BOOZE

WORD: BOOZE

MEANING:
1.
a. Hard liquor.
b. An alcoholic beverage.
2. A drinking spree.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Belly dancers gyrate, booze flows at Meerut medical college

PRONOUNCE:
booze - बूज़

LINK: BOOZE

CURTAIL

WORD: CURTAIL

MEANING:
1. To cut short or reduce: We curtailed our conversation when other people entered the room.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Library of Congress Will Curtail Its Twitter Collection in 2018

PRONOUNCE:
cur·tail - कर्टेल / कर्टैल

LINK: CURTAIL

GYRATE

WORD: GYRATE

MEANING:
1. To revolve around a fixed point or axis.
2. To move in a spiral or spirallike course. See Synonyms at turn.
3. To oscillate or vary, especially in a repetitious pattern: Stock prices gyrated around last week's high.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Belly dancers gyrate, booze flows at Meerut medical college

PRONOUNCE:
gy·rate - जाइरेट / जाइरैट / जाइरेट / जाइरेट

LINK: GYRATE

CONFISCATE

WORD: CONFISCATE

MEANING:
1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury, especially as a penalty for wrongdoing.
2. To seize by authority: The teacher confiscated all the comic books we had in class. See Synonyms at appropriate.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
"1. Shameful Pakistan confiscate Kulbhushan Jadhav's wife's shoes against false claims
2. 'There was something in her shoes,' says Pakistan about confiscating footwear of Jadhav's wife"

PRONOUNCE:
con·fis·cate - कान्फस्कैट / कान्फिस्केट

LINK: CONFISCATE

UNFAZED

WORD: UNFAZED

MEANING:
1. Not fazed or disturbed.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. PM Modi's popularity remains unfazed; 80% people believe country's economic conditions are 'good', says Pew survey

PRONOUNCE:
un·fazed - अन्फेज़्ड / अन्फैज़्ड

LINK: UNFAZED

GROPING

WORD: GROPING

MEANING:
1. To reach about uncertainly; feel one's way: groped for the telephone.
2. To search blindly or uncertainly: grope for an answer.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Eight women say Charlie Rose sexually harassed them — with nudity, groping and lewd calls

PRONOUNCE:
grope - ग्रोप

LINK: GROPING

ENCROACHMENT

WORD: ENCROACHMENT

MEANING:
1. The act or an instance of encroaching.
2. Football A violation of the rules in which a player enters the neutral zone and makes contact with an opponent prior to the snap of the ball.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Kerala Transport Minister Thomas Chandy resigns over encroachment charges

PRONOUNCE:
en·croach·ment - एन्क्रोच्मन्ट

LINK: ENCROACHMENT

MISSUS

WORD: MISSUS

MEANING:
1. The mistress of a household. Often used with the.
2. Informal One's wife or girlfriend. Often used with the: Tell the missus I said hello.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Iyer raises his bat and acknowledges the applause. The missus is also happy.

PRONOUNCE:
mis·sus or mis·sis - मिसज़ / मिसिज़

LINK: MISSUS

VACUOUS

WORD: RIFT

MEANING:
1.
a. Lacking intelligence; stupid or empty-headed.
b. Devoid of substance or meaning; vapid or inane: a vacuous comment.
c. Devoid of expression; vacant: a vacuous stare. See Synonyms at empty.
2. Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle: "A sleepless night was followed by a vacuous day" (Zon Ferraris).
3. Archaic Devoid of matter; empty: vacuous space.


EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sri Lanka going nowhere with this vacuous approach. The required run rate keeps climbing with each passing over.

PRONOUNCE:
vac·u·ous - वैक्यूअस

LINK: VACUOUS

KNACK

WORD: KNACK

MEANING:
1. A special talent or skill, especially one difficult to explain or teach: a knack for writing song lyrics.
2. A tendency or pattern of behavior: "Lincoln had a knack for involving himself in fights where the odds were against him" (Joshua Wolf Shenk).
3. Archaic
a. A clever trick.
b. A knickknack.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Chahal has unique knack of picking wickets had we tried in first match things would have been different - Let's not camp in the past

PRONOUNCE:
knack - नैक

LINK: KNACK

INIMICAL

WORD: INIMICAL

MEANING:
1. Injurious or harmful in effect; adverse: habits inimical to good health.
2. Unfriendly; hostile: a cold, inimical voice.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Post Gujarat, parties inimical to Congress will develop a stake in Rahul Gandhi re-energising it before 2019

PRONOUNCE:
in·im·i·cal -  इनिमिकल

LINK: INIMICAL

CULT

WORD: CULT

MEANING:
1. a. A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader. b. The followers of such a religion or sect. 2. A system or community of religious worship and ritual. 3. The formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony and ritual. 4. A usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease. 5. a. Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing. b. The object of such devotion. 6. An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Charles Manson 'Family' struggling to get out of prison as cult leader dies 2. Charles Manson, Cult Leader Behind Tate-LaBianca Murders, Dead at 83

PRONOUNCE:
cult - कल्ट

LINK: CULT

RANT

WORD: RANT

MEANING:
1. To speak or write in an angry or emotionally charged manner; rave. 2. To express at length a complaint or negative opinion: "He could rant on the subject of physician-assisted illness" (Paul Theroux).

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A Haughty Rant Against Argentina's National Drink

PRONOUNCE:
here - here

LINK: RANT

AFOOT

WORD: AFOOT

MEANING:
1. On foot; walking. 2. In the process of being carried out; astir: plans afoot to resign.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A military coup is afoot in Zimbabwe. What's next for the embattled nation? Run away, there is froth in this IPO market: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

PRONOUNCE:
a·foot - अफुट

LINK: AFOOT

HAUGHTY

WORD: HAUGHTY

MEANING:
1. Scornfully and condescendingly proud. See Synonyms at arrogant.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A Haughty Rant Against Argentina's National Drink

PRONOUNCE:
haugh·ty - हॉटी

LINK: HAUGHTY

BONKERS

WORD: BONKERS

MEANING:
1. Crazy: "When word spread that free gas was to be found, the populace, as expected, went bonkers" (Washington Post).

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Lakmal to Rohit, Six, he is going bonkers.

PRONOUNCE:
bon·kers - बांगकर्ज़

LINK: BONKERS

ABERRATION

WORD: ABERRATION

MEANING:
1. A deviation from what is typical or normal: an election that was an aberration from usual state politics. See Synonyms at deviation. 2. A departure from what is considered natural or proper: "Throughout history, the beast with a taste for human flesh has been regarded as an aberration, even as an outlaw" (Philip Caputo). 3. An abnormal, usually temporary alteration in one's mental state. 4. a. A defect of focus, such as blurring in an image. b. An imperfect image caused by a physical defect in an optical element, as in a lens. 5. The apparent displacement of the position of a celestial body in the direction of motion of an observer on Earth, caused by the motion of Earth and the finite velocity of light. 6. Genetics A deviation in the normal structure or number of chromosomes in an organism.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Perera to Rohit, 1 run, that's an aberration of sorts.

PRONOUNCE:
ab·er·ra·tion - ऐबरेशन / ऐबरैशन

LINK: ABERRATION

COLLUSION

WORD: COLLUSION

MEANING:
1. An often secret action taken by two or more parties to achieve an illegal or improper purpose.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Awkward? PM Modi meets Manmohan Singh, days after accusing him of collusion with Pakistan

PRONOUNCE:
col·lu·sion - कलूश़न

LINK: COLLUSION

SWEPT

WORD: SWEPT

MEANING:
1. curved, arced, bent

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 3 things you missed as the Warriors swept the Spurs to advance to the NBA Finals

PRONOUNCE:
swept - स्वेप्ट

LINK: SWEPT

APPEASEMENT

WORD: APPEASEMENT

MEANING:
1. a. An act of appeasing. b. The condition of being appeased.
2. The policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace.
3. concilation, pacification, accession

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Modi government created atmosphere of trust among minorities without appeasement: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

PRONOUNCE:
ap·pease·ment - अपीज़्मन्ट

LINK: APPEASEMENT

SPUR

WORD: SPUR

MEANING:
1. A short spike or spiked wheel that attaches to the heel of a rider's boot and is used to urge a horse forward.
2. An incentive: a spur to action.
3. A spurlike attachment or projection, as: a. A spinelike process on the leg of some birds. b. A climbing iron; a crampon. c. A gaff attached to the leg of a gamecock. d. A short or stunted branch of a tree. e. A bony outgrowth or protuberance.
4. A lateral ridge projecting from a mountain or mountain range.
5. An oblique reinforcing prop or stay of timber or masonry.
6. Botany A tubular or saclike extension of the corolla or calyx of a flower, as in a columbine or larkspur.
7. An ergot growing on rye.
8. A spur track.
9. ridge, edge

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 3 things you missed as the Warriors swept the Spurs to advance to the NBA Finals

PRONOUNCE:
spur - स्पर

LINK: SPUR

CLAMOUR

WORD: CLAMOUR

MEANING:
1. a loud persistent outcry, as from a large number of people
2. a vehement expression of collective feeling or outrage: a clamour against higher prices.
3. a loud and persistent noise: the clamour of traffic.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. China's PLA warns India: Learn lessons from 1962 defeat, stop clamouring for war

PRONOUNCE:
clamour - क्लैमर

LINK: CLAMOUR

SLEAZE

WORD: SLEAZE

MEANING:
1. sleaziness
2. dishonest, disreputable, or immoral behaviour, esp of public officials or employees: political sleaze.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Another 'Hardik' sleaze video clip surfaces

PRONOUNCE:
sleaze - स्लीज़

LINK: SLEAZE

OUSTER

WORD: OUSTER

MEANING:
1. a. The act of ejecting, forcing out, or supplanting. b. The state of being ejected, forced out, or supplanted.
2. One that ejects, forces out, or supplants another.
3. Law The wrongful exclusion or dispossession of one from real property to which one is entitled by law.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Zimbabwe political crisis: Is 'invisible' China hand behind Robert Mugabe ouster?

PRONOUNCE:
oust·er - आउस्टर

LINK: OUSTER

KIBOSH

WORD: KIBOSH

MEANING:
1. A check, end, or stop: The rain put the kibosh on our plans.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Putting the kibosh on incessant injuries, Cummins seems to have conquered fitness and temperament alike to emerge a bowling leader

PRONOUNCE:
ki·bosh - काइबाश

LINK: KIBOSH

CONFINE

WORD: CONFINE

MEANING:
1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit.
2. To shut or keep in, especially to imprison.
3. To restrict in movement: The sick child was confined to bed.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shashi Kapoor: A Movie Icon Who Broke The Confines of Stardom

PRONOUNCE:
con·fine - कन्फाइन

LINK: CONFINE

METICULOUS

WORD: METICULOUS

MEANING:
1. Showing or acting with extreme care and concern for details.
2. Archaic Excessively careful and precise.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Meticulous Planning by Las Vegas Gunman Before He Opened Fire

PRONOUNCE:
me·tic·u·lous - मटिक्यलस

LINK: METICULOUS

CUDDLE

WORD: CUDDLE

MEANING:
1. to hold (another person or thing) close or (of two people, etc) to hold each other close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth; embrace; hug
2. (foll by: up) to curl or snuggle up into a comfortable or warm position

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bigg Boss 11 Day 44 highlights: Benafsha cuddles with Priyank

PRONOUNCE:
cuddle - कडल

LINK: CUDDLE

ASPIRANT

WORD: ASPIRANT

MEANING:
1. a person who aspires, as one who seeks or desires a career, advancement, status, etc.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 2 Lakh aspirants write CAT, say was easier than 2016

PRONOUNCE:
as•pir•ant - अस्पाइअरन्ट / ऐस्परन्ट / अस्पाइरन्ट

LINK: ASPIRANT

VARSITY

WORD: VARSITY

MEANING:
1. The principal team representing a university, college, or school in sports, games, or other competitions.
2. Chiefly British A university.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Commemorate Constitution Day on November 26: UGC to varsities

PRONOUNCE:
var·si·ty - वार्सिटी

LINK: VARSITY

PREAMBLE

WORD: PREAMBLE

MEANING:
1. A preliminary statement, especially: a. The introduction to a formal document that explains its purpose. b. A statement accompanying a law or regulation specifying its purpose or reason for enactment.
2. An introductory occurrence or fact; a preliminary.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Constitution Day: UGC requests universities to read out Preamble in morning assembly

PRONOUNCE:
pre·am·ble - प्रीऐम्बल

LINK: PREAMBLE

COMMEMORATE

WORD: COMMEMORATE

MEANING:
1. To honor the memory of (a person or event, for example), especially with a ceremony. See Synonyms at observe.
2. To serve as a memorial to: The statue commemorates the discovery of anesthesia.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Commemorate Constitution Day on November 26: UGC to varsities

PRONOUNCE:
com·mem·o·rate - कमेमरेट / कमेमरैट

LINK: COMMEMORATE

EMULATE

WORD: EMULATE

MEANING:
1. To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation: an older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulated.
2. To compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with.
3. Computers To imitate the function of (another system), as by modifications to hardware or software that allow the imitating system to accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results as the imitated system.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ashwin emulates the greats, races to 300

PRONOUNCE:
em·u·late - एम्यलैट / एम्युलेट / एम्यलिट / एम्यलेट

LINK: EMULATE

TIRADE

WORD: TIRADE

MEANING:
1. A long angry speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Who are they gonna believe you or me?': Texas prosecutor fired after drunken Uber tirade 1. Freed by Pak, 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed launches anti-India tirade

PRONOUNCE:
ti·rade - टाइरेड / टाइरैड

LINK: TIRADE

SCAB

WORD: SCAB

MEANING:
1. A crust discharged from and covering a healing wound.
2. Scabies or mange in domestic animals or livestock, especially sheep.
3.
a. Any of various plant diseases caused by fungi or bacteria and resulting in crustlike spots on fruit, leaves, or roots.
b. The spots caused by such a disease.
4. Slang A person regarded as contemptible.
5.
a. A worker who refuses membership in a labor union.
b. An employee who works while others are on strike; a strikebreaker.
c. A person hired to replace a striking worker.


EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Brazile revelation tears at Democratic scab

PRONOUNCE:
scab - स्कैब

LINK: SCAB

CAMOUFLAGE

WORD: CAMOUFLAGE

MEANING:
1. The concealing of personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings.
2. Protective coloring or other appearance that conceals an animal and enables it to blend into its surroundings: The leopard's camouflage makes it blend in with the forest shadows.
3.
a. Cloth, netting, or other material used for camouflage: spread the camouflage over the tank.
b. Fabric or a garment dyed in splotches of green, brown, and tan, used for camouflage in certain environments.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. It is no coincidence that the remake of a suspense-filled thriller from nearly half a century ago falls back on significant plot tweaks - and a major climax-altering epilogue - to try and camouflage a familiar storyline.

PRONOUNCE:
cam·ou·flage - कैमफ्लाश़

LINK: CAMOUFLAGE

SIGH

WORD: SIGH

MEANING:
1.
a. To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, as in weariness or relief.
b. To emit a similar sound: willows sighing in the wind.
2. To feel longing or grief; yearn: sighing for their lost youth.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. WhatsApp Restored, Users Heave A Sigh Of Relief

PRONOUNCE:
sigh - साइ

LINK: SIGH

EPILOGUE

WORD: EPILOGUE

MEANING:
1.
a. A short poem or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play.
b. The performer who delivers such a short poem or speech.
2. A short addition or concluding section at the end of a literary work, often dealing with the future of its characters. Also called afterword.
3. An event which reflects meaningfully on a recently ended conflict or struggle.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. It is no coincidence that the remake of a suspense-filled thriller from nearly half a century ago falls back on significant plot tweaks - and a major climax-altering epilogue - to try and camouflage a familiar storyline.

PRONOUNCE:
ep·i·logue also ep·i·log - एपलॉग

LINK: EPILOGUE

PAPADOPOULOS

WORD: PAPADOPOULOS

MEANING:
1. Greek military officer and politician who became premier after a 1967 coup. He was overthrown in 1973 and imprisoned.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Papadopoulos represented Trump campaign at meetings with British officials, Israeli settlers

PRONOUNCE:
Pa·pa·do·pou·los

LINK: PAPADOPOULOS

VITRIOL

WORD: VITRIOL

MEANING:
1.
a. See sulfuric acid.
b. Any of various sulfates of metals, such as ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, or copper sulfate.
2. Bitterly abusive feeling or expression.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The vitriol over Bollywood film Padmavati went up a notch as a BJP office bearer from Haryana said he would double the bounty on the heads of actor Deepika Padukone and filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, to Rs 10 crore.

PRONOUNCE:
vit·ri·ol - विट्रीअल

LINK: VITRIOL

STUTTER

WORD: STUTTER

MEANING:
1. to speak (a word, phrase, etc) with recurring repetition of consonants, esp initial ones
2. to make (an abrupt sound) repeatedly: the gun stuttered.
n
3. the act or habit of stuttering
4. a stuttering sound

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. TEA: Sri Lanka stutter before break

PRONOUNCE:
stutter - स्टटर

LINK: STUTTER

RELIC

WORD: RELIC

MEANING:
1. Something that has survived the passage of time, especially an object or custom whose original culture has disappeared: "Corporal punishment was a relic of barbarism" (Cyril Connolly).
2. Something cherished for its age or historic interest.
3. An object kept for its association with the past; a memento.
4. An object of religious veneration, especially a piece of the body or a personal item of a saint.
5. or relics A corpse; remains.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A relic of the relentless pummeling that flattened much of Germany more than 70 years ago forced tens of thousands of people to temporarily abandon their homes on Sunday in Frankfurt.

PRONOUNCE:
rel·ic - रेलिक

LINK: RELIC

GRUELING

WORD: GRUELING

MEANING:
1. Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion: a grueling campaign.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. NHK reveals reporter's 'karoshi' in 2013 after grueling OT

PRONOUNCE:
gru·el·ing - ग्रूअलिंग / ग्रूइलिंग / ग्रूलिंग

LINK: GRUELING

SORORITY

WORD: SORORITY

MEANING:
1. A chiefly social organization of women students at a college or university, usually designated by Greek letters.
2. An association or a society of women.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shoddy GST regime hits Indian economy, leads to job losses

PRONOUNCE:
so·ror·i·ty - सरारीटी / सरॉरटी

LINK: SORORITY

SHODDY

WORD: SHODDY

MEANING:
1. Made of or containing inferior material.
2.
a. Of poor quality or craft.
b. Rundown; shabby.
3. Dishonest or reprehensible: shoddy business practices.
4. Conspicuously and cheaply imitative.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shoddy GST regime hits Indian economy, leads to job losses

PRONOUNCE:
shod·dy - शाडी

LINK: SHODDY

MOXIE

WORD: MOXIE

MEANING:
1. The ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage.
2. Aggressive energy; initiative: "His prose has moxie, though it rushes and stumbles from a pent-up surge" (Patricia Hampl).
3. Skill; know-how.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Rahul Gandhi's Moxie On Notes Ban Boosts Credentials Among Opposition

PRONOUNCE:
mox·ie

LINK: MOXIE

APOLITICAL

WORD: APOLITICAL

MEANING:
1. Having no interest in or association with politics.
2. Having no political relevance or importance: claimed that the president's upcoming trip was purely apolitical.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Country music is becoming the soundtrack of a nonexistent, apolitical no-place

PRONOUNCE:
a·po·lit·i·cal - एपलिटिकल / ऐपलिटिकल

LINK: APOLITICAL

STRANGULATION

WORD: STRANGULATION

MEANING:
1.
a. The act of strangling or strangulating.
b. The state of being strangled or strangulated.
2. Medicine Constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or another fluid: strangulation of the intestine.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Green Beret killed by strangulation reportedly turned down illegal money from Navy SEALs

PRONOUNCE:
stran·gu·la·tion - स्ट्रैंगग्यलैशन / स्ट्रैंगयुलेशन

LINK: STRANGULATION

HURL

WORD: HURL

MEANING:
1. To throw with great force; fling. See Synonyms at throw.
2. To cause to move with great force or violence: The bus's sudden stop hurled the passengers to the floor.
3. To send with great vigor; thrust: hurled the army against the enemy.
4. To utter vehemently: hurled insults at the speaker.
5. Slang To vomit (the contents of the stomach).

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. China, India Soldiers Hurl Stones at 1 Another in Kashmir

PRONOUNCE:
hurl - हर्ल

LINK: HURL

UNSCATHED

WORD: UNSCATHED

MEANING:
1. Not injured or harmed: escaped the hurricane unscathed.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Finance 202: Wall Street escapes GOP tax cutters unscathed, so far

PRONOUNCE:
un·scathed - अन्स्केद्ड / अन्स्कैद्ड

LINK: UNSCATHED

NOOSE

WORD: NOOSE

MEANING:
1. A loop formed in a rope by means of a slipknot so that it binds tighter as the rope is pulled. Also called running noose.
2. A snare or trap.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 6 Miami firefighters fired for allegedly placing noose over black colleague's family photo, officials say

PRONOUNCE:
noose - नूस

LINK: NOOSE

INVIGORATE

WORD: INVIGORATE

MEANING:
1. To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; animate: "A few whiffs of the raw, strong scent of phlox invigorated her" (D.H. Lawrence).

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Election Results Invigorate Medicaid Expansion Hopes

PRONOUNCE:
in·vig·or·ate - इन्विगरिट / इन्विगरेट

LINK: INVIGORATE

FRATERNITY

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.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Florida State suspends fraternities, sororities in wake of pledge's death

PRONOUNCE:
fra·ter·ni·ty - फ्रटर्नटी / फ्रटर्निटी / फ्रटर्निटी

LINK: FRATERNITY

REPERCUSSION

WORD: REPERCUSSION

MEANING:
1. An often indirect effect, influence, or result that is produced by an event or action.
2. A recoil, rebounding, or reciprocal motion after impact. 
3. A reflection, especially of sound.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Lebanon feels repercussions of Al-Hariri's shock resignation

PRONOUNCE:
re·per·cus·sion - रीपर्कशन / रीप्रकशन

LINK: REPERCUSSION

PATRIARCH

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.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Narendra Modi in Chennai LIVE: PM meets DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi in Chennai

PRONOUNCE:
pa·tri·arch - पेट्रीआर्क / पैट्रीआर्क

LINK: PATRIARCH

DEVASTATING

WORD: DEVASTATING

MEANING:
1. extremely effective in a destructive way: a devastating war; a devastating report on urban deprivation.
2. shocking

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'A devastating tragedy': Wife of ESPN's Chris Berman killed in two-car crash in Connecticut

PRONOUNCE:
devastating - डेवस्टेटिंग / डेवस्टैटिंग

LINK: DEVASTATING

WARMONGER

WORD: WARMONGER

MEANING:
1. One who advocates or attempts to stir up war.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Salman Khan talks about war-mongering, sympathises with army families

PRONOUNCE:
war·mon·ger - वॉर्मंगगर / वॉर्मांगगर

LINK: WARMONGER

SHEER

WORD: SHEER

MEANING:
1. perpendicular; very steep: a sheer cliff.
2. (of textiles) so fine as to be transparent
3. (prenominal) absolute; unmitigated: sheer folly.
4. obsolete bright or shining

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The sheer number of people who were evacuated

PRONOUNCE:
sheer - शिर / शीर

LINK: SHEER

ESPOUSE

WORD: ESPOUSE

MEANING:
1. to adopt or give support to (a cause, ideal, etc): to espouse socialism.
2. archaic (esp of a man) to take as spouse; marry

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Former NJ police chief accused of espousing violence toward African-Americans

PRONOUNCE:
espouse - इस्पाउज़ / एस्पाउज़ / इस्पाउस

LINK: ESPOUSE

MUDDLE

WORD: MUDDLE

MEANING:
1. a. To mix together, especially confusedly: The various flavors are muddled in this recipe. b. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
2. a. To put into a state of confusion; confuse: Emotional rhetoric will only muddle the debate on the issue. b. To confuse or befuddle (a person or the mind, for example). See Synonyms at befuddle.
3. To mismanage or bungle: muddle a task.
4. To make turbid or muddy.
5. confuzed, puzzled, stupefied

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Can muddled india rebound against New Zealand

PRONOUNCE:
mud·dle - मडल

LINK: MUDDLE

INFRINGE

WORD: INFRINGE

MEANING:
1. To transgress or exceed the limits of; violate: infringe a contract; infringe a patent.
2. Obsolete To defeat; invalidate.
3. disobeyed, broken, violated

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A US judge has denied Apple's request to permanently ban Samsung from selling 23 older-model smartphones and tablets that a jury found infringed on patents held by the maker of iPhones and iPads.
2. The Delhi High Court has reportedly granted an ex parte injunction order against Xiaomi for allegedly infringing on Ericsson's Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). 

PRONOUNCE:
in·fringe - इन्फ्रिन्ज

LINK: INFRINGE

MINUSCULE

WORD: MINUSCULE

MEANING:
1. Very small; tiny. See Synonyms at small.
2. Of, relating to, or written in minuscule.
3. tiny, little, microscopic

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shipping a final version of the Mozilla Firefox browser for the Windows 8 "Metro" environment "would be a mistake," according to a Mozilla vice president, because of the relatively minuscule number of users on the platform.

PRONOUNCE:
min·us·cule - मिनस्क्यूल

LINK: MINUSCULE

PUNITIVE

WORD: PUNITIVE

MEANING:
1. Inflicting or aiming to inflict punishment; punishing.
2. disciplinary, castigatory, penal, corrective

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Hulk Hogan-Gawker jury awards $25M in punitive damages
2. Army says destroyed Pakistan border posts along LoC, releases video of 'punitive' firing

PRONOUNCE:
pu·ni·tive - प्यूनटिव / प्यूनिटिव

LINK: PUNITIVE

GALORE

WORD: GALORE

MEANING:
1. In great numbers; in abundance: "with balloons and hot dogs ... and fireworks galore" (Anne Armstrong).
2. abundant, plentiful, copious, in large numbers

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Confidence galore for VVS Laxman, Sunrisers Hyderabad players ahead of IPL 9
2. Gold, glitter, politicians galore: Reddy daughter's Rs 500-cr wedding on I-T radar

PRONOUNCE:
ga·lore - गलॉर / गलोर

LINK: GALORE

ELIXIR

WORD: ELIXIR

MEANING:
1. A sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water, serving as a vehicle for medicine.
2. a. See philosophers' stone. b. A substance believed to maintain life indefinitely. Also called elixir of life. c. A substance or medicine believed to have the power to cure all ills.
3. An underlying principle.
4. A substance or liquid which is believed to cure illness and give eternal life

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The salesman was selling an elixir that he said would protect us all from the plague.

PRONOUNCE:
e·lix·ir - इलिक्सर

LINK: ELIXIR

CONSECUTIVE

WORD: CONSECUTIVE

MEANING:
1. Following one after another without interruption; successive: was absent on three consecutive days; won five consecutive games on the road.
2. Marked by logical sequence.
3. Grammar Expressing consequence or result: a consecutive clause.
4. successive, uninterrupted, following

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Unstoppable Australia Chalk Up Third Consecutive Win

PRONOUNCE:
con·sec·u·tive - कन्सेक्यटिव

LINK: CONSECUTIVE