PLATEAU

WORD: PLATEAU

MEANING:
1. An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
2. A relatively stable level, period, or state: Mortgage rates declined, then reached a plateau.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In the last few years, clock speeds have reached a plateau and we've all got dual core or quad core processors, with the core-increasing trend set to continue. Work

PRONOUNCE:
pla·teau - प्लैटो / बलोवेन्स

LINK: PLATEAU

DIASPORA

WORD: DIASPORA

MEANING:
1. The dispersion of Jews outside of Israel from the sixth century bc, when they were exiled to Babylonia, until the present time.
2. often diaspora The body of Jews or Jewish communities outside Palestine or modern Israel.
3. diaspora a. A dispersion of a people from their original homeland. b. The community formed by such a people: "the glutinous dish known throughout the [West African] diaspora as ... fufu" (Jonell Nash).
4. diaspora A dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture: "the diaspora of English into several mutually incomprehensible languages" (Randolph Quirk).
5. the spreading of people from their original homeland to other countries

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A diaspora of Irish immigrants moved to my city during the potato famine.

PRONOUNCE:
Di·as·po·ra - डाइऐस्पर

LINK: DIASPORA

VAGUE

WORD: VAGUE

MEANING:
1. Not clear in meaning or expression; inexplicit. See Synonyms at ambiguous.
2. Not thinking or expressing oneself clearly: "Most of us are quite vague about the theoretical underpinnings of the medical theories that guide our doctors" (Kwame Anthony Appiah).
3. Lacking definite shape, form, or character; indistinct: saw a vague outline of a building through the fog.
4. Indistinctly felt, perceived, understood, or recalled; hazy: a vague uneasiness.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The New Star Wars Trailer Is Vague - in a Good Way

PRONOUNCE:
vague - वेग / वैग

LINK: VAGUE

PROFLIGATE

WORD: PROFLIGATE

MEANING:
1. Given to or characterized by licentiousness or dissipation: a profligate nightlife.
2. Given to or characterized by reckless waste; wildly extravagant: a profligate spender; the profligate use of water.
3. wasteful, reckless

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: Profligate India bounce back with 3-1 win against Canada despite goalkeeper Carter's heroics

PRONOUNCE:
prof·li·gate - प्राफ्लगिट / प्रॉफ्लिगैट

LINK: PROFLIGATE

CALLOW

WORD: CALLOW

MEANING:
1. Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature: a callow young man.
2. immature, lacking in life experience

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Alice is a callow secretary who needs to take a few more computer classes.

PRONOUNCE:
cal·low - कैलो

LINK: CALLOW

DETECT

WORD: DETECT

MEANING:
1. To discover or ascertain the existence, presence, or fact of.
2. To discern (something hidden or subtle): detected a note of sarcasm in the remark.
3. To learn something hidden and often improper about: detected the manager in a lie.
4. Electronics To demodulate.
5. notice, sense, perceive, discover, find

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mars Atmosphere: Oxygen Detected For First Time In 40 Years

PRONOUNCE:
de·tect - डिटेक्ट

LINK: DETECT

DETOX

WORD: DETOX

MEANING:
1. a process or period of time in which one abstains from or rids the body of toxic or unhealthy

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. he ended up in detox for three months

PRONOUNCE:
de·tox - डीटाक्स

LINK: DETOX

STOMP

WORD: STOMP

MEANING:
1. To bring down (the foot) forcibly.
2. To bring the foot down onto (an object or surface) forcibly.
3. To tread or trample heavily or violently on: stomping the ground to even it out.
4. To cause to be dislodged by stomping the feet: stomped the mud off her boots.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Tourist Bros Stomp On Yellowstone National Park's Grand Prismatic Spring

PRONOUNCE:
stomp - स्टाम्प

LINK: STOMP

SULTRY

WORD: SULTRY

MEANING:
1. a. Very humid and hot: sultry July weather. b. Extremely hot; torrid: the sultry sands of the desert.
2. a. Expressing sexual desire: a sultry look. b. Arousing sexual desire: a sultry dance.
3. characterized by oppressive heat and humidity

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics arrive just as school sports ramp up in sultry August temperatures.

PRONOUNCE:
sul·try - सल्ट्री

LINK: SULTRY

PORPOISE

WORD: PORPOISE

MEANING:
1. Any of various marine toothed whales of the genus Phocoena and related genera, characteristically having a blunt snout and a triangular dorsal fin. Porpoises are placed either in their own family, Phocoenidae, or with the dolphins in the family Delphinidae.
2. Any of several related aquatic mammals, such as the dolphins.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Small porpoise close to extinction

PRONOUNCE:
por·poise - पॉर्पस / पोर्पस

LINK: PORPOISE

IGNOMINIOUS

WORD: IGNOMINIOUS

MEANING:
1. Characterized by or deserving shame or disgrace: "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt" (Harry Anderson).
2. Degrading; debasing: "The young people huddled with their sodden gritty towels and ignominious goosebumps inside the gray-shingled bathhouse" (John Updike).
3. deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The great Ottawa chief saw his partially accomplished scheme withering into ignominious failure.

PRONOUNCE:
ig·no·min·i·ous - इग्नमिनीअस

LINK: IGNOMINIOUS

INCOHERENT

WORD: INCOHERENT

MEANING:
1. Lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; not coherent: incoherent fragments of a story.
2. Unable to think or express one's thoughts in a clear or orderly manner: incoherent with grief.
3. disjointed, confused, illogical

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Modi Sarkar@2: Incoherent Pakistan policy, Nepal mismanagement could PM's foreign policy

PRONOUNCE:
in·co·her·ent - इन्कोहिरन्ट / इन्कोहीरन्ट

LINK: INCOHERENT

PERILOUS

WORD: PERILOUS

MEANING:
1. Full of or involving peril; dangerous or risky.
2. dangerous, unsafe, hazardous, risky

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He tells him to speed up his car and take some perilous turns.

PRONOUNCE:
per·il·ous - पेरलस / पेरीलस

LINK: PERILOUS

NETTLE

WORD: NETTLE

MEANING:
1. Any of various plants of the genus Urtica, having toothed leaves, unisexual apetalous flowers, and stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact.
2. Any of various hairy, stinging, or prickly plants. tr.v. net·tled, net·tling, net·tles 1. To sting with or as if with a nettle. 2. To irritate; vex.
3. irritate or annoy

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. If you nettle a bee, you should be prepared to run.

PRONOUNCE:
net·tle - नेटल

LINK: NETTLE

WHODUNNIT

WORD: WHODUNNIT

MEANING:
1. A story dealing with a crime and its solution; a detective story

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. TE3N movie review: Amitabh Bachchan masters while Nawazuddin and Vidya succour in this 'whodunnit' thriller

PRONOUNCE:
who·dun·it

LINK: WHODUNNIT

AESTHETE

WORD: AESTHETE

MEANING:
1. One who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.
2. One whose pursuit and admiration of beauty is regarded as excessive or affected.
3. one who strongly appreciates beauty, art and music

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The art museum invited many art lovers to the opening, including a local aesthete.

PRONOUNCE:
aes·thete - एस्थीट

LINK: AESTHETE

STAGNANT

WORD: STAGNANT

MEANING:
1. (of water, etc) standing still; without flow or current
2. brackish and foul from standing still
3. stale, sluggish, or dull from inaction
4. not growing or developing; static
5. still, motionless, quiet

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Challenge for Anil Kumble: To take stagnant India to new level

PRONOUNCE:
stagnant - स्टैग्नन्ट

LINK: STAGNANT

ADAMANTINE

WORD: ADAMANTINE

MEANING:
1. very hard; unbreakable or unyielding
2. having the lustre of a diamond
3. unyielding; firm and unbreakable

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The hero was adamantine and stuck to his values no matter what problem he faced.

PRONOUNCE:
adamantine - ऐडमैन्टिन

LINK: ADAMANTINE

CREAKY

WORD: CREAKY

MEANING:
1. creaking or apt to creak.
2. run-down; dilapidated.
3. rigid, inflexible

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. To boost startups, Karnataka govt should first fix Bengaluru's creaky infra

PRONOUNCE:
creak•y - क्रीकी

LINK: CREAKY

ACCEDE

WORD: ACCEDE

MEANING:
1. To give one's consent, often at the insistence of another: accede to a demand. See Synonyms at assent.
2. To arrive at or come into an office or dignity: accede to the throne.
3. To become a party to an agreement or treaty.
4. to agree with someone or give in to his or her wish

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The company president made a wise decision to accede to consumer pressure and lower the prices of his goods.

PRONOUNCE:
ac·cede - ऐक्सीड

LINK: ACCEDE

HONCHO

WORD: HONCHO

MEANING:
1. A person who is in charge; a manager or leader: "Now that Hollywood honchos have discovered the verdant beachfront villages, the stores have grown in scope and sophistication" (David Field).

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Hollywood honchos are constantly trying to put a new spin on action-film franchises that have reached a narrative dead end.

PRONOUNCE:
hon·cho - हॉन्चो

LINK: HONCHO

ELAN

WORD: ELAN

MEANING:
1. Enthusiastic vigor and liveliness.
2. Distinctive style or flair.
3. vigorous spirit or enthusiasm

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Jemmy told the story of his trip to Mexico with such élan that by the next week people were begging him to share it again.

PRONOUNCE:
é·lan - ईलन / एलान

LINK: ELAN

PUNY

WORD: PUNY

MEANING:
1. of less than normal size and strength; weak.
2. unimportant; insignificant: a puny excuse. 
3. weak, tiny, minor

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Lets not fignt over such ppuny issues.

PRONOUNCE:
pu•ny - प्यूनी

LINK: PUNY

EMISSARY

WORD: EMISSARY

MEANING:
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a. an agent or messenger sent on a mission, esp one who represents a government or head of state b. (as modifier): an emissary delegation.
2. an agent sent on a secret mission, as a spy
3. one designated as the agent of another

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. As the company's emissary to the meeting, Sarah was tasked with presenting the proposal that had been the focus of the team's work for several months.

PRONOUNCE:
emissary - एमसेरी / एमिसेरी

LINK: EMISSARY

INTRIGUING

WORD: INTRIGUING

MEANING:
1. Arousing interest or curiosity: an intriguing plot.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Kedarnath new poster out: Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan film looks intriguing

PRONOUNCE:
in·trigu·ing - इन्ट्रीगिंग

LINK: INTRIGUING

MUNITION

WORD: MUNITION

MEANING:
1. Usu., munitions. materials used in war, esp. weapons and ammunition.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The bomb found in Frankfurt, formally called an HC 4000, was one of several types of large British munitions that became known as a “blockbuster,” owing to its sheer explosive force, which was often enough to destroy entire streets.
2. "It reverberates the impacts of the war,” Mr. Garcia said. “Not only for folks here, but for everyone just having to understand that one country dumped so many munitions on another country that 70 years later, they’re still dealing with it.
PRONOUNCE:
mu•ni•tion - म्यूनिशन

LINK: MUNITION

BURGLE

WORD: BURGLE

MEANING:
1. to break into and steal from

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The broken window alerted the security guard that the office may have been burgled.

PRONOUNCE:
bur·gle - बर्गल

LINK: BURGLE

EXPUNCTION

WORD: EXPUNCTION

MEANING:
1. The act of expunging or the condition of being expunged: expunction of the records of the crime.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Congress seeks expunction of Arun Jaitley's remarks on Uttarakhand Speaker

PRONOUNCE:
ex·punc·tion - इक्स्पंगक्शन

LINK: EXPUNCTION

CENSORIOUS

WORD: CENSORIOUS

MEANING:
1. Tending to censure; critical.
2. Expressing censure.
3. extremely critical

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The news anchor was fired after he made censorious comments about the president of the network.

PRONOUNCE:
cen·so·ri·ous - सेन्सोरीअस

LINK: CENSORIOUS

LURK

WORD: LURK

MEANING:
1. To wait out of view: thieves lurking in the shadows.
2. To move furtively; sneak: heard him lurking along the corridor.
3. To exist unobserved or unsuspected: danger lurking around every bend.
4. To read but not contribute to the discussion in a newsgroup, chatroom, or other online forum.
5. prowling, loitering, slulking, waiting

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pluto might have a semi-frozen ocean lurking under its icy shell

PRONOUNCE:
lurk - लर्क

LINK: LURK