WORD: DEMEANOUR
MEANING:
1. the way a person behaves towards others; conduct
2. bearing, appearance, or mien
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. While Bhishma Pitamah, played by Mukesh Khanna, is one popular character from the show known his devoted demeanour, his picture from the sets of Mahabharata has left netizens in splits.
PRONOUNCE:
demeanour - डिमीनर
LINK: DEMEANOUR
WORD: PROMULGATE
MEANING:
1. To make known to the public; popularize or advocate: "Franklin ... first promulgated the idea of free public libraries" (Elaine Wagner).
2. To put (a law, for example) into effect by formal public announcement.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. resident Ram Nath Kovind’s nod to promulgate ordinance to punish those attacking healthcare staff
PRONOUNCE:
prom·ul·gate - प्रामल्गेट / प्रोमल्गैट
LINK: PROMULGATE
WORD: CONSPICUOUS
MEANING:
1. Easy to notice; obvious: a conspicuous flaw in the construction.
2. Attracting attention, as by being unusual or remarkable; noticeable. See Synonyms at noticeable.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. "The compassion, large-heartedness and alacrity that should be forthcoming from the central government is conspicuous by its absence,” she said.
PRONOUNCE:
con·spic·u·ous - कन्स्पिक्यूअस
LINK: CONSPICUOUS
WORD: ALARCRITY
MEANING:
1. Cheerful willingness; eagerness.
2. Speed or quickness; celerity.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. "The compassion, large-heartedness and alacrity that should be forthcoming from the central government is conspicuous by its absence,” she said.
PRONOUNCE:
a·lac·ri·ty - अलैक्रटी / अलैक्रिटी
LINK: ALARCRITY
WORD: COMPASSION
MEANING:
1. a deep sympathy for the sorrows of others, with an urge to alleviate their pain: The nurse showed great compassion for the injured children.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. "The compassion, large-heartedness and alacrity that should be forthcoming from the central government is conspicuous by its absence,” she said.
PRONOUNCE:
compassion - कम्पैशन
LINK: COMPASSION
WORD: STUBBLE
MEANING:
1. The short, stiff stalks of grain or hay remaining on a field after harvesting.
2. Something resembling this material, especially the short growth of hair that eventually protrudes from the skin after shaving.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Kartik Aaryan Wants to Look Sexy Again, Asks Fans if He Should Shave off his Stubble
PRONOUNCE:
stub·ble - स्टबल
LINK: STUBBLE
WORD: PROCURE
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. In a first, A.P. government to procure paddy at the doorsttep of farmers
PRONOUNCE:
pro·cure - प्रोक्युर
LINK: PROCURE
WORD: PADDY
MEANING:|
1. Rice, especially in the husk, whether gathered or still in the field.
2. A specially irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. In a first, A.P. government to procure paddy at the doorsttep of farmers
PRONOUNCE:
pad·dy - पैडी
LINK: PADDY
WORD: ASTONISH
MEANING:
1. To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Earth crust is shaking astonishingly less due to coronvirus lockdown.
PRONOUNCE:
a·ston·ish - अस्टानिश
LINK: ASTONISH
WORD: CRUST
MEANING:
1.
a. The hard outer portion or surface area of bread.
b. A piece of bread consisting mostly of the hard outer portion.
c. A piece of bread that has become hard and dry.
2. A pastry shell, as of a pie or tart.
3. A hard crisp covering or surface: snow with a firm crust.
4. A hard deposit formed on the interior of a wine bottle as the wine matures.
5. Geology
a. The solid, outermost layer of the earth, lying above the mantle.
b. The outermost solid layer of a planet or moon.
6. The hard outer covering or integument of certain plants and animals, such as lichens and crustaceans.
7. An outer layer or coating formed by the drying of a bodily exudate such as pus or blood; a scab.
8. Informal Insolence; audacity; gall.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. coronavirus: earth's crust is shaking less as people stay home due to Covid-19 lockdown
PRONOUNCE:
crust - क्रस्ट
LINK: CRUST
WORD: CONTAINMENT
MEANING:
1. The act or condition of containing.
2. A policy of checking the expansion or influence of a hostile power or ideology, as by the creation of strategic alliances or support of client states in areas of conflict or unrest.
3. A structure or system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive materials from a reactor.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Center's aggressive containment plan to control runawa COVID-19 spread
PRONOUNCE:
con·tain·ment - कन्टेन्मन्ट / कन्टैन्मन्ट
LINK: CONTAINMENT
WORD: SATIRE
MEANING:
1.
a. A literary work in which human foolishness or vice is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.
b. The branch of literature constituting such works.
2. Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose human foolishness or vice.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Taapsee's satire on modi's task, kangana's sister fires
PRONOUNCE:
sat·ire - सैटाइअर
LINK: SATIRE
WORD: VALIANT
MEANING:
1. Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave: a valiant knight; a valiant effort. See Synonyms at brave.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mathews soothes growing pain with valiant ton
PRONOUNCE:
val·iant - वलितं / वलित / वालिण्ट
LINK: VALIANT
WORD: SEVERANCE
MEANING:
1.
a. The act or process of severing.
b. The condition of being severed.
2. Separation; partition.
3. Severance pay.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. News in Numbers: Infosys settles severance pay row, ready to pay Rajiv Bansal Rs17.38 crore
PRONOUNCE:
sev·er·ance - सेवेर्नसे / सेवेरेंस / सेवेर्नके
LINK: SEVERANCE
WORD: STOICISM
MEANING:
1. Indifference to pleasure or pain; impassiveness.
2. Stoicism The doctrines or philosophy of the Stoics.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Stoicism Reveals 4 Rituals That Will Make You Confident
PRONOUNCE:
sto·i·cism - स्तोइकीसम / स्टोइकईस्म / स्तोइससम
LINK: STOICISM
WORD: CONSULAR
MEANING:
1. An official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign country and represent his or her government's commercial interests and assist its citizens there. See Usage Note at council.
2. Either of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, elected for a term of one year.
3. Any of the three chief magistrates of the French Republic from 1799 to 1804.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. LIVE UPDATES: Kulbhushan Jadhav's meeting with family ends amid confusion over consular access
PRONOUNCE:
con·sul - कांसुलर / कॉन्सुलर / कोन्सुलर
LINK: CONSULAR
WORD: TEETER
MEANING:
1. To move or sway unsteadily or unsurely; totter.
2. To alternate, as between opposing attitudes or positions; vacillate.
3. To be close to or in danger of failure or ruin: The housing market teetered on the edge of collapse.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Iran Protests Escalate, Scores Murdered, Is The Regime Teetering Towards A Total Collapse?
PRONOUNCE:
tee·ter - तीतर / टीटेर / तितर
LINK: TEETER
WORD: DAMPEN
MEANING:
1. To make damp.
2. To deaden, restrain, or depress: "trade moves ... aimed at dampening protectionist pressures in Congress" (Christian Science Monitor).
3. To soundproof.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Rain dampens the spectacle but Test's fuse may yet burn bright
PRONOUNCE:
damp·en - डम्पऐन / दमपेन / डामपेन
LINK: DAMPEN
WORD: RANCHER
MEANING:
1. One that owns or manages a ranch.
2. A rectangular house of one story; a ranch house.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Judge dismisses case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his sons
PRONOUNCE:
ranch·er - रहकर / रंचेर / रान्चर
LINK: RANCHER
WORD: CONFOUND
MEANING:
1. To cause to become confused or perplexed. See Synonyms at perplex.
2. To fail to distinguish; mix up: Don't confound fiction and fact.
3. To make (something bad) worse: Do not confound the problem by losing your temper.
4. To cause to be ashamed; abash: an invention that confounded the skeptics.
5. Used in mild curses: Confound you!
6.
a. To frustrate or thwart: trivial demands that confounded the peace talks.
b. Archaic To defeat or overthrow (an enemy).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Space X's Zuma satellite launch mission has everyone confounded; no clear idea if it was successful
PRONOUNCE:
con·found - कंफॉउंड / कॉनफॉउंड / कंफॉण्ड
LINK: CONFOUND
WORD: DEPRAVED
MEANING:
1. Morally corrupt; perverted.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 'This is depraved conduct,' DA says of California couple accused of torturing kids
PRONOUNCE:
de·praved - देप्रावेद / डेपरवेद / देप्रवेद
LINK: DEPRAVED
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. Ranbir Kapoor and Mahira Khan's relationship fizzles out?
PRONOUNCE:
fiz·zle - फ़िज़्ज़ले / फ़िज़्ज़ल / फ़िज़्ज़लए
LINK: FIZZLE
WORD: INTERLOCUTOR
MEANING:
1. Someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally or officially.
2. The performer in a minstrel show who is placed midway between the end men and engages in banter with them.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. SC interlocutors on Shaheen Bagh
PRONOUNCE:
in·ter·loc·u·tor - इन्टर्लाक्यटर
LINK: INTERLOCUTOR
WORD: ADAMANT
MEANING:
1. A stone once believed to be impenetrable in its hardness.
2. An extremely hard substance.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Trump adamant to 'reopen US soon'
PRONOUNCE:
ad·a·mant - ऐडमन्ट
LINK: ADAMANT
WORD: FERVENT
MEANING:
1. Having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent: fervent protests; a fervent admirer.
2. Extremely hot; glowing.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Making a fervent appeal to his fans to stay indoors, Kartik shared it with the caption, "#CoronaStopKaroNa.
PRONOUNCE:
fer·vent - फर्वन्ट
LINK: FERVENT
WORD: CAULDRON
MEANING:
1. A large vessel, such as a kettle or vat, used for boiling.
2. A state or situation of great distress or unrest felt to resemble a boiling kettle or vat: a cauldron of conflicting corporate politics.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Olympic cauldron in Japan ignited with flame from Greece
PRONOUNCE:
caul·dron - काल्ड्रन / कॉल्ड्रन / कॉल्ड्रन
LINK: CAULDRON
WORD: DRUBBING
MEANING:
1. A severe thrashing.
2. A total defeat.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India were below-par, Kohli says after drubbing by New Zealand
PRONOUNCE:
drub·bing - ड्रबिंग
LINK: DRUBBING
WORD: REVIVE
MEANING:
1. To bring back to life or consciousness; resuscitate: revived the passenger who fainted.
2. To give new health, strength, or spirit to: was revived by the long shower; a speech that revived morale.
3.
a. To restore to use, currency, activity, or notice: revived a fad from the 1980s.
b. To present (an old play, for example) again.
4. To renew in the mind; recall: an experience that revived a bad memory.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India’s government on Friday slashed corporate taxes in a surprise $20.5 billion break aimed at reviving private investment, seeking to lift growth from a six-year low that has sapped jobs and fuelled discontent in the countryside.
PRONOUNCE:
re·vive - रिवाइव / रीवाइव
LINK: REVIVE
WORD: ALLEVIATE
MEANING:
1. CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury said, "Just platitudes, slogans; nothing substantial to alleviate people's misery, growing unemployment, prices."
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. To make (pain, for example) less intense or more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. See Synonyms at relieve.
2. To lessen or reduce: alleviate unemployment.
PRONOUNCE:
al·le·vi·ate - अलीवीएट / अलीवीऐट
LINK: ALLEVIATE
WORD: AUTOCRACY
MEANING:
1. Government by a single person having unlimited power; despotism.
2. A country or state that is governed by a single person with unlimited power.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Many Egyptians who lived through Mubarak's presidency view it as a period of stagnation, autocracy and crony capitalism.
PRONOUNCE:
au·toc·ra·cy - ऑटाक्रसी
LINK: AUTOCRACY
WORD: SHORE
MEANING:
1. The land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast.
2. often shores Land; country: far from our native shores.
3. Land as opposed to water: a sailor with an assignment on shore.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India increases fuel taxes in a bid to shore up revenue
PRONOUNCE:
shore - शॉर / शोर
LINK: SHORE
WORD: DISLODGE
MEANING:
1. To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. 101-year-old ship dislodged above Niagara Falls
PRONOUNCE:
dis·lodge - डिस्लाज
LINK: DISLODGE
WORD: LULL
MEANING:
1. To cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm: The sound of the waves lulled me to sleep.
2. To deceive into trustfulness: "that honeyed charm that he used so effectively to lull his victims" (S.J. Perelman).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Gold slips from near seven-year highs on lull in U.S.-Iran tensions
PRONOUNCE:
lull - लल
LINK: LULL
WORD: CRONY
MEANING:
1. a close friend or companion
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Many Egyptians who lived through Mubarak's presidency view it as a period of stagnation, autocracy and crony capitalism.
PRONOUNCE:
crony - क्रोनी
LINK: CRONY
WORD: AUTOCRATIC
MEANING:
1. Relating to or being an autocrat.
2. Tending to impose one's will on others in an insistent or arrogant manner; domineering. See Synonyms at dictatorial.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mubarak was ousted in 2011 following mass protests against his autocratic rule, and he was the first leader to face trial after the Arab Spring uprisings that swept the region.
PRONOUNCE:
au·to·crat·ic - ऑटक्रैटिक
LINK: AUTOCRATIC
WORD: EPIDEMIC
MEANING:
1. Spreading rapidly and extensively by infection and affecting many individuals in an area or a population at the same time: an epidemic outbreak of influenza.
2. Widely prevalent: epidemic discontent.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sport events affected due to coronavirus epidemic
PRONOUNCE:
ep·i·dem·ic - एपडेमिक / एपिडेमिक / एपिडेमिक
LINK: EPIDEMIC
WORD: CREPT
MEANING:
1. Past tense and past participle of creep.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. People blamed gregg chappel for the problems which crept into the team under his watch.
PRONOUNCE:
crept - क्रीप
LINK: CREPT
WORD: RAUCOUS
MEANING:
1. Rough-sounding and harsh: raucous laughter.
2. Boisterous and disorderly: "a drunken and raucous party for his bachelor friends" (Louis Auchincloss).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. After raucous welcome in India, Trump clinches $3 billion military equipment sale
PRONOUNCE:
rau·cous - रॉकस
LINK: RAUCOUS
WORD: CONTRARY
MEANING:
1. Opposed, as in character or purpose: contrary opinions; acts that are contrary to our code of ethics.
2. Opposite in direction or position: Our boat took a course contrary to theirs. See Synonyms at opposite.
3. Music Moving in the opposite direction at a fixed interval: playing scales in contrary motion.
4. Adverse; unfavorable: a contrary wind.
5. (also kən-trâr′ē) Given to recalcitrant behavior; willful or perverse.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Contrary to the image of Fast And Furious films, the new teaser doesn't show any action happening. However, one can expect a lot of action in the next teaser or upcoming trailer of the film.
PRONOUNCE:
con·trar·y - कान्ट्रेरी / कन्ट्रेरी
LINK: CONTRARY
WORD: MORATORIUM
MEANING:
1. Law
a. A lawful suspension of the payment of certain debts during a period of financial or civil distress.
b. The period during which such a suspension occurs.
2. A suspension of an ongoing or planned activity: a moratorium on timber cutting.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India places Yes Bank under moratorium
PRONOUNCE:
mor·a·to·ri·um - मॉरटॉरीअम / मॉरटोरीअम
LINK: MORATORIUM
WORD: EXIGENCY
MEANING:
1. A pressing or urgent situation: "We were caught in a wartime exigency that was beyond any humane, any rational, resistance" (John Kenneth Galbraith).
2. An urgent requirement; a pressing need: "distracted by the exigencies of running a business" (Richard Curtis).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The minister also said that though there is a cap of Rs 50,000, the RBI has already announced that if people needs more funds for exigencies, they can follow the guidelines given by the regulator.
PRONOUNCE:
ex·i·gen·cy - एक्सिजन्सी
LINK: EXIGENCY
WORD: JUGGLERY
MEANING:
1. The skill or performance of a juggler.
2. Trickery; deception.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. "After Acche Din, New India, it appears govt also abandoned USD 5 trillion economy target. Budget full of piecemeal measures, repackaged schemes, jugglery of tax slabs and no real solutions to solve economic crisis."
PRONOUNCE:
jug·gler·y - जग्लरी
LINK: JUGGLERY
WORD: LITANY
MEANING:
1. ceremonial form of prayer; prolonged or tedious account; list; enumeration
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mubarak spent six years after facing trial in a litany of cases ranging from corruption to the killing of 239 protesters, whose 18-day revolt stunned the world.
PRONOUNCE:
litany - लिटनी
LINK: LITANY
WORD: INSIPID
MEANING:
1. Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty: insipid soup.
2. Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Congress leader Anand Sharma dismissed the Union Budget 2020 as 'insipid' saying, "it lacks stimulus for growth; no clear roadmap for job creation."
PRONOUNCE:
in·sip·id - इन्सिपिड
LINK: INSIPID
WORD: ILLICIT
MEANING:
1. not legally permitted; unlicensed; unlawful: Illicit drugs are rampant in the city.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mubarak's death comes just days after his two sons were acquitted of illicit share trading during the sale of a bank four years before the uprising that ended his rule.
PRONOUNCE:
illicit - इलिसट / इलिसिट
LINK: ILLICIT
WORD: ABERRATION
MEANING:
1. A deviation from what is typical or normal: an election that was an aberration from usual state politics. See Synonyms at deviation.
2. A departure from what is considered natural or proper: "Throughout history, the beast with a taste for human flesh has been regarded as an aberration, even as an outlaw" (Philip Caputo).
3. An abnormal, usually temporary alteration in one's mental state.
4.
a. A defect of focus, such as blurring in an image.
b. An imperfect image caused by a physical defect in an optical element, as in a lens.
5. The apparent displacement of the position of a celestial body in the direction of motion of an observer on Earth, caused by the motion of Earth and the finite velocity of light.
6. Genetics A deviation in the normal structure or number of chromosomes in an organism.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Judicial Aberrations on Gender Issues Are Worrisome
PRONOUNCE:
ab·er·ra·tion - ऐबरेशन / ऐबरैशन
LINK: ABERRATION
WORD: SVENGALI
MEANING:
1. A person who manipulates or controls another, especially by force of personality for malicious purposes.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Was Cambridge Analytica a digital Svengali or snake-oil salesman?
PRONOUNCE:
Sven·ga·li
LINK: SVENGALI
WORD: RANCOR
MEANING:
1. Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will: He was filled with rancor after losing his job.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Rancorous week looms with Trump untamed
PRONOUNCE:
ran·cor - रैंगकर
LINK: RANCOR
WORD: STAGNATE
MEANING:
1. To be or become stagnant.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Many Egyptians who lived through Mubarak's presidency view it as a period of stagnation, autocracy and crony capitalism.
PRONOUNCE:
stag·nate - स्टैग्नेट / स्टैग्नैट
LINK: STAGNATE
WORD: REVOLT
MEANING:
1. To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.
2. To oppose or refuse to accept something: revolting against high taxes.
3. To feel disgust or repugnance: was revolted by the gory movie.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Mubarak spent six years after facing trial in a litany of cases ranging from corruption to the killing of 239 protesters, whose 18-day revolt stunned the world.
PRONOUNCE:
re·volt - रिवोल्ट / रीवोल्ट
LINK: REVOLT
WORD: PLATITUDE
MEANING:
1. A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant. See Synonyms at cliché.
2. Lack of originality; triteness: "a passage of platitude which no critical prejudgment can force us to admire" (Edgar Allan Poe).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury said, "Just platitudes, slogans; nothing substantial to alleviate people's misery, growing unemployment, prices."
PRONOUNCE:
plat·i·tude - प्लैटिटूड / प्लैटिट्यूड
LINK: PLATITUDE
WORD: RUCKUS
MEANING:
1. A disturbance; a commotion: "They had shut the dogs into the cowshed to keep them from causing a ruckus" (Molly Gloss).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Gandhi also alleged that the ruckus in the Lok Sabha on Friday was a planned one to restrict him from questioning the government. "We are being stifled and we are not being allowed to speak in Parliament... They have suppressed our voices," the Congress leader was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
PRONOUNCE:
ruck·us - रकस
LINK: RUCKUS
WORD: VALOUR
MEANING:
1. Variant of valor.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Tanhaji: 'Dominated by male valour and patriotism'
PRONOUNCE:
val·our - वैलर
LINK: VALOUR
WORD: INQUISITION
MEANING:
1. The act of inquiring into a matter; an investigation. See Synonyms at inquiry.
2. Law An inquest.
3.
a. Inquisition A tribunal formerly held in the Roman Catholic Church and directed at the suppression of heresy.
b. An investigation that violates the privacy or rights of individuals, especially through rigorous or harsh interrogation.
c. A rigorous or severe questioning: "Looking pained at having to endure another inquisition [from the press, the football coach] assumed his usual monotone as he parried questions" (Judy Battista).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Inquisition begins after SA series loss, India players confined to hotel
PRONOUNCE:
in·qui·si·tion - इन्क्वज़िशन / इन्क्विज़िशन
LINK: INQUISITION
WORD: DISPARITY
MEANING:
1. The condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree; difference: "narrow the economic disparities among regions and industries" (Courtenay Slater).
2. Unlikeness; incongruity
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dravid unhappy with BCCI over cash award disparity for India U-19 staff, players
PRONOUNCE:
dis·par·i·ty - डिस्पेरटी / डिस्पैरिटी
LINK: DISPARITY
WORD: BUGLE
MEANING:
1. Music A brass instrument somewhat shorter than a trumpet and lacking keys or valves.
2. The loud resonant call of an animal, especially a male elk during rutting season.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Modi sounds poll bugle in Tripura: In the past 25yrs, Left has hypnotised people
PRONOUNCE:
bu·gle - ब्यूगल
LINK: BUGLE
WORD: FILIBUSTER
MEANING:
1.
a. The obstructing or delaying of legislative action, especially by prolonged speechmaking.
b. An instance of this, especially a prolonged speech.
2. An adventurer who engages in a private military action in a foreign country.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Nancy Pelosi's filibuster-style speech tops eight hours in bid to force immigration votes
PRONOUNCE:
fil·i·bus·ter - फिलबस्टर
LINK: FILIBUSTER
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. Ranbir Kapoor and Mahira Khan's relationship fizzles out?
PRONOUNCE:
fiz·zle - फिज़ल
LINK: FIZZLE
WORD: PLAGIARISM
MEANING:
1. The act or behavior of plagiarizing.
2. An instance of plagiarizing, especially a passage that is taken from the work of one person and reproduced in the work of another without attribution.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Akshay Kumar's PadMan Has Been Accused Of Plagiarism
PRONOUNCE:
pla·gia·rism - प्लेजरिज़म / प्लैजरिज़म
LINK: PLAGIARISM
WORD: LACKLUSTRE
MEANING:
1. lacking force, brilliance, or vitality
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. An official statement from the Congress party said that it was the longest budget speech and was most lacklustre.
PRONOUNCE:
lacklustre - लैक्लस्टर
LINK: LACKLUSTRE
WORD: SATIRICAL
MEANING:
1. Of, relating to, or characterized by satire.
2. Given to or fond of making satirical remarks.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Pakistan author says copies of satirical novel seized
PRONOUNCE:
sa·tir·i·cal - सटिरकल / सटिरिकल / सटिरिकल
LINK: SATIRICAL
WORD: RESTIVE
MEANING:
1.
a. Uneasily impatient or hard to control under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay: Passengers on board the delayed airliner began to grow restive.
b. Characterized by impatience or an absence of calm; unsettled: had a restive feeling that something wasn't quite right.
2. Refusing to move. Used of a horse or other animal.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Shops and offices were shut in Kashmir on Thursday and the streets largely deserted as the authorities formally revoked the restive state's constitutional autonomy and split it into two government territories.
PRONOUNCE:
res·tive - रेस्टिव
LINK: RESTIVE
WORD: STIFLE
MEANING:
1. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).
2. To keep in or hold back; repress: stifled my indignation.
3. To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Gandhi also alleged that the ruckus in the Lok Sabha on Friday was a planned one to restrict him from questioning the government. "We are being stifled and we are not being allowed to speak in Parliament... They have suppressed our voices," the Congress leader was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
PRONOUNCE:
sti·fle - स्टाइफल
LINK: STIFLE
WORD: MUSTER
MEANING:
1.
a. A gathering, especially of troops, for service, inspection, review, or roll call.
b. The persons assembled for such a gathering.
2. A muster roll.
3. A gathering or collection: a muster of business leaders at a luncheon.
4. A flock of peacocks.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Kohli could muster just 75 runs in three innings against the Kiwis (51, 15 and 9) and his average reads 25.
PRONOUNCE:
mus·ter - मस्टर / मूस्टर
LINK: MUSTER
WORD: STATURE
MEANING:
1. The natural height of a human or animal in an upright position.
2. An achieved level; status.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. "Normally, a prime minister has a particular status, a prime minister has a particular way of behaving, a particular stature, our prime minister doesn't have these. He does not behave in a prime ministerial way," Gandhi said while speaking with the reporters outside Parliament.
PRONOUNCE:
stat·ure - स्टैचर / स्टैचूर
LINK: STATURE
WORD: DRACONIAN
MEANING:
1. Exceedingly harsh; very severe: a draconian legal code; draconian budget cuts.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Public Safety Act (PSA) is a 1978 Jammu and Kashmir law, often described as a draconian measure, that allows authorities to detain a person for up to two years without a trial.
PRONOUNCE:
dra·co·ni·an - ड्रेकोनीअन / ड्रैकोनीअन / ड्रकोनीअन
LINK: DRACONIAN
WORD: AMICABLE
MEANING:
1. Characterized by or exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; friendly.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Malaysia said on Tuesday that India's move to cut back on palm oil purchases from the Southeast Asian nation is "temporary" and will be resolved amicably between the two nations.
PRONOUNCE:
am·i·ca·ble - ऐमकबल / ऐमिकबल
LINK: AMICABLE
