WORD: CONSTITUTION
MEANING:
1. The act or process of composing, setting up, or establishing.
2.
a. The composition or structure of something; makeup.
b. The physical makeup of a person: Having a strong constitution, she had no trouble climbing the mountain.
3.
a. The system of fundamental laws and principles that prescribes the nature, functions, and limits of a government or another institution.
b. The document in which such a system is recorded.
c. Constitution The supreme law of the United States, consisting of the document ratified by the original thirteen states (1787-1790) and subsequent amendments.
4. structure, formation
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the constitution of a PTA group last year
2. All the members should follow the constitution of this institute.
PRONOUNCE:
con·sti·tu·tion - कान्स्टटूशन / कान्स्टिटूशन
LINK: CONSTITUTION
WORD: STUNS
MEANING:
1. To daze or render senseless, as by a blow or loud noise.
2. To stupefy, as with the emotional impact of an experience; astound.
3. shocks
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Cindy Crawford stuns at an event with Abhishek Bachchan; John Abraham has an outing with his dad
2. I was stunned by her beauty.
PRONOUNCE:
stun - स्टन
LINK: STUNS
WORD: ALTERCATION
MEANING:
1. A heated, sometimes violent quarrel or conflict: "[An] altercation with one of Nekrasov's colleagues ... even led Tolstoy to challenge him to a duel" (Rosamund Bartlett).
2. quarrel, dispute, clash
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Altercations between Neena and Tina are quite common.
PRONOUNCE:
al·ter·ca·tion - आल्टर्कैशन / ऑल्टर्केशन
LINK: ALTERCATION
WORD: DIVULGE
MEANING:
1. To make known (something private or secret).
2. Archaic To proclaim publicly.
3. reveal, tell, disclose
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Refusing to divulge the building plan, Shetty said they may keep the building name - Aashirwad - and hope to move into their house in 18 months.
2. He refused to divulge the information.
PRONOUNCE:
di·vulge - डिवल्ज / डाइवल्ज
LINK: DIVULGE
WORD: CURTAIN
MEANING:
1. A piece of fabric or other material that hangs in a window or open space as a decoration, shade, screen, or divider.
2. Something that functions as or resembles a screen, cover, divider, or barrier: the curtain of mist before the mountain; a heavy curtain of artillery fire.
3.
a. The movable screen or drape in a theater or hall that separates the stage from the auditorium or that serves as a backdrop.
b. The rising or opening of a theater curtain at the beginning of a performance or act.
c. The time at which a theatrical performance begins or is scheduled to begin.
d. The fall or closing of a theater curtain at the end of a performance or act.
4. The part of a rampart or parapet connecting two bastions or gates.
5. Architecture A curtain wall.
6. curtains Slang
a. The end.
b. Absolute ruin: "If the employee doesn't shape up, it's curtains" (Business Week).
c. Death.
7. blind, shade
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. My daughters brought beautiful curtains for our house
2. Put the curtains on the rings
PRONOUNCE:
cur·tain - कर्टन
LINK: CURTAIN
WORD: SPURIOUS
MEANING:
1. Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine: spurious poems attributed to Shakespeare.
2. Not trustworthy; dubious or fallacious: spurious reasoning; a spurious justification.
3. Archaic Born to unwed parents.
4. fake, false, bogus
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 87 people had died after consuming spurious liquor in suburban Vikhroli in 2004.
2. He was accused of supplying spurious liquor in the city.
PRONOUNCE:
spu·ri·ous - स्प्युरीअस / स्परीअस
LINK: SPURIOUS
WORD: COURTESY
MEANING:
1.
a. Polite behavior.
b. A polite gesture or remark.
2.
a. Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence: They call this pond a lake by courtesy only.
b. Willingness or generosity in providing something needed: free advertising through the courtesy of the local newspaper.
3. politeness, gentility
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Show courtesy towards your elders.
PRONOUNCE:
cour·te·sy - कर्टसी / कर्टिसी
LINK: COURTESY
WORD: HOOCH
MEANING:
1. Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or bootleg liquor: "bootleggers smashed on their own hooch" (Christopher Hitchens).
2. Marijuana.
3. alchoholic, liquor
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mumbai hooch tragedy toll rises to 64, 31 victims still in critical condition
PRONOUNCE:
hooch - हूच
LINK: HOOCH
WORD: TREATY
MEANING:
1.
a. A formal written agreement between two or more nations.
b. The document in which such an agreement is set down.
2. Archaic Negotiation for the purpose of reaching an agreement.
3. Obsolete
a. A contract or agreement.
b. An entreaty.
4. agreement, pact, truce, contract, settlement
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. They had a treaty with the auctioneer.
2. Treaty helps two nations to have cordial relations.
PRONOUNCE:
trea·ty - ट्रीटी
LINK: TREATY
WORD: NEGLECT
MEANING:
1. To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard: neglected their warnings.
2. To fail to care for or attend to properly: neglects her appearance.
3. To fail to do or carry out, as through carelessness or oversight: neglected to return the call.
4. ignore, avoid
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The case was spoilt due to his neglect.
2. The flat is kept in a state of total neglect.
3. the house was in a terrible state of neglect
PRONOUNCE:
ne·glect - नग्लेक्ट / निग्लेक्ट / निग्लेक्ट
LINK: NEGLECT
WORD: KNOCK
MEANING:
1. To strike with a hard blow: knocked him on the head.
2. To affect in a specified way by striking hard: knocked the mugger senseless.
3. To cause to be displaced or unengaged; force: a wind that knocked the tower over; a blunder that knocked him out of the job.
4. To cause to collide: I knocked my head on a low beam.
5. To produce by hitting or striking: knocked a hole in the wall.
6. Informal To find fault with; criticize: Don't knock the food; it's free.
7. hit, blow, bang
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. There was a knock on the door in the dead of the night.
2. The sudden knock floored him.
PRONOUNCE:
knock - नाक
LINK: KNOCK
WORD: RUMOR
MEANING:
1. A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth.
2. Unverified information received from another; hearsay.
3. story, tale
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. rumors of war.
PRONOUNCE:
ru·mor - रूमर
LINK: RUMOR
WORD: APPLAUSE
MEANING:
1. Approval expressed especially by the clapping of hands.
2. Praise; commendation: a scientific discovery that won critical applause.
3. clapping, ovation
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. My teacher aplouded for me
2. Applause from the spectators encourage the players and artists .
PRONOUNCE:
ap·plause - अप्लॉज़
LINK: APPLAUSE
WORD: MANIFESTO
MEANING:
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a public declaration of intent, policy, aims, etc, as issued by a political party, government, or movement
2. policy, program, plan
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The party released its manifesto.
PRONOUNCE:
manifesto - मैनफेस्टो / मैनिफेस्टो / मैनिफेस्टो
LINK: MANIFESTO
WORD: NURTURE
MEANING:
1. the act or process of promoting the development, etc, of a child
2. something that nourishes
3. (Biology) biology the environmental factors that partly determine the structure of an organism. See also nature12
vb (tr)
4. to feed or support
5. to educate or train
6. cherish, encourage, support
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The teachers nurtured the childs talent.
2. The nurse nurtured the patient.
PRONOUNCE:
nurture - नर्चर
LINK: NURTURE
WORD: CONFOUNDS
MEANING:
1. To cause to become confused or perplexed. See Synonyms at perplex.
2. To fail to distinguish; mix up: Don't confound fiction and fact.
3. To make (something bad) worse: Do not confound the problem by losing your temper.
4. To cause to be ashamed; abash: an invention that confounded the skeptics.
5. Used in mild curses: Confound you!
6.
a. To frustrate or thwart: trivial demands that confounded the peace talks.
b. Archaic To defeat or overthrow (an enemy).
7. confuses
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A sudden rise in prices confounded the public.
2. Dhoni’s predilection for a man in a catching position behind the wicket on the leg side confounds not just commentators and observers, but appears to confuse his bowlers too.
PRONOUNCE:
con·found - कान्फाउन्ड / कन्फाउन्ड
LINK: CONFOUNDS
WORD: PREDILECTION
MEANING:
1. a predisposition, preference, or bias
2. fondness, liking, partiality, preference, penchant
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dhoni’s predilection for a man in a catching position behind the wicket on the leg side confounds not just commentators and observers, but appears to confuse his bowlers too.
2. a predilection for expensive cars
PRONOUNCE:
predilection - प्रेडलेक्शन
LINK: PREDILECTION
WORD: QUENCH
MEANING:
1. to satisfy (one's thirst, desires, etc); slake
2. to put out (a fire, flame, etc); extinguish
3. to put down or quell; suppress: to quench a rebellion.
4. (Metallurgy) to cool (hot metal) by plunging it into cold water
5. (General Physics) physics to reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
6. (Electronics) electronics
a. to suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit
b. to suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
7. satisfy, slake
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A small-time actress and her boyfriend have been arrested for cheating more than 1,000 people of crores of rupees to quench their thirst to live the high life.
2. The cold water quenched his thirst
PRONOUNCE:
quench - क्वेन्च
LINK: QUENCH
WORD: PITS
MEANING:
1. the pits the worst possible person, place, or thing
2. ditches, wells
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'Drishyam' trailer pits Ajay Devgn against Tabu in crime drama
2. they dug a pit to bury the body
PRONOUNCE:
pits - पिट
LINK: PITS
WORD: EXACERBATE
MEANING:
1. to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.).
2. to embitter the feelings of (a person).
3. worsen, impair
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The selling in Nestle shares is likely to exacerbate in the coming days as a number of brokerages have started downgrading the stock.
PRONOUNCE:
ex•ac•er•bate - इग्ज़ैसर्बेट / इग्ज़ैसर्बैट
LINK: EXACERBATE
WORD: HARASS
MEANING:
1. To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.
2. To irritate or torment persistently: His mind was harassed by doubts and misgivings.
3. To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).
4. annoy, pester, bother
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is known to harass his staff when he is overworked.
PRONOUNCE:
ha·rass - हरैस / हैरस
LINK: HARASS
WORD: SYMPTOM
MEANING:
1. An indication of a disorder or disease, especially a subjective one such as pain, nausea, or weakness.
2. A characteristic sign or indication of the existence of something else: drought and erratic rainfall as symptoms of climate change.
3. indications, signs
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The sudden decrease in the body weight is a sure symptom of some disease.
2. The industrialists should not ignore the symptoms of discontent among the workers of the industry.
PRONOUNCE:
symp·tom - सिम्प्टम
LINK: SYMPTOM
WORD: MISERABLE
MEANING:
1. Very uncomfortable or unhappy; wretched.
2. Causing or accompanied by great discomfort or distress: a miserable climate.
3. Mean or shameful; contemptible: a miserable trick.
4. Wretchedly inadequate: lived in a miserable shack; fed the prisoners miserable rations.
5. Of poor quality; inferior: miserable handicraft.
6. unhappy, sad
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He was miserable on getting the sad news.
PRONOUNCE:
mis·er·a·ble - मिज़रबल / मिज़्रबल
LINK: MISERABLE
WORD: ATTIRE
MEANING:
1. Clothing or array; apparel.
2. The antlers of a deer.
3. clothing, dress, outfit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. On Occasion of Diwali, we expect everyone to come in any traditional attire
2. formal attire
PRONOUNCE:
at·tire - अटाइअर
LINK: ATTIRE
WORD: SCUTTLE
MEANING:
1. spoil, destroy, thwart
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Delhi HC verdict may scuttle Centre's plan to take over ACB
PRONOUNCE:
scut·tle - स्कटल
LINK: SCUTTLE
WORD: WARREN
MEANING:
1.
a. An area where rabbits live in burrows.
b. A colony of rabbits.
2. hole, earch, habitat, burrow
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. She looks over the warren A jumble of cages and boxes Making sure she gets cuddles
PRONOUNCE:
war·ren - वॉरन
LINK: WARREN
WORD: CRINKLE
MEANING:
1. To form wrinkles or ripples.
2. To make a soft crackling sound; rustle.
3. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I crinkled the aluminium paper up into a ball.
PRONOUNCE:
crin·kle - क्रिंगकल
LINK: CRINKLE
WORD: MERINGUE
MEANING:
1. A topping for pastry or pies made of a mixture of egg whites and sugar beaten until stiff and often baked until brown.
2. A small pastry shell or cake made of stiffly beaten, baked egg whites and sugar, often containing fruit or nutmeats.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Have some more meringue.
PRONOUNCE:
me·ringue - मेरैंग
LINK: MERINGUE
WORD: DETHRONING
MEANING:
1. To remove from the throne; depose.
2. To remove from a prominent or powerful position.
3. defeating, removing
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Voltas established a clear lead in air-conditioners sold through multi-brand outlets in the past fiscal year, dethroning LG.
2. If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned
PRONOUNCE:
de·throne - डिथ्रोन / डीथ्रोन / डीथ्रोन
LINK: DETHRONING
WORD: BINGE
MEANING:
1. a bout of excessive indulgence in eating or drinking; spree.
2. to go on a binge.
3. blast, overdo, indulge
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Binge drinking could make you overeat
PRONOUNCE:
binge - बिन्ज
LINK: BINGE
