WORD: FLARES
MEANING:
1. To flame up with a bright, wavering light.
2. To burst into intense, sudden flame.
3.
a. To erupt or intensify suddenly: Tempers flared at the meeting. His allergies flared up.
b. To become suddenly angry. Used with up: He flared up when she alluded to his financial difficulties.
c. To make a sudden angry verbal attack. Used with out: flared out at his accusers.
4. To expand or open outward in shape: a skirt that flares from the waist; nostrils that flared with anger.
5. burns, flames, sparkles
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Violence flares after Baghdad's decade-old curfew lifted
2. she could not control her flare of rage
3. Signal flares are used to indicate distress.
PRONOUNCE:
flare - फ्लेर
LINK: FLARES
WORD: PERCEIVED
MEANING:
1.
a. To become aware of (something) directly through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing: We could perceive three figures in the fog.
b. To cause or allow the mind to become aware of (a stimulus): The ear perceives sounds.
2. To achieve understanding of; apprehend: Einstein perceived that energy and matter are equivalent. See Synonyms at see1.
3. To regard or consider; deem: an old technology that is still perceived as useful; a politician who is perceived to be a dissembler.
4. observed, saw,seen, noticed, remarked
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Many people report that they assume too many responsibilities because they do not want to be perceived as lazy or unhelpful, or because they do not want to be seen as letting others down.
2. a perceived threat
PRONOUNCE:
per·ceive - पर्सीव्ड
LINK: PERCEIVED
WORD: CONVENE
MEANING:
1. To cause to come together formally; convoke: convene a special session of Congress. See Synonyms at call.
2. To summon to appear, as before a tribunal.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Attempts being made to remove Arvind Kejriwal as convener, says AAPs spokesperson.
2. The students were convened in the auditorium
PRONOUNCE:
con·vene - कन्वीन
LINK: CONVENE
WORD: SCALP
MEANING:
1. The skin covering the top of the human head.
2. A portion of this skin with its attached hair, cut from a body especially as a battle trophy or as proof in claiming a bounty.
3. A piece of hide from the skull of certain animals, such as the fox, shown as proof of killing in order to collect a bounty.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He managed to scalp two wickets.
PRONOUNCE:
scalp - स्कैल्प
LINK: SCALP
WORD: SCINTILLATE
MEANING:
1. sparkling; twinkling
2. animated or brilliant
3. sparkling, dazzling
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shikhar Dhawan cracked a scintillating century as India demolished Ireland by eight wickets to seal the top spot in the Group-B table on Tuesday.
2. A scintillating conversation
3. the substance scintillated sparks and flashes
PRONOUNCE:
scintillate - सिन्टलेट
LINK: SCINTILLATE
WORD: BLUNDER
MEANING:
1. To make a mistake.
2. To move clumsily or haltingly.
3. mistake, stumble
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dhawan makes up for his batting blunder with the catch. He could be in contention for player of the tournament
2. He blundered his stupid ideas
3. I committed a blunder by not going there.
PRONOUNCE:
blun·der - ब्लन्डर
LINK: BLUNDER
WORD: NIGGLE
MEANING:
1. (intr) to find fault continually
2. (intr) to be preoccupied with details; fuss
3. (tr) to irritate; worry
4. doubt, worry
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He has spent some time off the field with a niggle.
2. He was ineffective as he niggled during his work.
PRONOUNCE:
niggle -निगल
LINK: NIGGLE
WORD: CONTENTION
MEANING:
1. a struggling between opponents; competition
2. dispute in an argument (esp in the phrase bone of contention)
3. (Rhetoric) a point asserted in argument
4. argument, disagreement, dispute, conflict
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dhawan makes up for his batting blunder with the catch. He could be in contention for player of the tournament
2. My contention is that you misunderstood the facts.
PRONOUNCE:
con·ten·tion - कन्टेन्शन
LINK: CONTENTION
WORD: TROT
MEANING:
1.
a. The gait of a horse or other four-footed animal, between a walk and a canter in speed, in which diagonal pairs of legs move forward together.
b. A ride on a horse moving with this gait.
2. A gait of a person, faster than a walk; a jog.
3. Sports A race for trotters.
4. See pony.
5. trots Informal Diarrhea. Used with the.
6. A toddler.
7. Archaic An old woman.
8. canter, run
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 12 dot balls on the trot
2. The kid was trotting along beside his mother.
PRONOUNCE:
trot - ट्राट
LINK: TROT
WORD: PROPEL
MEANING:
1.push, drive, force, boost
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Rohit, Raina propel India to 302.
2. Steam propels this ship
PRONOUNCE:
pro·pel - प्रपेल
LINK: PROPEL
WORD: SAUNTERS
MEANING:
1. A leisurely pace.
2. A leisurely walk or stroll.
3. walks, strolls
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. It's not all smooth sailing though, as Virat Kohli saunters purposefully to the middle
2. he walked with a kind of saunter as if he hadnt a care in the world
PRONOUNCE:
saun·ter - सॉन्टर
LINK: SAUNTERS
WORD: SHAM
MEANING:
1.
a. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine: "Because she had been so readily unfaithful, her marriage was a sham" (Alice Munro).
b. Deceitfulness or pretense: "She saw herself as a person surrounded by, living by, sham" (Alice Munro).
c. One who claims to be what he or she is not; an impostor or fraud: "He a man! Hell! He was a hollow sham!" (Joseph Conrad).
2. fake, bogus, fraud
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. She claims to know all about computers but really shes a sham.
2. Is Ajaz's apology to gauhar, kushal a sham?
PRONOUNCE:
sham - शम / शैम
LINK: SHAM
WORD: APOLOGY
MEANING:
1. An acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense: Please accept my apology for being so late.
2.excuse, defence, regret
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess
2. Is Ajaz's apology to gauhar, kushal a sham?
3. Preity Zinta wants unconditional apology from Ness Wadia?
PRONOUNCE:
a·pol·o·gy - अपालजी
LINK: APOLOGY
WORD: WIPE
MEANING:
1. to rub (a surface or object) lightly, esp with (a cloth, hand, etc), as in removing dust, water, grime, etc
2. (usually foll by: off, away, from, up, etc) to remove by or as if by rubbing lightly: he wiped the dirt from his hands.
3. to eradicate or cancel (a thought, memory, etc)
4. (Electronics) to erase a recording from (an audio or video tape)
5. Austral to abandon or reject (a person)
6. (General Engineering) to apply (oil, grease, etc) by wiping
7. (Building) to form (a joint between two lead pipes) with solder or soft lead
8. wipe the floor with someone to defeat someone decisively
9. clean, wash, rub
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Wipe the floor.
2. Give the floor a good wipe.
PRONOUNCE:
wipe - वाइप
LINK: WIPE
WORD: ARTERIES
MEANING:
1. (Anatomy) any of the tubular thick-walled muscular vessels that convey oxygenated blood from the heart to various parts of the body. Compare pulmonary artery, vein
2. a major road or means of communication in any complex system
3. veins, routes
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He had undergone angioplasty on his blocked arteries in July 2012
2. One of his artery was blocked.
PRONOUNCE:
ar·ter·y - आर्टरी
LINK: ARTERIES
WORD: LOOT
MEANING:
1. Valuables pillaged in time of war; spoils.
2. Stolen goods or money.
3. Informal Things of value, such as gifts, received.
4. Slang Money.
5. burgle, rob
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Gold worth crores looted from bank
2. The robbers shared the loot.
PRONOUNCE:
loot - लूट
LINK: LOOT
WORD: CANTERS
MEANING:
1. an easy gallop.
2. runs, gallops, jobs
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India canters to victory on Dhawan ton
2. The horse was going at a canter.
PRONOUNCE:
can•ter -कैन्टर
LINK: CANTERS
WORD: KUDOS
MEANING:
1. (functioning as singular) acclaim, glory, or prestige: the kudos of playing Carnegie Hall.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. This new product has got a well-diserved Kudos from the market.
PRONOUNCE:
kudos - कूडोज़ / कूडोस
LINK: KUDOS
WORD: CONSPIRACY
MEANING:
1. An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
2. A group of conspirators.
3. Law An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
4. A joining or acting together, as if by sinister design: a conspiracy of wind and tide that devastated coastal areas.
5. plot, scheme, plan
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Army suspects the bomb blasts to be the conspiracy of ISI.
PRONOUNCE:
con·spir·a·cy - कन्स्पिरसी
LINK: CONSPIRACY
WORD: SUSTAIN
MEANING:
1.
a. To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong: sustain an effort.
b. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.
2.
a. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for: the income needed to sustain a family.
b. To support the spirits, vitality, or resolution of; encourage: We were sustained by her unflagging optimism.
3. To support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop: The beams sustain the weight of the roof.
4.
a. To bear up under; withstand: can't sustain the blistering heat.
b. To experience or suffer: sustained minor injuries.
5. To affirm the validity of: The judge has sustained the prosecutor's objection.
6. maintain, continue
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. She alone sustained her family
2. Objection sustain
PRONOUNCE:
sus·tain - सस्टेन / सस्टैन
LINK: SUSTAIN
WORD: SCUM
MEANING:
1. a layer of impure matter that forms on the surface of a liquid, often as the result of boiling or fermentation
2. (Biology) the greenish film of algae and similar vegetation surface of a stagnant pond
3. (Metallurgy) Also called: dross or scruff the skin of oxides or impurities on the surface of a molten metal
4. waste matter
5. a worthless person or group of people
vb, scums, scumming or scummed
6. (tr) to remove scum from
7. (intr) to form a layer of or become covered with scum
8. layer, skin
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Protecting the earth from the scum of the Universe
PRONOUNCE:
scum - स्कम
LINK: SCUM
WORD: DROWSY
MEANING:
1. Dull with sleepiness; sluggish.
2. Produced or characterized by sleepiness.
3. Inducing sleepiness; soporific.
4. tired, sleepy, dozy
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. New technology to detect drowsy drivers
2. The long drive made me drowsy.
PRONOUNCE:
drows·y - ड्राउज़ी
LINK: DROWSY
WORD: SUCCUMBS
MEANING:
1. to give way to superior force; yield.
2. to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die.
3. submits, surrenders
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. YSR Contress MLA Shobha Negi Reddy succumbs to road mishap injuries
2. Over 46000 Mumbaikars have succumbed to TB in the last 6 years: Report
3. The driver later succumbed to his injuries.
PRONOUNCE:
suc•cumb - सकम
LINK: SUCCUMBS
WORD: OWE
MEANING:
1. To be indebted to the amount of: He owes me five dollars.
2. To have a moral or legal obligation to render or offer: I owe them an apology.
3. To be in debt to: We owe the plumber for services rendered.
4. To be indebted or obliged for: owed their riches to oil; owes her good health to diet and exercise.
5. To bear (a certain feeling) toward a person or persons: You seem to owe your neighbors a grudge.
6. Archaic To have as a possession; own.
7. be indebted, be obliged
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. You do not owe others an explanation or defense of your choices.
2. She owes me $200
PRONOUNCE:
owe - ओ
LINK: OWE
WORD: CURTAILED
MEANING:
1. (tr) to cut short; abridge
2. cut, shortened
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Play resumes, match curtailed to 47 overs
2. The people agitated due to the curtailment of the essential things
PRONOUNCE:
cur·tail - कर्टेल / कर्टैल
LINK: CURTAILED
WORD: IMMINENT
MEANING:
1. looming, forthcoming, coming up
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Australia police say 2 men planned 'imminent' terror attack in Sydney
2. in imminent danger
PRONOUNCE:
imminent - इमनन्ट
LINK: IMMINENT
WORD: ROPE
MEANING:
1. A flexible heavy cord of tightly intertwined hemp or other fiber.
2. A string of items attached in one line, especially by twisting or braiding: a rope of onions.
3. A sticky glutinous formation of stringy matter in a liquid.
4.
a. A cord with a noose at one end for hanging a person.
b. Execution or death by hanging: to die by the rope.
5. A lasso or lariat.
6. ropes Sports Several cords strung between poles to enclose a boxing or wrestling ring.
7. ropes Informal Specialized procedures or details: learn the ropes; know the ropes.
8. Baseball A line drive.
9. cord, cable
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot & hang on.
PRONOUNCE:
rope - रोप
LINK: ROPE
WORD: PITCHES
MEANING:
1. areas, tones, notes, lists
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. apple and samsung make final pitches to judy in patents retrial
PRONOUNCE:
pitches - पिच
LINK: PITCHES
WORD: PERTAIN
MEANING:
1. To have reference or relevance; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident.
2. To belong as an adjunct, part, holding, or quality: skills that pertain to engineering.
3. To be fitting or suitable: conduct that pertains to an officer.
4. relate, affect, concern
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He was summoned for evidence pertaining to the case.
2. The manor and the land pertaining to it.
PRONOUNCE:
per·tain- पर्टेन / पर्टैन
LINK: PERTAIN
WORD: FLUNK
MEANING:
1.
a. To fail (an examination or course).
b. To give a failing grade to (a student).
2. To fail (a drug test, as for a performance enhancing substance).
3. fail
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. World Cup 2015: Ishant Sharma flunks fitness test, to return home; Bhuvneshwar under watch.
2. I flunked in the test.
PRONOUNCE:
flunk - फ्लंगक
LINK: FLUNK
WORD: OUSTS
MEANING:
1. To eject from a position or place; force out: "the American Revolution, which ousted the English" (Virginia S. Eifert).
2. Law To effect an ouster of (a party) from a property.
3. ejects, expels, overthrows
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. US Open 2014: Gilles Simon Ousts David Ferrer
2. The chief minister ousted the commisoner.
PRONOUNCE:
ousts - आउस्ट
LINK: OUSTS
