WORD: DEVOID
MEANING:
1. Completely lacking; destitute or empty: a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness.
2. empty, barren, lacking
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The movie is completely devoid of any kind of unachievable mission
2. His theories are devoid of logic.
PRONOUNCE:
de·void - डिवॉइड
LINK: DEVOID
WORD: DETAIN
MEANING:
1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard: Our friends were detained by heavy traffic.
2. To keep in custody or confinement: The police detained several suspects for questioning.
3. Archaic To retain or withhold (payment or property, for example).
4. arrest, hold, capture
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Actor Inder Kumar detained on rape charges.
2. Custom officers wanted to detain the passengers till the police came.
PRONOUNCE:
de·tain - डिटेन / डिटैन
LINK: DETAIN
WORD: DEPOSES
MEANING:
1.
a. To remove from office or power.
b. To dethrone.
2. Law To take a deposition from: Investigators will depose the witness behind closed doors.
3. removes, unseats
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Re-trial in Salman Khan's case begins, first witness deposes
2. I can depose when time arises
PRONOUNCE:
de·pose - डिपोज़
LINK: DEPOSES
WORD: EXORBITANT
MEANING:
1. (of prices, demands, etc) in excess of what is reasonable; excessive; extravagant; immoderate
2. excessive, overpriced
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. We review the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 to see whether Samsung has actually created the first tablet that is relevant to enterprise users and whether it deserves the exorbitant price tag of Rs 65,575.
2. Last year onion was sold in exorbitant prices.
PRONOUNCE:
exorbitant - इग्ज़ॉर्बिटन्ट
LINK: EXORBITANT
WORD: REVOKE
MEANING:
1. (tr) to take back or withdraw; cancel; rescind: to revoke a law.
2. (Card Games) cards (intr) to break a rule of play by failing to follow suit when able to do so; renege
3. cancel, withdraw
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. South Korea ferry firm's licence revoked
2. He has revoked an agreement with his partner.
PRONOUNCE:
revoke - रिवोक / रीवोक
LINK: REVOKE
WORD: STRANGLE
MEANING:
1.
a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.
b. To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.
2. To suppress, repress, or stifle: strangle a scream.
3. To inhibit the growth or action of; restrict: "That artist is strangled who is forced to deal with human beings solely in social terms" (James Baldwin).
4. stified, crushed
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 14-year old girl strangled to death by family
2. he tried to strangle his opponent
PRONOUNCE:
stran·gle - स्ट्रैंगगल
LINK: STRANGLE
WORD: PERQUISITES
MEANING:
1. A payment, profit, or benefit received in addition to a regular wage or salary, especially when due or expected.
2. Something regarded or claimed as an exclusive right by virtue of one's social position or rank: "The family had the perquisites of the upper-middle class, employing a maid, a chauffeur-gardener, and an Irish Catholic nanny" (Ira Bruce Nadel). See Synonyms at right.
3. A gratuity; a tip.
4. privileges, freebies, advantages
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mukesh Ambani's remuneration for 2013-14 included Rs 4.16 crore as salary, perquisites and allowances of Rs 60 lakh, retirement benefits of Rs 83 lakh and Rs 9.41 crore as commission on profit.
2. His perquisites includes the use of company house.
PRONOUNCE:
per·qui·site - पर्क्वज़िट्स / पर्क्विज़िट्स
LINK: PERQUISITES
WORD: WILLOW
MEANING:
1.
a. Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs of the genus Salix, having usually narrow leaves, unisexual flowers borne in catkins, and strong lightweight wood.
b. The wood of any of these trees.
2. Something, such as a cricket bat, that is made from willow.
3. A textile machine consisting of a spiked drum revolving inside a chamber fitted internally with spikes, used to open and clean unprocessed cotton or wool.
4. racket
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. After his 57-run knock against Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils batsman Yuvraj Singh said he is unperturbed by critics and is keen to answer them only with the willow.
PRONOUNCE:
wil·low - विलो
LINK: WILLOW
WORD: UNPERTURBED
MEANING:
1. Calm and serene; unruffled.
2. calm, cool
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. After his 57-run knock against Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils batsman Yuvraj Singh said he is unperturbed by critics and is keen to answer them only with the willow.
PRONOUNCE:
un·per·turbed - अन्पटर्ब्ड / अन्पर्टर्ब्ड
LINK: UNPERTURBED
WORD: DOSSIERS
MEANING:
1. A collection of papers giving detailed information about a particular person or subject.
2. files, records
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pakistan questions veracity of India's dossiers on Dawood
2. The committee thoroughly checked the dossiers of all the applicants.
PRONOUNCE:
dos·si·er - डासीए / डॉस्यै / डॉसीऐ
LINK: DOSSIERS
WORD: VERACITY
MEANING:
1. Adherence to the truth; truthfulness. See Synonyms at truth.
2. Conformity to fact or truth; accuracy: a report of doubtful veracity.
3. A true statement: "the stern veracities of science" (H.G. Wells).
4. truth, accuracy, reliability, authenticity
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pakistan questions veracity of India's dossiers on Dawood
2. Harishchandra is known for his veracity
PRONOUNCE:
ve·rac·i·ty - वरैसिटी
LINK: VERACITY
WORD: TRAVESTY
MEANING:
1. a farcical or grotesque imitation; mockery; parody
2. parody, mockery
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pietersen might never play another Test and for cricket lovers, that's a travesty
2. His trial was a travesty of justice.
PRONOUNCE:
travesty - ट्रैवस्टी / ट्रैविस्टी
LINK: TRAVESTY
WORD: IMPAIR
MEANING:
1. To cause to weaken, be damaged, or diminish, as in quality: an injury that impaired my hearing; a severe storm
2. damage, injury, hurt
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Tata Steel Falls on Rs. 6500 Crore Impairment Charge
2. Too much alcohol impairs your ability to drive.
3. His vision was impaired
PRONOUNCE:
im·pair - इम्पेर / ऐंग पेर
LINK: IMPAIR
WORD: CRUMBLE
MEANING:
1. To fall into small fragments or pieces; disintegrate: The ancient castle had crumbled to ruins.
2. To give way; collapse: an ego that crumbles under pressure.
3. smash, beat, powdered
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. On a day in which it crumbled to eight for four in 5.1 overs, India finished with 152 and scalped three England wickets.
2. the building crumbled after the explosion
PRONOUNCE:
crum·ble - क्रम्बल
LINK: CRUMBLE
WORD: CUSP
MEANING:
1. A point or pointed end.
2. Anatomy
a. A pointed or rounded projection on the chewing surface of a tooth.
b. A triangular fold or flap of a heart valve.
3. Mathematics A point at which a curve crosses itself and at which the two tangents to the curve coincide.
4. Architecture The point of intersection of two ornamental arcs or curves, such as the inner points of a trefoil.
5. Astronomy Either point of a crescent moon.
6. The boundary between two astrological signs or Zodiacal constellations.
7. tip, end, point, border, crossover
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. England were on the cusp of regaining control of the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford when rain forced an early close to Friday's second day.
PRONOUNCE:
cusp - कस्प
LINK: CUSP
WORD: OPAQUE
MEANING:
1. not allowing light to pass through.
2. not transmitting radiation, sound, heat, etc.
3. not shining or bright; dark; dull.
4. hard to understand.
5. dull, stupid.
6. dense, cloudy, muddy, smoky, unclear, hard
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. CJI Lodha is wrong to bat for the opaque collegium system of appointing judges
2. The windows of the jail are made of opaque glass.
PRONOUNCE:
o•paque - ओपेक / ओपैक
LINK: OPAQUE
WORD: AVID
MEANING:
1. very keen; enthusiastic: an avid reader.
2. (postpositive; often foll by for or of) eager (for); desirous (of); greedy (for): avid for revenge.
3. keen, enthusiastic, passionate, eager
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. late comedian Robin Williams was an avid biker whose garages were jammed full of bicycles.
2. He remained active on the autograph circuit for avid Bond fans.
3. She is an avid watcher of Hindi films
PRONOUNCE:
avid - ऐवड / ऐविड / ऐविड
LINK: AVID
WORD: ABJECT
MEANING:
1. utterly wretched or hopeless
2. miserable; forlorn; dejected
3. indicating humiliation; submissive: an abject apology.
4. contemptible; despicable; servile: an abject liar.
5. hopeless, miserable, horrible
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India vs England: English press slams India's abject surrender
2. There is abject poverty in India.
PRONOUNCE:
abject - ऐब्जेक्ट
LINK: ABJECT
WORD: IMPENDING
MEANING:
1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending.
2. To threaten to happen; menace: discouraged by the trouble that impended.
3. Archaic To jut out; hang suspended.
4. awaiting, future, coming, forthcoming, in the near future
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Bhartiya Janata Party has set itself the goal of 44+ seats in the impending assembly elections in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
2. His impending arrival.
PRONOUNCE:
im·pend - इम्पेन्डिंग
LINK: IMPENDING
WORD: CONGLOMERATE
MEANING:
1. anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements.
2. a corporation consisting of a number of subsidiary companies or divisions in a variety of unrelated industries.
3. a rock consisting of pebbles or the like embedded in a finer cementing material; consolidated gravel.
4. corporation, multinational, company, firm
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. There have been many Ponzi schemes in India's history and then there's Pearls Agrotech Corporation Ltd, a conglomerate that has investments ranging from a hotel in Australia to educational institutes.
PRONOUNCE:
con•glom•er•ate - कन्ग्लामरट / कन्ग्लामरेट / कन्ग्लामरिट
LINK: CONGLOMERATE
WORD: NOOSE
MEANING:
1. A loop formed in a rope by means of a slipknot so that it binds tighter as the rope is pulled. Also called running noose.
2. A snare or trap.
3. trap, trick, con
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Tightening noose around loan defaulters, the Reserve Bank today said guarantors, who refuse to fulfil their obligations to banks despite having adequate resources, will also be treated as wilful defaulters.
2. The hunter kept the noose ready for the prey.
PRONOUNCE:
noose - नूस
LINK: NOOSE
WORD: HAPLESS
MEANING:
1. Luckless; unfortunate. See Synonyms at unfortunate.
2. unfortunate, unlucky
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Watching Umesh Yadav bowl can be a frustrating experience. He can be a treat to the eyes on one day but utterly hapless on another.
PRONOUNCE:
hap·less - हैप्लस / हैप्लिस
LINK: HAPLESS
WORD: PRAGMATIC
MEANING:
1. Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical.
2. Philosophy Of or relating to pragmatism.
3. Linguistics Of or relating to pragmatics.
4. Relating to or being the study of cause and effect in historical or political events with emphasis on the practical lessons to be learned from them.
5. practical, realistic, logical
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. For dhoni, to quit at such a point is not just pragmatic, it's also honourable.
2. Scienists apply pragmatic solution to the problem.
PRONOUNCE:
prag·mat·ic - प्रैग्मैटिक
LINK: PRAGMATIC
WORD: SWANSONG
MEANING:
1. farewell, finale, leave-taking
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sydney Test to be Chris Rogers' swansong on Australian soil
2. This is my swansong.
PRONOUNCE:
swansong
LINK: SWANSONG
WORD: STROLL
MEANING:
1. To go for a leisurely walk: stroll in the park.
2. To travel from place to place seeking work or gain.
3. wander, walk
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Anushka Sharma, Virat Kohli's Romantic Stroll Through Sydney
2. Stroll in the beach is very pleasure giving.
PRONOUNCE:
stroll - स्ट्रोल
LINK: STROLL
WORD: BLASPHEMOUS
MEANING:
1. uttering or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
2. improper
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Gabbar Is Back review by Anupama Chopra: Blasphemous rebranding
PRONOUNCE:
blas•phe•mous - ब्लैस्फमस
LINK: BLASPHEMOUS
WORD: ILLICIT
MEANING:
1. Not sanctioned by custom or law; improper or unlawful.
2. Linguistics Improperly formed; ungrammatical.
3. illegal, unlawful
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Delhi women's panel summons Kumar Vishwas over 'illicit relationship'
2. an illicit association with his secretary
PRONOUNCE:
il·lic·it - इलिसट / इलिसिट
LINK: ILLICIT
WORD: CAPTIVITY
MEANING:
1. the condition of being captive; imprisonment
2. the period of imprisonment
3. imprisonment, custody
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 39 Indians in captivity unharmed, says Centre
2. He was held in captivity until he died.
PRONOUNCE:
cap·tiv·i·t - कैप्टिवटी / कैप्टिविटी
LINK: CAPTIVITY
WORD: EXAGGERATE
MEANING:
1. To make overstatements.
2. overstated, inflated, amplified
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Anushka Sharma's Exaggerated Pout Seems to Have Gone
PRONOUNCE:
ex·ag·ger·ate - इग्ज़ैजरेटिड / इग्ज़ैजरैटड / इग्ज़ैजरैटिड
LINK: EXAGGERATE
WORD: LULL
MEANING:
1. to soothe (a person or animal) by soft sounds or motions (esp in the phrase lull to sleep)
2. to calm (someone or someone's fears, suspicions, etc), esp by deception
3. quiet, calm, silence
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Will Akshay Kumar's 'Gabbar is Back' break the lull at the box office?
2. The fighting lulled for a moment
PRONOUNCE:
lull - लल
LINK: LULL
WORD: Freedom
MEANING:
1.
a. The condition of not being in prison or captivity: gave the prisoners their freedom.
b. The condition of being free of restraints, especially the ability to act without control or interference by another or by circumstance: In retirement they finally got the freedom to travel.
2.
a. The condition of not being controlled by another nation or political power; political independence.
b. The condition of not being subject to a despotic or oppressive power; civil liberty.
c. The condition of not being constrained or restricted in a specific aspect of life by a government or other power: freedom of assembly.
d. The condition of not being a slave.
3.
a. The condition of not being affected or restricted by a given circumstance or condition: freedom from want.
b. The condition of not being bound by established conventions or rules: The new style of painting gave artists new freedoms.
4. The capacity to act by choice rather than by determination, as from fate or a deity; free will: We have the freedom to do as we please all afternoon.
5. The right to unrestricted use; full access: was given the freedom of their research facilities.
6. Ease or facility of movement: loose sports clothing, giving the wearer freedom.
7. Archaic Boldness in behavior; lack of modesty or reserve.
8. liberty, openness
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. After 5 years in prison-he was given his freedom.
2. Her son got freedom from fear.
PRONOUNCE:
free·dom - फ्रीडम
LINK: Freedom
