MANNISH

WORD: MANNISH

MEANING:
1. Of or relating to men; masculine: ""As a junior tennis player ... I felt betrayed at around fourteen when so many of these single-minded flailing boys became abruptly mannish and tall"" (David Foster Wallace).""It was better for a woman ... to stand back, keep quiet, and let the men work out their mannish problems"" (Maya Angelou).
2. Imitative or suggestive of a man rather than a woman: ""Her ring sinks into the fourth finger of her square, mannish hands"" (Mary Gordon).
3. male, manly

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mardaani title hints over the actions of the mannish woman, the flick has much more than that to explore and grasp.

PRONOUNCE:
man·nish - मैनिश

LINK: MANNISH

IMPASSE

WORD: IMPASSE

MEANING:
1. A road or passage having no exit; a cul-de-sac.
2. A situation that is so difficult that no progress can be made; a deadlock or a stalemate: reached an impasse in the negotiations.
3. bottleneck, deadlock

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Imran Khan calls off talks to end protest impasse

PRONOUNCE:
im·passe - इम्पैस

LINK: IMPASSE

BUST

WORD: BUST

MEANING:
1. A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.
2.
a. A woman's breasts.
b. The human chest.
3. broken, ruined

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In a hidden room in a house near Argentina's capital, police believe they have found the biggest collection of Nazi artifacts in the country's history, including a bust relief of Adolf Hitler, magnifying glasses inside elegant boxes with swastikas and even a macabre medical device used to measure head size.

PRONOUNCE:
bust - बस्ट

LINK: BUST

GRASP

WORD: GRASP

MEANING:
1. To take hold of or seize firmly with the hand, the foot, another body part, or an instrument: The elephant grasped the branch with its trunk.
2. To hold with the arms; embrace.
3. To take hold of intellectually; comprehend. See Synonyms at understand.
4. understand, comprehend, follow, get

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mardaani title hints over the actions of the mannish woman, the flick has much more than that to explore and grasp.

PRONOUNCE:
grasp - ग्रैस्प

LINK: GRASP

OBLIGATION

WORD: OBLIGATION

MEANING:
1.
a. A social, legal, or moral requirement, such as a duty, contract, or promise, that compels one to follow or avoid a particular course of action: Are you able to meet your obligations? I have an obligation to attend their wedding.
b. The constraining power of a promise, contract, law, or sense of duty: I felt no obligation to offer my advice.
c. Law A document in which a person binds himself or herself to undertake or refrain from doing a particular act.
d. A debt instrument, such as a loan, mortgage, or bond.
2. The state, fact, or feeling of being indebted to another for a special service or favor received: If they invite us, aren't we under obligation to invite them in return?
3. duties, responsibilities, requirements

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Tightening noose around loan defaulters, the Reserve Bank today said guarantors, who refuse to fulfil their obligations to banks despite having adequate resources, will also be treated as wilful defaulters.

PRONOUNCE:
ob·li·ga·tion - आब्लगशन / आब्लगैशन

LINK: OBLIGATION

ARTIFACT

WORD: ARTIFACT

MEANING:
1. An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, or ornament of archaeological or historical interest.
2. Something viewed as a product of human conception or agency rather than an inherent element: ""Morality is an artifact of human culture, devised to help us negotiate social relations"" (Michael Pollan).
3. A phenomenon or feature not originally present or expected and caused by an interfering external agent, action, or process, as an unwanted feature in a microscopic specimen after fixation, in a digitally reproduced image, or in a digital audio recording.
4. An inaccurate observation, effect, or result, especially one resulting from the technology used in scientific investigation or from experimental error: The apparent pattern in the data was an artifact of the collection method.
5. objects, articles, items

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In a hidden room in a house near Argentina's capital, police believe they have found the biggest collection of Nazi artifacts in the country's history, including a bust relief of Adolf Hitler, magnifying glasses inside elegant boxes with swastikas and even

PRONOUNCE:
ar·ti·fact - आर्टफैक्ट

LINK: ARTIFACT

BRUISE

WORD: BRUISE

MEANING:
1.
a. To injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of (part of the body) without breaking the skin, as by a blow.
b. To damage (plant tissue), as by abrasion or pressure: bruised the fruit by careless packing.
2. To dent or mar.
3. To pound (berries, for example) into fragments; crush.
4. To hurt, especially psychologically.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Jio's fresh prepaid offers to bruise rivals hurt by price war

PRONOUNCE:
bruise - ब्रूज़

LINK: BRUISE

ICONOCLASM

WORD: ICONOCLASM

MEANING:
1. The beliefs, practices, or doctrine of an iconoclast.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un meet: US president's sexy iconoclasm has made China emerge as biggest beneficiary

PRONOUNCE:
i·con·o·clasm - आइकानक्लैज़म

LINK: ICONOCLASM

SPUTTER

WORD: SPUTTER

MEANING:
1. To spit out or spray particles of saliva or food from the mouth in noisy bursts. 2. To spit out words or sounds in an excited or confused manner. 3. To make sporadic spitting or popping sounds: The fire sputtered and died. 4. Physics To cause the atoms of a solid to be removed from the surface by bombardment with atoms in a discharge tube.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. 'Solo' Sputters at Box Office, Raising Worries of 'Star Wars' Fatigue

PRONOUNCE:

sput·ter - स्पटर

LINK: SPUTTER

PERSECUTE

WORD: PERSECUTE

MEANING:
1. To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.
2. To annoy persistently; bother: persecuted the babysitter with foolish questions.
3. pursue, torture

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Human Rights Watch to Modi govt: Enact anti-communal violence law, persecute anti-Sikh riots culprits

PRONOUNCE:

per·se·cute - पर्सक्यूट

LINK: PERSECUTE

IMPETUS

WORD: IMPETUS

MEANING:
1. An impelling force; an impulse.
2. The force or energy associated with a moving body.
3.
a. Something that incites; a stimulus.
b. Increased activity in response to a stimulus: The approaching deadline gave impetus to the investigation.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. White America’s racial resentment is the real impetus for welfare cuts, study says

PRONOUNCE:
im·pe·tus - इम्पटस / इम्पिटस

LINK: IMPETUS

ACRIMONIOUS

WORD: ACRIMONIOUS

MEANING:
1. Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous: an acrimonious debate between the two candidates.
2. bitter, unfriendly

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In an extraordinary turn of events, the West Indies cricket team on Friday called off the remaining part of its India tour in the wake of an acrimonious ongoing pay dispute with their Board, prompting a livid BCCI to contemplate legal action against the visitors.

PRONOUNCE:
ac·ri·mo·ni·ous - ऐक्रमोनीअस

LINK: ACRIMONIOUS

FATIGUE

WORD: FATIGUE

MEANING:
1. Physical or mental weariness resulting from effort or activity.
2. Something, such as tiring effort or activity, that causes tiredness or weariness: the fatigue of a long hike.
3. Physiology The decreased capacity or complete inability of an organism, organ, or part to function normally because of excessive stimulation or prolonged exertion.
4. The weakening or failure of a material, such as metal or wood, resulting from prolonged stress.
5.
a. Manual or menial labor, such as barracks cleaning, assigned to soldiers.
b. fatigues Clothing worn by military personnel for labor or for field duty.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. 'Solo' Sputters at Box Office, Raising Worries of 'Star Wars' Fatigue

PRONOUNCE:

fa·tigue - फटीग

LINK: FATIGUE

ATONE

WORD: ATONE

MEANING:

1. To make amends, as for a sin or fault: These crimes must be atoned for.

2. Archaic To agree.

3. compensate, apologize, recompense

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Six reasons why Rahul must repent and atone for the 1984 riots

PRONOUNCE:

a·tone - अटोन

LINK: ATONE

RESENTMENT

WORD: RESENTMENT

MEANING:

1. Indignation or ill will stemming from a feeling of having been wronged or offended. See Synonyms at anger.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. White America’s racial resentment is the real impetus for welfare cuts, study says

PRONOUNCE:

re·sent·ment - रिज़ेन्ट्मन्ट / रिज़ेन्मन्ट

LINK: RESENTMENT

SPEW

WORD: SPEW

MEANING:

1. To send out or force out in large amounts: a volcano that spewed molten lava; spewed invective at his opponent.

2. To vomit or otherwise cast out (matter) through the mouth.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Donald Trump spews ire on Nato, G7, calls fair trade ..l trade'; experts worry about escalation in trade war

PRONOUNCE:

spew - स्प्यू

LINK: SPEW

WARY

WORD: WARY

MEANING:
1. On guard; watchful: taught to be wary of strangers. 2. Characterized by caution: a wary glance at the black clouds. 3. cautious, suspicious, careful

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India wary as china ups ante inSouth China Sea

PRONOUNCE:

war·y - वेरी

LINK: WARY

CLUNKY

WORD: CLUNKY

MEANING:

1. Clumsy in form or manner; awkward: clunky hiking boots.

2. chunky, solid, heavy, bulky

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Ghayal Once Again is very old fashioned, rough hewn and clunky. 

PRONOUNCE:

clunk·y - क्लंगकी

LINK: CLUNKY

ANTE

WORD: ANTE

MEANING:

1. Games To put (one's stake) into the pool in poker.

2. To pay (money or a fee): Let's ante the entry fee.

3. raise, bet, wager, stake, chance

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. India wary as china ups ante inSouth China Sea

PRONOUNCE:

an·te - ऐन्टी

LINK: ANTE

EMBALM

WORD: EMBALM

MEANING:

1. To treat (a corpse) with preservatives in order to prevent decay.

2. To protect from change or oblivion; preserve or fix: ""A precedent embalms a principle"" (Benjamin Disraeli).

3. To impart fragrance to; perfume: Spicy aromas embalmed the air.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Sridevi funeral news updates: Delay in repatriation of body, embalming postponed till tomorrow

PRONOUNCE:

em·balm - एम्बाम

LINK: EMBALM

HEWN

WORD: HEWN

MEANING:

1. felled and roughly shaped by hewing: hewn logs.

2. given a rough surface: hewn stone.

3. carved, fashioned

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Ghayal Once Again is very old fashioned, rough hewn and klunky. 

PRONOUNCE:

hewn - ह्यून

LINK: HEWN

REPATRIATION

WORD: REPATRIATION

MEANING:

1. To restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin: repatriate war refugees.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Sridevi passes away news updates: Veteran actor's body will be ready for repatriation from Dubai by 3.30 pm IST

PRONOUNCE:

re·pa·tri·ate - रीपैट्रीऐशन

LINK: REPATRIATION

INDIGNATION

WORD: INDIGNATION

MEANING:

1. Anger aroused by something perceived as unjust, mean, or unworthy.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Celebs who shed tears of repentance and indignation

PRONOUNCE:

in·dig·na·tion - इन्डिग्नेशन / इन्डिग्नैशन

LINK: INDIGNATION

INCITE

WORD: INCITE

MEANING:

1. To provoke and urge on: troublemakers who incite riots; inciting workers to strike.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Bharat Bandh Live: Protests turn violent, 1 dead in MP; Don't incite violence, Rajnath says to Oppn

PRONOUNCE:

in·cite - इन्साइट

LINK: INCITE

REPENTANCE

WORD: REPENTANCE

MEANING:
1. The act or process of repenting. 2. Remorse or contrition for past conduct or sin. See Synonyms at penitence.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Celebs who shed tears of repentance and indignation

PRONOUNCE:

re·pen·tance - रिपेन्टन्स

LINK: REPENTANCE

RETORT

WORD: RETORT

MEANING:
1. a. To reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner. See Synonyms at answer. b. To present a counterargument to (an argument or accusation). 2. Archaic To return in kind; pay back.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Haley's retort shows why she's unique in Trump's White House

PRONOUNCE:
re·tort - रिटॉर्ट / रीटॉर्ट

LINK: RETORT

ABET

WORD: ABET

MEANING:
1. To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on. 2. To urge, encourage, or help (a person): abetted the thief in robbing the bank.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sunanda Pushkar death case: Shashi Tharoor charged with abetment to suicide

PRONOUNCE:

a·bet - अबेट

LINK: ABET

CHATTER

WORD: CHATTER

MEANING:
1. To talk rapidly, incessantly, and on trivial subjects; jabber. 2. To utter a rapid series of short, inarticulate, speechlike sounds: birds chattering in the trees. 3. To click quickly and repeatedly: Our teeth chattered from the cold. 4. To vibrate or rattle while in operation: A power drill will chatter if the bit is loose.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Haley spat fuels political chatter around White House

PRONOUNCE:

chat·ter - चैटर

LINK: CHATTER

PREPOSTEROUS

WORD: PREPOSTEROUS

MEANING:
1. Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sunanda Pushkar case: chargesheet preposterous, intend to contest it, says Shashi Tharoor

PRONOUNCE:

pre·pos·ter·ous - प्रिपास्टरस / प्रिपास्ट्रस

LINK: PREPOSTEROUS

GRUESOME

WORD: GRUESOME

MEANING:
1. Causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking: a gruesome murder.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'More gruesome than Una': Dalit man beaten to death in Gujarat's Rajkot district, five men arrested

PRONOUNCE:
grue·some - ग्रूसम

LINK: GRUESOME