WORD: SERENE
MEANING:
1. Content or composed; untroubled: "She remained serene in the face of her accusers" (Peter Matthiesen).
2. Unaffected by disturbance; calm or peaceful: a serene forest. See Synonyms at calm.
3. Unclouded; fair: serene skies and a bright blue sea.
4. often Serene Used as a title and form of address for certain members of royalty: Her Serene Highness; His Serene Highness.
5. cool, calm
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Garden City just broke its promise of greener, more serene pastures and unleashed upon its citizens inglorious blaze.
2. His serene behavior justifies his name Prashant.
PRONOUNCE:
se·rene - सरीन
LINK: SERENE
WORD: DAMPER
MEANING:
1. One that deadens, restrains, or depresses: Rain put a damper on our picnic plans.
2. An adjustable plate, as in the flue of a furnace or stove, for controlling the draft.
3. Music
a. A device in various keyboard instruments for deadening the vibrations of the strings.
b. A mute for various brass instruments.
4. A device that eliminates or diminishes vibrations or oscillations, as of a magnetic needle.
5. mute, silencer
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. This was a real damper.
2. rain put a damper on our picnic plans
PRONOUNCE:
damp·er - डैम्पर
LINK: DAMPER
WORD: PROUD
MEANING:
1. Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth: proud of one's child; proud to serve one's country.
2. Occasioning or being a reason for pride: a proud moment when she received her diploma.
3. Feeling or showing justifiable self-respect: too proud to beg.
4. Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem: a proud and haughty aristocrat.
5. Of great dignity; honored: a proud name.
6. Majestic; magnificent: proud alpine peaks.
7. Spirited. Used of an animal: proud steeds.
8. pleased, satisfied, fulfilled
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Akshay Kumar, Twinkle are so proud of son Aarav. Here's the reason
2. Parents of brilliant students are always proud of them.
PRONOUNCE:
proud - प्राउड
LINK: PROUD
WORD: LANDMARK
MEANING:
1. A prominent identifying feature of a landscape.
2. A fixed marker, such as a concrete block, that indicates a boundary line.
3. An event marking an important stage of development or a turning point in history.
4. A building or site with historical significance, especially one marked for preservation by a municipal or national government.
5. milestone, breakthrough, momentous, revolutionary
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Why WhatsApp's Encryption Embrace Is a Landmark Event
2. the church steeple provided a convenient landmark
PRONOUNCE:
land·mark - लैन्ड्मार्क
LINK: LANDMARK
WORD: TERROR
MEANING:
1. Intense, overpowering fear. See Synonyms at fear.
2. One that instills intense fear: a rabid dog that became the terror of the neighborhood.
3. The ability to instill intense fear: the terror of jackboots pounding down the street.
4. Violence committed or threatened by a group, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political goals.
5. Terror The Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
6. Informal An annoying person or thing, especially an ill-mannered or disruptive child.
7. fear, horror, dread
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Need 'genuine' global cooperation to fight terror: India
2. he was the terror of the neighborhood
PRONOUNCE:
ter·ror - टेरर
LINK: TERROR
WORD: EMBRACE
MEANING:
1. To clasp or hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection.
2. To surround or enclose: "the bold chalk ridge that embraces the prominences of Hambledon Hill" (Thomas Hardy).
3. To include or contain as part of something broader. See Synonyms at include.
4. To adopt or support willingly or eagerly: embrace a social cause.
5. To avail oneself of: "I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace" (Henry James).
6. comprise, contain, include
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Why WhatsApp's Encryption Embrace Is a Landmark Event
2. an island in the embrace of the sea
PRONOUNCE:
em·brace - एम्ब्रेस / एम्ब्रैस / इम्ब्रैस
LINK: EMBRACE
WORD: NEED
MEANING:
1. A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved: crops in need of water; a child's need for affection.
2. Something required or wanted; a requisite: "Those of us who led the charge for these women's issues ... shared a common vision in the needs of women" (Olympia Snowe).
3. Necessity; obligation: There is no need for you to go.
4. A condition of poverty or misfortune: The family is in dire need.
5. essential, necessity, requirment, want
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Need 'genuine' global cooperation to fight terror: India
2. There is a need to improve the situation.
PRONOUNCE:
need - नीड
LINK: NEED
WORD: CONDUCIVE
MEANING:
1. favorable, helpful
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Comet bombardment may have made Mars more conducive to life: Study
2. Working conditions are not conducive for high productivity in the factory.
PRONOUNCE:
con·du·cive - कन्डूसिव
LINK: CONDUCIVE
WORD: REASON
MEANING:
1. To determine or conclude by logical thinking: The doctor reasoned that the patient had a virus.
2. To persuade or dissuade (someone) with reasons: "You boast ... of having reasoned him out of his absurd romance" (William Makepeace Thackeray).
3. aim, motive, cause, goal
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Akshay Kumar, Twinkle are so proud of son Aarav. Here's the reason
2. the reason that war was declared
PRONOUNCE:
rea·son - रीज़न
LINK: REASON
WORD: PATRIARCH
MEANING:
1. A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
2. Bible
a. One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah.
b. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or any of Jacob's 12 sons, the eponymous progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel.
3. Used formerly as a title for the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria.
4. Roman Catholic Church A bishop who holds the highest episcopal rank after the pope.
5. Eastern Orthodox Church Any one of the bishops of the sees of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, Moscow, and Jerusalem who has authority over other bishops.
6. Judaism The head of the Sanhedrin in Syrian Palestine from about 180 bc to ad 429.
7. Mormon Church A high dignitary of the priesthood empowered to invoke blessings.
8. One who is regarded as the founder or original head of an enterprise, organization, or tradition.
9. A very old, venerable man; an elder.
10. The oldest member of a group: the patriarch of the herd.
11. father, head
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Hero Cycles patriarch Satyanand Munjal passes away at 99
PRONOUNCE:
pa·tri·arch - पेट्रीआर्क / पैट्रीआर्क
LINK: PATRIARCH
WORD: GENUINE
MEANING:
1. Actually possessing the alleged or apparent attribute or character: genuine leather.
2. Not spurious or counterfeit; authentic: Tests proved that the letter was genuine, and not a forgery. See Synonyms at authentic.
3.
a. Honestly felt or experienced: genuine devotion.
b. Actual; real: a genuine dilemma.
4. Free from hypocrisy or dishonesty; sincere: Is he being genuine in making these compliments?
5. Being of pure or original stock: a genuine Hawaiian.
6. honest, frank, open
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Need 'genuine' global cooperation to fight terror: India
2. a genuine Picasso
PRONOUNCE:
gen·u·ine - जेन्यवन / जेन्यूइन / जेन्यूवाइन
LINK: GENUINE
WORD: ATTAINS
MEANING:
1. To gain as an objective; achieve: attain a diploma by hard work.
2. To come to or arrive at, as through movement, growth, or the passage of time: Redwoods can attain a height of 300 feet.
3. reaches, achieves, gets
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Facing protest, the government today kept in abeyance for three more months the proposed move to bar withdrawal of employer's contribution to the provident fund corpus until the employee attains the age of 58 years.
2. the attainment of independence
PRONOUNCE:
at·tain - अटेन / अटैन
LINK: ATTAINS
WORD: FIGHT
MEANING:
1.
a. To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.
b. Sports To engage in a boxing match.
2. To engage in a quarrel; argue: They are always fighting about money.
3. To strive vigorously and resolutely, as in trying to overcome something; contend: fought against graft; fighting for her rights. See Synonyms at oppose.
4. contest, match, competition
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Need 'genuine' global cooperation to fight terror: India
2. There was a lot of fight left in him.
PRONOUNCE:
fight - फाइट
LINK: FIGHT
WORD: CORRESPONDENT
MEANING:
1. One who communicates by means of letters, e-mails, or other forms of written messages.
2. One employed by the print or broadcast media to supply news stories or articles: a foreign correspondent.
3. One that has regular business dealings with another, especially at a distance.
4. Something that corresponds; a correlative.
5. communicator, writer, reporter
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes expelled from North Korea
2. A BBC correspondent was killed in an accident.
PRONOUNCE:
cor·re·spon·dent - कॉरस्पान्डन्ट / कॉरिस्पान्डन्ट
LINK: CORRESPONDENT
WORD: GLOBAL
MEANING:
1. Having the shape of a globe; spherical.
2. Of, relating to, or involving the entire earth; worldwide: global war; global monetary policies.
3. Comprehensive; total: "a ... global, generalized sense of loss" (Maggie Scarf).
4. Computers Of or relating to an entire program, document, or file.
5. worldwide, international, universal
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Need 'genuine' global cooperation to fight terror: India
2. Pollution is a global problem .
PRONOUNCE:
glob·al - ग्लोबल
LINK: GLOBAL
WORD: GUIDE
MEANING:
1.
a. One who shows the way by leading, directing, or advising.
b. One who serves as a model for others, as in a course of conduct.
2. A person employed to conduct others, as through a museum, and give information about points of interest encountered.
3.
a. Something, such as a pamphlet, that offers basic information or instruction: a shopper's guide.
b. A guidebook.
4.
a. Something that serves to direct or indicate.
b. A device, such as a ruler, tab, or bar, that serves as an indicator or acts to regulate a motion or operation.
5. A soldier stationed at the right or left of a column of marchers to control alignment, show direction, or mark the point of pivot.
6. leader, director, escort
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Parrikar on AgustaWestland probe: Invisible hand guided action or inaction
2. My brother guided me in my work
PRONOUNCE:
guide - गाइड
LINK: GUIDE
WORD: PROBE
MEANING:
1.
a. A slender, flexible surgical instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity.
b. An electrode or other device that can be placed inside something to take and convey measurements.
c. A substance, such as DNA, that is radioactively labeled or otherwise marked and used to detect or identify another substance in a sample.
d. A space probe.
2.
a. An exploratory action or expedition, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region: the scouts' probe of enemy territory.
b. The act of exploring or searching with a device or instrument: the surgeon's probe of the clogged artery.
c. An investigation into unfamiliar matters or questionable activities; a penetrating inquiry: a congressional probe into price fixing; a reporter's probe into a public figure's past. See Synonyms at inquiry.
3. investigation, inquiry
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Parrikar on AgustaWestland probe: Invisible hand guided action or inaction
2. 'Invincible' hand slowed down probe: Parrikar
2. there was a congressional probe into the scandal
PRONOUNCE:
probe - प्रोब
LINK: PROBE
WORD: INVISIBLE
MEANING:
1. Impossible to see; not visible: Air is invisible.
2. Not accessible to view; hidden: mountain peaks invisible in the fog.
3. Not easily noticed or detected; inconspicuous: "The poor are politically invisible" (Michael Harrington).
4. Not published in financial statements: an invisible asset.
5. unseen, hidden, concealed
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Parrikar on AgustaWestland probe: Invisible hand guided action or inaction
2. Invisible hand prevented probe in chopper deal: Parrikar
3. 'Invincible' hand slowed down probe: Parrikar
PRONOUNCE:
in·vis·i·ble - इन्विज़बल
LINK: INVISIBLE
WORD: ROUT
MEANING:
1.
a. A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat.
b. An overwhelming defeat.
2.
a. A disorderly crowd of people; a mob.
b. People of the lowest class; rabble.
3. A public disturbance; a riot.
4. A fashionable gathering.
5. Archaic A group of people, especially knights, or of animals, especially wolves.
6. defeat, thrashing, beating
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Warner's dominant 92 leads rout of RCB
PRONOUNCE:
rout - राउट
LINK: ROUT
WORD: CHASE
MEANING:
1. To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake; pursue: chased the thief.
2. To follow (game) in order to capture or kill; hunt: chase foxes.
3. To seek the favor or company of persistently: chased me until I agreed to a date.
4. To put to flight; drive: chased the dog away.
5. Baseball
a. To cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a game by batting well.
b. To swing at and miss (a pitch, especially one out of the strike zone).
6. pursuit, hunt, game
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. CAR CHASE: Pursuit ends in standoff, closing 91 freeway for several hours
2. The police abandoned their chase and returned back.
PRONOUNCE:
chase - चेस / चैस
LINK: CHASE
WORD: EXODUS
MEANING:
1. A departure of a large number of people.
2. Exodus
a. In the Bible, the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.
b. See Table at Bible.
3. migration, departure, emigration, flight, exit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Steven Smith joins Supergiants exodus
PRONOUNCE:
ex·o·dus - एक्सडस
LINK: EXODUS
WORD: SEVERAL
MEANING:
1. Being of a number more than two or three but not many: several miles away.
2. Respectively different; various: They parted and went their several ways. See Synonyms at distinct.
3. Law Regarded as separate, especially with regard to tort liability or legal obligation, such that each individual involved is fully responsible for the liability or obligation.
4. Archaic Single; distinct: "Pshaw! said I, with an air of carelessness, three several times" (Laurence Sterne).
5. numerous, some
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. CAR CHASE: Pursuit ends in standoff, closing 91 freeway for several hours
2. Several people were killed in bomb explosion.
PRONOUNCE:
sev·er·al - सेवरल / सेव्रल / सेवरल
LINK: SEVERAL
WORD: HIKE
MEANING:
1. To go on an extended walk for pleasure or exercise, especially in a natural setting.
2. To rise, especially to rise upward out of place: My coat had hiked up in the back.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. she enjoys a hike in her spare time
PRONOUNCE:
hike - हाइक
LINK: HIKE
WORD: UNPRECEDENTED
MEANING:
1. unique, extraordinary
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Israel's unprecedented steps to avoid civilian casualties
2. an unprecedented expansion in population and industry
PRONOUNCE:
un·prec·e·dent·ed - अन्प्रेसिडेन्टिड
LINK: UNPRECEDENTED
WORD: LEASE
MEANING:
1. A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent or other form of payment.
2. The term or duration of such a contract.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. You may hire this house on lease.
2. A lease hold house.
PRONOUNCE:
lease - लीस
LINK: LEASE
WORD: CONCOCT
MEANING:
1. to make by combining different ingredients
2. to invent; make up; contrive
3. created, invented
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The simian virus that James Franco concocted in the last film has enhanced the ape brain but near-decimated the human population.
2. they concocted a plot to discredit the governor
3. She concocted a story of she being a successful sportswoman in school.
4. My mother has concocted a tasty meal of rice and paneer.
PRONOUNCE:
concoct - कन्काक्ट / कान्काक्ट
LINK: CONCOCT
WORD: EXTERNAL
MEANING:
1. Relating to, existing on, or connected with the outside or an outer part; exterior.
2. Suitable for application to the outside: external paints.
3. Existing independently of the mind.
4. Acting or coming from the outside: external pressures.
5. Of or relating chiefly to outward appearance; superficial: "An internal sense of righteousness dwindles into an external concern for reputation" (A.R. Gurney, Jr.)
6. Of or relating to foreign affairs or foreign countries: the country's minister of external affairs.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He got good remarks in chemistry practicals from the external examinar.
2. he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion
PRONOUNCE:
ex·ter·nal - इक्स्टर्नल
LINK: EXTERNAL
WORD: HODGEPODGE
MEANING:
1. a jumbled mixture
2. (Cookery) a thick soup or stew made from meat and vegetables
3. mixture, jumble
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Movie is a trivial hodgepodge of events.
2. sumit's living room was a hodgepodge of modern furniture and antiques.
PRONOUNCE:
hodgepodge - हाज्पाज
LINK: HODGEPODGE
WORD: PLAY
MEANING:
1. To occupy oneself in an activity for amusement or recreation: children playing with toys.
2.
a. To take part in a sport or game: He's just a beginner and doesn't play well.
b. To participate in betting; gamble.
3.
a. To behave in a teasing or joking manner; act in jest or sport: She's not angry with you; she's just playing.
b. To deal or behave carelessly or indifferently, especially for one's own amusement; toy: She isn't interested in you; she's just playing with you.
4. To act or conduct oneself in a specified way: play fair; an investor who plays cautiously.
5. To act, especially in a dramatic production.
6. Music
a. To perform on an instrument: play on an accordion.
b. To emit sound or be sounded in performance: The band is playing.
7. To be performed, as in a theater or on television: A good movie is playing tonight.
8. To be received or accepted: a speech that played poorly with the voters.
9. To move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly: The breeze played on the water.
10. To function or discharge uninterruptedly: The fountains played in the courtyard.
11. To move or operate freely within a bounded space, as machine parts do.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway
2. Our aim is learn through play.
PRONOUNCE:
play - प्ले / प्लै
LINK: PLAY
WORD: PLOT
MEANING:
1.
a. A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose: a garden plot.
b. A measured area of land; a lot.
2. A ground plan, as for a building; a diagram.
3. See graph1.
4. The pattern or sequence of events in a narrative or drama.
5. A secret plan to accomplish a hostile or illegal purpose; a scheme.
6. plan, scheme
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. film lacks cohesive plot
2. I ploted a map of Asia on a paper.
3. they concocted a plot to discredit the governor
PRONOUNCE:
plot - प्लाट
LINK: PLOT
WORD: EXCAVATION
MEANING:
1. a hole made by excavating.
2. the act of excavating.
3. an area in which excavating has been done or is in progress, as an archaeological site.
4. dig, mine
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Purana Qila excavation site open today.
2. ASI to open Purana Quila excavation site today
PRONOUNCE:
ex•ca•va•tion - एक्स्कवेशन / एक्स्कवैशन
LINK: EXCAVATION
