WORD: SWORN
MEANING:
1. Having been asserted as true under oath: sworn statements by witnesses.
2. Bound or empowered by an oath: a sworn official.
3. Avowed: a sworn friend.
4. on oath, pledged
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sheila Dikshit to be sworn in as Kerala Governor today
2. Bashar Al-Assad Sworn In as Syrian President
PRONOUNCE:
sworn - स्वॉर्न / स्वोर्न
LINK: SWORN
WORD: CHANT
MEANING:
1.
a. A series of syllables or words that are sung on or intoned to the same note or a limited range of notes.
b. A canticle or prayer sung or intoned in this manner.
2. A monotonous rhythmic call or shout, as of a slogan: the chant of the crowd at the rally.
3. song, mantra, tune
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. RSS can't chant Namo Namo, says chief Mohan Bhagwat
2. The students chanted the same slogan over and over again
3. The pillgrims sang a religious chant.
PRONOUNCE:
chant - चैन्ट
LINK: CHANT
WORD: OBEY
MEANING:
1. To carry out or fulfill the command, order, or instruction of.
2. To carry out or comply with (a command, for example).
3. follow, observe
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. obey traffic rules
2. He is an obidient son.
PRONOUNCE:
o·bey - ओबी / ओबे / ओबै
LINK: OBEY
WORD: DARE
MEANING:
1. To have the courage required for: The gymnast dared a breathtakingly difficult move.
2. To challenge (someone) to do something requiring boldness: They dared me to dive off the high board.
3. To confront boldly; brave: dared the dizzying heights of the mountain. See Synonyms at defy.
4. challenge
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. she dares to dress differently from the others
2. I Dare you
3. he could never refuse a dare.
PRONOUNCE:
dare - डेर
LINK: DARE
WORD: SWORD
MEANING:
1. A weapon consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved, pointed blade having one or two cutting edges and set into a hilt.
2. An instrument of death or destruction.
3.
a. The use of force, as in war.
b. Military power or jurisdiction.
4. blade, weapon
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The sword of Tipu Sultan
2. Sword is a weapon which was used in battles in early times.
PRONOUNCE:
sword - सॉर्ड / सोर्ड
LINK: SWORD
WORD: ANTITHESIS
MEANING:
1. Direct contrast; opposition.
2. The direct or exact opposite: Hope is the antithesis of despair.
3.
a. A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure, as in "Hee for God only, shee for God in him" (John Milton).
b. The second and contrasting part of such a juxtaposition.
4. The second stage of the Hegelian dialectic process, representing the opposite of the thesis.
5. opposite, contraxt, reverse
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. WhatsApp, the antethesis of Facebook
2. his theory is the antithesis of mine
3. Rich is the antithesis of poor.
PRONOUNCE:
an·tith·e·sis - ऐन्टिथसस / ऐन्टिथिसिस
LINK: ANTITHESIS
WORD: LURE
MEANING:
1.
a. Something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward: the lure of the open road.
b. An attraction or appeal: Living on the ocean has a lure for many retirees.
2. A decoy used in catching animals, especially an artificial bait used in catching fish.
3. A bunch of feathers attached to a long cord, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
4. tempting, attracting
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Kissing scenes help in luring the audience
2. Offer higher salaries to lure more efficient workers.
PRONOUNCE:
lure - लुर
LINK: LURE
WORD: TRUCE
MEANING:
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an agreement to stop fighting, esp temporarily
2. temporary cessation of something unpleasant
3. ceasefire, peace, break, treaty
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. fresh violence mars truce
2. Week-long truce takes effect in Yemen
PRONOUNCE:
truce - ट्रूस
LINK: TRUCE
WORD: STUNNING
MEANING:
1. Causing or capable of causing emotional shock or loss of consciousness.
2. Of a strikingly attractive appearance.
3.
a. Impressive: gave a stunning performance.
b. Surprising: The President's final decision came with stunning suddenness.
4. spectacular, fabulas, splendid, superb
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Top-up Sangakkara helps Sri Lanka pull off stunning victory over india
2. a stunning performance
3. a stunning defeat
4. a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke
PRONOUNCE:
stun·ning - स्टनिंग / स्टनींग
LINK: STUNNING
WORD: HIVE
MEANING:
1.
a. A structure for housing domesticated honeybees.
b. A nest built by wild or feral bees.
c. A colony of bees living in such a structure or nest.
2. A place swarming with activity.
3. store, save
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He hived lots of information
2. The unit was hived off from its parent company
PRONOUNCE:
hive - हाइव
LINK: HIVE
WORD: ABSCONDING
MEANING:
1. running away, esp from an open prison or to avoid prosecution or punishment
2. escaping, fugitive
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Subrata Roy says he's not absconding
2. the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
PRONOUNCE:
absconding - ऐब्स्कान्ड
LINK: ABSCONDING
WORD: DAWN
MEANING:
1. The time each morning at which daylight first begins.
2. A first appearance; a beginning: the dawn of history. See Synonyms at beginning.
3. start, beginning
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. we got up before dawn
2. The age of computers had dawned
PRONOUNCE:
dawn - डॉन
LINK: DAWN
WORD: LEGITIMATE
MEANING:
1.
a. Being in compliance with the law; lawful: a legitimate business.
b. Being in accordance with established or accepted rules and standards: legitimate advertising practices.
c. Valid or justifiable: a legitimate complaint.
d. Based on logical reasoning: a legitimate deduction.
2. Born of legally married parents: legitimate offspring.
3. Of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right: a legitimate monarch.
4. Of or relating to drama of high professional quality that excludes burlesque, vaudeville, and some forms of musical comedy: the legitimate theater.
5. genuine, sincere, real, valid
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sharma could get 150? He's a legitimate chance of another 200 here.
2. They legitimized their natural child
3. His claim to the property is absolutely legitimate.
PRONOUNCE:
le·git·i·mate - लजिटमट / लिजिटमेट
LINK: LEGITIMATE
WORD: REBUTS
MEANING:
1. To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case: rebut an allegation.
2. To repel or reject: She rebutted his advances.
3. refutes, disproves, denies
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Vodafone rebuts P. Chidambaram's accusation blames Indian govt for collapse
PRONOUNCE:
re·but - रिबट / रीबट
LINK: REBUTS
WORD: LOUNGE
MEANING:
1. To move or act in a lazy, relaxed way; loll: lounging on the sofa; lounged around in pajamas.
2. To pass time idly: lounged in Venice till June.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. She has furnished her lounge very tastefully.
PRONOUNCE:
lounge - लाउन्ज
LINK: LOUNGE
WORD: CAVE
MEANING:
1. A hollow or natural passage under or into the earth, especially one with an opening to the surface.
2. A storage cellar, especially for wine.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The early man lived in caves.
2. We like caving.
PRONOUNCE:
cave - केव / कैव
LINK: CAVE
WORD: INVASIVE
MEANING:
1. Of, engaging in, or given to armed aggression: an invasive military force.
2.
a. Of or relating to a disease or condition that has a tendency to spread, especially into healthy tissue: an invasive carcinoma.
b. Of or relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision.
3. Tending to spread widely in a habitat or ecosystem. Used especially of nonnative species: an invasive grass.
4. Tending to intrude or encroach, as upon privacy.
5. aggrasive, martial
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. invasive cancer cells
2. The doctor diagonsed invasive cancer cells spreading.
PRONOUNCE:
in·va·sive - इन्वेसिव / इन्वैसिव
LINK: INVASIVE
WORD: LEANS
MEANING:
1. tends, places, puts
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1.1. Rohit leans forward and drives through cover to move on to 99
PRONOUNCE:
lean - लीन
LINK: LEANS
WORD: EXPEDITE
MEANING:
1. To speed up the progress of or execute quickly: expedite the review of a legal case; expedite a loan application.
2. advance, accelerate, speed up
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. DoT asks TRAI to expedite 3G spectrum price recommendations
2. This should expedite the process
3. Courier companies expedite the delivery of mails to customers.
PRONOUNCE:
ex·pe·dite - एक्स्पिडाइट
LINK: EXPEDITE
WORD: APPRECIATION
MEANING:
1. Recognition of the quality, value, significance, or magnitude of people and things.
2. A judgment or opinion, especially a favorable one.
3. An expression of gratitude.
4. Awareness or delicate perception, especially of aesthetic qualities or values.
5. A rise in value or price, especially over time.
6. gratitude, gratefulness
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Good deeds deserve appreciation.
2. Write a critical appreciation on"The Poem On His Blindness"
PRONOUNCE:
ap·pre·ci·a·tion - अप्रीशीएशन / अप्रीशीऐशन
LINK: APPRECIATION
WORD: DISMAL
MEANING:
1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy.
2. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit: a dismal book; a dismal performance on the cello.
3. Obsolete Dreadful; disastrous.
4. miserable, dull, depressing
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Team India returns home from New Zealand after dismal tour
2. The Indian football team gave a dismal performance .
PRONOUNCE:
dis·mal - डिज़्मल
LINK: DISMAL
WORD: INAUGURATE
MEANING:
1. To induct into office by a formal ceremony.
2. To cause to begin, especially officially or formally: inaugurate a new immigration policy. See Synonyms at begin.
3. To open or begin use of formally with a ceremony; dedicate: inaugurate a community center.
4. install, launch, open
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He will be inaugurated as president in January.
PRONOUNCE:
in·au·gu·rate - इनॉग्यरिट / इनॉग्यरेट / इनॉग्यरैट
LINK: INAUGURATE
WORD: EAVESDROP
MEANING:
1. To listen secretly to the private conversation of others.
2. To gain access to private electronic communications, as through wiretapping or the interception of e-mail or cell phone calls.
3. spy, snoop
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Can google's chrome browser be used to Eavesdrop?
2. Electonic eavesdropping is used by the police.
PRONOUNCE:
eaves·drop - ईव्ज़्ड्राप
LINK: EAVESDROP
WORD: MURMUR
MEANING:
1. A low, indistinct, continuous sound: spoke in a murmur; the murmur of the waves.
2. An indistinct, whispered, or confidential complaint; a mutter.
3. Medicine An abnormal sound, usually emanating from the heart, that sometimes indicates a diseased condition.
4. whisper, buzz, low sound
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I heard a voice murmur in my ear.
2. The crowd began to murmur and presently to fling stones and cry "murderer !"
PRONOUNCE:
mur·mur - मर्मर
LINK: MURMUR
WORD: GLITCH
MEANING:
1. A minor malfunction, mishap, or technical problem; a snag: a computer glitch; a navigational glitch; a glitch in the negotiations.
2. A false or spurious electronic signal caused by a brief, unwanted surge of electric power.
3. Astronomy A sudden change in the period of rotation of a neutron star.
4. malfunction, fault
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mumbai hit by big power cuts after technical glitch at Tata Power unit
PRONOUNCE:
glitch - ग्लिच
LINK: GLITCH
WORD: REPRIEVE
MEANING:
1.
a. To prevent or suspend the punishment of (someone, especially a convicted criminal).
b. To prevent or suspend (a punishment).
2. To bring relief to: The rain reprieved us from the noise of the construction machinery.
3. acquittal, amnesty
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The 56-year-old actor will be walking free from Yerwada jail in Pune a few days ahead of his actual release date. Sources say the reprieve has been granted on grounds of good behaviour.
2. Reprieve a condemned prisoner.
3. The prisoner was given a last minute reprieve.
PRONOUNCE:
re·prieve - रिप्रीव / रीप्रीव
LINK: REPRIEVE
WORD: TRICK
MEANING:
1.
a. An act or procedure intended to achieve an end by deceptive or fraudulent means. See Synonyms at wile.
b. A mischievous action; a prank: likes to play tricks on the other students in the dorm.
c. A stupid, disgraceful, or childish act: Don't let the kids pull any tricks while we're gone.
2.
a. A peculiar trait or characteristic; a mannerism: "Mimicry is the trick by which a moth or other defenseless insect comes to look like a wasp" (Marston Bates).
b. A peculiar event with unexpected, often deceptive results: "One of history's cruelest tricks is to take words that sounded good at the time and make them sound pretty stupid" (David Owen).
c. A deceptive or illusive appearance; an illusion: This painting plays tricks on the eyes.
3.
a. A special skill; a knack: Is there a trick to getting this window to stay up?
b. A convention or specialized skill peculiar to a particular field of activity: learned the tricks of the winemaking trade.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. he played a trick on me
2. She should learn the trick of attending the guests.
PRONOUNCE:
trick - ट्रिक
LINK: TRICK
WORD: REGIME
MEANING:
1.
a. A government, especially an oppressive or undemocratic one: a fascist regime.
b. A usually heavy-handed administration or group in charge of an organization: Raises were canceled under the new regime.
2.
a. A way of organizing or managing something; a system: an admissions regime at a college.
b. A regulated system of diet, exercise, or medical treatment; a regimen.
3. The period during which a particular administration or system prevails.
4. A prevailing pattern of water flow, as of a river.
5. command, rule, management
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. No visible difference between UPA-II and Modi regime on corruption: Hazare
2. Preparing for A Flying Jatt , Tiger changed his diet and fitness regime.
PRONOUNCE:
re·gime - रश़ीम / रैश़ीम
LINK: REGIME
WORD: SEVER
MEANING:
1. To cut off (a part) from a whole: severed the branch from the tree.
2. To divide into parts; break or interrupt: sever a cord; severed the army's supply lines.
3. To break up (a relationship, for example); dissolve. See Synonyms at separate.
4. cuts, splits
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Silver Samurai severs Logan's adamantium claws and begins to extract Logan's healing abilities
PRONOUNCE:
sev·er - सेवर
LINK: SEVER
WORD: CLAIM
MEANING:
1. To demand, ask for, or take as one's own or one's due: claim a reward; claim one's luggage at the airport carousel.
2. To take in a violent manner as if by right: a hurricane that claimed two lives.
3. To state to be true, especially when open to question; assert or maintain: claimed he had won the race; a candidate claiming many supporters.
4. To deserve or call for; require: problems that claim her attention.
5. demand, request, application
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. evidence contradicted the government's claims
PRONOUNCE:
claim - क्लेम / क्लैम
LINK: CLAIM
WORD: NAIL
MEANING:
1. To discover or establish conclusively: nailed down the story by checking all the facts.
2. To win: nailed down another victory in the golf tournament.
3. To specify or fix: We were finally able to nail down a meeting time.
4. fixed, secured
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. you nailed it.
2. She nailed her astrophysics course
PRONOUNCE:
nail - नेल / नैल
LINK: NAIL
