WORD: INNOCENT
MEANING:
1. Uncorrupted by evil, malice, or wrongdoing; sinless: an innocent child.
2.
a. Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless: was innocent of all charges.
b. Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law; lawful.
3.
a. Not dangerous or harmful; innocuous: an innocent prank.
b. Candid; straightforward: a child's innocent stare.
4.
a. Not experienced or worldly; naive.
b. Betraying or suggesting no deception or guile; artless.
5.
a. Not exposed to or familiar with something specified; ignorant: American tourists wholly innocent of French.
b. Unaware: She remained innocent of the complications she had caused.
6. Lacking, deprived, or devoid of something: a novel innocent of literary merit.
7. pure, virtuous
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
2. A little child has a innocent appeal to its viewer.
3. She is an innocent child.
PRONOUNCE:
in·no·cent - इनसन्ट
LINK: INNOCENT
WORD: CURATIVE
MEANING:
1. Serving or tending to cure.
2. Of or relating to the cure of disease.
3. healing, remadial, restorative
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon to be hanged as SC rejects his curative petition
2. The herbs have curative properties
PRONOUNCE:
cu·ra·tive - क्युरटिव
LINK: CURATIVE
WORD: NAÏVE
MEANING:
1. Lacking worldly experience and understanding, especially:
a. Simple and guileless; artless: a child with a naive charm.
b. Unsuspecting or credulous: naive victims of the scam.
2. Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment: "this extravagance of metaphors, with its naive bombast" (H.L. Mencken).
3. Not having experienced or been subjected to something, as:
a. Not previously subjected to experiments: testing naive mice.
b. Not having previously taken or received a particular drug: patients naive to antipsychotic medication.
4. inexperienced, immature, simple
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the naive assumption that things can only get better
2. this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances
3. He is too naive for international cricket.
PRONOUNCE:
na·ive - नाइईव / नाईव
LINK: NAÏVE
WORD: SEDATELY
MEANING:
1. Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner.
2. calmly, coolly
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Warner and Rogers started sedately after Alastair Cook declared the England innings 10 minutes before lunch on Day 2 having taken a 331-run lead.
2. in a sedate manner
3. The elegant minister walked sedately towards the stage.
PRONOUNCE:
se·date - SEDATELY
LINK: SEDATELY
WORD: WELFARE
MEANING:
1. Health, happiness, and good fortune; well-being: workers concerned with the welfare of their families.
2.
a. Financial or other aid provided, especially by the government, to people in need.
b. See welfare work.
c. See corporate welfare.
3. benefit, interests, good, well-being
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. We have to work for the welfare of the needy.
PRONOUNCE:
wel·fare - वेल्फेर
LINK: WELFARE
WORD: TACKY
MEANING:
1.
a. Lacking style or good taste; tawdry: tacky clothes.
b. Distasteful or offensive; tasteless: a tacky remark.
2. Flimsy, rundown, or in poor repair: "a tacky room he could tear apart with his bare hands" (John Edgar Wideman).
3. low, cheap, nasty
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Calendar Girls review: It's tacky, melodramatic, disappointing, but still better than Fashion
2. The visual effects in Puli fluctuate from the very impressive to the outright tacky.
PRONOUNCE:
tack·y - टैकी
LINK: TACKY
WORD: EFFORT
MEANING:
1. The use of physical or mental energy to do something; exertion.
2. A difficult exertion of strength or will: It was an effort to get up.
3. A usually earnest attempt: Make an effort to arrive promptly.
4. Something done or produced through exertion; an achievement: a play that was his finest effort.
5. Physics
a. Force applied against inertia.
b. The force needed by a machine to accomplish work on a load.
6. energy, attempt, try
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the book was her finest effort
2. contributed to the war effort
3. he got an A for effort
4. Students make efforts to get good jobs.
PRONOUNCE:
ef·fort - एफर्ट
LINK: EFFORT
WORD: IMPECCABLE
MEANING:
1. Having no flaws; perfect. See Synonyms at perfect.
2. Not capable of sinning or not liable to sin.
3. perfectly, faultlessly, clearly
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The age-appropriate role was pulled off impeccably and she also showed a few action stunts.
2. speaks impeccable French
3. His written Hindi is impeccable.
4. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was a man of impeccable character
PRONOUNCE:
im·pec·ca·ble - इम्पेकबल
LINK: IMPECCABLE
WORD: BALD
MEANING:
1. Lacking hair on the head.
2. Lacking a natural or usual covering: a bald spot on the lawn.
3. Lacking treads: a bald tire.
4. Zoology Having white feathers or markings on the head, as in some birds or mammals.
5. Lacking ornamentation; unadorned.
6. Undisguised; blunt: a bald statement of policy.
7. plain, blunt
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. a bald-headed gentleman
2. Ram uses a wig to cover his bald head.
PRONOUNCE:
bald - बॉल्ड
LINK: BALD
WORD: SUMPTUOUS
MEANING:
1. expensive or extravagant: sumptuous costumes.
2. magnificent; splendid: a sumptuous scene.
3. luxurious, costly
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The movie looks sumptuous but is starchy
2. The jewels which were robbed were very sumptuous.
PRONOUNCE:
sumptuous - सम्प्चूअस / सम्प्च्वस / सम्प्चूअस
LINK: SUMPTUOUS
WORD: STITCH
MEANING:
1.
a. A single complete movement of a threaded needle in sewing or surgical suturing: made multiple stitches.
b. A single loop of thread or yarn made with an implement such as a sewing or knitting needle.
c. A single loop or knot of thread used in closing a wound or incision in surgery; a suture.
d. A way of arranging the threads in sewing, knitting, crocheting, or suturing: used a purl stitch.
2. A sudden sharp pain, especially in the side. See Synonyms at pain.
3. Informal An article of clothing: wore not a stitch.
4. Informal The least part; a bit: didn't do a stitch of work.
5. sewm darn, tack
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. My mother stitched a beautiful dress for me.
PRONOUNCE:
stitch - स्टिच
LINK: STITCH
WORD: PREPOSTEROUS
MEANING:
1. Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd. See Synonyms at foolish.
2. silly, ridiculous
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Dhoom franchise is built on a carefully calibrated mix of preposterous gorgeousness
2. The suggestion is preposterous.
PRONOUNCE:
pre·pos·ter·ous - प्रिपास्टरस / प्रिपास्ट्रस
LINK: PREPOSTEROUS
WORD: TORN
MEANING:
1. the past participle of tear12
2. that's torn it Brit an unexpected event or circumstance has upset one's plans
3. old, shabby, ripped
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. torn by conflicting loyalties
2. torn by religious dissensions
PRONOUNCE:
torn - टॉर्न / टोर्न
LINK: LINK
WORD: RESORT
MEANING:
1. (usually foll by to) to have recourse (to) for help, use, etc: to resort to violence.
2. to go, esp often or habitually; repair: to resort to the beach.
3. option, route, choice
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. bank employees will resort to two days nationwide strike on 18th December
2. an appeal to his uncle was his last resort
3. I have come to you for advice as a last resort.
PRONOUNCE:
resort - रिज़ॉर्ट / रीज़ॉर्ट / रीसॉर्ट
LINK: RESORT
WORD: ITCH
MEANING:
1. to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected.
2. to cause such a feeling: This shirt itches.
3. Informal. to scratch a part that itches.
4. to have a desire to do or get something: to itch after fame.
5. desire, wish
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. itch is a natural process.
2. My daughter cannot resist the itch to travel.
PRONOUNCE:
itch - इच
LINK: ITCH
WORD: NAB
MEANING:
1. to arrest
2. to catch (someone) in wrongdoing
3. to seize suddenly; snatch
4. stole, swiped
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Narayan Sai nabbed.
2. The policeman nabbed the thief near the shopping complex.
PRONOUNCE:
nab - नैब
LINK: NAB
WORD: INSIST
MEANING:
1. to make a determined demand (for): he insisted that his rights be respected; he insisted on his rights.
2. to express a convinced belief (in) or assertion (of): he insisted that she was mad; he insisted on her madness.
3. demand, claim
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. My friend insisted that I should come for the party.
2. I must insist!
PRONOUNCE:
insist - इन्सिस्ट
LINK: INSIST
WORD: HABIT
MEANING:
1.
a. A recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition: made a habit of going to bed early.
b. An established disposition of the mind or character: a pessimistic habit.
c. Customary manner or practice: an early riser by habit.
d. An addiction, especially to a narcotic drug.
2. Characteristic appearance, form, or manner of growth, especially of a plant or crystal: "The habit of an apple tree is fine for the small garden" (Robert Dash).
3.
a. A distinctive set of clothing or style of dressing, especially of a religious order.
b. A riding habit.
4. Archaic Physical constitution.
5. routing, practice, tradition
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening
PRONOUNCE:
hab·it - हैबट / हैबिट
LINK: HABIT
WORD: AGONY
MEANING:
1.
a. The suffering of intense physical or mental pain: The injured soldier writhed in agony.
b. An instance of such suffering: the agonies of adolescence.
2. A sudden or intense emotion: "Jones then fell upon his knees, and kissed her hand in an agony of joy" (Henry Fielding).
3. A violent, intense struggle, especially the struggle that precedes death.
4. pain, torture, suffering
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. an agony of doubt
2. We suffered the agony of watching him burn to death.
PRONOUNCE:
ag·o·ny - ऐगनी
LINK: AGONY
WORD: CRASH
MEANING:
1.
a. To break violently or noisily; smash: The dishes crashed to pieces on the floor.
b. To undergo sudden damage or destruction on impact: The car crashed into a tree.
2. To make a sudden loud noise: The cymbals crash at the end of each measure.
3. To move noisily or so as to cause damage: went crashing through the woods.
4. To undergo a sudden severe downturn, as a market or economy.
5. Computers To stop functioning due to a crash.
6. Slang To undergo a period of unpleasant feeling or depression as an aftereffect of drug-taking.
7. Slang
a. To find temporary lodging or shelter, as for the night.
b. To fall asleep from exhaustion.
8. bang, smash
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane
2. The branch crashed down on my car
PRONOUNCE:
crash - क्रैश
LINK: CRASH
WORD: LUST
MEANING:
1. a strong desire for sexual gratification
2. a strong desire or drive
3. desire, envy
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Lust is an enemy of love.
2. His lust for power is frightening.
PRONOUNCE:
lust - लस्ट
LINK: LUST
WORD: VAIN
MEANING:
1. Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless: a vain attempt.
2. Lacking substance or worth: vain talk.
3. Having or showing excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited.
4. Archaic Foolish.
5. futile, useless, worthless
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Suresh Raina's 87 off 25 balls went in vain as Kings XI Punjab, riding on Virender Sehwag's scintillating ton, cruised to a 24-run victory over Chennai Super Kings to enter the IPL-7 final.
2. The speaker made remarks but in vain
PRONOUNCE:
vain - वेन / वैन
LINK: VAIN
WORD: ROGUE
MEANING:
1. An unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.
2. One who is playfully mischievous; a scamp.
3. A wandering beggar; a vagrant.
4. A vicious and solitary animal, especially an elephant that has separated itself from its herd.
5. An organism, especially a plant, that shows an undesirable variation from a standard.
6. scoundrel, rascal
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is Rogue
2. Rogue South Korea soldier shoots himself, ending long stand-off
PRONOUNCE:
rogue - रोग
LINK: ROGUE
WORD: BREW
MEANING:
1. To make (ale or beer) from malt and hops by infusion, boiling, and fermentation.
2. To make (a beverage) by boiling, steeping, or mixing various ingredients: brew tea.
3. To concoct; devise: brew a plot to overthrow the government.
4. preparing, making
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Badal family stuck in the middle of political storm brewing in Punjab
2. The tea is brewing
PRONOUNCE:
brew - ब्रूइंग
LINK: BREW
WORD: GRAVE
MEANING:
1. Requiring serious thought; momentous: a grave decision in a time of crisis.
2. Fraught with danger or harm: a grave wound.
3. Dignified and somber in conduct or character: a grave procession. See Synonyms at serious.
4. Somber or dark in hue.
5. serious, severe, crucial, critical
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sonia is facing perhaps the gravest challenge in her political life so far.
PRONOUNCE:
rave - ग्रेव / ग्रैव
LINK: GRAVE
WORD: BEHEST
MEANING:
1. An authoritative command.
2. An urgent request: I called the office at the behest of my assistant.
3. request, order, command
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. She was kidnapped at the behest of prisoner, murderer and his baba.
PRONOUNCE:
be·hest - बिहेस्ट
LINK: BEHEST
WORD: EXTORT
MEANING:
1. To obtain (something) by the criminal offense of extortion.
2. To obtain by coercion, intimidation, or psychological pressure: "[She] has no recourse but to model herself on her aunt in a fruitless effort to extort affection from her" (Claudia Nelson).
3. force, screw
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A 23-year-old man who allegedly sent threat messages to Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit on her mobile phone in a bid to extort money has landed in police net.
2. They extorted money from the executive by threatening to kill his children.
3. They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
PRONOUNCE:
ex·tort - इक्स्टॉर्ट
LINK: EXTORT
WORD: BREACH
MEANING:
1. a crack, break, or rupture
2. a breaking, infringement, or violation of a promise, obligation, etc
3. any severance or separation: there was a breach between the two factions of the party.
4. (Military) a gap in an enemy's fortifications or line of defence created by bombardment or attack
5. (Zoology) the act of a whale in breaking clear of the water
6. (Physical Geography) the breaking of sea waves on a shore or rock
7. (Pathology) an obsolete word for wound1
8. crack, hole, break
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Millions of T-Mobile customers exposed in Experian breach
2. Our tanks breached their defence.
PRONOUNCE:
breach - ब्रीच
LINK: BREACH
WORD: DESERVE
MEANING:
1. (tr) to be entitled to or worthy of; merit
2. (foll by: of) to be worthy
3. merit, rate, earn
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I think that I deserve a reward for my patience.
2. You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done
PRONOUNCE:
deserve - डिज़र्व
LINK: DESERVE
WORD: WISE
MEANING:
1. Having the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; sagacious: a wise leader.
2.
a. Exhibiting common sense; prudent: a wise decision.
b. Shrewd; crafty: made a wise move selling the house when he did.
3. Provided with information; informed. Often used with to: I'm wise to your tricks. We were none the wiser after reading the report.
4. Slang Rude and disrespectful; impudent.
5. intelligent, prudent
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Wise people think before they act.
2. in no wise
PRONOUNCE:
wise - वाइज़
LINK: WISE
WORD: INEPT
MEANING:
1. awkward, clumsy, or incompetent
2. not suitable, appropriate, or fitting; out of place
3. hopeless, inexpert, useless
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. West Indies crash to series defeat with inept batting
2. I have never heard anyone so inept at making speeches.
PRONOUNCE:
inept - इनेप्ट
LINK: INEPT
