalry: The teams met in fierce contention for first place.
3. An assertion put forward in argument: It is my contention that they are lying.
4. position, claim

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Defending champions Spain, the dominant global football power for the past six years, were eliminated from World Cup contention Wednesday with a 2-0 loss to Chile.

PRONOUNCE:
con·ten·tion - कन्टेन्शन

LINK: CONTENTION

Thursday, November 26, 2015

CONSIDER

WORD: CONSIDER

MEANING:
1. To think carefully about (something), especially before making a decision; I needed more time to consider my options. We considered taking the train instead of the bus.
2. To think or deem to be; regard as: considered his friend a liberal on most issues; considered her contribution essential. See Usage Note at as1.
3. To suppose or believe: considers waste to be criminal; considers that the mistake could have been prevented.
4. To take into account; bear in mind: Her success is not surprising if you consider her excellent training.
5. To show consideration for: failed to consider the feelings of others.
6. To look at thoughtfully: considered my shoes and thought they looked worn out.
7. think, believe, judge

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. They considered the possibility of a strike.

PRONOUNCE:
con·sid·er - कन्सिडर

LINK: CONSIDER

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

FLAK

WORD: FLAK

MEANING:
1. (Military) anti-aircraft fire or artillery
2. a great deal of adverse criticism
3. criticism, disapproval

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The decision to let Drashti go was surprising as it was Ranvir who was getting more flak on social networking sites
2. Hema Malini draws flak from NGOs over her remark on Vrindavan widows

PRONOUNCE:
flak - फ्लैक

LINK: FLAK

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

SURGE

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. Nautical To slip around a windlass. Used of a rope.
7. flow, rush, flood, stream

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Apple iPhone 6S, 6S Plus shipments surge after slow start in India

PRONOUNCE:
surge - सर्ज

LINK: SURGE

Monday, November 23, 2015

NECESSARY

WORD: NECESSARY

MEANING:
1. Needed or required: a contract complete with the necessary signatures; conditions necessary to life. See Synonyms at indispensable.
2.
a. Unavoidably determined by prior conditions or circumstances; inevitable: the necessary results of overindulgence.
b. Logically inevitable: a necessary conclusion.
3. Required by obligation, compulsion, or convention: made the necessary apologies.
4. essential, needed, required, compulsory

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. It is not necessary to go there.
2. Make necessary arrangements for her stay here.

PRONOUNCE:
nec·es·sar·y - नेससेरी / नेसिसेरी

LINK: NECESSARY

Sunday, November 22, 2015

LISTEN

WORD: LISTEN

MEANING:
1. To make an effort to hear something: listen to the radio; listen for the bell that ends class.
2. To pay attention; heed: "She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit" (Maya Angelou).
3. attend, heed, pay attention

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Listen to the sound of this cello
2. Listen carefully to me

PRONOUNCE:
lis·ten - लिसन

LINK: LISTEN

Saturday, November 21, 2015

NASCENT

WORD: NASCENT

MEANING:
1. starting to grow or develop; being born
2. (Chemistry) chem (of an element or simple compound, esp hydrogen) created within the reaction medium in the atomic form and having a high activity
3. promising, emerging, hopeful

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mesaplexx, a nascent type of networking kit that may help mobile operators deal with the growing data deluge and capacity constraints.

PRONOUNCE:
nascent - नैसन्ट

LINK: NASCENT

Friday, November 20, 2015

DELUGE

WORD: DELUGE

MEANING:
1.
a. A great flood.
b. A heavy downpour.
2. Something that overwhelms as if by a great flood: a deluge of fan mail.
3. Deluge In the Bible, the great flood that occurred in the time of Noah.
4. flood, overflow

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mesaplexx, a nascent type of networking kit that may help mobile operators deal with the growing data deluge and capacity constraints.
2. Tamil Nadu deluge a trailer of climate change

PRONOUNCE:
del·uge - डेल्यूज

LINK: DELUGE

Thursday, November 19, 2015

PEACE

WORD: PEACE

MEANING:
1. The absence of war or other hostilities.
2. An agreement or a treaty to end hostilities: negotiated the peace.
3. Freedom from quarrels and disagreement; harmonious relations: roommates living in peace with each other.
4. Public security and order: was arrested for disturbing the peace.
5. Inner contentment; serenity: peace of mind.
6. calm, quiet, silence

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the roommates lived in peace together
2. a peaceful nation

PRONOUNCE:
peace - पीस

LINK: PEACE

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

SHREWD

WORD: SHREWD

MEANING:
1. Having or showing a clever awareness or resourcefulness, especially in practical matters.
2. Disposed to or marked by artful and cunning practices; tricky.
3. Archaic Sharp; penetrating: a shrewd wind.
4. astutely, sharply, smartly

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bigg Boss 9: Aman Verma is playing the game very shrewdly.
2. Manthra was a shrewd lady.

PRONOUNCE:
shrewd - श्रूड

LINK: SHREWD

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

SQUASH

WORD: SQUASH

MEANING:
1. To beat, squeeze, or press into a pulp or a flattened mass; crush. See Synonyms at crush.
2. To put down or suppress; quash: squash a revolt.
3. To silence or fluster, as with crushing words: squash a heckler.
4. overcome, stop

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Google wants to squash the rumors once and for all: No, it has no plans to phase out its Chrome operating system.

PRONOUNCE:
squash - स्क्वाश

LINK: SQUASH

Monday, November 16, 2015

SCATTER

WORD: RIFT

MEANING:
1. To cause to separate and go in different directions: a dog scattering a flock of pigeons.
2.
a. To distribute (something) loosely; strew: Books were scattered across the floor.
b. To strew something over (a surface): The field was scattered with rocks.
3. To diffuse or deflect (radiation or particles).
4. Baseball To allow (hits or walks) in small numbers over several innings. Used of a pitcher.
5. spread, distribute

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The flock of birds were scattered when hunter came.

PRONOUNCE:
scat·ter - स्कैटर

LINK: SCATTER

Sunday, November 15, 2015

SURE

WORD: SURE

MEANING:
1. Confident, as of something awaited or expected: I am sure we will win the game.
2. Impossible to doubt or dispute; certain: We have sure proof of his innocence.
3.
a. Bound to come about or happen; inevitable: a sure victory for the team.
b. Having one's course directed; destined or bound: She is sure to succeed.
4.
a. Certain not to miss, slip, or err; steady: a sure grip on the suitcase.
b. Not hesitating or wavering; firm: sure convictions.
5.
a. Worthy of being trusted or depended on; reliable: a sure friend.
b. Free from or marked by freedom from doubt: She is sure of her friends.
6. Careful to do something: Be sure to turn off the stove.
7. Obsolete Free from harm or danger; safe.
8. certain, assured

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I am sure that He will pass in the examination.

PRONOUNCE:
sure - शुर

LINK: SURE

Saturday, November 14, 2015

SANS

WORD: SANS

MEANING:
1. without, minus

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Microsoft, on Wednesday, pulled the wraps off its first Lumia device sans 'Nokia' branding, the Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM, thus signalling the end of the Nokia era. 
2. world sans its banker

PRONOUNCE:
sans - सैन्ज़

LINK: SANS

Friday, November 13, 2015

PURE

WORD: PURE

MEANING:
1.
a. Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed: pure oxygen.
b. Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements: pure water.
c. Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous: a pure style of piano playing.
2. Complete; utter: pure folly.
3.
a. Having no moral failing or guilt: "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby" (Sylvia Plath).
b. Chaste; virgin.
4. Of unmixed blood or ancestry.
5. Genetics Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous: a pure line.
6. Music Free from discordant qualities: pure tones.
7. Linguistics Articulated with a single unchanging speech sound; monophthongal: a pure vowel.
8. Theoretical; not applied: pure science.
9. Philosophy Free of empirical elements: pure reason.
10. clean, clear

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. pure air and water
2. The aqua guard provides with pure water.

PRONOUNCE:
pure - प्युर

LINK: PURE

Thursday, November 12, 2015

IMPROVISED

WORD: IMPROVISED

MEANING:
1. To make, compose, or perform with little or no preparation: improvise a solution to the problem; improvise variations on a melody.
2. To make or provide from available materials: improvised a dinner from what I found in the refrigerator.
3. unpremeditated, unplanned, unprepared

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. How Varun Dhawan improvised his action scenes in 'Badlapur'

PRONOUNCE:
im·pro·vise - इम्प्रवाइज़्ड

LINK: IMPROVISED

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

SAFE

WORD: SAFE

MEANING:
1. affording security or protection from harm: a safe place.
2. (postpositive) free from danger: you'll be safe here.
3. secure from risk; certain; sound: a safe investment; a safe bet.
4. worthy of trust; prudent: a safe companion.
5. tending to avoid controversy or risk: a safe player.
6. unable to do harm; not dangerous: a criminal safe behind bars; water safe to drink.
7. Brit excellent
8. on the safe side as a precaution
9. benign, harmless, innocent

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Your secret is safe with me.
2. Its safe to assume that there will always be a demand for new software.

PRONOUNCE:
safe - सेफ / सैफ

LINK: SAFE

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

SURMISE

WORD: SURMISE

MEANING:
1. To make a judgment about (something) without sufficient evidence; guess: "In another pocket he came across what he surmised in the dark were pennies, erroneously, however, as it turned out" (James Joyce).
2. To say (something) as a guess or conjecture.
3. assumption, conclusion, guesswork

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. however it is safe to surmise that it is laying the groundwork for the forthcoming Lumia Denim update for those still on Cyan.
2. This is a pure surmise on my part.

PRONOUNCE:
sur·mise - सर्माइज़

LINK: SURMISE

Monday, November 9, 2015

CONCRETE

WORD: CONCRETE

MEANING:
1.
a. Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular: had the concrete evidence needed to convict.
b. Relating to nouns, such as flower or rain, that denote a material or tangible object or phenomenon.
2. Existing in reality or in real experience; perceptible by the senses; real: concrete objects such as trees.
3. Formed by the coalescence of separate particles or parts into one mass; solid.
4. Made of hard, strong, conglomerate construction material.
5. real, existing, actual

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The police couldnt solve the case due to the lack of concrete evidence.

PRONOUNCE:
con·crete - कन्क्रीट / कान्क्रीट / कान्क्रीट

LINK: CONCRETE

Sunday, November 8, 2015

DILIGENT

WORD: DILIGENT

MEANING:
1. careful and persevering in carrying out tasks or duties
2. carried out with care and perseverance: diligent work.
3. hard-working, careful

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ram is a diligent police officer.
2. A diligent detective investigates all clues.

PRONOUNCE:
diligent - डिलिजन्ट

LINK: DILIGENT

Saturday, November 7, 2015

SOFT

WORD: SOFT

MEANING:
1.
a. Yielding readily to pressure or weight: a soft melon; a soft pillow.
b. Easily molded, cut, or worked: soft wood.
c. Sports Not tense and therefore capable of absorbing the impact of a ball or puck and of catching, receiving, or controlling it: a receiver with soft hands.
2. Out of condition; flabby: got soft sitting at a desk all day.
3. Smooth or fine to the touch: a soft fabric; soft fur.
4.
a. Not loud, harsh, or irritating: a soft voice.
b. Not brilliant or glaring; subdued: soft colors.
5. Not sharply drawn or delineated: soft charcoal shading; a scene filmed in soft focus.
6. Mild; balmy: a soft breeze.
7. smooth, silky

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Small children like to play with soft things.
2. soft like rose

PRONOUNCE:
soft - साफ्ट / सॉफ्ट / सॉफ्ट

LINK: SOFT

Friday, November 6, 2015

ERSTWHILE

WORD: ERSTWHILE

MEANING:
1. former; one-time: my erstwhile companions.
2. former, onetime, old, past

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Last dregs Erstwhile year Quickly percolating
2. Having lost his fortune his erstwhile friends deserted him.

PRONOUNCE:
erstwhile - अर्स्ट्वाइल

LINK: ERSTWHILE

Thursday, November 5, 2015

REVENGE

WORD: REVENGE

MEANING:
1. the act of retaliating for wrongs or injury received; vengeance
2. something done as a means of vengeance
3. the desire to take vengeance or retaliate
4. (General Sporting Terms) a return match, regarded as a loser's opportunity to even the score
5. vengeance, payback, reprisal

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. She swore to take her revenge against her in-laws.
2. He revenged his brothers death.

PRONOUNCE:
revenge - रिवेन्ज / रीवेन्ज

LINK: REVENGE