WORD: JADED
MEANING:
1. Worn out; wearied: "My father's words had left me jaded and depressed" (William Styron).
2. Dulled by surfeit; sated: "the sickeningly sweet life of the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes" (John Simon).
3. Cynically or pretentiously callous.
4. tired, bored
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India's jaded bowlers struggle to survive five Test series
2. He looked jaded.
PRONOUNCE:
jad·ed - जेडिड / जैडड / जैडिड
LINK: JADED
WORD: VALIANT
MEANING:
1. courageous, intrepid, or stout-hearted; brave
2. marked by bravery or courage: a valiant deed.
3. brave, courageous, heroic
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Another close teammate of Dhoni, Suresh Raina tweeted: "Valiant while you led. Valiant in your departure. #Respect @msdhoni"
2. He is a valiant army officer who got gallantry awards
PRONOUNCE:
valiant - वैल्यन्ट
LINK: VALIANT
WORD: CANDOR
MEANING:
1. Frankness or sincerity of expression; openness.
2. Freedom from prejudice; impartiality.
3. frankness, openness, honesty, truthfulness
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Virat Kohli's candor during press conferences is refreshing
PRONOUNCE:
can·dor - कैन्डर
LINK: CANDOR
WORD: OPINES
MEANING:
1. (when tr, usually takes a clause as object) to hold or express an opinion: he opined that it was all a sad mistake.
2. speak out
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ask Dhoni about it and he opines that Shaun Marsh, run out on 99, would have been the reason.
PRONOUNCE:
opine - ओपाइन
LINK: OPINES
WORD: STRAIN
MEANING:
1. (Psychology) a feeling of tension and tiredness resulting from overwork, worry, etc; stress
2. tension, stressh, worry
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. MS Dhoni retires from Test cricket due to 'strain of playing all formats'
2. the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him
3. Don't strain your mind too much
PRONOUNCE:
strain - स्ट्रेन / स्ट्रैन
LINK: STRAIN
WORD: ATTRITION
MEANING:
1. the act of wearing away or the state of being worn away, as by friction
2. constant wearing down to weaken or destroy (often in the phrase war of attrition)
3. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) Also called: natural wastage a decrease in the size of the workforce of an organization achieved by not replacing employees who retire or resign
4. (Physical Geography) geography the grinding down of rock particles by friction during transportation by water, wind, or ice. Compare abrasion3, corrasion
5. (Theology) theol sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation, esp as contrasted with contrition, which arises purely from love of God
6. abrasion, erosion
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. TCS Hopes Bonus Payout Will Help Contain High Attrition
2. a war of attrition
PRONOUNCE:
attrition - अट्रिशन
LINK: ATTRITION
WORD: EXPULSION
MEANING:
1. the act of expelling.
2. the state of being expelled.
3. exclusion, dismissal, eviction, removal
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Yadav, Bhushan question expulsion from AAP, but may not move court
2. the child's expulsion from school
3. The players were threathened with expulsion.
PRONOUNCE:
ex•pul•sion - इक्स्पल्शन
LINK: EXPULSION
WORD: AVERT
MEANING:
1. To turn away: avert one's eyes.
2. To keep from happening; prevent: averted an accident by turning 3. sharply. See Synonyms at prevent.prevented, stopped,avoided
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Another 26/11 mission averted : Indian Navy intercepts Pakistani boat with Rs 600 crore drugs
2. avert a strike
3. They averted their eyes when the King entered
PRONOUNCE:
a·vert - अवर्ट
LINK: AVERT
WORD: KINKY
MEANING:
1. Tightly twisted or curled: kinky hair.
2. Slang Showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes, especially of a sexual or erotic nature: "his appetite for kinky filmmaking, unmitigated by any artistry" (John Simon).
3. unusual, strange, unnatural
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Fifty Shades: cinema's kinky side
2. He has a kinky style of doing things.
PRONOUNCE:
kink·y - किंगकी
LINK: KINKY
WORD: WOBBLE
MEANING:
1. To move or rotate with an uneven or rocking motion or unsteadily from side to side.
2. To tremble or quaver: The child's voice wobbled with emotion.
3. To waver or vacillate in one's opinions or feelings.
4. shake, vibrate
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. This is where the film starts to wobble.
PRONOUNCE:
wob·ble - वाबल
LINK: WOBBLE
WORD: FABLE
MEANING:
1. A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans.
2. A story about legendary persons and exploits.
3. A falsehood; a lie.
4. tale, story
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shamitabh is an original, bittersweet fable about the magic of cinema, the giddy ride of fame and the downfall that inevitably arrives when hubris and ego get in the way.
2. Fables contain moral teachings.
PRONOUNCE:
fa·ble - फेबल / फैबल
LINK: FABLE
WORD: EXPEDITION
MEANING:
1.
a. A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective: an expedition against the enemy stronghold; a scientific expedition to the South Pole.
b. The group undertaking such a journey.
2. Speed or promptness in performance. See Synonyms at haste.
3. voyage, excursion, trip, outing, mission, tour
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ace mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu, who went missing during an expedition in the high mountains between Argentina and Chile last month, has been found dead.
2. Some soldiers went on an expedition to Antartica.
PRONOUNCE:
ex·pe·di·tion - एक्स्पडिशन / एक्स्पिडिशन
LINK: EXPEDITION
WORD: CRIPPLE
MEANING:
1.
a. Often Offensive A person who is partially disabled or unable to use one or more limbs:
b. An animal that is partially disabled or unable to use one or more limbs: cannot race a horse that is a cripple.
2. A damaged or defective object or device: "He ... would let that cripple of a steamboat get the upper hand of him in a minute" (Joseph Conrad).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Your high heels could cripple you!
2. This measure crippled our efforts.
PRONOUNCE:
crip·ple - क्रिपल
LINK: CRIPPLE
WORD: BENEVOLENTLY
MEANING:
1.
a. Characterized by or given to doing good: "a benevolent philanthropist who donated the funds to found the town library" (Willie Morris).
b. Suggestive of doing good; agreeable: a benevolent smile.
2. Relating to a charitable organization that operates without making a profit.
3. kindly, compassionately, generously
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. kindly have in mind these concerns while scheduling events and benevolently show equal importance and respect to the sacred days of all religions which are also declared as national holidays
2. she looked on benevolently
PRONOUNCE:
be·nev·o·lent - बनेवलन्ट्ली
LINK: BENEVOLENTLY
WORD: ANGUISH
MEANING:
1. extreme pain or misery; mental or physical torture; agony
2. suffering, torment, agony, torture
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I may with deep anguish bring to your kind notice that such an important conference should not have been held when some of us, otherwise expected to be part of the event, or otherwise committed on account of the holy days when we have religious ceremonies and family get-together as well
2. I saw him in a state of anguish.
PRONOUNCE:
an·guish - ऐंगग्विश
LINK: ANGUISH
WORD: LUMINARIES
MEANING:
1.
a. An object, such as a celestial body, that gives light.
b. In astrology, one of the brightest celestial objects, such as the sun, moon, or bright planets.
2. A person who inspires others or achieves eminence in a field. See Synonyms at celebrity.
3. celebrities, start
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Chief Ministers of various states would join the judges on third day of the conference when Prime Minister Narendra Modi would address them and the legal luminaries.
2. He is a luminary in his field.
PRONOUNCE:
luminary - लूमनेरी
LINK: LUMINARIES
WORD: PERSECUTED
MEANING:
1. To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.
2. To annoy persistently; bother: persecuted the babysitter with foolish questions.
3. wronged, mistreated, maltreated
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Jews, Zoroastrians, who came to India after being persecuted abroad, got "respect and bonhomie" from then Hindu rulers.
2. He accused the media of persecuting him and his family.
PRONOUNCE:
per·se·cute - पर्सक्यूट
LINK: PERSECUTED
WORD: SACRED
MEANING:
1. Dedicated to or set apart for the worship of a deity.
2. Worthy of religious veneration: the sacred teachings of the Buddha.
3. Made or declared holy: sacred bread and wine.
4. Dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose, or person: sacred to the memory of her sister; a private office sacred to the President.
5. Worthy of respect; venerable.
6. Of or relating to religious objects, rites, or practices.
7.holy, blessed
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Show respect to sacred days of all religions: SC judge to PM Modi
2. Her marriage is sacred to her.
PRONOUNCE:
sa·cred - सेक्रिड / सैक्रड / सैक्रिड
LINK: SACRED
WORD: CRUCIFIXION
MEANING:
1.
a. The act of crucifying; execution on a cross.
b. Crucifixion The crucifying of Jesus on Calvary. Used with the.
c. A representation of Jesus on the cross.
2. An extremely difficult, painful trial; torturous suffering.
3.execution, killing, punishment
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Good Friday is a day of great religious significance to us, marking the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
2. The students enacted the crucifixion of Jesus christ
PRONOUNCE:
cru·ci·fix·ion - क्रूसफिक्शन / क्रूसिफिक्शन
LINK: CRUCIFIXION
WORD: VEER
MEANING:
1.
a. To turn aside from a course or established direction; swerve: veered to the left to avoid a pothole.
b. To deviate from a purpose, behavior, or previous pattern: "a sequence of adventures that veered between tragedy and bleak farce" (Anthony Haden-Guest). See Synonyms at swerve.
2. To shift clockwise in direction, as from north to northeast. Used of the wind.
3. Nautical To change the course of a ship by turning the stern to the wind while advancing to windward; wear ship.
4.turns, swings, bends
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Packed bus veers off road in Bangladesh, killing 24
2. The truck veered off the road
PRONOUNCE:
veer - विर / वीर
LINK: VEER
WORD: FLINCH
MEANING:
1. To start or wince involuntarily, as from surprise or pain.
2. To recoil, as from something unpleasant or difficult; shrink.
3.starts, recoils
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. China meets Modi's eye on border stability, flinches on Arunachal
2. He never flinched from any work given to him.
PRONOUNCE:
flinch - फ्लिन्च
LINK: FLINCH
WORD: TUMULTUOUS
MEANING:
1. uproarious, riotous, or turbulent: a tumultuous welcome.
2. greatly agitated, confused, or disturbed: a tumultuous dream.
3. making a loud or unruly disturbance: tumultuous insurgents.
4. riotous, rowdy, wild,chaotic
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. After tumultuous times, 350 Indians return home from Yemen.
2. the crowd was demonstrating tumultuously
PRONOUNCE:
tu·mul·tu·ous - टूमल्चूअस
LINK: TUMULTUOUS
WORD: IMMENSELY
MEANING:
1. Very great in size, extent, or amount: an immense cloud.
2. Of great scope or consequence: immense difficulty. See Synonyms at enormous.
3. higely, vastly
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Yuvraj is immensely motivated to perform in IPL: Kirsten
PRONOUNCE:
im·mense - इमेन्स्ली
LINK: IMMENSELY
WORD: EXPEL
MEANING:
tr.v. ex·pelled, ex·pel·ling, ex·pels
1. To force or drive out: expel an invader.
2. To discharge from or as if from a receptacle: expelled a sigh of relief.
3. To deprive of membership or rights in an organization; force to leave: expelled the student from college for cheating.
4. eject, dismiss
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Silvio Berlusconi expelled from Italian parliament
2. The child was expelled from the school for poor performance.
PRONOUNCE:
ex·pel - इक्स्पेल
LINK: EXPEL
WORD: REGRET
MEANING:
v. re·gret·ted, re·gret·ting, re·grets
v.tr.
1. To feel sorry, disappointed, distressed, or remorseful about: I regret not speaking to her before she left.
2. To remember with a feeling of loss or sorrow; mourn: "He almost regretted the penury which he had suffered during the last two years since the desperate struggle merely to keep body and soul together had deadened the pain of living" (W. Somerset Maugham).
3. guilt, remorse
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. My only regret is that I have to leave the post.
2. I sent her my regrets about leaving.
PRONOUNCE:
re·gret - रग्रेट / रिग्रेट / रिग्रेट
LINK: REGRET
WORD: MANEUVER
MEANING:
1.
a. A movement or combination of movements involving skill and dexterity: a gymnastics maneuver.
b. A controlled change in movement or direction of a moving vehicle or vessel, as in the flight path of an aircraft.
2.
a. A strategic or tactical military or naval movement.
b. often maneuvers A large-scale tactical exercise carried out under simulated conditions of war.
3.
a. A skillful or cunning action undertaken to gain an end: "the canny maneuvers of a man after money and ease" (Cynthia Ozick). See Synonyms at wile.
b. The undertaking of such actions: "a skilled diplomat's eye for maneuver" (Garry Wills).
4. move, exercise, operation
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mars Mission completes last orbit raising manoeuvre
2. he made a great maneuver
PRONOUNCE:
ma·neu·ver - मनूवर / मन्यूवर
LINK: MANEUVER
WORD: NOVICE
MEANING:
1. A person new to a field or activity; a beginner.
2. A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows. Also called novitiate.
3. beginner, learnet, trainee
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A registered climber may bring in up to two novice climbers per session.
2. Novice User
PRONOUNCE:
nov·ice - नावस / नाविस
LINK: NOVICE
WORD: WICKED
MEANING:
1. Evil or immoral: "this wicked man Hitler, the repository and embodiment of many forms of soul-destroying hatred" (Winston S. Churchill).
2. Playfully malicious or mischievous: a wicked prank; a critic's wicked wit.
3. Severe and distressing: a wicked cough; a wicked gash; wicked driving conditions.
4. Highly offensive; obnoxious: a wicked stench.
5. Slang Strikingly good, effective, or skillful: a wicked curve ball; a wicked imitation.
6. bad, wrong
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'Wicked Witch' Rebekah Brooks was not so wicked after all
2. He is a wicked man.
PRONOUNCE:
wick·ed - विकड / विकिड
LINK: WICKED
WORD: SPAWNING
MEANING:
1. To produce or deposit (spawn).
2. To produce (offspring).
3. To produce or give rise to: tyranny that spawned revolt.
4. To plant with mycelia grown in specially prepared organic matter.
5. generating, creating, producing
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. After spawning multiple internet memes based on his father-figure characters and sanskari roles, veteran actor Alok Nath is back to playing 'Babuji' - this time for a new family comedy series, Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai.
PRONOUNCE:
spawn - स्पान / स्पॉन / स्पॉन
LINK: SPAWNING
WORD: REMINISCENCE
MEANING:
1. the act of recalling or narrating past experiences
2. (often plural) some past experience, event, etc, that is recalled or narrated; anecdote
3. an event, phenomenon, or experience that reminds one of something else
4. (Philosophy) (in the philosophy of Plato) the doctrine that perception and recognition of particulars is possible because the mind has seen the universal forms of all things in a previous disembodied existence
5. (Psychology) psychol the ability to perform a task better when tested some time after the task has been learnt than when tested immediately after learning it
6. nostalgia, memories
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Rahul Dravid: We have short reminiscence, Virat Kohli was sensational during test series.
2. Old reminiscences of my college days are still fresh in my mind.
PRONOUNCE:
rem·i·nis·cence - रेमनिसन्स
LINK: REMINISCENCE
