WORD: VIE
MEANING:
1 . compete, contend, contest, struggle
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Anger and optimism vie for dominance in the Republican Party
PRONOUNCE:
vie - वाइ
LINK: VIE
WORD: BELIEVE
MEANING:
1. To accept as true or real: Do you believe the news stories?
2. To credit with veracity: I believe you.
3. To expect or suppose; think: I believe they will arrive shortly.
4. trust, think, consider
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion
PRONOUNCE:
be·lieve - बिलीव
LINK: BELIEVE
WORD: HINDSIGHT
MEANING:
1. To scatter (seed) over the ground for growing.
2. To scatter seed over (land, for example).
3. To strew something around or over (an area); distribute something over: "The yard was sown with cement sculpture" (Ashley Warlick).
4. To propagate; disseminate: sow rumors.
5. reflection, perception, observation
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. People will understand hindsight of modi's decision of demonetisation.
PRONOUNCE:
hindsight - हाइन्ड्साइट / हाइन्साइट
LINK: HINDSIGHT
WORD: SOW
MEANING:
1. spreading, propagating
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion
PRONOUNCE:
sow - साउ / सो / सो
LINK: SOW
WORD: ADJURE
MEANING:
1. To command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath: "adjuring her in the name of God to declare the truth" (Increase Mather).
2. To appeal to or entreat earnestly.
3. request or urge someone to do something
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He was adjured to answer truthfully all the questions asked.
2. The judge will adjure the witnesses to speak only the truth while testifying in favor of the defendant..
PRONOUNCE:
ad·jure - अजुर
LINK: ADJURE
WORD: FEUD
MEANING:
1. A bitter, often prolonged quarrel or state of enmity, especially such a state of hostilities between two families or clans.
2. dispute, argument
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Google and Microsoft have agreed to settle an ongoing patent feud concerning communications and video technology, bringing an end to about 20 lawsuits lodged in the U.S.
PRONOUNCE:
feud - फ्यूड
LINK: FEUD
WORD: NUANCE
MEANING:
1. A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation.
2. Expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone: a rich artistic performance, full of nuance.
3. Recently coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Careful observers picked up on the nuances of his gestures.
PRONOUNCE:
nu·ance - नूआन्स
LINK: NUANCE
WORD: BLITZKRIEG
MEANING:
1. A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces.
2. bombardment, saturation bombing
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India to play for pride after Shahid Afridi blitzkrieg shuts out Virat Kohli's team in Asia Cup 2014
PRONOUNCE:
blitz·krieg - ब्लिट्स्क्रीग
LINK: BLITZKRIEG
WORD: MALCONTENT
MEANING:
1. A chronically dissatisfied person.
2. One who rebels against the established system: "immature malcontents who have long since sold out to conformity" (John M. Wilson).
3. an individual who is unruly and hardly ever satisfied
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The strike was caused by a malcontent union.
2. The woman was such a malcontent that she complained about every dish served to her in the five-star restaurant.
PRONOUNCE:
mal·con·tent - मैल्कन्टेन्ट
LINK: MALCONTENT
WORD: EMANATE
MEANING:
1. To come or send forth, as from a source: light that emanated from a lamp; kindness that emanated from a teacher; a
2. originated, came from, started
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Many of these ideas emanated from the ancient India.
2. Water emanates from this hole in the ground
PRONOUNCE:
em·a·nate - एमनेट / एमनैट
LINK: EMANATE
WORD: DELIBERATIONS
MEANING:
1. The act or process of deliberating.
2. deliberations Discussion and consideration of all sides of an issue: the deliberations of a jury.
3. Thoughtfulness in decision or action.
4. Leisureliness in motion or manner: The girl stacked the blocks with deliberation.
5. discussions, debates, negotiations
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dargah mgmt holds deliberations before moving SC
PRONOUNCE:
de·lib·er·a·tion - डिलिबरेशन / डिलिबरैशन
LINK: DELIBERATIONS
WORD: DEMONETISATION
MEANING:
1. ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1.Demonetisation: Akhilesh Yadav bats for private hospitals
PRONOUNCE:
demonetisation - विमुद्रीकरण
LINK: DEMONETISATION
WORD: BREW
MEANING:
1. To make (ale or beer) from malt and hops by infusion, boiling, and fermentation.
2. To make (a beverage) by boiling, steeping, or mixing various ingredients: brew tea.
3. To concoct; devise: brew a plot to overthrow the government.
4. develops, looms, grows
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Battle brews in Bellevue over sheltering the homeless
PRONOUNCE:
brew - ब्रू
LINK: BREW
WORD: PRAGMATIST
MEANING:
1. Philosophy A movement consisting of varying but associated theories, originally developed by Charles S. Peirce and William James and distinguished by the doctrine that the meaning of an idea or a proposition lies in its observable practical consequences.
2. A practical, matter-of-fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems.
3. realist, doer
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. As Trump mellows, Obama calls him non-ideological pragmatist
PRONOUNCE:
prag·ma·tism - प्रैग्मटिस्ट
LINK: PRAGMATIST
WORD: SHELTER
MEANING:
1.
a. Something, especially a structure, that provides cover or protection, as from the weather: a shelter for hikers.
b. An institution providing temporary housing and sometimes counseling, as for the homeless, runaways, or victims of domestic violence.
c. An establishment that cares for unwanted or stray animals and tries to find owners for them.
2. The state of being covered or protected: The fox found shelter in a cave.
3. housing, lodging
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Battle brews in Bellevue over sheltering the homeless
PRONOUNCE:
shel·ter - शेल्टर
LINK: SHELTER
WORD: MELLOW
MEANING:
1. sweet and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
2. soft and rich, as sound, lights, or colors.
3. made gentle by age or maturity.
4. friable or loamy, as soil.
5. pleasantly intoxicated.
6. free from tension or discord.
7. relaxes, matures, expands
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. As Trump mellows, Obama calls him non-ideological pragmatist
PRONOUNCE:
mel•low - मेलो
LINK: MELLOW
WORD: RUCKUS
MEANING:
1. a noisy commotion; uproar; rumpus.
2. a heated controversy.
3. riot, commotion, disturbance
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. LK Advani 'feels like resigning' as ruckus in Parliament leads to a wasted Winter Session
2. Ruckus in Parliament over minister's abusive remark, opposition demands PM's statement
PRONOUNCE:
ruck•us - रकस
LINK: RUCKUS
WORD: FUMES
MEANING:
1. Vapor, gas, or smoke, especially if irritating, harmful, or strong.
2. A strong or acrid odor.
3. A state of resentment or vexation.
4. vapors, smokes, gases, odors, smells
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India fumes, says Hafiz Saeed is a terrorist and will support 26/11 mastermind zakiur rahman lakhvi
2. Russia Fumes At Notes Ban, Says Hardly Enough To 'Pay For Decent Dinner'
PRONOUNCE:
fume - फ्यूम्ज़
LINK: FUMES
WORD: PATRIOTISM
MEANING:
1. loyalty, partisanship, nationalism
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. View: The absurdity of movie hall patriotism
PRONOUNCE:
pa·tri·ot·ism - पेट्रीअटिज़म / पैट्रीअटिज़म
LINK: PATRIOTISM
WORD: PROMINENCE
MEANING:
1. The quality or condition of being prominent.
2. Something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings.
3. Anatomy A small projection or protuberance.
4. Astronomy A tonguelike cloud of luminous gas rising from the sun's surface, visible as part of the corona during a total solar eclipse.
5. fame, importance, distinction
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Sayed family of Bandra shot to national prominence yesterday when the Finance Ministry revealed that the family disclosed an astonishing Rs 2 lakh crore under the Income Disclosure Scheme (IDS).
PRONOUNCE:
prom·i·nence - प्रामनन्स
LINK: PROMINENCE
WORD: ABSURD
MEANING:
1.
a. Extremely unreasonable, incongruous, or inappropriate: an absurd request.
b. Impossible to take seriously; silly: a character who goes through many absurd adventures. See Synonyms at foolish.
2. Of, relating to, or manifesting the view that there is no order or meaning in human life or in the universe.
3. Of or relating to absurdism.
4. illogicality, silliness, irrationality
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. View: The absurdity of movie hall patriotism
PRONOUNCE:
ab·surd - अब्सर्ड / ऐब्सर्ड
LINK: ABSURD
WORD: CLAW
MEANING:
1. A sharp, curved, horny structure at the end of a toe of a vertebrate animal.
2.
a. A chela or similar pincerlike structure on the end of a limb of a crustacean or arachnid.
b. One of one or more small curved structures at the tip of an appendage of an invertebrate, especially an insect or other arthropod.
c. A limb terminating in such a structure.
3. Something, such as the cleft end of a hammerhead, that resembles a claw.
4. Botany A narrowed, stalklike basal part of a petal, sepal, or bract.
5. nails, hooks
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. As the most successful character of the X-Men series, it always made financial sense for the man with the steel claws as "Logan" or "Wolverine" (Hugh Jackman), to keep coming back for more.
PRONOUNCE:
claw - क्लॉ
LINK: CLAW
WORD: CONTRACTION
MEANING:
1. reduction, shrinkage, tightening
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Services sector slips to contraction on demonetisation move
PRONOUNCE:
con·trac·tion - कन्ट्रैक्शन
LINK: CONTRACTION
WORD: CURB
MEANING:
1. something that restrains or holds back
2. any enclosing framework, such as a wall of stones around the top of a well
3. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège)
a. Also called: curb bit a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap, which checks the horse
b. Also called: curb chain the chain or strap itself
4. (Veterinary Science) a hard swelling on the leg of a horse, below the point of the hock, usually caused by a sprain
5. control, limit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Curbing food prices is Modi government's priority, says Pranab Mukherjee
2. Modi's farm export curbs may ease India's June inflation
3. Curbs on smoking will not impoverish tobacco farmers, Harsh Vardhan says
4. Facebook, Twitter, and Google are still failing to curb hate speech, EU says
PRONOUNCE:
curb - कर्ब
LINK: CURB
WORD: YORE
MEANING:
1. a very long time ago
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In the days of yore, the Internet did not exist.
PRONOUNCE:
yore - यॉर / योर
LINK: YORE
WORD: DILATORY
MEANING:
1. Causing or intended to cause delay: dilatory tactics in the legislature.
2. Characterized by or given to delay or slowness: dilatory in his work habits. See Synonyms at slow.
3. slow, tardy, remiss
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. he had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor
PRONOUNCE:
dil·a·to·ry - डिलटॉरी / डिलटोरी
LINK: DILATORY
WORD: TOPICAL
MEANING:
1. Being of current interest or relevance: topical issues.
2. Medicine Relating to, applied to, or affecting a localized area of the body, especially of the skin: a topical anesthetic.
3. Of, arranged by, or relating to a particular topic or topics: a topical concordance to the Bible.
4. interest, relevance
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shorgul deserves a watch, more so because of its topicality in this putrid climate of communal hatred and intolerance.
PRONOUNCE:
top·i·cal - टापकल / टापिकल / टापिकल
LINK: TOPICAL
WORD: ABSOLVE
MEANING:
1. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
2. To relieve of a requirement or obligation.
3.
a. To grant a remission of sin to.
b. To pardon or remit (a sin).
4. pardon, forgive, clear
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Marta felt greatly relieved after her mother absolved her for breaking the vase.
PRONOUNCE:
ab·solve - अब्ज़ाल्व / ऐब्ज़ाल्व / ऐब्ज़ाल्व
LINK: ABSOLVE
WORD: PUTRID
MEANING:
1. Decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten: putrid meat.
2. Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction: a putrid odor.
3. Morally rotten; corrupt: "and all the while scarlet thoughts, putrid fantasies, and no love" (Louis Auchincloss).
4. Of extremely poor quality; atrocious or contemptible: a good play ruined by putrid acting.
5. bad, spoiled, rotten
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shorgul deserves a watch, more so because of its topicality in this putrid climate of communal hatred and intolerance.
PRONOUNCE:
pu·trid - प्यूट्रिड
LINK: PUTRID
WORD: SUSPICION
MEANING:
1. The act or an instance of suspecting something on little or no evidence: His evasiveness aroused my suspicions.
2. The condition of being suspected, especially of wrongdoing: held under suspicion of murder.
3. The state or feeling of having no confidence or certainty about something; distrust: looked with suspicion on the claims in the brochure.
4. A minute amount or slight indication; a trace: a suspicion of contempt in his voice.
5. doubt, misgiving, thought
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. she had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her
PRONOUNCE:
sus·pi·cion - सस्पिशन
LINK: SUSPICION
WORD: STRIFE
MEANING:
1. Heated, often violent conflict or disagreement. See Synonyms at conflict.
2. A conflict or quarrel: "His mind seemed older than theirs: it shone coldly on their strifes and happiness and regrets like a moon upon a younger earth" (James Joyce).
3. Contention or competition between rivals.
4. trouble, conflict, discord
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pakistan calls for plebiscite in strife-torn Indian held Kashmir as it raises issue at UN
PRONOUNCE:
strife - स्ट्राइफ
LINK: STRIFE
