WORD: LAXITY
MEANING:
1. The state or quality of being lax.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Modi slams previous govts. for laxity in defence procurement
PRONOUNCE:
lax·i·ty - लैक्सटी / लैक्सिटी
LINK: LAXITY
WORD: MATRIARCH
MEANING:
1. A woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
2. A woman who dominates a group or an activity.
3. A highly respected woman who is a mother.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Remembering Barbara Bush, political dynasty matriarch
PRONOUNCE:
ma·tri·arch - मेट्रीआर्क / मैट्रीआर्क
LINK: MATRIARCH
WORD: PROCUREMENT
MEANING:
1. To get by special effort; obtain or acquire: managed to procure a pass.
2. To bring about; effect: procure a solution to a knotty problem.
3. To obtain (a sexual partner) for another.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Modi slams previous govts. for laxity in defence procurement
PRONOUNCE:
pro·cure - प्रोक्युर्मन्ट
LINK: PROCUREMENT
WORD: DYNASTY
MEANING:
1. A succession of rulers from the same family or line.
2. A family or group that maintains power for several generations: a political dynasty controlling the state.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Remembering Barbara Bush, political dynasty matriarch
2. Bear in mind that the man running Indian cricket these days from behind Shashank Manohar's mask is Anurag Thakur. Thakur has all the qualifications for being a cricket administrator. He has never played the game, is a member of a political dynasty, has faced corruption charges, is a BJP parliamentarian, and a cheerleader of the Bharat Mata ki Jai brigade who loves to deal in binaries like either you are with us or with Afzal Guru and his saviours.
PRONOUNCE:
dy·nas·ty - डाइनस्टी
LINK: DYNASTY
WORD: SPIKED
MEANING:
1.
a. A long, thick, sharp-pointed piece of wood or metal.
b. A heavy nail.
2. A spikelike part or projection, as:
a. A sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall.
b. A thin, sharp-pointed vertical rod for impaling papers; a spindle.
c. An elongate unbranched inflorescence with sessile flowers.
d. A thorn or spine.
e. A tuft of hair that is stiffened, as with hair spray or soap, into a point.
f. Slang A hypodermic needle.
3.
a. One of several sharp metal projections set in the sole or in the sole and heel of an athletic shoe for grip.
b. spikes A pair of athletic shoes having such projections.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. $30,000 rumor? Tabloid paid for, spiked, salacious Trump tip
PRONOUNCE:
spiked - स्पाइक्ट
LINK: SPIKED
WORD: MEMOIR
MEANING:
1. An account of the personal experiences of an author.
2. often memoirs An autobiography.
3. A biography or biographical sketch.
4. A report, especially on a scientific or scholarly topic.
5. memoirs The report of the proceedings of a learned society.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. James Comey's memoir: Trump fixates on proving lewd dossier allegations false
PRONOUNCE:
mem·oir - मेम्वर / मेम्वार
LINK: MEMOIR
WORD: SPUNK
MEANING:
1. Informal Spirit; pluck.
2. Punk, touchwood, or other tinder.
3. Vulgar Slang Ejaculated semen.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dhoni's spunk epitomises CSK's scraping ways in IPL 2018
PRONOUNCE:
spunk - स्पंगक
LINK: SPUNK
WORD: FIXATE
MEANING:
1.
a. To cause (a person or the eyes) to look at or pay attention to something steadily: ""My eyes were fixated on his playful, deep-set brown eyes"" (Bernard Lown).
b. To focus one's eyes or attention on: ""When you fixate the closer of the two fingers, the one further away is seen double"" (Robert F. Schmidt and Gerhard Thews).
2. To command the attention of exclusively or repeatedly; preoccupy obsessively: ""TV and newspapers were fixated on high-technology as the solution to almost everything"" (Jay Walljasper).
3. Psychology
a. To cause to become emotionally attached in an immature or pathological manner.
b. In classical psychoanalysis, to cause (the libido) to be arrested at an early stage of psychosexual development.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. James Comey's memoir: Trump fixates on proving lewd dossier allegations false
PRONOUNCE:
fix·ate
LINK: FIXATE
WORD: SALACIOUS
MEANING:
1. Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire: salacious reading material.
2. Characterized by or indicating sexual desire; lustful: a salacious wink.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. $30,000 rumor? Tabloid paid for, spiked, salacious Trump tip
PRONOUNCE:
sa·la·cious - सलेशस / सलैशस
LINK: SALACIOUS
WORD: EPITOMISES
MEANING:
1. To make an epitome of; sum up.
2. To be a typical example of: behavior that epitomizes selfishness.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dhoni's spunk epitomises CSK's scraping ways in IPL 2018
PRONOUNCE:
epitomises
LINK: EPITOMISES
WORD: CALAMITY
MEANING:
1. An event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; a disaster: A hurricane would be a calamity for this low-lying coastal region.
2. Dire distress resulting from loss or tragedy.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Banwarilal Purohit not justified in patting journalist on cheek, but don't make it out to be a national calamity
PRONOUNCE:
ca·lam·i·ty - कलैमटी / कलैमिटी / कलैमिटी
LINK: CALAMITY
WORD: STUPENDOUS
MEANING:
1. So great in scope, degree, or importance as to amaze: a stupendous catastrophe.
2. Extremely large in amount, extent, or size; enormous: stupendous wealth; a stupendous waterfall.
3. Remarkable; outstanding: ""Perhaps he had never possessed the necessary egoism, and was secretly relieved no longer having to be publicly stupendous"" (Philip Roth).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. IPL 2018: Virat Kohli's stupendous innings DID NOT help him at all
PRONOUNCE:
stu·pen·dous - स्टूपेन्डस
LINK: STUPENDOUS
WORD: CREDENCE
MEANING:
1.
a. Acceptance as true or valid; belief: I wouldn't put too much credence in that story. See Synonyms at belief.
b. Credibility; plausibility: ""A number of other details ... lend credence to her account"" (Jane Mayer).
2. Recommendation; credentials: a letter of credence.
3. A small table or shelf for holding the bread, wine, and vessels of the Eucharist when they are not in use at the altar.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The disgraced Australian duo of Steve Smith and David Warner is not just staring at an ouster from IPL but is also also facing the prospect of missing the India series later this year, as speculations over a length ban for ball tampering gained credence.
PRONOUNCE:
cre·dence - क्रीडन्स
LINK: CREDENCE
WORD: ELABORATE
MEANING:
1. Planned or executed with painstaking attention to numerous parts or details: an elaborate scheme.
2. Intricate and rich in detail: a carpet with an elaborate pattern.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Firstly, how Lehmann could not have known about such an elaborate scheme is beyond comprehension. A detailed plan to cheat is laid out, involving the captain and vice-captain, and the coach doesn’t even have a whiff?
PRONOUNCE:
e·lab·o·rate - इलैबेरट / इलैब्रट / इलैबरैट / इलैबरिट / इलैबरेट
LINK: ELABORATE
WORD: DISGRACE
MEANING:
1. Loss of honor, respect, or reputation; shame.
2. The condition of being strongly and generally disapproved.
3. One that brings disfavor or discredit: Your handwriting is a disgrace.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The disgraced Australian duo of Steve Smith and David Warner is not just staring at an ouster from IPL but is also also facing the prospect of missing the India series later this year, as speculations over a length ban for ball tampering gained credence.
PRONOUNCE:
dis·grace - डिस्ग्रेस / डिस्ग्रैस
LINK: DISGRACE
WORD: WHIFF
MEANING:
1.
a. A brief, passing odor carried in the air: a whiff of perfume.
b. A very small trace: a whiff of self-pity in her remarks.
2. An inhalation, as of air or smoke: Take a whiff of this pipe.
3. A slight, gentle gust of air; a waft: A whiff of cool air blew into the room.
4. Baseball A strikeout.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Firstly, how Lehmann could not have known about such an elaborate scheme is beyond comprehension. A detailed plan to cheat is laid out, involving the captain and vice-captain, and the coach doesn’t even have a whiff?
PRONOUNCE:
whiff - विफ / ह्विफ
LINK: WHIFF
WORD: ERRANT
MEANING:
1. Roving, especially in search of adventure: knights errant.
2. Failing to adhere to guidelines or moral standards: errant youngsters.
3.
a. Moving from the proper course or established limits: errant lambs.
b. Aimless or irregular in motion: an errant afternoon breeze.
c. Missing an intended target or recipient: an errant shot.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Tendulkar took to Twitter sympathising with the errant trio and asking fans to take a step back and give some space to the regretting and hurting cricketers.
PRONOUNCE:
Retrieving data. Wait a few seconds and try to cut or copy again.
LINK: ERRANT
WORD: HYPOCRISY
MEANING:
1. The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.
2. An act or instance of such falseness.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Trump's real Syria policy is hypocrisy
2. Conservatives irate over GOP's spending hypocrisy
PRONOUNCE:
hy·poc·ri·sy - हिपाक्रसी
LINK: HYPOCRISY
WORD: SCOT-FREE
MEANING:
1. Without having to pay: got away from the restaurant scot-free.
2. Without incurring any penalty or punishment: came away from the incident scot-free.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mark Zuckerberg Is Halfway to Scot-Free
2. While Smith was banned for merely one Test and fined 100 per cent of his match fee, Bancroft was docked 75 per cent of his fee, and most surprisingly, Warner went scot-free.
PRONOUNCE:
scot-free - स्काट फ्री
LINK: SCOT-FREE
WORD: RAMPANT
MEANING:
1. Extending unchecked; unrestrained: a rampant growth of weeds in the neglected yard.
2. Occurring without restraint and frequently, widely, or menacingly; rife: a rampant epidemic; rampant corruption in city government.
3.
a. Rearing on the hind legs.
b. Heraldry Rearing on the left hind leg with the forelegs elevated, the right above the left, and usually with the head in profile.
4. Architecture Springing from a support or an abutment that is higher at one side than at the other: a rampant arch.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Prakash Jha's "Jai Gangaajal", a sequel to his 2003 film "Gangaajal", is a social drama which attempts to expose the rampant corruption in the police force and highlights the triumph of good over evil.
PRONOUNCE:
ram·pant - रैम्पन्ट
LINK: RAMPANT
WORD: EXHALE
MEANING:
1.
a. To breathe out.
b. To emit air or vapor.
2. To be given off or emitted.
3. respire
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. You can exhale, the government has blinked.
PRONOUNCE:
ex·hale - एक्स्हेल / एक्स्हैल
LINK: EXHALE
WORD: PUMMEL
MEANING:
1. To beat or batter, as with the fists: The angry crowd pummeled the thief. See Synonyms at beat.
2. To cause to undergo harm or loss: news that pummeled the stock market.
3. To attack or harry verbally: was pummeled with criticism.
4. beat, bash, hit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. IPL 2016: Kohli, de Villiers star, as RCB pummel hapless Sunrisers Hyderabad
PRONOUNCE:
pum·mel - पमल
LINK: PUMMEL
WORD: BOULEVARD
MEANING:
1. a broad avenue in a city, usu. having areas at the sides or center for trees, grass, or flowers.
2. Upper Midwest and Canada.
a. a strip of lawn between a sidewalk and the curb.
b. median (def. 6).
3. avenue
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Flipkart CEO Binny Bansal enters rich Bengaluru boulevard with Rs 32 crore home buy
PRONOUNCE:
here - here
LINK: BOULEVARD
WORD: LAMBAST
MEANING:
1. to beat or whip severely
2. to reprimand or scold
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. PoK premier lambasts Pakistan for ill-treating Kashmiris
PRONOUNCE:
lambast - लैम्बेस्ट
LINK: LAMBAST
WORD: CATARACT
MEANING:
1. A large or high waterfall.
2. A great downpour; a deluge.
3. Medicine Opacity of the lens or capsule of the eye, causing impairment of vision or blindness.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Uttar Pradesh: Cataract surgeries in torchlight, CMO suspended
2. Cataract surgeries conducted under torchlight in Unnao, doctor suspended
PRONOUNCE:
cat·a·ract - कैटरैक्ट / कैटरैक्ट्स
LINK: CATARACT
WORD: BRAZEN
MEANING:
1. Unrestrained by a sense of shame; rudely bold. See Synonyms at shameless.
2. Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound: ""sudden brazen clashes of the soldiers' band"" (James Joyce).
3.
a. Made of brass.
b. Resembling brass, as in color or strength.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Russian spy: Attack was 'brazen and reckless', says Amber Rudd
PRONOUNCE:
bra·zen - ब्रेज़न / ब्रैज़न
LINK: BRAZEN
WORD: FAUX
MEANING:
1. Artificial; fake: faux pearls.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shah faux pas: Yeddyurappa the most corrupt CM
PRONOUNCE:
faux - फॉक्स
LINK: FAUX
WORD: FRISK
MEANING:
1. To search (a person) for something concealed, especially a weapon, by passing the hands quickly over clothes or through pockets.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi 'frisked' at US airport
PRONOUNCE:
frisk - फ्रिस्क
LINK: FRISK
WORD: PREACH
MEANING:
1. To proclaim or put forth in a sermon: preached the gospel.
2. To advocate, especially to urge acceptance of or compliance with: preached tolerance and peaceful coexistence.
3. To deliver (a sermon).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. David Warner Pays Heavy Price for Preaching Win-at-all Cost
PRONOUNCE:
preach - प्रीच
LINK: PREACH
WORD: CAMPUS
MEANING:
1. The grounds and buildings of an institution, especially a college or other institution of learning, a hospital, or a corporation.
2. grounds, sites, estates, properties
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Facebook, Google campuses vulnerable to flooding, thanks to global warming
PRONOUNCE:
cam·pus - कैम्पस
LINK: CAMPUSES
