WORD: REPEAT
MEANING:
1. To say again: Could you repeat the question?
2. To utter in duplication of another's utterance: repeated the customer's complaint in disbelief.
3. To recite from memory: repeated the poem verbatim.
4. To tell to another: repeated what he had heard that morning.
5. To do, experience, or produce again: repeat past successes; repeat a course; repeat a pattern.
6. To express (oneself) in the same way or words: repeats himself constantly.
7. recurrence, replication, duplication
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. During the discussion on the AgustaWestland deal, an angry Congress repeatedly clashed with the ruling BJP and later staged a walkout.
PRONOUNCE:
re·peat - रिपीट / रीपीट
LINK: REPEAT
WORD: ARCHITECTOPHILE
MEANING:
1. a person with a strong interest in architecture,a fan of architecture
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He showed himself to be a true architectophile as he gave us a tour of the Frank Gehry masterpiece.
PRONOUNCE:
architectophile
LINK: ARCHITECTOPHILE
WORD: ANGRY
MEANING:
1. Feeling or showing anger; incensed or enraged: angry at my boss; angry with her.
2. Indicative of or resulting from anger: an angry silence.
3. Having a menacing aspect; threatening: angry clouds on the horizon.
4. Chiefly New England & Midland US Inflamed and painful: an angry sore.
5. annoyed, irritated, fuming
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. During the discussion on the AgustaWestland deal, an angry Congress repeatedly clashed with the ruling BJP and later staged a walkout.
PRONOUNCE:
an·gry - ऐंगग्री
LINK: ANGRY
WORD: TRANSLOAD
MEANING:
1. to move freight from one container into another container or from one form of transportation to another form of transportation
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. John's truck broke down and he had to transload his freight off his trailer into another driver's trailer.
PRONOUNCE:
transload
LINK: TRANSLOAD
WORD: DISCUSSION
MEANING:
1. Consideration of a subject by a group; an earnest conversation.
2. A formal discourse on a topic; an exposition.
3. conversation, debate, argument, dialogue
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. During the discussion on the AgustaWestland deal, an angry Congress repeatedly clashed with the ruling BJP and later staged a walkout.
PRONOUNCE:
dis·cus·sion - डिस्कशन
LINK: DISCUSSION
WORD: SUBLIMATE
MEANING:
1. Chemistry To cause (a solid or gas) to sublimate.
2.
a. To modify the natural expression of (a primitive, instinctual impulse) in a socially acceptable manner.
b. To divert the energy associated with (an unacceptable impulse or drive) into an acceptable activity.
3. to change an objectionable expression into one that is acceptable
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Rather than start an argument I chose to sublimate my anger by clenching my fists and walking away
PRONOUNCE:
sub·li·mate - सब्लमेट
LINK: SUBLIMATE
WORD: DEAL
MEANING:
1. To give out in shares or portions; apportion: a critic who deals out as much praise as blame. See Synonyms at distribute.
2. Games
a. To distribute (playing cards) among players.
b. To give (a specific card) to a player while so distributing.
3. To sell: deal prescriptions; deal cocaine.
4. To administer; deliver: dealt him a blow to the stomach.
5. contract, transaction, aggreement, pact
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. During the discussion on the AgustaWestland deal, an angry Congress repeatedly clashed with the ruling BJP and later staged a walkout.
PRONOUNCE:
deal - डील
LINK: DEAL
WORD: PORTAGE
MEANING:
1.
a. The act or an instance of carrying.
b. A charge for carrying.
2. Nautical
a. The carrying of boats and supplies overland between two waterways or around an obstacle to navigation.
b. A track or route used for such carrying.
3. an act of carrying
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The portage across the canal required a hefty fee.
PRONOUNCE:
port·age - पॉर्टज / पोर्टिज / पॉर्टिज
LINK: PORTAGE
WORD: ADVERSARY
MEANING:
1. An opponent; an enemy.
2. Adversary The Devil; Satan. Often used with the.
3. opponent, challenger, rival
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Somebody Tell Donald Trump—The Russians Remain an Adversary
PRONOUNCE:
ad·ver·sar·y - ऐड्वर्सेरी
LINK: ADVERSARY
WORD: MALLEABLE
MEANING:
1. Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure: a malleable metal.
2. Easily controlled or influenced: "The British [rulers] ... had favoured the brother who struck them as altogether more amiable, a more malleable, more temperate man" (Paul Scott).
3.
a. Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable: a malleable leader unafraid to compromise.
b. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs: the malleable rhythms of jazz.
4. capable of being easily changed or influenced
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Knowledge gives you power by making you less malleable to negative influences.
PRONOUNCE:
mal·le·a·ble - मैलीअबल
LINK: MALLEABLE
WORD: CAVEAT
MEANING:
1.
a. A warning or caution: made a recommendation with many caveats.
b. A qualification or explanation.
2. Law A formal notice filed by an interested party requesting postponement of a court proceeding or other action until the filer can be heard.
3. warning, caution, admonition
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Salman Khan files caveat in SC in 2002 accident case
PRONOUNCE:
ca·ve·at - केवीऐट / कैवीऐट
LINK: CAVEAT
WORD: SURPLUS
MEANING:
1. An amount or quantity in excess of what is needed.
2. Accounting
a. Total assets minus the sum of all liabilities.
b. Excess of a corporation's net assets over the face value of its capital stock.
c. Excess of receipts over expenditures.
3. beyond what is required; extra
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. he car dealership is holding a huge sale to get rid of its surplus vehicles.
PRONOUNCE:
sur·plus - सर्प्लस
LINK: SURPLUS
WORD: ENDURANCE
MEANING:
1. The act, quality, or power of withstanding hardship or stress: A marathon tests a runner's endurance.
2. The state or fact of persevering: Through hard work and endurance, we will complete this project.
3. Continuing existence; duration.
4. stamina, fortitude, resolution, durability, strength
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Meldonium is used to treat chest pain and heart attacks among other conditions, but some researchers have linked it to increased athletic performance and endurance.
PRONOUNCE:
en·dur·ance - एन्डरन्स / एन्डुरन्स
LINK: ENDURANCE
WORD: PAYWALL
MEANING:
1. A feature of a website that denies access to certain content to users who have not paid to view it.
2. A system in which access to all or part of a website is restricted to paid subscribers
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. By putting up a paywall, it has told online readers that they will have to pay.
PRONOUNCE:
pay·wall
LINK: PAYWALL
WORD: COMPLACENT
MEANING:
1. Satisfied with the current situation and unconcerned with changing it, often to the point of smugness: "a geologic cautionary tale for a complacent world accustomed to reliable infusions of cheap energy" (Paul Roberts).
2. Eager to please; complaisant.
3. satisfied, unworried
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ransomware: The limited impact of WannaCry in India is surprising, but it's no reason to get complacent
PRONOUNCE:
com·pla·cent - कम्प्लेसन्ट / कम्प्लैसन्ट
LINK: COMPLACENT
WORD: CONSCIOUS
MEANING:
1.
a. Characterized by or having an awareness of one's environment and one's own existence, sensations, and thoughts. See Synonyms at aware.
b. Mentally perceptive or alert; awake: The patient remained fully conscious after the local anesthetic was administered.
2. Capable of thought, will, or perception: the development of conscious life on the planet.
3. Subjectively known or felt: conscious remorse.
4. Intentionally conceived or done; deliberate: a conscious insult; made a conscious effort to speak more clearly.
5. Inwardly attentive or sensitive to something: As he spoke, he became increasingly conscious of his high-pitched voice.
6. Showing awareness of or preoccupation with something. Often used in combination: a cost-conscious approach to health care; a value-conscious shopper.
7. aware, mindful, cognizant
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Conscious decision taken against justice Karnan: Supreme Court
PRONOUNCE:
con·scious - कान्शस
LINK: CONSCIOUS
WORD: ACRIMONIOUS
MEANING:
1. Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous: an acrimonious debate between the two candidates.
2. bitter, spiteful
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. But now it is at the centre of an acrimonious row between London and its soon-to-be former partners about how and when Britain will leave after Thursday's vote to quit.
PRONOUNCE:
ac·ri·mo·ni·ous - ऐक्रमोनीअस
LINK: ACRIMONIOUS
WORD: TENABLE
MEANING:
1. Capable of being maintained in argument; rationally defensible: a tenable theory.
2. Capable of being held against assault; defensible: a tenable outpost.
3. Capable of enduring or of being tolerated: a tenable situation.
4. able to be protected or maintained
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Jim lost the debate because his argument was not tenable and quickly fell apart.
PRONOUNCE:
ten·a·ble - टेनबल
LINK: TENABLE
WORD: DISARRAY
MEANING:
1. A state of disorder; confusion.
2. Disorderly dress.
3. confusion, dismay, disorder, panic
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Firings and Discord Put Trump Transition Team in a State of Disarray
PRONOUNCE:
dis·ar·ray - डिसरे / डिसरै / डिसरै
LINK: DISARRAY
WORD: FRACKING
MEANING:
1. (General Engineering) a method of releasing oil or gas from rock by forcing liquid at high pressure into the rock
2. A method of extracting oil or natural gas from rock formations deep below the earth's surface, by drilling and creating cracks.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The oil and gas fracking industry is responsible for releasing dozens of toxic chemicals into the air we breathe.
PRONOUNCE:
fracking
LINK: FRACKING
WORD: MEDDLE
MEANING:
1. To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere.
2. To handle something carelessly or ignorantly; tamper: Don't meddle with my cell phone!
3. interferring, meddlesome
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Obama Says US Will Retaliate for Russia's Election Meddling
PRONOUNCE:
med·dle - मेडल
LINK: MEDDLE
WORD: INTIMIDATING
MEANING:
1. To make timid; fill with fear: The size of the opposing players intimidated us.
2. To coerce or deter, as with threats: The police intimidated the suspect into signing a false statement.
3. threatening, unapproachable, frightening, scary
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 1/13New 'Baahubali 2: The Conclusion' poster shows Prabhas' intimidating avatar
PRONOUNCE:
in·tim·i·dating - इन्टिमिडैटिंग
LINK: INTIMIDATING
WORD: DASTARDLY
MEANING:
1. Cowardly and malicious; base.
2. dishonorable, shameful, immoral
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India's DGMO to Pakistan on mutilation of soldiers: Dastardly, inhuman act beyond norms of civility
PRONOUNCE:
das·tard·ly - डैस्टर्ड्ली
LINK: DASTARDLY
WORD: REFERENDUM
MEANING:
1.
a. The submission of a proposed public measure or actual statute to a direct popular vote.
b. Such a vote.
2. A note from a diplomat to the diplomat's government requesting instructions.
3. A general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He called for a referendum on the death penalty.
PRONOUNCE:
ref·er·en·dum - रेफरेन्डम
LINK: REFERENDUM
WORD: ENSEMBLE
MEANING:
1. A unit or group of complementary parts that contribute to a single effect, especially:
a. A coordinated outfit or costume.
b. A coordinated set of furniture.
c. A group of musicians, singers, dancers, or actors who perform together: an improvisational theater ensemble; a woodwind ensemble.
2. Music
a. A work for two or more vocalists or instrumentalists.
b. The performance of such a work.
3. collective, group, company
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'Baahubali 2: The Conclusion' features an impressive ensemble cast of Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah, Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj and Nassar in pivotal roles besides an incredibly amazing supporting cast.
2. The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST.
PRONOUNCE:
en·sem·ble - आन्साम्बल
LINK: ENSEMBLE
WORD: FORTITUDE
MEANING:
1. strength of mind that enables a person to face challenges with courage
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Most successful businessmen are not afraid to show fortitude when they face failure.
PRONOUNCE:
for·ti·tude - फॉर्टिटूड
LINK: FORTITUDE
WORD: MAVERICK
MEANING:
1. A person who shows independence of thought and action, especially by refusing to adhere to the policies of a group to which he or she belongs.
2. An unbranded range animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother, traditionally considered the property of the first person who brands it.
3. nonconformist, rebel
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion's maverick team—SS Rajamouli, Prabhas and other actors' salary will BLOW your mind!
2. Goodbye Virender Sehwag, the maverick who revolutionised the art of batting
PRONOUNCE:
mav·er·ick - मैवरिक / मैव्रिक
LINK: MAVERICK
WORD: FORESEE
MEANING:
1. To imagine or know as a probable occurrence; anticipate or predict: foresaw economic decline.
2. to anticipate; to predict
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Due to her psychic ability, the woman could foresee the accident at the nuclear power plant but knew no one would believe her.
PRONOUNCE:
fore·see - फॉर्सी / फोर्सी
LINK: FORESEE
WORD: COLOSSAL
MEANING:
1. Of great size, extent, or amount; immense. See Synonyms at enormous.
2. Of great scope or consequence; monumental: a colossal blunder.
3. huge, massive, oversize
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Master storyteller filmmaker SS Rajamouli's huge vision on a colossal canvas is on a record-breaking spree with 'Baahubali 2: The Conclusion'.
2. Box office Baahubali: India's biggest opener collects a colossal Rs 70 crore on a day one.
3. Being the biggest outing of NTR after Colossal flops like Oosaravelli, Shakti and Dammu, expectations were very high among the audience on this film.
PRONOUNCE:
co·los·sal - कलासल
LINK: COLOSSAL
WORD: RACKETEER
MEANING:
1. a person who takes part in a fraudulent or dishonest business
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Implicated in at least 10 different fraudulent business deals, the racketeer is facing serious jail time.
PRONOUNCE:
rack·et·eer - रैकिटिर / रैकिटीर
LINK: RACKETEER
WORD: SUNDER
MEANING:
1. To break into two or more pieces or parts; sever: "Several disputed sculptures ... are sundered, with fragments residing in separate museums" (Lee Rosenbaum).
2. To force or keep apart: "Even our own kindred in the North are sundered from us" (J.R.R. Tolkien). See Synonyms at separate.
3. To form a barrier or border between: a river that sunders the two mountain ranges.
4. To dissolve (a connection or relationship): a disagreement that sundered their friendship.
5. separated, divided, split
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Raabta: Seductress Deepika tells the tale of two sundered lovers, very sensually!
PRONOUNCE:
sun·der - सन्डर
LINK: SUNDER
