WORD: SORROW
MEANING:
1. Mental suffering caused by loss, disappointment, or misfortune, or an instance of this: tried to assuage her sorrows. See Synonyms at regret.
2. A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune: "I must struggle through my sorrows and difficulties as I can" (Jane Austen).
3. Expression of sorrow, or an instance of this: I listened to his sorrows.
4. grief, mourning, sadness
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. he tried to express his sorrow at her loss
2. She is sorrowing over his sons death.
PRONOUNCE:
sor·row - सारो
LINK: SORROW
WORD: COMPLAINT
MEANING:
1. An expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
2. A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance: What is your complaint?
3.
a. A bodily disorder or disease; a malady or ailment.
b. The symptom or distress about which a patient seeks medical assistance.
4. Law
a. A formal statement initiating a lawsuit by specifying the facts and legal grounds for the relief sought.
b. A formal charge, made under oath, of the commission of a crime or other such offense.
5. gruevance, criticism
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He launched a complaint against his neighbour.
PRONOUNCE:
com·plaint - कम्प्लेन्ट / कम्प्लैन्ट
LINK: COMPLAINT
WORD: ERECT
MEANING:
1. To construct by assembling: erect a skyscraper.
2. To raise to a rigid or upright condition.
3. To fix in an upright position.
4. To set up; establish: erect a dynasty.
5. Mathematics To construct (a perpendicular, for example) from or on a given base.created, founded
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bangladesh had erected their highest ODI total against Pakistan
PRONOUNCE:
e·rect - इरेक्ट
LINK: ERECT
WORD: REBEL
MEANING:
1. To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.
2. To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.
3. To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance: She rebelled at the unwelcome suggestion.
4. dissident, dissenting, unorthodox
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is working against rebel forces.
PRONOUNCE:
re·bel - रेबल / रिबेल / रिबेल / रिबेल / रिबेल
LINK: REBEL
WORD: INDEED
MEANING:
1. Without a doubt; certainly: very cold indeed; was indeed grateful.
2. In fact; in reality: felt sure I'd win, and indeed I did.
3. truly, certainly
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. a friend in need is friend indeed.
2. it is very cold indeed
PRONOUNCE:
in·deed - इन्डीड
LINK: INDEED
WORD: GREED
MEANING:
1. excessive consumption of or desire for food; gluttony
2. excessive desire, as for wealth or power
3. gluttony, voracity, hunger
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A mans greed for money leads him to do anything.
PRONOUNCE:
greed - ग्रीड
LINK: GREED
WORD: CAVEAT
MEANING:
1.
a. A warning or caution: made a recommendation with many caveats.
b. A qualification or explanation.
2. Law A formal notice filed by an interested party requesting postponement of a court proceeding or other action until the filer can be heard.
3. limitation, warning, caution
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. There is a caveat though. Only popup editing mode will work in this scenario.
2. Caveat, I didn't try this so the directive example is probably incomplete
PRONOUNCE:
ca·ve·at - केवीऐट / कैवीऐट
LINK: CAVEAT
WORD: SITUATION
MEANING:
1.
a. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs. See Synonyms at state.
b. A critical, problematic, or striking set of circumstances: We don't want this minor gaffe to turn into a situation.
2. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings: the town's situation on the river.
3. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances: Their family's situation deteriorated during the recession.
4. A position of employment; a post: found a nice situation with a software company.
5. state, condition
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. that's quite a situation
2. no human situation is simple
PRONOUNCE:
sit·u·a·tion - सिचूएशन / सिचूऐशन
LINK: SITUATION
WORD: ANARCHIST
MEANING:
1. The theory or doctrine that all forms of government are oppressive and undesirable and should be abolished.
2. Active resistance and terrorism against the state, as used by some anarchists.
3. Rejection of all forms of coercive control and authority: "He was inclined to anarchism; he hated system and organization and uniformity" (Bertrand Russell).
4. revolutionary, rebel
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'Anarchist' Arvind Kejriwal asks Delhi to join 10-day protest
2. an advocate of anarchism
PRONOUNCE:
an·ar·chism - ऐनर्कस्ट / ऐनर्किस्ट
LINK: ANARCHIST
WORD: AMBITION
MEANING:
1.
a. An eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power.
b. The object or goal desired: Her ambition is the presidency.
2. Desire for exertion or activity; energy: had no ambition to go dancing.
3. goal, aim, aspiration
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. his ambition is to own his own business
2. ambition fancy emotion freak exaltation gusto gust rapture impulse
PRONOUNCE:
am·bi·tion - ऐम्बिशन
LINK: AMBITION
WORD: VIGIL
MEANING:
1.
a. A watch kept during normal sleeping hours.
b. The act or a period of observing; surveillance.
2. The eve of a religious festival observed by staying awake as a devotional exercise.
3. often vigils Ritual devotions observed on the eve of a holy day.
4. watch, wake
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ferrari to hold silent vigil for Michael Schumacher on his 45th birthday
2. Melbourne AIDS summit holds MH17 vigil
PRONOUNCE:
vig·il - विजल
LINK: VIGIL
WORD: MERCY
MEANING:
1. Compassionate treatment, especially of those under one's power; clemency.
2. A disposition to be kind and forgiving: a heart full of mercy.
3. Something for which to be thankful; a blessing: It was a mercy that no one was hurt.
4. Alleviation of distress; relief: Taking in the refugees was an act of mercy.
5. pity, clemency, forgivemess
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Please show mercy to others.
2. it was a mercy we got out alive
PRONOUNCE:
mer·cy - मर्सी
LINK: MERCY
WORD: TIPPED
MEANING:
1. titled
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Indian-born Rajeev Suri tipped to becomes global CEO of Nokia Corporation
PRONOUNCE:
tip - टिप
LINK: TIPPED
WORD: RURAL
MEANING:
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the country.
2. Of or relating to people who live in the country: rural households.
3. Of or relating to farming; agricultural.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. large rural households
2. unpaved rural roads
3. an economy that is basically rural
4. He belongs to rural area.
PRONOUNCE:
ru·ral - रुरल
LINK: RURAL
WORD: TATTERS
MEANING:
1. A torn and hanging piece of cloth; a shred.
2. tatters Torn and ragged clothing; rags.
3. rags, pieces, strips
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dale Steyn's strikes leave india in tatters
2. His dress is in tatters
PRONOUNCE:
tat·ter - टैटर्ज़
LINK: TATTERS
WORD: URBAN
MEANING:
1. Of, relating to, or located in a city.
2. Characteristic of the city or city life.
3. city, town
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. urban development
2. I studied urban sociology in my college.
PRONOUNCE:
ur·ban - अर्बन
LINK: URBAN
WORD: PESTERS
MEANING:
1. (tr) to annoy or nag continually
2. annoys, disturbs
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pyecraft is a patron of a London club, who usually pesters Mr. Formalyn
PRONOUNCE:
pester - पेस्टर
LINK: PESTERS
WORD: TIDY
MEANING:
1. characterized by or indicating neatness and order
2. considerable: a tidy sum of money.
3. neat, orderly
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. a tidy house
2. Rahuls study room is tidy.
PRONOUNCE:
tidy - टाइडी
LINK: TIDY
WORD: PATRON
MEANING:
1. One that supports, protects, or champions someone or something, such as an institution, event, or cause; a sponsor or benefactor: a patron of the arts.
2. A customer, especially a regular customer.
3. (also pä-trōn′) The owner or manager of an establishment, especially a restaurant or an inn of France or Spain.
4.
a. A noble or wealthy person in ancient Rome who granted favor and protection to someone in exchange for certain services.
b. A slave owner in ancient Rome who freed a slave without relinquishing all legal claim to him.
5. One who possesses the right to grant an ecclesiastical benefice to a member of the clergy.
6. A patron saint.
7. fan, client
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pyecraft is a patron of a London club, who usually pesters Mr. Formalyn
PRONOUNCE:
pa·tron - पेट्रन / पैट्रन
LINK: PATRON
WORD: NOTICE
MEANING:
1. the act of perceiving; observation; attention: to escape notice.
2. take notice to pay attention; attend
3. take no notice of to ignore or disregard
4. information about a future event; warning; announcement
5. a displayed placard or announcement giving information
6. advance notification of intention to end an arrangement, contract, etc, as of renting or employment (esp in the phrase give notice)
7. at short notice with notification only a little in advance
8. at two hours' notice with notification only two hours in advance
9. Brit dismissal from employment
10. favourable, interested, or polite attention: she was beneath his notice.
11. (Theatre) a theatrical or literary review: the play received very good notices.
12. warning, announcement
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I didn't notice you.
2. The book received good notices
3. He got notice from his office about the meeting.
PRONOUNCE:
notice - नोटस / नोटिस / नोटिस
LINK: NOTICE
WORD: PENDULUM
MEANING:
1. a body so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
2. a swinging lever, weighted at the lower end, for regulating the speed of a clock mechanism.
3. weight
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The match like a pendulum tilted both ways and gave opportunities to both India and South Africa to register a win.
2. I have a wall clock containing pendulum.
PRONOUNCE:
pen•du•lum - पेन्जलम
LINK: PENDULUM
WORD: COZY
MEANING:
1. snugly warm and comfortable.
2. convenient, beneficial, or opportunistic, esp. as a result of connivance: a cozy agreement between competing firms.
3. warm, comfortable
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the small room was cozy and intimate
2. They gave a cozy welcome to the invitees
PRONOUNCE:
co•zy - कोज़ी
LINK: COZY
WORD: ANTE
MEANING:
1. Games The stake that each poker player must put into the pool before receiving a hand or before receiving new cards.
2. A price to be paid, especially as one's share; cost: "Whether they could actually turn back Soviet policy depended on many factors that Moscow might yet choose to test by upping the ante" (Foreign Affairs). "Citizen Kane was the movie that raised the artistic ante among American filmmakers" (J. Hoberman).
3. chance, stake
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the world`s largest mobile carrier - is set to up the ante in the smartphone war with rival Samsung
PRONOUNCE:
an·te - ऐन्टी
LINK: ANTE
WORD: SPLIT
MEANING:
1.
a. To divide (something) from end to end, into layers, or along the grain: split the log down the middle. See Synonyms at tear1.
b. To cause to be split unintentionally: split my pants laughing.
c. To cause to undergo nuclear fission or division into elements: splitting atomic nuclei with neutrons; splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen.
d. To affect with force in a way that suggests tearing apart: A lightning bolt split the night sky.
2.
a. To separate (people or groups, for example); disunite.
b. Sports To advance between (a pair of defenders) when trying to score.
3. To divide and share: split a dessert.
4. To divide, as for convenience or proper ordering: split the project up into stages.
5. To separate (leather, for example) into layers.
6. riven, divided, fragmented
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. My friend and I split up
2. he demanded his split before they disbanded
PRONOUNCE:
split - स्प्लिट / स्प्लीट
LINK: SPLIT
WORD: RELIEVED
MEANING:
1.
a. To cause a lessening or alleviation of: relieved all his symptoms; relieved the tension.
b. To make less tedious, monotonous, or unpleasant: Only one small candle relieved the gloom.
2. To free from pain, anxiety, or distress: I was relieved by the news that they had arrived home safely.
3.
a. To furnish assistance or aid to: relieve the flooded region.
b. To rescue from siege.
4.
a. To release (a person) from an obligation, restriction, or burden.
b. To free from a specified duty by providing or acting as a substitute.
c. Baseball To enter the game as a relief pitcher after (another pitcher).
5. Informal To rob or deprive: Pickpockets relieved him of his money.
6. Archaic To make prominent or effective by contrast; set off.
7. thankful, pleased
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Relieved after R.. Rajkumar's success
2. We were relieved to hear you were safe and sound.
PRONOUNCE:
re·lieve - रिलीव्ड / रीलीव्ड / रीलीव्ड
LINK: RELIEVED
WORD: OBVIOUS
MEANING:
1. easy to see or understand; evident
2. exhibiting motives, feelings, intentions, etc, clearly or without subtlety
3. naive or unsubtle: the play was rather obvious.
4. being or standing in the way
5. clear, understandable
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. It is obvious that he hates her.
2. the answer is obviously wrong
3. Obvious error
PRONOUNCE:
obvious - आब्वीअस
LINK: OBVIOUS
WORD: WORN
MEANING:
1. Affected or damaged by wear or use: the worn pockets on a jacket.
2. Showing the wearing effects of overwork, worry, or suffering: a pale, worn face.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Its often worn backward
2. the worn pockets on the jacket
PRONOUNCE:
worn - वॉर्न / वोर्न
LINK: WORN
WORD: POLITE
MEANING:
1. showing regard for others, in manners, speech, behaviour, etc; courteous
2. cultivated or refined: polite society.
3. elegant or polished: polite letters.
4. well mannered, good mannered
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Children always should be polite towards their parents and teachers.
PRONOUNCE:
polite - पलाइट
LINK: POLITE
WORD: LAID
MEANING:
1. placed, put, set
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Nelson Mandela Laid to Rest in Ancestral Village
PRONOUNCE:
laid - ले / लै
LINK: LAID
WORD: DICTATOR
MEANING:
1.
a. An absolute ruler.
b. A tyrant; a despot.
2. An ancient Roman magistrate appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency.
3. One who dictates: These initials are those of the dictator of the letter.
4. ruler, tyrant
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is a dictator by nature.
2. dictatorial powers
PRONOUNCE:
dic·ta·tor - डिक्टेटर / डिक्टैटर / डिक्टैटर
LINK: DICTATOR
WORD: ENTICE
MEANING:
1. To attract (someone), usually to do something, by arousing hope, interest, or desire: The good review enticed me to see the movie. See Synonyms at lure.
2. attract, seduce
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. T-Mobile entices subscribers to recruit friends from rival carriers
2. A salesman enticed over 300 people to buy Santro car.
PRONOUNCE:
en·tice - इन्टाइस / एन्टाइस
LINK: ENTICE
