WORD: ACCLAMATION
MEANING:
1. A shout or salute of enthusiastic approval.
2. An oral vote, especially an enthusiastic vote of approval taken without formal ballot: a motion passed by acclamation.
3. loud praise or approval
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The standing ovation was the biggest acclamation of the night.
PRONOUNCE:
ac·cla·ma·tion - ऐक्लमेशन / ऐक्लमैशन
LINK: ACCLAMATION
WORD: GRANDEUR
MEANING:
1. The quality or condition of being grand; magnificence: "The world is charged with the grandeur of God" (Gerard Manley Hopkins).
2. Nobility or greatness of character.
3. splendor, magnificence, majesty
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The much awaited Baahubali 2 is all set to hit the theatres tomorrow. Here's why you shouldn't miss this visual grandeur!
PRONOUNCE:
gran·deur - ग्रैन्जेर / ग्रैन्डूर
LINK: GRANDEUR
WORD: LEAN
MEANING:
1.
a. Not fleshy or fat; thin.
b. Containing little fat or less fat relative to a standard: lean hamburger.
2.
a. Not productive or prosperous; meager: lean years.
b. Containing little excess or waste; spare: a lean budget.
c. Thrifty in management, especially by employing just enough people to accomplish a task or do business: "Company leaders know their industries must be lean to survive" (Christian Science Monitor).
3.
a. Metallurgy Low in mineral contents: lean ore.
4. thin, slim, trim
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Robin Uthappa might have gone through a lean patch in the domestic season, but he is back to his best in the ongoing Indian Premier League as the Karnataka batsman once again struck a brutal half-century to help his side beat Rising Pune Supergiant.
PRONOUNCE:
lean - लीन
LINK: LEAN
WORD: PROLIFIC
MEANING:
1. Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile: a prolific variety of grape.
2. Producing or characterized by abundant works or results: a prolific artist; a prolific period in a writer's life. See Synonyms at fertile.
3. productive, creative
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. MS Dhoni is Rising Pune's most prolific slog-overs batsman with 252 runs off 149 balls.
2. Sangakarra reached the peak of his prowess under the leadership of his good mate Mahela Jayawardene, having a prolific run in both forms of the game.
PRONOUNCE:
pro·lif·ic - प्रोलिफिक
LINK: PROLIFIC
WORD: CHASM
MEANING:
1. A deep, steep-sided opening in the earth's surface; an abyss or gorge.
2. A sudden interruption of continuity; a gap.
3. A pronounced difference of opinion, interests, or loyalty.
4. crater, gap
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The chasm between rich and poor
PRONOUNCE:
chasm - कैज़म
LINK: CHASM
WORD: CLERIC
MEANING:
1. priest, minister
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sonu Nigam shaves head, asks cleric to pay Rs 10 lakh
PRONOUNCE:
cleric - क्लेरिक
LINK: CLERIC
WORD: WADE
MEANING:
1. To walk in or through water or something else that similarly impedes normal movement.
2. paddles, strides, walks
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Making 'Brexit' Official, UK Wades Into a Thorny Thicket
PRONOUNCE:
wade - वेड / वैड
LINK: WADE
WORD: STRIDENT
MEANING:
1. Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill: a strident voice. See Synonyms at vociferous.
2. Forcefully assertive or severely critical: strident rhetoric.
3. loud, harsh
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. his voice had become increasingly strident
PRONOUNCE:
stri·dent - स्ट्राइडन्ट
LINK: STRIDENT
WORD: VAUNT
MEANING:
1. To speak or write about (something) in a strongly positive way; praise or boast about.
2. overhyped, praised
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The once vaunted opening Indian attack of Gambhir and Sehwag today again launched a blistering attack - off the field - to take on those who abuse India's armed forces.
PRONOUNCE:
vaunt - वॉन्ट
LINK: VAUNT
WORD: PARTISAN
MEANING:
1. A fervent, sometimes militant supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
2. A member of an organized body of fighters who attack or harass an enemy, especially within occupied territory; a guerrilla.
3. followers, supporters, fan
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The partisan press members made a point of criticizing every move the president made.
PRONOUNCE:
par·ti·san - पार्टज़न / पार्टिज़न
LINK: PARTISAN
WORD: BARON
MEANING:
1. tycoon, magnate, mogul, boss
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. It took only about three hours for liquor baron Vijay Mallya to secure a bail after he was arrested by London police earlier in the day.
PRONOUNCE:
baron - बारॉंग / बैरन / बेरन
LINK: BARON
WORD: EXTRADITION
MEANING:
1. repartriation, deportation, expulsion, arrest
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Vijay Mallya's extradition from UK: Why Indian authorities have a long road ahead
PRONOUNCE:
ex·tra·di·tion - एक्स्ट्रडिशन
LINK: EXTRADITION
WORD: BLISTERING
MEANING:
1. Intensely hot: a blistering sun.
2. Harsh; severe: blistering criticism.
3. Very rapid: a blistering pace.
4. Producing a blister or blisters: a blistering agent.
5. sweltering, scorching
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The once vaunted opening Indian attack of Gambhir and Sehwag today again launched a blistering attack - off the field - to take on those who abuse India's armed forces.
PRONOUNCE:
blis·ter·ing - ब्लिस्टरिंग
LINK: BLISTERING
WORD: MEND
MEANING:
1. To make repairs or restoration to; fix.
2. To reform or correct: mend one's ways.
3. repairs, fixes, restores
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sunil Grover will never return to Kapil Sharma Show even if Kapil mends his ways: Raju Srivastava
PRONOUNCE:
mend - मेन्ड
LINK: MEND
WORD: BRACKISH
MEANING:
1.
a. Being or containing water that is somewhat salty but less salty than sea water.
b. Having a somewhat salty taste or smell: "You could cut the brackish winds with a knife / Here in Nantucket" (Robert Lowell).
2. Distasteful; unpalatable: a thin, brackish gruel.
3. Unappealing in taste
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Since the water on the island tasted brackish, I decided not to drink it.
PRONOUNCE:
brack·ish - ब्रैकिश
LINK: BRACKISH
WORD: OUTRAGE
MEANING:
1. An act of extreme violence or viciousness: outrages committed by the dictatorship.
2. Something that is grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste: viewed the film as an outrage to common decency.
3. crime, barbarity
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Outrage and indignation by Syrian government as US launches first attack on Assad
PRONOUNCE:
out·rage - आउट्रेज / आउट्रैज
LINK: OUTRAGE
WORD: FLOURISH
MEANING:
1. To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive: The crops flourished in the rich soil.
2. To do or fare well; prosper: "No village on the railroad failed to flourish" (John Kenneth Galbraith).
3. To be in a period of highest productivity, excellence, or influence: a poet who flourished in the tenth century.
4. To make bold, sweeping movements: The banner flourished in the wind.
5. grow vigorously
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. All the more common fruit-trees flourish in most districts.
PRONOUNCE:
flour·ish - फ्लरिश
LINK: FLOURISH
WORD: INDIGNATION
MEANING:
1. Anger aroused by something perceived as unjust, mean, or unworthy.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Outrage and indignation by Syrian government as US launches first attack on Assad
PRONOUNCE:
in·dig·na·tion - इन्डिग्नेशन / इन्डिग्नैशन
LINK: INDIGNATION
WORD: ACCEPT
MEANING:
1.
a. To answer affirmatively: accept an invitation.
b. To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).
2. To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval: accepted a glass of water; accepted their contract.
3. To admit to a group, organization, or place: accepted me as a new member of the club.
4.
a. To regard as proper, usual, or right: Such customs are widely accepted.
b. To regard as true; believe in: Scientists have accepted the new theory.
c. To understand as having a specific meaning.
5. To endure resignedly or patiently: accept one's fate.
6. To be able to hold (something applied or inserted): This wood will not accept oil paints.
7. To receive officially: accept the committee's report.
8. To consent to pay, as by a signed agreement.
9. To take payment in the form of: a store that does not accept checks.
10. Medicine To receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without immunological rejection.
11. receive, take, admin
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Was reluctant to accept UP CM candidature: Sheila Dikshit
PRONOUNCE:
ac·cept - ऐक्सेप्ट / अक्सेप्ट
LINK: ACCEPT
WORD: REBUTTAL
MEANING:
1. The act of rebutting.
2. A statement made in rebutting.
3. refutation, disproof, denial, negation
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In a strong rebuttal at UN, India says Pakistan extols virtues of terrorists
PRONOUNCE:
re·but·tal - रिबटल / रीबटल
LINK: REBUTTAL
WORD: CANDIDATE
MEANING:
1. A person who seeks or is nominated for an office, prize, or honor.
2. A student who has nearly completed the requirements for a degree.
3. One that seems likely to gain a certain position or come to a certain fate: young actors who are candidates for stardom; a memorandum that is a good candidate for the trash can.
4. application, contention, entry,s ubmission, standing
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Was reluctant to accept UP CM candidature: Sheila Dikshit
PRONOUNCE:
can·di·date - कैन्डडैट / कैन्डिडेट / कैनडिट
LINK: CANDIDATE
WORD: EXTOL
MEANING:
1. To praise highly; exalt. See Synonyms at praise.
2. praise, exalt, command
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In a strong rebuttal at UN, India says Pakistan extols virtues of terrorists
PRONOUNCE:
ex·tol - इक्स्टोल
LINK: EXTOL
WORD: RELUCTANT
MEANING:
1. Unwilling; disinclined: reluctant to help.
2. Exhibiting or marked by unwillingness: reluctant cooperation.
3. Archaic Offering resistance; opposing.
4. unwilling, unenthusiastic, disinclined, loath
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Was reluctant to accept UP CM candidature: Sheila Dikshit
PRONOUNCE:
re·luc·tant - रिलक्टन्ट / रीलक्टन्ट
LINK: RELUCTANT
WORD: BEGIN
MEANING:
1. To perform or undergo the first part of an action; start: I began to email you but got interrupted. The rain began around noon.
2. To come into being: when life began.
3. To do or accomplish something in the least degree. Used in the negative with an infinitive: Those measures do not even begin to address the problem.
4. To say as the first in a series of remarks: "I didn't like the movie," he began.
5.
a. To have as a first element or part: The play begins with a monologue.
b. To have as the lowest price in a range: Those shirts begin at $20.
c. To have as a first position, stage, or job: The restaurant began as a ice-cream parlor. The principal began as a math teacher.
6. starts, commences, initiates
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Simhastha Kumbh Mela's Second 'Shahi Snan' Begins In Ujjain
PRONOUNCE:
be·gin - बिगिन
LINK: BEGIN
WORD: METTLESOME
MEANING:
1. Full of mettle; spirited and plucky. See Synonyms at brave.
2. courageous, high-spirited. Don't confuse with "meddlesome," meaning inclined to interfere.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The young soldier was mettlesome as he went off to war, showing his bravery.
PRONOUNCE:
met·tle·some - मेटल्सम
LINK: METTLESOME
WORD: VOYEUR
MEANING:
1. Psychology A person who derives sexual gratification from covert observation of an unsuspecting person who is naked, undressing, or engaging in sexual activity.
2. An enthusiastic observer of sordid or sensational subjects.
3. busybodies, rubbernecks, ghouls, observers
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dying man on Delhi road: Indians are voyeurs, they rarely help accident victims
PRONOUNCE:
voy·eur - वॉइयूर / व्वायर
LINK: VOYEUR
WORD: BREVITY
MEANING:
1. The quality or state of being brief in duration.
2. Concise expression; terseness.
3. the quality of expressing something in very few words; briefness
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I hope the minister exercises brevity in his sermon today.
PRONOUNCE:
here - here
LINK: BREVITY
WORD: CONSENSUS
MEANING:
1. An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole: "Among political women ... there is a clear consensus about the problems women candidates have traditionally faced" (Wendy Kaminer). See Usage Note at redundancy.
2. General agreement or accord: government by consensus.
3. agreement, accord, harmony
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ready for consensus NSG but opposed to UN ban on Masood Azhar: China
PRONOUNCE:
con·sen·sus - कन्सेन्सस
LINK: CONSENSUS
WORD: TRAVAIL
MEANING:
1. Work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort; toil. See Synonyms at work.
2. Tribulation or agony; anguish.
3. The labor of childbirth.
4. to work hard or with a great deal of effort
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The prisoners are expected to travail in the fields even in bad weather.
PRONOUNCE:
tra·vail - ट्रवेल / ट्रवैल
LINK: TRAVAIL
WORD: ARCHAIC
MEANING:
1. also Archaic Relating to, being, or characteristic of a much earlier, often more primitive period, especially one that develops into a classical stage of civilization: an archaic bronze statuette; Archaic Greece.
2. No longer current or applicable; antiquated: archaic laws. See Synonyms at old.
3. Relating to, being, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period.
4.
a. Relating to or being an early or premodern evolutionary form of an organism or group of organisms: archaic vertebrates.
b. Relating to or being an early form of Homo sapiens or a closely related species, such as Neanderthal, that is anatomically distinct from modern humans.
5. Archaic Relating to a Native American culture prevalent throughout much of North America from about 8000 bc to about 1000 bc, characterized especially by the development of Mesolithic tools and by the increased reliance on smaller game animals as the large Pleistocene mammals became extinct.
6. old, ancient
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In the world of high fashion, two-year-old shoes are considered positively archaic.
PRONOUNCE:
ar·cha·ic - आर्केइक / आर्कैइक
LINK: ARCHAIC
