Saturday, October 10, 2015

VAIN

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

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