WORD: MEDITATE
MEANING:
1.
a. To train, calm, or empty the mind, often by achieving an altered state, as by focusing on a single object, especially as a form of religious practice in Buddhism or Hinduism.
b. To engage in focused thought on scriptural passages or on particular doctrines or mysteries of a religion, especially Christianity.
c. To engage in devotional contemplation, especially prayer.
2. To think or reflect, especially in a calm and deliberate manner.
3. think, consider
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Why teens with cancer should meditate
2. It has been proved that it is good to meditate.
PRONOUNCE:
med·i·tate - मेडटैट / मेडिटेट
LINK: MEDITATE
WORD: JEOPARDY
MEANING:
1. Risk of loss or injury; peril or danger.
2. Law A defendant's risk or danger of conviction when put on trial.
3. danger, risk, threat
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ukraine truce bid in jeopardy
2. The soldiers have put their own lives in jeopardy for the country.
PRONOUNCE:
jeop·ard·y - जेपर्डी
LINK: JEOPARDY
WORD: FASCINATE
MEANING:
1. To capture and hold the interest and attention of. See Synonyms at charm.
2. Archaic To deprive of the ability to escape or move, usually by the power of a look. Used of serpents.
3. Obsolete To bewitch.
4. attract, interest
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The eye of the Ancient Mariner fascinated the wedding guest.
2. The snake charmer fascinates the cobra
PRONOUNCE:
fas·ci·nate - फैसनेट / फैसनैट
LINK: FASCINATE
WORD: CITE
MEANING:
1.
a. To quote or refer to (a book or author, for example) as an authority or example in making an argument.
b. Law To refer to (a previous court decision or other legal precedent), as when arguing a case.
2. To mention or bring forward as support, illustration, or proof: cited several instances of insubordinate behavior.
3.
a. To commend officially for meritorious action in military service.
b. To honor formally.
4. To issue a notice of violation to: was cited by the police for jaywalking.
5. quote, name, mention
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Yahoo did not cite a price tag, but a source familiar with the matter said the Internet company is paying several hundred million dollars.
PRONOUNCE:
cite - साइट
LINK: CITE
WORD: HEAL
MEANING:
1.
a. To restore to health or soundness; cure: healed the sick patient.
b. To ease or relieve (emotional distress): Only time can heal her grief.
2. To set right; repair: healed the rift between us.
3. rebuild, repair
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The wound is healing slowly
PRONOUNCE:
heal - हील
LINK: HEAL
WORD: SLATED
MEANING:
1. scheduled
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The makers of PK had earlier decided to unveil the second look of the film on August 15, 2014. Incidentally, the trailer of Shahrukh Khan's Happy New Year was slated to be out on the same day.
2. One of the most awaited films of the year- 'Kick'- is slated to release this Eid. Starring Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Randeep Hooda and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, 'Kick' is directed and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala.
3. Chetan Bhagat next book slated for October release
PRONOUNCE:
slated - स्लैट
LINK: SLATED
WORD: EXTREME
MEANING:
1. Most remote in any direction; outermost or farthest: the extreme edge of the field.
2. Being in or attaining the greatest or highest degree; very intense: extreme pleasure; extreme pain.
3. Being far beyond the norm: an extreme conservative. See Synonyms at excessive.
4. Of the greatest severity; drastic: took extreme measures to conserve fuel.
5. Biology
a. Characterized by severe, usually oxygen-poor environmental conditions.
b. Having an affinity for such conditions: an extreme microorganism.
6. Sports
a. Very dangerous or difficult: extreme rafting.
b. Participating or tending to participate in a very dangerous or difficult sport: an extreme skier.
7. Archaic Final; last.
8. dangerous, thrilling, riski, exciting
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. he carried it to extremes
2. He carried the argument to extremes.
PRONOUNCE:
ex·treme - इक्स्ट्रीम
LINK: EXTREME
WORD: GRITTY
MEANING:
1. courageous; hardy; resolute
2. of, like, or containing grit
3. determined, realistic, brave
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Priyanka Chopra goes gritty, fierce in Mary Kom teaser
2. India vs Australia, SCG, Day 3 Live: Lokesh Rahul gets a gritty fifty
PRONOUNCE:
gritty - ग्रिटी
LINK: GRITTY
WORD: DOUBT
MEANING:
1. To be undecided or skeptical about: began to doubt some accepted doctrines.
2. To tend to disbelieve; distrust: doubts politicians when they make sweeping statements.
3. To regard as unlikely: I doubt that we'll arrive on time.
4. Archaic To suspect; fear.
5. mistrust, suspect
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The benefit of doubt
PRONOUNCE:
doubt - डाउट
LINK: DOUBT
WORD: ARDENT
MEANING:
1. Expressing or characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate: an ardent lover.
2. Displaying or characterized by strong enthusiasm or devotion; fervent: "an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art" (Walter Pater).
3.
a. Burning; fiery.
b. Glowing; shining: ardent eyes.
4. passionate, eager
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The lead pair Jay and Surveen, both of whom have an ardent following on the small screen, pass muster in their movie outing as well.
2. He is an ardent follower of swami vivekanand
PRONOUNCE:
ar·dent - आर्डन्ट
LINK: ARDENT
WORD: SAKE
MEANING:
1. Purpose; motive: a quarrel only for the sake of argument.
2. Advantage; good: for the sake of his health.
3. Personal benefit or interest; welfare: for her own sake.
4. advantage, benefit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. For Gods sake! Please go away.
2. I took two pegs of sake last night.
PRONOUNCE:
sake - सेक / सैक
LINK: SAKE
WORD: ATTRITION
MEANING:
1. A rubbing away or wearing down by friction.
2.
a. A gradual reduction in number or strength because of stress or military action.
b. A gradual reduction in personnel or membership because of resignation, retirement, or death, often viewed in contrast to reduction from layoffs.
3. Roman Catholic Church Repentance for sin motivated by fear of punishment rather than by love of God.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. An attritional day of Test cricket comes to an end.
2. Fighting attrition: Vishal Sikka okays 5000 promotions at Infosys, Cognizant hands out pay hikes
PRONOUNCE:
at·tri·tion - अट्रिशन
LINK: ATTRITION
WORD: SACK
MEANING:
1.
a. A bag, especially one made of strong material for holding grain or objects in bulk.
b. The amount that a sack can hold: sold two sacks of rice.
2. also sacque A short loose-fitting garment for women and children.
3. Slang Dismissal from employment: finally got the sack after a year of ineptitude.
4. Informal A bed, mattress, or sleeping bag: hit the sack at 10:00.
5. Baseball A base.
6. Football A successful attempt at sacking the quarterback.
7. dismiss, discharge
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is sacked for incompetence.
PRONOUNCE:
sack - सैक
LINK: SACK
WORD: COPE
MEANING:
1. (foll by: with) to contend (against)
2. (intr) to deal successfully with or handle a situation; manage: she coped well with the problem.
3. (tr) archaic
a. to deal with
b. to meet in battle
4. manages, handles
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He has fought hard, it will be interesting to see how he copes.
2. The news is a huge shock to his family and the first half of the film portrays their attempts to cope with their grief.
3. New Zealand need a Jesse Ryder to cope in aftermath of Brendon McCullum retirement
PRONOUNCE:
cope - कोप
LINK: COPE
WORD: FAKE
MEANING:
1. .1. One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.
2. Sports A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent or the opposing team.
3. false, bogus
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is a fake.
2. He presented fake certificates.
PRONOUNCE:
fake - फेक / फैक
LINK: FAKE
WORD: FURTIVE
MEANING:
1. taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
2. sly; shifty: a furtive manner.
3. secret
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. “Bobby Jasoos” is filled with furtive delights and the ambivalent aromas of a city and a heroine that never sleeps.
2. Chanakya planned his work in a furtive manner.
PRONOUNCE:
fur•tive - फर्टिव
LINK: FURTIVE
WORD: FURY
MEANING:
1.
a. Violent anger; rage. See Synonyms at anger.
b. A fit of anger: "I went into a fury and shouted in his face" (William Least Heat-Moon).
2.
a. Violent or frenzied action: the storm's fury.
b. A violent disturbance or intense period of activity: "The Huns ... moved into Italy, unleashing a fury of destruction" (Arther Ferrill).
3. Fury Greek & Roman Mythology Any of the spirits who pursue and torment the doers of unavenged crimes, identified with the Greek Erinyes.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
2. The teacher flew into a fury when the student did not complete his work.
PRONOUNCE:
fu·ry - फ्युरी
LINK: FURY
WORD: STRUMMING
MEANING:
1. To play (a stringed musical instrument) by stroking or brushing the strings: strum a banjo.
2. To play (music) on a stringed instrument in this way: strum chords on a guitar.
3. playing
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's sarod, which he has been strumming for the last 45 years, was restored to the iconic musician by British Airways after it went missing on a flight while he was returning to Delhi from London on Saturday night.
2. the strum of a guitar
PRONOUNCE:
strum - स्ट्रमिंग
LINK: STRUMMING
WORD: JURY
MEANING:
1. Law A body of persons selected to decide a verdict in a legal case, based upon the evidence presented, after being given instructions on the applicable law. Also called petit jury, trial jury.
2. A committee that judges contestants or applicants, as in a competition or exhibition; a panel of judges.
3. bench, panel, board
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The jury in the high court has given the decision in my favour.
PRONOUNCE:
ju·ry - जुरी
LINK: JURY
WORD: EXPEDITION
MEANING:
1.
a. A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective: an expedition against the enemy stronghold; a scientific expedition to the South Pole.
b. The group undertaking such a journey.
2. Speed or promptness in performance. See Synonyms at haste.
3. mission, tour
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. RARE HONOUR: The United States has named a mountain in Antarctica as Mt Sinha in honour of an eminent Indian-American scientist whose pioneering biological research expedition has provided critical data about animal populations
2. Some soldiers went on an expedition to Antartica.
PRONOUNCE:
ex·pe·di·tion - एक्स्पडिशन / एक्स्पिडिशन
LINK: EXPEDITION
WORD: WARRIOR
MEANING:
1. One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.
2. One who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflict: neighborhood warriors fighting against developers.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He is a great warrior
PRONOUNCE:
war·ri·or - वॉरीअर / वॉर्यर
LINK: WARRIOR
WORD: EMINENT
MEANING:
1. Well-known and respected, especially for achievement in a particular field: an eminent historian. See Synonyms at famous.
2.
a. Outstanding or remarkable: handled the situation with eminent skill.
b. Being such in full measure; complete; absolute: "the eminent sanity, good-humor and judgement you always display in pushing matters you have at heart" (Theodore Roosevelt).
3. Towering or standing out above others; prominent: an eminent peak.
4. well-known, famous, prominent, reputed
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. RARE HONOUR: The United States has named a mountain in Antarctica as Mt Sinha in honour of an eminent Indian-American scientist whose pioneering biological research expedition has provided critical data about animal populations
2. two subjects on which he was eminently qualified to make an original contribution
PRONOUNCE:
em·i·nent - एमनन्ट
LINK: EMINENT
WORD: SAMPLE
MEANING:
1.
a. A portion, piece, or segment that is representative of a whole: showed samples of a new stretch fabric.
b. A specimen taken for analysis or testing: a blood sample; a water sample.
2. Statistics A set of data or elements drawn from a larger population and analyzed to estimate the characteristics of that population. Also called sampling.
3.
a. A usually digitized audio segment taken from an original recording and inserted, often repetitively, in a new recording.
b. One of a series of pieces of data representing a digitized approximation of an analog signal.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ritu needs a sample of his handwritting.
2. We sampled openion among the people about changes in constitution.
PRONOUNCE:
sam·ple - सैम्पल
LINK: SAMPLE
WORD: ARDENT
MEANING:
1. Expressing or characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate: an ardent lover.
2. Displaying or characterized by strong enthusiasm or devotion; fervent: "an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art" (Walter Pater).
3.
a. Burning; fiery.
b. Glowing; shining: ardent eyes.
4. passionate, eager
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The lead pair Jay and Surveen, both of whom have an ardent following on the small screen, pass muster in their movie outing as well.
2. He is an ardent follower of swami vivekanand
PRONOUNCE:
ar·dent - आर्डन्ट
LINK: ARDENT
WORD: RIVAL
MEANING:
1. One who attempts to equal or surpass another, or who pursues the same object as another; a competitor.
2. One that equals or almost equals another in a particular respect: She is his rival in sarcasm.
3. Obsolete A companion or an associate in a particular duty.
4. opponent, competitor, enemy
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Not just Apple, Samsung has other rivals to worry about
2. They are business rivals.
3. he had respect for his rivals
PRONOUNCE:
ri·val - राइवल
LINK: RIVAL
WORD: CRITICAL
MEANING:
1. containing or making severe or negative judgments
2. containing careful or analytical evaluations: a critical dissertation.
3. of or involving a critic or criticism
4. of or forming a crisis; crucial; decisive: a critical operation.
5. urgently needed: critical medical supplies.
6. (Medicine) informal so seriously injured or ill as to be in danger of dying
7. (General Physics) physics of, denoting, or concerned with a state in which the properties of a system undergo an abrupt change: a critical temperature.
8. (Nuclear Physics) go critical (of a nuclear power station or reactor) to reach a state in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction becomes self-sustaining
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The condition of the patient is very critical.
2. a critical attitude
PRONOUNCE:
critical - क्रिटिकल
LINK: CRITICAL
WORD: NEFARIOUS
MEANING:
1. extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
2. immoral, wicked, evil
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The city of Chennai is rife with nefarious activities of land mafia.
2. He had a nefarious personality.
PRONOUNCE:
ne•far•i•ous - नफेरीअस / निफेरीअस
LINK: NEFARIOUS
WORD: HELM
MEANING:
1. Nautical The steering gear of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.
2. A position of leadership or control: at the helm of the government.
3. wheel, rudder
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. cyrus mistry, one year at the Tata helm.
2. the President is at the helm of the Ship of State
PRONOUNCE:
helm - हेल्म
LINK: HELM
WORD: RILES
MEANING:
1. To anger or irritate. See Synonyms at annoy.
2. To stir up (liquid); roil. See Usage Note at roil.
3. angers, annoys, peeves
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. preet bharara's activism even riles US judge
PRONOUNCE:
rile - राइल
LINK: RILES
WORD: HIDDEN
MEANING:
1. concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Hidden truth
PRONOUNCE:
hid•den - हिडन
LINK: HIDDEN
WORD: FRATERNITY
MEANING:
1. A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild.
2. A group of people joined by similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes: the fraternity of bird watchers.
3. A social organization at a college or university, traditionally consisting of male students and designated by Greek letters.
4. Roman Catholic Church A sodality.
5. The quality or condition of being brothers; brotherliness.
6. world, group, society, gang
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. South African cricket fraternity pours tributes on 'Rock of Gibraltar' Jacques Kallis
2. The year 2013 has been a stupendous one for the Hindi film fraternity.
PRONOUNCE:
fra·ter·ni·ty - फ्रटर्नटी / फ्रटर्निटी / फ्रटर्निटी
LINK: FRATERNITY
WORD: SUDDEN
MEANING:
1. Happening without warning; unforeseen: a sudden storm.
2. Happening or done without delay; hasty or immediate: a sudden decision.
3. Characterized by sharp change in elevation; precipitous: a sudden drop in the ocean floor.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. All of a sudden, the front tyre burst.
2. sudden storm
PRONOUNCE:
sud·den - सडन
LINK: SUDDEN
