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
WORD: PIECEMEAL
MEANING:
1. By a small amount at a time; in stages: articles acquired piecemeal.
2. In pieces; apart.
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:
piece·meal - पीस्मील
LINK: PIECEMEAL
WORD: PANG
MEANING:
1. a sudden sharp feeling of distress or longing: a pang of desire; a pang of guilt; twinge, ache, throb, stab
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Khan and Alaya share an easy chemistry refreshingly bereft of melodrama or guilt pangs: their relationship is depicted as what it is.
PRONOUNCE:
pang - पैंगज़
LINK: PANG
WORD: FOREGO
MEANING:
1. go before; to precede: forego one’s partner in death
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today proposed new income tax slabs and lower rates. These income tax rates are optional and are available to those who are willing to forego some exemptions and some deductions.
PRONOUNCE:
forego - फॉर्गो / फोर्गो
LINK: FOREGO
WORD: IMPINGE
MEANING:
1.
a. To encroach on or limit something, such as a right: "powerful institutions of government that inhibited free enterprise and impinged on commercial—and by extension private—liberties" (Greg Critser).
b. Usage Problem To have an effect or influence: "Any consequence of a change in alleles ... is fair game for natural selection, so long as it impinges on the survival of the responsible allele, relative to its rivals" (Richard Dawkins).
2.
a. To collide or strike against something: Sound waves impinge on the eardrum.
b. To advance over or press upon something: pain caused by a bone impinging upon a nerve.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Weak growth to pull down rupee, coronavirus fears to impinge
PRONOUNCE:
im·pinge - इम्पिन्ज
LINK: IMPINGE
WORD: THUMPING
MEANING:
1. Outstanding in size, degree, or quality: a thumping success; a thumping party.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Sheikh Hasina scores thumping victory in Bangladesh, Opposition seeks fresh vote
PRONOUNCE:
thump·ing - थम्पिंग / थम्पींग
LINK: THUMPING
WORD: WREATH
MEANING:
1. a circular band of flowers, foliage, or other material, used as an adornment; a garland: We always put an evergreen wreath on the door for the holidays.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. At 9.33 am, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay a wreath at the National War Memorial, which was opened on February 25, 2019.
PRONOUNCE:
wreath - रीथ
LINK: WREATH
WORD: CORK
MEANING:
1. To stop or seal with or as if with a cork.
2. To restrain or check; hold back: tried to cork my anger.
3. To blacken with burnt cork.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Brexit at last: Britain leaves the EU as champagne corks fly
PRONOUNCE:
cork - कॉर्क
LINK: CORK
WORD: BEREFT
MEANING:
1. (usually foll by of) deprived; parted (from): bereft of hope.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Khan and Alaya share an easy chemistry refreshingly bereft of melodrama or guilt pangs: their relationship is depicted as what it is.
PRONOUNCE:
be·reft - बरेफ्ट / बिरेफ्ट
LINK: BEREFT
WORD: IMPERIOUS
MEANING:
1. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing. See Synonyms at dictatorial.
2. Urgent; pressing: an imperious necessity.
3. Obsolete Regal; imperial.
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Imperious Federer sweeps past Krajinovic into third round
PRONOUNCE:
im·pe·ri·ous - इम्पिरीअस / इम्पीरीअस
LINK: IMPERIOUS
