CONUNDRUM

WORD: CONUNDRUM

MEANING:
1. A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun. 2. A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma: "the conundrum ... of achieving full employment without inflation" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Be like India or England? - South Africa's lower order conundrum

PRONOUNCE:

co·nun·drum - कनन्ड्रम

LINK: CONUNDRUM

SUMMONS

WORD: SUMMONS

MEANING:
1. A call by an authority to appear, come, or do something. 2. Law a. An order or process directing a person, especially a defendant in a case, to appear in court. b. An order or process directing a person to report to court as a potential juror.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Karnataka Congress summons MLAs today to identify dissidents, endgame nears

PRONOUNCE:

sum·mons·es - समन्ज़

LINK: SUMMONS

CONFER

WORD: CONFER

MEANING:
1. To bestow (an honor, for example): conferred a medal on the hero. 2. To invest with (a characteristic, for example): a carefully worded statement that conferred an aura of credibility.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Terrorist to decorated soldier: Lance Naik Wani to be conferred Ashoka Chakra posthumously

PRONOUNCE:

con·fer - कन्फर

LINK: CONFER

SURREAL

WORD: SURREAL

MEANING:
1. Having qualities attributed to or associated with surrealism: "Even with most facilities shut down ... a few mavericks managed to slip into the park to sample the almost surreal emptiness before the shutdown ended." (Peter H. King). 2. Having an oddly dreamlike quality.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Yami Gautam On The Success Of Uri: 'Never Experienced Such Amount Of Love, The Feeling Is Surreal'

PRONOUNCE:

sur·re·al - सरीअल / सरील

LINK: SURREAL

POSTHUMOUSLY

WORD: POSTHUMOUSLY

MEANING:
1. Occurring or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award. 2. Published after the writer's death: a posthumous book. 3. Born after the death of the father: a posthumous child.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Terrorist to decorated soldier: Lance Naik Wani to be conferred Ashoka Chakra posthumously

PRONOUNCE:

post·hu·mous - पास्चुमस्ली

LINK: POSTHUMOUSLY

MEAGRE

WORD: MEAGRE

MEANING:
1. Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty. 2. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble: the meager soil of an eroded plain. 3. Having little flesh; lean.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Amrapali flats booked for meagre sum of Re 1 per sq ft, auditors tell Supreme Court

PRONOUNCE:

mea·ger - मीगर

LINK: MEAGRE

STRINGENT

WORD: STRINGENT

MEANING:
1. Imposing rigorous standards of performance; severe: stringent safety measures. 2. Constricted; tight: operating under a stringent time limit. 3. Characterized by scarcity of money, credit restrictions, or other financial strain: stringent economic policies.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Stringent terms by Etihad may put Jet Airways lifeline at risk

PRONOUNCE:

strin·gent - स्ट्रिन्जन्ट

LINK: STRINGENT

SHODDY

WORD: SHODDY

MEANING:
1. Made of or containing inferior material. 2. a. Of poor quality or craft. b. Rundown; shabby. 3. Dishonest or reprehensible: shoddy business practices. 4. Conspicuously and cheaply imitative.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Accidental Prime Minister review: A shoddy propaganda film

PRONOUNCE:

shod·dy - शाडी

LINK: SHODDY

FRENZY

WORD: FRENZY

MEANING:
1. A state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement. 2. Temporary madness or delirium. 3. A mania; a craze.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. December 6: How Ayodhya residents, priests saved Muslims in post-Babri frenzy

PRONOUNCE:

fren·zy - फ्रेन्ज़ी

LINK: FRENZY

PROPAGAND

WORD: PROPAGAND

MEANING:
1. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause. 2. Material disseminated by the advocates or opponents of a doctrine or cause: wartime propaganda.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Accidental Prime Minister review: A shoddy propaganda film

PRONOUNCE:

prop·a·gan·da - प्रापगैन्ड

LINK: PROPAGAND

BANDWAGON

WORD: BANDWAGON

MEANING:
1. An elaborately decorated wagon used to transport musicians in a parade. 2. Informal A cause or party that attracts increasing numbers of adherents: young voters climbing aboard the party's bandwagon. 3. Informal A current trend: "Even brand-name [drug] companies ... have jumped on the generics bandwagon" (Beth Howard).

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Can’t be left out of the bandwagon: Army chief Rawat on talks with Taliban

PRONOUNCE:

band·wag·on - बैन्ड्वैगन

LINK: BANDWAGON

BEMUSE

WORD: BEMUSE

MEANING:
1. To cause to be bewildered; confuse. 2. To occupy the attention of; absorb or engross: The book bemused him for days. 3. Usage Problem To cause to be mildly or wryly amused: "Unlike William McKinley, whose priggishness bemused him, Roosevelt had no compunctions about smoking cigars in public" (Joseph Conlin).

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Hardik Pandya show cause notice signed by CEO Rahul Johri; BCCI officials bemused

PRONOUNCE:

be·muse - बिम्यूज़

LINK: BEMUSE

STRUM

WORD: STRUM

MEANING:
1. To play (a stringed musical instrument) by stroking or brushing the strings: strum a banjo. 2. To play (music) on a stringed instrument in this way: strum chords on a guitar.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Nick Jonas strums guitar for wife Priyanka Chopra, gets a kiss in return.

PRONOUNCE:

strum - स्ट्रम

LINK: STRUM

HARTAL

WORD: HARTAL

MEANING:

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in India) the act of closing shops or suspending work, esp in political protest

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Sabarimala live updates: Dawn-to-dusk hartal today

PRONOUNCE:

hartal - हड़ताल

LINK: HARTAL

EXERT

WORD: EXERT

MEANING:
1. To put to use or effect; put forth: exerted all my strength to move the box. 2. To bring to bear; exercise: exert influence. 3. To put (oneself) to strenuous effort: exerted ourselves mightily to raise funds.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. British PM Theresa May exerts to save her Brexit deal as crunch vote nears

PRONOUNCE:

ex·ert - इग्ज़र्ट

LINK: EXERT

DILIGENT

WORD: DILIGENT

MEANING:

1. Marked by persevering, painstaking effort.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Brie Larson on Working in Avengers Endgame: I Have Become a Diligent Secret-keeper

PRONOUNCE:

dil·i·gent - डिलिजन्ट

LINK: DILIGENT

GAG

WORD: GAG

MEANING:
1. Something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out. 2. An obstacle to or a censoring of free speech. 3. A device placed in the mouth to keep it open, as in dentistry. 4. a. A practical joke: played a gag on his roommates. b. A comic effect or remark. See Synonyms at joke. 5. The act or an instance of gagging or choking. 6. silenced

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. After the teenager reached their house, they gagged him with a tape

PRONOUNCE:

gag - गैग

LINK: GAG

APPROVAL

WORD: APPROVAL

MEANING:
1. The act or an instance of approving. 2. An official approbation; a sanction. 3. Favorable regard; commendation. 4. support, sanction

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. A budget proposal was sent to the Board of Directors for approval.  

PRONOUNCE:

ap·prov·al - अप्रूवल

LINK: APPROVAL

SURVEY

WORD: SURVEY

MEANING:
1. a. To look over the parts, features, or contents of; view broadly: surveyed the neighborhood from a rooftop; surveyed the shelves in the pantry. b. To look at or examine carefully and appraise: surveyed the storm damage. See Synonyms at see1. 2. To determine the boundaries, area, or elevations of (land or structures on the earth's surface) by means of measuring angles and distances, using the techniques of geometry and trigonometry. 3. Chiefly British To inspect and determine the structural condition of (a building). 4. To conduct a statistical survey on: surveyed the students for music preferences. 5. review, study, examination

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A detailed socio-economic survey of the adopted village will be conducted. 

PRONOUNCE:

sur·vey - सर्वे / सर्वै / सर्वै

LINK: SURVEY

IMPOUND

WORD: IMPOUND

MEANING:
1. To confine in or as if in a pound: capture and impound stray dogs. 2. To place (something) in legal custody until a dispute involving it is decided: impounding ballots in a disputed election. 3. To set aside in a fund rather than spend as prescribed: a governor who impounded monies designated for use by cities. 4. To accumulate and store in a reservoir: By damming the stream, the engineers impounded its waters for irrigation. 5. seized, held

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Delhi: 50 cabs impounded in last 12 hours for 'overcharging'

PRONOUNCE:

im·pound - इम्पाउन्ड

LINK: IMPOUND

HEGEMONY

WORD: HEGEMONY

MEANING:
1. The predominance of one state or social group over others. 2. domination, control, supremacy

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. China will not stop quest for maritime hegemony.

PRONOUNCE:

he·gem·o·ny - हिजमनी / हिजेमनी / हीजेमनी

LINK: HEGEMONY

SLEDGE

WORD: SLEDGE

MEANING:

1. (Cricket) (tr) to bait (an opponent, esp a batsman in cricket) in order to upset his or her concentration

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. India Vs Australia: When Australian PM asked Rishabh Pant you sledge, right?

PRONOUNCE:

sledge - स्लेज

LINK: SLEDGE

FIERCE

WORD: FIERCE

MEANING:
1. a. Hostile and violent, especially by nature or temperament; ferocious: The Huns were fierce warriors. b. Characterized by or showing hostility: gave us a fierce look. 2. Extremely powerful or destructive: a fierce storm; a fierce flood. 3. Intense in activity or feeling; vigorous or ardent: a fierce debate; fierce loyalty.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Taanaji The Unsung Warrior: Ajay Devgn is fierce in new still from film

PRONOUNCE:
fierce - फिर्स / फीर्स

LINK: FIERCE

LIMBO

WORD: LIMBO

MEANING:
1. often Limbo Roman Catholic Church The abode of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls, as those of infants or virtuous individuals who lived before the coming of Christ. 2. A condition of prolonged uncertainty or neglect: Management kept her promotion in limbo for months.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. WV Raman's appointment still in limbo

PRONOUNCE:

lim·bo - लिम्बो

LINK: LIMBO

DEVOUR

WORD: DEVOUR

MEANING:
1. To eat up greedily. See Synonyms at eat. 2. To destroy, consume, or waste: Flames devoured the structure in minutes. 3. To take in eagerly: devour a novel. 4. To preoccupy or obsess in a harmful way: was devoured by jealousy.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Reliance Jio begins to devour Vodafone Idea, Airtel user base

PRONOUNCE:

de·vour - डिवाउअर / डिवाउर

LINK: DEVOUR

PERCEIVE

WORD: PERCEIVE

MEANING:
1. a. To become aware of (something) directly through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing: We could perceive three figures in the fog. b. To cause or allow the mind to become aware of (a stimulus): The ear perceives sounds. 2. To achieve understanding of; apprehend: Einstein perceived that energy and matter are equivalent. See Synonyms at see1. 3. To regard or consider; deem: an old technology that is still perceived as useful; a politician who is perceived to be a dissembler.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Mr Urjit Patel resigned after months of perceived acrimony between the government and the central bank over issues ranging from liquidity and credit flow to tackling weak banks, which raised concerns about the RBI's independence ahead of general elections this year.

PRONOUNCE:

per·ceive - पर्सीव

LINK: PERCEIVE

CONDOLE

WORD: CONDOLE

MEANING:

1. To express sympathy or sorrow: I condoled with him in his loss.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi condole Kader Khan's demise

PRONOUNCE:

con·dole - कन्डोल

LINK: CONDOLE

ACRIMONY

WORD: ACRIMONY

MEANING:

1. Bitter, sharp animosity, especially as exhibited in speech or behavior.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Mr Urjit Patel resigned after months of perceived acrimony between the government and the central bank over issues ranging from liquidity and credit flow to tackling weak banks, which raised concerns about the RBI's independence ahead of general elections this year.

PRONOUNCE:

ac·ri·mo·ny - ऐक्रमोनी / ऐक्रिमोनी

LINK: ACRIMONY

BEREAVE

WORD: BEREAVE

MEANING:
1. To take a loved one from (a person), especially by death: "Cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved" (Alan Paton). 2. To take something valuable or necessary from (a person or thing): "He was subject to fits, which bereaved him ... of his senses" (David Hume).

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Why bereavement can lead to a ‘broken heart’

PRONOUNCE:

be·reave - बरीव / बिरीव

LINK: BEREAVE

ROUT

WORD: ROUT

MEANING:
1. a. A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat. b. An overwhelming defeat. 2. a. A disorderly crowd of people; a mob. b. People of the lowest class; rabble. 3. A public disturbance; a riot. 4. A fashionable gathering. 5. Archaic A group of people, especially knights, or of animals, especially wolves.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Microsoft Becomes World’s Most Valuable Company After Apple Rout

PRONOUNCE:

rout - राउट

LINK: ROUT

TILT

WORD: TILT

MEANING:
1. To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline: tilt a soup bowl; tilt a chair backward. See Synonyms at slant. 2. To cause to be advantageous to one party rather than another: a development that tilted the balance of trade in their favor. 3. a. To aim or thrust (a lance) in a joust. b. To charge (an opponent); attack. 4. To forge with a tilt hammer.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. As BJP Tilts Towards Hindutva, Yogi Adityanath Becomes Its Most Sought After Campaigner in Semi-finals to...

PRONOUNCE:

tilt - टिल्ट

LINK: TILT