WORD: EXTRICATES
MEANING:
1. To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage.
2. removes, extracts
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. As the woman extricates herself from her artificial skin, the logger douses her in fuel and burns her alive.
PRONOUNCE:
ex·tri·cate - एक्स्ट्रकेट / एक्स्ट्रकैट
LINK: EXTRICATES
WORD: ROGUE
MEANING:
1. An unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.
2. One who is playfully mischievous; a scamp.
3. A wandering beggar; a vagrant.
4. A vicious and solitary animal, especially an elephant that has separated itself from its herd.
5. An organism, especially a plant, that shows an undesirable variation from a standard.
6. scoundrel, rascal
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. They become rogue mercenaries and live out their life in South America.
PRONOUNCE:
rogue - रोग
LINK: ROGUE
WORD: DOUSE
MEANING:
1. To wet thoroughly; drench.
2. To put out (a light or fire); extinguish: doused the campfire with a bucket of water.
3. covers, drowns, wets
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. As the woman extricates herself from her artificial skin, the logger douses her in fuel and burns her alive.
PRONOUNCE:
douse - डाउस
LINK: DOUSE
WORD: SPREE
MEANING:
1. binge, extravaganza, bender
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bihar: With barbs for Modi, Nitish Kumar starts inauguration spree
PRONOUNCE:
spree - श्प्रे / स्प्री
LINK: SPREE
WORD: FULCRUM
MEANING:
1. The point or support on which a lever pivots.
2. Zoology An anatomical structure that acts as a hinge or a point of support.
3. An agent through which vital powers are exercised.
4. support, point
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. VVS Laxman: India's bowling fulcrum — Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah
PRONOUNCE:
ful·crum - फुल्क्रम
LINK: FULCRUM
WORD: BARB
MEANING:
1. A sharp point projecting in reverse direction to the main point of a weapon or tool, as on an arrow or fishhook.
2. A cutting remark.
3. Zoology A small, sharp point projecting in reverse direction from the tip, as on a porcupine quill or a bee sting.
4. Zoology One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather.
5. Botany A short, sharp, reflexed bristle or hairlike projection.
6. See barbel1.
7. Any of various Old World freshwater fishes of the genera Barbus, Puntius, and related genera of the family Cyprinidae.
8. A linen covering for a woman's head, throat, and chin worn in medieval times.
9. point, hook tip
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bihar: With barbs for Modi, Nitish Kumar starts inauguration spree
PRONOUNCE:
barb - बार्ब
LINK: BARB
WORD: IMPERIOUS
MEANING:
1. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing. See Synonyms at dictatorial.
2. Urgent; pressing: an imperious necessity.
3. Obsolete Regal; imperial.
4. domineering, authoritative, commanding
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. imperious stroke from Khawaja
PRONOUNCE:
im·pe·ri·ous - इम्पिरीअस / इम्पीरीअस
LINK: IMPERIOUS
WORD: DEFY
MEANING:
1.
a. To oppose or resist with boldness and assurance: defied the blockade by sailing straight through it.
b. To refuse to submit to or cooperate with: defied the court order by leaving the country.
2. To be beyond the application or scope of; be contrary or resistant to: an act that defies explanation; a problem that defies any conventional approach.
3. To challenge or dare (someone) to do something: She defied her accusers to prove their charges.
4. challenged, dared
USAGE:
1. Sehwag amassed century after century, demolishing the world's best bowling attacks even as he defied every caricature of a Test match opener.
PRONOUNCE:
de·fy - डिफाइ
LINK: DEFY
WORD: INEPTITUDE
MEANING:
1. the quality or condition of being inept.
2. an inept act or remark.
3. incompetence, clumsiness, uselessness
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. IPL 9: Pacers star for Kolkata Knight Riders as new look Delhi Daredevils display similar ineptitude
PRONOUNCE:
in•ept•i•tude - इनेप्टिटूड
LINK: INEPTITUDE
WORD: CARICATURE
MEANING:
1. mimic, parody, mock
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sehwag amassed century after century, demolishing the world's best bowling attacks even as he defied every caricature of a Test match opener.
PRONOUNCE:
car·i·ca·ture - केरकचर / कैरकचर
LINK: CARICATURE
WORD: HAMPERS
MEANING:
1. to prevent the progress or free movement of
2. obstructs, impedes
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. MS Dhoni's presence as skipper hampers Team India: Ian Chappell
PRONOUNCE:
hamper - हैम्पर
LINK: HAMPERS
WORD: SMUG
MEANING:
1. excessively self-satisfied or complacent
2. archaic trim or neat
3. seuperior, self-satisfied
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. When pretty-boy actors stroll through sequences of supposed peril with smug smiles and martinis that do not get shaken much less stirred amid perfectly choreographed action, there can be no risk to agent 007.
PRONOUNCE:
smug - स्मग
LINK: SMUG
WORD: PERIL
MEANING:
1.
a. Imminent danger: a sign warning of the peril of falling rocks.
b. Exposure to the risk of harm or loss: in peril of losing his savings.
2. Something that endangers or involves risk: couldn't avoid the perils of the desert.
3. danger, threat, risk, hazard
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. When pretty-boy actors stroll through sequences of supposed peril with smug smiles and martinis that do not get shaken much less stirred amid perfectly choreographed action, there can be no risk to agent 007.
PRONOUNCE:
per·il - पेरल
LINK: PERIL
WORD: OPTION
MEANING:
1. The act of choosing; choice: Her option was to quit school and start her own business.
2. The power or freedom to choose: We have the option of driving or taking the train.
3.
a. The right, usually obtained for a fee, to buy or sell an asset within a specified time at a set price.
b. A contract or financial instrument granting such a right: a stock option.
c. The right to make a movie adaptation of a literary work or play: a movie studio that purchased an option on a book.
d. Baseball The right of a major-league team to transfer a player to a minor-league team while being able to recall the player within a specified period.
4. Something chosen or available as a choice. See Synonyms at choice.
5. An item or feature that may be chosen to replace or enhance standard equipment, as in a car.
6. Football An offensive play in which a back, usually the quarterback, decides during the play whether to run with the ball, throw a pass, or make a lateral, depending on the actions of the defense.
7. choice, selection, decision
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Playing international cricket for South Africa is definitely an option, says Kevin Pietersen
PRONOUNCE:
op·tion - आप्शन / ऑप्शन
LINK: OPTION
WORD: STROLL
MEANING:
1. To go for a leisurely walk: stroll in the park.
2. To travel from place to place seeking work or gain.
3. walk, wander
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. When pretty-boy actors stroll through sequences of supposed peril with smug smiles and martinis that do not get shaken much less stirred amid perfectly choreographed action, there can be no risk to agent 007.
PRONOUNCE:
stroll - स्ट्रोल
LINK: STROLL
WORD: DEFER
MEANING:
1. To put off; postpone.
2. To postpone the induction of (one eligible for the military draft).
3. postpone, reschedule, adjourn
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Banks defer their decision to levy charges on card transactions in petrol pumps on cards till Friday
PRONOUNCE:
de·fer - डिफर
LINK: DEFER
WORD: REMINISCE
MEANING:
1. to recall or talk about past experiences, events, etc
2. recall, evoke, recollect
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar reminisce 15 years of 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham'
PRONOUNCE:
rem•i•nisce - रेमनिस
LINK: REMINISCE
WORD: LEVY
MEANING:
1.
a. To impose (a tax or fine, for example) on someone.
b. To impose a tax, fine, or other punishment on (a person or business).
2. To enlist or conscript into military service: levy recruits.
3. To declare and wage (a war).
4. tax, charge, toll, duty
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Banks defer their decision to levy charges on card transactions in petrol pumps on cards till Friday
PRONOUNCE:
lev·y - लीवी / लेवी / लीवी
LINK: LEVY
WORD: RADICALISM
MEANING:
1. The doctrines or practices of radicals.
2. The quality of being radical.
3. extremism, bias
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Barack Obama's farewell speech: POTUS' comments on democracy, rise of radicalism relevant to India
PRONOUNCE:
rad·i·cal·ism - रैडिकलिज़म
LINK: RADICALISM
WORD: GLEEFUL
MEANING:
1. delighted, happy, pleased
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Celebrate the iPhone's 10th birthday by watching the gleeful original announcement
PRONOUNCE:
glee·ful - ग्लीफल
LINK: GLEEFUL
WORD: PREVAIL
MEANING:
1. To be greater in strength or influence; triumph: The home team prevailed against the visitors. Shouldn't the public interest prevail over an individual's?
2. To be most common or frequent; be predominant: a region where snow and ice prevail.
3. To be in force, use, or effect; be current: an ancient tradition that still prevails.
4. To use persuasion or inducement successfully. Often used with on, upon, or with. See Synonyms at persuade.
5. triumph, succeed, overcome, conquer
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. If Nitish Kumar becomes PM, jungle raj will prevail across country: Uma Bharti
PRONOUNCE:
pre·vail - प्रिवेल / प्रिवैल / प्रीवैल
LINK: PREVAIL
WORD: REGIME
MEANING:
1.
a. A government, especially an oppressive or undemocratic one: a fascist regime.
b. A usually heavy-handed administration or group in charge of an organization: Raises were canceled under the new regime.
2.
a. A way of organizing or managing something; a system: an admissions regime at a college.
b. A regulated system of diet, exercise, or medical treatment; a regimen.
3. The period during which a particular administration or system prevails.
4. A prevailing pattern of water flow, as of a river.
5. government, command, rule, administration, management
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India joins Missile Technology Control Regime as full member
PRONOUNCE:
re·gime - रश़ीम / रैश़ीम
LINK: REGIME
WORD: BECOME
MEANING:
1. To be appropriate or suitable to: "It would not become me ... to interfere with parties" (Jonathan Swift).
2. To show to advantage; look good with: The new suit becomes you.
3. convert, turn into
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. If Nitish Kumar becomes PM, jungle raj will prevail across country: Uma Bharti
2. Haven't received offer to become Rio Olympics Goodwill Ambassador: AR Rahman
PRONOUNCE:
be·come - बिकम
LINK: BECOME
WORD: SACRILEGE
MEANING:
1. the misuse or desecration of anything regarded as sacred or as worthy of extreme respect: to play Mozart's music on a kazoo is sacrilege.
2. the act or an instance of taking anything sacred for secular use
3. violation, desecration
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Punjab: Youth manifesto, sacrilege controversy put brakes on soaring AAP graph
PRONOUNCE:
sacrilege - सैक्रलज / सैक्रलिज
LINK: SACRILEGE
WORD: VEER
MEANING:
1.
a. To turn aside from a course or established direction; swerve: veered to the left to avoid a pothole.
b. To deviate from a purpose, behavior, or previous pattern: "a sequence of adventures that veered between tragedy and bleak farce" (Anthony Haden-Guest). See Synonyms at swerve.
2. To shift clockwise in direction, as from north to northeast. Used of the wind.
3. Nautical To change the course of a ship by turning the stern to the wind while advancing to windward; wear ship.
4. turns, swings
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Jet Airways flight veers off runway
PRONOUNCE:
veer - विर / वीर
LINK: VEER
WORD: RAMS
MEANING:
1. purposeful, premeditated, calculated, planned
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Truck rams into Berlin Christmas market in 'deliberate' attack killing 12
PRONOUNCE:
rams - रैम
LINK: RAMS
WORD: GRAFT
MEANING:
1.
a. To unite (a shoot or bud) with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact.
b. To join (a plant or plants) by such union.
2. To transplant or implant (living tissue, for example) surgically into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.
3. To join or unite closely: graft new customs onto old.
4. implant
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Benami property: PM Modi eyes real estate assets in drive against graft
PRONOUNCE:
graft - ग्रैफ्ट
LINK: GRAFT
WORD: WHISK
MEANING:
1. To move or cause to move with quick light sweeping motions: whisked crumbs off the table; whisked the children away.
2. To whip (eggs or cream).
3. beats, whips, creams
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. whisks himself outside leg to take a flighted delivery outside leg stump and lifts it through extra cover.
PRONOUNCE:
whisk - विस्क / ह्विस्क
LINK: WHISK
WORD: JIGNOISM
MEANING:
1. nationalism, patriotism
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Aamir Khan wins Dangal: Jingoism loses to Indians who don't tolerate intolerance
PRONOUNCE:
jignoism - jignoism
LINK: JIGNOISM
WORD: DRAG
MEANING:
1. effort, slog, struggle, grind, strain, graft
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Kabali movie review: This Rajinikanth film is a drag
2. Ajay Devgn film is a monumental drag.
PRONOUNCE:
drag - ड्रैग
LINK: DRAG
WORD: CONFUSION
MEANING:
1.
a. The act of confusing or the state of being confused: Backstage confusion made the rehearsal difficult.
b. An instance of being confused: "After his awakening to Chicano identity, he briefly mastered his inner confusions and found an articulate voice" (David C. Unger).
2. Psychology A mental state involving impaired orientation with respect to time, place, or person.
3. misperception, chaos
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion
PRONOUNCE:
con·fu·sion - कन्फ्यूश़न
LINK: CONFUSION
