WORD: PARANOIA
MEANING:
1. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions ascribing hostile intentions to others, often linked with a sense of mission.
2. baseless or excessive distrust of others.
3. fear, distrust, suspion
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Clinton: Trump campaign built on 'prejudice and paranoia'
PRONOUNCE:
par•a•noi•a - पेरनॉइअ / पैरनॉइअ
LINK: PARANOIA
WORD: ELOQUENT
MEANING:
1. (of speech, writing, etc) characterized by fluency and persuasiveness
2. visibly or vividly expressive, as of an emotion: an eloquent yawn.
3. fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. an eloquent speech
PRONOUNCE:
eloquent - एलक्वन्ट
LINK: ELOQUENT
WORD: ENDURANCE
MEANING:
1. The act, quality, or power of withstanding hardship or stress: A marathon tests a runner's endurance.
2. The state or fact of persevering: Through hard work and endurance, we will complete this project.
3. Continuing existence; duration.
4. the ability or strength to continue or last stamina:
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The athletes use performance enhancing drugs to increase their endurance.
2. the marathon tests a runners endurance
PRONOUNCE:
en·dur·ance - एन्डरन्स / एन्डुरन्स
LINK: ENDURANCE
WORD: RETIRE
MEANING:
1. To withdraw from one's occupation or position, especially upon reaching a certain age; stop working.
2.
a. To move away or withdraw, as for rest or seclusion: The guests retired to the living room.
b. To fall back or retreat, as from battle.
3. To go to bed.
4. leave, withdraw, retreat
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Lionel Messi retires from international football after yet another Copa America heartbreak
2. Lionel Messi Retires After Argentina Lose Copa America Final To Chile
3. He retired at age 68
PRONOUNCE:
re·tire - इन्जर
LINK: RETIRE
WORD: INJURE
MEANING:
1.
a. To cause physical harm to; hurt: The accident injured the passengers. The fall injured his knee.
b. To experience injury in (oneself or a body part): She injured her ankle climbing down the hill.
2.
a. To cause damage to; impair: The gossip injured his reputation.
b. To commit an injustice or offense against; wrong: people who were injured by the false accusations.
3. To cause distress to; wound: injured their feelings.
4. hurt, wounded
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bomb blast at Bangladesh's largest Eid congregation, 5 injured
2. The boy was injured while playing cricket.
PRONOUNCE:
in·jure - इन्जर
LINK: INJURE
WORD: DRIBBLE
MEANING:
1. To flow or fall in drops or an unsteady stream; trickle: Water dribbled from the leaky faucet.
2. To let saliva drip from the mouth; drool.
3. Sports
a. To move a ball or puck by repeated light bounces or kicks, as in basketball or soccer.
b. To advance by dribbling: dribbled down the court.
4. To fall or flow in small drops
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Coffee dribbled down the side of the mug.
2. There is dribble all over your clothes.
PRONOUNCE:
drib·ble - ड्रिबल
LINK: DRIBBLE
WORD: CONGREGATION
MEANING:
1. The act of assembling.
2. A body of assembled people or things; a gathering.
3.
a. A group of people gathered for religious worship.
b. The members of a specific religious group who regularly worship at a church or synagogue.
4. Roman Catholic Church
a. A religious institute in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken.
b. A division of the Curia.
5. gathering, audience, assembly, crowd
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bomb blast at Bangladesh's largest Eid congregation, 5 injured
2. People gathered in a large congregation to support their favorite leader.
PRONOUNCE:
con·gre·ga·tion - कांगग्रगेशन / कांगग्रगैशन
LINK: CONGREGATION
WORD: RESEMBLE
MEANING:
1. to possess some similarity to; be like
2. have a similar appearance to or qualities in common with (someone or something); look or seem like.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. They don't resemble each other in any way.
PRONOUNCE:
resemble - रिज़ेम्बल / रीज़ेम्बल
LINK: RESEMBLE
WORD: LUDICROUS
MEANING:
1. absurd or incongruous to the point of provoking ridicule or laughter
2. absurd, ridiculous
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Former Gawker Editor Lashes Out At Peter Thiel, Calls Freeze On His Checking Account 'Ludicrous'
2. It is a ludicrous idea.
PRONOUNCE:
ludicrous - लूडक्रस
LINK: LUDICROUS
WORD: VIOLENCE
MEANING:
1. Behavior or treatment in which physical force is exerted for the purpose of causing damage or injury: the violence of the rioters.
2.
a. Intense force or great power, as in natural phenomena: the violence of a tornado.
b. Extreme or powerful emotion or expression: the violence of their tirades.
3. Distortion of meaning or intent: do violence to a text.
4. fighting, hostility, brutality
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Children are exposed to a lot of violance on TV.
2. 30 dead, 1300 injured in spiraling Kashmir violence, curfew on for 4th day
PRONOUNCE:
vi·o·lence - वाइअलन्स
LINK: VIOLENCE
WORD: ACCENTUATE
MEANING:
1. To stress or emphasize; intensify: "land-reform plans that accentuated the already chaotic pattern of landholding" (James Fallows).
2. To pronounce with a stress or accent.
3. To mark with an accent.
4. emphasize, highlight
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Professor accentuated on British English.
2. Carla used red ribbons to accentuate the coppery tones in her hair.
PRONOUNCE:
ac·cen·tu·ate - ऐक्सेन्चूएट / ऐक्सेन्चूऐट
LINK: ACCENTUATE
WORD: CURFEW
MEANING:
1. A regulation or rule requiring certain or all people to leave the streets or be at home at a prescribed hour.
2.
a. The time at which such a restriction begins or is in effect: a 10 pm curfew for all residents.
b. The signal, such as a bell, announcing the beginning of this restriction.
3. restriction, limitation, regulation, control
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Curfew was imposed for a day in City
2. 30 dead, 1300 injured in spiraling Kashmir violence, curfew on for 4th day
PRONOUNCE:
cur·few - कर्फ्यू
LINK: CURFEW
WORD: ACCOMMODATE
MEANING:
1.
a. To have enough space for: a parking lot big enough to accommodate buses. See Synonyms at contain.
b. To provide lodging for: We looked for a hotel to accommodate the extra guests.
2. To take into consideration or make adjustments for; allow for: an economic proposal that accommodates the interests of senior citizens.
3.
a. To do a favor or service for; oblige. See Synonyms at oblige.
b. To provide for; supply with something needed: accommodated the expedition with supplies.
4. To make suitable; adapt or adjust: accommodated herself to her new surroundings. See Synonyms at adapt.
5. house, lodge
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Can you accommodate me with a rental car?
2. The hospitable couple was happy to accommodate the needs of their finicky guest.
PRONOUNCE:
ac·com·mo·date - अकामडेट / अकामडैट
LINK: ACCOMMODATE
WORD: SPIRAL
MEANING:
1.
a. A curve on a plane that winds around a fixed center point at a continuously increasing or decreasing distance from the point.
b. A three-dimensional curve that turns around an axis at a constant or continuously varying distance while moving parallel to the axis; a helix.
c. Something having the form of such a curve: a spiral of black smoke.
2. Printing A spiral binding.
3. The course or flight path of an object rotating on its longitudinal axis.
4. A continuously accelerating increase or decrease: the wage-price spiral.
5. increase, rise
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 30 dead, 1300 injured in spiraling Kashmir violence, curfew on for 4th day
PRONOUNCE:
spi·ral - स्पाइरल
LINK: SPIRAL
WORD: ACCESSIBLE
MEANING:
1. Easily approached or entered.
2. Easily obtained: accessible money.
3. Easy to talk to or get along with: an accessible manager.
4. Easy to understand or appreciate: an accessible artwork.
5. Easily swayed or influenced: accessible to flattery.
6. nearby, available
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. a town accessible by rail
2. The introduction to the complex novel was, thankfully, written in clear accessible language.
PRONOUNCE:
ac·ces·si·ble - ऐक्सेसबल
LINK: ACCESSIBLE
WORD: CLAIMANT
MEANING:
1. applicants, plaintiffs, pretenders
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The second part of the franchise, also dubbed as Baahubali 2, tells the story of a fictional kingdom, Mahishmati, and the struggle for power by the two claimants to its throne.
2. The insurance claimants were sent notice by the company.
PRONOUNCE:
claim·ant - क्लेमन्ट / क्लैमन्ट
LINK: CLAIMANT
WORD: WISDOM
MEANING:
1. The ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; insight.
2. Common sense; good judgment: "It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things" (Henry David Thoreau).
3.
a. The sum of learning through the ages; knowledge: "In those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations" (Maya Angelou).
b. Wise teachings of the ancient sages.
4. A wise outlook, plan, or course of action.
5. Wisdom Bible Wisdom of Solomon.
6. Having wisdom : wise.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. My aunt once suggested that i was very wisdomous for a sixteen year old.
2. Many saints are men of wisdom.
PRONOUNCE:
wis·dom - विज़्डम
LINK: WISDOM
WORD: RETALIATION
MEANING:
1. reprisal, revenge, vengeance
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'Retaliation Is Important': Agra Cow Vigilantes Say They're Targets Too
2. Feeling of retaliation causes harm to every one.
PRONOUNCE:
re·tal·i·ate - रिटैलीएशन / रीटैलीऐशन
LINK: RETALIATION
WORD: OBLIGATION
MEANING:
1.
a. A social, legal, or moral requirement, such as a duty, contract, or promise, that compels one to follow or avoid a particular course of action: Are you able to meet your obligations? I have an obligation to attend their wedding.
b. The constraining power of a promise, contract, law, or sense of duty: I felt no obligation to offer my advice.
c. Law A document in which a person binds himself or herself to undertake or refrain from doing a particular act.
d. A debt instrument, such as a loan, mortgage, or bond.
2. The state, fact, or feeling of being indebted to another for a special service or favor received: If they invite us,
3. a vacation taken out of obligation and not for fun,enjoyment and duty,commitment,responsibility,moral imperative.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. We are hoping to take a real vacation somewhere warm this year in addition to our usual oblication to visit the in-laws.
2. he is under an obligation to finish the job
PRONOUNCE:
ob·li·ga·tion - आब्लगशन / आब्लगैशन
LINK: OBLIGATION
WORD: TOUT
MEANING:
1. To promote or praise energetically; publicize: "For every study touting the benefits of hormone therapy, another warns of the risks" (Yanick Rice Lamb).
2. To solicit or importune: street vendors who were touting pedestrians.
3. Chiefly British To obtain or sell information on (a racehorse or stable) for the guidance of bettors.
4. advertises, hypes, flaunts, pushes
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. As iPhone Sales Sag, Apple Touts Apps And Services Instead
PRONOUNCE:
tout - टाउट
LINK: TOUT
WORD: GROWTH
MEANING:
1.
a. The process of growing.
b. Full development; maturity.
2. Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution.
3. An increase, as in size, number, value, or strength; extension or expansion: population growth.
4. Something that grows or has grown: a new growth of grass.
5. An abnormal mass of tissue, such as a tumor, growing in or on a living organism.
6. A result of growth; a product: concerns that are a growth of the new responsibilities.
7. development, growing, evelution, progress
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Industrial growth at standstill: Prabhu
PRONOUNCE:
growth - ग्रोथ
LINK: GROWTH
WORD: SAG
MEANING:
1. To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight.
2. To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience: My spirits sagged after I had been rejected for the job.
3. To decline, as in value or price: Stock prices sagged after a short rally.
4. Nautical To drift to leeward.
5. To wear one's pants with the waist below the hips, so that one's underwear is visible.
6. drop, fall, slump, dip
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. As iPhone Sales Sag, Apple Touts Apps And Services Instead
PRONOUNCE:
sag - सैग
LINK: SAG
WORD: STANDSTILL
MEANING:
1. halt, stop, end
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Industrial growth at standstill: Prabhu
PRONOUNCE:
standstill - स्टैन्ड्स्टिल
LINK: STANDSTILL
WORD: STAGNATE
MEANING:
1. to cease to run or flow, as water or air.
2. to become stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water.
3. to stop developing or progressing.
4. to become sluggish and dull.
5. idle, fester
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. As iPhone sales stagnate, services promise growth for Apple
PRONOUNCE:
stag•nate - स्टैग्नेट / स्टैग्नैट
LINK: STAGNATE
WORD: AMMO
MEANING:
1. ammunition, bullets
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Rahul Gandhi picks right ammo to hit Modi govt, but he shouldn't forget the past
PRONOUNCE:
ammo - ऐमो
LINK: AMMO
WORD: CARCASS
MEANING:
1. The dead body of an animal, especially one slaughtered for food.
2. The body of a human.
3. Remains from which the substance or character is gone: the carcass of a former empire.
4. A framework or basic structure: the carcass of a burned-out house.
5. corpse, cadaver, body, skeleton
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'Your mother, you take care of it': Meet the Dalits behind Gujarat's stirring cow carcass protests
PRONOUNCE:
car·cass - कार्कस
LINK: CARCASS
WORD: CRUX
MEANING:
1. The basic, central, or critical point or feature: the crux of the matter; the crux of an argument.
2. A puzzling or apparently insoluble problem.
3. The most difficult portion of an ascent in rock climbing or mountaineering.
4. root, bottom, heart, core
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The story revolves around India's top batsman who goes missing the Middle East just before the final match between India and Pakistan. How two cops go for a 36-hour manhunt forms the crux of the film.
PRONOUNCE:
crux - क्रक्स
LINK: CRUX
WORD: STIRRING
MEANING:
1. agitaing, disturbing, troubling, upsetting
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'Your mother, you take care of it': Meet the Dalits behind Gujarat's stirring cow carcass protests
PRONOUNCE:
stirring - स्टरिंग
LINK: STIRRING
WORD: RECKONING
MEANING:
1. The act of counting or computing.
2. An itemized bill or statement of a sum due.
3. A settlement of accounts: a day of reckoning.
4.
a. The act or process of calculating the position of a ship or an aircraft.
b. The position so calculated.
5. counting, totaling, calculating
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. US is at a 'moment of reckoning': Hillary Clinton
PRONOUNCE:
reck·on·ing - रेकनिंग / रेक्निंग
LINK: RECKONING
WORD: RETICENT
MEANING:
1. disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
2. restrained, as in style or appearance.
3. silent, quiet, discreet
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. One of the stories featured an exuberant wife on a honeymoon with her reticent husband, who realizes he has developed feelings for another male tourist in their group.
2. She seemed strangely reticent about her childhood.
PRONOUNCE:
ret•i•cent - रेटिसन्ट
LINK: RETICENT
WORD: FLORA
MEANING:
1. Plants considered as a group, especially the plants of a particular country, region, or time.
2. A treatise describing the plants of a region or time.
3. The bacteria and other microorganisms that normally inhabit a bodily organ or part: intestinal flora.
4. vegetation, plants, flowers
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Animals complete our ecosystem. But, human activity, climate change and global warming are some of the reasons that are drastically affecting the flora and fauna of our planet along with the environment as a whole.
PRONOUNCE:
flo·ra - फ्लॉर / फ्लोर
LINK: FLORA
