WORD: SOUGHT
MEANING:
1. required, wanted
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The US has completed the computerised draw of lots for granting the H-1B visas after receiving 2,36,000 petitions - over thrice the official cap of 65,000 - for the most sought-after work visa for IT professionals, including from India.
PRONOUNCE:
sought - सॉट
LINK: SOUGHT
WORD: MAGNANIMOUS
MEANING:
1. Highly moral, especially in showing kindness or forgiveness, as in overlooking insults or not seeking revenge.
2. generous, noble, worthy
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Amma magnanimous: Jayalalithaa's schemes that made Tamil Nadu a 'welfare state'
PRONOUNCE:
mag·nan·i·mous - मैग्नैनमस
LINK: MAGNANIMOUS
WORD: SUNDRY
MEANING:
1. various or diverse.
2. various, miscellaneous, separate
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Treats of spirits and of sundry spirited matters and incidents
PRONOUNCE:
sun•dry - सन्ड्री
LINK: SUNDRY
WORD: HALE
MEANING:
1. healthy and robust (esp in the phrase hale and hearty)
2. dialect Scot and Northern English whole
3. healthy, well, fit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Farida Jalal on death hoax: I'm hale and hearty
PRONOUNCE:
hale - हेल / हैल
LINK: HALE
WORD: APICAL
MEANING:
1. of, at, or being the apex
2. (Phonetics & Phonology) of or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue, such as (t) or (d)
3. top, important, best, highest
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. When he was elected president, it was an apical point in his life.
PRONOUNCE:
apical - ऐपिकल
LINK: APICAL
WORD: BLATANT
MEANING:
1. Usage Problem Totally or offensively conspicuous or obtrusive: a blatant lie.
2. Unpleasantly loud and noisy: "There are those who find the trombones blatant and the triangle silly, but both add effective color" (Musical Heritage Review). See Synonyms at vociferous.
3. unashamed, deliberate
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In Lok Sabha, Sonia Gandhi slams 'arrogant' Modi govt over 'blatant U-turns'
2. Pak Claim Of Chasing Away Indian Submarine Is 'Blatant Lies': Indian Navy
PRONOUNCE:
bla·tant - ब्लेटन्ट / ब्लैटन्ट
LINK: BLATANT
WORD: LACONIC
MEANING:
1. terse, brief, short, concise
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. We would rather have a smiling, shape-shifting Democrat we don't trust than a frowning, laconic Republican we trust more
PRONOUNCE:
la·con·ic - लकानिक / लाकानिक
LINK: LACONIC
WORD: TARNISH
MEANING:
1. To dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt: Being in the ground for so long tarnished the old coins.
2.
a. To detract from or spoil: a tasteless meal that tarnished an otherwise pleasant evening.
b. To bring disgrace to; sully: a scandal that tarnished his reputation.
3. dulling, discoloring
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Modi government tarnishing India's image: Congress
PRONOUNCE:
tar·nish - टार्निश
LINK: TARNISH
WORD: PRECARIOUS
MEANING:
1. Dangerously lacking in security or stability: a precarious posture; precarious footing on the ladder.
2. Subject to chance or unknown conditions: "His kingdom was still precarious; the Danes far from subdued" (Christopher Brooke).
3. Based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises: a precarious solution to a difficult problem.
4. Archaic Dependent on the will or favor of another.
5. uncertain, risky, dangerous
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The precarious life of an undersea diver
PRONOUNCE:
pre·car·i·ous - प्रिकेरीअस / प्रीकेरीअस
LINK: PRECARIOUS
WORD: BERSERK
MEANING:
1. Destructively or frenetically violent: a berserk worker who started smashing all the windows.
2. Mentally or emotionally upset; deranged: berserk with grief.
3. Informal Unrestrained, as with enthusiasm or appetite; wild: berserk over chocolates.
4. crazy, mad, wild
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. World Cup: Twitter goes berserk after Virat Kohli falters in tall chase
2. Kejriwal tweets a cartoon, Twitter goes berserk
PRONOUNCE:
ber·serk - बर्सर्क
LINK: BERSERK
WORD: INTACT
MEANING:
1. Remaining sound, entire, or uninjured; not impaired in any way.
2. Having all physical parts, especially:
a. Having the hymen unbroken.
b. Not castrated.
3. Whole, Entire, Complete.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Fortunately, the singer’s voice is still intact after her throat surgery
PRONOUNCE:
in·tact - इन्टैक्ट
LINK: INTACT
WORD: RAVAGE
MEANING:
1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town.
2. To pillage; sack: Enemy soldiers ravaged the village.
3. damage, destroy
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Floods ravage Kashmir Valley
PRONOUNCE:
rav·age - रैविज
LINK: RAVAGE
WORD: ENLIGHTEN
MEANING:
1. to give information or understanding to; instruct; edify
2. to free from ignorance, prejudice, or superstition
3. to give spiritual or religious revelation to
4. poetic to shed light on
5. inform, instruct, edify, tell, clarify
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Christopher had not enlightened Francis as to their relationship
PRONOUNCE:
enlighten - एन्लाइटन
LINK: ENLIGHTEN
WORD: BRICK
MEANING:
1.
a. A molded rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln until hard and used as a building and paving material.
b. Such blocks of clay used as a building material: a house made of brick.
c. An object shaped like such a block: a brick of cheese.
d. Informal A smartphone, tablet, or similar electronic device that connects to the internet that has become inoperable.
2. A dark brownish red.
3. Informal A helpful, reliable person.
4. Basketball A shot that falls short of the basket.
5. element, block, unit, peace
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. England lose another brick in wall as Jonathan Trott quits
PRONOUNCE:
brick - ब्रिक
LINK: BRICK
WORD: INDELIBLE
MEANING:
1. Impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent: indelible ink.
2. Making a mark not easily erased or washed away: an indelible pen for labeling clothing.
3. Unable to be forgotten; memorable: an indelible memory.
4. permanent
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Indelible ink to be used to identify people who've made withdrawals
PRONOUNCE:
in·del·i·ble - इन्डेलबल / इन्डेलिबल
LINK: INDELIBLE
WORD: DECORUM
MEANING:
1. propriety, esp in behaviour or conduct
2. a requirement of correct behaviour in polite society
3. dignity, propriety, modesty
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He had no idea of funeral decorum
PRONOUNCE:
decorum - डिकॉरम / डिकोरम
LINK: DECORUM
WORD: BASTION
MEANING:
1. A projecting part of a fortification.
2. A well-fortified position.
3. One that upholds or defends something, as against neglect or unpopularity: a college that is a bastion of traditionalism. See Synonyms at bulwark.
4. stronghold, mainstay, support
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. IS 'besieged' in last bastion in Syria's Aleppo province
PRONOUNCE:
bas·tion - बैस्चन
LINK: BASTION
WORD: IMPUTE
MEANING:
1. To relate (something, usually something bad) to a particular cause or source; place the fault or responsibility for: imputed the rocket failure to a faulty gasket; kindly imputed my clumsiness to inexperience. See Synonyms at attribute.
2. To assign as a characteristic; credit: the gracefulness so often imputed to cats.
3. credit, attribute
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Recovering the initial outlay plus imputed interest
PRONOUNCE:
here - here
LINK: IMPUTE
WORD: BESIEGE
MEANING:
1. To surround with hostile forces: The soldiers besieged the walled city.
2. To crowd around; hem in: Fans besieged the star as she came out of the hotel.
3. To harass or overwhelm, as with requests: a shop owner besieged by job applications.
4. surreounded, sieged
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. IS 'besieged' in last bastion in Syria's Aleppo province
PRONOUNCE:
be·siege - बिसीज
LINK: BESIEGE
WORD: PITH
MEANING:
1. The soft, spongy tissue in the center of the stems of most vascular plants, consisting mainly of parenchyma.
2.
a. The soft inner substance of a feather or hair.
b. The spinal cord.
3. The essential or central part; the heart or essence: The pith of your argument is controversial.
4. Strength; vigor; mettle.
5. Significance; importance: matters of great pith.
6. nucleus, essence, heart
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A book that he considered contained the pith of all his work
PRONOUNCE:
pith - पिथ
LINK: PITH
WORD: SUCCINCT
MEANING:
1. Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse: a succinct reply; a succinct style.
2. Archaic Encircled as if by a girdle; girded.
3. briefly, concisely
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. AngularJS is a structural framework for dynamic web apps. It lets you use HTML as your template language and lets you extend HTML's syntax to express your application's components clearly and succinctly.
PRONOUNCE:
suc·cinct - सक्सिंगक्ट
LINK: SUCCINCT
WORD: LENIENT
MEANING:
1. Inclined not to be harsh or strict; merciful or indulgent: lenient parents.
2. Not harsh or strict; merciful or generous: lenient rules.
3. kind, soft, mild
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bangladesh's highest court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence on a top Islamist preacher, triggering clashes between police and secular protesters who slammed the decision as too lenient.
PRONOUNCE:
le·ni·ent - लीनीअन्ट / लीन्यन्ट
LINK: LENIENT
WORD: CONSPICUOUS
MEANING:
1. Easy to notice; obvious: a conspicuous flaw in the construction.
2. Attracting attention, as by being unusual or remarkable; noticeable. See Synonyms at noticeable.
3. visible, noticeable, obvisous
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mediocre films reveal their mediocrity – mainly, a parochial worldview – even in the most innocuous moments, even when the stakes are conspicuous by being absent.
PRONOUNCE:
here - here
LINK: CONSPICUOUS
WORD: PREACHER
MEANING:
1. minister, missionary, person, priest
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bangladesh's highest court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence on a top Islamist preacher, triggering clashes between police and secular protesters who slammed the decision as too lenient.
PRONOUNCE:
preach·er - प्रीचर
LINK: PREACHER
WORD: INNOCUOUS
MEANING:
1. Having no adverse effect; harmless.
2. Not likely to offend or provoke to strong emotion; insipid.
3. inoffensive, harmless, innocent
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mediocre films reveal their mediocrity – mainly, a parochial worldview – even in the most innocuous moments, even when the stakes are conspicuous by being absent.
PRONOUNCE:
in·noc·u·ous - इनाक्यूअस
LINK: INNOCUOUS
WORD: BUFFOON
MEANING:
1. A clown; a jester: a court buffoon.
2. A person given to clowning and joking.
3. A ludicrous or bumbling person; a fool.
4. Foolish behavior
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Clarence, an irrepressible comic, was held after cass for his buffoonery
PRONOUNCE:
buf·foon - बफून
LINK: BUFFOON
WORD: PAROCHIAL
MEANING:
1. narrow in outlook or scope; provincial
2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to a parish or parishes
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of or relating to a parish or parishes
4. narrow
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mediocre films reveal their mediocrity – mainly, a parochial worldview – even in the most innocuous moments, even when the stakes are conspicuous by being absent.
PRONOUNCE:
parochial - परोकीअल
LINK: PAROCHIAL
WORD: MERCENARIES
MEANING:
1. soldiers, guerrillas, armed force
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. They become rogue mercenaries and live out their life in South America.
PRONOUNCE:
mercenary - मर्सनेरी
LINK: MERCENARIES
