WORD: RESTRAINT
MEANING:
1.
a. The act of restraining: police restraint of the suspect.
b. The condition of being restrained, especially the condition of losing one's freedom: a suspect held in restraint.
2.
a. An influence that inhibits or restrains: "If the enemy could be defined as radically evil, then the restraints of morality did not apply" (James Carroll).
b. A device or other means of restraining movement: a child restraint in a car.
3. Control of the expression of one's feelings; constraint: cursed without restraint.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Restraint is the mantra for Indian stocks: strategists
PRONOUNCE:
re·straint - रिस्ट्रेन्ट / रिस्ट्रैन्ट / रीस्ट्रैन्ट
LINK: RESTRAINT
WORD: BARGE
MEANING:
1. To move about clumsily.
2. To intrude or interrupt, especially rudely: barged into the meeting.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Woman Killed As Terrorists Barge Into Home, Open Fire In J&K's Pulwama
PRONOUNCE:
barge - बार्ज
LINK: BARGE
WORD: FAWN
MEANING:
1. To exhibit affection or attempt to please, as a dog does by wagging its tail, whining, or cringing.
2. To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. "Stop Fawning, Needless Ceremony": New Navy Chief's Mantra For His Force
PRONOUNCE:
fawn - फॉन
LINK: FAWN
WORD: BRISTLE
MEANING:
1. To stand stiffly on end like bristles: The hair on the dog's neck bristled.
2. To raise the bristles: The cat bristled at the sight of the large dog.
3. To react in an angry or offended manner: The author bristled at the suggestion of plagiarism.
4. To be covered or thick with or as if with bristles: The path bristled with thorns.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Authorities in Srinagar tightened security ahead of Friday prayers after separatists called for a protest march to a U.N. office, with streets bristling with paramilitary personnel and some blocked by checkpoints.
PRONOUNCE:
bris·tle - ब्रिसल
LINK: BRISTLE
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. India is at risk of getting stuck in anti-corruption crossfire. After chasing down errant tycoons, authorities this week arrested former finance minister, P. Chidambaram.
PRONOUNCE:
er·rant - एरन्ट
LINK: ERRANT
WORD: TROPE
MEANING:
1. A figure of speech using words in nonliteral ways, such as a metaphor.
2. A word or phrase interpolated as an embellishment in the sung parts of certain medieval liturgies.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bharat review: Salman Khan resorts to pop patriotism, familiar tropes to dilute a soulless drama
PRONOUNCE:
trope - ट्रोप
LINK: TROPE
WORD: INCARCERATE
MEANING:
1. To put in a prison or jail.
2. To shut in; confine.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Incarcerated Kashmir separatists urge public march over loss of autonomy
PRONOUNCE:
in·car·cer·ate - इन्कार्सरेट / इन्कार्सरैट / इन्कार्सरिट / इन्कार्सरेट
LINK: INCARCERATE
WORD: CURTAIL
MEANING:
1. To cut short or reduce: We curtailed our conversation when other people entered the room.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A downturn in Asia’s third-largest economy is denting sales of everything from cars to clothing, forcing companies to curtail production and raising hopes that the India government will unveil an economic stimulus to revive growth.
PRONOUNCE:
cur·tail - कर्टेल / कर्टैल
LINK: CURTAIL
WORD: DILUTE
MEANING:
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.
2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
3. To decrease the value of (shares of stock) by increasing the total number of shares.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bharat review: Salman Khan resorts to pop patriotism, familiar tropes to dilute a soulless drama
PRONOUNCE:
di·lute - डाइलूट / डिलूट / डिलूट
LINK: DILUTE
WORD: STEEP
MEANING:
1. Having a sharp inclination; precipitous.
2. At a rapid or precipitous rate: a steep rise in imports.
3.
a. Excessive; stiff: a steep price.
b. Ambitious; difficult: a steep undertaking.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Passenger vehicle sales drop at steepest pace in nearly two decades
PRONOUNCE:
steep - स्टीप
LINK: STEEP
WORD: WONKY
MEANING:
1. Shaky or unsteady: a wonky table.
2. Out of alignment; crooked: "The door itself looked wonky somehow, not quite square with the building" (Steve Augarde).
3. Not functioning properly or normally: wonky digestion; a wonky phone connection.
4. Mentally unbalanced; crazy.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Ebola bonds are wonky way to tackle pandemics
PRONOUNCE:
won·ky - वांगकी
LINK: WONKY
WORD: UNFURL
MEANING:
1. To spread or open (something) out or become spread or opened out.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shah to unfurl tricolor in J&K?
PRONOUNCE:
un·furl - अन्फर्ल
LINK: UNFURL
WORD: RALLY
MEANING:
1. To call together for a common purpose; assemble: rally troops at a parade ground.
2. To reassemble and restore to order: rally scattered forces.
3. To rouse or revive from inactivity or decline: paused to refresh themselves and rally their strength.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India's bond rally fizzles on government spending fears
PRONOUNCE:
ral·ly - रैली
LINK: RALLY
WORD: CLAMPDOWN
MEANING:
1. An imposing of restrictions or controls: "Advertisers and broadcasters would raise howls of protest against any strong clampdown" (Wall Street Journal).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India to ease clampdown in Kashmir in the next few days
PRONOUNCE:
clamp·down - क्लैम्प्डाउन
LINK: CLAMPDOWN
WORD: FIZZLE
MEANING:
1. To make a hissing or sputtering sound.
2. Informal To fail or end weakly, especially after a hopeful beginning.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India's bond rally fizzles on government spending fears
PRONOUNCE:
here - here
LINK: FIZZLE
WORD: PROFLIGACY
MEANING:
1. Given to or characterized by licentiousness or dissipation: a profligate nightlife.
2. Given to or characterized by reckless waste; wildly extravagant: a profligate spender; the profligate use of water.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A rally in government bonds, spurred by a large and surprise reduction in policy rates last week, has been cut short by renewed fears of government profligacy.
PRONOUNCE:
prof·li·gate - प्रॉफ्लिगैसी
LINK: PROFLIGACY
WORD: RALLY
MEANING:
1. To call together for a common purpose; assemble: rally troops at a parade ground.
2. To reassemble and restore to order: rally scattered forces.
3. To rouse or revive from inactivity or decline: paused to refresh themselves and rally their strength.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India's bond rally fizzles on government spending fears
PRONOUNCE:
ral·ly - रैली
LINK: RALLY
WORD: DILUTE
MEANING:
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.
2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
3. To decrease the value of (shares of stock) by increasing the total number of shares.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Bharat review: Salman Khan resorts to pop patriotism, familiar tropes to dilute a soulless drama
PRONOUNCE:
di·lute - डाइलूट / डिलूट / डिलूट
LINK: DILUTE
WORD: ASSAILANT
MEANING:
1. A person who attacks another.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Trinamool leader shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Kolkata
PRONOUNCE:
as·sail·ant - असेलन्ट / असैलन्ट
LINK: ASSAILANT
WORD: CRINGEWORTHY
MEANING:
1. Causing a reaction of embarrassment or awkwardness for something or someone: sat through a cringeworthy standup comedy routine.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sania Mirza slams 'cringeworthy' ads 'on both sides of the border' ahead of India-Pakistan World Cup clash
PRONOUNCE:
cringe·wor·thy
LINK: CRINGEWORTHY
WORD: RECCE
MEANING:
1. Reconnaissance.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. No survivors, says IAF after first recce team reaches crashed An-32 aircraft
PRONOUNCE:
rec·ce - रेकी
LINK: RECCE
WORD: SPRINT
MEANING:
1. The act or an instance of sprinting, especially a short race at top speed.
2. A burst of speed or activity.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sprinter Dutee Chand signs two-year deal with Puma
PRONOUNCE:
sprint - स्प्रिन्ट
LINK: SPRINT
WORD: ADAMANT
MEANING:
1. A stone once believed to be impenetrable in its hardness.
2. An extremely hard substance.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Adamant on his decision to step down as the Congress president, Rahul Gandhi has demanded elections to appoint the next chief of the party.
PRONOUNCE:
ad·a·mant - ऐडमन्ट
LINK: ADAMANT
WORD: CONVENE
MEANING:
1. To cause to come together formally; convoke: convene a special session of Congress. See Synonyms at call.
2. To summon to appear, as before a tribunal.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. CWC should convene a meeting at the earliest and decide, Rahul Gandhi said and added that the next chief should not be from Nehru Gandhi family.
PRONOUNCE:
con·vene - कन्वीन
LINK: CONVENE
WORD: PURGATORY
MEANING:
1. Roman Catholic Church A state in which the souls of those who have died in grace must expiate their sins.
2. A place or condition of suffering, expiation, or remorse: a purgatory of drug abuse.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Silicon Valley is trapped in political purgatory.
PRONOUNCE:
pur·ga·to·ry - पर्गटरी / पर्गटॉरी
LINK: PURGATORY
WORD: BUDGE
MEANING:
1. To move or stir slightly: The trapped child was stuck tight and couldn't budge.
2. To alter a position or attitude: had made the decision and wouldn't budge.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. UK services bounce fails to budge recession fears
PRONOUNCE:
budge - बज
LINK: BUDGE
WORD: NOSEDIVE
MEANING:
1. A very steep dive of an aircraft.
2. A sudden, swift drop or plunge: Stock prices took a nosedive.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka nosedive in May, June after bombings
PRONOUNCE:
nose·dive - नोज़्डाइव
LINK: NOSEDIVE
WORD: PURGATORY
MEANING:
1. Roman Catholic Church A state in which the souls of those who have died in grace must expiate their sins.
2. A place or condition of suffering, expiation, or remorse: a purgatory of drug abuse.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Silicon Valley is trapped in political purgatory.
PRONOUNCE:
pur·ga·to·ry - पर्गटरी / पर्गटॉरी
LINK: PURGATORY
WORD: PROFOUND
MEANING:
1. Having, showing, or requiring great insight or understanding: a profound thinker; a profound analysis.
2. Deeply felt or held; intense: profound contempt; a profound conviction.
3. Thoroughgoing; far-reaching: profound social changes.
4. Unqualified or unbroken: a profound silence; profound sleep.
5. Situated at, extending to, or coming from a great depth; deep: a profound chasm.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'A profound spiritual impact': Reflections from the 12 men who have walked on the moon
PRONOUNCE:
pro·found - प्रफाउन्ड / प्रोफाउन्ड
LINK: PROFOUND
WORD: SPUR
MEANING:
1. stimulate, incitement, motive
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Cricket: World Cup success can spur England to Ashes glory: Root
PRONOUNCE:
spur - स्पर
LINK: SPUR
WORD: INCUMBENT
MEANING:
1. Imposed as an obligation or duty; obligatory: felt it was incumbent on us all to help.
2. Lying, leaning, or resting on something else: incumbent rock strata.
3. Currently holding a specified office: the incumbent mayor.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The BCCI has invited applications for the position of head coach and support staff for the men's side, with incumbent Ravi Shastri and his team given automatic entry in the recruitment process.
PRONOUNCE:
in·cum·bent - इन्कम्बन्ट
LINK: INCUMBENT
