WORD: SMUDGE
MEANING:
1. To make dirty, especially in one small area: My shirt was smudged with soot.
2. To smear or blur (something): smudged grease on my pants; smudged her makeup.
3. To fill (an orchard or an inhabited area) with dense smoke from a smudge pot in order to prevent damage from frost or to repel insects.
4. mark, blotch, smear
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. "Very happy to get back into the Test team," says Glenn Maxwell. "That partnership with Smudge put us in a good position.
PRONOUNCE:
smudge - स्मज
LINK: SMUDGE
WORD: TEAR
MEANING:
1.
a. To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.
b. To cause to be pulled apart unintentionally, as by accident: tore my pants on the barbed wire.
c. To lacerate (the skin, for example).
2. To make (an opening) in something by pulling it apart or by accident: I tore a hole in my stocking.
3. To separate forcefully; wrench: tore the pipe from the wall.
4. To divide or disrupt: was torn between opposing choices; a country that was torn by strife.
5. slit, rip, slash
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mr. Trump's Tear-Down Budget
PRONOUNCE:
tear - टेर / टिर
LINK: TEAR
WORD: FATIGUE
MEANING:
1. Physical or mental weariness resulting from effort or activity.
2. Something, such as tiring effort or activity, that causes tiredness or weariness: the fatigue of a long hike.
3. Physiology The decreased capacity or complete inability of an organism, organ, or part to function normally because of excessive stimulation or prolonged exertion.
4. The weakening or failure of a material, such as metal or wood, resulting from prolonged stress.
5.
a. Manual or menial labor, such as barracks cleaning, assigned to soldiers.
b. fatigues Clothing worn by military personnel for labor or for field duty.
6. tired, weary, eshausted
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. They scored 450, to come back, go past that total, and ut them under such pressure, but Shaun Marsh and Peter Handscomb batted really well. You get fatigued, but I have been working hard on my fitness, careful with my diet, and hoping to recover soon for the big Test coming up.."
PRONOUNCE:
fa·tigue - फटीग
LINK: FATIGUE
WORD: WIELDS
MEANING:
1. to handle or use (a weapon, tool, etc)
2. to exert or maintain (power or authority)
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) obsolete to rule
4. exdercises, experts, uses
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Despite a Trust, Ivanka Trump Still Wields Power Over Her Brand
PRONOUNCE:
wield - वील्ड
LINK: WIELDS
WORD: NOOB
MEANING:
1. A person who is inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity
2. newbie
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I'll start by explaining a little background information for all the noobs who didnt watch the cartoon series
PRONOUNCE:
noob
LINK: NOOB
WORD: GRUFF
MEANING:
1. Brusque or stern in manner or appearance: a gruff reply.
2. Hoarse; harsh: a gruff voice.
3. bad-tempered, grumpy, angry
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Heidi's grandfather was gruff, barking stern orders and hardly smiling.
PRONOUNCE:
gruff - ग्रफ
LINK: GRUFF
WORD: DOGGED
MEANING:
1. Stubbornly persevering; tenacious: "two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder" (W.E.B. Du Bois).
2. determined, persistent
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dogged Marsh-Handscomb stand helps Australia maintain series parity
PRONOUNCE:
dog·ged - डॉगिड / डॉग्ड
LINK: DOGGED
WORD: ASPIC
MEANING:
1. A clear jelly typically made of stock and gelatin and used as a glaze or garnish or to make a mold of meat, fish, or vegetables.
2. jelly, gel, mousseline
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India vs Australia: Ranchi match should be preserved in aspic as a reminder of Test cricket's charm
PRONOUNCE:
as·pic - ऐस्पिक
LINK: ASPIC
WORD: SAVAGE
MEANING:
1.
a. Not domesticated or cultivated; wild: a savage animal; the savage jungle.
b. Not civilized; barbaric: a savage people.
2.
a. Vicious or merciless; brutal: a savage form of warfare.
b. Characterized by or showing hostility; unforgiving: savage criticism.
3. Extreme in strength or degree: savage heat.
4. exile, expel, deport
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Some young people are becoming savage.
2. A savage lion attacked a little rabbit.
PRONOUNCE:
sav·age - सैवज / सैविज / सैविज
LINK: SAVAGE
WORD: MESS
MEANING:
1.
a. A cluttered, untidy, usually dirty place or condition: The kitchen was a mess.
b. Something that is disorderly or dirty, as a accumulation or heap: Who left the mess on the kitchen floor?
2.
a. A confused, troubling, or embarrassing condition or situation: With divorce and bankruptcy proceedings pending, his personal life was in a mess.
b. One that is in such a condition: They made a mess of their marriage. Her boyfriend is a real mess.
3.
a. An amount of food, as for a meal, course, or dish: cooked up a mess of fish.
b. A serving of soft, semiliquid food: a mess of porridge.
4.
a. A group of people, usually soldiers or sailors, who regularly eat meals together.
b. Food or a meal served to such a group: took mess with the enlistees.
c. A mess hall.
5. jam, disaster, chaos
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Petrol pumps versus banks: The mess shows it is utopian to force a cashless life
PRONOUNCE:
mess - मेस
LINK: MESS
WORD: UTOPIAN
MEANING:
1. often Utopian Of, relating to, describing or having the characteristics of a Utopia: a Utopian island; Utopian novels.
2.
a. Excellent or ideal but impracticable; visionary: a utopian scheme for equalizing wealth.
b. Proposing impracticably ideal schemes.
3. ideal, perfect, ultimate
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Petrol pumps versus banks: The mess shows it is utopian to force a cashless life
PRONOUNCE:
u·to·pi·an - यूटोपीअन
LINK: UTOPIAN
WORD: BANISH
MEANING:
1. To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile: The spy was found guilty of treason and banished from the country.
2. To drive away; expel: We banished all our doubts and fears.
3. admire,worship,revere
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. After the war is over, the king will banish the rebels from his kingdom.
PRONOUNCE:
ban·ish - बैनिश
LINK: BANISH
WORD: EMBALM
MEANING:
1. To treat (a corpse) with preservatives in order to prevent decay.
2. To protect from change or oblivion; preserve or fix: "A precedent embalms a principle" (Benjamin Disraeli).
3. To impart fragrance to; perfume: Spicy aromas embalmed the air.
4. preserves, mummified, protects
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. One month on, Malaysia embalms Kim Jong Nam's body, awaiting next of kin
PRONOUNCE:
em·balm - एम्बाम
LINK: EMBALM
WORD: ASSIDUOUS
MEANING:
1. Showing or characterized by persistent attention or untiring application: an assiduous worker who strove for perfection; did assiduous research before writing the book. See Synonyms at diligent.
2. diligent, hard-working
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The project required some assiduous planning.
PRONOUNCE:
as·sid·u·ous - असिजूअस / असिड्वस
LINK: ASSIDUOUS
WORD: HINGE
MEANING:
1.
a. A jointed or flexible device that allows the turning or pivoting of a part, such as a door or lid, on a stationary frame.
b. A similar structure or part, such as one that enables the valves of a bivalve mollusk to open and close.
2. A small folded paper rectangle gummed on one side, used especially to fasten stamps in an album.
3. A point or circumstance on which subsequent events depend.
4. pivots, axes, centers, cruxes
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. MS Dhoni's career hinges on Champions Trophy success
PRONOUNCE:
hinge - हिन्ज
LINK: HINGE
WORD: SAGACIOUS
MEANING:
1. Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness. See Synonyms at shrewd.
2. intelligent; showing good judgement
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. It is not very sagacious of you to play with fire.
PRONOUNCE:
sa·ga·cious - सगेशस
LINK: SAGACIOUS
WORD: CAPER
MEANING:
1. A playful leap or hop.
2. A frivolous escapade or prank.
3. Slang An illegal plot or enterprise, especially one involving theft.
4. antic
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Badrinath Ki Dulhania Movie Review: Alia Bhatt, Varun Dawan Are Energetic In An Uneven Romantic Caper
PRONOUNCE:
ca·per - केपर / कैपर
LINK: CAPER
WORD: ELICIT
MEANING:
1. to give rise to; evoke: to elicit a sharp retort.
2. to bring to light: to elicit the truth.
3. provoke, cause, produce
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. These scenes elicit no other reaction than a terse.
PRONOUNCE:
elicit - इलिसिट
LINK: ELICIT
WORD: SOPORIFIC
MEANING:
1. Inducing or tending to induce sleep.
2. Drowsy.
3. causing or tending to cause sleep
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The professor’s boring speech was soporific and had everyone in the audience yawning.
PRONOUNCE:
sop·o·rif·ic - सापरिफिक
LINK: SOPORIFIC
WORD: CRINGE
MEANING:
1. wince, recoil, flinch, jump, start
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. If you can look through its seemingly sincere front, you’ll find it hides a sordid heart, one that can’t make you empathise but only cringe.
PRONOUNCE:
cringe - क्रिन्ज
LINK: CRINGE
WORD: DUBIOUS
MEANING:
1. Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; undecided.
2. Arousing doubt; doubtful: a dubious distinction.
3. Of questionable character: dubious profits.
4. Deceptive thought, speech, or action
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Karl found Kevin's claim that he was sick dubious, as he had just seen him playing football.
PRONOUNCE:
du·bi·ous - डूबीअस
LINK: DUBIOUS
WORD: SORDID
MEANING:
1. Morally degraded: "The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils" (James Joyce). See Synonyms at base2.
2.
a. Dirty or filthy: sordid clothing.
b. Squalid or wretched: a sordid tenement.
3. disgusting, nasty
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. If you can look through its seemingly sincere front, you’ll find it hides a sordid heart, one that can’t make you empathise but only cringe.
PRONOUNCE:
sor·did - सॉर्डड / सोर्डिड
LINK: SORDID
WORD: ENVISAGE
MEANING:
1. to form a mental image of; visualize; contemplate
2. to conceive of as a possibility in the future; foresee
3. archaic to look in the face of; confront
4. imagine, envision, predict
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Airbus envisages a future in which people are able to book flying taxis through an app.
PRONOUNCE:
envisage - एन्विज़िज
LINK: ENVISAGE
WORD: EBB
MEANING:
1. (Physical Geography) (of tide water) to flow back or recede. Compare flow9
2. to fall away or decline
3. receded, retreated
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Certainly ebbed and floed throughout.
PRONOUNCE:
ebb - एब
LINK: EBB
WORD: TUSSLE
MEANING:
1. struggle, battle, brawl
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Key week for Tata tussle as Mistry faces Tata Motors board
PRONOUNCE:
tussle - टसल
LINK: TUSSLE
WORD: WEBISODE
MEANING:
1. dreary, colorless
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. “There’s a new Breaking Bad webisode online, have you seen it?”
PRONOUNCE:
webisode
LINK: WEBISODE
WORD: WOVE
MEANING:
1. invented, created, composed
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Wednesday night, Hillary Clinton spoke publicly for the first time since her concession speech a week ago. At a Children's Defense Fund event in Washington, she spoke about the importance of fighting for America's kids, but she also wove in another message
PRONOUNCE:
wove - वीव
LINK: WOVE
WORD: NOUS
MEANING:
1. (in Greek philosophy) mind; intellect.
2. intellect, ability, intelligence.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Kumble has the experience and the nous to be the coach.
PRONOUNCE:
nous - नूस
LINK: NOUS
WORD: LENT
MEANING:
1. borrowed, rented, hired
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. These 17th century monks did a beer fast for Lent
PRONOUNCE:
lent - लेन्ट
LINK: LENT
WORD: IMPLODE
MEANING:
1. To collapse inward violently.
2. To undergo a catastrophic failure: His career imploded after he was caught lying on camera.
3. collapsing, falling, crashing
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Trump says Congress must 'save Americans from this imploding Obamacare disaster'
PRONOUNCE:
im·plode - इम्प्लोड
LINK: IMPLODE
WORD: DELUSION
MEANING:
1.
a. The act or process of deluding.
b. The state of being deluded.
2.
a. A false belief or opinion: labored under the delusion that success was at hand.
b. Psychiatry A false belief or perception that is a manifestation of a mental illness: delusions of persecution.
3. having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
PRONOUNCE:
de·lu·sion - डिलूश़न
LINK: DELUSION
