WORD: VIE
MEANING:
1 . compete, contend, contest, struggle
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Anger and optimism vie for dominance in the Republican Party
PRONOUNCE:
vie - वाइ
LINK: VIE
WORD: BELIEVE
MEANING:
1. To accept as true or real: Do you believe the news stories?
2. To credit with veracity: I believe you.
3. To expect or suppose; think: I believe they will arrive shortly.
4. trust, think, consider
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion
PRONOUNCE:
be·lieve - बिलीव
LINK: BELIEVE
WORD: HINDSIGHT
MEANING:
1. To scatter (seed) over the ground for growing.
2. To scatter seed over (land, for example).
3. To strew something around or over (an area); distribute something over: "The yard was sown with cement sculpture" (Ashley Warlick).
4. To propagate; disseminate: sow rumors.
5. reflection, perception, observation
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. People will understand hindsight of modi's decision of demonetisation.
PRONOUNCE:
hindsight - हाइन्ड्साइट / हाइन्साइट
LINK: HINDSIGHT
WORD: SOW
MEANING:
1. spreading, propagating
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion
PRONOUNCE:
sow - साउ / सो / सो
LINK: SOW
WORD: ADJURE
MEANING:
1. To command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath: "adjuring her in the name of God to declare the truth" (Increase Mather).
2. To appeal to or entreat earnestly.
3. request or urge someone to do something
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He was adjured to answer truthfully all the questions asked.
2. The judge will adjure the witnesses to speak only the truth while testifying in favor of the defendant..
PRONOUNCE:
ad·jure - अजुर
LINK: ADJURE
WORD: FEUD
MEANING:
1. A bitter, often prolonged quarrel or state of enmity, especially such a state of hostilities between two families or clans.
2. dispute, argument
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Google and Microsoft have agreed to settle an ongoing patent feud concerning communications and video technology, bringing an end to about 20 lawsuits lodged in the U.S.
PRONOUNCE:
feud - फ्यूड
LINK: FEUD
WORD: NUANCE
MEANING:
1. A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation.
2. Expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone: a rich artistic performance, full of nuance.
3. Recently coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Careful observers picked up on the nuances of his gestures.
PRONOUNCE:
nu·ance - नूआन्स
LINK: NUANCE
WORD: BLITZKRIEG
MEANING:
1. A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces.
2. bombardment, saturation bombing
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India to play for pride after Shahid Afridi blitzkrieg shuts out Virat Kohli's team in Asia Cup 2014
PRONOUNCE:
blitz·krieg - ब्लिट्स्क्रीग
LINK: BLITZKRIEG
WORD: MALCONTENT
MEANING:
1. A chronically dissatisfied person.
2. One who rebels against the established system: "immature malcontents who have long since sold out to conformity" (John M. Wilson).
3. an individual who is unruly and hardly ever satisfied
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The strike was caused by a malcontent union.
2. The woman was such a malcontent that she complained about every dish served to her in the five-star restaurant.
PRONOUNCE:
mal·con·tent - मैल्कन्टेन्ट
LINK: MALCONTENT
WORD: EMANATE
MEANING:
1. To come or send forth, as from a source: light that emanated from a lamp; kindness that emanated from a teacher; a
2. originated, came from, started
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Many of these ideas emanated from the ancient India.
2. Water emanates from this hole in the ground
PRONOUNCE:
em·a·nate - एमनेट / एमनैट
LINK: EMANATE
WORD: DELIBERATIONS
MEANING:
1. The act or process of deliberating.
2. deliberations Discussion and consideration of all sides of an issue: the deliberations of a jury.
3. Thoughtfulness in decision or action.
4. Leisureliness in motion or manner: The girl stacked the blocks with deliberation.
5. discussions, debates, negotiations
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dargah mgmt holds deliberations before moving SC
PRONOUNCE:
de·lib·er·a·tion - डिलिबरेशन / डिलिबरैशन
LINK: DELIBERATIONS
WORD: DEMONETISATION
MEANING:
1. ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1.Demonetisation: Akhilesh Yadav bats for private hospitals
PRONOUNCE:
demonetisation - विमुद्रीकरण
LINK: DEMONETISATION
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. develops, looms, grows
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Battle brews in Bellevue over sheltering the homeless
PRONOUNCE:
brew - ब्रू
LINK: BREW
WORD: PRAGMATIST
MEANING:
1. Philosophy A movement consisting of varying but associated theories, originally developed by Charles S. Peirce and William James and distinguished by the doctrine that the meaning of an idea or a proposition lies in its observable practical consequences.
2. A practical, matter-of-fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems.
3. realist, doer
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. As Trump mellows, Obama calls him non-ideological pragmatist
PRONOUNCE:
prag·ma·tism - प्रैग्मटिस्ट
LINK: PRAGMATIST
WORD: SHELTER
MEANING:
1.
a. Something, especially a structure, that provides cover or protection, as from the weather: a shelter for hikers.
b. An institution providing temporary housing and sometimes counseling, as for the homeless, runaways, or victims of domestic violence.
c. An establishment that cares for unwanted or stray animals and tries to find owners for them.
2. The state of being covered or protected: The fox found shelter in a cave.
3. housing, lodging
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Battle brews in Bellevue over sheltering the homeless
PRONOUNCE:
shel·ter - शेल्टर
LINK: SHELTER
WORD: MELLOW
MEANING:
1. sweet and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
2. soft and rich, as sound, lights, or colors.
3. made gentle by age or maturity.
4. friable or loamy, as soil.
5. pleasantly intoxicated.
6. free from tension or discord.
7. relaxes, matures, expands
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. As Trump mellows, Obama calls him non-ideological pragmatist
PRONOUNCE:
mel•low - मेलो
LINK: MELLOW
WORD: RUCKUS
MEANING:
1. a noisy commotion; uproar; rumpus.
2. a heated controversy.
3. riot, commotion, disturbance
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. LK Advani 'feels like resigning' as ruckus in Parliament leads to a wasted Winter Session
2. Ruckus in Parliament over minister's abusive remark, opposition demands PM's statement
PRONOUNCE:
ruck•us - रकस
LINK: RUCKUS
WORD: FUMES
MEANING:
1. Vapor, gas, or smoke, especially if irritating, harmful, or strong.
2. A strong or acrid odor.
3. A state of resentment or vexation.
4. vapors, smokes, gases, odors, smells
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India fumes, says Hafiz Saeed is a terrorist and will support 26/11 mastermind zakiur rahman lakhvi
2. Russia Fumes At Notes Ban, Says Hardly Enough To 'Pay For Decent Dinner'
PRONOUNCE:
fume - फ्यूम्ज़
LINK: FUMES
WORD: PATRIOTISM
MEANING:
1. loyalty, partisanship, nationalism
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. View: The absurdity of movie hall patriotism
PRONOUNCE:
pa·tri·ot·ism - पेट्रीअटिज़म / पैट्रीअटिज़म
LINK: PATRIOTISM
WORD: PROMINENCE
MEANING:
1. The quality or condition of being prominent.
2. Something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings.
3. Anatomy A small projection or protuberance.
4. Astronomy A tonguelike cloud of luminous gas rising from the sun's surface, visible as part of the corona during a total solar eclipse.
5. fame, importance, distinction
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Sayed family of Bandra shot to national prominence yesterday when the Finance Ministry revealed that the family disclosed an astonishing Rs 2 lakh crore under the Income Disclosure Scheme (IDS).
PRONOUNCE:
prom·i·nence - प्रामनन्स
LINK: PROMINENCE
WORD: ABSURD
MEANING:
1.
a. Extremely unreasonable, incongruous, or inappropriate: an absurd request.
b. Impossible to take seriously; silly: a character who goes through many absurd adventures. See Synonyms at foolish.
2. Of, relating to, or manifesting the view that there is no order or meaning in human life or in the universe.
3. Of or relating to absurdism.
4. illogicality, silliness, irrationality
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. View: The absurdity of movie hall patriotism
PRONOUNCE:
ab·surd - अब्सर्ड / ऐब्सर्ड
LINK: ABSURD
WORD: CLAW
MEANING:
1. A sharp, curved, horny structure at the end of a toe of a vertebrate animal.
2.
a. A chela or similar pincerlike structure on the end of a limb of a crustacean or arachnid.
b. One of one or more small curved structures at the tip of an appendage of an invertebrate, especially an insect or other arthropod.
c. A limb terminating in such a structure.
3. Something, such as the cleft end of a hammerhead, that resembles a claw.
4. Botany A narrowed, stalklike basal part of a petal, sepal, or bract.
5. nails, hooks
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. As the most successful character of the X-Men series, it always made financial sense for the man with the steel claws as "Logan" or "Wolverine" (Hugh Jackman), to keep coming back for more.
PRONOUNCE:
claw - क्लॉ
LINK: CLAW
WORD: CONTRACTION
MEANING:
1. reduction, shrinkage, tightening
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Services sector slips to contraction on demonetisation move
PRONOUNCE:
con·trac·tion - कन्ट्रैक्शन
LINK: CONTRACTION
WORD: CURB
MEANING:
1. something that restrains or holds back
2. any enclosing framework, such as a wall of stones around the top of a well
3. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège)
a. Also called: curb bit a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap, which checks the horse
b. Also called: curb chain the chain or strap itself
4. (Veterinary Science) a hard swelling on the leg of a horse, below the point of the hock, usually caused by a sprain
5. control, limit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Curbing food prices is Modi government's priority, says Pranab Mukherjee
2. Modi's farm export curbs may ease India's June inflation
3. Curbs on smoking will not impoverish tobacco farmers, Harsh Vardhan says
4. Facebook, Twitter, and Google are still failing to curb hate speech, EU says
PRONOUNCE:
curb - कर्ब
LINK: CURB
WORD: YORE
MEANING:
1. a very long time ago
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In the days of yore, the Internet did not exist.
PRONOUNCE:
yore - यॉर / योर
LINK: YORE
WORD: DILATORY
MEANING:
1. Causing or intended to cause delay: dilatory tactics in the legislature.
2. Characterized by or given to delay or slowness: dilatory in his work habits. See Synonyms at slow.
3. slow, tardy, remiss
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. he had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor
PRONOUNCE:
dil·a·to·ry - डिलटॉरी / डिलटोरी
LINK: DILATORY
WORD: TOPICAL
MEANING:
1. Being of current interest or relevance: topical issues.
2. Medicine Relating to, applied to, or affecting a localized area of the body, especially of the skin: a topical anesthetic.
3. Of, arranged by, or relating to a particular topic or topics: a topical concordance to the Bible.
4. interest, relevance
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shorgul deserves a watch, more so because of its topicality in this putrid climate of communal hatred and intolerance.
PRONOUNCE:
top·i·cal - टापकल / टापिकल / टापिकल
LINK: TOPICAL
WORD: ABSOLVE
MEANING:
1. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
2. To relieve of a requirement or obligation.
3.
a. To grant a remission of sin to.
b. To pardon or remit (a sin).
4. pardon, forgive, clear
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Marta felt greatly relieved after her mother absolved her for breaking the vase.
PRONOUNCE:
ab·solve - अब्ज़ाल्व / ऐब्ज़ाल्व / ऐब्ज़ाल्व
LINK: ABSOLVE
WORD: PUTRID
MEANING:
1. Decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten: putrid meat.
2. Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction: a putrid odor.
3. Morally rotten; corrupt: "and all the while scarlet thoughts, putrid fantasies, and no love" (Louis Auchincloss).
4. Of extremely poor quality; atrocious or contemptible: a good play ruined by putrid acting.
5. bad, spoiled, rotten
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shorgul deserves a watch, more so because of its topicality in this putrid climate of communal hatred and intolerance.
PRONOUNCE:
pu·trid - प्यूट्रिड
LINK: PUTRID
WORD: SUSPICION
MEANING:
1. The act or an instance of suspecting something on little or no evidence: His evasiveness aroused my suspicions.
2. The condition of being suspected, especially of wrongdoing: held under suspicion of murder.
3. The state or feeling of having no confidence or certainty about something; distrust: looked with suspicion on the claims in the brochure.
4. A minute amount or slight indication; a trace: a suspicion of contempt in his voice.
5. doubt, misgiving, thought
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. she had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her
PRONOUNCE:
sus·pi·cion - सस्पिशन
LINK: SUSPICION
WORD: STRIFE
MEANING:
1. Heated, often violent conflict or disagreement. See Synonyms at conflict.
2. A conflict or quarrel: "His mind seemed older than theirs: it shone coldly on their strifes and happiness and regrets like a moon upon a younger earth" (James Joyce).
3. Contention or competition between rivals.
4. trouble, conflict, discord
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pakistan calls for plebiscite in strife-torn Indian held Kashmir as it raises issue at UN
PRONOUNCE:
strife - स्ट्राइफ
LINK: STRIFE
WORD: PALATABLE
MEANING:
1. Acceptable to the taste; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten.
2. Acceptable or agreeable to the mind or sensibilities: a palatable solution to the problem.
3. edible, pleasant, tasty
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. We found the warm sunny weather quite palatable for our picnic.
PRONOUNCE:
pal·at·a·ble - पैलटबल
LINK: PALATABLE
WORD: PLEBISCITE
MEANING:
1. A direct vote in which the entire electorate is invited to accept or refuse a proposal: The new constitution was ratified in a plebiscite.
2. A vote in which a population exercises the right of national self-determination.
3. referendum, poll, survey, vote
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pakistan calls for plebiscite in strife-torn Indian held Kashmir as it raises issue at UN
PRONOUNCE:
pleb·i·scite - प्लेबसाइट / प्लेबिसाइट / प्लीबिसाइट
LINK: PLEBISCITE
WORD: ACCRETION
MEANING:
1.
a. Growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion.
b. Something contributing to such growth or increase: "the accretions of paint that had buried the door's details like snow" (Christopher Andreae).
2. Biology The growing together or adherence of parts that are normally separate.
3. Geology
a. Slow addition to land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
b. An increase of land along the shores of a body of water, as by alluvial deposit.
4. Astronomy An increase in the mass of a celestial object by its gravitational capture of surrounding interstellar material.
5. an increase by natural growth or addition
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Practices of our own times. The process of accretion and addition is
PRONOUNCE:
ac·cre·tion - अक्रीशन
LINK: ACCRETION
WORD: INCURSION
MEANING:
1. An aggressive entrance into foreign territory; a raid or invasion.
2. The act of entering another's territory or domain.
3. The act of entering or running into: homes damaged by the incursion of floodwater.
4. intrusion, invasion, spread, infiltration
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Harish Rawat confirms Chinese incursion in Uttarakhand
PRONOUNCE:
in·cur·sion - इन्कर्श़न
LINK: INCURSION
WORD: INTERLOCUTOR
MEANING:
1. Someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally or officially.
2. The performer in a minstrel show who is placed midway between the end men and engages in banter with them.
3. speaker, talker, discusser
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The music at the party was so loud my interlocutor couldn’t understand a word I said during our conversation.
PRONOUNCE:
in·ter·loc·u·tor - इन्टर्लाक्यटर
LINK: INTERLOCUTOR
WORD: SNOOP
MEANING:
1. a person who pries into the business of others
2. an act or instance of snooping
3. spy, aneak, intruder
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Jason Bourne review: Snoop god
PRONOUNCE:
snoop - स्नूप
LINK: SNOOP
WORD: BENEVOLENT
MEANING:
1. intending or showing goodwill; kindly; friendly: a benevolent smile; a benevolent old man.
2. doing good or giving aid to others, rather than making profit; charitable: a benevolent organization.
3. kind, caring, compassionate
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sherman revealed his benevolent side when he offered to help Carter with his homework.
PRONOUNCE:
benevolent - बनेवलन्ट
LINK: BENEVOLENT
WORD: JITTERY
MEANING:
1. Having or feeling nervous unease: a jittery vigil in the dark.
2. Marked by jittering movements: a jittery ride over rough terrain.
3. nervous
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The jittery market breathed a sigh of relief after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) slashed policy rates by 25 bps to 6.25 per cent and indicated that inflation will cool off in the subsequent quarters.
PRONOUNCE:
jit·ter·y - जिटरी
LINK: JITTERY
WORD: BESPOKE
MEANING:
1. Custom-made. Said especially of clothes.
2. Making or selling custom-made clothes: a bespoke tailor.
3. modified, tailored, adapted, personalized
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Jack is a master tailor who creates bespoke suits.
PRONOUNCE:
be·spoke - बिस्पोक
LINK: BESPOKE
WORD: SHRED
MEANING:
1. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off.
2. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence.
3. slicing, grating, grinding, destroying
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bigg Boss 10: Nisha Rawal finally reacts to Karan Mehra shredding her picture inside the house
PRONOUNCE:
shred - श्रेड
LINK: SHRED
WORD: EXTRADITE
MEANING:
1. To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority.
2. To obtain the extradition of.
3. deport, expel, banish
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Greece refused to extradite him to Italy
PRONOUNCE:
ex·tra·dite - एक्स्ट्रडाइट
LINK: EXTRADITE
WORD: CRESCENDO
MEANING:
1. A person who attempts to gain advantage by flattering influential people or behaving in a servile manner.
2. increase, upsurge
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The anti-dowry camaign reached a crescendo.
2. the noise builds to a powerful crescendo
PRONOUNCE:
syc·o·phant - क्रिशेन्डो
LINK: CRESCENDO
WORD: SYCOPHANT
MEANING:
1. A person who attempts to gain advantage by flattering influential people or behaving in a servile manner.
2. toady, flatterer
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is a habitual sycophant.
2. Being famous has taught him to be wary of sycophants.
PRONOUNCE:
syc·o·phant - सिकफन्ट
LINK: SYCOPHANT
WORD: PROPEL
MEANING:
1. To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push.
2. To cause to develop or progress: a misunderstanding that propels the story forward.
3. pushes, drives, forces
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Steam propels this ship
2. Vijay-Pujara show propels India to 228 at Tea
PRONOUNCE:
pro·pel - प्रपेल
LINK: PROPEL
WORD: MUNDANE
MEANING:
1. Of, relating to, or typical of this world; secular.
2. Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary.
3. ordinary, dull, routine, everyday
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Rekha leads a very mundane life.
2. They live a mundane life and are happy with it.
PRONOUNCE:
mun·dane - मन्डेन / मन्डैन
LINK: MUNDANE
WORD: HERALD
MEANING:
1. A person who carries or proclaims important news; a messenger.
2. One that gives a sign or indication of something to come; a harbinger: The crocus is a herald of spring.
3. An official whose specialty is heraldry.
4.
a. An official formerly charged with making royal proclamations and bearing messages of state between sovereigns.
b. An official who formerly made proclamations and conveyed challenges at a tournament.
5. proclaim, announce, publish, publicize
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The launch of Gatimaan express train heralds a new era of high-speed rail travel in India.
2. Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes ban herald end of an era; 5 points to note
PRONOUNCE:
her·ald - हेरल्ड
LINK: HERALD
WORD: IMPEDE
MEANING:
1. to restrict or retard in action, progress, etc; hinder; obstruct
2. obstruct, hinder, hamper, delay
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Changes to the signing processes may impede your development if you're working on an older project that has not been updated to the current signing process.
PRONOUNCE:
impede - इम्पीड
LINK: IMPEDE
WORD: STRADDLE
MEANING:
1. to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
2. to be positioned wide apart, as the legs.
3. to favor or appear to favor both of two opposite sides; equivocate.
4. overlaps, spans, includes
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'Jack Reacher' and 'Avengers' star Cobie Smulders straddles the line between indie stalwart and blockbuster bruiser
PRONOUNCE:
strad•dle - स्ट्रैडल
LINK: STRADDLE
WORD: ACCREDITED
MEANING:
1.
a. To ascribe or attribute (something) to someone: The invention of the lightning rod is accredited to Franklin.
b. To give credit to: the writer who is accredited with having written the piece.
2.
a. To certify as meeting prescribed standards or requirements, as of a profession: a school that is accredited by the state's board of education.
b. To supply with credentials or authority, as of a government: accredit an envoy. See Synonyms at authorize.
3. credited,, attributed, qualified
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In the same way, the foreign representatives accredited to.
PRONOUNCE:
ac·cred·it - अक्रेडिटिड
LINK: ACCREDITED
WORD: INCISIVE
MEANING:
1. keen, penetrating, or acute
2. biting or sarcastic; mordant: an incisive remark.
3. (Zoology) having a sharp cutting edge: incisive teeth.
4. keen, perceptive, sharp
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He has an incisive mind.
PRONOUNCE:
incisive - इन्साइसिव
LINK: INCISIVE
WORD: CRUMBLE
MEANING:
1. fall down
2. To fall into small fragments or pieces; disintegrate: The ancient castle had crumbled to ruins.
3. To give way; collapse: an ego that crumbles under pressure.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Buildings Crumble as Twin Earthquakes Rattle Central Italy
PRONOUNCE:
crumble - क्रम्बल
LINK: CRUMBLE
WORD: ROT
MEANING:
1. nonsense, twaddle
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Daily Fix: The Tata fiasco is a sign of the rot in India's boardrooms
PRONOUNCE:
rot - राट
LINK: ROT
WORD: PERUSAL
MEANING:
1. To read or examine, typically with great care.
2. Usage Problem To glance over; skim.
3. examination, scrutiny, inspection
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Let us again recommend the perusal of the demonstration.
PRONOUNCE:
pe·ruse - परूज़ल
LINK: PERUSAL
WORD: HOODWINK
MEANING:
1. To deceive or swindle by deception. See Synonyms at deceive.
2. Archaic To blindfold.
3. Obsolete To conceal.
4. deceived, tricked
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The first-half of Sunny Deol's admirable but finally undone sequel to the 1990 hit Ghayal is so riveting that one is hoodwinked into believing that we are on to something remarkably well-packaged over here.
PRONOUNCE:
hoodwink - हुड्विंगक
LINK: HOODWINK
WORD: HOLISTIC
MEANING:
1. Of or relating to holism.
2.
a. Emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts.
b. Concerned with wholes rather than analysis or separation into parts: holistic medicine; holistic ecology.
3. complete, all inclusive, rounded
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. They were taking a holistic approach to improve the canteen.
PRONOUNCE:
ho·lis·tic - रिवटिंग
LINK: HOLISTIC
WORD: RIVETING
MEANING:
1. Wholly absorbing or engrossing one's attention; fascinating: a riveting science-fiction novel.
2. fascinating, enthralling, exciting
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The first-half of Sunny Deol's admirable but finally undone sequel to the 1990 hit Ghayal is so riveting that one is hoodwinked into believing that we are on to something remarkably well-packaged over here.
PRONOUNCE:
riv·et·ing - रिवटिंग
LINK: RIVETING
WORD: EXALT
MEANING:
1. To raise in rank, character, or status; elevate: exalted the shepherd to the rank of grand vizier.
2. To glorify, praise, or honor.
3. To increase the effect or intensity of; heighten: works of art that exalt the imagination.
4. glorify, honor
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The fireman was publicly exalted for his heroism.
2. The poor will be exalted.
PRONOUNCE:
ex·alt - इग्ज़ॉल्ट
LINK: EXALT
WORD: OSTENSIBLY
MEANING:
1. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity.
2. apparently, supposedly, seemingly
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The past is torturing him when all of a sudden a weepy Soha Ali Khan, ostensibly a neurologist, tells him sternly, “Memory se khelna band karo” .
PRONOUNCE:
ostensibly - आस्टेन्सब्ली
LINK: OSTENSIBLY
WORD: ACTUATE
MEANING:
1. To put into motion or action; activate: electrical relays that actuate the elevator.
2. To cause to take action: a speech that actuated dissenters.
3. activate, motivate, trigger
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The teenager touched the screen to actuate the mobile app.
PRONOUNCE:
ac·tu·ate - ऐक्चूएट / ऐक्चूवैट
LINK: ACTUATE
WORD: WEEPY
MEANING:
1. Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful.
2. Very sentimental: a weepy movie.
3. tearful, sad, emotional
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The past is torturing him when all of a sudden a weepy Soha Ali Khan, ostensibly a neurologist, tells him sternly, “Memory se khelna band karo” .
PRONOUNCE:
weep·y - वीपी
LINK: WEEPY
WORD: WANNABE
MEANING:
1. hopeful, aspirant
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ghayal Once Again: A wannabe blockbuster
PRONOUNCE:
wannabe - वानबी
LINK: WANNABE
WORD: DUNE
MEANING:
1. A hill or ridge of wind-blown sand.
2. bank, sandbank, hill, mound
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. high sand dunes fringe the beach
2. a sand dune
PRONOUNCE:
dune - डून
LINK: DUNE
