Magoosh Vocab Common

el·e·gi·ac

(especially of a work of art) having a mournful quality. Her style is understated, elegiac, her perspective oblique. Back in the present, Grimsley goes to a high school reunion, and is left with the puzzlement of why only one other white classmate showed up. An elegiac reminder that 40 years later, those tensions have not been entirely laid to rest Before the final chorus, the dying Wormley and fatherly Whitman bond in a transfixing scene, music alive with spiraling riffs and elegiac vocal lines.

ingenuous

ADJ : characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious Synonym : artless, candid, heart-to-heart, open openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness undistorted , sincere, not deceitful ,naif, naive Someone who is ingenuous shows a childlike innocence, trust, and openness. One of the things kindergarten teachers value is the chance to work with kids while they're still relatively ingenuous--their open, trusting natures are a joy. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS: ingenious / ingenuous Ingenuous means innocent, artless, simple, while ingenious refers to something original, creative, inventive. Continue reading... A near synonym is naive. Its opposite is disingenuous, which means "giving a false impression of being honest and sincere." Don't confuse the word ingenuous with the similarly spelled ingenious, which means "very smart or clever." Ingenuous is from Latin ingenuus "having the qualities of people born free, noble, honest, open," ultimately formed from the prefix in- "in" plus gignere "to produce." In+genuine- In genuine relationship people are naive and trusting to each other Many of the most distinctive bits came from Jérôme Jarre, an ingenuous Frenchman with an arresting smile OK, so that doesn't speak well of human nature at even its sweetest and most ingenuous stage. They don't sound "daft" at all; they sound like spontaneous and ingenuous expressions of rapturous joy.

disinterested

If you can't decide whether to purchase the shirt with orange polka dots or the purple paisley-patterned one, you might seek input from a disinterested, or unbiased, party (who will probably tell you not to buy either one). CHOOSE YOUR WORDS: disinterested / uninterested If you're disinterested, you're unbiased; you're out of the loop. But if you're uninterested, you don't give a hoot; you're bored. These two words have been duking it out, but the battle may be over for uninterested. Heavyweight disinterested has featherweight uninterested on the ropes. Continue reading... Depending on whom you ask, disinterested is either one of the most commonly misused words in the English language, or a perfect example of usage experts and English teachers being way too uptight. While everyone agrees that disinterested can mean "unbiased," the debate rages on as to whether it can also mean "uninterested" or "indifferent." Dis-Interest...if a particular issue is not of any interest to me (dis-interest), i'll pass a biased free opinion about it... The filmmakers even underscore the flimsiness of the experimental design, inserting characters who point out that Zimbardo is not a disinterested observer. Just one disinterested person's opinion: I'd chafe at the somewhere new suggestion, and here's why

com·plic·it

Involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing. come & play illegal activity in the city i.e. participate. There is a problem, and we won't be complicit to this gap between words and deeds. Verner cast himself in the role of Benga's savior, friend and benefactor in an assortment of contradictory tales that were further obscured by a complicit news media, which documented Benga's suffering in confinement for weeks only to subsequently deny he had ever been displayed.

Estimable

Something or someone estimable is worthy of respect and admiration. Many U.S. presidents might be described as estimable, though it depends on who you ask. This is a word for people who deserve respect. A hardworking scholar who has written several books might be estimable. Things can be estimable, too. You might describe an impressive book, restaurant, or film as estimable. Estimable is related to esteem, which can be used to mean "regard highly." Being estimable is the opposite of being disgraceful. Not long ago, that company likely would have been the Dicapo Opera, which performed an estimable service in championing composers like Thomas Pasatieri, Tobias Picker and Conrad Susa Kent & Curwen is an estimable British house that bills itself, on its website, as "outfitters to gentlemen of sport."

enormity

1) The great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong. 2) outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness: the enormity of war crimes. It was the enormity of the problem that led Ms. Massie to shift her focus away from school desegregation and affirmative action and toward the environment. I think now they're starting to come to grips with the enormity of this and what they have caused to take place nationwide, and are embracing the fact that perhaps, this is our civil rights movement. The sheer enormity and rich diversity of Asia offers a bitter-sweet opportunity to the region's World Cup hopefuls

extant

Use the adjective extant to describe old things that are still around, like your extant diary from third grade or the only extant piece of pottery from certain craftspeople who lived hundreds of years ago. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS: extant / extent They sounds similar and both have exes, but extant means "still here," and extent refers to "the range of something." People get them mixed up to a certain extent. Continue reading... Extant is the opposite of extinct: it refers to things that are here — they haven't disappeared or been destroyed. Use extant to describe things that it may be surprising to learn are still around — you wouldn't say jeans you bought last year are extant, but a pair of jeans worn by Marilyn Monroe back in the 1950s? Definitely extant. All this rigmarole was preceded, of course, by months and years of evasion about an extant campaign

Officious

adj intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself" Synonyms: busy, busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling Offi(in offices)+cious(curious).. in offices ppl vl be curious for promotions so they vil be pushy in offering services The robust tenor Thomas Blondelle showed diversity as the pig, an officious priest and more Finally, after forty minutes, I am called out of the waiting room by an officious woman in blue scrubs But an hour later, when Giri brought the goods to the upscale department store, the officious clerk noticed a mistake on the Ruparels' invoice

coterminous

1) having the same border or covering the same area. 2) being the same in extent; coextensive in range or scope. Mr. Obama narrowly won the vote of the Nebraska's Second Congressional District, which is largely coterminous with the city of Omaha, in 2008. I am as prone to nostalgia as any other middle-aged person, but I'm not convinced that the destruction of film as we once knew it — a process roughly coterminous with the history of film as we know it — is any great disaster This district is largely coterminous with the city of Grand Rapids and its immediate suburbs, and should have a heavy turnout

hau·teur .

Haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride She plays Valentine, the personal assistant to a French movie star, Maria Enders, played with blissfully aggressive hauteur by Juliette Binoche. Ms. Hoty's Aunt Alicia, a former courtesan herself who spies potential in Gigi, is marked by an elegant hauteur and a touch of dry humor. Shorn of the puffed-up hauteur he displayed the day before, Ibsen has had a change of heart.

Calumny

N : a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions N : an abusive attack on a person's character or good name Synonym : calumniation, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement,aspersion, defamation, denigration, slander Use the noun calumny to characterize verbal attacks that are meant to destroy reputations or friendships. You've probably seen political ads during election time that rely on calumny to move voters. Calumny comes from the Latin word calvi, meaning "to trick, deceive," which is why it can also describe falsely accusing someone or quoting them out of context with the intent to do them harm. Some political candidates use this tactic against opponents in the hope that voters will be tricked into thinking that the accusations are true. calumny, sounds like kalmuhi, which is a harsh remark given by a saas to her bahu. So its a kind of slander. Cal (californians) talk shit about NY (new yorkers)...SLANDER!!!! It also feeds and reflects the calumny that Israel in particular is agitating for war. Thomas was, it appears, spewing fabricated calumny in order to stir up anti-immigrant animus. He'll have to choose whether to answer the calumny truthfully — or with more shrugs and feigned ignorance

Castigate

N: inflict severe punishment on Type of: penalise, penalize, punish 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! cast+i+hate - if you hate caste, you criticize it.. Mostly it raised more questions and gave hardened media scolds another chance to castigate a man who has been punished plenty According to the Hollywood Reporter, FIFA's widely castigated film "United Passions" set a box-office record for biggest flop in American movie history. He also castigated the young star for purchasing a monkey, Mally, after he made it big and then abandoning said monkey in Germany

veritable

When something is veritable it is true, or at least feels that way. "The trees and lights turned the campus into a veritable wonderland" means that the campus seemed to be transformed into a true wonderland (if there is such a thing). Veritable comes from the Latin veritas which means true. But unlike true, it does not describe things like statements. It is often used to enhance the word that follows it. "A veritable cornucopia of food" is a lot of food of different varieties. If someone calls you "a veritable force of nature," they don't mean that you are actually a hurricane; they just mean that you have the unstoppable quality of a big old storm. His new map showed Africa, Asia, and Europe not as three separate continents, but as a unitary land mass, a veritable "world island. From 1994 to 1999, the Crunch won three titles in the National Professional Soccer League, forming a veritable dynasty of American indoor soccer. We will never leave the smallest place in our democracy for all these people who represent a veritable menace for our fellow citizens," Michel said

assiduously

With care and persistence; she worked assiduously on the senior thesis His admirers have worked so assiduously for so long to promote a particular notion of Reagan — the tax-cutting, government-loathing Reagan But while Mr. Fuld, known as 'the Gorilla' of Wall Street for his brusque style, was eager to share his views about the world, he assiduously avoided talking about his role in the largest bankruptcy in United States history Only Nibali, who prepared assiduously for the cobbles, finished the race in one piece. Ms. Lee worked assiduously on other books, including a true-crime story about a murderous preacher and another novel.

tranchant

adj having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect If you're trenchant, it means you think or say smart, sharply worded things that cut right to the heart of the matter. A trenchant observation is one that makes people scratch their chins thoughtfully, or wince with embarrassment for whomever you're talking about, or both. The word trenchant originates from tranchant, which in French means "sharp" or "cutting," and it's related to the word trench, which originally meant a line carved in wood and later came to mean a ditch carved into the earth. The word is often used to describe political commentary or cultural criticism. One person known for her trenchant wit was the author and critic Mary McCarthy, who once said of the writer Lillian Hellman, "Every word she writes is a lie, including the 'and' and the 'the'." TRENCH means to CUT So TRENCHANT-->CUTTING OR SHARP insight It's such a trenchant vision of American aristocracy that copies should be printed on Crane stationery and delivered by a white-gloved chauffeur A trenchant book on the topic first published in 1940 remains a classic. Mr. Macalister was a clever politician; a concise and trenchant speaker; and a capital parliamentary leader in so far as the House work was concerned.

auspicious

adj : auguring favorable circumstances and good luck Synonyms : bright, hopeful, promising, fortunate, rosy, propitious Use the adjective auspicious for a favorable situation or set of conditions. If you start a marathon by falling flat on your face, that's not an auspicious start. If something seems likely to bring success — either because it creates favorable conditions or you just consider it a lucky sign — label it auspicious. The word is related to auspice, "a divine omen," an old word with a colorful history. In Latin, an auspex was a person who observed the flight of birds to predict things about the future. a+uspicious"sounds like "a suspicious" any thing suspicious is not favourable, so a(not ) suspicious means FAVOURABLE, SUITABLE aus(Australian) + picious(Pitches) are favorable to play The structure's height, at 108 metres, was intended to be auspicious: Buddhists consider the number sacred So it's a pretty auspicious beginning to combine that score with a story about a beloved movie icon. But that's easier said that done. She's back home now, managing the fifth-ranked Swedes, a task that is not as auspicious as it sounds

Vociferous

adj : conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry "a vociferous mob" Synonyms : blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, noisy Vociferous describes loudmouths, such as the vociferous mob at the soccer game. The Latin vociferari meaning "to shout, yell." If you break it down to the first part, take vox meaning "voice" and add it to ferre meaning "to carry," then vociferous describes voices that carry; you can hear a vociferous person from across the room at a dance party. Vociferous isn't just loud, but annoying, too, like when the vociferous fans of the opposing team chant insults in unison. Try yanking a cookie out of a little kid's hand if you want to hear a vociferous reaction. VOICE + FURIOUS = noisy Park's decision comes amid vociferous criticism of her government's handling of the outbreak It has also been one of Assad's most vociferous opponents, insisting that only his removal from power can bring peace. Visa had been particularly vociferous, warning that unless the global governing body made "changes now", it would "reassess" its sponsorship.

Egregious

adj : conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible Something that is egregious stands out, but not in a good way — it means "really bad or offensive," like a tattoo on a man misspelling his girlfriend's name aggressive.aggressive pepole are very bad in manner.this may help you pepole "Dr. Pines' egregious conduct was so corrupt and degenerate as to shock the conscience," the board wrote in its original complaint. One of the most egregious terrorist acts in U.S. history was committed against a black church in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963. It was an open and egregious scandal, shocking everybody except the unsuspecting female partner

communsurate

adj : corresponding in size or degree or extent Synonyms : coextensive, conterminous, coterminous, commensurable, proportionate , equal The word commensurate has to do with things that are similar in size and therefore appropriate. Many people think the death penalty is a commensurate punishment for murder. In other words, the penalty fits the crime. SPLIT AS COMMON - ENSURED -RATE. WHICH MEANS, OUR RATE WILL BE EQUAL TO THE CHEAPEST PRODUCT! Common rate Smartphones are fantastic, but they wouldn't be without commensurate advances in application and user interface development, networks, batteries, and processors. It can rile me up or make me incredibly happy, or it can move me to tears, all with a commensurate amount of relish Not one of America's environmental leaders is articulating a vision of the future commensurate with the magnitude of the crisis," they wrote.

mawkish

adj : effusively or insincerely emotional Synonyms : bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy , emotional Mawkish means excessively sentimental or so sappy it's sickening. Which is how you'd describe two lovebirds gushing over each other or your grandma's cooing, cheek pinches, and sloppy-lipstick kisses. "Maa" ka "kiss" hamesha sentimental aur emotional hota hai! Continuing to produce Macs isn't about nostalgia or some mawkish lament of abandoning a connection to the past. He's come around in recent years, noting Thursday that the film "could have been really mawkish That's the point at which "Black or White" surrenders to mawkish Hollywood convention and is much the worse for it.

parsimonious

adj : excessively unwilling to spend A parsimonious person is unwilling to spend a lot of money. You know those people who count up every penny when it's time to split a restaurant bill? You can call them parsimonious. Or cheap. synonyms: thrifty, frugal, penurious, niggardly, penny-pinching, miserly, tight-fisted, tight a person who is not willing to spend money from his purse - Purse = MY money! Still his answers were parsimonious, and maddeningly vague The great gurus were secretive and parsimonious with what they let out. Nature is nothing if not parsimonious, especially when it comes to the human body.

veracious

adj : habitually speaking the truth adj : precisely accurate Synonym : true, truthful Someone who is veracious speaks the truth — like your brutally honest friend who always lets you know what she thinks about your outfits, your hairstyle, your lasagna recipe, and your taste in movies. Think of a veracious person as someone who is like a witness under oath in a court of law, someone who speaks "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." Don't ask a question of a veracious friend unless you really want to know the answer. The adjective veracious can be applied not just to people but also to things that are true or accurate, such as "a veracious story" or "a veracious statement the root word 'VER' refers to true.. hence we can frame words like: veracious - truthful and verisimilitude - an appearence of truth. Perhaps, indeed, the approach of danger, let us acknowledge as veracious historians, had no little to do with his virtuous scruples This interesting, although not very veracious author, gives the following account of the process Their judgment, I believe, will be in favour of my veracity, and, indeed, why should I not be veracious?

restive

adj : impatient especially under restriction or delay Synonyms : impatient restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition To be restive is to be impatient or on edge — it's an edgy state. When you feel like your skin is too tight and your nerves are ready to snap, when you feel ready to explode, you are restive. It's not only people who can be restive: the world suffers from much turmoil, and there are restive areas, where people are unhappy or oppressed and desperate for change. It's that need for change and movement that makes someone restive or eager to move, frustrated at being stuck in one place. This sense of being stuck is obvious in the history of the word, which was first used in the 15th century. It evolved from the Anglo-French adjective restif, which meant "refusing to move ahead." Picture a restive horse, refusing to take a jump. Restive is actually restless. Like factitious is actually factless : Around them, a restive group of familiars ebbs and flows, its morphing connections nourished by the music and by Denis Lenoir's graceful camera movements. Protesters burned ballot boxes in several restive states in southern Mexico, but officials said they were isolated incidents Not the public world and restive politics of the laureateship, but a private world of understanding, humility and love.

impertinent

adj : improperly forward or bold; being disrespectful, Synonyms : fresh, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, words"improper" -"tinent" sounds like tenant-> so when a imperial owner talks to his tenant he doesn't give any respect... Hillary knows it and will continue to thumb her nose at any and all impertinent questions of her absolute immunity and eventually authority A thousand questions of this sort arose in his mind, one only more prying and impertinent than another Impatient reporters might even pose impertinent questions themselves, trying to cause Christie to erupt.

gregarious

adj : instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others Synonym : social If you know someone who's outgoing, sociable, and fond of the company of others, you might want to call her gregarious. The word was originally used to describe animals that live in flocks — it's from the Latin word grex, meaning "herd." Not surprisingly, people began using it to describe humans who liked being in groups. Today biologists still speak of gregarious species, but you're more likely to hear it in reference to people. Despite what you might suspect, it has no historical connection to the name Gregory — but if you know an outgoing fellow with that name, you could call him Greg-arious. remember AGGREGATION means gathering something together... similarily AGGREGATION -> GREGATION ->GREGARIOUS Kimbal Musk is gregarious and charming; his brother is intense and technical. Mr. Grinda, gregarious and quirky, was once a shy teenager who liked video games and tennis. I discovered a lively and gregarious group of people who did not seem to pay attention to color at all.

didactic

adj : instructive (especially excessively) Synonyms : didactical, informative, instructive When people are didactic, they're teaching or instructing. This word is often used negatively for when someone is acting too much like a teacher. When you're didactic, you're trying to teach something. Just about everything teachers do is didactic: the same is true of coaches and mentors. Didactic is often used in a negative way. If you heard that a movie is overly didactic, that's probably not good didi always acts in a way she is teaching something...''didi-act'ic But the education was, as educations ought to be, more sentimental than simply didactic. But Malevich's dogmatism about abstract art also confirms that Mr. Mitta's actors will primarily function as didactic representatives of certain viewpoints It was very didactic, very boring and very inappropriate for Hawaii because nothing looked familiar," she said

Mercurial

adj : liable to sudden unpredictable change "mercurial twists of temperament" Synonyms:erratic, fickle, quicksilver changeable, changeful Mercurial describes someone whose mood or behavior is changeable and unpredictable, or someone who is clever, lively, and quick. With a mercurial teacher, you never know where you stand. Mercury was the ancient Roman god of commerce and messenger of the gods, and the planet Mercury was named after the Roman god. In Middle English, this adjective meant "relating to the planet or god Mercury" and derives from Latin mercuriālis, from Mercurius "Mercury." A mercurial personality has the unpredictability associated with the god Mercury or, in astrology, is supposedly influenced by the planet. mercury level in the blood pressure testing device fickles a lot when measuring b.p Known for his intimate, sometimes mercurial interview style, Maron can make guests so comfortable they sometimes share incredibly personal details The deal, which made the mercurial Jobs Disney's biggest shareholder, was widely questioned by analysts who believed the price was too dear The industry that is mercurial and trend- driven

superfluous

adj : more than is needed, desired, or required "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words" Synonyms : excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus unnecessary, unneeded adj : serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being Synonyms : otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, wasted,worthless divide it as super+flow.. when there is large(super) flow of water, it becomes EXCESSIVE / OVERABUNDANCE of water.. But those moral arguments seem as superfluous as the character himself. After the White House announcement in 1999, the bill probably seemed superfluous: The war was over, and the pro-encryption advocates had won Pixar, though part of Disney, has no time for old-school habits, like lodging the emotions in the heart: a superfluous organ, it would seem

Parochial

adj : narrowly restricted in outlook or scope If an issue or a matter is parochial, it is trivial or only concerns a local area. Likewise, a person with a parochial mentality is narrow-minded, or not open to new ideas. Parochial comes to English from Greek through Latin with the meaning "of a parish." As a parochial school is a school that is affiliated with a particular church, the connection is easy to see. In general though, parochial refers to a narrow or limited point of view — that is, an outlook that extends no further than the limits of the parish. You may feel that there is no room in your life for the parochial attitudes of the older generation. Let's hope you remain open-minded as you age! link this with paro....(of devdas)...whose parents were narrow in their outlook for devdas family , so they married her to someone else Sanders has gradually taken a less keen interest in foreign policy; his politics have become more parochial, focused on the needs of everyday Americans In other words, New York public school enrollment could increase by 15% tomorrow if parochial schools shut down without a single additional dollar in funding And he never mastered politics and relations with a headstrong and parochial City Council, which limited his effectiveness

innocuous

adj : not injurious to physical or mental health Synonyms : harmless , innoxious , Something that's innocuous isn't harmful or likely to cause injury. Public figures like mayors and governors have to expect they'll get critical or even hurtful emails and phone calls, as well as more innocuous feedback. The adjective innocuous is useful when you're talking about something that doesn't offend or injure anyone. Innocuous remarks or comments are meant kindly, and innocuous germs won't make you sick. An innocuous question is innocently curious, rather than aimed to hurt someone's feelings. The word comes from the Latin roots in-, "not," and nocere, "to injure or harm." in(not)+nocuous(noxious)........ means not noxious......something which is not noxious is harmless I got a job on another innocuous reality TV show called "High School Reunion." There are all sorts of relatively innocuous acts that can get you permanently labelled as a monster All this is not to say that bed bugs are innocuous or to gloss over the very real damage they may cause

artful

adj : not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness adj : marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft SYnonym : crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily, disingenuous distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted To be artful is to do something skillfully, especially in a cunning way. A con man must be artful. To be an artist requires skill and talent: it's not easy to make art. Similarly, doing something in an artful way takes skill. A chess player is artful in escaping an opponent's attack. A politician is artful in appealing to different groups of people. This word also indicates that the skill shown is a little cunning or sneaky. In movies, villains are often artful, as they tell lies or hatch schemes. Often, artful is the opposite of straightforward spell it " art of fool(ing)" i.e in a cunning way As drunk as he is, Atzerodt does an artful job of pretending sadness, saying that the whole Lincoln assassination is a terrible tragedy. In a childhood of artful dodging, Louie made more than just mischief. However, he is as daring as he is artful, and impunity in crime has rendered him perfectly careless of committing it.

equivocal

adj : open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead. Synonyms : ambiguous , double, forked , evasive Try to remember that uncertain means equivocal and certain means unequivocal. That's a tricky movement the un- is making, and a lot of people get stumped. From the Latin aequus 'equal, the same' + vocare "to call," equivocal describes when something is too close to call. Whose hand first touched the last brownie on the plate? We asked everyone but the answers were equivocal If everyone spoke in an "equal-voice" you wouldn't be able to decipher who was calling. Some details he reveals hardly support his equivocal description I was looking to explore a very complex man who was flawed and equivocal and ambiguous, and I'm not big on judging my characters But for other topics that have excited scientific and media attention, the evidence is equivocal or weak.

prodigal

adj : recklessly wasteful n : a recklessly extravagant consumer Synonyms : extravagant, profligate, spendthrift Use the adjective prodigal to describe someone who spends too much money, or something very wasteful. Your prodigal spending on fancy coffee drinks might leave you with no money to buy lunch. Prodigal usually applies to the spending of money. In the Bible, the Prodigal Son leaves home and wastes all his money. You could also use this word to describe something that is very abundant or generous in quantity, such as prodigal praise. Prodigal comes from the Latin word prodigere, "to drive away or waste," combining the prefix prod-, or "forth" and agere, "to drive." prod(rodies)+gals(girls)=extravagance. If you are with girls of rodies then you have to be extravagant.. He joined the seminary after years of youthful transgressions, offering a prodigal son story when he ascended to the ministry. Assuming what seems observably untrue, that Spieth is a wasteful, prodigal spender, wealth redistributors should seemingly rejoice such a scenario. Billionaire real estate magnates, they have a bit of the New York skyline, and a prodigal son who now stands accused of murder.

banal

adj : repeated too often; over-familiar through overuse Synonyms : commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn unoriginal. If something is boring and unoriginal, it's banal. Banal things are dull as dishwater. Ever notice how some TV shows, songs, and even phrases are boring and unoriginal? It's like you've seen or heard the same thing a million times. Anything that's unoriginal and dull is banal — a fancy word for things that bore you to tears. When you're writing, try not to be banal. Clichés and dull topics are banal. New ideas, fresh language, and unusual subject matter can keep your writing from being dreary and banal. abey nal to roz hi kholte hain anal s*x is very boaring and repeated too often Some of the NSA reports are banal or even comical. In the first three episodes, the men bring nothing more surprising than intensity to their roles, which are familiar to the point of banal. Mass shootings have become a banal fact of death in America.

ineluctable

adj impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion" ineluctable -- in +luc(k)+table.. So, a person will be lucky or unlucky in his work on a particular day as per his luck-table, he can't escape from it, it's unavoidable. IN(not)+ELECTABLE....that cannot be elected....you don't have choice to elect because there is no option hence you cannot escape from it. Nobody can silence the ineluctable march of transparency and free speech Take in fewer calories than your body burns and by the ineluctable laws of math, you will drop pounds. The findings in the new study derive directly from the ineluctable connections of body and mind

prevaricate

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information When you prevaricate, you lie or mislead. Now, go ahead and tell me whether you already knew that meaning, and don't prevaricate about it — give me the story straight! While prevaricate basically means to lie, it also has the sense of making it hard to know exactly what the lie was. You talk in a confusing way, go back and forth, and as deliberately as possible mislead someone. Government officials, bureaucrats, and sneaky types prevaricate in the hopes that it will be too difficult to figure out whether they've been doing something wrong. Don't prevaricate with your parents — it will definitely make you look guilty, but they just won't be sure of what! divide is as pre(..before)+var(truth..)+icate(..gate) ..i.e. before truth, you have kept a gate. Hence you are LYING or HIDING THE TRUTH.. People so pathological they lie, dissemble and prevaricate when the simple truth would serve their purposes better Mr Bhatoa said: "Mr Evans only came clean after his collar was felt. Mr Johnson called the police himself and, unlike others, he never prevaricated. Mr Bhatoa said: "Mr Evans only came clean after his collar was felt. Mr Johnson called the police himself and, unlike others, he never prevaricated. In Washington, an administration official accused Russia of prevaricating over its role.

Venality

corruption, corruptness lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain Venality is the quality of being open to bribery or overly motivated by money. A government worker's venality might lead him to exchange state secrets for cash. Criminals are known for their venality, being willing to break the law for a financial reward. This kind of venality can vary from police officers accepting bribes to politicians making decisions and passing laws based on campaign contributions. The Late Latin root word is venalitatem, "capable of being bought," from venum, "for sale." ve + nal = we null ....we can be easily bribed when we are null in terms of money ...egr The Afghan government is noted for venality, incompetence and corruption. His venality is cloaked in doctor's scrubs and the intonations of a reasonable and well-educated man. Vanity and venality can be hard to tease apart, but both fit well in the category of poor judgment

extrapolate

draw from specific cases for more general cases When you extrapolate, you use specific details to make a general comment. For example, if you travel to Canada and encounter only friendly, kind natives, you might extrapolate that all Canadians are friendly. The verb extrapolate can mean "to predict future outcomes based on known facts." For example, looking at your current grade report for math and how you are doing in class now, you could extrapolate that you'll likely earn a solid B for the year. Another meaning of extrapolate is "estimate the value of." You could extrapolate how much your antique watch is worth by finding how much similar watches sold for at recent auctions. from the EXTRA info that u have, u guess what might happen LATEly or in future His latest book focuses on the United Kingdom, but it's easy to extrapolate his ideas to the U.S The original study used the thinnest circumference of two bones -- the humerus and femur -- to extrapolate total body mass, which is a commonly accepted method She said it was difficult to extrapolate the findings to humans, but noted that other research had looked at human astronauts

concomitant

existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent: CON(continuous)+COMITANT(take it as a person who commits)....hence a person who is in continuous commitment is always with his GIRLFRIND....i.e associated,accompanying.. Without efficiency improvements since the 1970s, the United States' economy would need over 50 percent more energy to achieve current gross domestic product, with concomitant cost, energy security and environmental impacts. The tightening of the siege on Gaza and the concomitant drying up of Hamas's international financial pipelines, as well as the closing of most of the tunnels between Gaza and Egypt, have forced Hamas to accept this deal Thirty-five percent of its 2.2 million inhabitants are Hispanic, though the city's fastest-growing group is Asian. Concomitant with these demographic shifts are political realities that were unimaginable two decades ago

complaisant

inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant: the most complaisant child I've ever met. French troops chased the Islamists out, reassured international donors pledging billions by promising reforms from top to bottom. But already a complaisant National Assembly — the country's Parliament — has chosen his son Karim to lead one of its most important committees, on national defense Do most people resent being old and losing freedom? Surely, they must! Perhaps they have better manners and have learned to be complaisant. After enduring countless failed cycles of in vitro fertilization, she and her remarkably complaisant husband, Ramon, a multilingual Italian she has been with since her 20s, decide to adopt

ebullient

joyously unrestrained More than chipper, more than happy, more than delighted is ebullient — meaning bubbling over with joy and delight. There are two senses of the word of ebullient. One describes an immediate, and ultimately short-lived, reaction to a particular event — for example if you've just won the lottery, you are ebullient. The other describes someone who is perpetually upbeat and cheerful, for example, as in "an ebullient personality." Watch out for ebullient personalities: they can often be "over the top" as well. our dad purchasing you a new 'Enfield Bullet' so you shpw ur 'Excitement' -> ebullient!. A self-taught dynamo of a pianist, Garner had an ebullient drive and a knack for spontaneous, elaborate digression. Going out every night and performing to ebullient crowds is "such a joy," Oscar said. She had the first half to herself, beginning with an ebullient and imaginative account of Brahms's "Variations on a Theme by Haydn.

enamored

marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness The rock star wasn't enamored, or in love, with the idea of performing old-fashioned ballads, until his agent told him there'd be no big paycheck until he started crooning out those romantic tunes. Being enamored of something or with someone goes far beyond liking them, and it's even more flowery than love. Enamored means smitten with, or totally infatuated. Someone enamored with another will perhaps even swoon. A man who's in love sends the object of his affection a dozen roses, but if he is enamored with her, he covers her entire front lawn with a blanket of rose petals. The series purports to tell the real story behind the Project Mercury publicity machine, but it is so enamored of the early-'60s aesthetic that it can't resist adding its own flawless, cameo-faced gloss to its heroines To say I was enamored of the beautiful old houses of New Orleans when we moved here, in 2008, is insufficient

chauvinism

n fanatical patriotism activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women Synonyms : jingoism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism Type of : nationalism, patriotism Chauvinism means the belief that your country is superior to all others. If you traveled to China and complained about everything that was unfamiliar and talked about how much better things are back home, you'd be guilty of chauvinism. While the main meaning of chauvinism is an exaggerated sense of patriotism, or being convinced that your country is vastly better than any other, the word is most familiar in the sense of male chauvinism. When it's used this way, it means a belief that men are better than women. The word comes from a Napoleonic soldier, Nicholas Chauvin, who was famous for his extreme patriotism — in other words, his chauvinism CHAUVINISM : - chavaan (marathi manus) very proud of Maharashtra This "many faces, many names" perspective is the opposite of religious chauvinism and all other "isms." The battle of wits between the two ultimately pivots around issues of super-ego and id, pluralism and chauvinism, chaos and order The nationalist movement, known locally as 969, has helped bolster a growing wave of Buddhist chauvinism throughout the country

canard

n a deliberately misleading fabrication During a political campaign, you will often hear on TV commercials some canard about the opponent. This is a false, deluding statement designed to confuse the voters, as it presents the other candidate in a bad light by spreading an untruth. The Old French word quanart, "duck," morphed into canard, as in "vendre un canard à moitié," which refers to "half-selling" a duck, or cheating someone, and the word came to mean something meant to fool someone deliberately. Poet James Whitcomb Riley said, "When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck." Not always the case with canard Remember Kannad movies...their fighting is so unreal..false... so remember canard as being a false portrayal. The latter have already figured out that the deal is a canard and have vowed to proceed with their own nuclear weapons programs. It is a canard that General Motors and Firestone forced Washington to abandon streetcars so they could sell more buses and tires. he New York Times went even further, declaring it a "canard" that people question Medicaid's health outcome

demur

n : (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings Synonyms : demurral, demurrer Type of : objection If your mother asks you to clean your room and you refuse, you demur. And if your friend invites you to the Death Metal Forever concert but you hesitate, you demur. Whether you object, politely disagree, or hesitate, you demur. Choose Your Words demur / demure To demur is to show reluctance or to hesitate, like not quite getting in the car when someone opens the door, but demure is always an adjective describing a modest, reserved, or shy person, and sounds like the mew of a tiny kitten. If Aunt Tilly offers to knit you a sweater, you might politely demur, being reluctant to accept. When she describes the bunnies she plans for the sweater, you would want to strongly demur, explaining that you are moving to Texas next week and will no longer need sweaters. And if you find yourself the defendant in a civil suit, you might file a demurrer, objecting to the plaintiff's complaint. When you file that demurrer, you also demur. sounds a little like Damn U R wrong!! I object! TALLINN, Estonia — For six months, former Florida governor Jeb Bush has been running for president while demurring that he is not an official candidate In an interview with The New York Times last year, he demurred when asked to clarify conflicting accounts about his education Guinn demurred, pointing out that it was his office's work that led to 30% of Phantoms being sold in the U.S.

bucolic

n : a country person Synonyms : peasant, provincial Types : cottar, cotter adj : (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic "a pleasant bucolic scene" Synonyms : Arcadian, pastoral , rural As an adjective, bucolic refers to an ideal country life that many yearn for. If your parents wanted to raise you in a bucolic environment, you may find yourself living 45 minutes away from the nearest movie theater or person your age. Not ideal. bucolic sounds a bit like bullock which is used in the "country side" Some nature lovers focused on the loss of the old sign's bucolic character High-ranking military and ministers visited the bucolic setting for barbecues It was precisely that bucolic, protective environment in the deep countryside that made it almost impossible for his despairing grandmother to find him

harangue

n : a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion. v : deliver a harangue to; address forcefully. A harangue is more than a speech, louder than a discussion, and nastier than a lecture. It is a verbal attack that doesn't let up, delivered as a verb or received as a noun. Either way, it's pretty unpleasant. HARANGUE can be split as har + ang + u + e....so when YOU are ANGry with HAR(her), she is subjected to a long or intensive verbal attack. Fiorina then went on to harangue Clinton for accusing the GOP of "trying to disenfranchise poor people and minorities A detective from the New York City Police Department has been transferred after a video of him haranguing an Uber driver went viral this week Recall the haranguing that Muslims endured outside the Texas Capitol in February.

acrimony

n : a rough and bitter manner Synonyms : acerbity, bitterness, jaundice, tartness, thorniness. Acrimony is bitterness, or ill will. Acrimony is a spiteful word. It sounds bitter, like acid. A' 'Crime' 4 'Money' is always rough and bitter !!! But after months of acrimony, the positive mood music in Brussels gave investors hope that an agreement might be near. Performances were poor, and Powell's loyalty to her favoured starters led to acrimony among the fringe players in Sweden What looks like a straightforward sale to a child can create unforeseen taxes and can spin the family into acrimony and discord

culpability

n : a state of guilt Synonyms : blameworthiness, culpableness Type of : guilt, guiltiness Culpability is a state of guilt or responsibility. A lot of lawsuits are about who has culpability for something that went wrong. Culpability is a fancy-sounding word, but it's a simple concept: guilt. You have culpability if you're responsible for something, usually something bad. If you left the door open and your house was robbed, you have some culpability (not as much as the robber, though). CULPABLE equals to 'CAPABLE CULPRIT', the one who is supposed to take all the blame The constant media/social media drumbeat keeps the debate about Brady's culpability alive. "I am deeply concerned by her refusal to acknowledge her culpability in the breach," Langevin said. Authorities suspect but have not demonstrated Chinese culpability for the newest attack.

Row

n : an angry dispute Row also means a noisy argument, but when you use it this way, it rhymes with cow, rather than toe. When you sit in a row with your enimies you argue and quarrel

iconoclast

n : someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions Type of : aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker Are you always challenging the establishment? Or provoking popular thought by attacking traditions and institutions? Then you're definitely an iconoclast. icons-ideals; clast is like clash... so iconoclast is someone whose ideas clash with the traditional ideals. For most of his career, Mandelbrot was seen as an iconoclast to be listened to and then ignored Steve Keen is something of an iconoclast among mainstream economists Taken together, it's clear his transition from Senate iconoclast to candidate for the GOP nomination has been a rocky one.

Despot

n :- a cruel and oppressive dictator A despot, is a cruel, all-controlling ruler. For example, a despot does not allow people to speak out against the leadership, nor really want them to have much freedom at all. The word despot came into English in the sixteenth century from Old French, but it traces all the way back to the Greek word despotes, meaning "master of a household, lord, absolute ruler." The word is often used to describe someone who abuses power and oppresses others. Obviously, it's not a nice thing to call someone, especially within earshot of the despot who has absolute power over you. Cruel dictators kill thousands of people on de (the) spot (despot) It is a country seemingly addicted to technology, but also accepting of paternalistic government; a vibrant democracy built on economic foundations laid by a despot I was seventeen when Mussolini attacked Ethiopia, an invasion that spurred not only my hatred of that despot but of fascism in general These men are not barbarians nor despots; they have not gained their place in the world by favor or inheritance I wonder that the earth which bore up the lion-hearted despot, did not open and destroy him

modicum

n :- a small or moderate or token amount If you want to describe a small amount of something, try modicum. If you have a modicum of interest in something, you are a little bit interested. Modicum comes from the Latin modicus, for moderate, and modus, for measure. We often use it to mean "any at all," as if "If you had a modicum of sense (i.e. any sense at all), you'd be able to see that the pencil you've spent the last five minutes looking for is tucked behind your ear." MODICUM=MODERATE+INCOME' A person with even modicum of smarts could have concluded that "help" from totalitarian regimes like Russia and China Firing someone with tenure simply involves a modicum of due process and just cause. More to the point, however, is that the film suggests if we want true A.I., we will have to sacrifice some modicum of control.

Diminutive

n :- a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness adj :- very small Diminutive means small. A diminutive person is short and small. A diminutive word is a "cute" version of a regular word, "Maggie" is the diminutive of "Margaret." A diminutive name or word is formed from another by the addition of a suffix expressing smallness in size: a booklet is a small book, a dinette is a small version of a dining set. The adjective diminutive descends from Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin dīminūtīvus, from Latin dēminuere "to lessen." diminutive = di(divide) + minut(minute)+ive(five times) do it becomes very small. Informally, this diminutive woman has become a boxer, throwing herself into a messy public arena that many career-minded climate scientists try to avoid. This diminutive black speaker — about 4 inches long by 2 inches high — resembles a small hand grenade. Stacked books arranged like city blocks fill the diminutive stage of Joe's Pub at the Public Theater.

raillery

n light teasing repartee Use the noun raillery to describe a kind of joking or gentle teasing. There will probably be a bit of raillery between elementary school students on a field trip bus, for example. If you engage in raillery, you make fun of someone — but lightheartedly, not in a way that would cause offense. The raillery between good friends or siblings might include laughter and teasing, or a joking banter back and forth. To rail is to complain, although its Middle French root, railler, means "to tease or joke," possibly from the Old Provençal word ralhar, "to scoff or to joke."

Oblique

not straightforward;indirect In figurative use, oblique means indirect or purposely misleading. "What is two plus two?" "Fish!" as an answer is completely oblique. By correcting the clerk's "Mrs." with "That's Ms. now," the woman made an oblique reference to her change in marital status. Oblique - split it like OB(object) lique(sounds as LIKE). So OBject Like, referring something indirectly. Yet his music usually was not so oblique. Among friends, we referred to our wives using only coy and oblique euphemisms. The content itself tends to be more oblique, with movement and text assembled from many sources: silent movies, sporting events, Keynesian economics.

Profligate

recklessly wasteful Profligate, as a noun or as an adjective, implies recklessly wasting your money on extravagant luxury. Profligate behavior is a lot of fun, but you'll regret it later — when you get your charge card bill. Any time someone behaves in a reckless, amoral, or wasteful way, they are engaging in profligate behavior. It usually refers to financial behavior but can cross over to social activity as well. A person who is a slave to their cravings and whose behavior is unrestrained and selfish can be called a profligate. Extravagantly profligate behavior is often wildly fun but usually comes with a heavy price to pay in the morning, both financially and morally. Profligate= spend Profusely like bill Gates split it like prof(professor)+li(lee)+g+ate(past f. of eat).. your Professor whose son Lee spent all of his father's money .. eating at all five stars hotels...what a wasteful use of your Professor's money PROperty FLy through GATE - because you spend like crazy Mulroy moved beyond public awareness campaigns and began to crack down on profligate residential and recreational water use in Las Vegas more aggressively Right, Rahm, and the profligate spending by Chicago pols and their union buddies is the height of fiscal prudence.

abrogate

revoke formally Abrogate means to abolish or avoid. When someone cuts in front of you in line, they are abrogating your right to be the next one served. When you cut in line, you are abrogating your responsibility to those who were in line before you. The Latin root of this word is made up of the prefix ab- "away" and rogare "to propose a law." What does it mean if you propose a law away? You repeal it, of course, so abrogate means to officially revoke, cancel or abolish. The meaning of this word has expanded a bit since its earliest usage, but it still appears most often in a legal or political context, or when serious rights and responsibilities are being discussed. Imagine a boy is making sighs to a girl standing in front of her GATE,seeing that ,her BRO comes & get rid of the boy (abolish) Refugee groups have attacked the deal, accusing Tony Abbott's government of abrogating Australia's responsibilities to refugees and paying off an impoverished Cambodia North Korea abrogated the agreement when it felt able to do so, and has gone on to test nuclear weapons. And if we look away from their destruction, we abrogate our duty to preserve them for future generations

lachrymose

showing sorrow A good place to see a display of lachrymose sorrow is at a funeral — people sobbing openly or sniffling quietly into their hankies. To be lachrymose, in other words, is to be tearful. Lachrymose is not a word used much in everyday speech; you wouldn't say, for example, "I feel a bit lachrymose today." No, you'd probably say, "I feel a bit weepy today." Lachrymose is generally confined to use as a written critical term, often meaning much the same as sentimental. Books and plays and films can all be lachrymose, if their intent is to induce shameless sniveling. lachrymose-lac+chry(cry)+mose(most),so when you cry most you produce 'tears' Mr. Park comes close to creating an actual character out of the alternately lachrymose and bellowing Mr. Kim, but in the end it's futile. Because Mr. Lee's character has none of her gumption, it's hard not to feel a twinge of contempt for his lachrymose self-pity. This lachrymose drama pivots on the prickly relationship between Junn , a Cambodian-Chinese woman who's mourning her son and can't understand much English

Bereft

sorrowful through loss or deprivation unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love So, they took the thing you most loved, and you're never going to get it back. You've gone beyond just plain grief-stricken — you're bereft. The way in which bereft differs just from plain mournful or grief-stricken is in its sense of deprivation or lack. It can be used that way too, for example when you're bereft of words. It's the past tense of bereave, following the same pattern as leave and left. When you see your bereft relatives at a funeral, it's very sad, but if your friend says that their cookie is bereft of chocolate chips, you know they are using exaggerated language to be a little funny. bereft = beer + left and therefore DEPRIVED of beer As spring turns to summer, bereft friends and relatives hold out hope that their loved ones can soon be laid to rest in their shade. Maryland has been so bereft of presidential candidates that some attended simply for the spectacle. Bereft of their homes and land, many Rohingya see opportunity in Malaysia, a Muslim-majority nation, no matter how hard the journey

Palaver

speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly palaver = pagal (mad) + laver (lover); A mad lover is always talking nonsensically. Well, don't give me your palaver, young Miss Slip Slop.—Will you only walk up, if you please, Master Harry? We had just started after having a long palaver with the chiefs, our men, about twenty, marching in single file, I near the leading man Clearly, there was no time for palaver or parleying, or the days would pass away when it would be possible to emigrate.

Eponym

the name derived from a person (real or imaginary) An eponym is either a person for whom something is named, or a thing named for a person. Jules Leotard, a trapeze artist, inspired the creation of the eponym "leotard." Thanks, Jules. Words are formed in many ways: often, they are named after people. For example, the boycott was named after Charles C. Boycott. That makes Boycott an eponym, and boycott is also an eponym. Eponyms are the people who provide the names and the words that are formed from the names. St. Audrey is another eponym, because her name inspired the word tawdry. Hillary is inevitable if 100 % of all democratic voters who went for Obama accept Mr Gruber's eponym that they are basically stupid The disease was of course still poorly understood, but one of the most famous medical eponyms was born The word "shylock," which has been used to refer to loan sharks, is an eponym from a Jewish character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

exiguity

the quality of being meager ""an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot" The strong sonorous voice of the layman was in singular contrast with the exiguity of his thin, stunted frame. Thus it is observed that when such matters occur in other countries they become extinct spontaneously through lack of attention and exiguity of interest But to make up for the exiguity of his financial resources, Ugo had from his youth obtained social success.

Dissipate

to cause to separate and go in different directions spend frivolously and unwisely Dissipate means "disperse" or "fade away" — as a bad smell will dissipate (usually) if you wait long enough. Dissipate can also mean "spend or use wastefully." If you win the lottery, you might suddenly find yourself with a group of new friends encouraging you to dissipate your money (on them). Note that dissipate can be used with or without an object: "Once you dissipate your wealth, your new group of friends will dissipate without a trace." di-SIP-ATE Sip = drinking, Ate = Eating,, a life of drinking and eating , thus spending a lot and pursuin pleasure! Then, protecting his relationship with his wife, Kate, his face clouds over and the kindness dissipates The group's harsher topics dissipate the blissful haze in favor of scabrous, catchy garage-rock, especially on the newly released "California Nights." But expectations of a surplus dissipated amid slow job growth, and now the state faces a budget shortfall of more than $280 million

loath

unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: If you are loath to do something, you really don't want to do it. If you are reluctant to go swimming, people will say you are loath to swim, but if they are really mean — they may throw you in anyway. The adjective loath is used to describe being extremely opposed to something. The term is generally followed by to — "The teacher was loath to let the students turn in papers late, but he made an exception for the girl who had missed class due to illness." Meanwhile, the victims — mostly white, well-off and often young — are mourned in silence, because their parents are loath to talk publicly about how a cheerleader daughter hooked for dope, or their once-star athlete son overdosed in a fast-food restaurant bathroom.

vindicate

v : clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof Type of : acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate. v : show to be right by providing justification or proof vidicate....split it like vin(WIN) + di(the) + cate(case)....so when you win a case IN a COURT...it means you are freed FROM ACCUSATION AND CHARGES...you are freed from blame. vidicate....split it like vin(WIN) + di(the) + cate(case)....so when you win a case IN a COURT...it means you are freed FROM ACCUSATION AND CHARGES...you are freed from blame. A Northwestern spokesman has denied any wrongdoing, adding the university would be vindicated in court. Cowley says he became a scapegoat for the department and is vindicated by the settlement When John Lennon was assassinated, Altman felt he was vindicated, and his wife said that he dined out on his prescience for years

undermine

v : destroy property or hinder normal operations Synonyms : counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, weaken To undermine literally means to dig a hole underneath something, making it likely to collapse. But we more often use the word to describe sabotage or the act of weakening someone else's efforts. Originally spelled with a 'y' instead of an 'i', undermine has Germanic roots and means to weaken, hinder, or impair. Accidentally undermine the foundation of a house by digging a tunnel to China beneath it and you might be forgiven. Undermine your teacher's authority by speaking out of turn and throwing spitballs and odds are you'll get in trouble. UNDERMINE ....Minining under the earth would GRADUALLY WEAKEN strength of soil and rock Local grievances can add up and the Estonian government believes the Kremlin is already trying to use them to undermine the state We cannot allow people to immigrate to this country so that they can use our freedoms to undermine our freedoms "When petitions like the Edward Snowden pardon are ignored, it definitely undermines the promise of the site," he says.

upbraid

v : express criticism towards Synonyms : reproach When you upbraid people, you scold them, tell them off and criticize them elders criticize severely if their girls UP their BRA At several points, Dakari Johnson upbraided his flashier and more outgoing brother, too. However, Europeans correctly gauged that Washington wouldn't leave, despite periodically upbraiding them for their meager efforts. A July 1979 letter from President Jimmy Carter upbraids Bradlee and The Post for not reporting the passage of a trade bill in Congress.

chortle

v : laugh quietly or with restraint Synonyms : chuckle, laugh softly Type of : express joy, express mirth, laugh A chortle is a joyful, partly muffled laugh. If you have a toddler, you will recognize the sound of a delighted chortle, sort of louder and a bit more raucous than a giggle CHORi TAL gayi because due to our laughter chor knew that we are in room. The excited toddler pressed his nose to the window; the baby chortled as we swooped upward. He chortled as he added: "But now your Italian cheese won't be there!" Before I mute our conference line, I hear the pair chortle as Mike drawls: "Run the Jewels is really a comedy group."

venerate

v : regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of Synonyms : fear, revere, reverence To venerate is to worship, adore, be in awe of. You probably don't venerate your teacher or boss; however, you may act like you do! Find part of the word Venus in there, meaning "love, desire" and dang, if someone venerates you, you're doing okay. We don't usually venerate our sweethearts; we often save it for those higher powers, or for remarkable people we're in awe of. Mother Teresa was venerated for her work with the poor, and Gandhi was venerated for his efforts for peace, but most people aren't venerated for normal stuff, like being someone's sweetie ven(..when)U RATE someone higher.. you TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT South Koreans teach it early to their children and venerate it over traditional children's books. Many of their worshippers venerate the same saints, with some actively practising both religions Varanasi is also home to hundreds of macaque monkeys that live in its temples and are fed and venerated by devotees

betray

v : reveal unintentionally Synonyms: bewray Type of : break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap When you betray someone or something, you provide information whether you mean to do it or not, like the loud growling of your stomach that betrays your hunger or the secret you tell about your friend that betrays her trust. betray sound like X- ray which reveal internal structure of body. Molecular diagnostics" looks for such things as gene sequences that betray the presence of a cancer or infection Its camera sensor has been designed to detect very specific wavelengths of light that will betray the health of plants Her smile betrayed her true feelings" Where other elite athletes betray their doubts about their capacities with displays of touchy egotism, Woolf was utterly insouciant.

gainsay

v : take exception to Synonyms : challenge, dispute Gainsay, a verb, means "contradict" or "speak out against." When you challenge authority, you gainsay, as in teachers don't like it when unruly students gainsay them. Gainsay comes from an Old English word that means "contradict" or "say against," as in, no one dared gainsay the principal, who is well-known for giving detention to students who so much as frown at him. If you know someone who constantly corrects others, tells them that they're wrong, and says, "That's not true," more than anyone else, you have first-hand experience with the art of the gainsay. she has (Gain)ed weight but is not (say)ing it which means, she is denying the fact. It's hard to gainsay Apple's move into the sector if it helps fatten musicians' bank balances. A: A good deal has been done for the economy without gainsaying the fact that a great deal more needs to be done There can be no gainsaying the fact that racial injustice engulfs this community

enervate

v : weaken mentally or morally Type of: weaken lessen the strength of To enervate is to weaken, wear down, or even bum out. A three-hour lecture on the history of socks might thrill someone, it would enervate most people. So would a too-long soak in a hot tub. With your parents. Trace enervate back far enough and you'll discover that it comes from the Latin enervare which means basically "to cut the sinew" or "to cause to be cut from the muscle." That would certainly weaken someone. These days, there's no need for violence. To enervate someone is to sap their energy, like by reading your ex all the love letters your new sweetheart wrote you. When something enervates you, it does more than get on your nerves; it brings you down. ENERV(w)asTE whwn you waste you energy you become weak break it as e + nerve(nerv) + ate... what happens when our pulse reduces; we WEAKEN. This behavior is practiced to disconcert, divide, enervate and deliberately frustrate underlings and those who don't belong to the "tribe" or network in power. Something that is enervating orthodox Catholicism and energizing those who have hated the Church to see in her an ally. Where Clinton usually found such contact energizing, Obama frequently found it enervating

Hoodwink

v conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end To hoodwink someone means to trick or mislead them. Beware of fake ATMs that try to hoodwink you into giving over your bank card and your code, only to keep them both and steal all your money. An excellent, old-fashioned word is hoodwink, and you'll be happy you know it when you have to read Victorian novels in which characters are repeatedly hoodwinked. It is an Old English compound which meant "to blindfold" 600 years ago but quickly began to be used figuratively. Think about the expression, to pull the wool over someone's eyes, as having the same image and meaning. Has your big sister ever hoodwinked you into doing her chores for her? you WINK under the HOOD of your jacket. To deceive what you are doing Apple's forthcoming news app has been criticised over claims the company is hoodwinking bloggers into accepting its terms and conditions For every applicant who fails to hoodwink embassy staff with tall tales and fake documents, there are others who succeed. Some have tried to hoodwink runners by pretending to be someone else

countermand

verb : a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command When an officer in the military shouts, "Belay that order, Private!" that is a countermand. A countermand is an order that cancels or reverses an earlier command. Countermand is also used as a verb meaning "to cancel or revoke." Counter means "opposing" or "opposite," and mand is short for "mandate" or "command." Put them together and you've got countermand — an "opposing command." When you issue a countermand, you cancel the original command and usually replace it with a new one. Countermand is often used in a military context, but it can be applied more widely. If your parents tell you to take out the trash, you might countermand these orders by telling your little brother to do it instead. counter + command....so counter the previous command The chair of the city council's licensing committee attacked the "unelected and unaccountable police force" for countermanding a democratic decision When that molecule is activated by an antibody it countermands the IIb stop order, telling B cells to secrete more antibodies Chaos ensued as Alabama's Chief Justice, Roy Moore, issued a countermanding order instructing the state's probate judges not to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples

eminent

1 ) adj : standing above others in quality or position "eminent members of the community" Synonyms : high , superior adj : (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation adj : having an illustrious reputation; respected Synonyms : esteemed, honored, prestigious 2 ) adj : of imposing height; especially standing out above others "an eminent peak" Like the real slim and shady "EMINEM" who is STANDING ABOVE OTHER rap artists IN QUALITY AND POSITION here was a lot of controversy about the major preppers of moving the folk from downtown ... through eminent domain The sale price under the eminent domain order is still to be determined, officials said And, among the seniles, they have many eminent minds for this work, including razor-sharp judges appointed as independents.

circumvent

1. V : surround so as to force to give up 2. V : avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) Synonyms : dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt 3. V : beat through cleverness and wit To circumvent is to avoid. Someone who trains elephants but somehow gets out of picking up after them has found a way to circumvent the cleaning of the circus tent. circle + prevent => to form a CIRCLE or a boundary around the target so as to OUTSMART porn stars avoid c*m wet(vent) cleverly by taking it in m**th. You can circumvent all of those roadblocks by having a discussion with your doctor. A UC Davis statement said internal investigations found school policies were circumvented, research regulations were violated and directives made by university leaders were defied.

forthcoming

1. adj : at ease in talking to others ; social 2. adj : available when required or as promised 3.adj : of the relatively near future Forthcoming with" means "providing"--if your neighbors are not forthcoming with candy on Halloween, you might have to egg their house. When parents complain that their teenagers are not forthcoming with information about their life at school, they should remember how much they valued their privacy when they were their kid's age.

haphazard

1. adj : dependent upon or characterized by chance 2. adj : without care; in a slapdash manner Anything haphazard is random, disorganized, slipshod, or hit-or-miss. A tent erected haphazardly might look more like a big nylon bag of dirty laundry than a place to sleep. Ever heard the expression "I'll hazard a guess?" In it, the word hazard means "chance," as in "take a chance." Think of the hap in haphazard as short for "happen." Combine hap- and -hazard and you get something that happens (or appears to have happened) by chance. If you approach a math problem with haphazard reasoning, you're likely to get it wrong. The report said fire personnel took a "haphazard approach" to ventilating the house in the November fire. Sicha is a charming speaker, both friendly and mocking, especially when it comes to himself and the company's haphazard origins.

pragmatic

1.adj : concerned with practical matters 2.n : an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land adj : guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory To describe a person or a solution that takes a realistic approach, consider the adjective pragmatic. The four-year-old who wants a unicorn for her birthday isn't being very pragmatic. The opposite of idealistic is pragmatic, a word that describes a philosophy of "doing what works best." From Greek pragma "deed," Relate it to "PREGNANT-ISM" In order to make a girl pregnant you need to PRACTICALLY do something...by only talking theoretically you can't make her pregnant.. Only Peter Fend's "Olya" proposes a pragmatic idea: a submarine designed to turn ocean biomass into methane fuel. Police and mayors in a growing number of cities turn to sanctuary policies for pragmatic reasons.

involved

1.adj : connected by participation or association or use 2.adj : highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious Involved is an adjective with many different uses. It can describe something difficult or complicated, as in "really involved instructions for putting together a plane model," or it describes relationships and partnerships, like when you're involved with someone in a serious dating relationship or are involved in helping out as a tutor after school. You can be involved in more negative situations, too, as when a country is involved in spying on another or a group is involved in plotting a crime.

unassailable

1.not open to attack or assault, as by military force or argument: unassailable fortifications; unassailable logic. 2.not subject to denial or dispute: Shakespeare's genius gives his works an unassailable position in world literature. Whatever new power structure emerges, analysts say Erdogan no longer will be able to bend his party to his will by sheer force of personality and his expectation of attaining unassailable power. The scandal pushed FIFA's once unassailable head, Sepp Blatter, a 79-year-old Swiss man, to resign, with sources telling Reuters and U.S These instant meals are meant for work warriors for whom good and delicious food is secondary to perfect and unassailable engineering

misconstrue

Antonyms of : construe v : interpret in the wrong way "She misconstrued my remarks" Synonyms : be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misunderstand Type of : construe, interpret, see Misconstrue means something is interpreted the wrong way. If you see your brother walking your best friend home, you may misconstrue the situation and think they're dating when really he's only picking up your birthday present. The verb misconstrue originates from the words mis-, meaning "wrong," and construe, meaning "construction." Combined they mean "to put a wrong construction on" — in other words, something is given the wrong interpretation construe : conclude it is (true) i.e make sense of Misconstrue = Mis + Cons + True. Someone is 'Missing' the 'True' fact. After one such meeting in Qatar, the Taliban released a statement saying that it "should not be misconstrued as peace or negotiation talks."

amenable

Adj : Easily pursued Adj : readily reacting to suggestions and influences If your friends want to try sky diving and you're amenable to the idea, sounds like you're going to be jumping out of a plane. If a person or thing is amenable to something, they are ready, willing, or responsive. Note that amenable is often followed by the preposition to, which makes amenable mean "able to be controlled or affected by something," as in "They are usually amenable to our wishes;" or "Her heart condition is not amenable to treatment." An amenable personality is open to influence or control and is willing to agree or yield. Amen is a word used in islam and christinity. meaning of which is i agree. So amenable means something able to be agreed. King was amenable, but he wasn't about to have a child appear from out of nowhere. 've also iced the cookies, but as with so many of my favorite recipes, this one's amenable to changes of whim and whimsy.

tortuous

Adj : highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious "tortuous legal procedures" "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" Synonyms : Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled,complex.. adj : not straightforward "his tortuous reasoning" Synonyms : indirect Tortuous means twisting or complicated. "James Bond drove his custom BMW 120 mph on the road that was tortuous in its twists and turns. From Latin torquere "to twist," tortuous means something with twists and turns -- a path, an argument, a story. A tortoise does not move in straight line... it keeps twisting and turning making path complicated. Tortoise mosquito coil will not be straight it is twisted and winded The threat is clear: from someone whose mind runs toward tortuous concealment, any conclusion is possible. Supporters say counseling would give patients more control and free families from tortuous decisions.

imprudent

Antonyms : prudent adj not prudent or wise "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas" Synonyms : careless,ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, shortsighted,injudicious adj : lacking wise self-restraint "an imprudent remark" To be imprudent means lacking self-restraint when it would be wise to have it, like that time you started dancing on the table during a math test. Remember that? Everybody else does. Prudent means "wise or shrewd," but add the prefix im- meaning "not," suddenly you have an adjective that describes the opposite of being wise or shrewd. im+prudent--Why to invest in Icici Prudential ? To secure and make life stable..and imprudential means careless, not cautious about life. prudent (proud) mean not wise Just as conservatives act as if funding infrastructure is imprudent, liberals in Congress defend multiple layers of review. "The committee believes that it would be imprudent to ramp down and close production."

halcyon

An old man watching his grandchildren play might look back fondly on his halcyon days, remembering the peaceful, happy time of his youth. The word halcyon comes from a story in Greek mythology about the halcyon bird, which had the power to calm the rough ocean waves every December so she could nest. Like those calm waters, halcyon has come to mean a sense of peace or tranquility. People often use the phrase halcyon days to refer idyllically to a calmer, more peaceful time in their past. halycon can be considered as opposite of cyclone...just imagine a cyclone...you will understand what I mean The ballpark was filled with nostalgia from a halcyon era, while the current pinstriped incarnation hardly resembled the championship machines that Williams played for in the late 1990s Researchers dream of the halcyon days of Bell Labs and its eight Nobel Prize winners, who brought us the transistor and Unix. While TI shines like a beacon for everything good and glamorous about competitive gaming, it only lasts for a few halcyon days in the summer.

indecorous

Antonym of decorous adj : lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct "indecorous behavior" Synonyms : indelicate, indecent, improper adj : not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society "indecorous behavior" Synonyms: indecent, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward Indecorous behavior isn't proper or socially acceptable. It would be indecorous to publish your sister's diary in the newspaper or to tell your extended family an offensive joke at Thanksgiving dinner. Rude or off-color remarks are indecorous, and wearing a bikini to a formal dinner would also be indecorous. decorous : de(the) court room : we must behave properly indecorous means not behaving properly not decorate properly..INAPPROPIATE.. But either could still be rendered as "foreign cash," and that remains, at the very least, indecorous when one is running for President. Mr. Romney, 65, has spent four decades inside the corridors of high finance and state politics, where indecorous diction and vulgarisms abound.

spenetic

Bad-tempered; spiteful. Ghostface Killah raps with his usual splenetic momentum against a soundtrack produced and played by the Revelations, a retro-soul outfit from Brooklyn. The author told Radio 4's Open Book the novel was "not autobiographical", although he admitted it was "a splenetic outpouring of bitter envy. At the end of a political season of splenetic rhetoric, this tableau is now a remarkably unremarkable reminder of the good that politics can do.

Capitulate

Capitulate means to give in to something. "The teachers didn't want to have class outside, but the students begged so hard, she capitulated." Because capitulate relates to the military, and Romans were all about their military, Latin has a lot to say about this word. In Latin, caput means head, capitulum little head. Think with this word how, at the end of a battle, someone bows their head in defeat, and often that is when heads roll. CAPtain it's too late, we will have to surrender.. Whether by force or not, though, the result was ultimately the same: a glum capitulation after weeks of peaceful resistance. The U.S. should not capitulate to the interests of a few carriers who stand ready to put their narrow, protectionist interests ahead of the economic benefits that open skies provides,

stultify

Cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine. China's interbank and money market rates have soared over the last two weeks, and banks and other financial institutions are afraid of lending to one another. Without that lending, an economy can quickly stultify. same as sullen when this cafeteria culture hits the big city, does the collision somehow stultify economic activity? Cities, after all, need people out on the sidewalks. Sunday night: "Smallpox," a guileful horror movie that uses documentary effects to nauseate and stultify

chastise

Chastise is a fancy word for telling someone that something they did was really bad. If you pick your nose, your mom's gonna yell at you. If you do it in front of the Queen of England, your mom will chastise you. Back in the Middle Ages, chastise used to also come with a beating--that sense of the word has passed, and in fact, people tend to use chastise when they are trying to accuse someone else of overreacting. "You're chastising me for forgetting to feed the cat, but it's not like the cat died!" chastise = chest ice... The kid was punished or crticized severly by his mother for playing with ice on chest In the draft encyclical, the pope states that there may be some natural reasons for global warming but strongly chastises climate skeptics I'm also not sure whether to congratulate or chastise you for the emphasis you are putting on this child's current desires The country has long been chastised for over-relying on raw materials for its wealth; here is a counterpoint to all that

nonplussed

adj : filled with bewilderment Synonyms :at a loss, nonplused, puzzled perplexed If a conversation with someone leaves you scratching your head and wondering what point they were trying to make, you are nonplussed: bewildered, puzzled, often speechless non plus, is it negative or positive? I am confused! So when the intelligence report on the Karachi plot was issued, C.I.A. officials in Pakistan were nonplussed. On being given that order, Mr Charles said he "stood a bit nonplussed for a few seconds".

mundane

adj : found in the ordinary course of events Synonyms : everyday, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday An ordinary, unexciting thing can be called mundane: "Superman hid his heroic feats by posing as his mundane alter ego, Clark Kent." Mundane sounds like Monday. After an exciting weekend, Monday is just another mundane day.

graft

Graft can mean bribery or corruption. It's also a way of transplanting skin or bones in medicine, as in a skin graft. People who get terrible burns on their faces often have pieces of skin taken from other parts of their bodies to help them heal and look better. That transplanted skin is called a graft. There are also grafts in agriculture, when farmers take a branch from one tree and graft it onto another tree. The most common use of graft is in political corruption cases when politicians are accused of taking money in exchange for granting favors Indian Journalist Who Linked Official to Graft Dies So, there is graft and corruption in big government, socialist economies

Panacea

If someone offers you a pill that promises eternal life, don't take the pill. It's a panacea, a remedy that falsely claims to solve every problem ever. The Greek word pan means "all" (think of a panorama, a view where you can see everywhere). The Greek word for "cure" is akēs (which looks like the word "aches"). Those are the roots of panacea, a cure for all aches. But a panacea doesn't really cure everything; it just acts like it can. Use the word to describe an unbelievable solution, like a new law that will make everyone rich, or a robot that does your homework for you. PAIN I'll SEE YA -> its a cure for all ailments so we can say "see ya" to pain and aches!! Video footage is not a panacea,Sometimes you can't see on video footage what let up to what was being filmed. And you can't see on video footage what occurred outside of what is being played The artificial stuff is no panacea — it must be washed periodically and cooled on hot summer days. That get-out horse, however, has not been a panacea for Mr. Zayat, 52, who made his fortune selling beer in his native Egypt.

rudimentary

adj : being in the earliest stages of development "rudimentary plans" Synonyms : incomplete, uncomplete adj : being or involving basic facts or principles The word rude means simple or offensive--people with only rudimentary understanding of good manners might not know how that belching is rude. Remember that the word rude is the foundation of rudimentary you'll have a rudimentary understanding of the word. sedimentary=rudimentary.....sedimentary rock are used in the base or foundation of a building...hence rudimentary means basic or fundamental !!!!!!! They brought several biologists who studied rudimentary microbes but no one who studied anything larger They brought several biologists who studied rudimentary microbes but no one who studied anything larger But the company's gamble—hiring a young composer, giving him rudimentary tools, and freeing him to make new, adventurous music—paid off.

apocryphal

adj : being of questionable authenticity Synonyms : questionable Any dubious or unverifiable story may be dismissed as apocryphal. If it can't be verified, it is seen as not real, true or authentic. Apocryphal Hypocritical (of false appearance of virtue) We need to set aside apocryphal visions of a jobless future and to focus on the real issues that we can actually fix. The story sounds apocryphal — the kind of colorful origin bit one might find in a Brad Bird movie — but the director confirms it.

per·en·ni·al

Lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring Jodi Gold, a Manhattan child psychiatrist and the mother of three children ages 6, 9 and 11, is accustomed to the perennial juggle.

laconic

adj : brief and to the point; effectively cut short Synonyms : crisp, curt, terse 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 La - conic There is a LAck of words in the COMIC book. (lack-comic) That can pose an added challenge when translating from laconic languages like English into verbose languages like German Luna's songs stayed stubbornly consistent through all its albums: lean, laconic and stoically undemonstrative. "And he has a very dry, laconic sense of humor, and he said, 'I shall be awaiting the call,' which came 25 years later.

galvanize

N : to stimulate to action Synonyms : galvanise, startle ,surprise greatly The verb galvanize refers to stimulating muscles with an electrical current, and is also used to suggest stimulating someone into action. The word galvanize was coined to honor the 18th Century scientist Luigi Galvani, who found that a spark could make a frog's legs move. This discovery led to further studies in bioelectrogenesis, or what Galvani called "animal electricity," and became the basis for the Mary Shelley book Frankenstein, in which a mad scientists attempts to use electricity to galvanize a monster to life. Nowadays, people use this term much more figuratively, like when they describe galvanizing a political movement or even a sports team into action. Imagine a Van filled with Girls(gals) appear, (GALs in VAN)how will you react, you will be STIRRED UP or REVITALIZED as if you have HAD A SHOCK. But things began to look up last year, when supporters used social media to galvanize historical preservation advocates and city government officials. The images, of Democrats who had fled town and screaming protesters camped out all over the elegant Capitol, galvanized Republicans But from the perspective of the parties, it would completely galvanize Democrats to make the Supreme Court a massive issue in the election

adjudicate

To adjudicate is to act like a judge. A judge might adjudicate a case in court, and you may have to adjudicate in the local talent show. Do you see a similarity between judge and adjudicate? When you add the common Latin prefix ad meaning "to" or "toward," you have a pretty good idea what the word means. But a judge isn't the only person who can adjudicate. If you're fighting with your little brother or sister and make them cry, your parents may adjudicate and send you to your room. The Obama administration has demanded that institutions do more to investigate and adjudicate complaints of sexual assault and harassment, but it's not clear that they have shown that their disciplinary processes have the requisite legitimacy udges hearing these cases — many of them in the Northern District of California — have sought a standard definition of the adjective that they could cite to adjudicate these claims, only to discover that no such thing exists Moreover, it has no constitutional power to adjudicate, let alone overrule adjudication.

ev·a·nes·cent

Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing. Remember it as "I want scent. Scent evaporates like vapour. Most desserts, like the white- and dark-chocolate-filled "cannelloni" and berry tart, were either heavy or insipid. But the homemade milk tofu under a fragrant honey marmalade is worth a try, the silky dessert evanescent on the tongue His pictures of Manhattan in the 1940s are distinctive. He made the city look at once effervescent and evanescent, a grand, rambling, energy-spitting machine dissolving into dust For as long as wars are fought, we will need photographs to understand how and why we are fighting, and to reflect on the meaning of war, long after the fact. These evanescent objects, composed of such delicate chemicals, bear enduring witness.

surfeit

Steve baked a surfeit of jam tarts. Steve ate a surfeit of jam tarts. Steve surfeited himself on jam tarts. Whether surfeit is a noun or a verb (as in "overabundance" or "gorge"), Steve is likely to end up with a bellyache. "Overabundance," "glut," "gorge," and "cloy": these are all synonyms for surfeit, and they all convey a sense of too-much-ness, as does the Old French root of the word — surfaire, "to overdo." When it is used in reference to food or eating, surfeit tends to suggest indulging to the point of sickness or disgust. In other contexts, though, the meaning is not necessarily negative: "A surfeit of kindness," for example, would hardly be a bad thing. break SURFEIT as SIRF(sirf in HINDI means only to) EAT.Bas khate hi rehta hai..so an excess of.. That said, Ms. Rosenthal seemed cognizant that such a surfeit of canine-concerned bills might send the wrong message The movie may suffer from a surfeit of excesses, but it does have arresting, if overwrought, things to say about domestic abuse in India.

resurgent

adj : rising again as to new life and vigor "resurgent nationalism" {Vigor : Physical strength and good health.} Synonyms : renascent, revived re - sargan (creation) rising by creating again. Regardless of the reasoning behind the abortive New Coke initiative, Pepsi's gains were quickly offset by resurgent enthusiasm for the familiar Coke flavor. The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter, hurt by unusually heavy snowfalls, a resurgent dollar and disruptions at West Coast ports

elicit

adj : called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation {latent : (of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden; concealed} Adj : evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone. "an elicited response" Synonyms : evoked,induced implicit - which is understood .. explicit - means specifically told/derived so elicit - explicit Nevertheless, he elicited amused respect, even from those whose tastes diverged from his own. The most therapeutic sessions were the ones that elicited an emotional response from my clients.

belligerent

adj : characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight "a belligerent tone" Synonyms : aggressive , hostile adj : engaged in war "belligerent (or warring) nations" Synonyms : militant, war-ridden, warring n : someone who fights (or is fighting) Synonyms : battler, combatant, fighter, scrapper If someone is belligerent, they're eager to fight. It's a good idea to avoid hardcore hockey fans after their team loses — they tend to be belligerent. Belli (TOM) and Jerry always quarrel in TOM and GERRY cartoon. Over the past several months, Russia has been escalating its belligerent behavior towards its European neighbors. Aside from Donald Trump, he has the highest negative ratings of any of the candidates - thanks in large part to his brusque, often belligerent style. In the age of attacks by radical Islamic militants, unprivileged belligerents most often fall into the category of terrorists

Dissemble

To dissemble is to hide under a false appearance, to deceive. "When confronted about their human rights record, the Chinese government typically dissembles." CHOOSE YOUR WORDS: disassemble / dissemble Disassemble is to take something apart, like an old car motor, but dissemble is sneaky — it means to hide your true self, like the guy who said he was a mechanic but had never actually seen a motor, much less put one back together. Continue reading... Dissemble is a little more complicated than a straight lie or denial. When you dissemble, you disguise your true intentions or feelings behind a false appearance. To dissemble is to pretend that you don't know something, to pretend that you think one way when you act another way. "My boyfriend was dissembling the whole time. He was a married father of two." seems like "dis assemble"(break) you broke the favourite pot of mom n den tried to "conceal" ur mistake...or pretending He also appears to dissemble about the motivation for Florida's Scarlet Letter law, which became state policy while he was governor People so pathological they lie, dissemble and prevaricate when the simple truth would serve their purposes better. He's dissembled on the issue so often that his credibility is as strained as Vice President Joe Biden's sense of humor

fallacious

adj : based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information "fallacious hope" Synonyms:incorrect, wrong adj : intended to deceive "fallacious testimony" Synonyms : deceitful, fraudulent dishonest, dishonorable 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.split it like fallac+ious...if you just concentrate on fallac..it look like FALSE,......so THINK that SOMETHING is based on a FALSE OR incorrect notion... These inputs may include anecdotal evidence and fallacious perceptions. Its fallacious, clumsy logic seems more suited for the YouTube comments section: You know who else got big crowds? I assume that knowing about fallacies makes people less likely to accept fallacious reasoning, yet I provide no empirical evidence to support my claim.

subsume

V : contain or include "This new system subsumes the old one" Type of : include v : consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle Subsume means to absorb or include. A successful company might subsume a failing competitor through a merger, or love may subsume you in the early stages of a romance. Subsume is a verb that comes from the Latin words sub, which means "from below," and sumere, which means "take." So subsume means "to take from below," like a sneak attack by some kind of deep-sea creature. subsume -- sub + sum + e. Sum -- summing. summing something means adding up and hence to include everything. It is different from mere defeat in that it requires that rare higher place where the score is subsumed by the aesthetic experience. Ultimately, the timely technology and supernatural science in the series are subsumed to evergreen storytelling Empires have overrun their villages and butchered them but have never subsumed their culture, or even pacified their clan fighters for long.

belie

V : represent falsely V : be in contradiction with Synonyms : contradict, negate , misrepresent Type of : depart, deviate, diverge, vary To belie means to contradict. If you are 93 but look like you are 53, then your young looks belie your age. We get belie from the Old English beleogan, which meant "to deceive by lying." It suggests characteristics or behavior that inadvertently or deliberately hide the truth. To remember it, just think "be lying." Snow White's decision to barge into the Seven Dwarfs' home without invitation belied her gentle nature. Although a sly smile belies her brusque demeanor from time to time, she's not a doting mother. The romanticization of escapees on film belies the reality of breakouts, which are often either grim or mundane. But the beauty of these hillsides belies the pain in this region.

Verisimilitude

Verisimilitude means being believable, or having the appearance of being true. You can improve your play by using the sounds and smells of the beach as well as lots of sand to create verisimilitude. Verisimilitude comes from the Latin verisimilitudo "likeness to truth" and is used to describe stories. In it, you'll see the word similar, meaning it is similar to what's real. Art that aims for realism seeks verisimilitude. An actual synonym for verisimilitude is truthlikeness. Tell that to your friends, and they'll probably think that your story lacks verisimilitude. I tasted three varieties in my capacity as food editor of The New York Times. For verisimilitude, I ate at my computer while lurking among my Times programming colleagues on Slack The institute has even recorded the hubbub of the Senate voting, with calls for the Senate to be in order, to play for verisimilitude. For verisimilitude, Mr. Nemes and his co-writer Clara Royer drew on survivor accounts as well as writings that prisoners buried in the earth and that were discovered years later

arbitrary

adj : based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice "an arbitrary decision" "the arbitrary rule of a dictator" "an arbitrary penalty" "of arbitrary size and shape" "an arbitrary choice" "arbitrary division of the group into halves" Synonyms : absolute, capricious, impulsive, whimsical, discretional, discretionary Something that's arbitrary seems like it's chosen at random instead of following a consistent rule. Team members would dislike their coach using a totally arbitrary method to pick starting players. Even though arbitrary comes from a word meaning "judge" (arbiter), that doesn't mean judges are always fair. Calling a decision-maker arbitrary is usually a negative thing, suggesting the person is making rules based on whim rather than justice. Latin arbitrarius "uncertain, depending on the judgment of an arbiter" < arbiter "judge arbitrary point on number line Economic success is better measured by how much incomes rise for middle-class people, Clinton will say, rather than any arbitrary growth target. Increasingly, the 30 percent cap on dietary fat appeared arbitrary and possibly harmful.

tantamount

adj : being essentially equal to something "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt" Synonyms : equivalent,equal When something is tantamount to another thing it is essentially its equivalent. For some animal activists, wearing fur is tantamount to murder Tantamount often refers to an action or thing being compared to another greater action or quality, as in, "Missing your finals is tantamount to dropping out of college. ta-n-ta; an equal amount of 'ta' on both sides of 'n'. Syriza told the people that a vote against the deal would not be tantamount to a vote for ditching the euro. The entire Fox News operation is dedicated to the proposition that criticizing America for things like over-militarized policing or rising inequality is tantamount to treason. European officials and the Greek opposition have warned a "No" outcome Sunday could be tantamount to a decision to leave the euro

infelicitous

You can use the adjective infelicitous when something doesn't work quite right, whether it's a remark or a wrong turn down a dark street or an unfortunate outfit worn to a job interview. If the ultimate outcome is awkward or unhappy, it's infelicitous. It would be infelicitous to complain about the broken air conditioning in your Mercedes while volunteering at a homeless shelter. In other words, it would be dreadfully inappropriate. Since the 1530s, infelicitous has been used to mean the opposite of felicitous, meaning "happy," which comes from the Latin word for "happiness," felicitas. Nike's position says some interesting things about the rise of that part of fashion known by the infelicitous name of "athleisurewear,". It structures the laws in ways that might not be very efficient but sound good on the stump. Mr. Gruber was, in an infelicitous way, expressing frustration with that state of affairs. Infelicitous though some of these performances may have been, they used to arouse more amusement than irritation.

Simulacrum

a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture) Bad imitation A simulacrum is a fake version of something real. A wax museum is full of simulacrums of famous people. Simulacrum comes from the Latin word simulare meaning "to make like" and is related to words like simulate (to imitate) and similarity. A simulacrum might look like a person, but it's usually a sculpture. Also, a simulacrum can be a representation that's not very good. If you say, "This video game is only a simulacrum of playing football!" that means it does a poor job of copying the game. Simulacrum : Similar like a Rum but not actually a Rum As these accessories have become commonplace, there has been a parallel shift in prosthetic limbs, away from flesh-toned simulacrums of human body parts Armed with those experimental data, the virtual penetrator can work backwards, reconstructing a simulacrum of the target program whose behaviour, mistakes and all, matches reality Seeing her daughter's worried face, she curved her mouth into a simulacrum of a smile.

ignominious

adj : (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame "an ignominious retreat" Synonyms : black, disgraceful, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful, dishonorable, dishonourable Losing a football game stinks, but losing a game where, at the end, you are lying face down in a puddle of mud and the fans are burning effigies of you in the streets? That is an ignominious defeat. Although ignominious can modify other words, it is nearly always attached to "defeat." It derives from the word ignominy, which means public shame or defeat. Ignominy derives from the Latin in- "not" + a variant of nomen "name." IGNORANT+MINUS(negative personality)....imagine your teacher is saying that you are an ignorant and negative person...what will happen??...it will cause public disgrace and shame.... in IGNU(university) there happened a rape case which is quite disgraceful for the institution. Its like IGnoring the oscar NOMINee .... wat a "disgrace" to him! After its ignominious ejection from the precursor to the euro, the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, the UK steered well clear of the single currency. Onward now to a more ignominious list, baseball's biggest underachievers.

obsequious

adj : attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery Synonyms : bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish, insincere adj : attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner "obsequious shop assistants" 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. or obse(ssed)-Qui( yes in frech)-ous=always obsessed with saying yes to it all seq = Suck, uio = Your, us = Ass. He sucks your ass, therefore he's obsequious. One porter in particular was by turns obsequious and sullen — and a thief who pilfered from others' packs. The most obsequious bag was a belted wallet, and shoes included sandals and sneakers with Velcro-closures covering the tongue.

Rustic

adj : characteristic of rural life Synonyms : countrified, countryfied rural adj : characteristic of the fields or country "rustic stone walls" adj : awkwardly simple and provincial "rustic farmers" adj : awkwardly simple and provincial n : an unsophisticated country person When you think of the word rustic, think of the rural country. This word can be given a positive or a negative spin depending on how you use it; a rustic inn, for example, might be quaint or it might be virtually uninhabitable. The words rustic and "rural" spring from the same ancient root: *rur-, which means "open space" in the hypothetical ancestor language Proto-Indo-European. In early usage, these two words were used interchangeably, but now, rural is used to describe locations -- "rural community," "rural location" — while rustic refers to the unrefined qualities associated with country life. The best antonym is cosmopolitan, which implies the sophistication and worldliness of city life. Think of RUST, which reminds us of something which is old or has worn out, hence country people are old fashioned, rural or slightly backwards The formal dining room is a bit more rustic, with a pitched wooden ceiling and a dark wood dining room table set. They liked to keep things very simple, very rustic." Set in the 1890s, the film is relying on centuries-old buildings and the rustic backdrop of the small town

arduous

adj : characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort "worked their arduous way up the mining valley" Synonyms : backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome,effortful adj : difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary" Synonyms : difficult, hard Use the adjective, arduous, to describe an activity that takes a lot of effort. Writing all those college essays and filling out the applications is an arduous process! Arduous was first used in English to mean "steep" or "difficult to climb." If you're an outdoorsman, hiking up a mountain is a lot of fun, but if you're a couch potato, it's an arduous trek. arduous = read it as: "hard to do for us"This work is very difficult and required full of hard work from us and your side. This week the Obama administration announced a nuclear non-proliferation agreement with Iran after years of arduous negotiation. "In the early morning hours of July 14th, the last cubes clicked into place. It was an incredibly arduous and incredibly complex process."

scrupulous

adj : characterized by extreme care and great effort "scrupulous attention to details" Synonyms : conscientious, painstaking, careful adj : having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled Synonyms : principled , religious Scrupulous means very careful to do things properly and correctly, such as paying friends back for money borrowed right away, or not returning a pair of shoes after they've been worn outdoors. A scrupulous person is full of scruples, which are concerns about doing things that are morally right. Such a person is hesitant or doubtful, and might have trouble deciding what is morally right or wrong. it makes u think of sculpture and while building sculpture the worker has to be very careful to screw a pure virgin girl....require extreme care plus great effort The actors knew they would have to be scrupulous about representing the American Jewish experience to avoid charges of cultural appropriation. Neither side in the struggle over water, however, has been scrupulous in placing facts over rhetoric.

precocious

adj : characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) "a precocious child" "a precocious achievement" Synonyms : intelligent That high school hoops phenom who plays like an NBA pro? The sixth grader who's already asking questions about organic chemistry? They're both precocious — meaning they're way beyond their years in skill or knowledge. When you look at the Latin roots of precocious, it all makes sense. When pre (meaning "before") joins coquere (meaning "to ripen"), you have something that is ripening prematurely. And in the case of precocious, you are usually describing young people who have some adult-like quality about them. it can be pre+conscious(conscious). i.e. thing or person who/which is very conscious in advance. pre(early) + cock(genital of man in slang) -> a "pre"-teen who has a huge "cock" is precocious. Since I possessed no precocious aptitude for athletics, art, or another money-making endeavor, they understandably lost interest in how I spent my spare time As a child, he developed a precocious interest in horse-track betting, which endeared him to his famously world-weary "Skin" co-star, Tallulah Bankhead Now comes another perk for the precocious: a role in city government — if only the lowest rung.

Decorous

adj : characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme" Synonyms : in good taste , sedate, staid characterized by dignity and propriety proper Something that is decorous is dignified, proper, and in good taste, like your decorous great-aunt who always wears a dress — even when she's only headed to the grocery store. The adjective decorous shares its origins with decoration. Both words come from the Latin word decor, meaning "beauty, elegance, charm, grace, ornament." So, something decorous is attractive. Decorous can also mean "dignified or proper," like your decorous habit of saying, "How do you do?" when you meet someone for the first time decor.DECORATE.if you decorate your ROOM it will look proper in appearance compared to hall. You are more likely to find sustained and explicit depictions of depravity in genre fiction, where authors seem freer to be less decorous. Past the cordons, the atmosphere in the arena was surprisingly decorous, especially compared with the raucous scene at the weigh-in His frames are meticulously composed, his camera movements minimal and surgical, his pacing decorous and deliberate

gossamar

adj : characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy "gossamer shading through his playing" Synonyms: ethereal , delicate adj : so thin as to transmit light Synonyms : cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous ,thin Gossamer is something super fine and delicate — like a spider web or the material of a wedding veil. GO+SAMMER(summer) - we wear clothes of light fabric Conventional wisdom is made of two parts gossamer and one part each of fog and smoke. There are episodes with gossamer textures and others with pumped-up, frenzied climaxes. This is classic Carr—the uncommon phrasing "gossamer artefacts of declining interest" used to relay an unsentimental truth.

winsome

adj : charming in a childlike or naive way Synonyms : attractive If you are described as winsome, take it as a compliment. It means you are attractive or charming in an open and delightful way. It doesn't mean you win some and you lose some. The word winsome comes from the Old English wynn which means pleasure and delight. The word sometimes carries with it a feeling of childlike joy or innocence that is attractive or pleasing to others. There is nothing hiding behind a winsome smile. It wins over others in a fresh and honest way winsome: you can win some one only if you are charming and attractive winsome = handsome.... charming in childlike ways

maladroit

adj : clumsy ; not adroit {adroit : Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind.} "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve" "a maladroit translation" "maladroit propaganda" Synonyms : bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed,lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands,inept, tactless If you are clumsy, you are maladroit. But the word can mean all kinds of clumsy. Trip over your words? You are verbally maladroit. Stumble in social situations? You're socially maladroit. When someone is adroit, they are graceful and nimble; they show a lot of dexterity. Maladroit is the opposite of that. It means clumsy, but with a hint of overall incompetence. maladroit : - non - android phones like windows are very clumsy; not very skillful The way the speech came about was maladroit at best, and invidious at worst. The robots that could be deployed for clean-up were slow and maladroit, and could do little more than survey the damage.

ignoble

adj : completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose Synonym : dishonorable, dishonourable lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor base, mean, meanspirited ignoble just means base, or low, like that dude in Biology who's always telling fart jokes. gnoble means low, common, or humble, but we tend to use it to describe the lows of human nature, rather than economically humble people or places igno(ignore)+ble(able)..so if something IS unworthy and not noble, ONE should be able to ignore them. Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, said delinquency would put Greece in ignoble company. But every now and then a brave music writer or fan will 'fess up to having come to a band through that ignoble doorway.

discrete

adj : constituting a separate entity or part "a government with three discrete divisions" Synonyms : distinct Discrete means separate or divided. A discrete unit is a separate part of something larger. A room is a discrete space within a house, just as the transmission is a discrete part of a car engine.Don't confuse discrete with its close cousin discreet, which means "appropriately private." this crate (thats used to keep cold drink bottles ) that keeps the bottles separate n unconnected... so that they don break dis+crate analogous vs discreet signal Users could list their favorite bands, post pictures or write on each others' profiles, but these activities were mostly discrete. Or, within the story logic of the new "Terminator Genisys," those other films exist only on their own discrete, alternate timelines.

constituent

adj : constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) n : an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system Synonyms : component, element n : an abstract part of something n : a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes Constituent means part of a whole, as in "we'll break this down into its constituent parts." The word comes up often in political contexts: constituents are the people politicians have been elected to represent. Viewed through this prism, Walker's career isn't the story of a public servant who tries to make life better for all of his constituents. He turned instead to vast engineered sculptural installations that, in a less corporeal way, also explored the mettle of their constituent parts.

stringent

adj : demanding strict attention to rules and procedures "stringent safety measures" Synonyms : rigorous, tight,demanding That teacher's demands are stringent — she wants the homework typed in her favorite font, on special paper, and each essay must be exactly 45 lines! STRI(Lady) N GENT are binded together- both have to follow some rules when they are together STRINGENT <> STRIct + GENTleman Germany and its allies among creditor countries seized on those facts to demand more stringent austerity than had been on the table before the referendum. President Clinton signed a stringent new sanctions package—which, for Cancio, provided an opportunity.

capricious

adj : determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason "a capricious refusal" "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious" Synonyms : impulsive, whimsical, arbitrary adj : changeable Capricious is an adjective to describe a person or thing that's impulsive and unpredictable, like a bride who suddenly leaves her groom standing at the wedding altar. You can criticize a fickle-minded person as capricious, but it could just as well describe quickly changing weather, as in "capricious spring storms." It's the adjective form of the noun caprice, which means a sudden change of mood. ca(CAR) + PRIC(PRICE)...PRICE OF cars nowadays is becoming unpredictable with the launch of Tata's 1 lakh car. Arguments against empathy rely on an outdated view of emotion as a capricious beast that needs to yield to sober reason. t's designed not to; a heart-breaking reminder that the beguiling beauty of the hills belie a ruthless, capricious nature.

recondite

adj : difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge "some recondite problem in historiography" Synonyms : abstruse, deep , esoteric confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle It's rather difficult to penetrate the meaning of recondite. Fitting, because it's an adjective that basically means hard for the average mind to understand. If it's really hard to comprehend, then it's safe to say it's recondite. In the same family as "abstruse," "esoteric" and "totally deep, man," recondite is a very serious word that you could use to describe obscure philosophy books, high level mathematical theory, and the series finale of The Sopranos — you know, things that make your brain hurt. read recondite as "re conduct". The professor re coducted(repeated) the topic as the students could not understand properly. Even the recondite Benedict XVI wrote about environmental degradation and its deleterious impacts on the lives of the poor They construct recondite legal justifications, destroy records of actual torture and paper the files with spurious claims of success. Yet both China and Russia evince self-referential cultures, recondite non-roman scripts, regional defense strategies, and underdeveloped legal systems, denying them key instruments for global dominion.

abstruse

adj : difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them" Synonyms : deep, recondite, esoteric Abstruse things are difficult to understand because they are so deep and intellectually challenging. It might be hard to figure out how a toilet flushes but the technology that goes into making the Internet function is abstruse. The Latin roots of the word abstruse are about concealing or hiding something, which is a good way to remember the meaning of this word. It is useful when describing something that is overly confusing, or if someone is deliberately making a story or a situation more complicated than necessary. It sounds and looks like obtuse, but abstruse is almost its opposite abstruse rhyme with CONFUSE,there is confusion when things are not clear abstr(act) use : very difficult to use ; confused Photoshop Elements: Sometimes a program becomes so bloated and abstruse, only professionals can invest the time and money to master it No, I don't mean economics, or the abstruse arguments about whether we should use monetary or fiscal policy.

disaffected

adj : discontented as toward authority {discontented : Dissatisfied, especially with one's circumstances.} Synonyms : ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious discontent, discontented he adjective disaffected describes someone who is dissatisfied or rebellious. Usually if you're disaffected, you're upset with people in authority. You and your fellow disaffected workers might become so upset about the lack of raises that you decided to boycott work. Dis+Affection She quickly managed to convene the disaffected to address their concerns and brought them back on board. "When people are unhappy, have no jobs and are disaffected they need a pastime," says Nussrat Mohammed, a Labour councillor The result was a raw display of disaffected youth going around their day, complete with sex, drugs, violence and skateboarding.

precipitous

adj : done with very great haste and without due deliberation Synonyms : hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitate hurried adj :: extremely steep "the precipitous rapids of the upper river" "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings" Synonyms : abrupt, sharp,steep A sharp, steep drop — whether it's in a stock price, a roller coaster, or a star's popularity — could be described as a precipitous one. Put simply, Precipitous means perilously steep. Look closely and you'll spot most of the word precipice (a sheer, almost vertical cliff) in precipitous. Now imagine how you'd feel standing at the edge peering over, and you'll grasp the sense of impending danger that precipitous tends to imply. Sound like price + pit(down) price has gown down in steep way Much has been made of the seemingly precipitous decline in D.C. libraries' print holdings. Despite increasingly desperate measures to halt a precipitous stock slide, the Chinese government so far has failed to quell growing investor panic

petulant

adj : easily irritated or annoyed Synonyms : cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy Choose the adjective, petulant, to describe a person or behavior that is irritable in a childish way. The adjective, petulant, is a disapproving term used to describe a bad-tempered child, an adult behaving like an angry child or behavior or this type. The pet - u - lent me is getting me irritated But because "you can't make us eat more fruits and vegetables" sounds kind of petulant, they're pretending their objections are all about the science. As a petulant teenager, John shot his mother's publicity photo full of holes with a BB gun — in front of her

reverent

adj : feeling or showing profound respect or veneration "maintained a reverent silence" Synonyms: respectful , awful, respectful, reverential, venerating When you have great awe and respect for someone or something, and you show it by respectfully worshiping that person, thing, deity, or musical group, you are being reverent. Reverent sounds like Reverend(Priest) now think of the feeling most people have for them. We should watch as we'd watch those same reverent biographies: let the story absorb you, transport you and take you under. "If you see your advice being ignored, you should not become disobedient but remain reverent," the sage instructed

edifying

adj : enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read" Synonyms : enlightening Anything edifying is enlightening. Edifying things uplift people intellectually or morally and help them learn. Good literature, art, and music are edifying. The original meaning of edify was "to build," and things that are edifying build up a person, especially in an intellectual or moral way. It's often used in the negative. If you say something is not edifying, you mean that it's unpleasant and unacceptable. Edifying applies to things that help you become a better person. A wise saying is edifying. A powerful documentary is edifying. The words of a good teacher are often edifying. Word definitions are definitely edifying! Edison invented the light bulb which gives light.so edifying is something which "enlightens" "I wanted to honor this idea of public rooms, which are soaring, celebratory and edifying — uplifting," he said. Earlier this month the latest World Expo opened in Milan, on the edifying theme of "feeding the planet."

Entrenched

adj : established(an attitude, habit, or belief) firmly and securely "the entrenched power of the nobility" Synonyms : constituted, established Entrenched things are buried so solidly that they can't move — or just behave like they're firmly lodged in some deep hole. Usually this word refers to views people hold very strongly. Having turkey on Thanksgiving is a tradition that's entrenched in American culture — it's long been established and isn't going anywhere. When you're entrenched, you're being stubborn or consistent, depending on your view. Sounds like entrance. A house entrance is not easily modifiable and establish firmly or entrance exam JEE which can not be changed or replaced It also highlights the challenge facing German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she tries to overturn entrenched suspicion of the pact. But some of the officers' reactions in Seattle show just how hard it might be to change entrenched ideas about what their job involves. For more than a decade, officers assigned to such teams have been responsible for rooting out entrenched areas of disorder

pernicious

adj : exceedingly harmful Synonyms : baneful, deadly, pestilent noxious adj : working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way Synonyms : insidious, subtle, harmful Pernicious means harmful and subtle, such as a poison gas that causes cancer in those exposed to it over the course of years. Pernicious comes from the Latin perniciosus, for destructive, which in turn comes from pernicies, for death or ruin. word can be divided like per+nicious..nicious when pronounced sounds like noxious...so noxious.. ..so something harmful..... A long exposure to less-intense noise, such as a job in a noisy restaurant, can be especially pernicious. Literacy and the written word are coming to an end because of the pernicious influence of computers

pejorative

adj : expressing disapproval Synonyms : dislogistic, dyslogistic, uncomplimentary Call a word or phrase pejorative if it is used as a disapproving expression or a term of abuse. Tree-hugger is a pejorative term for an environmentalist. Coming from the Latin word for "worse," pejorative is both an adjective and a noun. As an adjective, it means disapproving or disparaging. Hack is a pejorative term for a bad writer Pejorative = Pig + Orative, a pig will certainly have bad connotations Owner of a Mitsubishi PAJERO belittles everyone on the road. The slum is inhabited by people who belong to a marginalized Yemeni social class referred to commonly with a pejorative: "the servants." They lamented the pejorative image of Greeks as people who don't want to work.

admonitory

adj : expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective ; serving warm {reproof : An expression of blame or disapproval.} {reproach : Address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment.} Synonyms : admonishing, reproachful, reproving unfavorable, unfavourable Something that's admonitory is meant to correct or scold. If you're caught throwing paper airplanes in class, your teacher will probably give you an admonitory lecture. Use the adjective admonitory to describe something that's done in a warning or reproachful way. Remember MONITOR in class who used to give admonitory gesture and warning other students not to talk. These were both admonitory in tone, and kept me at an intrigued but chilled distance Party officials have paid admonitory visits, and suspended commenting for three days last month in response to proliferating rumors about the Bo Xilai scandal.

ravenous

adj : extremely hungry "a ravenous boy" Synonyms : esurient, famished, sharp-set, starved hungry adj : devouring or craving food in great quantities "ravenous as wolves" Synonyms : edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, voracious, wolfish A ravenous person feels like they haven't eaten in days and could probably finish off 10 pizzas without help. So ravenous is not a good state to be in when you go grocery shopping. Back in the early 15th century, you would have been called ravenous if you were greedy and obsessed with stealing, much like a pirate. Nowadays, it's often used to describe extreme hunger or desire. sounds like RAVAN.. we can understand how hungry one would get to feed his 10 heads. A significant chunk of that debt is owned by individuals, who have had a ravenous appetite for bonds since the crisis. Especially now in the digital age, which is ravenous for content but short on attention spans.

quotidian

adj : found in the ordinary course of events ""there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant" Synonyms : everyday, mundane, routine, unremarkable, workaday, ordinary split it as "quote+indian".QUOTE AN INDIAN every day. Newspapers quote opinions of Indians everyday.. so its a DAILY occurence,customary Images draw from the elite and the quotidian; they also share a commitment to drawing and writing. To insist upon the right words, and to remember that less is more. That great art can be wrought from quotidian life. It does sound quotidian: former lovers in a crowd of Midwesterners barreling toward 40 on cruise control.

impartial

adj : free from undue bias or preconceived opinions "the impartial eye of a scientist" Synonyms : unprejudiced, color-blind, colour-blind, nonracist, adj : showing lack of favoritism "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge" Synonyms : fair, just If you're in a contest you'd better hope the judges are impartial, that is, that they aren't biased toward one competitor over another. When someone's partial to something they take its part. Impartial means no part has yet been taken There are two PARTS. You don't favor either PART. You are imPARTIAL. Let me finish with this: "I refuse to be impartial between the fire brigade and the fire." Attorneys for both sides agreed in court that they did not see any conflicts of interest or risk that Caputo would not be impartial.

guileless

adj : free of deceit Synonyms : transparent,square, straight If you are guileless, you are not a liar; you are innocent, and you might be a touch on the gullible side. "guile" means to decieve guile+less means no deception, only honesty. googly + less It was the type of direct yet guileless question only folks who have not learned to be politically correct could ask. This dramatic tour de force was especially impressive because as a nightclub singer, Ms. Mason is utterly guileless. As you wait for your aura of otherness to wear off, just be warm, be helpful, keep volunteering and be guileless in response to snark.

jovial

adj : full of or showing high-spirited merriment "a jovial old gentleman" Synonyms : gay, jocund, jolly, merry, mirthful joyous Use jovial to describe people who show good humor and are full of joy. Santa Claus, with his constant "ho-ho-hoing" is a jovial figure. Jocose and jocular are similar words, but they refer more to things that actually cause laughter. jovial=jo(joy)+vi(by)+al(all), so jovial means happiness, joyful, merriment Her nature is jovial, and she wants to pass to her grandchildren an appreciation for life's opportunities. He's a jovial young leader haunted by daddy issues, having been called soft by his father for adoring American pop culture.

garrulous

adj : full of trivial conversation Synonyms : chatty, gabby, loquacious, talkative, talky A garrulous person just won't stop talking (and talking, and talking, and talking...). Garrulous comes from the Latin word garrire for "chattering or prattling." If someone is garrulous, he doesn't just like to talk; he indulges in talking for talking's sake — whether or not there's a real conversation going on. "Girls, rule us!" They rule us in their ability to talk non-stop about nonsensical matter... Like most of the narrators in this genre, Mr. Thirlwell's is garrulous and neurotic. A garrulous Southern Californian, he ran marathons, surfed and snowboarded.

inveterate

adj : habitual Synonyms : chronic adv : in a habitual and longstanding manner Synonyms : chronically If you're an inveterate doodler, all your notebooks are covered with drawings. If you're an inveterate golf player, you probably get twitchy if you haven't been out on a course in a week. it simply refers to something that is a signature habit with a person. Unless you're an inveterate gambler, drinker or smoker--in which case you're addicted and we're back to talking about being sick. World war II veterans. veter is a root which means for a long time World war II veterans. veter is a root which means for a long time An honors student, a self-professed "science geek" and an inveterate tinkerer, he developed an early interest in dismantling gadgets to see how they were made.

Querulous

adj : habitually complaining Synonyms : fretful, whiney, whiny,complaining, contemplative Querulous means "having a tendency to complain" or, more directly put, "whiny." Sure, no one can be happy all the time, but that's no excuse for being querulous. Querulous may remind you of the word query, which means "question." However, the two words are not closely related. It's perfectly reasonable to make a query; just don't be querulous if you don't like the answer you get. One who keeps questioning (querying) everything. The second sat close to the flames, feeding them twigs and branches and complaining of the wind in a querulous tone The resulting tone, critics often noted, was that of an opinionated observer, plaintive or querulous, mischievous or melancholy. Lizbeth Mackay, all frizzy hair and querulous tones as the irritating Helen, somehow is able to construe her woeful character sympathetically

taciturn

adj : habitually reserved and uncommunicative Synonyms : incommunicative, uncommunicative not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions concise, expressing much in few words , reticent, untalkative Someone who is taciturn is reserved, not loud and talkative. The word itself refers to the trait of reticence, of seeming aloof and uncommunicative. A taciturn person might be snobby, naturally quiet, or just shy. Having its origin in the Latin tacitus, "silent," taciturn came to be used in mid-18th-century English in the sense "habitually silent." Taxi_turn Taxi Driver will be reserved or uncommunicative while "Driving". The legendarily taciturn Ford, when asked how he was, simply said, "I'm fine", and then, perhaps sensing that was not enough, thanked Hardwick for asking. The engineer is a taciturn, pungent man named Walter Bernd whose pupils are misaligned.

deleterious

adj : harmful to living things "deleterious chemical additives" Synonyms : hurtful, injurious, harmful If something is deleterious, it does harm or makes things worse. Smoking has obvious deleterious effects on your health, not to mention your social life. My parents were worried that their divorce would have a deleterious effect on us kids, but in the end it was less harmful than watching them fight all the time. relate it to DELETE...so you DELETE all the spam mails because they may BE HARMFUL to your PC. Department of Agriculture reported "no deleterious effects on plants, nontarget organisms, or the environment" in field trials. Sen. David Vitter, also has vowed to revisit the law but has accused his rival of exaggerating the new law's deleterious effects on the industry.

acerbic

adj : harsh or corrosive in tone "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose" Synonyms : acerb, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic adj : sour or bitter in taste Synonyms : acerb, astringent If you say something acerbic, or harshly bitter, to someone, it can leave a bitter taste in your own mouth that lingers, and the acerbic, or acidic, words can eat away at the person on the receiving end too Sounds like "Acidic." Lemons have a sour taste and are acidic. Therefore, they are ACERBIC. She brings a down-to-earth, acerbic edge to all of her films and public appearances, while managing to be warm and likeable. The story moves slowly and methodically, tempering the expected — and only fleetingly heartwarming — rapprochement between enemies with a more acerbic outlook about human nature.

cryptic

adj : having a secret or hidden meaning "cryptic writings" Synonyms : cabalistic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline esoteric adj : having a puzzling terseness "a cryptic note" Synonyms : concise Crypt means Secret . . . So Cryptic means something secret . . .Puzzle The question is drafted in cryptic, bureaucratic language and asks you to decide on an economic program that no longer exists Matthew Dick thought of the cryptic way of popping the question to girlfriend Delyth Hughes and persuaded the newspaper to agree Video games depend on obscuring information, presenting players with an obvious goal that must be attained through indirect and often cryptic means.

incisive

adj : having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions "incisive comments" "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang" Synonyms : acute, discriminating, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp perceptive The adjective incisive describes something that is sharp, decisive, and direct. A comment that cuts right to the bone can be just as incisive as an actual knife. The word incisive is rooted in a Latin word that literally means "to cut with a sharp edge." To help you remember the meaning, you can think of the similar word, incisors, which are the teeth that are sharp and cut and tear. The more figurative meaning of describing something that is mentally sharp first appeared in the 1850s. Keen criticism and cutting remarks have been called incisive ever since. incisive can be correlated with our incisor teeth. which is very sharp both in human and animal, and they use it to cut food thus incisive= incisor= cutting INCISIVE= scissor very sharp to cut clear. Is it appropriate to a ballet whose manner has traditionally been — however jazzy or incisive — impersonal and cool? Such a house sits at the heart of Mat Johnson's ribald, incisive novel "Loving Day." Since then, she's transformed herself into the magazine's most incisive commenter on Internet culture.

haughy

adj : having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy "haughty aristocrats" Synonyms : disdainful, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering proud Someone who is haughty is arrogant and full of pride. When you're haughty, you have a big attitude and act like you're better than other people. Haughty sounds like hottie --- Hot girls usually have "ARROGANTLY SUPERIOR AND DISDAINFUL" behaviour towards others. Nehru deserves blame too, though, for example in his haughty dismissal of his rival. While haughty and horrified in all the right moments, she almost always had a smile, amplified by a slightly raised chin

erudite

adj : having or showing profound knowledge "an erudite professor" Synonyms : learned ,scholarly If you call someone erudite, that means they show great learning. After you've earned your second Ph.D., you will be truly erudite. Erudite is from Latin verb erudire, "to teach," which comes from rudis for "raw, unskilled, ignorant" (the source of our word rude). If you bring someone out of a raw state, you educate them, so someone who is erudite is very educated indeed e+RUD(RUDE)+IT+e....now just concentrate on RUDE IT....NOW THINK OF rude IT PROFESSIONAL WHO IS BASICALLY CONSIDERED AS A LEARNED man..or scholarly. Europa have profound knowledge about science Sarah Ferrell, writing about the book for The New York Times, lauded it as "urbane and erudite." He invites the critic's cliché "wonderfully erudite," and earns it, not to mention the even cheaper critical term "provocative," though he earns that, too.

implausible

adj : highly imaginative but unlikely "an implausible explanation" Synonyms : farfetched,unlikely adj : having a quality that provokes disbelief "gave the teacher an implausible excuse" Synonyms : incredible, unbelievable,beyond belief or understanding, improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely Something that's Implausible is farfetched or unlikely. If it's 3pm and you still have to study for three exams and write an essay before midnight, it's implausible that you'll also have time to watch a movie. The adjective implausible breaks down into im, meaning "not," and "plausible," meaning likely. So it simply means "not likely." implausible rhymes with impossible....something that is impossible is unlikely As for Ray himself, well however implausible his survival may or may not be, I'm happy to have him around, as I said. "It is implausible that Congress meant the Act to operate in this manner," the opinion states.

avariciois

adj : immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth Synonyms : covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile acquisitive Someone who is avaricious is greedy or grasping, concerned with gaining wealth. The suggestion is that an avaricious person will do anything to achieve material gain, and it is, in general, not a pleasant attribute. comes from avarice=a+var(war)::in a war evry1 becomes greedy. Away from the avaricious bubble of Hollywood, this year's summer solstice falls on June 21st. Yet the problem of identifying failing, corrupt or avaricious police departments remains. These goods were transported by traders who had to overcome perilous seas, pirates and, most importantly, avaricious rulers.

incorrigible

adj : impervious to correction by punishment {impervious : Not allowing fluid to pass through.} Synonyms : unreformable, unregenerate, uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable, incapable of being controlled or managed Someone incorrigible seems to be beyond correcting, improving, or changing. When you talk about an incorrigible bully, you're saying they're always going to push other people around. (in)corr(gible)==in eligible to be corrected or cant be corrected in(no) + corr(choreographer) : to one there to correct Even now, crouching beneath extinction's alp, she remains tenaciously, incorrigibly herself. The horse had proved fairly useful as a stakes horse, but he was an incorrigible rogue at the starting gate. {rogue : A dishonest or unprincipled man.}

intransigent

adj : impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency" Synonyms : adamant, adamantine, inexorable Intransigent means inflexible, stubborn, entrenched. Argue all you like with an intransigent three-year-old. He will never back down from the position that he wants the lollipop NOW. Trans has to do with movement — think transportation, or a package in transit, i.e. "on the way." The in- of intransigent means "not," so something or someone who is intransigent is not moving. imagine you are going on a trip. the TRANSPORT AGENT is very strict in payment of money. so INTRANSIGENT= transport + agent = very stubborn intransigent = in-'not' + transact => won't do the transaction It seemed certain to make the captors more intransigent and the U.S. government even less willing to act on the families' behalf. A series of disastrous meetings with an intransigent Jinnah soon convinced him that the Muslim League leader was "a psychopathic case," impervious to negotiation.

adamant

adj : impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind" Synonyms : adamantine, inexorable, intransigent If you stubbornly refuse to change your mind about something, you are adamant about it. This word's story begins in ancient Greece, where philosophers spoke about a legendary unbreakable stone or metal they called adamas (literally, "invincible"). adam+ant...adam is comparing with the ant and saying he is hard and inflexible than the ant adam.....adam Gillcrist(aus player)..once start .hitting ball hard it is difficult to change his mind. VanderSloot has also talked to Rubio about the idea; he was adamant about being at the top of the ticket. Hogan was adamant that he would continue working during his treatment, but he also said that Lt.

impudent

adj : improperly forward or bold Synonyms : fresh, impertinent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise,forward adj : marked by casual disrespect Synonyms : flip, insolent, snotty-nosed, disrespectful An impudent person is bold, sassy, and shameless. If you want to get into a fancy nightclub and you tell the bouncer, "Let me in, I'm much more beautiful than all these ugly losers in line," that's impudent behavior. Impudent comes from the Latin combination of im, meaning without, and pudens, meaning shame. We often call someone impudent if they're disrespectful, snotty, or inappropriate in a way that makes someone feel bad "Im" is the prefix meaning "not." "Pudent" sounds like "prudent." So someone who is impudent, is not prudent: he is insulting and rude. Such impudent behaviour, the two men agreed, would never have been accepted in the days when Bin Laden was alive. It turned its terrible fourth head to see and destroy whatever the impudent thing was that dared to tweak its tail. Arsenal played at times as if it would be impudent to trouble the Spaniard.

subversive

adj : in opposition to a civil authority or government Synonyms : insurgent, seditious n : a radical supporter of political or social revolution Synonyms : revolutionary, revolutionist, subverter You might want to call someone subversive if they are sneakily trying to undermine something, from the social structure of your high school to an entire system of government. Note the prefix sub meaning "underneath" with the remainder coming from the Latin vertere "to turn." Think about a subversive as a sneaky kind of revolutionary who tries to turn the system from underneath. Art or literature is considered subversive if it attempts to undermine the morals and traditions of a society. subversive--->reversive--->go against established rule.Revert (to cause downfall) from inside. If it is your aim to remove potentially subversive sex from the American scene, then marriage is always the answer. Ibrahim and like-minded activists denied those in Kulikove Pole had any connection to subversive activities.

harried

adj : troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances "a harried expression" Synonyms : annoyed, harassed, pestered, vexed, troubled Someone who is harried is feeling the stress of being rushed, overworked, or harassed. A harried parent might be exhausted but still have to make 3 dozen cupcakes for school and help with a science project. Harried comes from the verb harry, which itself is from the Middle English word herigan, meaning to pillage, plunder, or make war HARRY potter was alwaz annoyed why voldemort was after him Turns out the only thing funnier than striving for power is the harried attempt to hold on to it. If anything, this resulted in my accomplishing more productive work than today's tired and harried workers.

implacable

adj : incapable of being placated "an implacable enemy" {placated : Make (someone) less angry or hostile} Synonyms : merciless, unmerciful, having or showing no mercy,grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting An implacable person just can't be appeased. If you really offended your best friend and tried every kind of apology but she refused to speak to you again, you could describe her as implacable Sounds like IMPLEASABLE -- some one who cannot be pleased or appeased -- not pacifiable I watched the fireworks from a boat that bobbed gently, susceptible as it was to the eternal, implacable forces of wind and tide. But no matter how strange or ghastly the crime, the voice of the host Phoebe Judge somehow remains implacable and oddly soothing.

irrevocable

adj : incapable of being retracted or revoked ""firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare" Synonyms : irrevokable,sealed If you're on a diet but eat one tiny piece of chocolate, it might start an irrevocable slide into bad eating. Describe something as irrevocable if it cannot be undone or taken back. If you break down irrevocable, you wind up with ir "not," re "back" and vocable from the Latin vocare "to call." not+REWORKABLE..that cannot be reworked A Greek exit would signal very clearly to markets that euro membership was no longer irrevocable. As your assets grow beyond the $5.43 million federal estate tax threshold, you may want to set up an irrevocable trust.

prolific

adj : intellectually productive "a prolific writer" Synonyms : fecund, fertile,productive Someone or something that is prolific is fruitful or highly productive. A prolific songwriter can churn out five hit tunes before breakfast "Production Lifted"--> They produced large amounts of the product = Their production was lifted up in amount = They were PROLIFIC. Production Lifted"--> They produced large amounts of the product = Their production was lifted up in amount = They were PROLIFIC. On a good year, fisheries managers estimate, 75,000 salmon return to the Moy, making it one of Ireland's most prolific salmon rivers.

ostentatious

adj : intended to attract notice and impress others "an ostentatious sable coat" Synonyms : pretentious, flaunty adj : (of a display) tawdry or vulgar Synonyms : pretentious Reach for the adjective ostentatious when you want a flashy way to say — well, "flashy" or "showy." No one wants to be described as ostentatious, a word whose cousins include pretentious, flamboyant, and gaudy. It originates from the Latin word ostentare, "to display" oSTENTATIOUS....read it as Stuntatious....Stunts...you perform stunts to attract attention, showy. sounds like Austin(stone cold steve austin) wwe wrestler .. they always pretend and speak crap to grab attention.. While anti-corruption campaigns have dampened enthusiasm for ostentatious junkets, much of the same social processes continue today in different forms. Some of them post ostentatious pictures and vulgar rants about their exploits on social media.

spurious

adj : intended to deceive "a spurious work of art" Synonyms : inauthentic, unauthentic,counterfeit, imitative adj : plausible but false Something false or inauthentic is spurious. Don't trust spurious ideas and stories. Spurious statements often are lies, just as a spurious coin is a counterfeit coin — a fake. Sounds like "furious". You get furious when you hear spurious arguments. to "spurn" means to reject. So you SPURn anything that is SPURious (false). Here it's the connection, spurious though it is, between formerly slave owning states and the absence of a minimum wage above the Federal level. "Twenty-five people have died and 10 are in a critical condition after they consumed spurious liquor. The toll may go up," he said.

intrepid

adj : invulnerable to fear or intimidation "intrepid pioneers" Synonyms : audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, unfearing Intrepid is just a fancy word for describing a person or action that is bold and brave. Super heroes are intrepid in their struggle for truth, justice and the American way. Some synonyms are fearless, courageous, dauntless, or valiant, but the word intrepid suggests a lack of fear in dealing with something new or unknown. This adjective comes from Latin intrepidus, formed from the prefix in- "not" plus trepidus "alarmed." IN TRAP... you are fearless and confident that you will come out of it. IN TRAP... you are fearless and confident that you will come out of it. These intrepid names will be forever associated with the location, like a space-bound Christopher Columbus. The performers headlined the inaugural Fourth of July Freedom Festival at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, which organizers plan to hold annually.

jubilant

adj : joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success Synonyms : exultant, exulting, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant adj : full of high-spirited delight Synonyms : elated, gleeful, joyful If you were the quarterback that threw the touchdown pass that won the Super Bowl, you would be jubilant: filled with joy. When you feel jubilant, you're full of extreme happiness. Usually people are jubilant after great victories, whether in sports, politics, or life. I sing JUBY-DUBY-JUBY-DUBY whenever i am extremely joyful. While jubilant Greeks celebrated their national gesture of defiance late into the night, there was gloom in Brussels. Conceiving was easy, and she and her partner quickly shared the good news with their jubilant friends.

poignant

adj : keenly distressing to the mind or feelings "poignant anxiety" Synonyms : painful adj : arousing affect "poignant grief cannot endure forever" Synonyms : affecting, touching Something that is poignant touches you deeply. Watching a poignant YouTube video about baby penguins chasing their mothers, for example, might give you a lump in your throat sounds like "pregnant", think what the situation where your GF got pregnant. But she also left a poignant note about the abuse she encountered from the keyboards of Reddit users. His bleakly poignant portrayal and fearsome singing altered the public perception of the role.

craven

adj : lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful "the craven fellow turned and ran" "a craven proposal to raise the white flag" Synonyms : recreant, cowardly, fearful n : an abject coward Synonyms : poltroon, recreant Type of : coward A craven man is no Superman or Spiderman, nor is he a firefighter or a soldier. A craven man is the opposite of those guys: he has not an ounce of courage. called the Cravenly Lion, but that didn't sound quite right. Use craven as you would cowardly. A craven leader is scared to lead, while a craven gymnast stays on the mat and avoids the balance beam. You can also use the word to describe other things, besides humans. c-raven -- is the opposite of 'brave'. I think it's so easy to mess with the Minions because they seem almost cravenly devised by the movie studio gods to make kids happy. Cravens, a junior, made a team-best 17 tackles for losses, including five sacks, in his first season as a linebacker in 2014

myopic

adj : lacking foresight or scope "myopic thinking" Synonyms : short, shortsighted, unforesightful, improvident Myopic is an adjective meaning shortsighted in every sense. Whether you need glasses or a new attitude, if you can't see the forest for the trees, you're myopic. With My Opaque lenses I will be short sighted my need optics because my vision is blur This trend is a direct consequence of ObamaCare, reflecting the naïveté of its architects and the fulfillment of their myopic vision. In a world economy increasingly polarized between the U.S. and China, it is myopic for Europe not to seek even closer integration.

incongruous

adj : lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness "a plan incongruous with reason" "incongruous behavior" "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation" Synonyms : discrepant, inconsistent,inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping, inharmonious, ironic, ironical Something that's incongruous is inconsistent or incompatible with something else. Remember that Sesame Street song "One of these things is not like the other"? They were talking about that one thing being incongruous. In+Congress gov there were no harmony or compatibility There's also an incongruous filmmaking scheme of long takes, deep and wide framing, and head-on compositions for conversations. At the other extreme is Vietnam, the only Communist country in the group and perhaps its most incongruous member.

bumbling

adj : lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands "a bumbling mechanic" Synonyms : bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed Remember b**bs has lack of movement To his credit, Hoffman describes the drab reality of most espionage work: long waits, endless paperwork, bumbling bureaucracy and often shoddy equipment This weekend they lost manager Ryne Sandberg, who could not concoct a remedy for their bumbling, losing ways and stepped down unexpectedly Friday.

gauche

adj : lacking social polish "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate" "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche" Synonyms : graceless, unpolished,inelegant Use the word gauche when you want to call something tacky, graceless, tactless, rude, boorish, or awkward and foolish. Have you just pointed out someone's misuse of this word? Oh dear, how gauche! Gauche was used for a long time to refer to things that were just so wrong, it almost hurt to talk about them, like publicly asking someone why they don't like you. Ghochu Related: Broadway theater-goer jumps on stage to charge phone - in fake outlet Social media has predictably latched on to the gauche moment. American wine consumers have learned that sweet wine is the ultimate in un-cool, the epitome of gauche; no one drinks sweet wine, do they?

languid

adj : lacking spirit or liveliness "a languid mood" Synonyms : dreamy, lackadaisical, languorous,lethargic, unenrgetic i will always be studying a book called "LAN guide" with less spirit... because i am least interested in lan.. shopping lingiry for GF is boaring for mens Describe a slow-moving river or a weak breeze or a listless manner with the slightly poetic adjective, languid. The pace at Singh's Sporting Goods is as languid as a cricket match — some of which can last for five days. The relatively languid step-by-step preparation of patients in the emergency room was transformed. His solution, in part, is to layer the sound, combining long, languid lines with busier ones laid on top of, or bubbling under, the surface.

pedestrain

adj : lacking wit or imagination "a pedestrian movie plot" Synonyms : earthbound, prosaic, prosy If someone calls your new poem pedestrian, they mean it's dull. If you want to impress your friends while also making them feel worthless, mutter "these people are SO pedestrian," at a party, loud enough for everyone to hear. Cancio wanted a hamburger, so we drove to Lincoln Road Mall, an upscale pedestrian shopping strip. Terrance Trent is accused of recklessly driving his truck into a school bus that then hit the two pedestrians on Dec. 12.

contingent

n : a gathering of persons representative of some larger group "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics" Type of :assemblage, gathering adj : determined by conditions or circumstances that follow "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" Synonyms : contingent on, contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on remember continent and small continent depend on others CONTINGENT=>CONTESTANTs from different countries appeared in Olympics But many of those pitches are contingent on Metro extending the Silver Line "There's always going to be a contingent of people who do not support same-sex marriage, and they're going to fight it," Loftus said.

copious

adj : large in number or quantity (especially of discourse) "she took copious notes" Synonyms : voluminous, abundant adj : affording an abundant supply "copious provisions" Synonyms : ample, plenteous, plentiful, rich, abundant, If you have a copious amount of something, you have a lot of it. Copious comes from the Latin copia, meaning "abundance." You can use copious for something quantitative, like your copious admirers, or for something qualitative, like the copious gratitude you feel for your admirers By copying in an exam, some get a LOT of marks Of course, such froth generally didn't include copious references to the Holocaust and grave considerations of the ethics of surrogate motherhood. Initially it would be provided with baseball bats and copious quantities of red ink to discipline recalcitrant governments.

ephemeral

adj : lasting a very short time "the ephemeral joys of childhood" Synonyms : fugacious, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, impermanent, temporary Something that is fleeting or short-lived is ephemeral, like a fly that lives for one day or text messages flitting from cellphone to cellphone. Ephemeral (ə-FEM-ər-əl) was originally a medical term with the specific meaning "lasting only one day," as a fever or sickness (Hemera means "day" in Greek.) The word became more general, coming to mean "lasting a short time," covering the life spans of plants or insects and then eventually anything that is fleeting or transitory sounds like e-funeral. Electric funeral is SHORT elephant+marela hai..he lived short! :| Instead, the illuminated object and its ephemeral shadow sit on a plane of color — sit, that is, on the surface of the photograph. And he was attempting to show that "ephemeral media" had a powerful role to play in modern communications. Every city is a mix of the permanent and the ephemeral, infrastructure and human interaction, buildings and green oases.

transient

adj : lasting a very short time "youth's transient beauty" Synonyms : ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transitory, impermanent, temporary n : one who stays for only a short time "transient laborers" Type of : traveler, traveller Use the adjective transient to describe something that always changes or moves around, like how a teenage girl can have a temporary crush on one boy one week and another boy the next week. They do this by temporarily fixing carbon in a transient pool of mostly malic acid. As the 20th century opened and Americans grew ever more transient, hotels became a centerpiece for concern about vice crimes.

tempered

adj : made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment "a sword of tempered steel" "tempered glass" Synonyms : hardened, toughened, treated curable adj : adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element Nevertheless, the last-minute deal is cause for tempered celebration because all of the alternatives were worse. The police were out in full force, although Syriza had run on the promise that the presence of riot police would be tempered.

Pedantic

adj : marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects Synonyms : academic, donnish There's nothing wrong with focusing on the details, but someone who is pedantic makes a big display of knowing obscure facts and details. Can u smell the word 'PANDIT'( "Scholar" in english) from "Pedantic"? PANDITs are usually very strict about the bookish stuff. Spotlighting the process by which artworks are made can be pedantic, but not in this witty show. It seems like a pedantic point, but one that could offer an insight into the manoeuvring inside the higher reaches of government.

insolent

adj : marked by casual disrespect Synonyms : flip, impudent, snotty-nosed adj : unrestrained by convention or propriety ""the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell" Synonyms : audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced sounds like insult-ent => A person who insults evryone is UNRESTRAINED, IMPRUDENT AND SHAMELESS It was part of an insolent question posed to the eponymous hero of "The Idiot." Richards exhibited "slurred speech and belligerent, insolent behavior, cursing at the officers and passively resisted arrest," Hoshino said.

Meticulous

adj : marked by extreme care in treatment of details "a meticulous craftsman" Synonyms : fastidious adj marked by precise accordance with details "meticulous research" Synonyms : punctilious, precise Meticulous:Met(Meet)+ICU(hospitals intensive care unit),so whenever u met any person in ICU u need to be very/extremely careful about his health,......etc Prosecutors say he is a methodical mass killer who hid meticulous preparations for the attack on a Denver area multiplex A robust cyber security insurance policy can be tricky to procure, even for the most meticulous wealth management firms. Aside from meticulous mental and physical preparation, Scherzer has mastered a fierce delivery and command of his pitches, which took time.

Vehement

adj : marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid "vehement dislike" Synonyms : fierce, tearing, trigger-happy, violent adj : characterized by great force or energy You can use the adjective vehement to describe an extremely strong, powerful, or intense emotion or force. The teenager argued for a much later curfew in a vehement speech to her parents; her parents responded with an equally vehement "No way!" Vehement resembles cement i.e. strong, forceful (cement expands inwards with immense pressure and force) vehement == cement In response to vehement opposition that board members received via e-mail, the board appeared prepared to delay voting on the issue until July. I couldn't help but think of Nixon's words when I read the vehement — even venomous — dissent to Friday's Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage.

efficacious

adj : marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect ""written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley" Synonyms : effective, effectual adj : producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect "an efficacious law" Synonyms : effective, effectual, hard-hitting, trenchant When you really want to do something right, really nail it, really get at what you were going for — you're trying to be efficacious, or produce the effect you intended. The word efficacious is made up of the Latin efficere meaning "accomplish" and the suffix -ious meaning "full of." Something that's efficacious is full of accomplishment. An efficacious medicine is one that cures you of the ailment you had. having a striking effect is the meaning... "eff" is common i.e., it causes an effect.. "cacious" sounds similar to "cautious".. why are you cautious.. because the effect is striking.. so the meaning is striking effect A more efficacious approach is to develop detailed analyses of their networks, including second and third degree relationships. "Statin therapy along with maintaining a healthy blood pressure are two of the most efficacious and cost effective ways to prevent strokes," Fonarow said.

obscure

adj : not clearly understood or expressed "an obscure turn of phrase" adj : marked by difficulty of style or expression "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure" adj : not drawing attention "an obscure flaw" adj : not famous or acclaimed "an obscure family" v : make unclear, indistinct, or blurred make less visible or unclear make obscure or unclear Synonyms : blur, confuse, obnubilate, confound, confuse adj : remote and separate physically or socially "an obscure village" Synonyms : apart, isolated 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= OBSession + CURE == Many psychiatrists believe that Obsession's cure is still UNKNOWN / UNCLEAR... obs sounds like boobs -in the movie cure boobs are shown in a hazy manner not clear The victory catapulted Haley from a relatively obscure name in politics to national prominence. The desperate need for a celebrity factor in a news piece can often obscure what the actual story is. It was day two of the biennial International Submarine Races, the Olympic Games of the obscure and somewhat geeky sport of human-powered sub racing.

inimical

adj : not friendly "an inimical critic" Synonyms : unfriendly, hostile Censorship is inimical to freedom. So, most teenagers would argue, are curfews. To be inimical is to be harmful, antagonistic, or opposed to — like smoking two packs a day is to healthy lungs. Inimical comes from the Latin word inimicus, meaning "enemy." It suggests acting like someone's enemy--being adverse, damaging, or downright hostile. inimi=enemy, and enemies cause damage. So inimical means something damaging. It has the euro - a foreign currency fully administered by a creditor inimical to restructuring our nation's unsustainable debt. "Explicit reward and punishment are inimical to the creative process" and will backfire on managers.

largess

n : a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously Synonyms : largesse largess=Large+S+S==> Large Social Service. that is Gift to society. But instead of questioning ourselves, we too often look to symbolic acts, milestones and imagery to support the idea of our racial largess. She works, so she is not entirely dependent on her husband's largess, but she still has to ask for that bag as a gift.

frivolous

adj : not serious in content or attitude or behavior a frivolous novel" "a frivolous remark" "a frivolous young woman" Synonyms : superficial ,airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly lacking seriousness; given to frivolity flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, flippant, light-minded showing inappropriate levity Frivolous things are silly or unnecessary. If something is frivolous, then you don't need it. Frivolous things are goofy, useless, or just plain dumb. The word is often used to describe lawsuits. A frivolous lawsuit has no value and will be a waste of the court's time, like someone suing McDonald's for making the coffee too hot (which actually happened). If someone is frivolous, that person shouldn't be taken seriously because he's always fooling around and never gets anything done. Frivolous is pretty much the opposite of essential. Fri-vo-lous ~Free - If something is free, u dont take it seriously, you think oh they are giving it for free coz its not that important stuff.. or not the stuff in demand.. or not the stuff taken seriously by public.. Finally, medical liability reform is necessary to keep frivolous lawsuits from driving up the cost of health insurance for everyone. Figure skating is often portrayed as frivolous and effeminate, somehow less substantive than more combative games, like football or hockey. In "Carnival Ball," an almost frivolous sense of elegance, perfectly executed, is belied by sheer simplicity.

immutable

adj : not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature "the view of that time was that all species were immutable, created by God" Synonyms : changeless mutation implies changes in genes etc. Therefore, it is im(non) + mutable ie cannot change If you can't change it, it's immutable. There are many things in life that are immutable; these unchangeable things include death, taxes, and the laws of physics It is an immutable law of economics that the rich have to keep getting richer, otherwise the whole system collapses and then what happens? In a book, as in real life, emotions are clearly not the immutable, charming caricatures that they are in this movie. So, in this mixing bowl of mass-transit transience, the skylight subtly conveys the presence of an immutable reality

inexorable

adj : not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty" Synonyms : grim, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting, implacable adj : impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason Synonyms : adamant, adamantine, intransigent,inflexible When a person is inexorable, they're stubborn. When a thing or process is inexorable, it can't be stopped. This is a word for people and things that will not change direction. An inexorable person is hard-headed and cannot be convinced to change their mind, no matter what. You can also say that a process, like the progress of a deadly illness, is inexorable because it can't be stopped. A speeding train with no brakes is inexorable; it's not stopping till it crashes. When you see the word inexorable, think "No one's stopping that." in(not)+exhort(means to pressurize):that means a person who is inexorable cant be pressurised;he will not yield There's something inexorable about cultural momentum; it doesn't gather easily, but when it does, it's difficult to stop. The Turkish election has global importance because it challenges what had seemed, until recently, the inexorable rise of nationalist strongmen and authoritarian parties. It is the inevitable and inexorable result of the industrialization of everything from cloth making to food service, now extended to health care.

opaque

adj : not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight "opaque windows of the jail" "opaque to X-rays" adj : not clearly understood or expressed Synonyms : unintelligible, incomprehensible, uncomprehensible OP(opposite) and AQUE(aqua)-- opposite of water -- means not transparent. Use the adjective opaque either for something that doesn't allow light to pass through (like a heavy curtain) or for something difficult to understand (like bureaucratic gobbledygook). The colors we see for opaque objects come about because the molecules used to color them absorb particular colors more efficiently. In its report, Glass Lewis called the merger process short and opaque and said the deal had "questionable strategic merits."

fortuitous

adj : occurring by happy chance "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials" Synonyms : fortunate adj : having no cause or apparent cause Synonyms : causeless, uncaused , unintended Fortuitous means by chance, like a lucky accident. If you and your best friend's families happen to go on vacation to the same place at the same time, that's a fortuitous coincidence Something fortuitous is random like an accident, but there's no downside. A rock falling on your head is an accident, dollar bills falling on your head is fortuitous. The meaning of fortuitous is changing from "happening by chance" to "lucky chance" because people get it mixed up with fortunate. But watch out: If you say fortuitous to mean just plain lucky without the element of chance -- that's a usage error. equivalent to fortune............. fortune isn't destined to occur it is accidental Everyone doesnot get a happy chance for joining tutions..those who get it are fortuitous "It was very fortuitous that Jeremy was such a charming, lovely guy. By local authorities' own admission, it was the fortuitous act of a bystander with a smartphone that led to murder charges against Mr. Slager Other states like North Dakota have benefited from the fortuitous exploitation of abundant raw materials, primarily oil and gas

austere

adj : of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect "an austere expression" Synonyms : stern, nonindulgent, strict adj : practicing great self-denial Synonyms : ascetic, ascetical, spartan, abstemious adj : severely simple The adjective austere is used to describe something or someone stern or without any decoration. You wouldn't want someone to describe you or your home as austere. Austere is not usually a positive word because it means that a person or a thing isn't pleasurable. AUS-australia TERE-tear(sorrow). like the recent beatings of Australians in INDIA. so one should deny oneself from going there remember austin? I mean STONE COLD steve austin. he was harsh , severe and stern Life for foreign students on the Khartoum university's sweeping campus is austere by western standards. Because today's Budget is massively less austere than the one forged with them in March, just before the election.

inscrutable

adj : of an obscure nature "the inscrutable workings of Providence" Synonyms : cryptic, cryptical, deep, mysterious, mystifying incomprehensible, inexplicable Any person or thing that's mysterious, mystifying, hard to read, or impossible to interpret is inscrutable. You ever notice how it's hard to tell what some people are thinking? Those folks are inscrutable. A good way to think about what inscrutable means is to consider cats and dogs. you cant SCRU(screw) a TABLE b'coz you can't have a penetration... may b b'coz it doesn't have a hole(a place to peek into) When he talks about combat, his eyes grow dark and inscrutable. In any event, remaining inscrutable may benefit Palantir in other ways.

dogmatic

adj : of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative Someone who is dogmatic has arrogant attitudes based on unproved theories. If you dogmatically assert that the moon is made of green cheese, you'll just get laughed at. The most basic definition of the adjective dogmatic is that it is related to dogma — doctrines relating to morals and faith — but what it has come to mean is attitudes that are not only based on unproved theories but are also arrogant in nature. The root of dogmatic is the Greek word dogmatikos. A synonym of dogmatic is "dictatorial" and because there are religious associations to the root word dogma, someone who is dogmatic tends to "pontificate." If you try to read "dogmatic" from back to front, you will get "i am god". the person who think that he is a god is arrogant and stubborn Dog+matic..... Dogs once chase you, they will not leave you, until bits you!!! Ministers said they would consider the suggestions, but the industry accused campaigners of a "dogmatic, un-evidenced" attack. Close-minded people are very certain and dogmatic in their views, and generally believe that there is a single correct point of view! Scientists can be as dogmatic as anyone else — but their dogma is always wilting in the hot glare of new research

specious

adj : plausible but false "a specious claim" Synonyms : spurious, false adj : based on pretense; deceptively pleasing Synonyms :gilded, meretricious Use specious to describe an argument that seems to be good, correct, or logical, but is not so. We live on the earth, therefore the earth must be the center of the universe has been proven to be a specious theory of the solar system. Specious is pronounced "SPEE-shuhs." Something that is specious is attractive in a deceptive way, and if you follow the word's etymology, you'll see why. It sounds like 'suspicious'. "The argument about affordable housing is totally specious," he said in an interview. asked her whether this case is a serious one, or a "specious" "nonsensical" case, as some federal appellate judges have characterized

ascetic

adj : practicing great self-denial ""Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James" Synonyms : ascetical, austere, spartan Want to live an ascetic lifestyle? Then you better ditch the flat panel TV and fuzzy slippers. To be ascetic, you learn to live without; it's all about self-denial. Ascetic is derived from the Greek asketes, meaning "monk," or "hermit." Later that became asketikos, meaning "rigorously self-disciplined," which gives us the Modern English ascetic. ASS+SEPTIC(infected)....a person who has got highly SEPTIC ASS will be a ASCETIC.......he cannot live a normal life.... Most will spend it in a state of perpetual exhaustion, as near ascetics with regard to family, friends and other pleasures. I can be social and go to parties without facing mockery and looks of confusion from those who assume my lifestyle is ascetic and Puritanical "I don't always drink alcohol, despite my reputation. I live for life and living makes me drunk. I'm totally ascetic at the moment."

sporadic

adj : recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids" Synonyms : fitful, spasmodic, intermittent, occasional, periodic,irregular, unpredictable,isolated, stray, discontinuous, noncontinuous,infrequent Sporadic is an adjective that you can use to refer to something that happens or appears often, but not constantly or regularly. The mailman comes every day but the plumber visits are sporadic--he comes as needed. A specialized use of sporadic is to describe a disease that appears only occasionally in random cases, and is therefore not an epidemic. Take the first half of the word, i.e SPOR which sounds like pores. Pimples which OCCUR IRREGULARLY create pores in the skin. sparo cards : - cards are drawn recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances Spending on two methods remained largely unchanged — the ring and the patch — a pattern some experts attributed to that sporadic coverage. Supervision of the town's 23 tailings sites—dumps containing the hazardous leftovers—became sporadic.

germane

adj : relevant and appropriate Synonyms : relevant Germane means relevant; it fits in. If you are giving a speech on dog training, stick to the germane, canine stuff. Topics that would not be germane? Catnip toys, hamster wheels, and the use of a saddle. You can thank Shakespeare for the modern meaning of the adjective germane. The word originally referred to people who have the same parents. Shakespeare added the word's figurative meaning of objects being closely related or relevant when he used it in the play Hamlet. germane...very close to word ..germany..so if you want TO learn GERMAN LANGUAGE....I GUESS A GERMAN teacher would be APPROPRIATE.

Reticent

adj : reluctant to draw attention to yourself Synonyms : retiring, self-effacing, unassertive adj : temperamentally disinclined to talk Synonyms : untalkative, taciturn Reticent means either quiet or restrained. If you're reticent about your feelings, you like to keep them to yourself, and you're probably quiet in rowdy groups where everyone is talking over each other. The original meaning of reticent describes someone who doesn't like to talk. Be careful in your context, however. Reticent can refer to someone who is restrained and formal, but it can also refer to someone who doesn't want to draw attention to herself or who prefers seclusion to other people. Don't confuse reticent with reluctant, which means unwilling. Cent (Saint) is stereotypically reluctant to speak or draw attention to themselves. REHTA+SHANT....shant rehne waal i.e a person who doesn't talk or who is reserved in speech.... These private comments were more often far more expressive than those his reticent public persona allowed. Rowling was reticent about sharing too many details in her Twitter announcement Bush was also reticent to discuss race when a reporter at the Huffington Post asked him if the shooting was racially motivated.

hackneyed

adj : repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse "hackneyed phrases" Synonyms : banal, commonplace, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn Hackneyed is a word for language that doesn't pack a punch since it's overused and trite. "Roses are red, violets are..." — enough already?! That's hackneyed stuff. concentrate on hack !!! once a hacker is ALWAYS a hacker.. he overuses his techniques. hackneyed = Heineken Beer = drinking heineken every day Replace hackneyed expressions like "strong team player" and "possess organizational skills" with strong, active verbs that demonstrate results The hackneyed but good example is that if a dog bites a man it's not a story - dogs do that quite often.

trite

adj : repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" Synonyms : banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, well-worn When you want to indicate that something is silly or overused, you would call it trite. A love song with lyrics about holding hands in the sunshine? Totally trite. When you want to indicate that something is silly or overused, you would call it trite. A love song with lyrics about holding hands in the sunshine? Totally trite. When you want to indicate that something is silly or overused, you would call it trite. A love song with lyrics about holding hands in the sunshine? Totally trite. The governor would often deploy an "indeed" when trying to rescue a trite phrase, as in "we're indeed mortgaging our children's future."

delineate

adj : represented accurately or precisely Synonyms : delineated, represented, depicted, pictured, portrayed,described,diagrammatic, diagrammatical V : show the form or outline of Synonyms : define Though you pronounce it duh-LIN-ee-ate, there is a "line" in the middle of delineate. This might help you remember that to delineate is to outline and define something in detail or with an actual marking of lines and boundaries. When you create an outline for a paper it usually summarizes what you will detail later. Delineate = (Diligently and neatly) portrayed painting De(tail)+ Line : shows detail, accurate details Then give delineated sections for each of the positions, with dates for the particular position underneath. The prints, not noticeable to the naked eye, registered on film; indeed, the delineating glare of a flashbulb had revealed their presence with superb exactness.

arcane

adj : requiring secret or mysterious knowledge "the arcane science of dowsing" Synonyms : esoteric Something arcane is understood or known by only a few people. Almost everyone knows the basics of baseball, but only an elite few possess the arcane knowledge of its history that marks the true fan. A near synonym is esoteric, as in remote information or knowledge. Experts in academic fields often show off the depth of their knowledge by mentioning some arcane and esoteric fact as if it was common for everyone to know. improvising the first mnemonic.., Ar + Kane - Kane's face always remains secret, as he uses a mask. As a corporate conference venue, London's ExCeL Centre is regularly overwhelmed by besuited executives dealing in arcane business jargon A review by his office concerns an arcane payment method known as PON1, ostensibly used to make payments for "special, non-procurement expenditures," Mr. Stringer wrote.

furtive

adj : secret and sly or sordid "furtive behavior" Synonyms : backstair, backstairs, covert adj ; marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed "a furtive manner" Synonyms : sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious concealed If you're looking for a formal adjective to describe something sly or secret, sneak in furtive. Let's hope the teacher doesn't see your furtive attempts to pass notes in class! The adjective, furtive, is related to fūrtum, the Latin word for theft or robbery. This is apparent as the expressions "to give someone a furtive glance" and "to steal a glance at someone" mean the same thing. One who is FARTive has to expel farts stealthily A: You found a good solution for your mother's furtive abuse: keeping 3,000 miles between you. Equally, no one can say whether the furtive X-37B plane is part of an offensive or defensive counterspace capability for the United States.

eclectic

adj : selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas She listens to hip-hop, Gregorian chant, and folk music from the '60s. He's been seen wearing a handmade tuxedo jacket over a thrift-store flannel shirt. They both have eclectic tastes eclectic or elect means, chosing the best from many sources which is the meaning of the word eclectic The dank, dingy rooms housed an eclectic collection of students, both male and female. It was an eclectic mix of styles in Agnes B.'s creative pot Sunday. "There's a very eclectic mix of businesses. Unfortunately, there's a few that have gone out of business and some vacancies here and there."

exacting

adj : severe and unremitting in making demands "an exacting instructor" Synonyms : stern, strict,demanding adj : requiring precise accuracy "an exacting job" An exacting person expects things to be, well, exact. For this reason, demanding is a good synonym. Friends who are exacting might let you have it if you show up a minute or two late. Exacting.....he wants thing too be too exact and precise...hence he is making great demands!!!! The snow drought, so far, isn't exacting the same severe consequences as the California drought. They are exacting and exhaustive, full of protocols and standards that might seem pretentious, even strange.

antithetical

adj : sharply contrasted in character or purpose "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs" Synonyms : antithetic, different Something is antithetical when it is in complete and utter opposition to the character of something. If you're a vegetarian, eating giant T-bone steaks is antithetical to your beliefs. You'll find that antithetical is a useful word when you're trying to express an extreme contrast. If someone is trying to convince you to do something you don't believe in, or to allow an organization you're involved with to adopt measures you are strongly against, you can use antithetical anti-against and thetical-theory for purpose These enforced work shifts also interrupt learning and create a kind of clock-watching mentality that is antithetical to the ideals of doctoring. The result would be bigger deficits, which are antithetical to a Republican article of faith: Short-term budget shortfalls are dangerous.

sullen

adj : showing a brooding ill humor "a sullen crowd" Synonyms : dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour A bad-tempered or gloomy person is sullen. Sullen people are down in the dumps. If someone is dark, dour, glum, moody, morose, or sour, they're also sullen. Teenagers are often described as sullen, especially when they're being grumpy and silent. Your face is SWOLLEN ( by some insect bite ) and so you feel SULLEN Suren Sh**la vey boring ill humour Lawyers who knew him as a congenial and adroit trial lawyer said that in recent years he had become sullen and solitary. Farther South, observations of the day ranged from full-scale celebration to sullen indifference.

deferential

adj : showing deference Synonyms : deferent, regardful respectful When a young person shows respect and obedience to an older person, they're being deferential to the elder's wisdom and experience. To be obedient, courteous, or dutiful are all ways of being deferential. Bowing low to the Queen is a deferential act when visiting Buckingham Palace. On sports teams, rookies are usually deferential to the veterans and star players, while all players should be deferential to the coach. All employees are expected to be at least a little deferential to their bosses. Being deferential shows respect, but also means "I know my place, and it's lower than yours. Since deferential equations are difficult to solve, people stupid at math do not attempt them because they respect their difficulty....and probably have a life.... Russell was deferential to Kobe Bryant, hoping the old veteran would stick around awhile, perhaps beyond the one year left on his contract Apple is the world's largest music retailer, so Swift was extremely deferential in her open letter yesterday. Male managers are increasingly embracing a collaborative approach to leadership, as they adapt to a society that has become less deferential.

Apathetic

adj : showing little or no emotion or animation "a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older" Synonyms : spiritless adj : marked by a lack of interest Synonyms : indifferent, uninterested Apathetic is an adjective that describes the feeling of being bored with what's going on around you. If you don't care one way or another, you're apathetic. The Greek word pathos describes a type of emotional suffering that afflicts people who are super sensitive to their environment. Pathos is a root word of apathetic, but the prefix a- turns it into the opposite: emotional boredom, insensitivity, and a lack of enthusiasm. Maybe you feel apathetic because nothing around you stirs your interest, or maybe it's because you need some coffee. Apathetic is a pathetic cosmetic. when applied on face , ur face will be without emotions and without interest. You'd have these chairs that were just completely apathetic; they just gave up on being chairs and they're lying on the couch. It is not that citizens are apathetic but that information is lacking. His stand-in is an apathetic Daniel Brühl, playing Thomas, a depressed filmmaker with a damaged ego and backers who are patiently awaiting a true-crime thriller.

diffident

adj : showing modest reserve {reserved : slow to reveal emotion or opinions.} Synonyms : reserved adj : lacking self-confidence Synonyms : shy, timid, unsure The adjective diffident describes someone who is shy and lacking in self-confidence. If you are shy and have a diffident manner, you should probably not choose one of these professions: substitute teacher, stand-up comic, or lion-tamer. Diffident can describe someone who is reserved and restrained. Some may mistake your diffident manner for coolness or aloofness. Although it may be in your nature to be diffident, you will find it impossible to remain so when you visit my family. diffident = difficult to be confident Friends described him as charming and diffident, a bit socially awkward, a little quiet, with scant trace of the arrogance of his youth It's hard to remember an epic protagonist who makes a more diffident entrance or whose face so resists illumination. His manner is diffident and reserved, but the music-making is intense, full of character and rendered on the highest technical level

economical

adj : sing the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness "a modern economical heating system" "an economical use of her time" Synonyms : economic adj : avoiding waste "an economical meal" "an economical shopper" Synonyms : frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting thrifty Someone who is economical avoids wasting things, like money or food. So if someone sees you wrapping up a bite of food that could be part of tomorrow's lunch, don't let him call you "cheap." Tell him you are economical. The adjective economical often describes someone who is frugal with money, but the word can apply to those who avoid wasting resources of any kind. An economical speaker, for example, avoids wasting words and doesn't talk any more than is absolutely necessary. If you can do without, it's more economical to choose a place that's a bit away from the beach. Automakers have greatly improved gas mileage in recent years and offer a wider range of economical gasoline models.

soporific

adj : sleep inducing Synonyms : hypnagogic, hypnogogic, somniferous, somnific, soporiferous adj : inducing mental lethargy Synonyms : narcotic, soporiferous Something that is soporific is sleep-inducing. Certain medicines, but also extreme coziness, can have a soporific effect. (in hindi) 100(soo) puri kha kar I felt soporific. Thereafter his mood drooped in keeping with the soporific conditions, until a brief rally in the third set. A small town can be sleepy, but the mystery that binds its residents shouldn't also be soporific.

prodigious

adj : so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe "a prodigious storm" Synonyms : colossal, stupendous, big, large adj : far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree "the young Mozart's prodigious talents" Synonyms : exceeding, exceptional, olympian, surpassing extraordinary adj : of momentous or ominous significance "a prodigious vision" Synonyms : portentous Something exceptional, substantial, or great is prodigious. A blizzard includes prodigious wind and snow. A prodigious writer is one who can write a lot and do it well. Prodigious is a word for things that are impressive. If you have prodigious strength, you're very strong. If your cat had a prodigious litter of kittens, then you've got a houseful of kittens. The root PRO- means 'in favor of'.The root DIGI- (e.g., digit) refers to numbers or quantity. So, PRODIGIOUS refers to a favorable (or great) number. pro+Dj=> professional DJ is extra ordinary After all, this is an era of introductions, not curtain calls, of prodigious new talents, not fading 3,000th-hit-quest old ones. A byproduct of a tech utopia will be a prodigious amount of data collected on the inhabitants.

refractory

adj : stubbornly resistant to authority or control "a refractory child" Synonyms : fractious, recalcitrant,disobedient Imagine yourself pulling a dog who doesn't want to walk. The dog is refractory, or stubbornly resisting your authority. refractory--means factor ,who always factors the law into piece,means don't follow the law. Also relevant for Israeli security policy is the insistently refractory and possibly interpenetrating issue of Palestinian statehood. Most of my patients eventually have the same outcome as her, with a refractory leukemia and no effective drugs

tenacious

adj : stubbornly unyielding {unyielding : (of a mass or structure) not giving way to pressure; hard or solid.} Synonyms : dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, unyielding,obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate adj : sticking together Use tenacious to mean "not easily letting go or giving up," like a clingy child who has a tenacious grip on his mother's hand. A strong grip or an unyielding advocate might both be described as tenacious, a word whose synonyms include resolute, firm, and persistent. The word comes from the Latin root tenax, which means "holding fast." The basketball commentator Marv Albert, impressed by a defender's skill, once uttered the sound bite, "That's some tenacious defence Sounds like ten Asians. Ten developing Asian countries if united together, can not be pulled apart. Tenax Boll has strong grip and rubber is unyeilding Beverley gives the Rockets a tenacious defender at point guard who was sorely missed when he went down with a wrist injury But in the words of his robotics teacher and his mother, Adrian has a tenacious work ethic and reads books on physics for fun. "He was a great negotiator, very tenacious. Sooner or later you would be able to see what he was seeing."

treacherous

adj : tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character Synonyms : perfidious, punic, unfaithful adj : dangerously unstable and unpredictable Treacherous means either not trusted or dangerous. A treacherous road might be icy or otherwise likely to cause a car accident. A treacherous friend will betray you well..... treacherous sounds like "treasure"........ so a person who is willing to do anything to find the treasure ---- including deceiving smone, losing trust,etc could be treacherous!!! Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, were too treacherous to explore due to unseasonably warm weather. Online ad-spending is shifting to mobile from desktop, and the sheer speed of that change makes it treacherous for publishers.

timorous

adj : timid by nature or revealing timidity "timorous little mouse" "in a timorous tone" {timid : Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened} Synonyms : fearful, trepid, timid A timorous person is timid or shy, like your timorous friend who likes to hang out with close pals but gets nervous around big groups of new people. The adjective timorous is actually the Latin word for "fearful." But timorous is a specific kind of fearfulness — the kind that strikes people before giving a speech, or walking into a crowded place where people are socializing. sounds like TIME + OVER: imagine you are giving your GRE exam, and your time gets over, you will get frightened.. = fear = demonstrate fear. "The IRS has basically defanged itself, and it's going to be too timorous to go into this area," Whitehouse said in an interview. In the master bedroom, delicate wallpaper by English designer Timorous Bestie serves as a striking focal point and adds softness to the white interiors

itinerant

adj : traveling from place to place to work "itinerant labor" "an itinerant judge" Synonyms : unsettled An itinerant is a person who moves from place to place, typically for work, like the itinerant preacher who moves to a new community every few years. Itinerant is pronounced "eye-TIN-er-ant." It might remind you of itinerary, the traveler's schedule that lists flights, hotel check-in times, and other plans. It's no surprise that both words come from the Latin word itinerare, meaning "to travel." itni sari ants kahan par jaa rahi hain ... wander kar rahi hai Sound like iterator : continuously moving After graduating, he worked as an itinerant music teacher in Louisiana before going to California to pursue a career in recording. They are Syrian refugees working as itinerant laborers during Turkey's harvest of its prized Damascus rose They were made by a largely self-taught artist who began as an itinerant portrait painter, learning from drawing manuals and engravings of paintings.

dispassionate

adj : unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice "a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact" Synonyms : cold-eyed, impartial Dispassionate describes someone who is not getting carried away by—or maybe not even having—feelings. It's something you'd want to see in a surgeon, who keeps cool under pressure, but not in a romantic partner. Dispassionate is the opposite of passionate, and while passions are said to run "hot," dispassionate people are often described as "cold. dis-passionate, without any passion usually people without passions are calm Ms. Quaid wisely avoids lugubriousness and even the expected tearfulness, as Valerie recounts her story with a dispassionate precision that nevertheless teems with unspoken despair. Heineman is always dispassionate, leaving us to make whatever comparisons we feel are necessary.

brazen

adj : unrestrained by convention or propriety "brazen arrogance" Synonyms : audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen-faced, insolent, unashamed v : face with defiance or impudence With brazen disregard for the sign that said "no cellphones please" the woman took a long call in the doctor's office waiting room. Brazen refers to something shocking, done shamelessly. Split the word brazen as Bra + Zen. Suppose you went out with your friends and saw a girl in a Zen car wearing only a bra. How was the attempt of the girl? Really bold and brazen! "The potential fallout from Univision's brazen decision to simply walk away from its contractual obligations is catastrophic," the lawsuit said. Given such an expansive, international presence, Kabul should have been the last place such a brazen murder would take place.

munificent

adj : very generous "a munificent gift" "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent" Synonyms : lavish, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting If you give your best friend a bracelet for her birthday, then you're a good friend. If you give her a diamond bracelet, a racehorse, and an oil well, then you're a munificent friend, meaning you are very lavish when it comes to giving gifts. (And it's possible you may also be broke.) If you're the generous type, you may already know that the word munificent traces back to the Latin word unificus, meaning "generous, bountiful, liberal," which in turn originated from the word munus, meaning "gift or service." Remember Hindi Song "munni badnam hui.." she is badnam because she is very generous in exposing/giving. money+sufficient-when a person has sufficient money he is generous by muni - you think of rishi - muni (sages), who are always generous in giving, will give you whatever you want....tathastu :-) At the same time, housing subsidies for home owners—who tend to be far more affluent than renters—have remained at their usual munificent levels. A gilded education begets more privilege, and privilege itself has had a long tradition of expression in munificent reciprocal giving.

dilatory

adj : wasting time Synonyms : laggard, pokey, poky,slow Something dilatory creates a delay. If you are a high school student, once in a while you might have used dilatory tactics if you forgot to do your homework. The adjective dilatory comes from the Latin root word dilator, a noun that means someone who puts off things, or a procrastinator. If you are always late to appointments, people may accuse you of being dilatory, especially if they think you don't have a good excuse. Dilatory:"Daily Late",He is Daily Late to the office so his work is delayed,not completed,delayed.....wasting time The police, he says, have been dilatory, not pushing for testing and not pursuing suspects who were readily available for questioning. There is no reason to reward the dilatory with more time than is necessary," he said, suggesting Congress impose tough time limits.

conspicious

adj : without any attempt at concealment(hiding); completely obvious Synonyms : blatant, blazing,unconcealed adj : obvious to the eye or mind "a tower conspicuous at a great distance" Synonyms : attention-getting, eye-catching, seizing the attention,big, large, prominent Keep your eye on the adjective conspicuous for something that stands out so much you notice it right away — like that zit in the center of your friend's forehead. Conspicuous comes from the adjectival form of the Latin verb, conspicere, meaning "to look at." Conspicuous can mean either very obvious to the eye (like something that is conspicuous from a distance) or attracting attention (like conspicuous consumption). If you are doing something wrong, it's wise not to be conspicuous about it! Con(can)+ s(see) + the + pic(picture) --> can see the clear picture of the situation. So conspicuous means which can be easily seen. The most conspicuous amendment lies in the shape of the 'a': it's now rounded off to a single-story as opposed to its previous double-story version. The expedition's thick reports described the tiny fishes as having rows of luminous organs, conspicuous jaws and sharp teeth. Because children are such costly status objects, large numbers are a conspicuous sign of wealth.

blatant

adj : without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious Synonyms :blazing, conspicuous,unconcealed Something blatant is very obvious and offensive. Don't get caught in a blatant lie, because you won't be able to weasel your way out of it. BLATANT- BLOW an enemy TANK will rise uproar among the soldiers. Matheny saw "two players over there screaming and yelling that it's a blatant miss" and went out to argue. A California rabbi is urging Amazon to stop selling books that promote Holocaust denial, calling the controversial literature "blatant anti-Semitism," CBS-TV Sacramento reports.

unscrupulous

adj : without scruples or principles Synonyms : unprincipled Use the adjective unscrupulous to describe someone who behaves in a dishonest or unethical way Un + School i.e without school or the things taught at school (principles) That's why unscrupulous brokers, insurance agents and swindlers are constantly after their money. "Koelz's travel journal and Tucci's published works demonstrate at times prejudiced opinions and unscrupulous collection methods, which were questioned even in their day."

insidious

adj : working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way "glaucoma is an insidious disease" Synonyms : pernicious, subtle, harmful If something is slowly and secretly causing harm, it's insidious — like the rumors no one seems to listen to until suddenly someone's reputation is ruined. Insidious is related to the Latin noun, īnsidiae meaning "ambush" which comes from the Latin verb, īnsidēre "to lie in wait for." This is very fitting as an insidious rumor or problem is one whose negative effect is not realized until the damage is already done. Similarly, an insidious disease develops internally without symptoms, so that you don't realize right away that you are sick. insidious= inside+ hideous. think of something terrible, like a disease, hiding inside of the body. When director James Wan jumped aboard the Furious 7 franchise, he left the burgeoning Insidious series behind. One of the biggest and most insidious plagues on our society is violence This kind of racism is insidious in that it subliminally suggests the inferiority of one group while not stating it overtly.

laudable

adj : worthy of high praise "laudable motives of improving housing conditions" Synonyms : applaudable, commendable, praiseworthy worthy Use the word laudable to describe something that deserves praise or admiration, like your laudable efforts to start a recycling program at your school. When you break apart the word laudable, you can see the verb laud, meaning praise or acclaim, followed by the suffix -able, which is a tip-off that this word is an adjective. So laudable describes things that are worthy of praise, such as a laudable effort to end poverty, and it can also describe admirable ideas or beliefs, such as a laudable compassion for others. think of "appLAUDABLE" Such remarkable and enduring displays of public solidarity in the wake of the Marathon bombings are laudable," the defense wrote. t's laudable for a new mayor and agency director to review projects in the works and decide how to proceed, but the clock is ticking.

tractable

adj easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) "tractable young minds" Synonyms : manipulable,compliant,manageable,obedient, docile,tame, tamed,ductile, malleable,easily influenced, docile, teachable, tamable, tameable adj : readily reacting to suggestions and influences Synonyms : amenable ,susceptible If your little brother quietly obeys your instructions and waits for you at the food court while you and your friends wander around the mall, he's probably a tractable child, meaning he's obedient, flexible, and responds well to directions. Note the similarity between tractable and tractor. Both come from the Latin word tractare, which originally meant "to drag about." Tractable sounds like tractor ,which makes it easy to manage a field . trac(k) + table if table are used to store the data in database which are easily managed. "And that's so much easier and more tractable in terms of thinking of human patients." The second crisis rests in the strategic structure of Europe and is less tractable than the first

fastidious/

adj giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness "a fastidious and incisive intellect" "fastidious about personal cleanliness" Synonyms : choosey, choosy,difficult to please,dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish,finical, finicky, fussy, particular, picky meticulous If you want to describe a person who insists on perfection or pays much attention to food, clothing and cleanliness, the right word is fastidious. Fastidious is a funny-sounding adjective from the Latin fastidium "loathing" that has several equally strange-sounding synonyms — persnickety, fussbudgety, finicky and punctilious. just like ... If your boss is a demanding person he may not leave to you time to eat.Fasting is tedious. So your boss is fastidious. In the studio, Mr. Masser was painstakingly fastidious; he would rework a song until it was polished to perfection. Holmes told that doctor that he was closer to his mother but more like his dad: "fastidious and detail oriented."

forlorn

adj marked by or showing hopelessness Synonyms : hopeless use the adjective forlorn to express loneliness and feeling left out. When someone is forlorn it means that they not only feel miserable but simultaneously desolate because they also believe they are alone FOR + LOAN =aap loan lene gaye aur vaha se hope less ho kar vapas aaye.. Forever alone : person left all hopes of getting any Girlfriend It has a campy, thriller appeal that it shares with another forlorn summer show, "Hannibal," which got the ax from NBC a few weeks ago. Nadal wore a forlorn expression on his face for much of the match, never able to relax as Brown came forward at every opportunity. For Thula, however, Boulder City was about as forlorn a place as could be found on earth

esoteric

adj: confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories" Synonyms : abstruse, deep, recondite difficult to penetrate; arcane cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, secret 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. Now when a subject is called esoteric it's usually something not so mystical but still hard to penetrate HISTORIC things are known to few people Certain crimes had become more esoteric, between the Internet and financial instruments. His coevals often mastered this esoteric habit as part of the university social experience.

askance

adv : with suspicion or disapproval adv : with a side or oblique glance adj : (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy ""her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen" Synonyms : askant, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty,indirect You may have trouble looking directly at the human specimens onstage at the freak show, but you also won't be able to look away. Find a happy medium by looking askance, or subtly out of the corner of your eye. When you want to take a girl out for a date and are very hesitant to ask her about it, then you make up your mind and ASK her with a glANCE..i.e not looking directly into her eyes...hence ASKANCE is looking sideways or indirectly. Martha said people look at her askance when she suggests that the best place for a picnic is an air-conditioned restaurant. The pigs of "Animal Farm" would certainly look askance at an agreement that was normally reserved for the elites being applied to the lower orders.

unequivocal

antonyms of equivocal adj : admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion "unequivocal evidence" "took an unequivocal position" "an unequivocal success" "an unequivocal promise" "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement" Synonyms : unambiguous, unambiguous , straightforward The science remains unequivocal that vaccines are safe, that vaccines save lives," Pan said during Monday's floor debate.

dissolution

dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

magnanimous

mag-nan-uh-muhs adj : generous and understanding and tolerant "magnanimous toward his enemies" Synonyms : big, large,generous adj : noble and generous in spirit A magnanimous person has a generous spirit. Letting your little sister have the last of the cookies, even though you hadn't eaten since breakfast, would be considered a magnanimous act. magnani+ous magnificentâ€"a person is called magnificent(outstanding, superb) if he is kind, generous . ex Santa clause And parade watchers: "Bystanders reacted with now-I've-seen-everything smiles and magnanimous comment." Rearing two under 2 had proven brutal, and I was determined not to let this woman ruin my magnanimous mood

flux

n : a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action "the flux following the death of the emperor" Synonyms : state of flux The noun flux describes something that constantly changes. If your likes, dislikes, attitudes, dreams, and even friends are changing all the time, you may be in flux. flux means flow, something that flows, undergoes through change. The diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity as negotiations remained in flux. All this to say that I tried to put that mystery into "Fates and Furies," but also the deep ambiguity and flux of marriage.

idiosyncrasy

n : a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual Synonyms : foible, mannerism If a person has an idiosyncrasy, he or she has a little quirk, or a funny behavior, that makes him or her different. If you only say goodbye in French, never in English, that would be an idiosyncrasy. Idiot in sync with the crazy ppl are idiosyncratic. "It is very easy to get hung up on the idiosyncrasies of each individual situation and miss the recurring pattern." Children remind us every day with their quips, style and idiosyncrasies that they belong to no one but themselves. Even with a hefty ad budget, the idiosyncrasies of a small film can defeat the most masterful marketer: Who is this movie for?

travesty

n : a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way Synonyms : burlesque, charade, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, takeoff n : a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations A travesty is a cheap mockery, usually of something or someone serious, such as a travesty of justice. If u think Bra(tra) as vest then it is a travesty. But, yes, I wanted a hot coffee, because iced coffee is an embarrassing travesty of a beverage, and nobody should drink it. Mr Varoufakis described the programme that creditors had imposed and wanted to continue imposing on Greece as "a travesty, a comedy of errors".

polemic

n : a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma) Type of : arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt adj : of or involving dispute or controversy A polemic is something that stirs up controversy by having a negative opinion, usually aimed at a particular group. A piece of writing can be a polemic, as long as it gets someone's goat. pole(poll)+mic..so during polls politicians often attack others opinions. Inclination leads him to history, philosophy, and literature, not polemic. Sometimes prizes become caught up in nationalist polemics

provincial

n : a country person Synonyms : bucolic, peasant adj : of or associated with a province A provincial person comes from the backwaters. Someone from a small province outside of Provence, France, might seem a little more provincial and less worldly than someone from, say, Paris. provincial sounds like "PROVINCE"....imagine person belonging to rural province then he dont have much exposure to outer world...so he is unsophisticated and limited in outlook.... Some 300 provincial police officers have also been training as a potential holding force. The provincial government said that as of Saturday there were 114 active fires in the province.

antipathy

n : a feeling of intense dislike Synonyms : aversion, distaste Type of : dislike n : the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided "cats were his greatest antipathy" Type of : object An antipathy is a deep-seated dislike of something or someone. Usually it's a condition that is long-term, innate, and pretty unlikely to change — like your antipathy for the Red Sox. If you look at the Greek roots of this word — anti- (meaning "against") and pathos (meaning "feeling"), you can see that antipathy is a feeling against someone or something. In general, antipathies are considered feelings that are kept at least somewhat under wraps and are not out on the surface antipathy-- anti + path.. not on the same path due to a feeling of intense dislike. anti-Chapati : dislike for chapati But Ms. Bradish, the sports marketing specialist, believes that the antipathy in Toronto was much greater than what Vancouver experienced. Neither do they harbour antipathy towards each other, never mind the open dislike of Gene Sarazen and Walter Hagen.

myriad

n : a large indefinite number "he faced a myriad of details" Type of : large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity adj : too numerous to be counted "myriad stars" Synonyms : countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable If you've got myriad problems it doesn't mean you should call a myriad exterminator, it means you've got countless problems; loads of them; too many to count. Welcome to the club. Myriad is one of those words rarely used in speech but only in written form. You would usually use a phrase like "lots of" or "loads of" instead. I mean, you could say "I've got myriad problems," but everyone would probably just laugh at you, and rightly so. like pyramid.. huge number of years since it was built The PYRAMID consist of a huge pile of rocks = a MYRIAD of rocks Their names and logos are seen in stadiums and arenas thanks to their myriad sponsorship deals. From there, White set about making the system adaptable, so that it could be used for animals of myriad species and sizes.

heretic

n : a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion) Type of : nonconformist, recusant n : a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church Synonyms : misbeliever, religious outcast If your friend became interested in Hinduism, with its many gods and rituals, her Catholic mother might be worried that her daughter was a heretic, or a person whose religious beliefs are in contrast to the fundamental beliefs of her church. The noun heretic is mostly used in a religious context to talk about someone whose actions or beliefs act against the laws, rules, or beliefs of some specific religion. However, heretic can also be used in a non-religious way to mean "someone whose ideas go against the norm." Heretical - HERE -tical Remember HERE means now or what is current. A HEREtic will not agree with HERE or what is orthodox. The Islamic State group - which regards Shia Muslims as heretics - said it was behind the attack. The Islamic State group - which regards Shia Muslims as heretics - said it was behind the attack. The IS group considers Shias to be heretics and is fighting Iranian-backed Shia militias in Iraq and Syria.

sycophant

n : a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage Synonyms: ass-kisser, crawler, lackey, toady Types : apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler A sycophant is a person who tries to win favor from wealthy or influential people by flattering them. Also known as brown-nosers, teacher's pets or suck-ups. sycophant.....split it like .....syco(sounds like psycho)+phan...sounds like FAN.......SO JUST IMAGINE a PSYCHO FAN of yours in your office who want to please you in whatever way..by flattering..or by bootliking.....just to gain your favour. He spoke dismissively of candidates who surrounded themselves with "sycophants" and bemoaned a culture built around a single person or party. When hiring Millennials, the trick is to sort out the aware from the sycophants

Predilection

n : a predisposition in favor of something Predisposition : {A liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude, or act in a particular way} "a predilection for expensive cars" Synonyms : orientation, preference Type of : predisposition an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way n : a strong liking Synonyms : penchant, preference, taste A predilection is a preference for or bias toward something. If you have a predilection for wool clothing, you should take up knitting. We often use the word predilection for tendencies that people seem to have been born with, also called predispositions. If you're a night owl, you probably have a predilection for cities, while morning people tend to prefer the country. pre(before)+dialect(local language); you generally become partial when you are taking an interview and you meet someone who speaks your language ( :) assume the interview is in the US) You come to a split in the road and must choose --->PREFERRED DIRECTION A story that, depending on your predilection, offers lessons in how to compromise accounts—or how to protect them In addition, chimpanzees' apparent taste for a tipple adds to an evolutionary story about humans' common predilection for alcohol. Lavrov complained Monday that Europe's approach to sanctions has been "an attempt to replace international law with their own political predilections." Too many people still make assumptions that an afro implies some sort of militancy or that wearing dreadlocks means a predilection for smoking pot."

nuance

n : a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor" Synonysc : nicety, refinement, shade, subtlety Use nuance to refer to a very small difference in color, meaning, or feeling. What makes singers brilliant is not how loud they can sing a note, but how many nuances they can evoke through their approach. nuance = new + ounce.. and ounce is a very small unit for weight.. hence a very small difference.. The emotional extremes and nuances Ms. Maxwell must embody in the final scene alone are astonishing. Certain gestures were apparent, like a hand touching the mouth in hunger and then reaching out, but nuance crumbled away.

accolade

n : a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction Synonyms : award, honor, honour, laurels A knight being honored with the tap of a sword-blade was the earliest form of accolade. Today, an accolade is more than a way to bestow knighthood, it is a form of praise or an awardy. By the 19th century, accolade came to mean "award." A person who achieves a goal in research or service may receive an official paper certificate or trophy it sounds like chocolate.. parents accolade if kids do home work properly. On Friday he will claim another accolade, when he becomes the first artist to headline Wembley, without any backing band, or singers. Despite these accolades, agents continued to approach his career options with scepticism.

banality

n : a trite or obvious remark Synonyms : bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitude Type of : comment, input, remark A banality is a trite, boring, or overused remark. That includes clichés like "life is short" and your basic small talk about the weather. Banalities are sayings that almost everyone uses, and because they're so well-known, they've lost all their power. These expressions are clichéd and many people find them annoying. The banality of some of the emails is striking given her stature as one of the world's most prominent figures. Banality is the chief ingredient in her work, and she uses it like an all-purpose seasoning that, paradoxically, subtracts flavor.

Platitude

n : a trite or obvious remark {trite : -(of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness.} Synonyms : banality, bromide, cliche, commonplace Type of : comment, input, remark If an executive gives a speech that begins, "This business is all about survival of the fittest. You need to burn the midnight oil and take one for the team," his employees might get sick of listening to these meaningless clichés and tell him to cut the platitudes flat + attitude: something flat does not attract us as it is very common. So you will obviously give trite remarks. So I went there but found that it is all propaganda with big platitudes about wonderful objectives but nothing on actual programs. It is outrageous that she hides from view, avoids answering questions and drapes herself in a cloak of double-speak and platitudes The idea seems to be that prodding athletes into spouting platitudes about games they just played constitutes journalism.

audacity

n : aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery "he had the audacity to question my decision" Synonyms : audaciousness Types: assumption, effrontery, presumption, resumptuousness n : fearless daring Synonyms : audaciousness, temerity Type of : boldness, daring, hardihood, hardiness If you have audacity then you're one daring — and perhaps reckless — character. Running a red light with three previous tickets under your belt certainly shows audacity. And stupidity. remember audi(car) one will only buy audi if hi is sound in wealth Lloyd is one of the few players to have the audacity to take a shot like that—and make it—in a World Cup final. You feel the audacity of the motion as physics, and you feel the sensuous texture of her physicality.

perfidy

n : an act of deliberate betrayal , betrayal of a trust Synonyms : betrayal, treachery, treason , perfidiousness, treachery , Types : double cross, double-crossing , insidiousness If you shared your most embarrassing secrets with a friend who then told them to everyone he knows, his betrayal could be described as perfidy per+ fidy=without fidelity i.e cheat upon ur partner,,in general cheat or breach something If she starts lying to you, say you've always found your pastor to be an honest person, and he has attested to her perfidy Moreover, the assumption of Iranian perfidy is baked into this deal. It's about unveiling the secrets of the temple, exposing the perfidy in which these secretive central bankers are surely engaged.

rebuke

n : an act or expression of criticism and censure "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" Synonyms : reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval v : censure severely or angrily Synonyms : bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce, vituperate If you receive a rebuke, it means that you have been reprimanded, or scolded. You're sure to get a rebuke if you forget to do your math homework four days in a row. The word rebuke can be a verb, meaning to sternly reprimand or scold, but it can also be a noun, because a rebuke is the result of being scolded. The root comes from the Old French rebuchier and means "to hack down," or "beat back." sounds like REEBOK.....u'll SCOLD HARSHLY n CRITICIZE SEVERELY ur servant as he has spoiled ur reebok shoes As it did during debate in the General Assembly, the issue and the Republican's action drew sharp rebuke. Late last month, Thailand won approval in Turkey—but a stern rebuke from Beijing—by sending a group of 170 Uighurs there.

duress

n : compulsory force or threat "confessed under duress" Type of : force Let's hope you're never denied food and sleep and forced to sign a confession, but if you are, that's called being under duress. Threats and harsh treatment meant to make you do something you don't want to do is duress. Remember "durex". U r forced and restrained to use a condom to safeguard urself from STDs u + dress; that is u enforce your wife to put on a particular dress. The government's greatest failure, however, was its handling of five American families under extraordinary duress. Several of those who were later released describe doing so under duress, or to try to secure better treatment.

anomaly

n : deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule Synonyms : anomalousness An anomaly is an abnormality, a blip on the screen of life that doesn't fit with the rest of the pattern. If you are a breeder of black dogs and one puppy comes out pink, that puppy is an anomaly. The noun anomaly comes from the Greek word anomolia, meaning "uneven" or "irregular." When something is unusual compared to similar things around it, it's the anomaly Anomaly sounds like abnormally.. that is one who deviates from the normal order. Space has always marked an anomaly in America's preferred path for technology development, according to U.S. In some ways, the arrest of Mr. Guzmán was an anomaly

panache

n : distinctive and stylish elegance Synonyms : dash, elan, flair, style Type of : elegance To have panache is to have a stylish flair. You might wear your giant polka-dotted scarf with great panache. ir reminds of the movie FASHION.all de top models wer frm panache..therefore u cn relate it to stylish way of dressin And several looks mixed up sportswear, daywear and eveningwear with panache. The report admittedly does this job with some panache, albeit with the same fantasy externals that came with the Olympics legacy in 2012.

jingoism

n : fanatical patriotism Synonyms : chauvinism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism 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 jin(that alladin one) had extreme and uncontrolled loyalty towards his master... While something of a cash-cow for Elgar, he came to tire of its jingoism and the fact it overshadowed everything else he wrote. Jingoism, anti-German sentiment and guilt were all laid on thick to sell everything from food and fashion to fountain pens. Most Russians get their news from state- controlled broadcast outlets, which have moved beyond mere propaganda into outlandish conspiracy theories and unhinged jingoism

Censure

n : harsh criticism or disapproval Synonyms : animadversion Types : interdict n : the state of being excommunicated Synonyms : exclusion, excommunication Censure is a noun referring to very strong criticism; the verb means to criticize very strongly. If you take your dad's car without telling him, you can expect him to censure you severely, and maybe even ground you as well. The noun and verb are most closely associated with official expressions of disapproval, as when Congress censures a senator. The noun is from Latin cēnsūra "censorship," from cēnsor "an ancient Roman censor." The job of a Roman censor was to take the census and to supervise public morals and behavior. Our English word censor--which means to suppress speech or other forms of expression--is from this Latin word. Try to link the meaning of this word with the censor board which always critisizes every inch of the film and also disapproves of some of the parts. If AT&T can prove this in court the fine will be reversed and the FCC will be censured by the courts In a voice vote, the membership of the American Association of University Professors affirmed the censure at the group's annual meeting in Washington, D.C Ms. Goffman, he added, deserved credit, not censure, for her frankness in the book.

Torpor

n : inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy Synonyms : listlessness, torpidity, torpidness Type of : passiveness, passivity Torpor is a state of mental and physical inactivity. "After a huge Thanksgiving meal, my family members fall into a torpor; no one can even pick up the TV remote." tor-por....TORRENT PAR..........TORRENT PAR most of the seeders were INACTIVE due to which downloading the movie becomes a SLUGGISH task... RAJ THAKERY TO MNS PEOPLE.."aaj tum sab itne LATHARGIC,SLUGGISH kyu lag rahe ho? hume kal THOD PHOD karne jana hai It could be just what Leroux and the other American forwards need to awaken from their torpor early in this tournament. As mayor of Solo, he was famous for visiting public offices unannounced, knocking bureaucrats out of their torpor and into providing services for citizens. And Americans need to wake up from their torpor and confront the threat.

sanction

n : official permission or approval Synonyms : authorisation, authority, authorization n : formal and explicit approval Synonyms : countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, warrant v : give authority or permission to Type of : authorise, authorize, empower v : give sanction to Synonyms : O.K., approve, okay n : a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards v : impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on Synonyms : penalise, penalize, punish Sanction has two nearly opposite meanings: to sanction can be to approve of something, but it can also mean to punish, or speak harshly to. Likewise, a sanction can be a punishment or approval. Very confusing--the person who invented this word should be publicly sanctioned! The agreement seeks to block Iran's path to a nuclear weapon in exchange for removing economic sanctions on Tehran. It will likely be a slow ride for oil and gas sanctions, which experts say probably will not be lifted immediately or all at once.

aesthete

n : one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature Synonyms : esthete Type of : cognoscente, connoisseur Someone who claims to be concerned only with matters of art and beauty is known as an aesthete. Depending on the way he goes about it, he might also be known as a snob An aesthete doesn't have to be wealthy or highly educated. You can be a hotel maid who stops cleaning to absorb a strain of Beethoven and be as much an aesthete as the poet who writes about the splendor of a leaf. asethe(sounds like AASTHA)+te-a person who has great aastha in hindu religion, always appreciates the beauty of nature and art Inspired by this aesthete, Hermès has unveiled a series of windows that might appeal to his modern-day incarnation It is Artenol, his new quarterly magazine, described on its website as "a purgative for an ailing art world, a palliative for afflicted aesthetes. All the murders that take place on the show are presented as works of art because that is how Hannibal, the cultural aesthete, views them.

lionize

v : assign great social importance to "The tenor was lionized in Vienna" Synonyms : celebrate, lionise The lion is the king of beasts. To lionize someone is to see them as important as a lion. Republicans continue to lionize Ronald Reagan as their ultimate hero. The lion is a symbol of pride, strength, courage, and nobility, so when you lionize someone, you attribute to them all those marvelous trait. Lion is assigned a great social importance in animal kingdom Ukrainian commanders lionize their skills as scouts and snipers, saying they slip into no-man's land to patrol and skirmish Efforts to lionize the Confederacy—like the carving of Confederate heroes into Georgia's Stone Mountain—quietly died.

decorum

n : propriety in manners and conduct Synonyms : decorousness Decorum is proper and polite behavior. If you let out a big belch at a fancy dinner party, you're not showing much decorum. This noun is from Latin decōrus "proper, becoming, handsome," from décor "beauty, grace," which is also the source of English décor. The corresponding adjective is decorous, meaning "well-behaved in a particular situation." Both decorum and decorous are often used to describe behavior in a classroom or courtroom. "decor um"; decor them to make them more proper and correct DECO (dekho) yaar, RUM pine ke baad, there is very little possibility that you will be in ORDERLINESS and GOOD MANNERS, CONDUCT. The(de) court(cor) room(run) in court we have to follow manners and conduct These meetings are conducted with a refreshing amount of decorum, so when Swetzof lost his cool during his testimony, the room turned uncharacteristically charged. "As attorney general, there is a certain level of decorum that you are supposed to adhere to," he told us.

maverick

n : someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action Synonyms : rebel , Type of : nonconformist, recusant adj : independent in behavior or thought "maverick politicians" Synonyms: irregular, unorthodox, unconventional A maverick is a rebel, someone who shows a lot of independence. A maverick on a motorcycle might blaze his own trail, or show a maverick touch in a rough sport by wearing a helmet with the word "Mom" inside a heart. Samuel A. Maverick owned a lot of cattle, and he let them roam around Texas without a brand, or identification mark, seared into their skins. those who play counter strike will be aware of the bot "maverick" who has cooperation as zero. which is what maverick means!! Mave+"RICK" sounds like Ricky Ponting who is rebellious and non-conformist as he does not believe in umpire descisions during India's Cricket match Webb is a complex maverick in his party whose ideas don't fit neatly inside any box. Indeed, the mogul is beginning to remind some of a political maverick from another era: H. Ross Perot.

contrition

n : sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation Synonyms : attrition, contriteness Type of : regret, rue, ruefulness, sorrow In the truest sense, contrition is feeling sorry for committing a religious sin and being scared about the consequences. But anyone can feel general contrition for something they've done wrong. Contrition is a strong, powerful feeling that people get when they've done something wrong. Originally, this feeling came from having sinned and a fear of going to hell for it CON(not)+TREATion...if ur girlfriend does,t treat you properly you will be in great remorse...... On Tuesday, Gröning had made a final appeal to the court to recognise his contrition. Cullivan probed, trying to gauge the depth of what he assumed would be Perry's contrition.

hegemony

n : the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others "the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation" Hegemony is political or cultural dominance or authority over others. The hegemony of the popular kids over the other students means that they determine what is and is not cool hegemony:he's got money,so he's domineering in the society and he control others. hegemony sounds like he-germany. Germany's hegemony over Belgium was the spark of the WWI When the iTunes store first arose, it did well by classical music and other genres outside the pop hegemony. The existence of a robust for-profit industry potentially threatens the hegemony of traditional not-for-profit institutions

prescience

n : the power to foresee the future Synonyms : prevision Type of :capacity, mental ability Do you already know what happens tomorrow? Next week? Next year? If you can see into the future, then you have prescience. The word prescience might look like pre + science, but it really comes from the Latin word praescientia, which means "fore-knowledge" — or knowledge you know before anyone else. Don't assume it's a crystal ball kind of power that lets someone with prescience see the future. It's more like a state of mind or level of expertise that allows for excellent foresight and planning. pre(before)+science(..knowledge)..i.e. having the knowledge to TELL THE FUTURE BEFORE TIME.. I somehow doubt that Bill Kristol will derive much satisfaction from his prescience. Looking back, there was perhaps some prescience in Marsh's decision to name his first Apatosaurus specimen after the Greek hero Ajax. When John Lennon was assassinated, Altman felt he was vindicated, and his wife said that he dined out on his prescience for years.

Volubility

n : the quality of being facile in speech and writing {facile :- adj : performing adroitly and without effort} Synonyms : articulateness, fluency Type of : communicativeness vol= volume and volume straightly gives us the idea of speech He has the intellectual confidence and volubility of the school swot, and is probably inured to the swot's unpopularity His keen black eyes sparkled, his brow contracted, he spoke with great volubility, and demonstrated somewhat largely with the forefinger of his right hand. He has in the past given various reasons for his quietness on the bench, including a preference for listening and the volubility of his colleagues

subsistence

n : the state of existing in reality; having substance n : a means of surviving "farming is a hard means of subsistence" Type of : endurance, survival Subsistence means the minimal resources that are necessary for survival. If you work for subsistence, you'll probably receive food, water, and lodging (internet access not included) In those days of recession I needed ASSISTANCE(financial help) As my salary provided a mere SUBSISTENCE(sufficient for EXISTENCE)

lambast

v : censure severely or angrily Synonyms : bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce, vituperate Types : castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate Have your mother ever rebuked u saying "lamba chora hogaya hai par akal nahi aayi" Lamba rymes with Lamba-st He also showed that he was not afraid to publicly lambast his players if he felt they had let him down At first i thought you were serious and I was going to really lambast such an insane, otherworldly post. Johnson made use of the occasion to lambast Republicans in Congress for not fully funding the department he oversees.

mendacity

n : the tendency to be untruthful Mendacity is a tendency to lie. Your friend might swear that he didn't eat your secret chocolate stash, but you'll find it hard to believe him if he's known for his mendacity. Anyone in the habit of lying frequently has the characteristic of mendacity. People often accuse government officials of mendacity, or being less than honest. Mendacity comes from the Latin root word mendacium, or "lie." mend+a+city. during elections, politicians promise that "they will mend the city and make it better" which is a lie.... mendacity= "men in the cities" ,LIE to get gorgeous girls But the question remains: How will we survive the mendacity and imbecility of American politics and the media that cover it without Jon Stewart? In recent years he has found himself drawn to mendacity, prevarication, fabrication—you know, lying.

temperance

n : the trait of avoiding excesses Synonyms : moderation n : abstaining from excess Synonyms : sobriety Temperance means restraint and moderation, but if you're talking about alcohol, temperance means not just drinking in moderation, it means not having it at all. The temperance movement appeared in the U.S. in the 19th century, at first urging moderation in drinking but eventually seeking to outlaw alcohol entirely. TEMPORARY..temperanceis temporary ,transient as no one can abstain from eating good and delicious food professional programmer do not use too many temporary variable in program The ones I discuss in my book, "Reason in a Dark Time," are cooperativeness, mindfulness, simplicity, temperance and respect for nature. And they continually and vociferously argued about temperance, abolition, sexual rights, and suffrage.

gall

n : the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties {trait : - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature } Synonyms : cheekiness, crust, freshness, impertinence, impudence, insolence Types : chutzpa, chutzpah, hutzpah n : a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will Synonyms : bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment Gall describes something irritating, like someone very rude. If you barge into a bakery and cut in front of a sweet old lady, then you have gall. If someone has gall, they're irritating. In fact, as a verb, gall means "to irritate" like new tight jeans that gall your thighs. GALL. Note that many of the words with roots from body organs mean irritable or anger. Examples: splenetic, spleen, bilious, atrabilious, dyspeptic, livery, gall, and liverish. As a devout Christian, it particularly galled Douglass that so many Northern ministers refused to join the abolitionist cause. The example above even has the gall to compare "women" managers with "male" counterparts in a single sentence. The second, more galling problem with this logic is that it doesn't require a connection between the paraphernalia conviction and a federally regulated substance.

indifference

n : the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally n : the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern n : apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions n : unbiased impartial unconcern Indifference is the trait of lacking interest or enthusiasm in things. When you feel indifference for something, you neither like it nor dislike it. The GOP hasn't ignored African-American community, because that would suggest a degree of indifference. As with Winton, it illustrates the power of individual perseverance in the face not only of evil, but of bureaucratic obstacles and indifference.

apathy

n : the trait of lacking enthusiasm/emotion for or interest in things generally Synonyms : indifference, numbness, spiritlessness, emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionally Use the noun apathy when someone isn't interested in the important things that are happening. You might feel apathy for the political process after watching candidates bicker tediously with one another. apathy sounds like chapathy means roti in hindi.so say i dont like chapathi i like breads only. Maybe it was the disillusionment and apathy that many Russians are feeling about their political system these days. But Ligon says people shouldn't feel guilty: "This is not a problem that stems from individual apathy. It's a structural problem." Nor should the product be understood as a tool of apathy or civic disengagement.

opulence

n : wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living Synonyms : luxuriousness, luxury, sumptuousness Type of : wealth, wealthiness Something with opulence is drenched in wealth and luxury. You'll need gold brocaded curtains, diamond-encrusted watches, and a world-renowned personal chef if you want to add some opulence to your life. Not surprisingly, the noun opulence comes from the Latin opulentia, meaning "wealthy." A word that suggests extravagant excess, opulence describes lavish and visibly over-the-top living. from opulance remember lancer car.only rich and luxiry people can purchase lancer. The interior of the country's most prestigious performance space is a swirl of Old World gilded opulence. Today cranes swing in nearly every corner of the city and billboards promote the opulence of soon-to-be high-rise condominiums.

dilettante

n: An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge Synonyms : dabbler, sciolist Type of : amateur Though dilettante might sound like a nice French word, don't use it on your friend who thinks he can play the guitar after several short lessons. A dilettante is an amateur, often one who pretends to be very knowledgeable. Dil' (Heart)+ 'e' (hey) + ttante sounds like (anti). So when you are doing any work against your heart, you don't take it seriously. dil + teen is amateur Jarrett, despite all his dazzling dexterity, sounds like a comparative dilettante, his playing lacking in color and interpretive nuance Mr. Shriver disputed the notion that he was any less nose-to-the-grindstone or that he was a privileged dilettante banking on the Kennedy name.

Qualify

to make less severe ; to limit (a statement) Think of java qualifiers (private/public/default/protected - they limit the access of members of a class).

engender

v : Give rise to Engender is a fancy way of saying "to make happen," like when you engender the spirit of teamwork and cooperation by encouraging others and doing your share of the group's work. when two gender's male & female end up together .. they produce or give rise to a CHILD.. July 1st will come and go, but the disputes engendered by Vermont's ancient roads are nowhere close to ending "We can take personal freedoms to such an extreme," he said, adding that he was not surprised that the measure had engendered so much controversy. The economic disruption, hardships and declining standard of living caused by the dual blockade engendered widespread hatred of France and Britain.

expound

v : add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing Synonyms : dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, flesh out, lucubrate v : state Synonyms : exposit, put forth If given recipe directions that include "some sugar," "some onions," and "some flour" as ingredients, you might ask the cook to expound by adding measurements of how much of each to use. When you expound, you explain or provide details. can u please EXPLAIN what is ur "ex" doin with ur "pound"(money) expo like defence expo where u explain products in detain He has travelled the world to promote the Tibetan cause and expound the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. The format of the lessons outside is also looser, with the preachers reading select passages from the Bible, then expounding on their meaning.

eschew

v : avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of Synonyms : shun Type of : avoid. If you eschew something, you deliberately avoid it. If you live the bohemian life in the city, then most likely you eschew the suburbs. Eschew comes from a word meaning dread, or shun. So to eschew something isn't simply to avoid it, the way you would avoid walking in a puddle--it's stronger than that. You eschew things that you find morally or aesthetically wrong, or that you have chosen to find wrong. A dieter might eschew a chocolate sundae, not because he doesn't like it, but because he's afraid of what it will do to his waistline. es+CHEW... CHEWING a CHEWINGGUM IS A BAD HABIT while working in an office, so you must avoid this HABIT. ppl tend to avoid u..when u have severe cold and u say.."AAAh chuu!!" He paced around the stage, eschewing the traditional comfort of a podium for his more familiar hand-held microphone Mast sees the future of manufacturing as being specifically those types of smaller models; ones that eschew grand scale production He eschewed his usual tights — too likely to attract attention — and wore street clothes

denote

v : be a sign or indication of "Her smile denoted that she agreed" Synonyms : refer To denote is to draw attention to something or to show what it means. All of the googly-eyed looks that a girl gives to a boy might do more to denote her feelings for him than leaving a note in his locker. Anyway incentives, at this stage, would merely denote an easing of the threats for no-one has envisaged a gleaming horizon of hope. Though quaintly used in recent times to denote proper behavior for ladies, virtue as applied to public service is a powerful standard. The name originated when the word "iron", denoting their strength, was painted upside down on the works chimney.

confound

v : be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly Synonyms : bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw, confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off v : mistake one thing for another Synonyms : confuse,blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscure If you have an identical twin, you've probably tried dressing alike so that people confound you with, or mistake you for, one another. The verb confound means both "to mistake" and "to confuse." If you decide to treat yourself to a delicious dessert, you might find yourself confounded by the overwhelming number of choices. If you end up ordering the chocolate cake but the waiter brings you chocolate mousse, the waiter has somehow confounded those two options. CONfusion FOUND == CONFOUND Still, litigation finance is confounding because of its "ick factor," in the phrase of W. Bradley Wendel, a professor at Cornell Law School. The SpaceX CEO seemed confounded by the Falcon 9 mishap, and he readily admitted how it's stumped him and his team.

vacillate

v : be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action Synonyms : hover, oscillate, vibrate Types : shillyshally Vacillate means to waver back and forth, unable to decide. You might vacillate between ordering waffles and pancakes at your favorite diner — it's hard to pick just one when both are so tasty! Something that vacillates sways or fluctuates, often quite unsteadily sounds like OScillate..so something which moves from one position to another position. vacillate=VACI bhi bahut LATE ho gaya hai.....now u dont VACILLATE between what you gonna wear for the party..........;) The one episode of the new series made available for review vacillates between sort of scary and trying too hard. The president has cautiously vacillated in his decisions, and generally is unwilling for the American military to be involved in quarrels in foreign countries.

rescind

v : cancel officially Synonyms : annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, reverse, revoke, vacate Types : go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on If get a call saying a company has decided to rescind your job offer, it's back to the classifieds for you. Rescind is an official reversal. Things that are rescinded: policies, court decisions, regulations, and official statements. What all these examples have in common is that they are on the record. Also, rescind usually refers to promises instead of tangible objects. rescind sounds like resend. So you cancel and an official doc and resend for correction. According to an American official who was at the meeting, Timerman asked the White House to pressure the I.M.F. to rescind the warning. The program is strict about the requirement: About once a year, the university rescinds an offer to a student who fell to No. 2.

placate

v : cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of Synonyms : appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify Type of : calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize When a husband shows up with flowers after he's fought with his wife, he's trying to placate her. If you placate someone, you stop them from being angry by giving them something or doing something that pleases them. If your little sister is mad that the dog ate her favorite teddy bear, you could placate her by buying her an ice cream cone. "playing" wid "cat"...it'll surely pacify salman... "They sold salads to placate the constituencies that were saying they're not selling healthy foods." Netanyahu says that Iran "does not hide its intentions" and warned the world against placating it.

disseminate

v : cause to become widely known Synonyms : broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread,circulate, go around, spread Disseminate means to spread information, knowledge, opinions widely. Semin- derives from the Latin word for seed; the idea with disseminate is that information travels like seeds sown by a farmer. Think about a teacher distributing a hand out at the beginning of a class. The dis- of disseminate and distribute come from the same Latin prefix which means "apart, in a different direction." But unlike papers distributed in class, information, once spread around in all directions, cannot be pulled back in. Think about false rumors or political smear campaigns and you'll understand that dissemination is usually a one-way process. dis+sem+i+n+ate: dis sem(semister) i not ate coz i distributed all my food to poor ppl....so it means distribute...spread... There was a peasant uprising in Chiapas, Mexico, that was apparently using this newfangled tool to disseminate its views. It's the second time this year that Twitter's own ability to disseminate information more quickly than anticipated has played havoc with its stock price.

denigrate

v : charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone Synonyms : asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smear, smirch, sully To denigrate is to say bad things — true or false — about a person or thing. Your reputation as a math whiz might be hurt if your jealous classmate manages to denigrate you, even though the accusations are unfounded focus on the 'nigrate' part of this word and relate it to '******' (which means people who have black skin) Tall and good-looking, endowed with a "noble mien," Mr. Darcy initially denigrates Elizabeth Bennet's appearance: "She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me." Their stories reveal that they seek not to denigrate marriage but rather to live their lives, or honor their spouses' memory, joined by its bond.

espouse

v : choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" v : take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own Synonyms : adopt, follow,abide by, comply, Types : adhere, stick Use the verb espouse to describe the actions of someone who lives according to specific beliefs, such as your friends who espouse environmentalism and as a result walk whenever possible instead of taking the car. You can see the word spouse in espouse, so you may be wondering what husbands and wives have to do with it. You might also be able to infer an organization's espoused values based on its public associations. Beijing has long espoused a policy of "non-interference" in other countries' internal affairs

abstain

v : choose not to consume or take part in (something enjoyable) "I abstain from alcohol" Synonyms : desist, refrain If you abstain from something, you restrain yourself from consuming it. People usually abstain from things that are considered vices — like drinking alcohol or eating chocolate. Roots of the word abstain are from the 14th-century French, "to withhold oneself," and the word often refers to people who abstain or keep themselves from drinking liquor. The noun form abstinence also pops up often in reference to abstinence programs that urge teens to abstain from premarital sex. ab+stain ... Dell Steyn is a dangerous bowler .. batsman normaly dont want to cm in front of him abstain sound like Absent, if you absent mean you does not take part But then again, the entire New York delegation abstained because its members were unsure of the will of their constituents. Five countries abstained while the United States voted against the text, saying it was biased against Israel. "Abstaining from alcohol over several months to a year may allow structural brain changes to partially correct," the NIH says.

reconcile

v : come to terms v : accept as inevitable v : make (one thing) compatible with (another) Synonyms : conciliate, make up, patch up, settle Type of : agree, concord, concur, hold Reach for the verb reconcile to make different things come together or resolve a matter. If you've ever had an argument with someone and then made up, you have reconciled. Reconcile is a verb that can mean "to become resigned" like if you're reconciled to getting the bottom bunk when you wanted the top e(BACK)+concile(COUNSELLING)...After filing the petition in court for DIVORCE the judge ordered COUNSELLING of couple..so that relations could be to BACK to NORMAL again AFTER THE QUARREL without legal proceedings And, in Europe in particular, how does one reconcile local democracy with international obligations? Either way, if you do reconcile or something like it, please update your expectations of her to reflect what her recent behavior has taught you.

culminate

v : end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" Synonyms :climax Type of : cease, end, finish, stop, terminate v : reach the highest or most decisive point Type of : accomplish, achieve, attain, reach to gain with effort v : reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body Type of : arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach The verb culminate is used to describe a high point or a climactic stage in a process. For example, the goal of a Major League baseball team is to have their season culminate in a World Series victory. Use culminate when you are referring to a crowning moment or a final conclusion: "I want my experiments combining strawberry jam with burnt toast to culminate in a Nobel Prize in Chemistry." culminate = break up cal min ate.. my dinner is almost climax.. i will call you in minute.. Symptoms at this stage include confusion, disorientation, convulsions and falling into a coma and can culminate in organ failure, brain damage and death The frustration culminated at the bank's annual meeting when only 61% of shareholders approved of the bank's strategic plan. It was activism that started this revolution, that changed laws state by state and culminated in the ruling.

ostracize

v : expel from a community or group Synonyms : ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, shun Type of : expel, kick out, throw out v : avoid speaking to or dealing with "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" Synonyms : ostracise Types : boycott If you banish someone or ignore him, you ostracize him. When the Iranian president claimed that the Holocaust was a hoax, he was ostracized by the international community. ostRACISM .. racism leads to groupism and excluding a group from the public is to OSTRACIZE. Ostracism or ostracize: Remembered as "OYE EXTRA SIZE" if you become overweight or over size people will exclude/ban you.. Ostrecize = Oz. (for australia) + Criticized ( for sledging, aggresion on field etc) = Isolated or seperated ,Avoided by all Regards, Maddy Families with uncut girls recount being spat at, ostracized at community weddings, and denounced as unclean. Kierra Morris told The News-Gazette in Champaign that she now believes she was ostracized from the team after an injury because she is black.

reproach

v : express criticism towards "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior" Synonyms : upbraid Type of : accuse, criminate, impeach, incriminate n : a mild rebuke or criticism "words of reproach" Types : self-reproach, self-reproof Reproach means to mildly criticize. If you show poor manners at your grandmother's dinner table, she will reproach you. The verb reproach means to express disapproval or criticism of; as a noun it means blame or criticism. If you are beyond reproach that means no one could find anything to criticize about you divide it as re(again..)+proach(..approach).. you ask someone to APPROACH AGAIN & AGAIN since you DISAPPROVE OF HIS WORK..(eg during submissions) The movie reproaches him for that chill, and, indeed, he reproaches himself, but who wants a warmhearted Holmes? Mrs. Hickock, a plump woman with a soft, round face unmarred by a lifetime of dawn-to-dark endeavor, reproached him.

ingratiate

v : gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts Types : cotton up, cozy up, play up, shine up, sidle up, suck up To ingratiate is to make obvious efforts to gain someone's favor, in other words — to kiss up to someone. Ingratiate has not strayed much from its Latin roots, in gratiam, (in plus gratia meaning "favor") which means "in favor" or "for the favor of." To ingratiate is to gain the favor of someone by doing lots of favors to the point of being a nudge ngratiate, take the word as intake of gratitude....so you do something to gain gratitude of others IN+GRADUATE...In graduation state you get favor of people because you are educated and all and all that crap. Alarmingly, Mountstuart vanished while studying the Thugs, reputedly devotees of the goddess Kali who ingratiate themselves with travelers and then strangle them. Instead, he lived long enough to turn rock and rhythm and blues into dark, dangerous art, the introverted Id to Jagger's ingratiating Ego.

underscore

v : give extra weight to (a communication) Synonyms : emphasise, emphasize, underline Type of : accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress v : draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to Synonyms : underline To underscore is to draw special attention to a fact, idea, or situation. When you're involved in a debate, it's wise to underscore the points that best support your argument. underscore means the special character '_' which we use to EMPHASIZE special words. They also underscored how the Supreme Court's five-year-old Citizens United decision continues to remake the way presidential campaigns are waged. Similar demonstrations have been largely peaceful, but have underscored the deep divisions over how the crisis should be tackled.

Concede

v : give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another Synonyms : cede, grant, yield Type of: give v : acknowledge defeat Type of : give up, surrender If you concede something, you admit that it is true, proper, or certain--usually in an unwilling way and often in the context of a competition, as in "At midnight, the candidate finally conceded defeat." In its most common senses, a near synonym of concede is acknowledge--if your mom is pointing out that you need sleep before the test, you should concede the truth of what she's saying. But another meaning of concede is to give away or grant something: The leaders are not ready to concede power. Concede is from Latin concēdere, from the prefix com- "completely" plus cēdere, "to go along, grant, yield." The corresponding noun is concession. COMPLETE + SURRENDER(cede) On the defensive side, the Americans have not conceded for a whopping 423 straight minutes. On second thought, Mr. Obama conceded that he would rather avoid the nail-biting in the future. Neumann also frankly concedes that the high life might have gone on had hubris not got a grip on him.

burgeon

v : grow and flourish "The burgeoning administration" "The burgeoning population" Type of: grow Use the verb burgeon to describe something that is growing, expanding, and flourishing. If you have a green thumb, in the spring your flower gardens will burgeon in a cacophony of color. Burge+on sounds like Bulge which means growing big It was one of the early, canonizing texts of the burgeoning African-American-studies departments In an interview with The Sunday Times, singer and songwriter Miguel rekindled rumors about a burgeoning rivalry between himself and Frank Ocean.

frustrate

v : hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge" Synonyms : baffle, bilk, cross, foil, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart if you have ever been frustrated while writing, you may have dropped your pen — or pushed away your keyboard — and stared angrily out the window, thinking, "How will I ever do this?" Well, that pent-up doubting that has made you stop is a sure sign you are frustrated. The move can come off as disingenuous, manipulative and frustrating in American culture, which often celebrates being upfront and direct. They salvaged the finale of a frustrating series at Yankee Stadium that included losing on the final at-bats of the first two games. A year after standing up to the Aussies, Steele was frustrating the West Indies

mitigate

v : lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of Synonyms : extenuate, palliate Type of : apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize, defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning v : make less severe or harsh "mitigating circumstances" Types : lighten, relieve Type of : decrease, lessen, minify Choose the verb, mitigate, when something lessens the unpleasantness of a situation. You can mitigate your parents' anger by telling them you were late to dinner because you were helping your elderly neighbour think of MITIGATE as COLGATE(toothpaste).Use of COLGATE lessen or try to lessen the extent of germs in our teeth. Use of MITIGATE will also lessen or try lessen the extent of With the partial exception of Chile and Peru, no government now has scope to mitigate the slowdown through monetary or fiscal policy. Food aid from the United States, Japan, South Korea, and other donors mitigated the worst of the famine by the late 1990s Further, I want to prevail upon this Court to consider this boy's plea of guilty as evidence mitigating his punishment

elucidate

v : make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear Synonyms : clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out If you elucidate something, you explain it very clearly. If you don't understand fractions, a visit to the pie shop may elucidate the subject for you. elucidate : - LUCID sound like Acid which is used to clean or clear up toilets It benefits from a more mysterious topic — Brazilian divination rituals — but fails to elucidate it. Our goal was to elucidate the roles of each of the many parameters that come into play in bubbling Rather than identify and count each worm, the program elucidates their presence by the slight shifting of blood cells when the worms squirm between them

PRECLUDE

v : make impossible, especially beforehand Synonyms : close out, rule out v : keep from happening or arising; make impossible "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" Synonyms : forbid, foreclose, forestall, prevent 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. PRECLUDE is to EXCLUDE or keep out, whereas INCLUDE which is its opposite means to take in as part of a group Evans, striking down a Colorado constitutional amendment that precluded cities from adopting laws protecting gays from discrimination in housing, employment and other areas The bill that would preclude arresting bus drivers passed the State Senate on Tuesday, but its fate in the Assembly was unclear. "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"

mollify

v : make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate Synonyms : season, temper To mollify is to calm someone down, talk them off the ledge, make amends, maybe even apologize. Mollify comes from the Latin mollificare to "make soft," and that's still at the heart the word. mollify sounds like nullify...so just think of nullifying something...nullifying your temper When you take angry GF to Mall , this make her anger softer. Tsipras's approach to mollifying those who hold his nation's fate in their hands is to say they must respect his "mandate" to resist them. It is unclear whether the changes proposed by Malloy would be enough to mollify the business community. When one of Ford's public relations officials tried to mollify Edsel's indignant widow, Eleanor, she would not let him in the door.

contrive

v : make or work out a plan for; devise "They contrived to murder their boss" Synonyms : design, plan, project v : come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort Synonyms : devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent When you contrive, you make a plan or a plot. It may take you longer to contrive your way out of doing your homework than would to actually do it. con+tri+ve...focus on try..............try to invent something when your mom asked you where were you last you you tried to fabricate a story....or....in absense of our manage try to manage your home.......so try to attract somebody's attenation..... Take it as Cant+Drive. He cant able to drive but he manages to drive but he manages it.. he has clever ways Another group raided a hardware store, bought a roll of tar paper, and contrived to make raincoats out of it. After the midday meal, I contrived to overturn the pitcher that held the tea water, dumping it on the floor. These were gratifying victories; prison is contrived to make one feel powerless, and this was one of the few ways to move the system.

appease

v : make peace with Synonyms : propitiate Type of : conciliate, make up, patch up, reconcile, settle come to terms v : cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of Synonyms : assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate Appease means to make or preserve peace with a nation, group, or person by giving in to their demands, or to relieve a problem, as in "the cold drink appeased his thirst." Appease often implies abandoning your moral principles to satisfy the demands of someone who is greedy for power: think of British Prime Minister Chamberlain's attempt to appease the Nazis at Munich appease...app(appeal)+pease(peace) appeal for peace.....when war was going on in kasmir...our prime minister appealed people to maintain peace in the region. Were his brother and Reagan "appeasing" dangerous dictatorships with their nuclear talks, or is this a word Bush reserves for Democratic presidents? An attempt to apologize after Taylor's ousting did little to appease the site's more than 160 million users.

construe

v : make sense of; assign a meaning to Synonyms : interpret, see,consider, reckon, regard, see, view If you interpret something or make sense of it, you construe its meaning. If the new girl in your class asks to sit with you at lunch, you could construe that she wants to be friends. You can never have too many friends! To make an assumption based on evidence is to construe. You could construe that eating an entire box of cookies might make you feel a bit sick. con(clude) true based on evidence construe = (cons)ider it is (true)...so we interpret something by ourselves These comments have been construed as Khamenei stiffening Iran's "red lines" and seeking unilateral Western concessions as early as next month. This material is presented for informational purposes only and should not be construed as individual tax or financial advice.

truncate

v : make shorter as if by cutting off adj : terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off And Jackson, the Royals outfielder who also played in the N.F.L., was a sensational player whose time in uniform was truncated by injuries. I told truncated versions of the tale, always pointing to the book, trying not to appear as unhinged as I looked.

exacerbate

v : make worse Synonyms : aggravate, exasperate, worsen For a formal-sounding verb that means to make worse, try exacerbate. If you're in trouble, complaining about it will only exacerbate the problem. Exacerbate is related to the adjective acrid, often used to describe sharp-smelling smoke. Think of exacerbate then as a sharp or bitter thing that makes something worse. A drought will exacerbate a country's food shortage. Worsen, intensify, aggravate and compound are similar, but exacerbate has the sense of an irritant being added in to make something bad even worse. Latin ex+acerb+ate; Latin acerb- means bitter, harsh; So exacerbate means to make bittter, to worsen. "Ex Her b Ate".. her ex came and ate with her family. which worsen the relation even more. That, Justice Department officials say, "is inappropriate as a crowd control measure" and "served only to exacerbate tensions between the protesters and the police." They want the office to investigate 10 cases in which mental health professionals found the detention of women and their children "creates or exacerbates trauma." That shift was exacerbated, some longtime Democratic fund-raisers said, by Mr. Obama's decision not to accept contributions to his presidential campaigns from political action committees.

refute

v : overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" Synonyms : rebut v : prove to be false or incorrect Synonyms : controvert, rebut The verb refute is to prove that something is wrong. When the kids you're babysitting swear they brushed their teeth, you can refute their claim by presenting the dry toothbrushes. 'are fut' - means to overthrow by argument refuse claim His twin's very existence refuted a concept dear to him: his sense of his own uniqueness. What we have found is that the original papers continue to be cited well after they have been refuted," he said.

juxtapose

v : place side by side Type of : lay, place, pose, position, put, set See the word "pose" in juxtapose? When you juxtapose, you are "posing" or positioning things side by side. The verb juxtapose requires contrasting things placed next to one other: juxtapose..just next+position..so place something just next to something. Forgiveness became a big part of the civil rights movement, juxtaposed against the violence of protesters and law enforcement. At times, the president's activities, juxtaposed with the unfolding crises, can appear discordant or crass.

exalt

v : praise, glorify, or honor v : raise in rank, character, or status Synonyms : extol, glorify, laud, proclaim You might like your manager, but if you exalt her, it means you really put her on a pedestal and treat her like royalty. Choose Your Words To exalt is to hold or raise someone up to a high position or status. It doesn't have to mean literally putting that person into a high position, but instead treating them almost like nobility. ALT(=altitude) => RAISE; EXALT => pRAISE These guys are high priests of erotic delight, knights pledged to the service of an exalted ideal of female happiness. There's an element of autobiography in the film; there's also a strong critique of the Japanese imperial values that were exalted in wartime propaganda.

repudiate

v : refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement" Type of : reject v : reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust Type of : deny To repudiate something is to reject it, or to refuse to accept or support it. If you grow up religious, but repudiate all organized religion as an adult, you might start spending holidays at the movies, or just going to work. he ate the PUDDING AGAIN.. When his mother asked him if he ate the pudding, he tried to REPUDIATE (deny eating it)... :) But he said he thinks Democrats have been more forcefully repudiating Trump and embracing immigration reform. Meanwhile, Greece has the opportunity to repudiate a lot of inconvenient foreign debt.

circumscribe

v : restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" Synonyms : confine, limit To circumscribe is to limit or restrict. If you spend too much time watching TV instead of fulfilling other obligations, you might circumscribe your TV-watching time to one hour daily (or two hours, if your favorite show is on). remember circumference..we restrict ourself around a circle There are also aid groups working to help the Rohingya in Myanmar and abroad, though their activities are circumscribed by government policies. Countless African-Americans have passed to escape the racial discrimination that circumscribed their opportunities, aspirations and daily lives

Vilify

v : spread negative information about "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews" Synonyms : rail, revile, vituperate Type of : abuse, blackguard, clapperclaw, shout To vilify someone is to spread nasty stories about them, whether true or not. The verb vilify comes from the same root as the word vile and is a negative word if ever there was one! One way to remember the word is to think about how it sounds — like the word villain (which is unrelated and comes from villa). This suggests that when you vilify someone, you make them sound villainous Vilify (to speak ill of) is to make someone out to be a villain Justice Samuel Alito warned the decision "will be used to vilify Americans who are unwilling to assent to the new orthodoxy." "We have been vilified, abused, maltreated and ostracized, whipped and butchered," he reported. In an extraordinary passage, Alito writes that the court's decision "will be used to vilify Americans who are unwilling to assent to the new orthodoxy."

Glut

v : supply with an excess of "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" Synonyms : flood, oversupply v : overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself Synonyms : binge, englut, engorge, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff A glut is too much of something. A glut of gas in the marketplace can lower its price. A glut of heavy metal T-shirts in your dresser, however, has nothing to do with the economy but might be a signal that it's time to clean your room If you go to the movies alone and get the family tub of popcorn, you are glutting yourself on the salty snack, but do try not to get any popcorn stuck in your glottis. Glut is used more commonly in reference to the economics of the marketplace, where an oversupply of one thing lowers prices sounds like "gale tak" means food gale tak aa gaya hai...filled beyond capacity. They will say at home that they are selling the fuel," even though the market for nuclear reactor fuel is glutted Speed and volume are terms that characterize today's glut of digital images. The U.S. oil glut is growing again, spurred by a sharp ramp up in production and threatening to put renewed pressure on crude prices.

bolster

v : support and strengthen "bolster morale" Synonyms : bolster up Type of : reenforce, reinforce When you cheer up a friend who's feeling down, you bolster them. To bolster is to offer support or strengthen. A bolster is also the name of a long pillow you might use to make your back feel better. RELATE TO BOLT>> USED TO SUPPORT OR REINFORCE read bolster as booster which mean giving extra energy and hence to support and strengthen someone or something. Beijing sees its reliance on foreign tech as a strategic weakness, and has already struck several small deals to bolster its own semiconductor industry. The bank bolstered profits despite revenue declines in several divisions, with particularly notable drops in mortgage banking and in fixed-income trading.

posit

v : take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom "He posited three basic laws of nature" S Synonyms : postulate Types : assert, insist v : put before Synonyms : put forward, state, submit v : put (something somewhere) firmly "She posited her hand on his shoulder" Synonyms : deposit, fix, situate n : (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning To posit something is to assume or suggest that it is true. You can posit an idea or opinion. When you posit, you submit an idea or give an opinion. Scientists posit many ideas — called hypotheses — that they then try to prove or disprove through experimentation and research. In science, you hear about positing a lot, and the same is true in math and logic. Posit is short of positive, so we assume (posit) that something is true without being completely positive It is tempting to posit that, when it comes to creepiness, we know it when we see it. The best way is to get at the reason for the misbehavior, the experts in the piece posit.

supplant

v : take the place or move into the position of "the computer has supplanted the slide rule" Synonyms : replace, supercede, supersede, supervene upon replace Kate was out sick for a month with mono, and when she came back to school, Jessie had supplanted her as the funny girl at the lunch table. Supplant means to take the place of. Sounds like: sub + plant....i.e substitute + plant... ...so it is taking the place of the other plant or superseding it. Root out one plant and grow another. "You don't want to just supplant a judge's determination of sentence." The Islamic State group's success has allowed it to supplant its parent organization, al-Qaida, as The Guardian recently reported. Hacking stories about airplanes seem to have managed to supplant car related stories in recent weeks

admonish

v : take to task { take to task : recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances} "He admonished the child for his bad behavior" Synonyms : reprove Type of : criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart find fault with; express criticism of; point out rea v : admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior v : warn strongly; put on guard Synonyms : aution, monish To admonish is to scold. If you want to show someone you're not happy with his behavior, admonish him. It sounds better than "scolding," and it's less painful than spanking. adm(in)+on(e)+(pun)ish : (net)admin in the company is one step away (Giving strong warning now) from punishing you.bcoz you are accessing prohibited network sites At the execution, her husband admonishes the crowd, "Beware a woman who dreams." In their opening remarks, they admonished the jury to consider only evidence presented in the trial.

ameliorate

v : to make better Synonyms : amend, better, improve, meliorate better, improve, meliorate To ameliorate is to step in and make a bad situation better. You could try introducing a second lollipop to ameliorate a battle between two toddlers over a single lollipop. Ameli (Imli) improves the taste of food. A meal rate: Meal rate decreased to ameliorate the sales. The state cannot sustain such an oppressive order without ameliorating some of its constituents' misfortunes. However, although neurological aspects are crucial, they are not sufficient to explain, prevent or ameliorate addiction

foment

v : try to stir up public opinion Synonyms : agitate, stir up Types : rumpus Stand outside the school cafeteria passing out flyers with nutritional details on school food, and you may foment a revolution--foment means stirring up something undesirable, such as trouble. You would never say, "Hooray, we fomented a revolution." Instead you'd say, "Those good for nothing scalawags fomented the rebellion." Don't confuse foment and ferment. Ferment can mean "to stir up" in a good way--a football game can ferment excitement in a town, or foment trouble through traffic tie-ups and litter. Foam starts to appear once you profusely foment (stir up) a soapy hot water bucket(2nd meaning ). They are accused of working with Mr. Zhou and his colleagues to foment protests and controversy. Last year, he invited Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to visit Saudi Arabia but later accused Iran of fomenting unrest throughout the Middle East.

exonarate

v pronounce not guilty of criminal charges Synonyms : acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate To exonerate someone is to declare him not guilty of criminal charges. Thirty-five years after that policy shift, it's long past time for us to exonerate dietary fat. Those who have fought to see him exonerated - notably his sister - feel he's betrayed them.

Promulgate

verb : State or Announce To promulgate is to officially put a law into effect. Your state may announce a plan to promulgate a new traffic law on January 1st. Laws aren't the only things you can promulgate. The word promulgate comes from the Latin word promulgatus, meaning "make publicly known." Someone can promulgate values, belief systems, and philosophies — it just means they're promoted or made public. For example, you might write an article to promulgate the benefits of eating only organic foods. Prom (promote)+ul+gate. So promoting something out of the gate, i.e. to make known by opening the gate (or opening declaration) to everyone out there This supports the idea, promulgated by some researchers, that umami can stimulate a healthy appetite. French renewable energy lobby SER welcomed the decision, saying the wind sector was now expecting the government to promulgate the new decree Seen in this context, good news of the kind Huffington now seeks to promulgate is a public menace