WORD: DIATRIBE
MEANING:
1. bitter, abusive denunciation.
2. attack, criticism
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dhaka attack: Bangladesh minister defends Indian media against Pak diatribe
PRONOUNCE:
di·a·tribe - डाइअट्राइब
LINK: DIATRIBE
WORD: REVEL
MEANING:
1. To take great pleasure or delight: She reveled in her unaccustomed leisure.
2. To engage in uproarious festivities; make merry.
3. ebratos, partygoers
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Nice attack: 80 killed as truck slams into revellers, ISIS claims responsibility
PRONOUNCE:
rev·el - रेवलर
LINK: REVEL
WORD: PAVE
MEANING:
1. To cover with a pavement.
2. To cover uniformly, as if with pavement.
3. To be or compose the pavement of.
4. cover, overlay, surface, floor
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The attack on Dalits near Visakhapatnam on Tuesday shows that Narendra Modi vowing to act against cow vigilantism may not be enough to stop the violence and pave the way for bringing around the large vote bank that has faced centuries of persecution.
PRONOUNCE:
pave - पेव / पैव
LINK: PAVE
WORD: CREAKY
MEANING:
1. Tending to creak.
2. Shaky or infirm, as with age; decrepit: creaky knee joints; a creaky regime.
3. Linguistics Of or relating to a speech sound that is produced with the vocal cords loosely compressed, resulting in irregular, very low-pitched voicing.
4. rigid, inflexible
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. To boost startups, Karnataka govt should first fix Bengaluru's creaky infra
PRONOUNCE:
creak·y - क्रीकी
LINK: LINK
WORD: PERSECUTION
MEANING:
1. The act or practice of persecuting on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs that differ from those of the persecutor.
2. The condition of being persecuted.
3. harassment, oppression, maltreatment
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The attack on Dalits near Visakhapatnam on Tuesday shows that Narendra Modi vowing to act against cow vigilantism may not be enough to stop the violence and pave the way for bringing around the large vote bank that has faced centuries of persecution.
PRONOUNCE:
per·se·cu·tion - पर्सक्यूशन
LINK: PERSECUTION
WORD: EXPUNGE
MEANING:
1. To erase, delete, or strike out: expunged their names from the list.
2. To eliminate completely; wipe out: a government's attempt to expunge dissidents. See Synonyms at erase.
3. censored
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Congress-BJP clash in Rajya Sabha over Ghulam Nabi Azad's expunged remarks
PRONOUNCE:
ex·punge - इक्स्पन्ज
LINK: EXPUNGE
WORD: STELLAR
MEANING:
1. Of, relating to, or consisting of stars.
2.
a. Of or relating to a star performer.
b. Outstanding; principal.
3. glittering, glamorous
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India vs England, 3rd Test, stats review: From R Ashwin's all-round show to Jonny Bairstow's stellar record
PRONOUNCE:
stel·lar - स्टेलर
LINK: STELLAR
WORD: EXORCISE
MEANING:
1.
a. To expel (an evil spirit), as by incantation, command, or prayer.
b. To eliminate or suppress (a malign influence or negative feeling, for example): ""the man most Americans now loved to like as they exorcised the defeatist spirit of the 1960s"" (Gil Troy).
2. To free from or rid of an evil spirit, malign influence, or other harmful factor: ""Kaiser Wilhelm II's puritanical wife ... sent her personal chaplain to exorcise the palace rooms Leopold had been staying in"" (Adam Hochschild).
3. escape, eliminate, purge
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India vs England: Barabati seeks to exorcise horror post during second ODI
PRONOUNCE:
here - here
LINK: EXORCISE
WORD: TANGLE
MEANING:
1. To mix together or intertwine in a confused mass; snarl: The fishing lines from the two boats were tangled.
2. To catch or ensnare in an intertwined or confused mass: A turtle was tangled in the fishing net.
3. To involve in a complicated situation or in circumstances from which it is difficult to disengage: He got tangled up in a scheme to commit fraud.
4. tousle, knot, twist, jumble
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Salman Khan illegal arms case: Timeline of events, other legal tangles for actor
PRONOUNCE:
tan·gle - टैंगगल
LINK: TANGLE
WORD: SCIMITAR
MEANING:
1. A curved Asian sword with the edge on the convex side.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. There was a time when he his sister got him a gift from Kashmir — a cricket bat — and the smile on the little boy’s face was infectious. That was the humble beginning of a gladiator, who would make the bat his scimitar to slay oppositions in the years to c
PRONOUNCE:
scim·i·tar - सिमिटर
LINK: SCIMITAR
WORD: SMACK
MEANING:
1. To press together and open (the lips) quickly and noisily, as in eating or tasting.
2. To kiss noisily.
3. To strike sharply and with a loud noise.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. There's A Small Chance An Asteroid Will Smack Into Earth In 2135; NASA Is Working On A Plan
PRONOUNCE:
smack - स्मैक
LINK: SMACK
WORD: DUPE
MEANING:
1. A person who is easily deceived or is used to carry out the designs of another.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The man who duped Hitler and other extraordinary con artists
PRONOUNCE:
duped - डूप
LINK: DUPE
WORD: AVERT
MEANING:
1. To turn away: avert one's eyes.
2. To keep from happening; prevent: averted an accident by turning sharply. See Synonyms at prevent.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Thomas Chandy's resignation averts Kerala crisis, but Pinarayi Vijayan may regret going slow on 'tainted' minister
PRONOUNCE:
a·vert - अवर्ट
LINK: AVERT
WORD: LACERATE
MEANING:
1. To rip, cut, or tear.
2. To cause deep emotional pain to; distress.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Modi lacerates Sibal over Ayodhya case deferment plea
PRONOUNCE:
lac·er·ate - लैसरेट / लैसरैट
LINK: LACERATE
WORD: PARAMOUR
MEANING:
1. A lover, especially a lover of a person who is married to someone else.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. How mutton soup did in killer wife & paramour in Hyderabad
PRONOUNCE:
par·a·mour - पैरमुर
LINK: PARAMOUR
WORD: ROT
MEANING:
1. To undergo decomposition, especially organic decomposition; decay. See Synonyms at decay.
2.
a. To become damaged, weakened, or useless because of decay: The beams had rotted away.
b. To disappear or fall by decaying: One could see the blackened areas where the branches had rotted off.
3. To deteriorate through neglect or inactivity; languish or decline: ""He upset Alice by calling Washington ... a sink of boredom and saying he was rotting there"" (John Dos Passos).
4. To decay morally; become degenerate.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A scam, the deeper rot
PRONOUNCE:
rot - राट
LINK: ROT
WORD: TUMULTUOUS
MEANING:
1. Very loud; noisy: tumultuous applause.
2. Characterized by disorderly commotion: the tumultuous years of the 1960s.
3. Characterized by mental or emotional agitation: a tumultuous love affair.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Tommy Lee's Tumultuous Family Life: A Look at His Rocky History With Pamela Anderson
PRONOUNCE:
tu·mul·tu·ous - टूमल्चूअस
LINK: TUMULTUOUS
WORD: BUST
MEANING:
1. A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bust of Mahatma Gandhi defaced in Kannur
PRONOUNCE:
bust - बस्ट
LINK: BUST
WORD: INDICATIVE
MEANING:
1. Serving to indicate: symptoms indicative of anemia; an insignia indicative of high rank.
2. Grammar Of, relating to, or being the mood of the verb used in ordinary objective statements.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Demolition of Lenin statue in Tripura was a show of power indicative of BJP's push towards saffronisation
PRONOUNCE:
in·dic·a·tive - इन्डिकटिव
LINK: INDICATIVE
WORD: CROWD
MEANING:
1. A large number of persons gathered together; a throng.
2. The common people; the populace.
3. A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation: the over-30 crowd.
4. A group of people attending a public function; an audience: The play drew a small but appreciative crowd.
5. A large number of things positioned or considered together.
6. troop, mob, mass
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Decision to overhaul Cabinet had been brewing for a while
PRONOUNCE:
crowd - क्राउड
LINK: CROWD
WORD: AFFLUENT
MEANING:
1. Generously supplied with money, property, or possessions; prosperous or rich. See Synonyms at rich.
2. Manifesting or requiring wealth: affluent homes; affluent living.
3. Archaic Flowing freely; copious.
4. rich, wealthy
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Affluent and educated killers
PRONOUNCE:
af·flu·ent - ऐफ्लूअन्ट
LINK: AFFLUENT
WORD: OVERHAUL
MEANING:
1.
a. To examine thoroughly and make any needed repairs: overhauled the engine to check for problems.
b. To revise extensively: proposals to overhaul the health care system.
2. Nautical To slacken (a line) or to release and separate the blocks of (a tackle).
3. Chiefly British To catch up with; overtake: overhauled the fugitive after a six-hour chase.
4. renovation, repair
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Decision to overhaul Cabinet had been brewing for a while
PRONOUNCE:
o·ver·haul - ओवर्हॉल
LINK: OVERHAUL
WORD: FLUMMOX
MEANING:
1. confuses, perplexes, stuns
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Rodrigo Duterte flummoxes US with call for 'separation'
PRONOUNCE:
flum·mox - फ्लमक्स / फ्लमॉक्स
LINK: FLUMMOX
WORD: CONCUSS
MEANING:
1. To injure by concussion: "a middle-aged woman concussed by a blow on the head" (Manchester Guardian Weekly).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Australian batsman Adam Voges concussed after being struck by bouncer in domestic match
PRONOUNCE:
con·cuss - कन्कस
LINK: CONCUSS
WORD: NIGGLE
MEANING:
1. To cause one to be persistently preoccupied, annoyed, or uncomfortable: Doubts niggled at the back of my mind.
2. To pester someone or be annoying or uncomfortable in a persistent way: He niggled at me all day to lend him my car.
3. To be overly concerned or argumentative, especially about something petty; fuss: niggled over contract details.
4. complaints, objections
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Both teams have injury and niggles issues.
PRONOUNCE:
nig·gle - निगल
LINK: NIGGLE
WORD: ANGLING
MEANING:
1. The act, process, or art of fishing with a hook and line and usually a rod.
2. fishing, casting
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Trump may be angling for a new deal on trade with China
PRONOUNCE:
an·gling - ऐंगग्लिंग
LINK: ANGLING
WORD: PATRONS
MEANING:
1. One that supports, protects, or champions someone or something, such as an institution, event, or cause; a sponsor or benefactor: a patron of the arts.
2. A customer, especially a regular customer.
3. (also pä-trōn′) The owner or manager of an establishment, especially a restaurant or an inn of France or Spain.
4.
a. A noble or wealthy person in ancient Rome who granted favor and protection to someone in exchange for certain services.
b. A slave owner in ancient Rome who freed a slave without relinquishing all legal claim to him.
5. One who possesses the right to grant an ecclesiastical benefice to a member of the clergy.
6. A patron saint.
7. supporters, fans, sponsors
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Suresh Kalmadi, Abhay Chautala's appointment as IOA patrons shames indian sport.
PRONOUNCE:
pa·tron - पेट्रन / पैट्रन
LINK: PATRONS
WORD: ABOLISH
MEANING:
1. To do away with; put an end to; annul: voted to abolish the tax.
2. Archaic To destroy completely.
3. eliminate, stop, end
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Rick Perry expresses 'regret' for pledging to abolish Energy Department
PRONOUNCE:
a·bol·ish - अबालिश
LINK: ABOLISH
WORD: GASP
MEANING:
1. To draw in the breath sharply, as from shock.
2. To breathe convulsively or laboriously: gasping for air.
3. wheezes, pants, puffs, breaths
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Video of hulking Circle B alligator draws worldwide gasps
PRONOUNCE:
gasp - गैस्प
LINK: GASP
WORD: FANCIES
MEANING:
1.
a. Highly decorated: a fancy hat.
b. Complex or intricate: the fancy footwork of a figure skater.
2.
a. Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated: a fancy restaurant; a fancy way of asking for a loan.
b. Of superior grade; fine: fancy preserves.
3. Excessive or exorbitant: paid a fancy price for the car.
4. Bred for unusual qualities or special points.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 17 deras in Haryana, Punjab were run at Gurmeet Ram Rahim's whims and fancies, HC told
PRONOUNCE:
fan·cy - फैन्सी
LINK: FANCIES
WORD: MALAISE
MEANING:
1. A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness.
2. A general sense of depression or unease: ""The markets remain mired in a deep malaise"" (New York Times).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav's video is not about a diet problem; it reflects a deeper malaise
PRONOUNCE:
mal·aise - मैलेज़ / मैलैज़
LINK: MALAISE
