WORD: OCCUR
MEANING:
1. To take place; come about. See Synonyms at happen.
2. To be found to exist or appear: Copper deposits occur in the region.
3. To come to mind: The idea never occurred to me.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary
2. When did the accident occur?
PRONOUNCE:
oc·cur - अकर
LINK: OCCUR
WORD: REIMBURSES
MEANING:
1. To repay (money spent); refund.
2. To pay back or compensate (another party) for money spent or losses incurred.
3. repays, refunds
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ajit Pawar reimburses Rs 27 lakh towards bungalow renoavation
2. Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?
3. We will reimburse the travel expenses to her.
PRONOUNCE:
re·im·burse - रीइम्बर्स
LINK: REIMBURSES
WORD: CLEVER
MEANING:
1.
a. Mentally quick and original; bright: a clever student.
b. Skilled at accomplishing things, especially with the hands: a clever carpenter.
c. Crafty; cunning: "a hard-working kid who rose from poverty, only to be duped by rich, clever bankers" (Jeff Goodell).
2.
a. Exhibiting ingenuity or imagination; creative or artful: a clever experiment.
b. Witty; amusing: an evening of clever repartee.
c. Characterized by cunning or shrewdness: clever manipulation of public opinion.
3. New England Easily managed; docile: "Oxen must be pretty clever to be bossed around the way they are" (Dialect Notes).
4. Chiefly Southern US Good-natured; amiable.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He has a clever brother.
2. they were cleverly arranged
PRONOUNCE:
clev·er - क्लेवर
LINK: CLEVER
WORD: EMBODIES
MEANING:
1. To give a bodily form to; incarnate.
2. To represent in bodily or material form: "As John Adams embodied the old style, Andrew Jackson embodied the new" (Richard Hofstadter).
3. To make part of a system or whole; incorporate: laws that embody a people's values.
4. exemplifies, represents
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Modi's 2002 riots apology embodies our collective ethical failure
2. She embodies a perfect mother.
PRONOUNCE:
em·bod·y - इम्बाडी / एम्बाडी
LINK: EMBODIES
WORD: TROUBLE
MEANING:
1. A state of distress, affliction, difficulty, or need: tried to console them in their trouble; got in trouble with the police.
2. A distressing or difficult circumstance or situation: I've had troubles ever since I took this job.
3. A cause or source of distress, disturbance, or difficulty: The new recruits were a trouble to him.
4. Effort, especially when inconvenient or bothersome: went to a lot of trouble to find this book.
5. A condition of pain, disease, or malfunction: heart trouble; car trouble.
6.
a. Public unrest or disorder.
b. An instance of this; a disturbance.
c. Troubles Any of various conflicts or rebellions in Ireland or Northern Ireland, especially the period of social unrest in Northern Ireland beginning in 1969.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. one trouble after another delayed the job
2. I don't want to give him trouble.
PRONOUNCE:
trou·ble - ट्रबल
LINK: TROUBLE
WORD: ETHICAL
MEANING:
1. Of, relating to, or dealing with ethics: an ethical treatise.
2. Being in accordance with the accepted principles of right and wrong that govern the conduct of a profession: an ethical act. See Synonyms at moral.
3. Relating to or being a drug dispensed solely on the prescription of a physician.
4. moral, decent, fair
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Modi's 2002 riots apology embodies our collective ethical failure
2. It seems ethical and right.
PRONOUNCE:
eth·i·cal - एथकल / एथिकल / एथिकल
LINK: ETHICAL
WORD: IMPACT
MEANING:
1.
a. The striking of one body against another; collision. See Synonyms at collision.
b. The force transmitted by a collision.
2. The effect or impression of one person or thing on another: still gauging the impact of automation on the lives of factory workers.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Her speech made an tremendous impact on every one.
2. the book had an important impact on my thinking
PRONOUNCE:
im·pact - इम्पैक्ट
LINK: IMPACT
WORD: DEARTH
MEANING:
1. A scarce supply; a lack: "the dearth of uncensored, firsthand information about the war" (Richard Zoglin).
2. Shortage of food; famine.
3. lack, shortage
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. This was his debut vehicle in Bolylwood and this super-successful film ensured that Sunny placed himself right into a bracket where there was a dearth of good actors.
PRONOUNCE:
dearth - डर्थ
LINK: DEARTH
WORD: WITNESS
MEANING:
1. One who can give a firsthand account of something seen, heard, or experienced: a witness to the accident.
2. Law
a. One who is called on to testify before a court.
b. One who is called on to be present at a transaction in order to attest to what takes place.
c. One who signs one's name to a document for the purpose of attesting to its authenticity.
3.
a. Attestation to a fact, statement, or event; testimony: She bears witness to these events in her letters.
b. Something that serves as evidence; a sign: The parody of the poem is a witness to the poem's popularity.
4.
a. One who publicly affirms religious faith.
b. Witness A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is the witness for the murder.
2. You have to witness the scene.
PRONOUNCE:
wit·ness - विट्नस / विट्निस
LINK: WITNESS
WORD: TRICKLE
MEANING:
1. To flow or fall in drops or in a thin stream.
2. To move or proceed slowly or bit by bit: The audience trickled in.
3. drop, drip
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Infiltration into Kashmir is down to a trickle, says army
2. The coins trickled into the hole.
PRONOUNCE:
trick·le - ट्रिकल
LINK: TRICKLE
WORD: ATTITUDE
MEANING:
1.
a. A manner of thinking, feeling, or behaving that reflects a state of mind or disposition: has a positive attitude about work; kept a dignified attitude throughout the crisis.
b. Arrogant or aggressive disposition or behavior: One customer with a lot of attitude really tried my patience.
2.
a. A position of the body or manner of carrying oneself: stood in a graceful attitude. See Synonyms at posture.
b. A position similar to an arabesque in which a ballet dancer stands on one leg with the other raised either in front or in back and bent at the knee.
3.
a. The orientation of an aircraft's axes relative to a reference line or plane, such as the horizon.
b. The orientation of a spacecraft relative to its direction of motion.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. His attitude is bad.
2. he had the attitude that work was fun
PRONOUNCE:
at·ti·tude - ऐटटूड / ऐटिटूड
LINK: ATTITUDE
WORD: SWEAR
MEANING:
1. To make a solemn declaration, invoking a deity or a sacred person or thing, in confirmation of and witness to the honesty or truth of such a declaration.
2. To make a solemn promise; vow.
3. To use obscene or blasphemous language; curse.
4. Law To commit oneself by oath to giving evidence or testimony that is truthful.
5. vow, pledge, promise
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Soldiers swear while joining the army.
2. The speaker of the House swore in the new President
PRONOUNCE:
swear - स्वेर
LINK: SWEAR
WORD: PLACATE
MEANING:
1. satisfy, please
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Modi fails to placate Advani over Gandhinagar seat
2. Children are unable to placate their teacher for leave.
PRONOUNCE:
pla·cate - प्लेकेट / प्लैकैट
LINK: PLACATE
WORD: BATTLE
MEANING:
1.
a. An encounter between opposing forces: an important battle in the Pacific campaign.
b. Armed fighting; combat: wounded in battle.
2. A match between two combatants: trial by battle.
3.
a. A protracted controversy or struggle: won the battle of the budget.
b. An intense competition: a battle of wits.
4. fight, clash, combat
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Tipu Sultan was defeated in the battle of Seringapatam.
2. Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
PRONOUNCE:
bat·tle - बैटल
LINK: BATTLE
WORD: RIFE
MEANING:
1. In widespread existence, practice, or use; increasingly prevalent.
2. Abundant or numerous.
3. full, widespread
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The city of Chennai is rife with nefarious activities of land mafia.
2. Speculation is rife in the market for a rise in share prices.
PRONOUNCE:
rife - राइफ
LINK: RIFE
WORD: HOLLOW
MEANING:
1. Having a cavity, gap, or space within: a hollow wall.
2. Deeply indented or concave; sunken: "His bearded face already has a set, hollow look" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).
3. Without substance or character: a hollow person. See Synonyms at vain.
4. Devoid of truth or validity; specious: "Theirs is at best a hollow form of flattery" (Annalyn Swan).
5. Having a reverberating, sepulchral sound: hollow footsteps.
6. empty, void, unfilled
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks
2. hollow man
PRONOUNCE:
hol·low - हालो
LINK: HOLLOW
WORD: BEND
MEANING:
1.
a. To cause to assume a curved or angular shape: bend a piece of iron into a horseshoe.
b. To bring (a bow, for example) into a state of tension by drawing on a string or line.
c. To force to assume a different direction or shape, according to one's own purpose: "Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events" (Robert F. Kennedy).
d. To misrepresent; distort: bend the truth.
e. To relax or make an exception to: bend a rule to allow more members into the club.
2. To cause to swerve from a straight line; deflect: Light is bent as it passes through water.
3. To render submissive; subdue: "[His] words so often bewitched crowds and bent them to his will" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
4. To apply (the mind) closely: "The weary naval officer goes to bed at night having bent his brain all day to a scheme of victory" (Jack Beatty).
5. Nautical To fasten: bend a mainsail onto the boom.
6. curve, bend, turn
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Preet Bharara will not bend, indicts Devyani Khobragade again
2. a bend in the road
PRONOUNCE:
a·dapt - बेन्ड
LINK: BEND
WORD: ADAPT
MEANING:
1. To make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation: adapted the novel into a movie; adapted the company policy to take Internet use into account.
2. To cause to be able to survive and reproduce under certain conditions. Used in the passive: "Every species is adapted to a rather restricted selection of properties of the environment" (Ernst Mayr).
3. change, alter, modify
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country
2. This novel has been adapted for radio.
PRONOUNCE:
adapt - अडैप्ट
LINK: ADAPT
WORD: CONVENTION
MEANING:
1.
a. A formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates, as of a political party, fraternal society, profession, or industry.
b. The body of persons attending such an assembly: called the convention to order.
2. An agreement between states, sides, or military forces, especially an international agreement dealing with a specific subject, such as the treatment of prisoners of war.
3. General agreement on or acceptance of certain practices or attitudes: By convention, north is at the top of most maps.
4. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom: the convention of shaking hands.
5. A widely used and accepted device or technique, as in drama, literature, or painting: the theatrical convention of the aside.
6. argument, dispute, conflict
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. political convention
2. We are bound to accept our social conventions.
PRONOUNCE:
con·ven·tion - कन्वेन्शन
LINK: CONVENTION
WORD: MOLESTED
MEANING:
1. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy: "Adams warned them not to molest American ships engaged in lawful commerce" (Walter McDougall).
2.
a. To subject (a child) to sexual contact.
b. To subject (an adult) to unwanted sexual contact.
3. assaulted, abused, attacked
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Teenage girl molested, almost stripped in public view
2. He is not the kind to molest someone.
PRONOUNCE:
molest - मलेस्ट
LINK: MOLESTED
WORD: TOPPLE
MEANING:
1. To push or knock over: bumped into the table and toppled the lamp.
2. To bring about the downfall, destruction, or ending of. See Synonyms at overthrow.
3. To defeat, as in a contest: toppled the league leader.
4. collapse, fail, upset
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'Arrested ISIS members wanted to topple Indian govt, impose Sharia law'
2. The child went on placing the books on top of each other till they toppled.
PRONOUNCE:
top·ple - टापल
LINK: TOPPLE
WORD: FATE
MEANING:
1. The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events: Fate did not favor his career.
2.
a. The inevitable events predestined by this force: It was her fate to marry a lout.
b. A final result or consequence; an outcome: What was the fate of your project?
c. An unfavorable outcome in life; doom or death: suffered a fate worse than death; the island where the explorer met his fate.
3. destiny, fortune, luck
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. he deserved a better fate
2. He was fated to die in the accident.
PRONOUNCE:
fate - फेट / फैट
LINK: FATE
WORD: BLATANTLY
MEANING:
1. Usage Problem Totally or offensively conspicuous or obtrusive: a blatant lie.
2. Unpleasantly loud and noisy: "There are those who find the trombones blatant and the triangle silly, but both add effective color" (Musical Heritage Review). See Synonyms at vociferous.
3. patently, obviously
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. BJP govt blatantly misusing its power: Sharad Pawar on Chhagan Bhujbal's nephew's arrest
PRONOUNCE:
bla·tant - ब्लैटन्ट्ली
LINK: BLATANTLY
WORD: VANISH
MEANING:
1. to disappear, esp suddenly or mysteriously
2. to cease to exist; fade away
3. (Mathematics) maths to become zero
4. disappear
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The culprits vanished from the scene
2. The moon vanished from the sky
PRONOUNCE:
vanish - वैनिश
LINK: VANISH
WORD: LONE
MEANING:
1. Without accompaniment; solitary: a lone skier on the mountain.
2. Being the only one; sole: the lone doctor in the county.
3. Situated by itself: a lone tree on the prairie; a lone blue tile in a white floor.
4. only, sole, distinct
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Raina, the lone Indian to score ton in World T20
2. the lone skier on the mountain
PRONOUNCE:
lone - लोन
LINK: LONE
WORD: FORWARD
MEANING:
1.
a. At, near, or belonging to the front or forepart; fore: the forward section of the aircraft.
b. Located ahead or in advance: kept her eye on the forward horizon.
2.
a. Going, tending, or moving toward a position in front: a forward plunge down a flight of stairs.
b. Sports Advancing toward an opponent's goal.
c. Moving in a prescribed direction or order for normal use: forward rolling of the cassette tape.
3.
a. Ardently inclined; eager.
b. Lacking restraint or modesty; presumptuous or bold: a forward child.
4.
a. Being ahead of current economic, political, or technological trends; progressive: a forward concept.
b. Deviating radically from convention or tradition; extreme.
5. Exceptionally advanced; precocious.
6. Of, relating to, or done in preparation for the future: a rise in the forward price of corn.
7. advancing, onward
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. a forward plunge down the stairs
2. forward motion
3. I look forward to seeing you
PRONOUNCE:
for·ward - फॉर्वर्ड
LINK: FORWARD
WORD: HALT
MEANING:
1. A suspension of movement or progress, especially a temporary one: The car rolled to a halt when it stalled.
2. stop, close, break
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India halts plan to join global bond indexes
2. Samsung halts business with supplier in China on child labour concern
PRONOUNCE:
halt - हॉल्ट
LINK: HALT
WORD: VAST
MEANING:
1. Very great in size, extent, or quantity. See Synonyms at enormous.
2. Very great in scope or import: a vast improvement.
3. massive, huge
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the vast reaches of outer space
2. the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization
PRONOUNCE:
vast - वैस्ट
LINK: VAST
