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
