WORD: HYMN
MEANING:
1. A song of praise or thanksgiving to God or a deity.
2. A song of praise or joy; a paean.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Contrary to what was reported earlier, popular hymn Abide With Me will be part of the Beating Retreat ceremony on January 29. As the last song played by the military band, it will follow Vande Mataram, which was supposed to replace the hymn, according to some reports.
PRONOUNCE:
hymn - हिम
LINK: HYMN
WORD: EXTRAPOLATE
MEANING:
1. To infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information.
2. Mathematics To estimate (a value of a variable outside a known range) from values within a known range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known values.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Average 1st innings score at Auckland extrapolated in completed and all-out innings, excluding rain-affected matches.
PRONOUNCE:
ex·trap·o·late - इक्स्ट्रैपलेट / इक्स्ट्रैपलैट
LINK: EXTRAPOLATE
WORD: CONTINGENT
MEANING:
1. Liable but not certain to occur; possible: "All salaries are reckoned on contingent as well as on actual services" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
2. Dependent on other conditions or circumstances; conditional: arms sales contingent on the approval of Congress. See Synonyms at dependent.
3. Happening by or subject to chance or accident; unpredictable: contingent developments that jeopardized the negotiations. See Synonyms at accidental.
4. Logic True only under certain conditions; not necessarily or universally true: a contingent proposition.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The parade will have 16 marching contingents from the armed forces, paramilitary forces, Delhi Police, National Cadet Corps and 13 military bands. The motorcycle display this year will be performed by an all-woman team of the Central Reserve Police Force.
PRONOUNCE:
con·tin·gent - कन्टिन्जन्ट
LINK: CONTINGENT
WORD: SOLEMN
MEANING:
1.
a. Serious and dignified: a solemn occasion. See Synonyms at serious.
b. Showing or behaving with dignified restraint or earnestness: "Spade's face was solemn except for wrinkles at the corners of his eyes" (Dashiell Hammett).
2. Performed with full ceremony: a solemn High Mass.
3. Made with deep sincerity or invoking the force of religion: a solemn vow.
4. Dark or undecorated: a solemn forest; a solemn hall.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. PM Modi dedicated the National War Memorial to the nation in a solemn ceremonial function on February 25th.
PRONOUNCE:
sol·emn - सालम
LINK: SOLEMN
WORD: COMMEMORATES
MEANING:
1. To honor the memory of (a person or event, for example), especially with a ceremony. See Synonyms at observe.
2. To serve as a memorial to: The statue commemorates the discovery of anesthesia.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Changing a decades-old tradition, the 71st Republic Day ceremony this Sunday will not begin from India Gate, where the Prime Minister commemorates soldiers who have died in combat for India.
PRONOUNCE:
com·mem·o·rate - कमेमरेट / कमेमरैट
LINK: COMMEMORATES
WORD: TABLEAU
MEANING:
1. A vivid or graphic description: The movie was a tableau of a soldier's life.
2. A striking incidental scene, as of a picturesque group of people: "New public figures suddenly abound in the hitherto faceless totalitarian tableaux" (John McLaughlin).
3. An interlude during a scene when all the performers on stage freeze in position and then resume action as before.
4. A tableau vivant.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. After laying the wreath, the Prime Minister will go to Rajpath for the Republic Day parade, which will last for 90 minutes, starting 10 am. The parade, which also has 22 tableaux from various states and government departments, will feature a few debuts this year.
PRONOUNCE:
tab·leau - टब्लो / टैब्लो
LINK: TABLEAU
WORD: FIRMAMENT
MEANING:
1. The vault or expanse of the heavens; the sky.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. You have to laud the courage of a girl like Deepika who is in the top firmament and yet takes a step like this.
PRONOUNCE:
fir·ma·ment - फर्ममन्ट
LINK: FIRMAMENT
WORD: TUMULTUOUS
MEANING:
1. Very loud; noisy: tumultuous applause.
2. Characterized by disorderly commotion: the tumultuous years of the 1960s.
3. Characterized by mental or emotional agitation: a tumultuous love affair.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Democracy Index described 2019 as a "tumultuous year" for Asian democracies.
PRONOUNCE:
tu·mul·tu·ous - टूमल्चूअस
LINK: TUMULTUOUS
WORD: STONEWALL
MEANING:
1. Informal
a. To engage in delaying tactics; stall: "stonewalling for time in order to close the missile gap" (James Reston).
b. To refuse to answer or cooperate.
2. Sports To play defensively rather than trying to score in cricket.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), however, seemed to have made up its mind and Dhoni, who has stonewalled retirement talks in his rare media interactions, was conspicuous by his absence in the 27-player list.
PRONOUNCE:
stone·wall - स्टोन्वॉल
LINK: STONEWALL
WORD: PURVIEW
MEANING:
1. the scope or range of something; responsibility, compass, extent: The job is within his purview.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The report further said that Shirdi temple and all its units like the Sai Prasadalaya, Sai Hospital, Sai Bhaktaniwas and the local medical shops have been kept outside the purview of the bandh.
PRONOUNCE:
purview - पर्व्यू
LINK: PURVIEW
WORD: TREK
MEANING:
1. To make a slow or arduous journey.
2. To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
3. South African To travel by ox wagon.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Four South Korean trekkers among seven missing in Nepal avalanche
PRONOUNCE:
trek - ट्रेक
LINK: TREK
WORD: STOWAWAY
MEANING:
1. A person who hides aboard a ship or other conveyance in order to obtain free passage.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The latest adaption of the doctor sees John Dolittle go on an expedition with his caravan of animal friends and a stowaway apprentice hopeful (Harry Collett) as they attempt to retrieve a cure to ail a sick Queen Victoria of England.
PRONOUNCE:
stow·a·way - स्टोअवे
LINK: STOWAWAY
WORD: SABBATICAL
MEANING:
1. Relating to a sabbatical year.
2. Sabbatical also Sabbatic Relating or appropriate to the Sabbath as the day of rest.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Dhoni, who has been on a sabbatical since July 2019, has not publically cleared the uncertainty surrounding his future.
PRONOUNCE:
sab·bat·i·cal - सबैटिकल
LINK: SABBATICAL
WORD: LAUREATE
MEANING:
1. Worthy of the greatest honor or distinction: "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag" (James Traub).
2. Crowned or decked with laurel as a mark of honor.
3. Archaic Made of laurel sprigs, as a wreath or crown.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A Nobel laureate is being praised for retracting a scientific paper that was not reproducible.
PRONOUNCE:
lau·re·ate - लॉरीअट / लॉरीइट
LINK: LAUREATE
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 Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), however, seemed to have made up its mind and Dhoni, who has stonewalled retirement talks in his rare media interactions, was conspicuous by his absence in the 27-player list.
PRONOUNCE:
con·spic·u·ous - कन्स्पिक्यूअस
LINK: CONSPICUOUS
WORD: ASSAIL
MEANING:
1. To attack violently, as with blows or military force; assault.
2. To attack verbally, as with ridicule or censure. See Synonyms at attack.
3. To trouble or beset, as with questions or doubts.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Trump Assails Mueller, Drawing Rebukes From Republicans
PRONOUNCE:
as·sail - असेल / असैल
LINK: ASSAIL
WORD: STAUNCH
MEANING:
1. constant; true; faithful; steadfast: a staunch friend; strong; substantial
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Staunch Suu Kyi ally, Win Myint, elected Myanmar president
PRONOUNCE:
staunch - स्टान्च / स्टॉन्च
LINK: STAUNCH
WORD: ABATEMENT
MEANING:
1. Reduction in amount, degree, or intensity; diminution.
2. The amount lowered; a reduction.
3. Law The act of reducing something, such as a tax, for some period of time or of eliminating something, such as a nuisance, permanently.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Principal and two teachers booked for abatement to suicide of Noida student
PRONOUNCE:
a·bate·ment - अबेट्मन्ट / अबैट्मन्ट
LINK: ABATEMENT
WORD: CONTINGENT
MEANING:
1. Liable but not certain to occur; possible: "All salaries are reckoned on contingent as well as on actual services" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
2. Dependent on other conditions or circumstances; conditional: arms sales contingent on the approval of Congress. See Synonyms at dependent.
3. Happening by or subject to chance or accident; unpredictable: contingent developments that jeopardized the negotiations. See Synonyms at accidental.
4. Logic True only under certain conditions; not necessarily or universally true: a contingent proposition.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast: PV Sindhu leads Indian contingent, opening ceremony ends
PRONOUNCE:
con·tin·gent - डिस्ग्रन्टल
LINK: CONTINGENT
WORD: DISGRUNTLE
MEANING:
1. To make discontented
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Disgruntled video-maker who expressed anger at YouTube policies ID'd as shooter
PRONOUNCE:
dis·grun·tle - डिस्ग्रन्टल
LINK: DISGRUNTLE
WORD: HECKLE
MEANING:
1. To try to embarrass and annoy (someone speaking or performing in public) by questions, gibes, or objections; badger.
2. To comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Heckled by people in fire-ravaged communities, Scott Morrison has become a key focus of frustration.
PRONOUNCE:
heck·le - हेकल
LINK: HECKLE
WORD: MEDDLE
MEANING:
1. intervene; intrude; pry: Don’t meddle in other people’s business.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Did Britain meddle in a US presidential election?
PRONOUNCE:
meddle - मेडल
LINK: MEDDLE
WORD: INSURGENCY
MEANING:
1. The quality or circumstance of being rebellious.
2. An instance of rebellion; an insurgence.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Turkish forces will support the UN-backed government in Libya as it battles an insurgency.
PRONOUNCE:
in·sur·gen·cy - इन्सर्जन्सी
LINK: INSURGENCY
WORD: SIMMER
MEANING:
1. To be cooked gently or remain just at or below the boiling point.
2.
a. To be filled with pent-up emotion: simmer with resentment.
b. To be in a state of mild agitation or turmoil: resentment simmering between rivals.
c. To develop in a slow or unexcited way: She let the idea for the novel simmer. See Synonyms at boil1.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Simmering tensions in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) escalated into major violence on Sunday evening when masked goons went around the campus, entering Sabarmati and Periyar hostels, and assaulted students and teachers with lathis, rods and hammers.
PRONOUNCE:
sim·mer - सिमर
LINK: SIMMER
WORD: MISCREANT
MEANING:
1. One who behaves badly, often by breaking rules of conduct or the law.
2. Archaic One who does not believe in a certain religion; an infidel or heretic.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Violence broke out at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday as masked miscreants attacked students and teachers and damaged property on the campus.
PRONOUNCE:
mis·cre·ant - मिस्क्रीअन्ट
LINK: MISCREANT
WORD: SYNAGOGUE
MEANING:
1. A building or place of meeting for worship and religious instruction in the Jewish faith.
2. A congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship or religious study.
3. The Jewish religion as organized or typified in local congregations.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Man accused of plotting to bomb Colorado synagogue
PRONOUNCE:
syn·a·gogue - सिनगाग / सिनगॉग
LINK: SYNAGOGUE
WORD: APPETITE
MEANING:
1. An instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink.
2. A strong wish or urge: an appetite for learning.
3. A collective demand: America's appetite for fossil fuels.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Gold falls as U.S.-China trade deal hopes whet risk appetite
PRONOUNCE:
ap·pe·tite - ऐपटाइट / ऐपिटाइट
LINK: APPETITE
WORD: SPORADIC
MEANING:
1. Occurring at irregular intervals or in isolated or scattered places; having no pattern or order: his sporadic attendance in class; rebels who put up sporadic resistance. See Synonyms at periodic.
2. Medicine Not epidemic, endemic, or inherited. Used of a disease or condition: Most cancers are sporadic, caused by genetic mutations that are not heritable.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. India's Rohit content with sporadic captaincy honour
PRONOUNCE:
spo·rad·ic - स्परैडिक / स्पोरैडिक
LINK: SPORADIC
WORD: GRISLY
MEANING:
1. causing a shudder or feeling of horror; gruesome; grim: the grisly scene of a murder
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. US Mormon children killed in grisly Mexico attack
PRONOUNCE:
grisly - ग्रिज़्ली / ग्रिस्ली
LINK: GRISLY
WORD: BIGWIG
MEANING:
1. A very important person.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP eyes record, not just victory, as bigwigs gather in Varanasi
PRONOUNCE:
big·wig - बिग्विग
LINK: BIGWIG
WORD: BRIEF
MEANING:
1. Short in time, duration, length, or extent.
2. Succinct; concise: a brief account of the incident.
3. Curt; abrupt: We were upset because he was so brief with us.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. PM Modi joins Amit Shah's media briefing, says 'we will return with full majority'
PRONOUNCE:
brief - ब्रीफ
LINK: BRIEF
