Vocab - 0500 to 0600
Kindle
*सुलगना * When you *start* a fire burning, you can say you kindle the fire. Knowing how to kindle a campfire is an important survival skill. It can help keep you warm at night, and keep you from eating cold beans for dinner. The verb kindle not only means to start a fire, but also to catch fire. Another meaning for kindle is *to arouse interest or passion*. A dynamic music teacher could kindle the students' interest in learning an instrument. Or, romance can also be kindled: "As they danced together, a spark of romance kindled between them."
Glib
. fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow. Adj - *चिकनी चुपड़ी बातें करने वाला* "she was careful not to let the answer sound too glib"
Decent
*Sufficient or Acceptable* Lastly, decent can also mean "appropriately clothed" (or just "not naked"). If a stranger is knocking on your door, you're probably not going to answer it until you're decent.
trounce
/ M - Bounce - Kisi ko kud kud kar Maarna (*बुरी तरह से हराना*/ Verb - *बुरी तरह से हराना* When you trounce someone, *you win decisively*. If you win a chess match in three moves, you trounce your opponent. When a professional tennis player is in the midst of a tournament, she hopes to trounce her rival, and an ambitious speller might dream of the day she competes nationally and trounces all the other competitors. A victorious army can also be said to trounce the enemy.
Grin
*दाँत दिखाते हुए मुस्कुराना* Verb 1.to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
impromptu
/ M - I + Am + Prompt - I do all things at last minute without any planing and preparation. Most people are not expert in Speaking in front of Audience without Preparation . But I am not like that .. I am Prompt * बिना तैयारी के*/ Some of the best kinds of parties are impromptu ones, when you decide at the last minute to get together. The adjective impromptu describes *things done or said without previous thought or preparation*. Impromptu is also used as an adverb: Most people are not able to speak impromptu in front of an audience. This word was borrowed from French, from Latin in prōmptū "at hand, in readiness" from in "in" plus prōmptū, a form of prōmptus "readiness," from prōmere "to bring forth." As you can guess from the spelling, the adjective and verb prompt is related to impromptu; they are from the same Latin verb.
Indigent
/ M - Indian + Gents - Indian Gareeb gents jinke paas kuch nahi hia गरीब / *An indigent person is extremely poor, lacking the basic resources of a normal life*. Often the indigent lack not only money but homes. Indigent comes from a Latin word meaning wanting, which we used to use to mean "lacking" and not just to describe desires.
paucity
/ M - Pause + City - The City which is paused because it lacks all the infrastructure , there is lack of employment and lack of Money to support existing operations (*Not Enough Of Something *)/ Noun - कमी The word paucity means *not enough of something*. If you've got a paucity of good cheer, for example, you'd better cheer up! One good way to remember the meaning of paucity is that it's a bit like pauper, as in *The Prince and the Pauper*. The prince had too much money, and the pauper had a paucity. There are a lot of words that mean "little" or "small," but paucity is used when you mean specifically "not enough" or "too little." People in LA don't understand how New Yorkers can live with such a paucity of space. For what New Yorkers pay for a tiny apartment, Angelenos get a house and a yard. /The Internet, with its explosive growth and paucity of regulation, may be the closest thing to it today./
Figurehead
/*नाममात्र का शासक*/ *A figurehead is someone who appears to be in charge, but who really holds very little influence*. In many countries today, kings and queens are merely figureheads. A ceremonial president or king — *one installed as a symbolic head of a country, while someone else holds the real power* — is one type of figurehead. If a retiring businesswoman promotes her son to be the new CEO of her company, while putting a different person in charge of running the business, the son is just a figurehead.*The word figurehead comes from its original meaning, the figures carved at the front of old sailing ships.*
Cataclysmic
/M - *Catastrophic - Devastation* / Something that's *cataclysmic is violently destructive*. The word often refers to natural disasters, like a *cataclysmic earthquake, but cataclysmic can describe other events as well as long as they're bad enough, like the cataclysmic failure you had making meatloaf*. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, tornados, landslide . . . These natural disasters are often described as cataclysmic when they cause great devastation. Cataclysmic isn't just for describing natural disasters — *personal disasters can be called cataclysmic as well if you want to emphasize just how badly something turned out. If your meatloaf is just so-so, it's not so disastrous. But if it's so spectacularly bad that no one can eat it? That's a cataclysmic failure.*
Foolhardy
/M - *Fool + Hardy (Brave/Bold) - Foolishly Brave */ If you decide you are going to scale Mt. Everest next weekend without any training or experience, that would be a foolhardy decision. Use the adjective foolhardy when someone rushes into action without considering the consequences. Foolhardy is a combination of the noun fool and the adjective hardy, meaning "brave" or "bold." Put them together and you've got "foolishly brave." Someone who is foolhardy throws caution to the wind and takes reckless chances. *A foolhardy mistake is typically the result of this kind of impulsive behavior*. But foolhardy doesn't always imply foolishness or stupidity; *foolhardy can convey courage and romance, as in the case of a foolhardy passion or desire*
Amortize
/M - A + Mortgage - *Gradually paying off your debt*/ किश्तों में ऋण चुकाना Verb : Gradually pay off a debt, or gradually write off an asset
Jamb
/M - A jamb is one of the upright boards or posts that support a door or window frame. Your front door shuts securely in between two jambs.
Epitaph
/M - A.P + PITA - AP main muslims apne dad ki kabr pe ye likhwatey hai stone pe ....*Ae Pita*/ /M - *Epi (UPON) + tophus (TOMB)* - For thousands of years various societies have carved poetic, weepy, and witty words onto the monuments marking the final resting places of famous and infamous citizens./ Epitaph is an inscription on a gravestone. Famous for his comedic jabs at the City of Brotherly Love, writer W.C. Fields once said he wanted "I'd rather be living in Philadelphia" as the epitaph on his tombstone.
Epithet
/M - A.P + Theft - Andhra Pradesh main choro ko saja dete waqt unke *nicknames* rakh diye jaatey hai ...Isliye ki samaj unhey baar baar yaad dilaye ki unhone kya kiya hai ..Ek Chor ka naam rakh diya Kalmuha Chor coz he was black .. ek ka rakh diya bartan chor coz wo humesha bartan chori karta tha / *An epithet is a description of someone, often a nickname, like if you're tall and people call you Daddy Long Legs*. It's not necessarily an insult, but these days it's used that way a lot, like a racial or sexist slur. It's the kind of thing people sling at each other, like "red headed stepchild." *An epithet can be negative, but it doesn't have to be*
Adjunct
/M - Ad + to +Junction - *सहायक , जोड़*/ *Adjunct means something added on, but not part of the whole*. An adjunct professor is someone who is hired by a college to teach but isn't a full member of the faculty. This is a word you can figure out by taking it apart. From ad- "to" and -junct "join" (think "junction"), you can see that this is about joining something to another. "During lunch, Tim always sat the girls' lacrosse-team lunch table, and they joked that he was an adjunct member of the team."
epiphany
/M - Aisi + Fainy = Goa main fainy peene ke baad logo ko boht *Inspirational thoughts प्रभुप्रकाश* aatey han / When inspiration hits you out of the blue, call it an epiphany. In the Christian tradition, Epiphany (ə-PIF-ə-nee) is a festival celebrating Christ's appearance to the Gentiles, observed every year on January 6. From the Christian sense we get an additional religious sense, "the appearance of a god or deity" and the more common modern usage, a noun meaning "*a sudden revelation.*" There's nothing religious about most epiphanies these days — your "Eureka!" moment could come when you realize that you're in the wrong line of work and you need to quit your job to join the circus.
Berate
/M - B.E + Rating - The rating he got in BE was very poor and deserved (*Scolding*) from his parents / A strong verb for *harshly cutting someone down with words is berate*. "He didn't just correct the cashier who gave him the wrong change, he started to berate her, calling her names in front of the whole store." When you berate someone *it is more than just raising your voice at them; it implies putting them down by insulting their character*. Berate comes from the 16th-century English and French for "to scold" or "to blame." Often the anger behind the scolding seems over-the-top, as in "When the young man behind the counter dropped the scoop of vanilla, the manager berated him excessively by declaring him worthless and weak."
Barrage
/M - Bar + Age - Ek aadmi apne chotey se bachhey ko le kar Bar jaata hai ..Wahan ka Manager ye dekh kar aadmi ko bolna chaloo kar deta hai with *Uncontrolled Anger , Overflowing Emotion */ A barrage is something that *comes quickly and heavily गोला-बारी* — as an attack of bullets or artillery, or a fast spray of words. Sometimes in movies or news footage, the audience gets a glimpse from behind a mounted weapon and sees a heavy rain of bombs or bullets — called a barrage — going toward a target, sending as much POW! as possible to hit a wide area. *Words become a barrage when spoken or written in uncontrollable anger or with overflowing emotion*: "Her human-rights speech was a barrage of passion. It was hard to keep up with, but we felt the intensity of her cause." /He sought to do the only thing he could to counter the barrage of criticism about his style - attempt to make a virtue of it./
Bleak
/M - Bleach - Which makes you White and Pale ...i,e when you are in Tough Situation , you feel depressed / Adj Something that is bleak is *gloomy and depressing*. If it's raining and dark, you might describe the night as bleak. If you have looked for work and no one will hire you, you could describe your prospects as bleak. If you and the ten people sharing your lifeboat have been adrift for ten days and are down to your last cracker, your situation is bleak. A near synonym is *dismal*. Bleak is from Middle English bleik, from Old Norse *bleikr "white, pale." This word is related to the English word bleach.*
cacophonous
/M - Cactus + Phone - Cactus jaisi (*कर्कश*) aawaaz / Adj कर्कश 1. Jarring In Sound , Discordant , Harsh /The halftime show, especially, is a cacophonous display of shock and awe. /
castigate
/M - Cast + Gate - Brahmano main dusre cast ke logo ko gate ke andar nahi aane diya jaata hai , ek baar ek muslim ghar ke andar aa gaya toh Dadimaa ne usey boht daata (*Harsh Scolding*)/ फटकारना Use castigate when you mean *reprimand but in an especially harsh way*. If you take a mean teacher's books, even accidentally, you might worry that she's going to castigate you as soon as she finds out. Castigate means *punish, and punish harshly, but the punishment is always a severe scolding*. Sometimes it means criticize severely. Politicians in the Senate are always castigating each other for their alliances and opinions. Castigate and chasten, which also means "to reprimand" but is less severe, share the Latin root castus which means "pure." Ideally, if you castigate someone, you mean to guide someone away from the wrong path and toward a more pure one. But it sure doesn't feel like that when you're being castigated! /My former colleagues recently castigated me on Facebook for my conservative views./
Chantey
/M - Chant - *Singing Salor Song*/ a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
chimera
/M - Chimera - A monster that has Lions head , A Goats Body and A Serpents' Tail ( *an idea that feels real but is impossible, which can only exist in one's mind कल्पना*) / A chimera is something you've imagined that's bits and pieces of others things mashed together into a new horrible fantasy, something impossible in real life that only exists in your mind. In Greek mythology, a chimera is a monster that has a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. And it breathes fire. No creature like that has ever existed, but the idea seemed real and terrifying to Greeks, and that's another meaning: *an idea that feels real but is impossible*, like the idea of a world without evil. Pronouncing the word is very possible though, just try it one of two ways, either kye-MEER-uh or kih-MEER-uh, both work. /Well the IMF today says that £7bn surplus is a chimera./
Chorale
/M - Choir - Song sung in Choir / A chorale is the *melody of a Christian hymn, or religious song. You're most likely to hear a chorale in a church*. You can use the *noun chorale to talk about a church song, or more specifically, the tune which the voices sing*. Most chorales are sung in harmony, blending higher and lower voices, and are fairly simple melodies that are relatively easy to sing along with. The word comes from the German Choralgesang, "choral song," with its Latin root of cantus choralis, "song belonging to a choir."
Countenance
/M - Count + Nuns - Counting *face expression (Behavior, मुख मुद्रा )* of Nuns ..which is always Strict / The noun *countenance means the face or its expression. If you're a great poker player, you probably have a calm countenance.* Countenance comes from a French word for "behavior," but it has become a fancy term for either the expression of a face or the face itself: "*He had a puzzled countenance*," or "*what a charming countenance!*"Countenance can also be a verb meaning to tolerate or approve. If someone does something offensive, tell them, "I'm afraid I can't countenance that."
Drab
/M - Crab - Crab se mujhey allergy hai so usey dekhtey hi i feel *Dull and Depressing */ *Dull, dreary, dingy, depressing*: These adjectives capture the sense of drab, whether the word is used to describe a muted color, a miserable mood, or an oppressively boring existence. *Have you ever heard of the color olive drab? It's the color the military clothes its soldiers in and is the original meaning of the word drab*. A little over 100 years ago, people began using drab in the metaphorical sense to mean "dull" and "lacking brightness." If a website or an advertisement is drab, the page is boring and unattractive. If it is cold and rainy for a week, you'll get awfully tired of those drab days, and a great teacher can make even the drabbest book come to life.
Curmudgeon
/M - Curry + Mud - Curry and Mud main lipta hua budha paagal jo *सठियाया* gaya hai and sab ko gaali de raha ahi / Noun - *सठियाया हुआ व्यक्ति* Old, cranky, and more than a little stubborn, a curmudgeon is the crusty grey haired neighbor who refuses to hand out candy at Halloween and shoos away holiday carolers with a "bah humbug!" He'll be ill-tempered and miserly, eager to shake his fist and spout disagreeable opinions.
derring-do
/M - Daring + Doer / brave and heroic feats
detractors
/M - De + Tractor - A person who always wants to drive tractor on you always (*One who puts you down*) Noun - निन्दक A detractor is someone *who puts you down*. When you're proposing ideas at work, your detractor is the person who finds fault with everything you say. Use the noun detractor for someone who is always critical. You might describe your brother as a detractor of the government if he complains incessantly about taxes, voting, the President, and all the members of Congress. If a person takes a dislike to you in particular, he is your own personal detractor. The origin of detractor goes back to the Latin word detrahere, "take down, pull down, or disparage. /A lone tweet she sent on Monday night was knocked by detractors as insufficient given the gravity of the moment./
Dissident
/M - Desi + Dent - Indian Protestors ne Government vehicles ko todna chaloo kar diya ... issey 90% vehicles main major dent aa gaya ..*Rebelling Against Government */ If you are a dissident, you are a person *who is rebelling against a government. Dissidents can do their work peacefully or with violence* . *Dissident is closely related to the word, dissent, which means objecting*. People who are dissidents show their dissent. Catholic priests who advocate allowing women into the priesthood could be called dissidents, as could the Puritans who left England to live in colonial America. *As an adjective, a dissident member of a group is one who disagrees with the majority of members.* /Police do not believe dissident republicans were behind the attack./
Dissonance
/M - Dis + Honest - When you are not honest with your parents then they can stop your credit card payments and that will raise a *conflict मतभेद* between you and them ..You may want to show your gussa by playing Drums in your room *बेसुरापन */ *Disagreeable sounds can be called dissonance. You know it's dissonance if you have the strong desire to cover your ears with your hands.* Racket, noise, dissonance — all can describe sounds that are not pleasant. While some musicians purposely add a little dissonance into their melodies to create an unexpected sound, others, like someone who just started drum lessons, creates dissonance by accident. *Dissonance can also be a conflict between people or opinions, like the dissonance you feel when you want to do something but your parents say "no."*
Di*SS*ent
/M - Dis + Sent - I don't agree (*Publicaly Disagree*) to Send your son to boarding School / To dissent is to *publicly disagree with an official opinion or decision*. Dissent is also a noun referring to public disagreement.
Efficacy
/M - Effectiveness - * क्षमता, गुण, प्रभाव */ The degree to which a *method or medicine brings about a specific result is its efficacy*. You might not like to eat it, but you can't question the efficacy of broccoli as a health benefit. Efficacy is a more formal way to say effectiveness, both of which stem from the Latin verb efficere "to work out, accomplish." *The effectiveness, or efficacy, of something is how well it works or brings the results you hoped for*. A scientist does research to determine the efficacy of a vaccine or medicine under development. If it is efficacious, it will cure or prevent a disease.
Endow
/M - End + Dowry - Protest chaloo hua to End Dowry ..Parents apne bachho ko gift(*Gift of money*) de saktey hai to Start family but wo mandatory condition nahi honi chahiye ...Aur ye toh Aisa Gift hai jo you cant return ..so dont take advantage of it ...Bhagwaan ne sabko kuch na kuch abilities dee hai (*Gift of Ability*) and everyone should use that / To endow is to furnish, but not with furniture. * If you've been endowed with something, it means you've been given a gift — most likely a gift that can't be returned or exchanged, like a sense of humor or athletic ability or trust *. We usually use endow to refer to an ability or a quality, but you can endow someone with money, too. *Endow is related to the word dowry, which is a gift that a man -- or sometimes a woman -- receives from his or her fiancé's family before the wedding*. The practice of giving dowries has fallen out of fashion in most Western countries, but there are still many parts of the world where it's common for the bride's family to provide the groom with an endowment of land and livestock.
Entreaty
/M - End + Treaty - One of the member of fraternity has ended his relationship with the Group because they were not sticking to their rules ..he then Begged/Requester(*Begging/Pleading*) another fraternity to take him in / "Ain't too proud to beg" is what the word entreaty is all about. *When you make an entreaty, you're begging or pleading for something.* An *entreaty is the kind of request you make to King Kong when he's dangling you from the top of the Empire State Building*. It's an appeal you make to someone who usually has the power to grant your wish. Entreaty is often used in the plural: "After all my pleas and entreaties, my teacher still gave me a C."
Exorbitant
/M - Excess + Orbit - Too Much for my Orbit..My Limit ..*Too Much **/ Use the adjective exorbitant when *you want to describe something that is really just too much*! You'll often hear people griping about exorbitant bank fees or exorbitant interest rate.
Fracas
/M - F*** +Ass - Kisi ki maarna , to get into Fight / दंगा If your marching band gets *into a fight* with another school's pep squad, your principal might say the fracas was uncalled for and undignified. A fracas *is a noisy quarrel*.
fallacious
/M - False +ious - Take Action on *False Information* , The information may be to *deceive* you / Adj - मिथ्या Something fallacious is a *mistake that comes from too little information or unsound sources*. Predictions that the whole state of California will snap off from the rest of North America and float away have proven to be fallacious — for now, anyway. Fallacious comes ultimately from the Latin *fallax, "deceptive."* The word fallacious might describe an *intentional deception or a false conclusion coming from bad science or incomplete understanding*. A tween's assumption that anyone over 20 can't understand her situation would be fallacious; we have all been young once too. /Most of this narrative is fallacious, and the chances of reversal on appeal are actually rather thin./
Quack
/M - Quack - Ek duck jo pretend kar raha ho ki wo Doctor hai (*Pretending Doctor */ There are good quacks and bad quacks. *A good quack is the sound a duck makes. A bad quack is someone pretending to be a doctor. (You'd be better off visiting the duck with your ailment.)* If you ever get a chance to interview a celebrity duck, prepare to write the word quack in your notebook many, many times, because that's all that ducks can say. The way you spell animal sounds changes depending what language you speak. In English a duck quacks, but in Danish a duck "raps," while Indonesian ducks "wek," and Romanian ducks say "mac." And that "MD" who isn't really a doctor, but is good at pretending to be one? He's a quack. If you ever meet a quack that "quacks," please run.
Falter
/M - Fault - *One who do many faults and mistakes ..he normally hesitate or stumble before doing any work (हिचक)as he don't want to make any mistake or fault again .*/ Falter means to *hesitate, stumble, or waver,* and everything from faith to voices can do it. So if you want to keep your bride or groom happy, it's best not to falter when it's your turn to say "I do." Experts may falter if you ask them where falter came from, because the origins are pretty unclear. But everyone agrees on the current meaning: *someone who falters is unsteady, wobbly, or unsure.* You might falter while reciting a poem if you forget some of the lines, or falter crossing a rickety rope bridge when fear gets the most of you. But you certainly won't falter when someone asks you the meaning of this word.
Plod
/M - Flawed - When you made a code and it has so many bugs in it you feeel *Tired and Boring* ..when you reach home *you are almost knackered and cant walk straight* ... / * पैर घसीट कर चलना , कठिन कार्य* When you plod, *you walk slowly, heavily, and deliberately. You might need to plod through the snow to get to the bus stop on time.* Plod evokes a difficulty in walking — like when you trudge through mud or walk slowly up a steep hill. You might plod home at the end of a long day, or plod through an overgrown field on a hot afternoon. *You can also use plod figuratively, to mean "work on something boring or monotonous."* The origin of plod is unknown, but it may have come from the sound of feet on the ground — the sound you make when you plod
Frieze
/M - Freeze - puraani history ko freeze kar ke ek *band of pictures* main decorate karna Cieling pe ya door pe / *A frieze is a decorative band*, usually, but not always, above a doorframe or on the wall near the ceiling. You may find a frieze of sculptured angels too formal for the trim of your bedroom wall. You might not think of a frieze in the same category as a painting or a statue, but it can be a true work of art.* One famous frieze is painted in a large circle on the inside of the United States Capitol building; it shows famous events in American history.* Another is at the Parthenon, a temple from ancient Greece. Don't confuse frieze with the more common term freeze, though they are pronounced the same way.
Harried
/M - Hurried - Ek choro ka group dukaan main chori ke liye jaata hai ...one of the group member enters store and start talking to one of the salesman ...then second members enters store and start engaging with other salesman ..after few mins 4 more member hurriedly enters the store and asked them for multiple things .. there main aim was * to distract and bother the 2 salesman - परेशान* / When one army sends raiding parties into another's territory, they're harrying them. They're not making an all-out attack, *they're just trying to bother and distract *the other army. Although harry is not a word you hear commonly now, it does frequently occur as harried — which is an adjective used to describe what it feels like to be asked for things from all sides. You might feel harried during final exams, or two days before Christmas, if you haven't yet started your shopping.
Invective
/M - In + Active - Ek Maalik apne inactive naukar se kuch kaam karne bolta hai ..he didnt listen .. tab maalik uspe *Boht Gusse* se chillata hai / Noun Invective is *harsh, abusive language*, like, "you dirty rotten scoundrel." I'm sure you can think of harsher and more obscene examples, but we won't get into them here. /But Kolomoisky, who is known for his talent for invective, exploded with rage./
intrigue
/M - In +Trick - When someone trick you from inside(*Plot Against You*) , wo tumharey dost ho saktey hai jo tumme *Interested ho ya curious* ho / Noun - षड्यंत्र An intrigue is a *secret plot*. If you ever become the monarch of a small island kingdom, keep watch for signs of any intrigue against you. Intrigue comes from the Latin verb *intricare*, to entangle, and is related to intricate. It can be a noun, meaning underhanded plot, or a verb for the act of plotting. Agents of two powers opposing powers intrigue against each other. In the late nineteenth century it also came to mean *the feeling of curiosity or interest*. If someone's ideas intrigue you, you want to know more about them. /Mr Modi's countrymen were also intrigued, with some Indians asking on Twitter if he was going to pick up a new language./
Indemnity
/M - India + Enemy - Indian Main aaj kal terrorism ke upar Insurance Coverage kaafi aa rahe hai ..it is just to protect against Loss or Harm of terrorism activity -* हानिपूर्ति* / Indemnity is *protection against loss or harm — it is most often used in insurance*. If you suffer an injury or there's damage to your house, an indemnity makes up for the loss — if it's part of your insurance. *An indemnity may also keep something or someone from being held responsible for harm.* *Protection indemnity is mainly offered for unlikely *events. If you regularly crash hot-air balloons, you won't get indemnity for the next one you rent. In fact, the balloon rental company will probably demand their own indemnity in case you crash again.
jingoism
/M - Jingo - Jingo is a group of British People who want to go for war to Prove Superiority of Britain ..They show aggressive behavior and can stir up war Thirst to prove their country is superior / *कट्टर राष्ट्रवाद* Jingoism is fanatical, *over-the-top patriotism*. *If you refuse to eat, read, wear, or discuss anything that wasn't made in your own country, people might accuse you of jingoism*. Jingoism comes from the word *jingo, the nickname for a group of British people who always wanted to go to war to prove the superiority of Britain*. *Now we use jingoism for that kind of aggressive, chauvinistic behavior in any country, or for things intended to stir up war-thirst and blind patriotism*. If you see a TV show tries to get viewers to support a military cause without a critical look at whether war is necessary, call it jingoism. /Most Russians get their news from state- controlled broadcast outlets, which have moved beyond mere propaganda into outlandish conspiracy theories and unhinged jingoism./
Sycophantic
/M - Psycho + Fan - ek fan jo pshyco hai .. he will do anything to win favor / * चापलूस* The adjective sycophantic is perfect for describing someone who uses *flattery to get what they want*. The sycophantic guy in your biology class might compliment the professor on her fabulous shoes as he hands in his lab report. Someone who's sycophantic goes overboard with compliments, usually to gain some kind of advantage. You see sycophantic behavior in Hollywood all the time, from red carpet interviews pouring flattery on movie stars to fawning autograph seekers. Sycophantic comes from the Greek word sykophantes, "one who shows the fig," a vulgar gesture of the time. The reference is to hypocritical Greeks behind the scenes who pretended to flatter while encouraging others to "show the fig."
laconic
/M - Lack + ic - *A person who lacks word in describing a Situation* / Adj *रूखा और संक्षिप्त , नपा तुला* Laconic is an adjective *that describes a style of speaking or writing that uses only a few words, often to express complex thoughts and ideas*. A more laconic way to write that last sentence might be this: laconic means brief. There's a friend of yours who doesn't talk very much, and when he does, he says maybe three words and then becomes quiet again. You could describe that friend as laconic. The word comes from *Laconia, a region in ancient Greece where the local Spartan rulers gave very short speeches*. Being laconic can be bad when it sounds rude to be so brief, but it can be good if you're in a rush to get somewhere /a laconic reply./ /She is laconic, matter of fact, and frequently speaks in "life is a journey"-type metaphors and aphorisms—all part of her charm. / /He pulls the reader in with his unpretentious, laconic style, and with his refusal to shy away from acknowledging his own flaws. /
Lull
/M - Lull - Ek aadmi jo Lull pad gaya ho .. *Calm* ho gaya ho / See lull, think "calm." It could be the noun form (like "the lull before the storm") or the verb: one can lull someone by calming them (as in lulling a baby to sleep with a lullaby). The noun lull is often used in relation to a storm, but the term has a broader meaning as well. Lull can be used to describe any temporary period of calm or diminished activity, like the quiet time before the lunch rush in a restaurant or the brief period of tranquility before the doors open for a pre-Christmas sale. The word's verb form means "to soothe or to make someone feel relaxed." When used as a verb lull can turn deceptive, and it is often used to convey a false sense of security.
peril
/M - Maril - In Marathi that means marega .. So that means there is danger to Life ..Sambhal Jaaa * ख़तरा , आशंका */ If you realize *mid-climb that your rock climbing rope is frayed*, you might be in peril. The word peril means *imminent danger to life and limb*. Peril comes from the Latin peric(u)lum, meaning danger. Today it's often used in tandem with the word *mortal, which relates to death*. For example, you're in mortal peril when you're flying down a cliff-side trail on your mountain bike and you hit loose gravel. Peril can also describe dangers of a less physical sort, though it's less common. If your employer sinks your 401K into what turns out to be a Ponzi scheme, he's put your retirement in peril.
obsequious
/M - Obsessed + Qui ( Yes in French) - The one who is obsessed with you and can do anything to win favors / *ख़ुशामद , चापलूसी* If you disapprove of the *overly submissive way someone is acting* — like the teacher's pet or a celebrity's assistant — call them by the formal adjective obsequious. Obsequious people are usually* not being genuine *; they resort to flattery and other fawning ways to stay in the good graces of authority figures. An obsequious person can be called a* bootlicker, a brownnoser or a toady*. You can also say that someone gives an obsequious bow, a gesture that means, "*your wish is my command.*" /Even the initial singing of the Met's typically superb chorus, portraying the king's obsequious, not-to-be-trusted courtiers, was a little imprecise and unfocused./
panoply
/M - Pan + Ply - Collection of Pans on Ply Wood in pan shop . (*Collection Or An assortment of things *)/ A panoply is a *collection or an assortment of things*. You might be eager to show off your panoply of bobble-head dolls when friends come to your house. *An array or display of things* is a panoply, so you can show off your panoply of spooky clown paintings, but you can also display a panoply of dance moves or talk about the panoply of flags at the parade — as long as it's a *complete or impressive display*, it's a true panoply. In ancient Greece, the word was used exclusively to talk about military costumes which were always suits of armor.
plaque
/M - Plate - Bronze Plate / A plaque is a sign that *memorializes a person or event*, such as the plaque on a building noting the person it's named after or the year it was built. Plaque comes from the French word for "*plate*" meaning not a dinner plate, but a little brass or tin plate that can be mounted on a wall. If you take a tour of Civil War battlefields, you'll find that historical societies often use plaques to commemorate soldiers or particular events. Plaque is also a hard buildup in the body, like the plaque on your teeth that the dentist likes to scrape off.
Plausible
/M - Possible - Quite Possible / If something is plausible, *it's reasonable or believable.* Things that are plausible could easily happen. A woman becoming President is very plausible. A giraffe becoming President is not
pragmatism
/M - Practical + Ism - *One who make practical decisions* / Noun - तथ्यात्मकमा , based on facts When you practice pragmatism, *you accept conditions as they are and make practical decisions*. Your head is not in the clouds. If you urge your daydreaming friend to accept that life is not a fairy tale and the only way to succeed is through hard work, that's pragmatism. *This is an approach based on how things are, not on how you wish they were.* This also refers to a philosophical doctrine built on the idea that *something can only be true if it works*. If you're known for your pragmatism, then you're *realistic, logical, and know how to get things done.* /The technocrats have a pragmatism that makes their agenda hard to pin down/
Preclude
/M - Pre + Conclude - A Scientist concluded that Chances of Tsunami is very high after earthquake ..so he asked his family and friends to stay away from Beaches .. and yes he was right .. he saved them all and precluded (*नामुमकिन करना , असंभव बनाना , होने न देना*) Bad things from Happening / To preclude something is to *prevent it from happening*. A muzzle precludes a dog from biting. This is a very formal word, but it has a simple meaning: *when something is precluded, it can't happen*. See the prefix pre in preclude and in prevent? It is signaling that these words are all about things done before another action would happen —* to make it impossible*. Staying away from water precludes the possibility of drowning, though it also precludes any chance of having fun swimming. /Those Asimov laws have always felt to me like a real problem, because they preclude free will./
prudent
/M - Proud + Dent - Ek driver ne jo boht proud karta tha apni Driving Skill pe , usne apne maalik ki Mercedes ko de maara , then he called his Malik and explained the situation and apologized for it . He did *Wise thing in that situation चतुर*/ Describe an action as prudent if it is *the wise thing to do under the existing circumstances*. If you're getting in trouble, it is probably prudent to keep your mouth closed and just listen. *If you show good and careful judgment when handling practical matters, you can be described as prudent*. Similarly, a wise and well-thought-through decision or action can be called prudent.
Quarry
/M - Query - Granite Mill workers ne Granite ki khadaan main ( *खदान*) main chuhe ka shikaar(*any object of search, pursuit, or attack.*) karne ka competition rakha ..coz wahan boht saare chuhey they (*an abundant source or supply*)/ Noun Both meanings of quarry have to do with *going after something *. *An animal being hunted is called quarry, and when you dig a hole in the earth looking for rocks, both the digging and the hole are called quarry as well*. Gross fact: Quarry derives from the Latin cor "heart," because hunters used to drape the entrails of their chosen quarry on their dogs' backs. The origin in a word for "heart" can help you remember both quarries: *a rock quarry is searching down toward the heart of the earth; a stag's heart is considered a hunter's greatest prize.*
Prattle
/M - Rattle - A rattle snake to another snake ...SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ..Another Snake stop dude its really Annoying *बकबक)*/ If your little sister won't stop talking about her latest crush and you don't want to hear it, you might say, "Stop prattling on about that loser!" *To prattle is go on and on about something unimportant.* Prattle can also be a noun. If your sister tattles about your comment regarding her prattling, you could defend yourself to your mother with: "I didn't mean to call Sophie's crush a loser, but she had driven me mad with her constant prattle." There are a lot of funny-sounding words with a meaning similar to prattle - *chatter, blether, blather, jabber, gabble, blabber, and babble*, to name a few.
Resuscitation
/M - Re + Citation - मृतप्राय को जीवित करना , पुनः होश में लाना/ *Resuscitation is the action of bringing someone back to consciousness *. Ambulance workers are skilled at resuscitation. *To resuscitate is to revive someone who has passed out: this act is called resuscitation *. If someone needs resuscitation, something serious has happened — the person has lost consciousness and may be on the verge of death. You've probably heard of "mouth-to-mouth resuscitation," which is one method of reviving. Medical professionals have many other techniques and gadgets that aid resuscitation. The Latin root word is resuscitare, "rouse again, or revive," from re and suscitare, "to raise." /*The researchers found that only 22 percent of babies born at 22 weeks were given "active treatment," like breathing machines, feeding tubes or heart resuscitation.*/
Requite
/M - Re + Quit - One who doesn't Quit on helping people , God will *requite (repay Kindness and Love)* it one day / Verb लौटाना - You can requite a friend's kindness by doing your friend a favor or by being kind in return. Requite means "*to repay or return.*" To requite something is to return it. However, saying that you want to requite a gift means that *you want to give something in return for it* — not that you want to return the gift to the store for some quick cash. Requite is often used in the context of love; *if you requite someone's love, you love that person back*. Requite can also be used in a negative sense. Someone who wants to requite an injury wants payback for it.
ribald
/M - Re+Bald - Ek aadmi phir se takla ho gaya ..uske dosto ne uska itna mazzak uddaya(*Vulgar and Indecent in Speech *) ..he felt bad / Adj अश्लील Ribald is an adjective you would use to describe someone who makes *dirty sexual jokes. Vulgar, perverted, but still kind of funny — that's a ribald person*. Remember the time Uncle Marvin told hilarious stories about his sex life? Everyone was rolling with laughter, except your grandmother, who thought Marvin's ribald tales were disgusting. People are conflicted about whether being ribald is good or bad, and the fact that its root means "indulge in licentious pleasure" and "prostitute" doesn't clear up the matter much. Should you feel like behaving in a ribald way, remember that your saucy sense of humor might be offensive to others.
retroactive
/M - Retro + Active - *Puraani baato ko Active karna* / Adj- बीती हुई बातों पर काम करने वाला The adjective retroactive refers to *something happening now that affects the past*. For example, a retroactive tax is one that is passed at one time, but payable back to a time before the tax was passed. The Latin word *retroagere, an ancestor of the adjective retroactive, means "drive or turn back," and goes along with the meaning of the word*. Sometimes governments pass rulings that are set as if they were in effect before the ruling was even made, and that means they are retroactive. On the bright side, you might be awarded a salary raise that is retroactive, meaning you'll get paid more for work you did in the past. And, retroactive fads in clothing keep vintage clothing stores in business.
sardonic
/M - Sar + Tonic - aap agar stand up comedy club main jaaogey toh 90% comedian aise hongey jo Disrespectful ho and kisi na kis ka audience main se mazzak udatey ho (*Scornful and Mocking in humorous way उपहासपूर्ण*) ..but eventually aapke sar ko achha lagega if wo aapka mazzak nahi udaye / If someone is being *scornful and mocking in a humorous way, call her sardonic*. If you want to write comic sketches for late-night talk shows, work on being sardonic. Sardonic comes from the Greek adjective Sardonios, which actually describes a plant from a place called Sardinia that supposedly made your face contort into a horrible grin...right before you died from its poison. The Greeks used sardonic for laughter, but we only use it when someone's humor is also mocking or ironic.
Savor
/M - Save + forever / Whether it's a *feeling of joy or a piece of pecan pie — when you savor something, you enjoy it to the fullest*. *When you savor something, you enjoy it so much that you want to make it last forever*. With that in mind, savor carries a connotation of doing something slowly. If you savor that flourless chocolate tart, then you eat it slowly, bit by bit, deliberately picking every last crumb off the plate. The word is often applied to eating, but you can savor any pleasurable experience, whether it's the winning touchdown or your moment in the spotlight.
Shirk
/M - Shred - *To Shred your responsibilities(Avoid Dealings)* / *To shirk your responsibilities is to avoid dealing with them *— like when you watch four consecutive hours of infomercials instead of facing your homework. A verb is an action word, so it's ironic that the verb shirk suggests inaction in the avoidance of work. *To shirk carries with it a negative connotation of laziness*. When Eleanor Roosevelt was asked how she conquered her shyness to become a powerful public figure, she responded, "I faced each problem as it came along. . . . I never tried to shirk. I tried never to evade an issue. When I found I had something to do — I just did it." Ah, Eleanor, why can't we all be a bit more like you?
Slick
/M - Silk - Silk ki tarah smooth , jo aadmi smoothly boley / मिठबोला 1. done or operating in an impressively smooth, efficient, and apparently effortless way. "a slick piece of software"
stoicism
/M - Stock + Ism - One who plays with stocks and dont show his emotions when he gets Good Profit or Good Loss * आत्मसंयम* .. he knows that having control over emotions can make him strong / If you *rarely show emotion or feeling, that's stoicism*. *Your stoicism helps you endure physical or emotional discomfort without complaint*, a helpful trait for long car trips with annoying people. The noun stoicism, pronounced "STOW-ih-siz-um," comes from Stoicism, *the ancient Greek philosophical school, which taught that reason could overcome destructive emotions for a more virtuous life* . Having great control over one's emotions and responding calmly to misfortune are the marks of stoicism. If you take the good and the bad in stride without drama of any kind, your stoicism is admirable.
piffle
/M - TOEFL - TOEFL ke Speaking exam main bakwaas karna(*बकवास करना*) / Noun - बकवास करना 1. Non Sense , As Trivial or Senseless talk /Ex - Of course, the book market suffers from being saturated by piffle and filth, but has this not always been the case? /
topical
/M - Top - a news reader was showing the Top news of the day (Current, Now) and in that news there is a medicine which can be applied on Top of your Skin (*Surface of Skin*) / किसी स्थान संबंधी When some information or *news is current and of immediate interest*, we say it is topical. This might be a news story or a bit of gossip, or just a subject that is of current importance. *If it's "now," it's topical*. There are several meanings of the word topical, but one clue can help you remember them all: that inside word "*top*." You often hear newscasters refer to the "top" stories of the day—they're current, and that makes them topical. That same little word "top" can help you remember the medical meaning of topical: *pertaining to the surface of the skin*. A cream applied to the "top" of your skin is a topical medication. Remember that clue, and you'll be "tops" too. /Once upon a time I would have taken my topical crème prescription and complained about his grumpy demeanor./ /For more topical parenting tips, sign up for TIME's free weekly parenting newsletter./
Vagary
/M - Vague - Cheese jo boht hi ajeeb ho ...jinka koi ata pata nahi ho ..*unexpected and unpredictable * / A vagary is an *unexpected and unpredictable change उतार-चढ़ाव *, and the word is usually used in the plural. You might know from experience that the *vagaries of winter weather make planning a vacation in February a risky proposition*. Vagary traces back to the * Latin root meaning "wander," and you can think of a vagary as something that wanders*. Events or situations that seem to change at random have vagaries. Whether the hottest new boy band will succeed or not is dependent on the vagaries of teenage enthusiasms. The vagaries of the real estate market will determine whether that swamp property you just bought is a gold mine or a disaster.
whodunit
/M - Who + Done+ It ? - A novel on murder jiska title ho Who Done It ? / *a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie*
Fawn
/M -Fan - *He is big fan of yours and can do anything to win favors* / *चापलूसी करना* A fawn is a *young deer*, but it's also a verb meaning to *try and win favor by flattering*. You might fawn over Bambi if you want to hang out with the cute and fuzzy gang. As a verb, fawn either refers *to an attempt to get on someone's good side, or, oddly enough, to give birth to a deer*. If you're a human, fawning is an age-old art that might get you what you want but can be very unattractive. If you ever come into possession of a great fortune, watch out for sudden friends who want to fawn over you and shower you with presents. They probably have dollar signs in their eyes. /The days of obsequiousness, fawning and groveling are over./
caseous
/M : *Case of cheese* / of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
transcendent
Adj *Transcendent describes something so excellent that it's beyond the range of human understanding.* Transcendent shares the prefix trans, meaning "across," with many familiar words such as transport (carry across), transcontinental (across a continent), and transparent (light shines across). *Transcendental meditation carries people across to a higher consciousness*. So something transcendent goes across boring reality into super awesomeness in a world all its own. It moves you. Angels are transcendent, and even your favorite novel can be transcendent. Beware of someone who finds the cheesecake transcendent; she may tend to exaggerate. /She transformed an obscure single written two decades earlier by George Usher, a local musician, from a middling power-pop number into something transcendent./
timid
Adj *घबराने वाला , डरपोक* Timid means "*overly cautious or fearful,*" like a timid driver who drives very slowly or avoids highways altogether. *Timid comes from the Middle French word timide, meaning "easily frightened, shy." Those who are timid often worry that things will go wrong: a timid eater orders bland food to avoid the possibility not liking the flavor of something new, just as a *timid partygoer* talks to people he already knows, afraid that he won't be able to talk to strangers. /The Obama Justice Department was too timid and short-staffed to hunt down the bad guys. /
obscure
Adj If something is obscure, it's *vague and hard* to see. Be careful if you're driving in heavy rain — the painted lines can be obscure. Obscure comes from *Latin obscurus, which can mean "dark, dim," "unclear, hard to understand," or "insignificant, humble.*" We tend to use obscure in the metaphorical senses: *an obscure sound is unclear, an obscure village is hidden away in the countryside, and an obscure poet is little known and probably insignificant*. Obscure can also be used as a verb. If you get really nervous when you speak during a debate, your embarrassing twitches and shaking hands can obscure your argument.
Diachronic
Adj *ऐतिहासिक* 1. of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical /His research encompassed the full range of synchronic (single-period) and diachronic (historically aware) aspects of language study/
Synchronic
Adj *समकालिक* 1. concerned with the events or phenomena at a particular period without considering historical antecedents / synchronic linguistics Compare / 2. Synchronous /Reality seems to blur as you experience a spate of synchronic, even mystical moments. /
Esoteric
Adj - *गोपनीय* Pssst... do you know the secret handshake? If you haven't been brought into the inner circle of those with special knowledge, esoteric things will remain a mystery to you. In the olden days, *achieving esoteric knowledge meant getting initiated into the mystical arts, learning secrets unknown to regular folks. गोपनीय * Now when a subject is called *esoteric it's usually something not so mystical but still hard to penetrate*: financial accounting might seem esoteric for people who get easily stumped filling out their tax forms. *Americans might find the sport of cricket to be esoteric, but the rules of baseball* can be just as impenetrable to outsiders. The infield fly rule? Totally esoteric.
apogamy
Asexually
patronize
If you patronize a business, you *shop there regularly*. But if someone patronizes you, it's not so pleasant — they talk to you as *if you were inferior or not very intelligent*. Patronize comes from Latin *patronus "protector, master," related to pater "father." So if you patronize a person*, you talk down to them like a father might do to his child or a master to his apprentice. If you want to take an advanced class and your advisor warns you of all the hard work, you can tell him to stop patronizing you — you know a hard class involves hard work. This sounds much better than saying, "*I'm not stupid!*"
Perplex
If you're perplexed, *then you're confused*. Different things perplex different people. In football, a tricky defense will perplex a quarterback. Complicated formulas can perplex math students. When people do weird things, it can be perplexing. Anything hard to understand might perplex you. Perplexing also means to make something more complicated. So when you see the word perplex, think "*Huh?*"
epitome
Noun - /A.P + Tomb - Andhra Pradesk ke tombs jo hain wo sabse achhe hai and that's best in there class , Boht Small Articles bhi aaye hai praising them (*साक्षात् उदाहरण*)/ 1. If you're talking about a *typical example of something, call it the epitome*. The cartoon character Garfield is the epitome of the fat, lazy, food-obsessed cat. Coming to us from Greek through Latin, epitome refers to something that is the *ultimate representative of its class. *Are you the epitome of the hard-working student or do you believe in study in moderation? 2.a brief abstract (as of an article or book) /Shay is the epitome of a pampered young man./
De*S*cent
If *you're on your way down, you're making a descent, whether that's as a passenger in an airplane that's landing*, or if you're tumbling down a staircase you just slipped on.
Prohibitive
If something's *so expensive you can't touch it, it's prohibitive*. That Ferrari in the showroom? You may want it, but its price is prohibitive. Prohibitive originally referred to something (often a law) that prohibits or forbids something, but came to mean conditions (often prices or taxes) so high or great they restrict or prevent something: "To some, the cost of child care is prohibitive
transcend
It would be nice to transcend the narrow limits of this brief definition, and go to *greater lengths* to describe this word's glories! Transcend means to *move upward and beyond something*. No doubt you know about the words transcontinental or maybe trans fats? The prefix *trans is used to mean "beyond, across" and transcend takes this even farther by adding in a sense of upwardness with the stem cend*. A pop artist with a lot of talent might transcend the genre of pop /A board on the wall lists "patrons of rare character": people who have transcended "regular" status and graduated into legends./
transcendentalism
Noun *Transcendentalism is a philosophy started in the early 19th century that promotes intuitive, spiritual thinking instead of scientific thinking based on material things.* Ralph Waldo Emerson, a famous transcendentalist, summed up the beliefs of transcendentalism when he said, "What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." /They produced a kind of pragmatic transcendentalism as their creations involved visitors in heightened experiences of nature and perceptual consciousness./
dendrochronology
Noun the science dealing with the study of the annual rings of trees in determining the dates and chronological order of past events. .
Arresting
Something arresting *commands your attention. It's stunning, and you can't turn away.* When the police arrest someone, they capture them. Likewise, when something is arresting, it captures your attention because it is so sensational. An arresting sight — like the Grand Canyon — makes you want to keep looking at it for hours. An arresting song is one you always want to hear. An arresting story is captivating and engrossing. Something arresting is not only entertaining; it's mesmerizing.
Render
Verb 1. To Present or Submit (accounts, etc) for payment, approval, or action *प्रस्तुत करना* 2. To give or Provide (aid, charity, a service, etc) *देना* 3. to give or exchange, as by way of return or requital: /to render blow for blow / *लौटाना* 4. to Cause to become / grief had rendered him simple-minded /*बदल देना * 5. to translate (something) into another language or form *अनुवाद करना* /The lines suffer from translation; Rilke is notoriously difficult to render into English. /
Bewilder
Verb - *चकित करना , हैरान करना* Bewilder is a *fun-sounding word for confusion-causing*. A complicated math problem will bewilder many students. A magician's tricks should bewilder the audience. Mystery stories should be a little bewildering, at least until the end. Sometimes, being bewildered has a more emotional element. If someone you know died in a freak accident, that would bewilder you in a very sad way.
Teetotalism
total abstinence from alcohol
Underwrite
आर्थिक समर्थन का वादा करना आर्थिक उत्तरदायित्व लेना बीमे से सुरक्षित करना
Latent
छिपा हुआ Latent is an adjective that you use to *describe something that is capable of becoming active or at hand, though it is not currently so.* The adjective latent is a tricky word to define because it refers to something there but not there. That is, latent means something that is capable of becoming active or at hand but has not yet achieved that state. The word arrived in Middle English from the Latin word latēre which means "to lie hidden." *It can have somewhat negative connotations because it is often used in a medical context, as in a latent illness or infection, but it can also mean good things, such as someone discovering they have latent talents or capabilities.*
Tarnish
दाग To tarnish is *to become dull or discolored*. Silver tends to tarnish easily, which is why your mother is always having you polish the family silver. As a noun, a tarnish is the dull layer of corrosion that sometimes forms on metal items, usually the result of the metal reacting to oxygen in the air. *Metals are most likely to tarnish, but so can anything that once felt sparkly and bright but has lost its luster — even you*. If the new kid just beat you in chess, your reputation as the best chess player in your class has started to tarnish. Better not lose again!
virtue
नैतिक गुण Virtue is the quality of *being morally good*. If you're writing a screenplay and you want it to be a real tearjerker, make sure your hero is full of virtue. The word virtue comes from the Latin root vir, for man. At first virtue meant manliness or valor, but over time it settled into the sense of moral excellence. Virtue can also mean excellence in general. One of your virtues might be your generous willingness to help out your friends. The phrase by virtue of means "as a result of" or "by authority of." You will achieve success by virtue of hard work (or by virtue of inside connections). /This may seem obvious, but I find the design to be one of the Watch's chief virtues./
discern
पहचानना If you can *make out, pick out, or distinguish something, you can discern it*. This is a word for recognizing and perceiving things. Discerning has to do with being able to *see or hear something*. In a loud room, it can be hard to discern one person's voice. If there's not much light, you'll have trouble discerning the words on a page well enough to read. If you have sloppy handwriting, then it's hard to discern what you wrote. When you can discern something, you can tell what it is; you can identify it. /Discerning how much of an influence exposure to these chemicals might play is complicated, however, by the obesity epidemic./
