WORD: OPINION
MEANING:
1. A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof: "The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion" (Elizabeth Drew). See Synonyms at view.
2. A judgment based on special knowledge and given by an expert: a medical opinion.
3. A judgment or estimation of the merit of a person or thing: has a low opinion of braggarts.
4. The prevailing view: public opinion.
5. Law
a. A court's formal, usually written statement explaining its reasons for its decision in a case.
b. An attorney's formal, usually written statement giving an assessment of how the law should be or is likely to be applied in a particular situation.
c. A piece of testimony that is not usually admissible when given by a layperson, as in contrast to an opinion given by an expert witness.
6. view, estimation
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. my opinion differs from yours
PRONOUNCE:
o·pin·ion - अपिन्यन
LINK: OPINION
WORD: SANCTITY
MEANING:
1. Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness.
2. The quality or condition of being considered sacred; inviolability.
3. Something considered sacred.
4. holiness, purity
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ever since the TV actor returned to the show, the peace and sanctity of the house seems to have gone amiss!
2. I belive in the sanctity of temples.
PRONOUNCE:
sanc·ti·ty - सैंगक्टिटी
LINK: SANCTITY
WORD: HUMBLE
MEANING:
1. Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful.
2. Showing deferential or submissive respect: a humble apology.
3. Low in rank, quality, or station; unpretentious or lowly: a humble cottage.
4. simple, respectful
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. his experience will humble him
2. Humble request to all of you to do so.
PRONOUNCE:
hum·ble - हम्बल
LINK: HUMBLE
WORD: TIFF
MEANING:
1. A fit of irritation.
2. A petty quarrel.
3. quarrels, arguments
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Gauahar and Kushal have had their share of tiffs but have been prompt enough in patching up.
2. The man had a tiff in the pub.
PRONOUNCE:
tiff - टिफ
LINK: TIFF
WORD: HURDLE
MEANING:
1. Sports
a. A light portable barrier over which competitors must leap in certain races.
b. hurdles A race in which a series of such barriers must be jumped without the competitors' breaking their stride.
c. A leaping step made off one foot as means of maximizing spring at the end of an approach, as to a dive.
2. An obstacle or difficulty to be overcome: the last hurdle before graduation.
3. Chiefly British A portable framework made of intertwined branches or wattle and used for temporary fencing.
4. Chiefly British A frame or sledge on which condemned persons were dragged to execution.
5. obstacle, difficulty, problem
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the last hurdle before graduation
PRONOUNCE:
hur·dle - हर्डल
LINK: HURDLE
WORD: OBNOXIOUS
MEANING:
1. Very annoying or objectionable; offensive or odious: "I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution" (Ulysses S. Grant).
2. Archaic Exposed or subject to harm, injury, or evil: "Those who are most obnoxious to punishment will flee from the country" (George Washington).
3. Archaic Deserving of or liable to censure.
4. hateful, horrible
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. BJP Communal violence bill most obnoxious piece of legislation
2. There was an obnoxious smell.
PRONOUNCE:
ob·nox·ious - अब्नाक्शस / आब्नाक्शस
LINK: OBNOXIOUS
WORD: POOR
MEANING:
1.
a. Having insufficient wealth to meet the necessities or comforts of life or to live in a manner considered acceptable in a society.
b. Relating to or characterized by poverty: the poor side of town.
2. Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.
3. Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior: a poor performance; poor wages.
4. Negative, unfavorable, or disapproving: has a poor opinion of the mayor.
5. Undernourished; lean. Used especially of animals.
6. Humble; meek: "Let the humble ones arise, the poor in heart be glad" (John Greenleaf Whittier).
7. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.
8. weak, feeble, mediocre
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The poor girl has nothing to eat.
2. According to me, being poor is a curse for a human being.
PRONOUNCE:
poor - पुर
LINK: POOR
WORD: HASTE
MEANING:
1. Rapidity of action or motion: the haste with which she climbed the stairs.
2. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness: forgot the tickets in their haste to catch the train.
3. speed, rush, quickness
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mumbai blasts: NCP questions haste shown by Maharashtra govt over Yakub Memon’s execution
2. he soon regretted his haste
PRONOUNCE:
haste - हेस्ट / हैस्ट
LINK: HASTE
WORD: ASSASSIN
MEANING:
1. a murderer, esp one who kills a prominent political figure
2. killer, murderer, slyer
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Beant Singh was the assasin of Mrs.Indira Gandhi.
2. The prime minister was assassinated by terrorists .
PRONOUNCE:
assassin - असैसन / असैसिन
LINK: ASSASSIN
WORD: SPATE
MEANING:
1. A sudden flood or rush, an outpouring.
2. flood, rash, mass
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Memon is likely to be hanged on July 30, the first execution related to the spate of violence that had hit the city, leading the death of over 250 people.
2. Due to heavy rains in the region, all the rivers are in spate.
PRONOUNCE:
स्पेट / स्पैट
LINK: SPATE
WORD: TANTRUMS
MEANING:
1. (often plural) a childish fit of rage; outburst of bad temper
2. irritabilities, rages, fits
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Armaan Kohli return with his temper tantrums in the Bigg Boss house and his proximity to fellow inmate Tanishaa Mukherji.
2. Varun Dhawan throw tantrums on the sets of his movie
2. The child was in tantrums for a while.
PRONOUNCE:
tantrum - टैन्ट्रम्ज़
LINK: TANTRUMS
WORD: RAID
MEANING:
1. A surprise attack by a small armed force.
2. A sudden forcible entry into a place by police: a raid on a gambling den.
3. An entrance into another's territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables.
4. A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.
5. An attempt to seize control of a company, as by acquiring a majority of its stock.
6. An attempt by speculators to drive stock prices down by coordinated selling.
7. attack, search
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. CBI raids offices of National Spot Exchange Office, other locations
2. Make a bombing raid on enemy bases.
PRONOUNCE:
raid - रेड / रैड
LINK: RAID
WORD: LAUNCH
MEANING:
1.
a. To throw or propel with force; hurl: launch a spear.
b. To set or thrust (a self-propelled craft or projectile) in motion: launch a rocket; launch a torpedo.
2. Nautical To put (a boat) into the water in readiness for use.
3. To set going; initiate: launch a career; launch a business venture. See Synonyms at begin.
4. To introduce to the public or to a market: launched the new perfume with prime-time commercials on the major networks.
5. To give (someone) a start, as in a career or vocation.
6. open, start ,begin
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Our company has launched a new product.
2. launch a satellite.
PRONOUNCE:
launch - लॉन्च
LINK: LAUNCH
WORD: CONFER
MEANING:
1. To bestow (an honor, for example): conferred a medal on the hero.
2. To invest with (a characteristic, for example): a carefully worded statement that conferred an aura of credibility.
3. discuss, talk, debate
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Government to confer Bharat Ratna on Dilip Kumar?
2. He was conferred the doctoral degree by the university.
3. She conferred with her guide before starting the research work.
PRONOUNCE:
con·fer - कन्फर
LINK: CONFER
WORD: EVE
MEANING:
1. The evening or day preceding a special day, such as a holiday.
2. The period immediately preceding a certain event: the eve of war.
3. Evening.
4. day before, night before
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. he always arrives on the eve of her departure
2. On the eve of christmas
PRONOUNCE:
eve - ईव
LINK: EVE
WORD: REVELATION
MEANING:
1.
a. The act of revealing or disclosing.
b. Something revealed, especially a dramatic disclosure of something not previously known or realized.
c. A sudden insight or idea: "I'd had the idea to dig up Dad's coffin ... I was lying in bed and I had the revelation, like a simple solution to an impossible problem" (Jonathan Safran Foer).
2. Theology A manifestation of divine will or truth.
3. Revelation See Table at Bible.
4. expose
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have made a shocking revelation and said that they are heading for a 150 million dollar divorce to end their 10 year marriage.
2. All of sudden he experienced a devine revelation of truth.
3. She was stunned by seeing the revelations about her private life in the press.
PRONOUNCE:
rev·e·la·tion - रेवलेशन / रेवलैशन
LINK: REVELATION
WORD: TEASE
MEANING:
1. An act of teasing, especially a playfully mocking remark: his tease of his friend's little sister.
2. One that teases, as:
a. A person who makes fun of or annoys others, as with playful or taunting remarks.
b. A flirtatious person.
3. joke, mock, kid
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is teasing me since morning.
2. Young boys and girls enjoy teasing each-other.
PRONOUNCE:
tease - टीज़
LINK: TEASE
WORD: SATIRE
MEANING:
1.
a. A literary work in which human foolishness or vice is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.
b. The branch of literature constituting such works.
2. Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose human foolishness or vice.
3. mockery, parody
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Actress Mona Singh, who features in the recently released Zed Plus, says it's satisfying for an actor to be part of a movie like the political satire as it requires one to portray a range of emotions.
2. The team of ‘Jolly LLB’ is back this time with yet another satire called ‘Guddu Rangeela’.
PRONOUNCE:
sat·ire - सैटाइअर
LINK: SATIRE
WORD: VICTIM
MEANING:
1. One who is harmed or killed by another, especially by someone committing a criminal or unlawful act: a victim of a mugging.
2. A living creature slain and offered as a sacrifice during a religious rite.
3. One who is harmed by or made to suffer under a circumstance or condition: victims of war; victims of an epidemic; victims of poverty.
4. A person who is tricked, swindled, or taken advantage of: the victim of a cruel hoax.
5. target, object
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He became the victim of a conspiracy
2. They took the victim to the altar
PRONOUNCE:
vic·tim - विक्टम / विक्टिम / विक्टिम
LINK: VICTIM
WORD: SALIENT
MEANING:
1. Strikingly conspicuous; prominent. See Synonyms at noticeable.
2. Projecting or jutting beyond a line or surface; protruding: The bell tower is the most salient feature on campus.
3. Springing; jumping: salient tree toads.
4. noticeable, striking, outstanding, prominent
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Digital India: 15 salient things to know about PM Narendra Modi's project
2. She pointed all the salient features of T.V.
PRONOUNCE:
sa·li·ent - सेलीअन्ट / सैलीअन्ट / सैल्यन्ट
LINK: SALIENT
WORD: DISAPPOINT
MEANING:
1. To fail to satisfy the hope, desire, or expectation of.
2. To frustrate or thwart: "I will not disappoint the confidence you have put in me" (Wayne A. Budd).
3. dissatisfy, fail, upset
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I am very disappointed with my examination result.
PRONOUNCE:
dis·ap·point - डिसपॉइन्ट
LINK: DISAPPOINT
WORD: ADIOS
MEANING:
1. goodbye; farewell
2. goodbye, farewell, bye-bye
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'Adios, Senor!' and leaping into the sea, he swam back to his comrades.
2. Final Adios
PRONOUNCE:
adios - आडीओस / ऐडीओस
LINK: ADIOS
WORD: RUT
MEANING:
1. A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles.
2. An uninspired routine or pattern of behavior that one continues unthinkingly or because change is difficult.
3. furrow, channel, groove
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Third ODI vs Bangladesh: India rise above the rut, finally play as a team
2. they fell into a conversational rut
PRONOUNCE:
rut - रट
LINK: RUT
WORD: AUTUMN
MEANING:
1. The season of the year between summer and winter, during which the weather becomes cooler and many plants become dormant, extending in the Northern Hemisphere from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice and popularly considered to include the months of September, October, and November; fall. In the Southern Hemisphere autumn includes March, April, and May.
2. A period of maturity verging on decline.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Leaves turn brown in autumn.
PRONOUNCE:
au·tumn - ऑटम
LINK: AUTUMN
WORD: ENSNARED
MEANING:
1. to catch or trap in a snare
2. to trap or gain power over someone by dishonest or underhand means
3. fascinated, trapped
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He was raised from birth to be an assassin by the group known as "The Organization" and becomes ensnared in a political conspiracy.
2. He was ensnared in the complexities of the legal system
PRONOUNCE:
ensnare - इन्स्नेर / एन्स्नेर
LINK: ENSNARED
WORD: ASSAULT
MEANING:
1.
a. A violent physical attack, as with blows.
b. A strong or cutting verbal attack.
2.
a. A military attack, such as one launched against a fortified area or place.
b. The concluding stage of an attack in which close combat occurs with the enemy.
3. Law
a. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another.
b. The act or an instance of unlawfully threatening or attempting to injure another.
4.
a. Sexual assault.
b. The crime of rape.
5. A rigorous or energetic effort to accomplish something difficult: an assault on the mountain's summit; an assault on poverty.
6. attack, beating, stabbing
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Indian army made an assault on the enemy.
PRONOUNCE:
as·sault - असॉल्ट
LINK: ASSAULT
WORD: IMPLY
MEANING:
1.
a. To express or state indirectly: She implied that she was in a hurry.
b. To make evident indirectly: His fine clothes implied that he was wealthy. See Synonyms at suggest. See Usage Note at infer.
2. To involve by logical necessity; entail: Life implies growth and death.
3. suggest, infer, indicate, denote, mean
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Raghuram Rajan did not imply Great Depression-like risk imminent, says RBI
2. His silence seemed to imply agreement.
PRONOUNCE:
im·ply - इम्प्लाइ
LINK: IMPLY
WORD: POVERTY
MEANING:
1. The state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts.
2. Deficiency in amount; scantiness: "the poverty of feeling that reduced her soul" (Scott Turow).
3. Unproductiveness; infertility: the poverty of the soil.
4. Renunciation made by a member of a religious order of the right to own property.
5. lack, deficiency, shortage, poor
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dr ambedkar lived in poverty.
2. They were recognizable by the poverty of their dress.
PRONOUNCE:
poverty - पावर्टी
LINK: POVERTY
WORD: SLUR
MEANING:
1. To pronounce indistinctly.
2. To talk about disparagingly or insultingly.
3. To pass over lightly or carelessly; treat without due consideration.
4. Music
a. To glide over (a series of notes) smoothly without a break.
b. To mark with a slur.
5. Printing To blur or smear.
6. speak, blend, overlap, overrun
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. After slur on 'Mann Ki Baat', BJP hits out at Congress
2. He continued to speak in a slur.
PRONOUNCE:
slur - स्लर
LINK: SLUR
WORD: SLUM
MEANING:
1. A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor: grew up in a slum near downtown;
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Arvind Kejriwal promises pucca houses for slum dwellers, accuses BJP of razing slums.
PRONOUNCE:
slum - स्लम
LINK: SLUM
WORD: FRAY
MEANING:
1. A fight; a brawl. See Synonyms at brawl.
2. A heated dispute or intensely competitive situation: "Minneapolis became the latest battleground in the fray over bio-engineering as hundreds of protesters took to the streets" (Todd Wilkinson).
3. A military engagement; a battle.
4. fight, argument, quarrel
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Tata Sons pulls out of bank licence fray
2. Students are eager for the fray.
PRONOUNCE:
fray - फ्रे / फ्रै
LINK: FRAY
