ENVOY

WORD: ENVOY

MEANING:
1. A representative of a government who is sent on a special diplomatic mission. 2. A minister plenipotentiary assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador. 3. A messenger; an agent. 4. messenger, diplomat, legate

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Envoy quits as kickbacks scam rocks Spain

PRONOUNCE:

en·voy - एन्वॉइ / आन्वॉइ

LINK: ENVOY

PRECIOUS

WORD: PRECIOUS

MEANING:
1. Of high cost or worth; valuable: precious jewels. 2. Highly esteemed; cherished: precious moments with the new baby. 3. Dear; beloved: a friend who is precious to me. 4. Affectedly dainty or overrefined: precious mannerisms. 5. Informal Thoroughgoing; unmitigated: a precious mess. 6. valuable, costly, prized

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Amitabh Bachchan spends precious time with Navya Nanda and Agastya Nanda in Delhi 2. Salman Khan is very precious to me, says Arbaaz Khan

PRONOUNCE:

pre·cious - प्रेशस

LINK: PRECIOUS

SIDEKICK

WORD: SIDEKICK

MEANING:
1. A close companion or comrade. 2. assistant, helper, associate, partner

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Adam is the smarter while Paul is his sidekick.

PRONOUNCE:

side·kick - साइड्किक

LINK: SIDEKICK

SUNDRY

WORD: SUNDRY

MEANING:
1. Various; miscellaneous: a purse containing sundry items.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ajay is the messiah who will redeem us. He is the force behind the Satyakam (a nod to his dad’s best film) movement which has corruption and sundry crimes as its target.

PRONOUNCE:

sun·dry - सन्ड्री

LINK: SUNDRY

WAYWARD

WORD: WAYWARD

MEANING:
1. Deviating from what is desired, expected, or required, especially in being disobedient or in gratifying one's own inclinations: "a teacher taking pains with a wayward but promising child" (George Orwell). 2. Difficult or impossible to manage, control, or keep in order: a wayward strand of hair. 3. Going somewhere not intended or desired: a wayward golf shot; a wayward courier. 4. Following no clear pattern; unpredictable: "events that were often thought to be wayward, capricious, and inexplicable" (Marq de Villiers). 5. naughty, unruly, errant

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Some moments, like those between the industrialist and his wayward son, when he tells him that he is running a family business, not a crime syndicate, hold promise.

PRONOUNCE:

way·ward - वेवर्ड / वैवर्ड

LINK: WAYWARD

MINNOW

WORD: MINNOW

MEANING:
1. Any of a large group of small freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, widely used as live bait. 2. Any of various other small, often silver-colored fishes. 3. nobodies, sprats

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bangladesh still minnows as far as T20Is are concerned

PRONOUNCE:

min·now - मिनो

LINK: MINNOW

FATHOM

WORD: FATHOM

MEANING:
1. To penetrate to the meaning or nature of; comprehend. 2. To determine the depth of; sound. 3. sound, measure, probe

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. But no body could fathom how big the announcement was, of the 28-year-old failing a drugs test and taking full responsibility for it. 

PRONOUNCE:

fath·om - फैदम

LINK: FATHOM

SOMBER

WORD: SOMBER

MEANING:
1. a. Dark; gloomy: a somber room. b. Dull or dark in color: somber hues. 2. a. Melancholy; dismal: a somber mood. b. Serious; grave: a somber spokesperson. 3. sad, dismal, serious

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Despite the sombre mood, she found some humour - “know many of you thought that I would be retiring today but if I was ever going to announce my retirement it would not be in a downtown Los Angeles hotel with this fairly ugly carpet!”

PRONOUNCE:

som·ber - साम्बर

LINK: SOMBER

OPTIMISTIC

WORD: OPTIMISTIC

MEANING:
1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. 3. hopeful, positive

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. We are optimistic.

PRONOUNCE:

op·ti·mist - आप्टमिस्टिक

LINK: OPTIMISTIC

FLAUNT

WORD: FLAUNT

MEANING:
1. To exhibit ostentatiously or shamelessly: flaunts his trendy clothes; flaunts his knowledge about music. See Synonyms at show. 2. Usage Problem To ignore or disregard (a rule, for example) openly or scornfully. 3. exhibits, displays, parades

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Newlywed Preity flaunts her choora

PRONOUNCE:

flaunt - फ्लॉन्ट

LINK: FLAUNT

DUPLICITOUS

WORD: DUPLICITOUS

MEANING:
1. Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech. 2. double-dealing, two-faced, tricky

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pathankot JIT - Pakistan has duplicitous policy of good terrorists, bad terrorists: BJP

PRONOUNCE:

du·plic·i·tous - डूप्लिसिटस

LINK: DUPLICITOUS

QUASH

WORD: QUASH

MEANING:
1. To annul or put an end to (a court order, indictment, or court proceedings). 2. suppresses, crushes, defeats, conquers

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Madras High Court quashes PIL against BCCI; says attempt to interfere in internal activities 1. SC quashes Arunachal Governor's order, Tuki takes charge as CM

PRONOUNCE:

quash - क्वाश / क्वॉश

LINK: QUASH

BASTION

WORD: BASTION

MEANING:
1. A projecting part of a fortification. 2. A well-fortified position. 3. One that upholds or defends something, as against neglect or unpopularity: a college that is a bastion of traditionalism. See Synonyms at bulwark. 4. defender, citadel, fortress

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In a move that will not only test the application of the telecom regulator's norms on differential data pricing but also takes the fight further into rival Reliance Jio Infocomm's bastion, Bharti Airtel is close to tying up with a US-based global

PRONOUNCE:

bas·tion - बैस्चन

LINK: BASTION

EXPULSION

WORD: EXPULSION

MEANING:
1. The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Live: Ethics panel recommends expulsion of Mallya

PRONOUNCE:

ex·pul·sion - इक्स्पल्शन

LINK: EXPULSION

TORTURE

WORD: TORTURE

MEANING:
1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion. 2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture suffered by inmates in the camp. 3. An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish: "Just to watch them handling thick woolen winter coats in that heat was, for me, a torture" (Arthur Miller).

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Indian woman tortured to death in Saudi Arabia, probe on

PRONOUNCE:

tor·ture - टॉर्चर

LINK: TORTURE

APPEASE

WORD: APPEASE

MEANING:
1. a. To placate or attempt to placate (a threatening nation, for example) by granting concessions, often at the expense of principle. b. To calm, soothe, or quiet (someone): appeased the baby with a pacifier. See Synonyms at pacify. 2. To satisfy, relieve, or assuage: appease one's thirst.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Modi moved Smriti Irani to appease JNU crowd? Kanhaiya's theory is laughable

PRONOUNCE:

ap·pease - अपीज़

LINK: APPEASE

UPEND

WORD: UPEND

MEANING:
1. To stand, set, or turn on one end: upend an oblong box. 2. To invalidate, destroy, or change completely; overthrow: upended a popular legend. 3. To win victory over; defeat.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Donald Trump's Victory Promises to Upend the International Order

PRONOUNCE:

up·end - अपेन्ड

LINK: UPEND

DISCORD

WORD: DISCORD

MEANING:
1. a. Lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things. See Synonyms at conflict. b. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension. 2. A confused or harsh sound or mingling of sounds. 3. Music An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance. 4. disagreemenht, conflict, dispute

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. OPEC Discord Sends Oil Prices Lower

PRONOUNCE:

dis·cord - डिस्कॉर्ड

LINK: DISCORD

RUCKUS

WORD: RUCKUS

MEANING:
1. A disturbance; a commotion: "They had shut the dogs into the cowshed to keep them from causing a ruckus" (Molly

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. LK Advani 'feels like resigning' as ruckus in Parliament leads to a wasted Winter Session

PRONOUNCE:

ruck·us - रकस

LINK: RUCKUS

BEHEMOTH

WORD: BEHEMOTH

MEANING:
1. Something enormous in size or power. 2. often Behemoth A huge animal, possibly the hippopotamus, described in the Bible.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Joiner's video had drawn nearly 2,000 comments by Monday afternoon. Many comments expressed the reactions people said they would have had if exposed to the behemoth at such close range.

PRONOUNCE:

be·he·moth - बहीमथ / बिहीमथ / बीहमथ

LINK: BEHEMOTH

FANATICISM

WORD: FANATICISM

MEANING:

1. Excessive, irrational zeal, especially in politics or religion.

2. passion, wzrewmiam

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Gurmehar Kaur has given us some hope for the future; fanaticism is not the last word for youngsters

PRONOUNCE:

fa·nat·i·cism - फनैटसिज़म / फनैटिसाइज़म

LINK: FANATICISM

TESTIMONY

WORD: TESTIMONY

MEANING:
1. a. A declaration by a witness under oath, as that given before a court or deliberative body. b. All such declarations, spoken or written, offered in a legal case or deliberative hearing. 2. Evidence in support of a fact or assertion; proof. 3. A public declaration regarding a religious experience. 4. a. In the Bible, the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. b. The ark containing these tablets. 5. testament, evidence, witness

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Trump fired Comey as he refused to preview planned testimony to a Senate panel

PRONOUNCE:

tes·ti·mo·ny - टेस्टमोनी

LINK: TESTIMONY

EPITHET

WORD: EPITHET

MEANING:
1. a. A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great. b. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such as The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln. 2. A disparaging or abusive word or phrase. 3. Biology A word in the scientific name of an organism following the name of the genus and denoting a species, subspecies, variety, or cultivar, as sativa in Lactuca sativa.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. With Combative Style and Epithets, Trump Takes America First to the UN

PRONOUNCE:

ep·i·thet - एपथेट

LINK: EPITHET

PELT

WORD: PELT

MEANING:
1. a. To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects: pelted each other with snowballs. See Synonyms at barrage2. b. Archaic To strike (someone) with blows, as with a club. 2. To hurl or throw (missiles): children who pelted stones at the neighbors' windows. 3. To fall upon; strike repeatedly: Hailstones pelted the tent.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Stones pelted in Bengaluru ahead of Tipu Jayanti celebrations, bus damaged

PRONOUNCE:

pelt - पेल्ट

LINK: PELT

FLINDERS

WORD: FLINDERS

MEANING:

1. Bits, fragments, or splinters.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Melbourne car attack: Two arrested after SUV plows into Flinders Street crowd

PRONOUNCE:

flin·ders - फ्लिन्डर्ज़

LINK: FLINDERS

COGNISANCE

WORD: COGNISANCE

MEANING:

1. having knowledge of

EXAMPLE/USAGE:

1. Lack of cognisance after picking wicket costing Rabada

PRONOUNCE:

cognisance - काग्निज़न्स

LINK: COGNISANCE

FOIL

WORD: FOIL

MEANING:
1. To prevent from being successful; thwart: The alarm system foiled the thieves' robbery attempt. 2. To obscure or confuse (a trail or scent) so as to evade pursuers.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bangladesh forces storm plane, arrest 'gunman' to foil hijack attempt

PRONOUNCE:

foil - फॉइल

LINK: FOIL

LOOKALIKE

WORD: LOOKALIKE

MEANING:
1. One that closely resembles another; a double.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Lok Sabha Elections 2019: PM Modi’s lookalike files nomination against Rajnath Singh in Lucknow

PRONOUNCE:

look-a·like

LINK: LOOKALIKE

DEMEANOUR

WORD: DEMEANOUR

MEANING:
1. the way a person behaves towards others; conduct 2. bearing, appearance, or mien

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is known for his calm and composed demeanour on and off the field.

PRONOUNCE:

demeanour - डिमीनर

LINK: DEMEANOUR

FARCE

WORD: FARCE

MEANING:
1. a. A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect. b. The branch of literature constituting such works. c. The broad or spirited humor characteristic of such works. 2. A ludicrous, empty show; a mockery: The fixed election was a farce. 3. A seasoned stuffing, as for roasted turkey.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. After the 'diplomatic' farce, Pak envoy likely to return to India

PRONOUNCE:

farce - फार्स

LINK: FARCE

HELM

WORD: HELM

MEANING:
1. Nautical The steering gear of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel. 2. A position of leadership or control: at the helm of the government.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ranbir Kapoor & Ajay Devgn team up for 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety' helmer Luv Ranjan's next

PRONOUNCE:

helm - हेल्म

LINK: HELM