Manhattan Advanced 500

goad (verb)

Urge on (as cattle) with a pointed or electrically charged stick; spur on, stimulate, encourage urge on verb অঙ্কুশদ্বারা তাড়না করা, অঙ্কুশদ্বারা তাড়না চালান, সম্মুখে চালিত করা, প্রেরণা দেত্তয়া, উত্সাহ দেত্তয়া, উত্তেজনা দেত্তয়া, তাড়ন করা noun প্রেরণা, অঙ্কুশ, ডাঙ্গশ, উত্তেজিকা, উদ্দীপনা 1. goad tells you to "GO And Do [it]" 2. goad…sounds like god…..everyday when we pray…we always URGE to god ,to give us courage to face all the hurdles and obstacles in life. He never forgave his friends for goading him into spray-painting the school with them. While the effect was temporarily hilarious, he lost a scholarship over the incident.

equivocate (verb)

Use unclear language to deceive or avoid committing to a position lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth দ্ব্যর্থবাক্য ব্যবহার করা, বাক্চাতুরী করা 1. equi(equal) vocal(sound)... if we make similar sounds then it would be ambiguous(unclear) to distinguish!! 2. equi+vocate sounds like advocate... corrupt advocates LIE, to CONCEAL THE TRUTH which MISLEADS the judge.. Not wanting to lose supporters, the politician equivocated on the issue, tossing out buzzwords related to each side while also claiming more study was needed.

ribald (adjective)

Using or relating to obscene or vulgar humor wanton; profane adjective ইতর, শ্রদ্ধাহীন, নীচ, অশ্লীল noun ইতর, শ্রদ্ধাহীন, অশ্লীলভাষী, অশ্লীল লেখক, অমার্জিত ব্যক্তি 1. ribald~bald guy in roadies...raghu...who generally uses ribald,profane,wanton language to ridicule the roadies 2. riducule "bald" people Nearly all limericks are based on ribald humor—hence, the constant rhymes with "Nantucket." / The movie's humor was so ribald that a PG-13 rating was assigned, and Joey's mother covered up his eyes nearly every time a woman was on the screen.

variegated (adjective)

Varied in color, having multicolored patches or spots; diverse many-colored কর্বুরিত, কর্বুর, বিচিত্র, নানাবর্ণ 1. varie(various)-gated(gates)... the gates are of various colors.. 2. variety+ate=variegated.our meal consists variety[chappatis,vegetables etc]...alll are of different colour Unusually, the bridesmaids' dresses were boldly variegated, having many different colors. The bride reasoned that the dresses could be worn again—"Rainbow goes with anything!" she said. The bridesmaids privately agreed that they would never again wear those dresses as long as they lived.

august (adjective)

Venerable, majestic; inspiring admiration impressive; majestic মহিমান্বিত, শ্রদ্ধেয়, মহান 1. August.. The month of the sun sign - LEO the lion (the king of the forest,the most majestic animal) 2. the 15th AUGUST celebrations at the redfort are IMPRESSIVE "I welcome you to this august institution, where presidents and Nobel Prize winners have received the fruits of erudition," said the university president (rather bombastically) to the new crop of first-year students.

rococo (adjective)

Very elaborate and ornate (in decorating or metaphorically, as in speech and writing); relating to a highly ornate style of art and architecture in 18th-century France ornate; highly decorated adjective র্যাঁকোকৌ noun রকোকো, র্যাঁকোকৌ 1. ro(w)+coco- you arrange and decorate coconuts in a row. 2. rococo reminds me of Hawaiian ladies with their coconut decoration around the waist and sometimes the neck. Although Dot Von Derian was born in Ohio as Melissa Worshowski, she insisted on being called "Madame Von D," and bought herself a mansion she furnished in the most rococo style imaginable—it was gilded cherubs and gold leafing as far as the eye could see.

ebullient (adjective)

Very enthusiastic, lively, excited; bubbling as though being boiled showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm ফুটিতেছে এমন, উত্তেজিত, অত্যুত্সাহী, উচ্ছ্বাসিত 1. Your dad purchasing you a new 'Enfield Bullet' so you shpw ur 'Excitement' -> ebullient! :D 2. If u can think this word in a good sense, "bulli" is always showing exitement or overflows with enthu ,wen a hot gal passes The children were so ebullient upon their arrival at Disneyworld that their parents, while happy to see them so excited, wished that there were a way to forcibly restrain them in case they took off running towards the rides.

pernicious (adjective)

Very harmful or destructive, deadly very destructive, harmful সর্বনাশা, মারাত্মক, ধ্বংসক, অপকারী, অনিষ্টকর, হানিকর, ক্ষতিকর, খারাপ, ক্ষতিকারক 1. word can be divided like per+nicious..nicious when pronounced sounds like noxious...so noxious.. ..so something harmful..... 2. it has root nec/nox..in it....means to harm..so per(PERTAINING TO)+nIC/NEC..MEANS HARM..SOMETHING PERTAINING TO HARM U. Bullying has a pernicious effect on the learning environment, keeping victims too intimidated to speak up and also silencing others who fear that they could be next.

fervid (adjective)

Very hot; heated in passion or enthusiasm ardent প্রদীপ্ত, জ্বলন্ত, তপ্ত 1. fer-fur vid-videovideo with girls in furs =extremely hot 2. girls in video (movies) are generally shown passionate for fur He is a fervid fan of Virginia Tech football, so much so that we've all gotten used to receiving "Go Hokies!" hats and shirts for every birthday.

munificent (adjective)

Generous, giving liberally very generous মহাদানশীল, মুক্তহস্ত, উপুড়হস্ত 1. by muni - you think of rishi - muni (sages), who are always generous in giving, will give you whatever you want....tathastu :-) 2. money+sufficient-when a person has sufficient money he is generous The elderly titan of industry was notoriously miserly, sometimes called "the cheapest man alive." But his wife was quite munificent, and after his death, she used his fortune to support numerous charities and to buy a house for their longtime maid.

unsparing (adjective)

Generous, lavish (as in not sparing any help or gifts to others); unmerciful, harsh (as in not sparing any criticism) মুক্তহস্ত, প্রচুর, ক্ষমাহীন, ঢালাও, নির্মম, নির্দয়, দয়াহীন The mother was unsparing in praising her son—so he was in for quite a shock when his new teacher told him his work was substandard.

magnate (noun)

Very important or influential person, esp. in business person of prominence or influence মহৎ ব্যক্তি, বিরাট ব্যক্তি, সম্ভ্রান্ত ব্যক্তি, ধনশালী ব্যক্তি, ক্ষমতাবান্ ব্যক্তি 1. like a magnet.. attracts people and hence influences.. 2. People mistake and call this: "business magnet". Many students pursue MBAs in hopes of becoming wealthy and powerful magnates; some students never quite make it there, instead spending their careers staring at spreadsheets and taking orders from magnates.

stentorian (adjective)

Very loud and powerful (generally of a human voice) extremely loud প্রচণ্ড জোরালো, গমগমে, মন্দ্র 1. sTEN + TORIAN {TONIAN} take it as tone ! so having ten tones which is like very loud 2. remember the STEN gun.. its a very loud machine gun.. so the STEN-TORE my ears The substitute teacher had a hard time calling the rowdy class to order. He poked his head into the hallway and flagged down the football coach walking by, who shut down the chaos immediately with a stentorian "Sit down and shut up!"

hoary (adjective)

Very old, gray or white as from old age white with age ধূসরাভ, পলিত, প্রাচীন, শুক্ল, শুভ্র 1. Hoary or Hairy (white here). 2. since old, obviously old with white hair; white with age Hoary with age, his white beard making his age obvious even from the top of the bleachers, the old man surprised everyone when he was able to make a free throw. / Dad, I've heard your hoary old college fraternity stories a hundred times.

ardent or ardor (adjective, noun)

Very passionate, devoted, or enthusiastic heat; passion; zeal ব্যগ্রতা, দারূণ উত্তাপ, উত্তাপ, উত্সাহ, কামনাতৃপ্তি, আবেগের তীব্রতা, প্রৌঢ়ি, আকুলতা, আকুতি, আকৃতি 1. Our-"darr" is of falling in intense love!! 2. sounds like harder-while doing sex. A dat time ppl feel heat, passion.. srry for using --- words He was an ardent heavy metal lover and became offended anytime someone referred to Poison as a "hair band." / They were so in love that not even meeting each other's awful relatives could dampen their ardor.

diaphanous (adjective)

Very sheer, fine, translucent sheer; transparent স্বচ্ছ, নির্মল 1. remember this sentence. il bet ul never forget it in ur life" modern gowns are diaphanous" .i.e transparent 2. Think of the clear cellophane plastic wrap, which is clear. PHANE, meaning clear, is the same root that is found in diaphanous. The wedding dress was a confection of diaphanous silk, made of at least ten layers of the thin fabric, each layer of which was so fine you could see through it.

transgression (noun)

Violation of a law, moral rule, order, etc.; sin violation of a law; sin পাপ, অতিক্রম, অতিক্রমণ, লঙ্ঘন, উল্লঙ্ঘন 1. Trans + aggression....imagine the army of Pakistan aggressively crossing the Line of Control (LOC) and hence violating the law trans(=across) border. 2. take it this way..train aggression ..so aggression in train is against the law!!! His transgression was so serious that his family disowned him: no one would be visiting him in prison.

invective (noun)

Violent denunciation; accusations, insults, or verbal abuse abuse adjective আক্রমণাত্মক noun আক্রমণমূলক 1. ENVY + ACTIVE or Active jealousy can cause you to ABUSE the other person. 2. divide it like..invi+ctive..invi(sounds like envy)+active...well an active envy..who doesnt want to see you sucessful...such a person wil try all ways to bring you down..hence he will use abusive and venomous langauge..to express his ill will for you Although the money was good, she quit her job after nearly having a nervous breakdown from her boss's invective.

maelstrom (noun)

Violent whirlpool; any chaotic, turbulent situation whirlpool ব্যাপক ও ধ্বংস কর প্রভাব, নরওয়ের উপকূল হইতে অদূরে প্রসিদ্ধ আবর্ত 1. mal(= bad) strom (storm) bad storm like a whirpool 2. MAEL(MALE)+STROM(MEANS..stromy..violence)..so a male who brings strom into his family The Smiths lost their houseboat in a maelstrom, but were at least thankful that they weren't on the boat at the time and thus escaped the violent storm at sea. / After having been homeschooled her whole life, the first week of college was a maelstrom of social events, orientations, and business.

lumber (verb)

Walk in a heavy or clumsy way, sometimes due to being weighed down move heavily of clumsily ঢিকিয়ে ঢিকিয়ে চলা, থপথপিয়ে চলা 1. Relate to the person who is "lamba" (lamba in Hindi language means tall person in English ) moves heavily or clumsily 2. The lumberjack was lumbering with heavy lumbers on his back. Lumberjack comes in ageofempires Alicia was a model and was accustomed to walking everywhere as though on a catwalk, so she was quite displeased when she broke her leg and had to lumber around in a cast, thumping the ground everywhere she went.

forage (verb)

Wander in search of; rummage, hunt, make a raid noun ঘাস, অশ্বাদির খাদ্য verb লুণ্ঠন করা, তন্ন তন্ন করিয়া খোজা It's important to seal your trash cans tightly in this neighborhood, or else you'll get raccoons foraging for food in your backyard.

encomium (noun)

Warm, glowing praise, esp. a formal expression of praise high praise; eulogy স্তুতিবাদ, স্তোত্র Just after all the encomia at his retirement party, he received a gold watch. / The first draft of your dissertation is little but an encomium of the works of Christopher Marlowe, whereas I'm afraid that doctoral-level work requires a more nuanced and critical view.

irresolute (adjective)

Wavering, not sure how to proceed, not firm in one's decision-making uncertain how to act; weak অস্থিরসঙ্কল্প, তরলমতি 1. (IR)not knowing... how to make resolutions. 2. ir+resolute--- resolute means firm and determined, irresolute means the opposite, doubtful If we were voting on the bill this moment, we'd have enough votes to pass it. But many of our supporters are irresolute—we're worried that when lobbyists get to them, they'll quickly change their minds.

raconteur (noun)

Witty storyteller story-teller র্যাকণ্ট্যার, গল্প-কথক 1. "reckon" means think. raconteur is one who thinks (writer/storyteller). 2. one who recounts Miguel was quite the raconteur—the laughing party guests naturally congregated in a cluster around him as he held court.

adumbrate (verb)

Give a rough outline of; foreshadow; reveal only partially; obscure অস্পস্ট আভাস দেওয়া, পূর্বাভাস দেওয়া When I took on the lead role in the movie, I agreed not to give away the plot, but I suppose I could give a brief adumbration of the premise.

querulous (adjective)

Given to complaining, grumbling fretful; whining অসন্তুষ্ট, অনুযোগকারী 1. One who keeps questioning (querying) everything. 2. QUERULOUS=QUARREL-ous Norma had been happy to be a grandmother, but was somewhat less happy when a querulous child was dropped off on her doorstep—"I don't want to come inside," "I don't like sandwiches," "It's too cold in the bathroom." Would the whining and moaning ever stop?

morose (adjective)

Gloomy, sullen ill-humored; sullen বিষণ্ণ, বিষাদগ্রস্ত, কঠিন, রূক্ষ, বিমর্ষ, কোপনস্বভাব, কঠোরপ্রকৃতি, বিশুষ্ক 1. in hindi it is like MOR(peacock) RO(weep) SA raha hai-means it is in sorrow and hence brooding ill humoured 2. A guy gave a crushed(MOroda hua(Hindi)) ROSE to girl as a humor she got pissed on this ill humor at the guy and canceled the plan of party(unsociable) She had always been a happy child, but once she hit high school and decided to become a goth, she adopted a morose attitude to match her all-black clothing.

accretion (noun)

Gradual increase; an added part or addition growth; increase বৃদ্ধি, পুষ্টি, উপলেপ, একই দেহের অঙ্গ-প্রত্যঙ্গরূপে বৃদ্ধি, একই দেহের অঙ্গ-প্রত্যঙ্গরূপে পুষিঠ 1. Accretion sounds like Errection,,, so u r dik grows in size during an errection 2. ACCRETION sounds like secretion which gives an idea of growth in size. Accretion of money in his portfolio. / Some charitable funds keep the principal in their accounts untouched and use only the accretion for philanthropic purposes.

amortize (verb)

Gradually pay off a debt, or gradually write off an asset কোনো কিছু নিঃশেষ করিয়া ফেলা A mortgage is a common form of amortized debt—spreading the payments out over as long as 30 years is not uncommon. / On his company balance sheet, Joe amortized the value of his patent, estimating that the patent's value as an asset would decline steadily over the course of the year as competitors patented competing products.

hand-wringing (noun)

Grasping, squeezing, etc. of the hands as an expression of nervousness, guilt, etc.; extend debate over what to do about an issue There has been much hand-wringing (or wringing of hands) over falling test scores, with so-called experts acting as if the world will end if students do 1% worse in math and science.

cupidity (noun)

Greed, great or excessive desire greed লোভ, ধনলিপ্সা, ধনতৃষ্ণা, ধনলোভ 1. cupidity:look for CUPID HERE..cupid is the god of love. so cupidity means having an desire or greed for wealth. cupid-wealth-cupidity...greed for wealth. 2. CUP+IDLI+TEA....a person who wants cup full of wine,IDLI to eat and TEA is too GREEDY............................. The doctor's medical license was revoked after it was discovered that, out of sheer cupidity, he had diagnosed people with illnesses they didn't have and pocketed insurance money for performing procedures they didn't need.

verdant (adjective)

Green, such as with vegetation, plants, grass, etc.; young and inexperienced green; lush in vegetation সবুজ, হরিত, শ্যামল, তৃণশ্যামল, কাঁচা, অপরিণত, অনভিজ্ঞ 1. Animals with BADA DANT eat greenery. 2. ver = trueverd = greenverb = words Having grown up in Ethiopia, Dabir loved the lushness of the verdant forests in rainy Oregon. / The first-year associate was a little too verdant to be assigned to the big case.

bevy (noun)

Group of birds or other animals that stay close together; any large group large group দল, পক্ষীর ঝাঁক, যূথ, মহিলাদের দল 1. Bevy=be +"we" not me, hence refers to group of people 2. bevy-beavers.this brings this word in our mind. beavers are animals that live in large group. The bar owner cringed when a bevy of women in plastic tiaras came in—"Another drunken bachelorette party," he sighed.

faction (noun)

Group or clique within a larger organization; party strife and dissension party; clique; dissension দলাদলি, বিরোধী দল, দলবিরোধ, চক্র, ঘোঁট 1. faction -> fraction means fraction of a large party 2. sound like function ..means party The opposition movement was once large enough to have a chance at succeeding, but it has since broken into numerous, squabbling factions, each too small to have much impact. / The caucus began in a spirit of unity but now, sadly, is marked by faction and petty squabbles.

lurid (adjective)

Gruesome or excessively vivid; sensational, shocking, unrestrained wild; sensational উত্তেজনাপূর্ণ, রোমাঁচকর 1. lurid..concentrate on de last 4 letters-ur+id.so if someone hacks UR mail ID,he has gotta be a SENSATIONAL hacker and in response to this u would become WILD 2. lurid.....luri..similar to lure...lure means ..attract. charming...so something that lures you , and you are strongly attracted by it..you cant control your feelings, and at any cost you want to get it...and to get it you can do anything...so you are I do like to keep up with what celebrities are doing, but that tabloid is just too lurid for me—just look at the cover: "Worst Cellulite in Hollywood" and "Exclusive Crash Photos." Truly horrible.

dyspeptic (adjective)

Grumpy, pessimistic, irritable; suffering from dyspepsia (indigestion) suffering from indigestion অজীর্ণতায় ভোগা 1. dys (means not functioning properly) + peptic.. pepsin..is an ENZYME...WHICH BREAKS DOWN THE FOOD PARTICLES AND HELPS IN DIGESTION,...SO if this enzyme stops functioning..then the problem of INDIGESTION occures. 2. sounds like THIS PEPSI...I wont drink this pepsi because it may create indigestion to me. The dyspeptic professor was so angered by a question from a student who hadn't done the homework that he actually stomped out of class.

fortuitous (adjective)

Happening by chance; lucky accidental; by chance আকস্মিক, দৈবক্রমে ঘটিত, আপতিক, আধিদৈবিক, দৈবাৎ, আপতিত 1. equivalent to fortune.............fortune isn't destined to occur it is accidental 2. Everyone doesnot get a happy chance for joining tutions..those who get it are fortuitous It was amazingly fortuitous that the exclusive beach resort had a cancellation for exactly the weekend she had wanted to get married, allowing her to have the perfect wedding after all.

discordant (adjective)

Harsh or inharmonious in sound; disagreeing, incongruous inharmonious; conflicting মিলহীন, বিসদৃশ, বিবদমান, বিরোধী, ভিন্নমত, বেসুরো, বেতালা, হৈচৈপূর্ণ 1. FOCUS ON disco-RDANT. dISCOs ARE always inharmonious. same as cacophonous 2. dis+chord as in not a chord, so it is conflicting or harsh in sound In a graduation ceremony full of hopeful and congratulatory speeches, the salutatorian's address about the terrible economy struck a discordant note.

invidious (adjective)

Hateful, offensive, injurious designed to create ill will or envy বাস্তব বা কাল্পনিক অবিচারপ্রসূত, অসন্তোষ বা ক্ষোপ উত্পাদনকারী 1. invi seems like "envy" check the meaning of envy and you will understand the mnemonic 2. focus on word in+VIDIO.....when tahalaka showed a VIDIO of few tainted ministers , it ROUSED ILLWILL in the whole country. School bullying has become a serious problem, with ongoing invidious behavior driving students to suicide.

misanthrope or misanthropist (noun)

Hater of humankind one who hates mankind মনুষ্যদ্বেষী 1. "misien"in greek means " to hate" and "anthropos" means "mankind" so misanthrope means one who hates mankind 2. Ms.Anthrope hates all humans He is such a misanthrope that when some Girl Scouts going door to door asked if he'd like to sponsor a hungry child overseas, he replied, "The fewer people in the world, the better," and shut the door in their faces!

militate (verb)

Have a great effect, weigh heavily (often as militate against) work against সৈনিকগিরি করা, বিবাদ করা, বিদ্রোহী হত্তয়া, শক্তিসম্পন্ন হত্তয়া 1. Military action often influences others to argue against the invasion. 2. Military action always takes place when someone work against the other While his resume was stellar, his speech impediment militated against his performance in job interviews.

mannered (adjective)

Having a particular manner, esp. an artificial one affected; not natural আচরণবিশিষ্ট, স্বভাববিশিষ্ট, ভদ্রতার বাতিকগ্রস্ত, লৌকিকতার বাতিকগ্রস্ত 1. man in red is "not natural" 2. When someones uses too many manners (politeness) she becomes artificial. Although he grew up in rural Ohio, sometime before he got his own makeover show on television he adopted a mannered way of speaking, as though he had grown up in some very odd corner of Victorian England.

resurgent (adjective)

Having a revival, renewing, rising or surging again rising again after defeat, etc. পুনরূদীয়মান, পুনরূত্থানকারী, পুনরূত্পাদক Burlesque has experienced a resurgence in the last decade, as young women dress in old-fashioned finery and perform routines appropriate for the vaudeville halls or nightclubs of previous decades.

pungent (adjective)

Having a sharp taste or smell; biting, stimulating, sharp pungency (noun) sharpness; stinging quality তীব্রতা, তীক্ষ্নতা, কটু স্বাদ, কটু গন্ধ, তীব্র মর্মস্পর্শিতা, বেদনাদায়কতা, বিদ্রূপপূর্ণতা The new assistant chef received some rather pungent criticism from the head chef for her idea to make feta cheese soup, which the customers found much too pungent.

prescient (adjective)

Having foreknowledge or foresight, seeing the future prescience (noun) ability to foretell the future ভাবিবোধ, পূর্বজ্ঞান, ভাবিদর্শন, পূর্বদৃষ্টি 1. pre(before)+science(..knowledge)..i.e. having the knowledge to TELL THE FUTURE BEFORE TIME... 2. PRE(before)SCIENCE we had prophets to know the future Mariposa swears she's prescient—she thinks she sees the future in her dreams. / The science fiction novel, published in 1955, was strangely prescient—it pictures the year 2000 as having no flying cars, but a communication system known as the "interconnect," used largely for online shopping and wasting time.

perspicacious (adjective)

Having penetrating insight or good discernment having insight; penetrating; astute তীক্ষ্নদৃষ্টি, তীক্ষ্নবুদ্ধি 1. pervade+specacaious=perspicacious 2. sounds like perspective or perceptive which are related. A good detective is shrewd and perspicacious, judging when someone is lying, noticing things the rest of us would ignore, and making connections that allow an investigation to move forward.

magnanimous (adjective)

High-minded, noble, lofty; generous in forgiving others, free of resentment magnanimity (noun) generosity মহানুভবতা, মহত্ত্ব, উচ্চাশয়তা, সদাশয়তা, উদারতা, উদার-স্বভাব 1. magNANIMAous, NANI MA in hindi, is always "generous" to us 2. "magnanimity" = "magna"(magnet = attract)+"enemity" =those who attracts his enemy too ,,, are "generous , kind" The twins were so different from one another—while Andrea was petty and vengeful and would hold a grudge for years, Marina was quite magnanimous, easily forgiving insults or slights, and simply rising above the petty bickering and cliquish behavior of our high school.

apposite (adjective)

Highly appropriate, suitable, or relevant appropriate; fitting যথাযথ, যথোপযুক্ত, ক্ষম 1. apposite=> opposite of OPPOSITE i.e. perfectly matched; appropriate; most suitable 2. appropriate site He searched his brain for an apposite word to describe wealthy Americans' addiction to consumer goods, until he discovered the neologism "affluenza."

insinuate (verb)

Hint, suggest slyly; introduce (an idea) into someone's mind in a subtle, artful way hint; imply কটাক্ষ করা, ঠেস দিয়া মন্তব্য করা 1. The girl has lost her memory. The boy telling her - This is the INStitute IN which U ATE. He is trying to HINT, IMPLY to her. 2. IN(not)+SIGN....without any signal i.e indirectly hint or imply .... "Where's your boyfriend? You didn't leave him home alone, did you?" asked Ming. "Are you insinuating something?" asked Helen. "If you have something to say, just say it."

homage (noun)

Honor or respect demonstrated publicly honor; tribute সম্মান, শ্রদ্ধা স্বীকৃতি, সশ্রদ্ধা স্বীকৃতি, আনুগত্য-স্বীকার 1. Homage = Home + Age; In our culture, we respect the aged persons of our home. 2. homage,aged people are honored by life time achivement award.like big B, This structure I built in the backyard is not just a skateboard ramp; it is an homage to my hero Tony Hawk. I have dubbed it the "Tony Hawk Rocks Western Pennsylvania Skateboard Ramp." / I'm not copying Madonna's song—I am referencing it in my own song as an homage to her work.

inimical (adjective)

Hostile, adverse, harmful unfriendly; hostile শত্রুভাবাপন্ন, বিরোধী, প্রতিকূল, ক্ষতিকর, ক্ষতিকারক 1. inimi=enemy, and enemies cause damage. So inimical means something damaging. 2. INIMICAL ~ inimi (sounds like ENEMY) + cal; Enemies are HOSTILE and of-course UNFRIENDLY. Most people think that being shouted at in the freezing rain is inimical to learning; sadly, our boot camp instructor disagreed.

baying (adjective)

Howling in a deep way, like a dog or wolf উপসাগর, বে The lonely dog bayed all night. / The mob bayed for the so-called traitors to be put to death.

normative (adjective)

Implying or attempting to establish a norm; expressing value judgments or telling people what to do (rather than merely describing that which is happening) আদর্শ, আদর্শস্থাপনকারী, মান-নির্ণায়ক The reason we are not understanding each other in this argument about grammar is that you are arguing normatively, telling me how people should talk, and I am simply reporting and analyzing how people actually talk.

nontrivial (adjective)

Important or big enough to matter The chief of staff told the assembled doctors, "We all make mistakes. But this mistake was nontrivial, and there is going to be an investigation."

ameliorate (verb)

Improve; make better or more bearable improve উন্নত করা, উন্নতিলাভ করা, সংশোধন করা, উন্নত হত্তয়া, উন্নতিবিধান করা, উন্নয়নসাধন করা 1. Ameli (Imli) improves the taste of food. 2. In movie Amelie, Amelie tries to improve other's life. If you spill water on your computer keyboard, you can ameliorate the damage by leaving the keyboard upside down to dry—it may still be ruined, but that's still the best chance you've got of saving it.

searchingly (adverb)

In a searching or penetrating manner; while examining closely or probing for answers নভোথিয়েটারের "I'm fired?" said Ron, looking searchingly at his boss. "I thought I was like a son to you." / Breaking up is hard to do, but the searching look of her brokenhearted soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend was just too much.

hotly (adverb)

In an intense, fiery, or heated way ঘিরে The issue of how evolution should be taught in schools was hotly disputed by members of the school board, religious leaders, and parent groups.

attuned (adjective)

In harmony; in sympathetic relationship খোজখবর রাখেন, সুর বাধা, ঐক্য বিধান করা Research shows that new mothers are keenly attuned to their babies' cries; even those who were formerly heavy sleepers often find that they now wake up immediately when their babies need attention. / In the sixth week of Melanie's foreign study program, she finally attuned herself to life on a French farm.

inert (adjective)

Inactive; having little or no power to move inertia (noun) state of being inert or indisposed to move নিষ্ক্রিয়তা, জাড্য, প্রতিরোধশক্তিহীনতা, জড়তা, জড়ত্ব, জড়িমা, মন্থরতা, মান্দ্য, কুঁড়েমি, নির্জীবতা, আলস্য, বিমোহ "All of the missiles at the military museum are inert, Timmy," said the tour guide, answering the question children always asked. "They're not going to blow up." / When she saw her father's inert body on the floor, she thought the worst, but fortunately he was just practicing very slow yoga.

infallible (adjective)

Incapable of error; certain unerring অভ্রান্ত, অব্যর্থ, নিশ্চিত, অকাট্য, অমোঘ 1. IN(not)+FALL...A person who doesn't fall is a person who doesn't make mistakes.... 2. Do not fall into errors No good scientist thinks he or she is infallible—it is fundamental to the scientific method that every theory is open to revision based on new evidence.

savant (noun)

Learned person, scholar, someone admitted to membership in a scholarly field; a person with amazing mental abilities despite having a cognitive difference or disability scholar মহাপণ্ডিত ব্যক্তি 1. rakhee SAVANT is a SCHOLAR....pun intended...hahaha...lol!!! 2. Abijit Savant is a learned person at singing The TED conferences feature savants and newsmakers speaking on topics of great importance to the world. / Many people associate autism with being an "autistic savant," but most people who have autism do not actually have the ability to mentally multiply a five-digit number by a five-digit number in five seconds, for instance.

insensible (adjective)

Incapable of feeling; unconscious, unaware unconscious; unresponsive অচেতন, অনুভূতিশূন্য, অচৈতন্য, অনুভূতিশক্তিহীন, ইন্দ্রি়াতীত, অচেষ্ট, যন্ত্রণাবোধহীন, নিরাবেগ, নিরাসক্ত, উদাস, নীরস 1. in (without..) +sensible (sense..)i.e. without sense we are UNCONSCIOUS or UNRESPONSIVE.. Very intoxicated people can be insensible to pain, leading to serious problems as they injure themselves and don't realize it. / I cannot believe that, while I was insensible after the operation, you put funny hats on me and took pictures! You are insensible to shame!

sedition (noun)

Inciting rebellion against a government, esp. speech or writing that does this resistance to authority; insubordination রাজদ্রোহ, রাজবিদ্রোহ, প্রজাবিদ্রোহ, বিদ্রোহ, গণবিক্ষোভ 1. seidition = said+i+shunhe said i will shun u.. reisitance 2 authority 2. SEDITION or OPPOSITION which are rhyming words refer to words or actions inciting rebellion. Amnesty International regularly fights for the release of political prisoners imprisoned for sedition. While inciting violence is illegal in most of the world, what is considered sedition under many restrictive governments is what Americans consider a normal exercise of freedom of speech—for instance, writing a letter to the editor of a newspaper criticizing the government's policies.

proclivity (noun)

Inclination, natural tendency inclination; natural tendency স্বাভাবিক প্রবণতা, ঝোঁক 1. Acclivity- an upward slope; Declivity --a downward slope; Proclivity -- a natural inclination 2. pro(forward) + clivity( think of cliff or high slope, prone to slipping towards it), so a strong predispostion/inclination to... something After his therapist pointed out that he had a natural proclivity to judge people prematurely, he tried to work on that by imagining things from the other person's point of view.

apprise (verb)

Inform, give notice to inform জ্ঞাপন করা, পরিচয় দেত্তয়া, অবগত করান 1. one who will inform will get the prize 2. when u get a ap + PRISE (PRIZE) ......SO WHEN U GET A PRIZE....YOU ARE INFORMED BY AUTHORITY OR NOTIFIED BY THE OFFICIALS THAT U HAVE TO BE PRESENT ON THAT DAY. I can't believe you failed to apprise me that my child was biting the other children in his preschool class! If I had known, I could've addressed this issue before all the other parents threatened to sue!

iniquity (noun)

Injustice, wickedness, sin unfairness পক্ষপাত, অবিচার, অন্যায় 1. something not done equally so this is unfair The preacher's sermon about loving your neighbor was regarded by some as a welcome departure from his usual fiery homilies railing against iniquity. / Iniquitous corporations, such as those that spill oil into our oceans, must be punished.

avarice (noun)

Insatiable greed; a miserly desire to hoard wealth greed for wealth অর্থলিপ্সা, লালসা, লোভ, ধনলোভ, ধনলিপ্সা, ধনতৃষ্ণা, লোলুপতা, স্পৃহা, কৃপণতা 1. avarice- a + very + rich > a strong greed to be 'a very rich' person. 2. a+varice..varice...sounds like hindi word waris..and now imagine a greedy member of a family who kills the patriarch for his wealth...so that he can become the family's waris. It is hard to fathom the sheer avarice of a company that would fraudulently overcharge a struggling school system for new computers.

graft (verb, noun)

Insert part of a plant into another plant, where it continues to grow; join living tissue (such as skin) to part of the body where it will continue to live and grow; attach as if by grafting (verb); the part so grafted (as in a graft of skin); the act of acquiring money or other benefits through illegal means, esp. by abusing one's power (noun) noun ঘুস, কলম, ঘুষ, টিকা, উত্কোচ verb কলম করা, অসাধুতায় রত থাকা, টিকা দেওয়া, কলম লাগান The part of the book describing the financial crisis is good, but the "What You Can Do" section seems grafted on, almost as though written by a different author. / It's not cool for your boss to pressure you into buying Girl Scout cookies from his daughter. If she were selling something larger, we'd call that graft.

interplay (noun)

Interaction, reciprocal relationship or influence পারস্পরিক, পারস্পরিক ক্রিয়া Bilingual readers will enjoy the interplay of English and Spanish in many of the poems in this anthology of the work of Mexican-American poets.

per se (adverb)

Intrinsically; by itself; in itself জন্মগতভাবে, সহজাতভাবে, অপরিহার্যভাবে, নিজ বৈশিষ্ট্য, স্বয়ং The policy isn't sexist, per se, but it has had a disproportionate impact on women that deserves further study.

investiture (noun)

Investing; formally giving someone a right or title অভিষেক, সজ্জীকরণ, বিভূষণ The former dean had her academic robes dry cleaned in preparation for her investiture as university president.

irascible (adjective)

Irritable, easily angered irritable; easily angered একরোখা 1. concentrate on rasc- a rascal is one who is irritable, choleric, shor-tempered & hotheaded 2. rascible sounds like "racist able". so, making racist remark can easily anger anyone... "I spent my entire childhood tiptoeing around so as not to anger my irascible mother," Joe told his therapist.

nettle (verb)

Irritate, sting, or annoy annoy; vex verb কাঁটার মত বেঁধা, উত্ত্যক্ত করা noun বিছুটি 1. Nettle sounds like kettle. A Kettle boiling water makes a lot of noise and is therefore irriating and annoying. It also means "worried". 2. "net + tle, when internet is slow like turtle.... annoyed!" His first year in college, my little brother failed gym. How is that even possible? I always remind him about it just to nettle him. Of course, he usually strikes back by reminding me of that time I crashed an amusement park's go-cart.

grating (adjective)

Irritating; harsh or discordant (of a noise); scraping শ্রুতিকটু, কর্কশ Folding jeans at the mall finally became unbearable when her kindly old supervisor was replaced with a young woman whose grating tone made commands like "Fold faster and then clean up this display!" sound like nails on a chalkboard.

fallow (adjective)

Left unplanted (of land); not in use plowed but sowed; uncultivated adjective পতিত, অনাবাদী, কর্ষিত, অকর্ষিত, পড়ো, খিল noun অনাবাদী জমি 1. after plowing farmer fallow(fall-low) of money so, he left it without seeding(uncultivated) 2. fallow is like "falo" in hindi (fruit/ripe) so khet ko falne foolne ke liye it has to be left uncultivated.. Crop yields were increased substantially when the villagers discovered that leaving a portion of their fields lie fallow allowed that unused part of the land to become renewed with minerals. / It is terribly important that we make college affordable for underprivileged students, lest great minds lie fallow, and the world never benefit from their genius.

inquest (noun)

Legal or judicial inquiry, especially before a jury and especially made by a coroner into the cause of someone's death; the results of such an inquiry আইনগত অনুসন্ধান, তল্লাশ, তদন্ত, অভ্যন্তরে স্থাপন করা, বিচারার্থ অনুসন্ধান The family waited nervously for the results of the inquest, which finally returned a verdict of misadventure; that is, their grandfather had not been murdered, but rather died in a freak accident of his own doing.

missive (noun)

Letter, written message letter adjective প্রেরিত noun সরকারী পত্র, প্রেরিত বস্তু, প্রেরিত পত্রাদি, লিখিত বার্তা, পত্রিকা 1. in olden days .. if you "missed" someone.. you wrote "letters" to them... 2. miss+give....give this letter to the miss While Don was overseas fighting in World War II, he lived for the missives from the wife he had left behind.

seraphic (adjective)

Like an angel; serene, spiritually carried off or transported উচ্চতম শ্রেণীয় দেবদূত The gospel choir looked seraphic in their shimmering white robes.

sublime (adjective)

Lofty or elevated, inspiring reverence or awe; excellent, majestic; complete, utter exalted; noble; uplifting verb ঊর্ধ্বে তোলা, মহীয়ান করা adjective মহিমান্বিত, উচ্চ, পরমোল্লসিত, সর্বোচ্চ, শ্রেষ্ঠ, মহত্তম noun সর্বোচ্চ মাত্রা 1. Lime juice makes us feel joy exalted... 2. once u sublimate(purify) ur earthly pleasures u will be sublime(noble) She loved visiting Gothic churches, which truly filled even a nonbeliever with a sense of the sublime. / It was sublime idiocy that caused him to invest all his money in the market without doing any research. / This dinner is sublime! I will leave a glowing review on Yelp!

rarefied (adjective)

Lofty, very high up or elevated (in a metaphorical way); exclusive, select; thin, pure, or less dense (as air at the top of a mountain) made less dense [of a gas] তনু 1. rare(,,very less)+fied(..like field which means environment), hence environment where GAS is VERY LESS DENSE.. 2. rarefied is a past tense of rarefy. And, rarefy = rare+fy(to make), i.e. to make something rare, or less dense... :) Among the rarefied ranks of conference attendees, she counted two Nobel Prize Winners, a MacArthur Genius Grant winner, and Bill Gates—and that was just at one lunch table!

harangue (noun, verb)

Long, intense verbal attack, esp. when delivered publicly long, passionate, and vehement speech verb বাগাড়ম্বরপূর্ণ বক্তৃতা দেত্তয়া, বাগাড়ম্বরপূর্ণ বক্তৃতা শোনান noun বাগাড়ম্বরপূর্ণ বক্তৃতা 1. 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. 2. HAR (her) + ANGUE (anger) = she VERBALLY ATTACKED me because of HER ANGER at me. Look, I'll clean the gutters when I get a free weekend—I don't need you to keep haranguing me about it.

husband (verb)

Manage prudently, sparingly, or economically; conserve husbandry (noun) frugality; thrift; agriculture সুপরিচালনা, কৃষকার্য, কৃষি, খেতি, ক্ষেত্রকর্ম, মেতব্যয়িতা 1. husband+ry(TRY)...so husbands always try to be frugal, if they have a lavish spending wife. 2. in india the farmer husband has to "cultivate , agriculture" land for the betterment of his family As we are dealing with cutbacks, I am calling on you as the office manager to husband our resources, parceling out office supplies and buying new ones only when absolutely necessary.

stigma (noun)

Mark of disgrace, a figurative stain or mark on someone's reputation token of disgrace; brand গর্ভমুণ্ড, রন্ধ্র, পাংশু, কালি, ফইজত 1. Stigma (STICK + MAA)Imagine someone hitting his MAA with a STICK. How disgraceful it will be !!! 2. Opposite of six sigma which is considered very graceful and good In the 1950s, bearing a child out of wedlock was severely stigmatized, but today in many social circles, there is no stigma whatsoever to unmarried parents having a child.

tendentious (adjective)

Marked by a strong point of view, biased having an aim; biased; designed to further a cause উদ্দেশ্যমূলক 1. Rearrange the words to make - Tend or Tendency + ious or bias. So, TENDENTIOUS is a TENDENcy towards one viewpoint over another. 2. tendentious:(tendency+Us~United states):the tendency of US is to support/tend towrds the controversial country, thats why it supports pakistan to crub india through financial and military/weapon aids.so supporting a controversial It's hard to become absorbed in the world of a fantasy novel when the author is so tendentious—the planet of Xerxon is clearly meant to mimic the United States, and the author's politics intrude on the story on every page.

endemic (adjective)

Native, local; natural, specific to, or confined to a particular place prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific are or country adjective স্থানীয়, জাতিগত, দেশগত noun আঁচলিক রোগ, স্থানীয় রোগ, সর্বজনিক রোগ, দেশব্যাপী রোগ 1. simple think of epidemic as an epidemic desease that spreads a vast area and endemic disease as a disease that spreads only a confined area 2. epidemic is something that is confined to vast area and endemic is confined to small area Certain diseases—especially those that require a precise mix of environmental conditions and local plant and animal life to thrive—remain endemic to particular regions.

propensity (noun)

Natural inclination or tendency natural inclination প্রবণতা, প্রবৃত্তি, নেশা, স্বাভাবিক প্রবৃত্তি, ঝোঁক, বুদ্ধি 1. now a days people are inclined towards "CITY" dats y thery r migrating from villages.... 2. prop + city = people get propelled towards city only because of strong inclination towards city life He was an introvert with a propensity for solitary brooding, and thus was considered a bit strange or unfriendly by the others in his dorm.

myopic (adjective)

Near-sighted; lacking long-term thinking, short-sighted nearsighted ক্ষীণদৃষ্টি 1. With My Opaque lenses I will be short sighted To raise prices in a time of crisis is both wrong and deeply myopic—our profits would go up in the short term, but our customers' resentment would simmer for decades. / Myron's myopia is so strong that he cannot be helped by contact lenses and has to wear the heavy glasses he has worn for decades.

neologism (noun)

New word or phrase (or a new meaning applied to an existing word or phrase) new or newly coined word or phrase নূতন শব্দ, নূতন মত, নূতন অর্থে পুরাতন শব্দপ্রয়োগ 1. 'neo' means 'new' and 'logos' means 'word'; so 'neologism' means inventing new word. 2. the word neo means new.... which gives the meaning!!! You won't find "fauxhawk" in the dictionary—it's a neologism that describes a fake mohawk (faux means fake and is pronounced "foe") created by sculpting the hair into a mohawk-like crest without actually shaving the sides.

impassive (adjective)

Not having or not showing physical feeling or emotion without feeling; not affected by pain অনুভূতিশূন্য, অবিচলিত, আগ্রহহীন, নিরাবেগ, নিরাসক্ত, অনাসক্ত 1. Impassive-> A person saying-"I m Passive(Not Active)", that means he has no feelings,emotions. 2. Passive : inactive hence a person inactive in revealing emotions.zzzz Having been in and out of hospitals all his life, he accepted this latest diagnosis impassively—"Whatever happens, happens," he said.

ignoble (adjective)

Not noble; having mean, base, low motives; low quality of lowly origin; unworthy ইতর, নীচ, হীনজাত, অসম্মানজনক, নীচকুলোদ্ভব 1. igno(ignore)+ble(able)..so if something IS unworthy and not noble, ONE should be able to ignore them. 2. ignoble = igno[r]able coz not worthy to be noted What you have done may not be illegal, but it surely is ignoble—people who don't read the user agreement surely do not expect that, by clicking "I Agree," they have signed up for a Jelly of the Month club!

recalcitrant (adjective)

Not obedient, resisting authority, hard to manage obstinately stubborn বিরুপ 1. re+calcit(looks like calcite)+rant...as we know calcite is a hard mineral found in calcium carbonate which forms the major part of rocks, chalk and marble, is hard to break and likewise a recalcitrant person is also stubborn. 2. re+calci(calculator->calculate)+trant....so imagine a person who has made a mistake in calculations using a calci and is unwilling to re-calculate...it shows he is STUBBORN As an aspiring kindergarten teacher, she had imagined days filled with giggles and singing songs about friendship—she was not prepared for a roomful of 20 recalcitrant children who wouldn't even sit down, much less learn the words to "Holding Hands around the World."

impious (adjective)

Not religious, lacking reverence, ungodly irreverent অধার্মিক, ধর্মহীন, অধর্মী, ধর্মবিরোধী, অনার্য, ধর্মদ্রোহী, অনার্যোচিত, অসৎ 1. pious means religious...so with a -ve prefix,impious means not religious....so a person who is not religious lacks respect for god.synonym:IMPIETY 2. a person pee's on us then he lacks respect for us. Im PIo US In religious schools, impious behavior is generally prohibited.

lax (adjective)

Not strict; careless, loose, slack careless শিথিল, ঢিলা, আলগা, কোমল, তুলতুলে, অদৃঢ়, নৈতিক বলহীন, লম্পট, বিরেচক 1. LAX - reLAX - careless 2. lax sounds similar to tax ; dont be lax while submitting tax proofs every financial year end. My parents were really lax about homework—they never checked to see if I did it or not. Sadly, this legacy of laxity is not serving me well while studying for the GRE.

untempered (adjective)

Not toned down; not moderated, controlled, or counterbalanced The report was an untempered condemnation of the company's practices—the investigators didn't have a single good thing to say.

penumbra (noun)

Outer part of a shadow from an eclipse; any surrounding region, fringe, periphery; any area where something "sort of" exists partial shadow (in an eclipse) উপচ্ছায়া 1. pen under an umbrella will be invisble unders umbrella's shadow 2. use pen on bra to take the partial shadow of breast The Constitution doesn't specifically mention a right to privacy, but some experts consider this to exist in the penumbra of the Constitution, as a guarantee of privacy is needed in order to exercise the rights that are enumerated. / The rent in Chicago was too high, so they moved to a suburb in the penumbra of the city.

overwrought (adjective)

Overly nervous, agitated, or excited; too ornate, elaborate, or fussy; overdone extremely agitated; hysterical অতিমাত্রায় উত্তেজিত, অত্যুত্তেজিত, অতিমাত্রায় বিস্তারিত 1. over+wrought => remember wrought iron. Which has become so due to agitation and hysterisis. 2. sounds like OVER HOT By the time her boyfriend met her in the park, she was overwrought, thinking he must have chosen a public place so he could break up with her—turned out, he had just invited her to a picnic. / Accustomed to more spare American churches, Father Smith found the churches of South America a bit overwrought, with enormous, flowery, gold altars and gold-plating on everything imaginable.

hallmark (noun)

A mark indicating quality, purity, genuineness, etc.; any distinguishing characteristic ছাপ দেত্তয়া, নির্দশক ছাপ Signature red soles are the hallmark of Christian Louboutin's shoes. / Fast-paced rhymes, an angry tenor, and personal attacks on celebrities are hallmarks of Eminem's music.

repast (noun, verb)

A meal (noun); to eat or feast (verb) আহার, ভোজন, ভোজের আয়োজন, খাদ্য After a light repast in a country inn, the men got back on their horses and rode away.

sobriquet (noun)

A nickname উপনাম, ডাক-নাম, কল্পিত নাম James Brown, often referred to with the sobriquet "The Godfather of Soul," scored numerous smash hits and was also known for his feverish dancing.

platitude (noun)

A shallow, overused statement; cliche trite remark; commonplace statement মামুলি মন্তব্য, ধুয়া 1. flat + attitude:something flat does not attract us as it is very common. So you will obviously give trite remarks. 2. or we can think of plastic: it is veru cheap and of very little value just like platitude Everyone who knew my mother knows she was an atheist, so I can't imagine why people at her funeral would think we'd enjoy their soppy platitudes about Mom's "being in a better place now."

strut (noun)

A structural support or brace pompous walk ভাররক্ষা করা 1. rhymes with SLUT - imagine the way she walks...pompous, with head erect and chest thrown out. 2. Rhymes with straight. For something to be straight, you need a support. Looking out the window of the small biplane, Maureen could see the struts, the vertical connectors between the lower and upper sets of wings.

whitewash (noun, verb)

A substance used to whiten walls, wood, etc. (noun); deception, covering up of wrongs, errors, misdeeds, etc. (verb) noun চুনকাম, কৃত্রিম বর্ণ, কলি, চুনকামের গোলা verb চুনকাম করা, সুন্দর রুপদান করা, দেখিতে সুন্দর করা, অভিয়োগ দূর করিবার চেষ্টা করা The journalist accused the government of trying to whitewash the scandal, implying that the officials covered up the incident out of concern for national security rather than to protect themselves.

interregnum (noun)

A time in between two reigns or regimes during which there is no ruler; a period during which government does not function; any period of freedom from authority or break or interruption in a series period between two reigns বিরাম, বিরতি 1. reg stands for king or kingly styles (e.g. in regicide,regalia etc.) so inter regnum = in between two kings(referring to their ruling period). 2. Inter(Interval)+Regnum (Kingship)-->Interval between kingship, government etc. When the king died with no heir, his ministers ruled in the interregnum as the nobles argued over which of the king's nephews should rule next. / In the interregnum between Madonna and Lady Gaga, there was no single female pop star who commanded such titanic audiences.

scintilla (noun)

A tiny bit or trace shred; least bit স্ফুলিঙ্গ 1. Scintilla has 'tilla', remember is as tila [small hill], very tiny as compared to Mountain. So scintilla means 'tiny'. 2. scintilla = skiny + tinkatinka in hindi means a small drop.. so both the words mean small bits.. With not one scintilla of food in the house, the pioneer woman resorted to desperate means, boiling weeds and even shoe leather to feed her children.

pallid (adjective)

Abnormally pale (as skin); lacking color or vitality pale; wan ফেকাশে, বিগতদু্যতি, মলিন, ম্লান, বিবর্ণ, পাণ্ডুবর্ণের 1. pallid = pale + lid.(jus take the 1st four letters hence 'pale') 2. PEELI(yellow) When Eric left the office mid-day, we knew from the pallor that had overtaken him that he really was getting sick. / We need this blog to really hit hard against the special interest groups ruining our country, and your pallid writing isn't doing it—you're going to bore people to death with this wimpy prose.

dither (verb, noun)

Act indecisively (verb); a state of fear or trembling excitement কাঁপা, কম্পন, ইতস্তত করা, অনিশ্চিত অবস্থা "Stop dithering," said the mother to her daughter. "Pick which sweater you want so I can pay for it and we can get out of here." / The haunted house brought the children to a dither from which it was difficult for their parents to calm them down.

felicitous (adjective)

Admirably appropriate, very well-suited for the occasion; pleasant, fortunate, marked by happiness apt; suitably expressed; well chosen সুখপূর্ণ, মনোরম, যথাযথ 1. felicitous sounds like felicitation... in felicitation the person is praised with SUITABLE, APT , WELL CHOSEN remarks.. 2. this word is derived from FELIX(root word means lucky..happy)..felix is name given to lucky and famous people. "What a felicitous occasion!" said the new grandfather, arriving at the hospital with an "It's a Girl!" balloon. The new father found the balloon remarkably felicitous, especially since the baby's gender had been announced less than an hour ago.

proxy (noun)

Agent, substitute, person authorized to act on behalf of another authorized agent প্রতিনিধি 1. heard of proxy servers? ..they act for other servers, to connect us to the desired website... 2. sorry, i have made a wrong analogy before...proxy servers act as a proxy for connecting to the websites we need..they act as proxies for the desired websites(not servers) She was in the hospital, but certainly didn't want to miss voting on the proposal, so she sent a proxy to the board meeting to vote "yes."

accede (verb)

Agree, give consent; assume power (usually as "accede to") agree গদিলাভ করা, দলে যোগ দেত্তয়া, রাজী হত্তয়া, মানিয়া লত্তয়া 1. in the word accede acce sounds like"axe"- when you have "axe" scent girls will agree to what u said 2. startng letters soundd lyk axe(acce)+de...usually when u happen 2 experience a threat wid an axe,u agree 2 everythng othrs want...so basically accede goes 2 agreement... While the Englishman was a strong believer in democracy, he had to accede that watching Prince Charles someday accede to the throne would indeed be exciting.

hermetic (adjective)

Airtight, sealed, isolated; reclusive; pertaining to alchemy, occult sealed by fusion so as to be airtight সম্পূর্ণভাবে রূদ্ধ 1. HERMETIC-HERMET-HELMET...completely airtight(kind of...) 2. Homophone: hermetic - hermit. The hermit lives in a hermetic den. These packaged meals are hermetically sealed—they'll last years in storage, but once opened, you need to finish the contents within a couple of days. / While writing hundreds of vocabulary flashcards, the GRE instructor lived a hermetic lifestyle, her skin growing pallid and her social network drastically shrinking.

albeit (conjunction)

Although, even though যদিও, তথাপি, তাসত্বেও The village leader was illiterate albeit highly intelligent. / The trip was exciting, albeit brief.

egress (verb, noun)

An exit or the action of exiting exit বহির্গমন, নিষ্ক্রমণ, বহির্গমনের পথ, বহির্গমনের শক্তি, বহির্গমনের অধিকার, নিষ্ক্রমণের শক্তি, নিষ্ক্রমণের অধিকার, বাহিরে যাইবার পথ, বহিদ্র্বার, নিষ্ক্রমণ-পথ 1. gress- to go________digress-to stray______egress- to go out________ingress- to go inregress is to return to a former state 2. after giving GRE-U-LEAVE FOR US, EXITING India :( It is against the fire code to put those boxes there—you can't block a primary or secondary egress from the building.

phlegmatic (adjective)

Apathetic, sluggish, not easily excited or made emotional calm; not easily disturbed জড়, শান্ত, ঢিলা, শ্লৈষ্মিক 1. phlegmatic -> plleg (flag) when we hoist a FLAG we have the AUTOMATIC reaction be calm and unexcited. 2. Sounds like PRAGMATIC(practical) --> practical people think with logic and show little emotion. A phlegmatic child, he declined to participate in the youth soccer league. He preferred to stay at home, mostly sitting outside poking at dirt with a stick, and occasionally stopping for naptime.

ersatz (adjective)

Artificial, synthetic; being an inferior substitute বদলি প্রতিস্থাপিত বস্তু, বদলি লোক বস্তু I hate this health food restaurant! I do not want to eat some ersatz meatballs made of textured vegetable protein!

ascribe (verb)

Assign or credit to a certain cause or source refer; attribute; assign আরোপ করা, কিছুর আছে বলিয়া মনে করা 1. Scribe means refer toex. describe-refer to something and expalin.Monthly subscribption to a magzine means referring to the mag wil be possible monthly 2. ascribe ~ sounds like prescribe, so ascribe is refer He ascribed his good grades to diligent studying. / The young boy ascribed to his imaginary friend all the powers he wished he had himself—being able to fly, having dozens of friends, and never having to eat his broccoli.

supposition (noun)

Assumption, hypothesis, something that has been supposed hypothesis; surmise অনুমান, কল্পনা, যুক্তিতর্কহীন পূর্বানুমান, প্রতর্ক 1. akin to "suppose". 2. "i suppose ill take that position.." was said with mere supposition at best. In order to test our supposition that customers will buy our product if they associate it with celebrities, let's send free samples to some popular young starlets, track mentions in the press, and see if our sales increase accordingly.

impugn (verb)

Attack the truth or integrity of doubt; challenge; gainsay বাক্যবলে আক্রমণ করা, যুক্তিবলে আক্রমণ করা, সত্যতা অস্বীকার করা, বিরোধিতা করা 1. pugn is root word meaning fight...(for eg ..pugnacious means quarrelsome) so impugn means sense of contradicting in order to cause a dispute 2. im + PUGN ~ pugn looks like pungaa(hindi); NOW think of a person who is habitual of taking PUNGAA, he will always CONTRADICT people, and will always CHALLENGE others (impugn others). I hate to impugn the motives of the volunteers, but I think that some of them are here for personal gain, not to help.

assail (verb)

Attack violently, assault assault আক্রমণ করা, প্রাণপণ চেষ্টা করা, অভিভূত করা, জর্জরিত করা 1. take 'sail' from 'assail'- for begining an war many warships are sailed to the warfront 2. assailant is common word in newspaper for mumbai attackers One strategy for winning in boxing is to simply assail your opponent with so many blows that he becomes disoriented. / The debate team assailed the opposition with more evidence than they could respond to.

besiege (verb)

Attack, overwhelm, crowd in on or surround বেষ্টন করা, ঘেরাও করা, অবরোধ করা The regiment was besieged by attackers on all sides and finally surrendered. / I cannot go out this weekend—I am besieged by homework!

iconoclast (noun)

Attacker of cherished beliefs or institutions attacking cherished traditions কালাপাহাড়ী 1. icon = idolclash = fragments.So, one who destroys idols into pieces is iconoclast. 2. ICONOCLASTIC -> ICON(idol) + CLASH. CLASHing/destroying IDOLS/traditions A lifelong iconoclast, Ayn Rand wrote a controversial book entitled The Virtue of Selfishness.

propitiate (verb)

Attempt to reconcile with, satisfy, or reduce the animosity of (a person who is angry, offended, etc.) appease অনুকূল করান, প্রসন্ন করান, শান্ত করা 1. PROf+PITI- if you want professor's pity then you would have to appease him/her. 2. propiti + ate .. propiti sounds very close to property.. + ate .. so just imagine if you elder brother ate (here it means encroach) all your property ....you will quarrel with him... your father will try to appease or pacify you. The ancient Greeks would often attempt to propitiate angry gods by sacrificing animals to them.

meretricious (adjective)

Attractive in a vulgar or flashy way, tawdry; deceptive flashy; tawdry; falsely attractive বেশ্যাসুলভ, বেশ্যাবৎ, জাঁকাল, চটকদার, চাক্চিক্যপূর্ণ 1. like a merit (meret) certificate.. flashy and attractive in a way.. but of no REAL value... 2. Meretricious = Mere + Tricious. 'Mere' means triffle or something less important. The singer performed her concert draped in what looked from far away like precious jewels. Up close, though, the fan could see that the accessories were just meretricious plastic, glittery junk, like what little girls buy at the mall.

hedge (verb)

Avoid commitment by leaving provisions for withdrawal or changing one's mind; protect a bet by also betting on the other side প্রতিবন্ধক, ক্ষুদ্র বৃক্ষনির্মিত বেড়া, কাঠগড়া, রক্ষা করা, ঘেরাত্ত করা While he coaxed and cajoled us all into seeing "the best movie ever," he hedged once we were in the theater: "I don't know if you all like this sort of thing," he said. "I mean, you can make up your own minds." / When the professor called on him to take a stand on the issue, he hedged for fear of offending her: "Well, there are valid points on both sides," he said.

curmudgeon (noun)

Bad-tempered, difficult person; grouch churlish, miserly individual কৃপণ লোক 1. Cur-mud-geonCar mud main gone... to driver went bad tempered... i.e. curmudgeon.. 2. (sir+mut+jiyo) means sir u have already become OLD so now ab mat jiyo..... The college students' party was hampered by constant complaints from a curmudgeonly neighbor who insisted that making noise after 8pm was unreasonable, and called the police over a single beer can on his lawn.

surly (adjective)

Bad-tempered, hostile, unfriendly, or rude rude; cross কর্কশকণ্ঠ 1. sur+ly......focus on sur....SOUNDS LIKE SIR......so THINK OF our school SIR...who was very BAD TEMPERED AND RUDE..who use to beat us whenever we hadn't completed our home work on time................ 2. surly..sirly very much like are sirs who are rude and irritating This diner is terrible. My eggs are overcooked, and our surly waitress actually told me, "If you don't like it, scram."

antedate (verb)

Be older than, precede in time; assign to an earlier date প্রকিত সময়ের পূর্ববর্তী সময়ে প্রদান করা Dinosaurs antedate the first human beings by about 65 million years. / Jamal didn't get around to writing the "Best Vocabulary Words of 2010" blog post until January 3rd, but he antedated the post for December 31st so at least the infrequent readers wouldn't notice.

ossify (verb)

Become bone or become hard like bone; become inflexible in attitudes, opinions, etc. change or harden into bone হাড়ে পরিণত করা, হাড়ে পরিণত হত্তয়া, শক্ত করা, শক্ত হত্তয়া 1. remember it with "fossil"--bodies become hard fossils(bones) 2. root word is os means "bone" and in sanskrit it means "asthi". I remember having many broad-ranging discussions with him back in college, but since then, his opinions have ossified—sadly, he is now the most close-minded person I know.

mendicant (noun)

Beggar, or religious follower who lives by begging beggar adjective ভিক্ষারত, ভিখারিসুলভ noun ভিক্ষাজীবী, ভিক্ষুক, ভিক্ষোপজীবী, ভিখারি, দরিদ্র, জীবক 1. Mandi me chant karta hua bhikhari 2. Men+die+cant= men die because they can't work so they beg to survive Having joined a mendicant order, the friar had vowed not to own property, and instead to subsist on the donations of the faithful.

tyro (noun)

Beginner beginner; novice শিক্ষানবিস 1. tyro...sounds like try karo....a beginner TRYing to establish his buisness. 2. TYRO and MAESTRO which are rhyming words have opposite meanings. Tyro refers to a learner while a Maestro is a master. Kenneth felt called to work as a missionary, but he was really a tyro in the field, and was unprepared for many of the questions people asked him.

neophyte (noun)

Beginner, novice; person newly converted to a religion recent convert; beginner নবদীক্ষিত ব্যক্তি 1. split the word into "neo = the matrix hero" and "phyte = fight". Thus neo fights in matrix movie as a beginner or new commer to save the revolution. 2. neo+phyte ~ new + fight;A new member or beginner always has to fight to establish his own identity. It was totally outrageous of our law firm to send a neophyte into the courtroom to defend our case against a team of experienced attorneys.

disparage (verb)

Belittle, put down; bring shame upon, discredit belittle অবজ্ঞা করা 1. dispa-rage can be read as display a rage. When you display your RAGE on your juniors you BELITTLE them in front of the others. 2. dis-opposite, parage-praise so if u don't praise 4 someone u criticize him. An ad hominem attack is a logical fallacy in which the arguer disparages his opponent rather than addressing the opponent's ideas. / Your shoplifting arrest has disparaged this family!

treacherous (adjective)

Betraying trust, not faithful or trustworthy; not dependable; dangerous or deceptive বিশ্বাসঘাতক, অধর্মী, অবিশ্বাসী Betraying one's country for money is the most base of acts—his treachery cost the lives of several soldiers whom he had pledged to fight alongside. / The small boat was capsized in the treacherous waters.

amalgamate (verb)

Blend, merge, or unite combine; unite in one body পারদের সহিত মিশ্রিত করা, জোড়া লাগানো, পারদের সহিত মিশ্রিত হত্তয়া, একত্রিত করা, একত্র করা, একত্র হত্তয়া, সংযুক্ত করা, জোড়া দেত্তয়া, বাঁধা, মিলিত করা, সংযোজিত হত্তয়া, সংযুক্ত হত্তয়া, একত্রিত হত্তয়া, মিলিত হত্তয়া, একত্রে মিলিত হত্তয়া 1. suppose you are shy girl and you have a+ male+game+mate (amalgamate)what you should do ? of course combine or unite with your mate against other groups 2. amalga+mate ,mate means combine........ The Amalgamated Transit Union is so called because it contains many local unions of bus operators, subway operators, baggage handlers, etc. / When turning her life story into a memoir, she amalgamated two important relatives into a single character, even amalgamating their names (Mary and Rose) into the character "Aunt Mary Rose."

incarnadine (adjective, noun)

Blood red or flesh-colored রক্তিম, রক্তবর্ণ, রক্তবর্ণে রঞ্জিত করা The police took the body to the morgue; all that was left at the murder scene was an incarnadine stain on a pillow.

plucky (adjective)

Brave, spirited সাহসী, তেজস্বী Feminist critics have commented that today's romantic comedies tend to feature passive, helpless female leads, whereas the romantic comedies of the 1940s featured plucky heroines who took the lead in cleverly solving problems. / While the police hit a dead end, a band of plucky children was able to find the stolen bicycle.

inter (verb)

Bury (a dead body) or place in a tomb bury verb সমাহিত করা, পুঁতা preposition শ্রেণীতে 1. IN + TER = enTER IN the ground 2. INTo ERth(earth) -> burry After the funeral, the body will be interred in the cemetery. / Occasionally, a criminal investigation requires disinterring, or exhuming, a body for autopsy; this can be upsetting to family members who have already buried their loved one.

convoke (verb)

Call together, as to a meeting call together সমাহূত করা 1. In convocations colleges call all the students to get together. 2. con(the latin root word for "with")+voke(vocalize) so...when your with people and you vocalize (voke), then you vocalize together! The dean has convoked this gathering to discuss the Honor Code.

halcyon (adjective)

Calm and peaceful, carefree; prosperous, successful, happy calm; peaceful adjective শান্ত, শান্তিপূর্ণ, সুখপূর্ণ noun মাছরাঙা 1. halycon can be considered as opposite of cyclone...just imagine a cyclone...you will understand what I mean 2. halcyon sounds like "halka"...in hindi this word is used 4 "soothing or peaceful"...like in song "halka-halka sa ye nasha"... Installing drywall wasn't the career he'd planned for—every day he reminisced about the halcyon days of his high school football career, when he was treated like a god, and he had not a care in the world other than the next big game.

imperturbable (adjective)

Calm, not able to be upset or agitated calm; placid প্রশান্ত, স্থির, অচঁচল, চিরশান্ত, বিক্ষোভের অযোগ্য, শান্ত 1. imperturbabble--im + pertur (like tur tur) + babble ( just talking foolishly..). So, the person who never do any tur-tur and never babbles is a very cool, calm and peaceful guy. 2. im-'not'+perturb(able), meaning not perturbed....so a person who is not perturbed stays calm and placid. Having seen pretty much everything, the kindergarten teacher was truly imperturbable: a morning containing a discipline problem, two bathroom accidents, one fight, and one temper tantrum didn't bother her in the least.

bilk (verb)

Cheat or defraud swindle; cheat verb পাত্তনা ফাঁকি দেত্তয়া, প্রতারণা করা, ছিপান noun ঠক, প্রতারক, ঠগ, ধূর্ত, শঠ 1. bilk -> bill + milk; so you cheated the MILK man by not paying the BILL 2. bilk actually comes from Bil-Klinton. The politician who "cheat" all the time. The con artist bilked many elderly people out of their savings, promising to cure illnesses from diabetes to cancer with only 36 monthly payments of $99.99—for which the victims received nothing but useless placebo pills.

coffer (noun)

Chest for storing valuables; financial resources, a treasury ভাঁজা, রাজকোষ, বড়ো মজবুত বাক্স The dishonest employee called it "dipping into the company coffers," but the arresting officer called it "embezzlement." / Rather than rent a safety-deposit box, I keep my priceless antique coins in a coffer here at home.

cardinal (adjective)

Chief, most important chief adjective অঙ্কবাচক, প্রধান, মৌলিক, অত্যাবশ্যক, টকটকে লাল noun কার্ডিনাল, টক্টকে লাল, অঙ্কবাচক সংখ্যা 1. 'cardinal' also means pertaining to the 'heart' and the heart is the 'most important' part of our body. It is responsible for the working of our body. 2. CARDinal - cards, account cards, visa cards, ssn cards, those most important stuffs. The cardinal rule of Fight Club is that you don't talk about Fight Club.

arrogate (verb)

Claim or take presumptuously or without the right to do so ঔদ্ধত বা গর্ব প্রকাশ করা, অন্যায়পূর্বক দাবি বা আরোপ করা arrogance (noun) pride, haughtiness অহংকার, গর্ব, দাম্ভিকতা, ঔদ্ধত্য, আস্পর্ধা, অভিমান, দম্ভ, বড়াই, আত্মপ্রত্যয়, আত্মবিশ্বাস, অহংমদ, অহং, পরূষতা, পারুষ্য, ঠেঁটাম, মদ, টান 1. arrogance ~ error + ignorance; when you do some error yourself and ignore it ..but you generally scold your juniors if they made any mistake, you are arrogant. In order to build the oil pipeline, the government arrogated the land of many small farmers who are still fighting for compensation. / The bride's mother arrogated the right to decide on the venue, the food, and even the wedding dress!

exonerate (verb)

Clear from blame or accusation; free from a responsibility acquit; exculpate পুনর্বাসন করা, দোষক্ষালন করা, ক্ষালন করা 1. ex(purani)...ones (one) rate(value)vapas mill jana...means to get back ur lost pride by gettin ridd of d charges... 2. EXONERATE ~ break it as EX (gone) HONOUR (pride) ~ to bring back your gone or fallen honour by getting the blame off you. When the defendant was exonerated after a long trial, his family wept for joy.

limpid (adjective)

Clear, transparent; completely calm clear নির্মল, পরিষ্কার, স্বচ্ছ, অনাবিল 1. limpid ..liquid...transparent... 2. limpid...lucid...liquid Hawaii was amazing! The water was crystal clear—so limpid that when you were scuba diving, you could see ahead for what seemed like miles! / After two years meditating in religious seclusion, he had a totally limpid attitude, affected by nothing from the outside world.

clamber (verb)

Climb awkwardly or with difficulty, scramble climb by crawling verb কষ্টসহকারে আরোহণ করা noun কষ্টসহকারে আরোহণ 1. climb + er => person who climbs 2. climber is a person who climbs and clamber is a person who climbs awkwardly using his hands and feet.... The hiker had spent the last hour plodding lethargically up the side of the mountain, but when she caught sight of the summit, she excitedly began to clamber up even the steepest inclines.

coterie (noun)

Close or exclusive group, clique group that meets socially; select circle গোষ্ঠী 1. sounds like KOTHARI (in hindi it means an enclosed room) -- where people with common purposes meet. 2. When Michael Jackson Died, TIMES NOW flashed a news: COTORIE KILLED MJ; i.e. A small group of close people presurrizes MJ to perform against his wish and thus killed him The pop star never traveled anywhere without a coterie of assistants and managers.

imperious (adjective)

Commanding, domineering; acting like a high-ranking person; urgent imperiousness (noun) lordliness; domineering manner; arrogance ঔদ্ধত্য, ধৃষ্টতা, প্রগলভতা Her friend were peeved by her imperious attitude and talked about her while she was in the ladies' room: "Who does she think she is, not only picking the bar and the meeting time but also telling us where to sit?"

grouse (verb, noun)

Complain or grumble (verb); a reason for complaint (noun) complain; fuss verb খিট্খিটে করা, অসন্তোষ প্রকাশ করা, গোঙরান, গোঙান, গরগর করা noun অসন্তোষ, অভিযোগ, গোঙরানি, গোঙানি, অপমান, অনাদর, অবজ্ঞা, দোষারোপ, নালিশ, খিট্খিটে লোক, গরগর শব্দ, খেঁকী লোক 1. spouse .... complain a lot 2. my ROSE Gone some where...i gave COMPLAIN in the police station By the end of the trip, everyone was annoyed by Lena's grousing—the bus ride was too bumpy, the food was too spicy, the air conditioning was too dehydrating, etc.... / Don't be offended, but I've got a grouse about the way you're handling this project.

equanimity (noun)

Composure, evenness of mind; mental or emotional stability, esp. under stress calmness of temperament কামাবশায়িতা, মনের সমতা, মনের ধীরতা, মেজাজের সমতা, মেজাজের ধীরতা, মনের সমভাব, মনের স্থিরতা 1. EQUAL+ENEMY(ity) Seeeing enemy as a friend i.e., with CALMNESS OF TEMPERAMENT. 2. equal mind Having worked for many years in mental hospitals, her equanimity was unparalleled—you could throw a chair or a bowl of spaghetti at her, and she would just say, "Settle down, now."

metaphysical (adjective)

Concerned with abstract thought, related to metaphysics (branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the nature of being and of the world); very subtle or abstruse pertaining to speculative philosophy আধিবিদ্যক, অধিবিদ্যক, অধ্যাত্মিক, অধিবিদ্যামূলক, অধ্যাত্ম 1. meta + physics -> suffix 'meta' means change.. so if physics keeps changing, it means the topic is only theoretical and cannot be proved practically.. 2. meta = data about ~ data about physics? means to understand and study existence of life and nature of reality My poetry class has all kinds. In contrast to Gary's poetry about dogs and horses, Neil's poetry is very metaphysical, exploring the relation of mortal humans to a timeless universe. It's a little over Gary's head.

compendium (noun)

Concise but complete summary; a list or collection brief, comprehensive summary সংক্ষিপ্তসার 1. CUM(hindi for less) PEN use karke u can just write summary of topic. 2. An audience always wants that whoever COMES to speak on the PODIUM should speak briefly. I could hardly bring my whole collection of poetry books on vacation, so instead, I brought a lightweight poetry compendium containing a few selections each from 30 or so poets thought to represent various styles and eras. / This movie review is unusually compendious—although a scant 500 words, it tells every single thing that happens in the entire film.

précis (noun)

Concise summary, abstract Just as scientific journals publish abstracts of their articles online (and then charge for access to the full version), the entrepreneur decided to publish a précis of her whitepaper online, while charging for access to the full version.

terse (adjective)

Concise, brief and to the point (sometimes to the point of rudeness) concise; abrupt; pithy মসৃণ, চাঁছাছোলা, বাহুল্যবর্জিত, সংক্ষিপ্ত 1. terse...sounds like TERESA..Here all her achievements,efforts everything has been consolidated, confined and put into a single word "MOTHER"..So TERSE means brief,concise 2. TERSE rhymes with VERSE.jus a verse is always CONCISE and PITHY Hoping to talk to her doctor at length about her condition, she was disappointed to be treated so tersely by a doctor who simply renewed her prescription and disappeared.

confound (verb)

Confuse, frustrate; mix up or make worse confuse; puzzle হতবুদ্ধি করা, মিশ্রিত করা, বিশৃঙ্খল করা, ভুল করা, বিস্মিত করা, ব্যর্থ করা, ধাঁধা দেত্তয়া, ধাঁধা লাগান, কুণ্ঠিত করা 1. CONfusion FOUND == CONFOUND 2. CONFused + dumbFOUNDed Coming from a more uptight corporate background, Chris found the soup kitchen volunteers remarkably complaisant—when he asked the greeters to sweep the floor and the cooks to wash dishes, everyone happily moved to their new positions.

doctrinaire (noun, adjective)

Person who applies doctrine in an impractical or rigid and close-minded way (noun); merely theoretical, impractical, or fanatical about other people accepting one's ideas (adj) unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding তাত্ত্বিক, কোনো তত্ত্বে অন্ধ বিশ্বাসী, তত্ত্বগত 1. Some Doctors are arrogant on their opinions when a junior suggest them. 2. meaning of the word is seeking to impose a doctrine in all circumstances without regard to practical considerations...hence a person who tries to spread his DOCTRINE in AIR everytime is doctrinaire...... The old science professor was so doctrinaire that he refused to even consider any evidence that flew in the face of his own research, and thereby failed to recognize when his graduate students made an exciting new discovery. / Don't be a doctrinaire—try actually considering the views of those you disagree with!

apostate (noun, adjective)

Person who deserts a party, cause, religion, etc. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs adjective স্বধর্মত্যাগী, স্বধর্মভ্রষ্ট, ধর্মত্যাগী noun স্বধর্মত্যাগী, ধর্মত্যাগী, যে ব্যক্তি স্বধর্মত্যাগ করিয়াছে এমন 1. apostate can be thought of as 'opposite state'.. That is changing to the opposite state, and not loyal to his current state.. 2. Apostles do not apostate Many people considered "freedom fighters" by some are considered apostates by others; some women's rights leaders in very conservative nations receive death threats from religious leaders who consider them apostate.

dupe (noun, verb)

Person who is easily fooled or used (noun); to fool or exploit (verb) someone easily fooled প্রতারিত ব্যক্তি 1. duplicates(in movies) are used to fool people.... 2. DUPE sounds like dope means so "to impure something", means to cheat someone.... The dashing rogue used flattery and lies to dupe several old ladies out of their money. "I feel like a total dupe," said Hazel Rosenbaum, 87. "I thought he and I were going to get married, but he really just wanted my Social Security checks."

pedant (noun)

Person who pays excessive attention to book learning and rules, or who uses his or her learning to show off scholar who overemphasizes book learning or technicalities পাণ্ডিত্যাভিমানী, বিদ্যাবাগীশ, পণ্ডিতাভিমানী, স্কুল-শিক্ষক 1. Pedant rhymes with PATENT. Usually those students get PATENT who do research. Since they do research they must be scholar. 2. (ped + ant)remember as padaai karne wali cheeti(ant).ie scholar I hate when pedants interrupt you to correct your grammar, especially if what you're saying is important—and in my opinion, almost anything is more important than pedantic quibbles over whether it's okay to end a sentence with a preposition.

dilettante (noun)

Person who takes up an art or activity for amusement only or in a superficial way aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler পল্লবগ্রাহী লোক, অপটু কর্মী, কাব্য-সঙ্গীত চার্কলার অনুরাগী 1. DIL(my heart) ETTANTE ATU..watever my heart says ill jus follow bilndly 2. 'Dil' (Heart)+ 'e' (hey) + ttante sounds like (anti). So when you are doing any work against your heart, you don't take it seriously. The "arts center" in the rich neighborhood was populated by dilettantes—a sculpture here, a bit of music appreciation there, two weeks of painting class until they got bored and quit.

epicure (noun)

Person with cultivated, refined tastes, esp. in food and wine connoisseur of food and drink সুস্বাদ পানভোজনে আসক্ত ব্যক্তি, দৈহিক সুখভোগী, খাইয়ে লোক 1. EPIC-CURRY...one who can write an EPIC on CURRY has to be a CONNOISSEUR OF FOOD.. 2. epicure - appy (a soft drink made fromapple)+ cure.....imagine,a food lover is cured by drinkingAppy. A true epicure, he served only the finest wines, and bragged about how the pancetta was imported from Italy and the Stilton cheese from the English countryside.

bent (noun)

Personal inclination or tendency determined; natural talent or inclination adjective বাঁকান, প্রবণ, ইচ্ছুক, কুটিল, নমিত, অনৃজু, নত, ন্যুব্জ, আনমিত, প্রণত noun ঝোঁক, টান, স্থির প্রবৃত্তি, মনের গতি, বক্রতা, বাঁক, ঘোঁজ 1. bent~sounds like "bend it like beckham" a movie where a girl is determined to prove her natural talent of football 2. Bent = Talent; look, the last 3 letters are same! He had a pedantic bent—he was just naturally inclined to correct people's grammar and otherwise act like an imperious schoolmaster. / Even a vow of silence couldn't dampen the nun's garrulous bent—even her prayers were verbose!

repertorial (adjective)

Pertaining to a repertory or repertoire, a stock of available things or a number of theatrical performances presented regularly or in sequence repertoire (noun) list of works of music, drama, etc., a performer is prepared to present কোনো নাট্যসংঘর কর্তৃক নিয়মিত অনুষ্ঠিত নাট্যসম্ভার, যে থিয়েটারে ঐভাবে নাটক মঞ্চস্থ হয় 1. =REPET (Repeat) + TOIRE (sounds like CHOIR = songs) => so repeat-choir = repeat songs = collection of songs 2. Repertoire of a rapper One theater observer noted that repertorial community theater can tie together different plays for a repeat audience: seeing the same actor as Hamlet one night and Romeo another prompts interesting parallels between the two plays.

insular (adjective)

Pertaining to an island; detached, standing alone; narrow-minded, provincial insularity (adjective) narrow-mindedness; isolation সংকীর্ণচিত্ততা 1. we insulate electrical wires.. by insulating , we are ISOLATING the wires from the environment... The young actress couldn't wait to escape the insularity of her small town, where life revolved around high school football and Taco Bell was considered exotic international cuisine.

glacial (adjective)

Pertaining to glaciers; cold, icy, slow, unsympathetic like a glacier; extremely cold বরফতুল্য, জমাট বাঁধা, বরফসংক্রান্ত, তুষার সংক্রান্ত, তুষারযুগীয়, নীরস 1. glacial can be considered as facial(unfriendliness expression) 2. Ice+Glass>=Glass+ice He had wanted to appear in the singing reality competition his whole young life, but he was not encouraged by the judges' glacial response to his audition. The awkward silence was excruciating as he waited for the stony-faced panel to say anything at all.

kinetic (adjective)

Pertaining to motion producing motion গতিসম্পর্কিত 1. kinetic honda.. 2. active movement in the kindergarten Marisa told her mother what she had learned in science class: a ball sitting on a table has potential energy, but a ball falling towards the ground has kinetic energy.

bucolic (adjective)

Pertaining to shepherds; suggesting a peaceful and pleasant view of rural life rustic; pastoral adjective রাখালী, মেঠো, গ্রাম্য, গবাদি পশু-সংক্রান্ত noun রাখালী কাব্য, পল্লী-গাথা 1. bucolic sounds a bit like bullock which is used in the "country side"... 2. BUlls and COLI (collie, a sheep dog) Country -- rustic and pastoral places, people, and songs. The play was set in a bucolic wonderland—while getting some shepherd's robes for the lead actor was no problem, the stagehands had a hard time bringing in a flock of sheep.

pulchritude (noun)

Physical beauty beauty; comeliness দৈহিক সৌন্দর্য 1. itude=attitudea girl who has high attitude ...she is beautiful 2. Christ is depicted as a very beautiful man in every one of his paintings .. Marilyn Monroe's mystique is based not only on her obvious pulchritude, but also on her mysterious death and likely dalliance with JFK.

apostle (noun)

Pioneer of a reform movement (originally, an early follower of Jesus) দূত, বাণী প্রচারক, বার্তাবহ In the 1980's, when low-fat diets were all the rage, Dr. Rubens became an apostle of the Mediterranean diet, high in healthy fats, and traveled the world proselytizing to groups of physicians and nutritionists.

juxtapose (verb)

Place side by side (either physically or in a metaphorical way, such as to make a comparison) place side by side পাশাপাশি স্থাপন করা 1. juxtapose..just next+position..so place something just next to something. 2. juxt(just)+a+pose= they stand side by side(even they are enemies) to give JUST A POSE to the photo. Making a decision between two engagement rings from two different stores was difficult, he noted—it would be much easier if he could juxtapose them and compare them directly.

ford (noun, verb)

Place where a river or similar body of water is shallow enough to walk or ride a vehicle across (noun); to cross at such a place (verb) place where a river can be crossed on foot verb হাঁটিয়া পার হত্তয়া noun হাঁটুজল 1. ford car....you crossed the ford in your ford. 2. if u have a ford car and you take it in beside a river, the river give way (just as it gave way to lord RAMA), where there is ford there's a way The pioneers made camp near the riverbank, waiting for the rains to die down and the river to become fordable again. A week later, the waters were shallow enough to ford the river with their entire caravan—horses, wagons, and all.

euphony (noun)

Pleasing or sweet sound, especially as formed by a harmonious use of words sweet sound মধুর ধ্বনি, উচ্চারণ, শ্রুতিমধুর শব্দ 1. Sounds like SYMPHONY. Music is sweet sounding. 2. eu refers to be good and phony refers to sound.....so good sound ! Poetry in translation can keep its meaning, but often loses the euphony the poet worked so laboriously to create.

burnish (verb)

Polish, make smooth and lustrous make shiny by rubbing; polish verb ঘসিয়া মাজিয়া চক্চকে করা, পালিশ করা noun সম্মার্জনা, চাকচিক্য, চাকচক্য 1. Remember Varnish - used on wooden things to make them shine 2. burnish-this brings us to the word ,cald furnish,ie , polishing and rubbing to make it shine.. Mr. Hoffenstotter replaced all of the rustic wood doorknobs with newer models made of burnished steel. "So shiny," said his delighted wife.

impecunious (adjective)

Poor, without money without money গরিব, দরিদ্র, নির্ধন, অর্থসম্বলশূন্য, টাকাকড়ি নাই এমন, আর্থিক অভাবগ্রস্ত, ঋক্থহীন, নি:স্ব 1. pecu (read as pesu means money). impec(s)unious who doesn't have money. 2. IM(MEANS NOT)+PECUNE(MONEY)..SOMEONE WITHOUT MONEY.. Having grown up with impecunious parents who could barely keep the electricity on in the house, she was now obsessed with wealth and security.

impasse(noun)

Position or road from which there is no escape; deadlock predicament from which there is no escape একমুখো রাস্তা, কানাগলি, অচল অবস্থা, অব্যাহতিহীন অবস্থা, বন্ধগলি, কোণঠাসা অবস্থা, কাণাগলি 1. im(IMPOSSIBLE)+passe(PASS)....IMPOSSIBLE TO PASS through a canal, which has no way to escape. 2. im-passe-->no passage If the union won't budge on its demands and the transit authority won't raise salaries, then we are at an impasse.

latent (adjective)

Potential; existing but not visible or active dormant; hidden অন্তর্নিহিত, প্রচ্ছন্ন, সুপ্ত, লুক্কায়িত, গুপ্ত, অদৃশ্য, অপ্রতীয়মান, অস্ফুট, মগ্ন, লীন, এখনত্ত অবর্ধিত 1. regroup the words and spell it as talent.. many people have POTENTIAL(talent..)but undeveloped..where as some people HIDE their talent.. 2. Latent heat can be seen as heat which is "HIDDEN". Certain experts believe that some people have a genetic propensity for addiction; however, if such a person never comes into contact with drugs, the propensity for addiction can remain latent for life.

puissance (noun)

Power, might puissant (adjective) powerful; strong; potent প্রভাবশালী 1. to satisfy the pussy....u need to be powerful...haha...no hard feelings 2. braek it as "PUISS+ANT".connote "PUISS" with "pussy cat" and pussy cat is powerful than ant. When people asked the 25-year-old bride what had attracted her to her commanding, 60-year-old CEO husband, she replied that she had always been drawn to puissance. That tended to end conversations as people went to go look up "puissance."

approbation (noun)

Praise or approval, especially formal approval approval সম্মতি, অনুমোদন 1. Ap+PROBATION: You get CONFIRMATION/APPROVAL in your job after your Probation period 2. APPRO-bationsomething related to approve or approval In her speech for class president, she won the approbation of her peers by promising not only to save the prom, but to raise enough money to make it free for everyone.

predilection (noun)

Preference, tendency or favorability towards partiality; preference পূর্বাহ্নেই কৃত অনুকূল মনোভাব, পক্ষপাত, পক্ষপাতিত্বপূর্ণ মনোনয়ন বা অনুরাগ 1. 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) 2. You come to a split in the road and must choose --->PREFERRED DIRECTION She has completed teacher training allowing her to teach grades K-6, but she discovered that she really has a predilection for teaching kindergarten.

gestation (noun)

Pregnancy; the period from conception until birth of an animal or (metaphorically) of an idea or plan gestate (verb) evolve, as in prenatal growth গর্ভনিষেক থেকে প্রসবের কাল পর্যন্ত গর্ভে ধারণ করা 1. the period prior to d born of baby is called "gestation period" so gestate is the period of evolution of any idea.. :) 2. GAS+PATE- when somebody is pregnant, it seems if PATE(stomach) is full of GAS. The gestation period of an elephant is 22 months, more than twice as long as that of humans!

appropriate (verb)

Set aside or authorize (such as money) for a particular purpose; take for one's own use acquire; take possession of for one's own use verb অধিকার করা, নিজের করা adjective যথাযথ, লাগসই, অধিকারভুক্ত, অন্বর্থ, বৈশিষ্ট্যসূচক, ঠিকঠিক, যথোচিত, ক্ষম 1. appropriate = a + property + iate.. i.e. to make it your own property .. by force if required.. And also when you are appropriating it your self you are "allocating" it to yourself. 2. appropriate: is like app(apple) rop(rob) riate(ate= taking away), is taking ur apple from u, taking possession of. The school board appropriated money for new textbooks. / In putting together the perfect outfit for Career Day at her high school, Mackenzie appropriated her mother's stethoscope and her little brother's stuffed pig, making it clear to everyone that she wanted to be a veterinarian.

penitent (adjective, noun)

Regretful, feeling remorse for one's sins or misdeeds (adj); a person who feels this way (noun) repentant adjective অনুতপ্ত, অনুতাপী, নির্বিণ্ণ noun অনুতপ্ত ব্যক্তি, অনুতাপী 1. inside a tent if you do some thing wrong with a girl by giving penni(money) you will repent it later. 2. read it as pentant.. rhymes with repentant After being "separated" from the college for plagiarism, she wrote a letter to the Dean expressing her deep regret and penitence and hoping to be readmitted.

synoptic (adjective)

Relating to a synopsis or summary; giving a general view providing a general overview; summary সারসংক্ষেপিত, ম্যাথু, সারসংক্ষেপ-বিষয় 1. something like synopsis 2. Synopsis = Syn+Optic The movie studio had interns read screenplays and write up synoptic outlines for the executives to review.

redress (noun, verb)

Setting something right after a misdeed, compensation or relief for injury or wrongdoing (noun); correct, set right, remedy (verb) remedy; compensation verb প্রতিকার করা, প্রতিবিধান করা, ঠিক করা, বিহিত করা, নিরসন করা, প্রতিকর্ম করা noun প্রতিকার, বিহিত, প্রতিকর্ম, প্রতিবিধান, রক্ষা 1. Redress is: "relief from distress" 2. dress again(redress) is the remedy for nudity My client was an innocent victim of medical malpractice. As would anyone who had the wrong leg amputated in surgery, he is seeking financial redress.

licentious (adjective)

Sexually unrestrained; immoral; ignoring the rules wanton; lewd; dissolute লম্পট, কামুক, নিপট 1. Licentious = "like sensuous" which relates to lustfulness ie lewd and lascivious well as amoral. 2. licent(license)+ous....well some bollywood celebrities have got the LICENSE OF indulging into amoral ACTIVITIES. The licentious behavior Joe was accustomed to practicing at the local strip club was enough to get him thrown out of a nice restaurant and fired from his new job.

brandish (verb)

Shake, wave, or flourish, as a weapon আস্ফালন করা, আন্দোলিত করা, ঘোরান The Renaissance Fair ended badly, with one drunken fellow brandishing a sword and refusing to leave the ladies' dressing tent.

effrontery (noun)

Shameless boldness shameless boldness ধৃষ্টতা, নির্লজ্জতা, নির্লজ্জ সাহস, বেহায়াপনা, প্রগল্ভতা, ঔদ্ধত্য, আস্পর্ধা 1. for every discussion he comes to the FRONT and argues...in a rude manner. 2. think she stepped IN FRONT OF ME. How dare she be so bold! Mr. Jackson thought his daughter's boyfriend guilty of the worst effrontery when he asked for her hand in marriage—and, as soon as Mr. Jackson gave his blessing, followed up by asking for a job at Mr. Jackson's company.

molt (verb)

Shed or cast off, esp. to regularly shed skin, feathers, etc. (as a snake) shed or cast off hair or feathers খোলস ছাড়া, ঝরান Wow, the special effects in that movie were really cool! The actress grew scales all over her body and then molted, leaving behind a scaly skin covering shaped like an entire woman, and then she looked like herself again.

refulgent (adjective)

Shining, radiant জ্যোতির্ময়, দীপ্তোজ্জ্বল, অত্যুজ্জ্বল, সুদীপ্ত, ভাস্বর Her new engagement ring was refulgent—she was so happy with it. I'll bet she polished it every night.

luminous (adjective)

Shining, radiant, well-lit; brilliant or enlightening shining; issuing light ভাস্বর, উজ্জ্বল, সহজবোধ্য, আলোকদায়ক, দীপ্তিমিান্, পরিষ্কার, স্পষ্ট, অংশুমান্, প্রাঁজল, জ্যোত্শ্মান্ 1. luminous = luminance ~ bright 2. remember LUMINOUS INVERTERS ad by dhoni...brightful Use our new light-reflecting shimmer blush for a luminous complexion! / We are conferring this honorary degree on the author in appreciation for sharing his luminous intellect with the world. He is truly a luminary.

politic (adjective)

Shrewd, pragmatic; tactful or diplomatic expedient; prudent; well devised বিজ্ঞ, বিচক্ষণ, সুচতুর, কৌশলী, বিজ্ঞতাপূর্ণ, কার্যকারী, রাজনীতিক, রাষ্ট্রসম্বন্ধীয়, রাজনৈতিক, কূট 1. To enter POLITICs, one has to highly PRACTICAL n they must also have a WELL DEVISED plan to succeed! 2. To enter Politics, one has to be Politic Celebrities have to watch what they say, as even an offhand comment can end up splashed across the covers of magazines. When the starlet was asked what she thought of her ex-husband marrying the swimsuit model he left her for, she gave the politic reply, "I wish both of them the best."

grandiloquent (adjective)

Relating to lofty speech, esp. to the point of being pompous, overblown, bombastic pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language বাগাড়ম্বরপূর্ণ, আড়ম্বরপূর্ণ, সমারোহপূর্ণ, জাঁকজমকপূর্ণ, জাঁকাল 1. Grandiloquent…GRAND+ELOQUENT only an ELOQUENT speaker can deliver a POMPOUS/BOMBASTIC speech in front a HUGE/GRAND crowd…… 2. Split GRANDILOQUENT as grand and eloquent (expressing yourself readily) which is the grand or mega way of expressing something i.e. pompous After memorizing 1,000 vocabulary flashcards for the GRE, Derek couldn't help but become a little grandiloquent, declaring his desire to "abscond from my familial domicile and satisfy my penchant for erudition." "You can do that later," said his mother, "but now it's your turn to do the dishes."

monastic (adjective)

Relating to or resembling a monastery (where monks or nuns live), esp. by being quiet, secluded, contemplative, strict, and/or lacking luxuries related to monks adjective নিভৃতবাসী, মঠ সম্বন্ধীয়, সন্ন্যাসিসম্বন্ধীয়, সন্ন্যাসিনীসম্বন্ধীয়, নির্জন, নি:সঙ্গ noun সন্ন্যাসী Christine decided that the only way she was going to finish her Ph.D. was to live a monastic lifestyle: she broke up with her boyfriend, cancelled her cable service, left the house only when necessary, and ultimately had a draft of her dissertation a few months later.

prophetic (adjective)

Relating to prophesy, predicting, ominous having to do with predicting the future ভবিষ্যদ্বাণীপূর্ণ 1. remember Prophet Mohammad 2. any predictions about future that seems to be true.. THADASTHU in hindu mythology While most of the country was consumed with irrational optimism about the economy, this particular journalist possessed an almost prophetic pessimism—not only did she predict the crash, she even predicted the month it actually happened.

terrestrial (adjective)

Relating to the Earth or to land; worldly on or relating to the earth স্থলজ, পার্থিব, স্থলচর, ভৌম, পৃথিবীবাসী, পৃথিবীজ 1. Terrestrial which is pertaining to the earth is the opposite of Celestial or Astral which refer to the stars and the constellation. 2. When we go on the terrace of a building we can see the full surrounding which is nothing but earth. Mr. and Mrs. Daruza were certain they had seen a UFO, plus aliens running around in the night. What they really saw was an especially dense flock of birds in the air, and some mundane, terrestrial animals on the ground.

semantic (adjective)

Relating to the different meanings of words or other symbols শব্দার্থগত, ভাষার অর্থসংক্রান্ত Bob said plastic surgery should be covered under the health care plan, and Marion said it shouldn't, but it turns out that their disagreement was purely semantic—what Bob meant was reconstructive surgery and what Marion meant was cosmetic surgery.

vernal (adjective)

Relating to the spring; fresh, youthful pertaining to spring বসন্তকালীন, বাসন্তী, তাজা, তরূণ 1. Ver (above) nal (tap of water) (in Marathi, Hindi) -- water falling from the tap which is above us like rain. 2. VERNA(l)...Hyundai VERNA has a very powerful engine and an excellent pick up. It SPRINGS when accelerated. Alma's favorite part of gardening was the vernal reawakening that followed a frozen winter.

inexorable (adjective)

Relentless, unyielding; not moved by pleading relentless; unyielding; implacable অনমনীয়, নির্দয়, কঠিন, অপরিবর্ত্নশীল, অনিবার্য 1. in(not)+exhort(means to pressurize):that means a person who is inexorable cant be pressurised;he will not yield 2. exor is logic gate which changes. so in exorable is that cannot be changed or stopped Many people fled Europe in the face of Hitler's inexorable march across the continent.

contrite (adjective)

Remorseful; feeling sorry for one's offenses or sins penitent অনুতপ্ত, অনুতাপী 1. SPLIT AS cont (COUNT) - rite (RIGHT). COUNT THE CASH RIGHT, ELSE YOU WILL REGRET IT. 2. for being a conTRITE i.e lacking originality ,i REGRET He would have punished his son more severely for breaking his car's windshield in a "rock throwing contest," but the boy seemed truly contrite.

revamp (verb, noun)

Renovate, redo, revise (verb); a restructuring, upgrade, etc. (noun) নতুন করে গড়া, উন্নতিসাধন করা, পুনর্গঠন করা I have my whole room decorated in Twilight: Eclipse paraphernalia. When Breaking Dawn comes out, I will surely have to revamp my decor.

effigy (noun)

Representation or image of a person, esp. a crude facsimile used to mock a hated person dummy প্রতিকৃতি, প্রতিমূর্তি, পুত্তলি 1. a fig(ure) y 2. after india knocked out of t20....angry crowd burnt da dummy(effigy) of ms dhoni .....ffig can b thought of figure.... The dictator was disturbed to look out the palace window and see himself being burned in effigy. "That paper mache dummy doesn't even look like me!" he said.

propagate (verb)

Reproduce, spread, increase multiply; spread জন্ম দেত্তয়া, উত্পাদন করা, বিস্তার করা, প্রসারিত করা, উত্পন্ন করা, বংশ বিস্তার করা, প্রচারিত করা 1. prop+a+gate, and shit will spread 2. distribute these PAGes among students Hackers can take down a large computer system in days or even minutes as a virus propagates and infects all of the machines on a network.

exigent (adjective)

Requiring immediate attention, action, or aid; excessively demanding exigency (noun) urgent situation অত্যাবশ্যকতা, জরুরি অবস্থা, সঙ্কট, দুর্দশা, চরমাবস্থা, চরমপন্থা, জরুরি প্রয়োজন, অত্যন্ত দু:খ 1. exigency ~ exit + emergency;you remember the emergency exit, only when at the time of an urgent situation. 2. Exigency and Emergency rhyme....... My boss said she would take me out to lunch and "mentor" me, but that idea always gets tossed aside in favor of more exigent matters.

rejoinder (noun)

Response or reply, esp. a witty comeback retort; comeback; reply প্রতু্যত্তর, প্রতিবাদ, জবাব 1. re + join + der (there) = re joining in d same place again.. = coming back.. 2. You REJOIN the same conversation with a reply In retrospect, I could have come up with a better rejoinder than "I know you are, but what am I?" I always think of the perfect witty comeback hours after I actually needed it.

recrudescent (adjective)

Revival, breaking out into renewed activity পুন:প্রকাশ, পুনঃপ্রকোপ, পুনরায় প্রাদুর্ভাব The recrudescence of his psoriasis came at the worst possible time. "Oh, great," he said, "Now I'm going to be shedding skin flakes all over my new coworkers on the first day of work."

asperity (noun)

Rigor, severity; harshness or sharpness of tone; roughness of surface sharpness (of temper) দারূণ শৈত্য, বন্ধুরতা, কঠোরতা, রূক্ষতা, কাটব্য, কার্কশ্য 1. Asperity can be thought of as A spear with severity. i.e Sharpness 2. asperity = austerity; meanings are also same. Used to a more lax school environment, the freshman at military school was shocked by the asperity of punishments meted out for even the most minor offenses, as well as the asperity with which his drill sergeant bossed him around. / The asperity of her cheap, scratchy sweater made her wish she could afford cashmere.

tumultuous (adjective)

Riotous, violently agitated, marked by disturbance or uproar; noisy, chaotic tumult (noun) commotion; riot; noise আলোড়ন, বিক্ষোভ, দাঙ্গা, আবেগপূর্ণ অবস্থা, আরাব, উতরোল 1. tu+mu = tu tu main main 2. the word can be broken into TWO+MULK mulk is a group..we often see that there is a commotion,riot b/w two mulks Poland's tumultuous history includes a Nazi invasion, a period of Soviet rule, and, well before that, over 120 years during which it was partitioned by Russia, Prussia, and Austria and simply didn't exist. / She had been enjoying the game, but lost her hat, left earring, and keys in the tumult that resulted when fans went crazy over a referee's call.

plutocracy (noun)

Rule by the wealthy society ruled by the wealthy ধনতন্ত্র, ধনবান শাসকগোষ্ঠী 1. pLUTOcracy...society jo LOOT leti hai or sounds like AUTOCRACY 2. "Do you want our society to achieve plutocracy or democracy." imagining ruled by people from Pluto, or demons from Hell! (distorted to enhance memory) There have always been rich and poor people, of course, but some argue that the U.S. is becoming a plutocracy, with the richest 10% controlling two-thirds of the nation's wealth and nearly half of our Congressional representatives being millionaires.

canard (noun)

Rumor, a false or baseless story unfounded rumor মিথ্যা গুজব, হাস্যোদ্দীপক গুজব, চাঁচল্যকর গুজব 1. Remember Kannad movies...their fighting is so unreal..false...so remember canard as being a false portrayal. 2. canard - can hard, it can hardly happen. It is exaggerated. The idea that we only use 10% of our brains is a tired, old canard; actually, even the dumbest people use all of their brains.

slake (verb)

Satisfy (esp. thirst), cool, or refresh; make less active quench; sate প্রশমিত করা, দমিত করা, নেভান, উপশম করা 1. focus on the 'lake' part of this word..so you can say that you want to satisfy your thrist after seeing the water in that lake . 2. Lake ... When camel, which is going through desert, finds a lake. What will it do? Just drink the water, which takes its thirst away. Having been lost for hours, the weary hikers were more than willing to slake their thirst in a mountain stream. / The teacher's harsh, demanding attitude soon slaked the girls' enthusiasm for the ballet class.

gouge (noun, verb)

Scooping or digging tool, like a chisel, or a hole made with such a tool (noun); cut or scoop out; force out a person's eye with one's thumb; swindle, extort money from (verb) tear out verb গর্ত করা, উপড়াইয়া ফেলা noun বাটালিবিশেষ, প্রতারণা 1. In slang language we call goggles as gouge - So when you buy a pair of branded gouge, which are expensive, you think the shopkeeper is overcharging you. 2. relate it wid ""gao ge"(in hindi as we pronounce singing)->IndianIdol ->Anu Malik-saying agar tum aisa bekar gao ge to main tumhari ankhen bahar nikal dunga (by digging/ scooping action)!Can he use a chisel also in doing so?! ;) I was happy with this new video game console for a day or two, until I saw it advertised all over town for half the price and realized I'd been gouged. / He loves gory horror films, where people's eyes are gouged out and gross stuff like that.

sardonic (adjective)

Scornfully or ironically mocking, cynically derisive disdainful; sarcastic; cynical ঘৃণাপূর্ণ, ব্যঙ্গপূর্ণ, তিক্ত, অবজ্ঞা-মিশ্রিত ব্যঙ্গপূর্ণ 1. sorry to comment but.. remember sardarjialways people mock at them making jokes. so remember as sardonic 2. think of SARDONIC as SARCASTIC + IRONIC A sardonic movie critic is one thing, but a sardonic film professor is another—I really wish Professor Dahl wouldn't sarcastically cut down his students the way he does cheesy horror films. / Dorothy Parker wrote sardonically, "If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people he gave it to."

welter (noun, verb)

Confused mass or pile, jumble; confusion or turmoil (noun); roll around, wallow, toss about, writhe (verb) turmoil; bewildering jumble verb গড়ান, গড়াগড়ি খাত্তয়া, গড়াগড়ি যাত্তয়া, স্খলিতচরণ হত্তয়া, গড়ান হত্তয়া, স্ফীত হত্তয়া noun বিশৃঙ্খলা, বিক্ষোভ 1. I would remember it as 'world tour'.so you are planning for a world tour, but 'confused' as where to start from, because there are quite a lot countries to be covered.Hence 'confused due to multiple things'. 2. I fell into a WELL of TAR to get drenched and entangled in it. It said "thrift store," but inside it was just a welter of used clothing, draped everywhere and even lying in piles. / By the time the teacher broke up the fight, it was already pretty much over—the loser was weltering on the floor. / They struggled to keep the sailboat afloat on the weltering sea.

collude (verb)

Conspire; cooperate for illegal or fraudulent purposes আঁতাত, গোপনে অশুভ আঁতাত After two competing software companies doubled their prices on the same day, leaving consumers no lower-priced alternative, the federal government investigated the companies for collusion.

scurvy (adjective)

Contemptible, mean despicable; contemptible নীচ, মরামাসে পুর্ণ, আলুখালু ত্ত অপরিচ্ছন্ন, জঘন্য, মামড়ি-পড়া 1. SCURVY is a deadly disease. So people suffering from this vitamin c deficiency are low in health. 2. Scurvy (crooked teeth)is a gums disease which is characterized by excess dental bleeding.If ur freind has excess bleeding as he doesnt brush teeth then u hate him i.e dispicable or contemptible. Our neighbor is so scurvy that he deliberately broke my little brother's bicycle because, as he said, "You kids are too loud!"

axiom (noun)

Self-evident truth requiring no proof; universally or generally accepted principle self-evident truth requiring no proof স্বয়ংপ্রমাণিত সত্য, স্বত:সিদ্ধ সত্য, স্বত:প্রমাণতা 1. Ax +i+om - when the axe is on me I will tell the truth. This is surely evident. 2. Axiom is a rule or principle that most people believe to be true( /universally recognized)... See "om" in Axiom which is universally believed Given the last decade of research into the brain—as well as our own experience trying to function while deprived of sleep or food—we must take as axiomatic that the brain is influenced by the body.

polemic (noun)

Controversial argument, esp. one attacking a specific idea controversy; argument in support of point of view adjective তর্কপ্রি়, বিতর্কমূলক, বিতক্র্য, বিতর্কনীয় noun বিতর্ক, তর্কপ্রি় ব্যক্তি, তার্কিক, বিতর্কমূলক রচনা যুক্তি, বিতর্কমূলক রচনা সত্তয়াল, তর্কশাস্ত্র, তর্কবিদ্যা, বিতর্ককারী 1. pole(poll)+mic..so during polls politicians often attack others opinions. 2. (Language used Hindi)pole+mic- (In hindi) ek dusre ki pole kholna.jab ek dusre ki pole khol te hai to argumentation,debare and defence hotahai. Laura Kipnis's 2003 book Against Love: A Polemic has been called "shocking" and "scathing," Perhaps Kipnis used the word polemic in the title to indicate that she's making an extreme argument as a means of starting a debate. After all, who's really against love?

discrete (adjective)

Separate, distinct, detached, existing as individual parts separate; unconnected বিযুক্ত, অসম্বদ্ধ, বিমূর্ত, পৃথক্, নির্বস্ত্ত 1. this crate (thats used to keep cold drink bottles ) that keeps the bottles separate n unconnected... so that they don breakdis+crate 2. if u can remember the discrete maths ,u can see that one topic is separated from the other and subtopics also unconnected to each other. Be sure to use quotation marks and citations as appropriate in your paper in order to keep your ideas discrete from those of the experts you are quoting. / The advertising agency pitched us not on one campaign, but on three discrete ideas.

skittish (adjective)

Shy, fickle, uncertain, or prone to act suddenly due to nervousness; lively in a restless or excessive way lively; frisky লঘুচেতা, চপল, ছ্টফটে, হাসিখুশি, খামখেয়ালী, ছেনালিপূর্ণ, ত্রস্ত, ভীতু, সহজে উত্তেজিত 1. In a skit ( a comic play or a drama), everyone is lively and playful. 2. skittish=skirtish: think of girls all with short skirts showing skirtish (skittish) behavour, After his first experience working with a skittish horse who nervously jerked around and ended up stepping on his foot, Ernest learned to wear steel-toed boots. / The band began with an audience of 80 college students but could see that they were skittish—there was a whole festival going on outside, and the student were ready to head for the door if the band wasn't that great.

abreast (adjective)

Side-by-side. The more common "abreast of" means keeping up with, staying aware of, or remaining equal in progress with. পাশাপাশি, কাধে কাধে As the professor walked abreast down the street with her mentor, she was amazed that the old man, long since retired, still kept abreast of all the latest developments in neurobiology.

winnow (verb)

Sift, analyze critically, separate the useful part from the worthless part sift; separate good parts from bad verb ঝাড়া, ঝাড়াই করা, শস্য ঝাড়া, ত্তচলান, বাতাস দেত্তয়া, চালা, পৃথক্ করা noun শস্য ঝাড়িবার যন্ত্র 1. WINd + NOW = WINNOWso, the blowing wind helps to separate the CHAFF. 2. WIN NOW will separate you from looser We got 120 resumes for one job—it's going to take me awhile just to winnow this down to a reasonable stack of people we want to interview.

token (noun, adjective)

Sign, symbol, mark, badge; souvenir, memento; coin-like disk used as currency for subways, arcade games, etc.; sample, or person, thing, idea taken to represent an entire group (noun); of very little or merely symbolic value (adj) নিদর্শন, প্রতীক, চিহ্ন, নিশান, কেতন, প্রামাণিক সাক্ষ্য, প্রজ্ঞান, কোন স্মারক বস্তু, স্মৃতিচিহ্ন I am starting to realize that this law firm hired me to be its token woman. There I am, smiling in all the ads—but I never actually get to work on important cases. / Hollywood movies are often guilty of tokenism—many have exactly one black character (the "token minority"), often present to give advice to the (usually white) main characters. / I am giving you this "Best Friends Forever" necklace as a token of our friendship.

oblique (adjective)

Slanting or sloping; indirect, misleading, or evasive slanting; deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line বক্র, তেরছা, বাঁকা, আড়, তির্যক্, টেরা, টেড়া, অসমান্তরাল, অসৎ, অসরল 1. Oblique - split it like OB(object) lique(sounds as LIKE). So OBject Like, referring something indirectly. 2. Ur making an oblique reference i.e indirect ref After the fifteenth oblique reference that Bella made to George or George made to Bella, everyone in the office figured out that they were dating. / The serial killer loved to talk to interrogators, but gave only oblique answers that were useless in finding the bodies.

legerdemain (noun)

Slight-of-hand (magic as performed by a magician); trickery or deception sleight of hand হস্তকৌশল, ভোজবাজি, বিভ্রান্তকারী বাক্যজাল, বিভ্রান্তকারী হস্তকৌশল, ইন্দ্রজাল, বাজি 1. legerdemain: legendary man 2. legerdemain means dextrity of hand. skillful in magic. consider DOMAIN . domain knowledge is needed for IT jobs. so one should have sound domain knowledge. so legerDEMAIN means artful, skillfull in magical powers The child was astounded when her uncle pulled out a quarter from behind her ear. Of course, she hadn't actually lost a quarter there; it was just a bit of legerdemain from an amateur magician.

acidulous (adjective)

Slightly acid or sour; sharp or caustic slightly sour; sharp; caustic সামান্য টক্, টকো 1. ACID..(USUALLY SOUR AND BITTER IN TASTE)...so anything which include acid will automatically give you sour and bitter taste 2. acid-acidic , lous>tast so acidic tast Grapefruit juice is acidulous. / I'm skipping Thanksgiving this year just to avoid my mother's acidulous comments about what she thinks I ought to be doing with my life.

dilatory (adjective)

Slow, late; procrastinating or stalling for time delaying দীর্ঘসূত্রী, দীর্ঘসূত্র, ঢিমে, চিরকর্মা, চিরকারী, ঢিমা 1. Extract 'late' from the word dilatory and you get.... delay which is generally due to waste of time. 2. Think of the phrase, "dilly dally," which means wasting time. Jack was supposed to start his presentation 10 minutes ago and he isn't even here? I'm not surprised—he's a dilatory fellow.

mar (verb)

Damage, spoil, ruin নষ্ট করা, ক্ষতি করা, বিকৃত করা The interior designer's secret was to buy furnishings and fixtures that had been marred on the shop floor and therefore were sold at steep discounts; she would then fix the defects herself or add additional aging effects to the pieces.

aspersions (noun)

Damaging remarks, defamation, slander slanderous remark কুত্সা, কলঙ্ক 1. Sounds like ass-person, if you defame someone you make them look like an ass.<br><br>Another way to the say the same thing:<br>Make a person look like an ass by defaming them. 2. As + persion ~ Ass + person; calling someone As(s)pers[i]on means passing slanderous remark He could no longer work with his duplicitous business partner, who acted friendly to his face but then spewed aspersions about him behind his back. / If you asperse me one more time, I will sue you for libel!

toady (noun)

Someone who flatters or acts in a servile manner for self-serving reasons servile flatterer; yes man verb ধামা ধরা, পা চাটা noun ঘৃণ্য মোসাহেব, পার্শ্বচর, পার্ষদ 1. Sir, "TODAY"(toady) you look very ......(this an act of pleasing someone in order to gain a personal advantage.) 2. A toady person is like a toad who makes sounds to flatter people just like a toad tries to flatter the female toad.. Look at that toady, sucking up and offering to do the boss's Christmas shopping for his kids. Gross.

vitriol (noun)

Something highly caustic, such as criticism (literally, one of a number of chemicals including sulfuric acid) vitriolic (adjective) corrosive; sarcastic গন্ধকপূর্ণ, গন্ধকমিশ্রিত, গন্ধকজ, গন্ধকতুল্য 1. divide it like vitriolic..vitriol+ic...AND VITRIOL..IS ANOTHER NAME OF SULPHURIC ACID.. and we all know that acid is caustic, sharp and bitter...and when it falls on the skin it burns it, causing SHARP pain. 2. Tri+Alcoholic.Drinking three times the alcohol can produce a harsh, bitter drunk. After another embarrassing loss, the team's shortstop was full of vitriol for the coach who had led them to their worst season in history.

parley (noun, verb)

Discussion, negotiation, esp. between enemies (noun); to have such a discussion (verb) conference verb বাক্যালাপ করা, পরামর্শ করা, আলোচনা করা, শর্তাদি আলোচনা করা noun বাক্যালাপ, আলোচনা, আলোচনাসভা, কথাবার্তা, কথোপকথন, শর্তাদি, আলোচন 1. parley sounds like parliament... where CONFERENCE is held between opponents ... 2. parley reminds us of parle biscuts....when you attend a CONFERENCE bisleri water and PARLE biscuts are served The industry trade show is our chance to parley with our competitors. We do go out for drinks together, but really, we're just hoping someone slips up and tells us about their new product line.

blight (noun, verb)

Disease that kills plants rapidly, or any cause of decay or destruction (noun); ruin or cause to wither (verb) blighted (adjective) suffering from a disease; destroyed adjective শুষ্ক, বিবর্ণ, রোগাক্রান্ত, ধ্বংসপ্রাপ্ত 1. trees bina light gets blighted 2. blight (bina light) - if u read it will DESTROY ur eye sight Many potato farmers have fallen into poverty as a result of blight killing their crops. / Gang violence is a blight on our school system, causing innocent students to fear even attending classes. / Violence has blighted our town.

opprobrium (noun)

Disgrace and disapproval that result from outrageously shameful actions infamy; vilification নিন্দা, অপমান, কলঙ্ক 1. If you take OPIUM(banned drug) you will be criticized, humiliated & put to shame. 2. oppROBrium..stress on rob..if u rob something ull be dishonoured Some young starlets seem to think a DUI offense isn't such a big deal, but drunk driving deserves opprobrium—driving under the influence maims and kills innocent people every year.

squalid (adjective)

Disgusting, filthy, foul, extremely neglected dirty; neglected; poor নোংরা, দারিদ্র্যপীড়িত Social Services removed the children from the home due to the squalid conditions, including rats running freely in the kitchen and spoiled food all over the house.

cloying (adjective)

Disgustingly or distastefully sweet distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental মিষ্টতা আধিক্য দ্বারা অরুচি সৃষ্টিকারী 1. remember CLOVE--excessive addition of clove in the food makes the food distasteful.. 2. sounds like toying means playing with someone like a toy. It is very sweet to that person but distasteful to the society. I do like visiting our grandmother, but I can't stand those cloying movies she watches—last time it was some heart-tugging story where an orphan saves a suffering pony. / I do like cake, but I find that honey-covered angel food cake positively cloying.

pejorative (adjective, noun)

Disparaging, derogatory, belittling (adj); a name or word that is disparaging (noun) negative in connotation; having a belittling effect. মূল্যহানিকর, মর্যাদাহানিকর, নিন্দাকর, নিন্দাসূচক 1. Pejorative = Pig + Orative, a pig will certainly have bad connotations 2. Owner of a Mitsubishi PAJERO belittles everyone on the road. I'm open to constructive criticism, but I think my supervisor's remarks are inappropriately pejorative—it's never okay to call an employee a "sniveling dullard." / Although these insults wouldn't be understood by most, "poetaster" and "mathematicaster" are pejoratives for minor, incompetent poets and mathematicians, respectively.

reprobate (noun, adjective)

Disreputable, unprincipled, or damned person (noun); shameless, depraved (adj) person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency adjective হীন, শ্বর পরিত্যক্ত, দুশ্চরিত্র, অবিশুদ্ধ, নারকী noun হীন ব্যক্তি, শ্বর পরিত্যক্ত ব্যক্তি, দুশ্চরিত্র ব্যক্তি 1. reprobate: rep(repeatedly)+rob+ate.. a person who again and again robs other peoples food and eats it up has no moral values. 2. reprobate is a person who has no probity The police joked that they had so many mug shots of the old reprobate that they could assemble them into a photography book called, Faces of Petty Crime, 1976-2011.

anachronism (noun)

Something that is not in its correct historical time; a mistake in chronology, such as by assigning a person or event to the wrong time period something or someone misplaced in time কালব্যতিক্রম, কালবৈষম্য 1. you know about chronometer- means clock. Anything with "chron" is related to time. Anachronisim-an+chron+ism> here an is used in negative sense> so anachronism means something or someone that is not in its correct time 2. Anachronism = Ana + chron (chronology) + ism = A person or thing who is out of chornological order .i.e. Person belongs to earlier time. The Queen of England is a bit of an anachronism, with her old-fashioned pillbox hats. / Did you catch the anachronisms in the latest action blockbuster set in ancient Rome? One of the characters was wearing a wristwatch with his toga!

reactant (noun)

Something that reacts; a substance that undergoes a change in a chemical reaction বিক্রিয়াকারী পদার্থ, বিক্রিয়ক The two men had been rivals since high school; when both were elected to the city council, they became reactants in the worsening deadlock of an already-polarized city government.

bane (noun)

Something that ruins or spoils cause of ruin সর্বনাশ, ধ্বংস, মৃতু্য, বিষ 1. Modern technology is BOON OR BANE. Boon is useful and BANE is Something causing misery or death 2. ban+e -- Things which are harmful or poisonous (can make your life misery) are always banned by government. Mosquitoes are the bane of my existence! They just love me, and by "love" I mean ruin my summer! / The closure of the hospital could not have been more baneful to the already strained community.

elegy (noun)

Song or poem of sorrow, esp. for a deceased person poem or song expressing lamentation বিষাদসঙ্গীত, শোকসূচক গান, অন্ত্যেষ্টি গাথা 1. E(a)-LEGY(legendry).....so if a legendry person dies......people sing a mournful poem or people lament or regret for his death..... 2. sounds like eulogy... While composing an elegy is certainly old-fashioned, the poet felt that it was a fitting way for her to honor her father at his funeral.

acerbic (adjective)

Sour; harsh or severe নির্দয়, নিষ্ঠুর Lemons are acerbic. Harsh comments are also acerbic, like putting lemon juice on a wound.

declaim (verb)

Speak in an impassioned, pompous, or oratorical manner; give a formal speech আবৃত্তি করা, বক্তৃতা করা, আবেগের সঙ্গে বক্তৃতা করা After a drink or two, Gabe will declaim all night about campaign finance reform—you won't be able get a word in edgewise in between all his grandstanding and "expertise."

polyglot (noun)

Speaking or composed of many languages (of a person, book, etc.); a person who knows several languages speaking several languages adjective বহুভাষিক, বহুভাষাপূর্ণ, বহুভাষী noun বহুভাষিক গ্রন্থ 1. poly(many)+glot(glottis=speech organ)= many speech organ = able to speak many language 2. poly+glot(remember gala in hindi which is neck). One who has multiple necks(speaks multiple languages). New York's public service announcements often take the form of polyglot posters in the subway, suggesting in six languages that readers give up their seats for pregnant women or those with disabilities.

stipulate (verb)

Specify; make an open demand, esp. as a condition of agreement make express conditions, specify verb চুক্তির শর্ত করা adjective সোপপত্রিক, উপপত্রিক 1. staple+it-- Staple the documents, so that it GUARANTEES that they stay together permanently! 2. stipules are plant parts present at the base of leaf. additional leaves present along with leaves. similarly STIPULATE is an condition (AGREEMENT) present in the MAIN AGREEMENT. stipulate = agreement in an agreement Before taking the job, Owen stipulated in his contract that he would be able to leave early on Fridays to attend religious services.

listless (adjective)

Spiritless, lacking interest or energy lacking in spirit or energy কামনাহীন, কৌতূহলশূন্য, উদাস, অবসন্ন, অমনোযোগী, অনবহিত, অনাবিষ্ট, ইচ্ছাশূন্য, উদাসীন, নিষ্ক্রিয়, অলস 1. I lost my list of universities to apply, Now I am lacking spirit because I am LISTLESS 2. I had to prepare my GRE wordlist everyday. But today i was tired and had no energy - so i dint prepare my list. So why was I list - less? Coz i was listless! I'm too tired to care about homework," mumbled the listless child, staring blankly at the wall. "Maybe if someone brought me a glass of milk and a cookie...

panoply (noun)

Splendid, wide-ranging, impressive display or array বর্ম, দেহত্রাণ, গাত্ররক্ষণী, সাঁজোয়া Our old cafeteria had only premade salads, but the new cafeteria has a salad bar with a panoply of toppings.

diffuse (verb, adjective)

Spread widely, disseminate (verb); dispersed, widely spread out, or wordy and going off-topic (adj) adjective বিকীর্ণ, বিস্তৃত, শব্দবহুল, সংক্ষিপ্ত নহে এমন verb ছড়াইয়া দেত্তয়া, ছিটাইয়া দেত্তয়া, বিকীর্ণ করা, পরিব্যাপ্ত করা diffusion (noun) wordiness; spreading in all directions like a gas noun আশ্লেষ, বিকিরণ The spy attempted to root out the dissenters at the gala, but he was only able to detect a diffuse sense of discontent all around the room. / It will be very difficult to diffuse the power among the people when transitioning from autocracy to democracy.

glower (verb)

Stare in an angry, sullen way scowl একদৃষ্টিতে তাকান, ক্রুদ্ধভাবে তাকান 1. Gulshan Grover- stared angrily at the hero. 2. when someone LOWER u ten u stare anGrily at them He couldn't figure out why his girlfriend was glowering at him throughout dinner. "Oh," he finally realized, "Is it your birthday? Oh, and I forgot you hate seafood. Sorry about the fishsticks."

whet (verb)

Stimulate, make keen or eager (esp. of an appetite) sharpen; stimulate verb উত্তেজিত করা, তীক্ষ্ন করা, শান দেত্তয়া, তীব্র করা, শাণ দেত্তয়া, ধার করা noun ধার, শান দেত্তয়া, তীক্ষ্নতা 1. sounds like WET, when you see a wet girl,you get stimulated 2. whet - tamil - à ®µà ¯†à ®Ÿà ¯Âà ®Ÿà ¯Â, means to cut...it s sharpened wen cut (pencil) Dinner will take another 20 minutes, but maybe this cheese plate can whet your appetite?

fetid (adjective)

Stinking; having an offensive smell malodorous পূতিগন্ধময়, পূতিগন্ধপূর্ণ, পূতি I hate doing your laundry—it's always full of fetid gym socks.

dissolution (noun)

Dissolving, the state of having been dissolved; breaking bonds or breaking up of a group of people; death, disintegration; sinking into extreme hedonism, vice, and degradation disintegration; looseness in morals ভঙ্গ, দ্রবণ, বিগঠন, বিলয়, শিথিলীকরণ, শিথিলীভবন, বিচ্ছেদ, মৃতু্য, দ্রাব, দ্রবীভবন, দ্রাবণ, লয় 1. dissolution is the opposite of resolution. When you make a resolution you make a promise, when you make a dissolution you BREAK or dissolve the promise! 2. came from "dissolve"when a thing dissolve into another ,it itself disintegrate... Raoul went from garden-variety hedonism to utter dissolution—his three-day drug benders cost him his job and may land him in jail. / Following the dissolution of the corporation and the liquidation of our assets, each investor will receive a cash payment proportional to his or her shareholding in the company.

occlude (verb)

Stop up, close, shut in or shut off shut; close অন্তর্ধারণ করা, বন্ধ করিয়া দেত্তয়া, শুষিয়া লইয়া আত্মসাৎ করা 1. when you include someone they are welcome and the gates are always open but when you OCCLUDE(rhymes with EXCLUDE), they are unwelcome and hence the gates are SHUT or CLOSED on them. 2. Occlude - sounds like conclude. Means close or shut something... This drain guard is here to make sure nothing (like silverware) ends up occluding your garbage disposal. / Don't eat that enormous wad of gum! I'm no doctor, but what if it occludes your intestines or something?

prevaricate (verb)

Stray from the truth, mislead, lie lie সত্যের অপলাপ করা, কৌশল সত্যকে এড়াইয়া যাওয়া 1. 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.. 2. pre+var(truth)+cate(fabricate) is to fabricate the truth, meaning to lie. Maryanne had been shoplifting—when her mother asked where her new clothes had come from, she prevaricated, vaguely suggesting that a rich friend had bought them for her.

aloof (adjective)

Distant physically or emotionally; reserved; indifferent apart; reserved adjective একান্তে, নির্লিপ্ত, পৃথক্, দূরে, দূরবর্তী, একান্তে স্থিত, অনালাপী adverb একান্তে, দূরে, পৃথক্, দূরবর্তী, একান্তে স্থিত, আলগোছে, পৃথক্ভাবে, পৃথকপৃথক্ভাবে 1. aloof:aloo(potato)+f..u like aloo so mom keeps it "apart" for u..it is "reserved" for u 2. Aloof (ALOne in the rOOF), when some is alone in the roof, he is at distance from other members of house. Perceiving her parents as cold and aloof, the child was naturally drawn to her warm, genial aunt.

disparate (adjective)

Distinct, different basically different; unrelated অসদৃশ, অসম 1. Dis(this) + parate(parrot) is different from the rest.But how?? It can talk!!! 2. Disparate can be broken as: "This" "sEparate" so read as "this is separate"! He chose the college for two disparate reasons: the strength of the computer science program, and the excellence of the hip-hop dance squad.

multifarious (adjective)

Diverse, having a lot of variety varied; greatly diversified বহুবিধ, বহুরকম, বহুমুখ 1. MULTIFARIOUS=MULTI+FARIOUS,farious rhymes with various...so both multi and various means de same...VARIED and GREATLY DIVERSIFIED 2. MULTI(many) + FAR + US = when MANY people come from FAR away to the US, the population gets GREATLY DIVERSIFIED Last year's jewelry line was all metal and neutrals, but this year's presents a multifarious array of brilliant colors.

dichotomy (noun)

Division into two parts or into two contradictory groups branching into two parts দ্বিবিভাগ, দ্বিবিভাজন 1. can be think as di + cut _ ... so dichotomy is cutting into two parts 2. DICHO-'two'+TOMY-'cut' so CUT INTO TWO There is a dichotomy in the sciences between theoretical or "pure" sciences such as physics and chemistry, and the life sciences, which often deal more with classifying than with theorizing.

circumscribe (verb)

Strictly limit a role, range of activity, or area; in math, to be constructed around so as to touch as many points as possible limit; confine চারিদিকে রেখা টানা, বেষ্টন করা, সীমাবদ্ধ করা, সংযত করা 1. circumscribe -> circle + scribe(a writer of manuscripts); so circumscribe means a person writing around the same lines or topic. 2. remember circumference..we restrict ourself around a circle.. Suki's parent circumscribed her after-school activities; she was permitted only to study and to join organizations directly related to academic subjects. / A square circumscribed in a circle has all four of its vertices on the circle's circumference. / Our land is circumscribed by hedges and fences.

hew (verb)

Strike, chop, or hack (as with an axe, sword. etc.); make or shape something (such as a statue) with a cutting tool cut to pieces with ax or sword কোপা ইয়া কাটা 1. CHEW- when you chew, you try to chop the thing with your teeth. 2. "hew"... "(s)hew" it is the sound of the sword or ax. The pioneer had to hew his own way through the brush in order to proceed westward. / She preferred rustic furniture; her dining room chairs were little more than stumps roughly hewn into stools.

fluke (noun)

Stroke of luck, something accidentally successful unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune আকস্মিক সাফল্য, অপ্রত্যাশিত সাফল্য 1. F(ortunately)LUKE(Y) means fortunately lucky 2. fluke seems very similar to flute. I think Once it was easy to coax a girl with mellifluous sound of flute. But now a days girls are very clever & than boys.If you manage a girl with flute only then it definitely a GOOD FORTUNE It's amazing that I won the prize during halftime, but I guarantee you, it was just a fluke that I made that basket—if I tried a thousand more times, I'm sure I couldn't do it again.

obdurate (adjective)

Stubborn, hardhearted, hardened in wrongdoing stubborn একগুঁয়ে, বদ্ধমূল, কঠিনীভূত, কঠিন, পাষাণহৃদয়, দুর্দম, অদমনীয়, অদম্য 1. OB+DURA(RELATE IT TO WORD DURABILITY)..SO anything which has durability..has the resisting power, and something which can resist, is stubborn. 2. OB+DU+RATE realate it as AB(OB) RATE DoUble ho gaya,and the seller was very STUBBORN about that The first mate reported that there was some fuzzy shape on the horizon, but the captain insisted that the instruments showed no such object, and obdurately sailed straight ahead—right into an iceberg. / This obdurate criminal should never be let out on parole—he simply cannot be reformed.

refractory (adjective)

Stubbornly disobedient, hard to manage stubborn; unmanageable অবাধ্য, অদম্য, বিকৃতস্বভাব, দজ্জাল, বেয়াড়া, অদমনীয়, ঠেঁটা, দু:সাধ্য 1. refractory--means factor ,who always factors the law into piece,means don't follow the law. 2. one who doesn't refract or bend at all meaning stubborn No matter how much job training the city gives them, refractory ex-criminals are simply unemployable.

mired (adjective)

Stuck, entangled (in something, like a swamp or muddy area), soiled mire (verb, noun) entangle; stick in swampy ground verb পাঁকে ডোবান, পাঁকে আটকান, পঙ্কলেপন করা noun কর্দম, পঙ্ক, পাঁক 1. Muddy Tyre might help us recall the meaning of Mire. 2. It sounds like wire, imagine if there is a stack of wires, it will surely get entangled Mired in her predecessor's mess and mistakes, the new CEO found it difficult to take the company in a new direction.

modish (adjective)

Stylish, contemporary fashionable বেশভূষাপ্রি়, কেতাদুরস্ত, কেতাদোরস্ত 1. modish = mode (style) + ish.. thats is extremely stylish.. hence very fashionable.. 2. Just like GIRLISH is very girl like, MODISH can be related to MODEL LIKE...very fashonable! While some sculptors sought to make their work universal and timeless, Dania sculpted modish creations that captured the pop cultural zeitgeist—for instance, a sculpture of Rihanna with an umbrella, or a three-foot high representation of the latest Alexander McQueen heels.

surrogate (noun, adjective)

Substitute, person who acts for another (noun); acting as a replacement (adj) substitute প্রতিনিধি 1. Sir+ro+gate: Sir rokar gate se bahar chale gaye and so we need to call someone lese for teaching 2. u wud ve heard abt surrogate mothers..substitute.. A study found that baby monkeys, once separated from their mothers, preferred a surrogate mother made of cloth to a less comforting, rigid monkey doll, even when induced with treats to change their behavior.

euphemism (noun)

Substitution of a mild, inoffensive, or indirect expression for one that is considered offensive or too direct mild expression in place of an unpleasant one শ্রুতিকটু পদের পরিবর্তে কোমলতর পদের প্রয়োগ 1. Assuming: females are milder than males as they are more emotionally inclined.It reads like E(xpress) U(yourself) Phemism(like feminism). 2. you+feminisn(sounds like) girls try to avoid certain words and circumlocate... so if u practise euphemism, you act like a female Many euphemisms surround death and disease; rather than "Joe died of cancer," many people feel better saying "Joe's suffering is finally over." / When potty training their children, some parents use hilarious euphemisms for body parts.

brook (verb)

Suffer or tolerate tolerate; endure verb সহ্য করা noun ক্ষুদ্র নদী 1. relate this to BROOK BOND tea....jst drink the tea and then u can tolerate any tension. :-) 2. In class if you don't bring the BOOK teacher will not BROOK it. "You will do your homework every night before you go anywhere, you will do your chores, and you will be home by 9 p.m. I will brook no disobeying of these rules, young man!"

connote (verb)

Suggest or imply in addition to the precise, literal meaning connotation (verb) suggested or implied meaning of an expression noun সংজ্ঞা, অর্থ, পদার্থ, জাত্যর্থ 1. can + notation -notations have implied meaning 2. it is like annotate which has an implied meaning The word "titanic" simply means large or majestic, but because of the word's association with the sunken ship, "titanic" has a negative connotation to many people.

palatial (adjective)

Suitable for or resembling a palace, magnificent magnificent প্রাসাদসংক্রান্ত, প্রাসাদতুল্য 1. Read it: palashial i.e., like a palace. 2. 'palat' in hindi means 'turn'we'l be turning again and again to see a magnificient thing! After a career spent in budget hotels, she was thrilled when the client put her up in a palatial room at a five-star hotel. She raided the minibar and then promptly fell asleep on the 600-thread-count duvet.

expedient (adjective)

Suitable, proper; effective, often at the expense of ethics or other considerations suitable; practical; politic adjective সমীচীন, উপযোগী, সুবিধাজনক, উপযুক্ত, যুক্তিযুক্ত noun কৌশল, উপযোগী উপায়, উপযোগী কৌশল, সুবিধাজনক উপায়, সুবিধাজনক কৌশল, উদ্দেশ্যসাধক উপায়, পন্থা, পথ, জোত্র 1. pronounce it like "experienced"...an experienced person is always SUITABLE for making decisions.. 2. expedient : expert + obedient ,,, they are the most "suitable" person "I need this report by 2pm, and I don't care what you have to do to make that happen," said the boss. "I expect you to deal with it expediently." / When invited to a wedding you cannot attend, it is expedient to send a gift.

recapitulate (verb)

Summarize, repeat in a concise way summarize সারসংক্ষেপ প্রদান করা, আলোচনা করা, ঝালান 1. sounds like recap....if you have noticed , whenever you watch a serial ,before it starts they always give the recap of what happened the previous day,..in other words they repeat what already has been shown but in a concise form. I'm sorry I had to leave your presentation to take a call—I only have a minute, but can you recapitulate what you're proposing?

insipid (adjective)

Dull, stale, lacking taste or interest lacking in flavor; dull বিরস, নীরস, স্বাদহীন, মাধুর্যহীন, বোদা 1. in+sip+id(it)in-'not, -ve prefix', so when you do not sip it, i.e a juice ,then it means the juice lacks flavor. 2. in+ sipid(spell it as spit..) ,we spit when the FOOD LACKS FLAVOR : or it is TASTELESS.. This is a university-level poetry class, and your insipid drivel just won't cut it here. "Things that are bad always make me sad"? Really? / The restaurant critic called the dish "insipid"—I did think it was bland, but I probably would've been more polite about it.

preternatural (adjective)

Supernatural, exceptional beyond that which is normal in nature অতিপ্রাকৃত, অপার্থিব 1. preter+natural. i.e. remember Spider man(PETER) who had super normal power. 2. preter+natural sounds like deter from being natural or not existing in accordance with nature... While Tiger Woods has been mired in scandal, his preternatural golfing talent is still undeniable. / Dad was convinced that the house was haunted, but I doubted that the strange sounds were due to preternatural causes—as it turned out, we had a raccoon in the basement.

leery (adjective)

Suspicious or wary suspicious; cautious ধূর্ত, চতুর, অতিশয় সজাগ 1. leery >when u are travelling in train and someone asks u to eat something then they say "leh ri" then u get suspicious at his offering.. 2. rhymes with Wary so when u r leery u r wary . You should be leery of any business opportunity that requires a startup fee and a "sponsor"—you might find yourself sucked into a scam.

balloon (verb)

Swell or puff out; increase rapidly আকাশযান During the dot-com bubble, the university's investments ballooned to three times their former value.

distend (verb)

Swell, expand, stretch, bloat expand;swell out ফোলান, ফোলা, ফাঁপা 1. try to relate it with dis means distance and extend means to expand. 2. This(DIS) Tent(TEND) can expand easily The emergency room doctor constantly saw people who came in with distended bellies, sure that they had appendicitis; usually, it was just gas.

turgid (adjective)

Swollen, inflated; or, metaphorically "inflated," such as in overblown, pompous speech swollen; distended স্ফীত, রসস্ফীত 1. People always tell tragedies by overblowing them His prose was so turgid he used the phrase "synchronous repast" to mean a lunch break. / Jimmy carefully carried the turgid water balloons to the balcony, ready for a serious splash attack on members of the rival fraternity.

doff (verb)

Take off (such as clothes), put aside; remove one's hat as a gesture take off খুলিয়া ফেলা 1. DO + OFF or take off, remove. 2. dOFF means the opposite of dON Before the spring break revelers could consider doffing their clothes, they saw the sign: "No skinny dipping." / In my grandfather's day, it was considered polite to doff your hat when a lady entered the room; to us today, lifting your hat a few inches off your head and then putting it right back seems to some like a silly way to show respect.

supplant (verb)

Take the place of, displace, especially through sneaky tactics replace; usurp উচ্ছিন্ন করা, স্থানচু্যত করা 1. Sounds like: sub + plant....i.e substitute + plant... <br>...so it is taking the place of the other plant or superseding it.Root out one plant and grow another. 2. SUPer PLANT---Due to advances in agriculture, govt. is replacing all plants with SUPer PLANTs. In the 1950s, many people took cod liver oil as a health supplement. Today, fish oil capsules and flaxseed oil have supplanted the smelly old standby our grandparents used. / He did achieve his dream of becoming CEO, but only after supplanting our previous CEO by wresting control while she was battling cancer.

prattle (verb)

Talk in an idle, simple-minded, meaningless, or foolish way; chatter, babble babble verb কিচিরমিচির করা, নিরর্থক কথা বলা, বৃথা বাক্য, জল্পনা করা, বুলি আত্তড়ান, খই ফোটা, কপচান, কিচ্কিচ্ করা, কিচ্মিচ্ করা, বকা noun অনর্থক বচন 1. Remember stone cold steve austin who is also called "Rattle snake".. who comes, always drinks beer and talks... 2. prattle- think of cattle, they walk around aimlessly, with no meaning. -meaning less. It was infuriating to listen to the boss prattle on about some new restaurant in town when everyone was just waiting to find out if they'd been laid off.

inculcate (verb)

Teach persistently, implant (an idea) in a person অভ্যন্তরে স্থাপন করা, বদ্ধমূল করে দেওয়া, দৃঢ়ভাবে গেঁথে দেওয়া, সংস্কার জন্মিয়ে দেওয়া Parents spend years trying to inculcate morality in their children, constantly teaching and correcting them.

rend (verb)

Tear violently, esp. to tear one's clothing or hair out of grief; pull apart, split, or tear away split; tear apart বিদীর্ণ করা, ভেদ করা, চিরিয়া ফেলা, পৃথক্ করা, বিদীর্ণ হত্তয়া, ছিঁড়়া 1. In most South Indian languages rend means two - i.e., split up. 2. rend ...relate to rent, and if you don't pay your rent the land lord will tear you apart Many figures in the Bible rent their clothing from grief at a loved one's death, an event that can surely rend one's heart as well.

lachrymose (adjective)

Tearful, mournful producing tears অশ্রুপাতপূর্ণ, ক্রন্দনরত, ক্রন্দনশীল, ছিঁঁচ্কাঁদুনে 1. lachrymose-lac+chry(cry)+mose(most),so when you cry most you produce 'tears'. 2. Tear glands in our eyes are also known as lachrymal glands ...So they are the ones that make you cry ,sorrow ,sober Accustomed to lachrymose occasions, the funeral home kept boxes of tissues near every seat.

augury (adjective)

Telling the future, such as through supernatural means omen; prophecy পূর্বাভাস, শাকুনবিদ্যা 1. Augury.... Augur..... Sounds like Eager.We are always eager to know whats written in our future... so... 2. augury..think it to be aug(aag i.e fire in HINDI) +u +ary(HARRY)..u got a prophecy that u will b in fire along with harry,,, Value investors such as Warren Buffett (who attempt to buy shares in undervalued companies by analyzing the businesses themselves) consider others' attempts to "time the market" as mere augury, equivalent to trying to predict rain by reading tea leaves.

abeyance (noun)

Temporary suspension, inactivity suspended action স্থগিতাবস্থা, মুলতবি অবস্থা, সাময়িক অক্রিয়তা, অপ্রয়োগ 1. a+beyance .. here concentrate on beyance.. it sounds like buoyancy which which suspends objects above the ground level.. 2. remember "abey" in hindi... abey mat karo... do it later! The baseball player's contract negotiations are in abeyance while doctors try to determine whether his injuries will heal in time for the season.

repose (noun)

The act or state of resting; peacefulness, tranquility; lying dead in a grave বিশ্রাম, নীরবতা, স্থিরতা, শান্তি, বিশ্রামস্থান Thousands of people lined up to see the prime minister's body lying in repose in the capital building. / After working the last two weekends, Myrna was perfectly happy spending her day off in repose in her living room armchair with a cup of tea and a good book.

verisimilitude (noun)

The appearance of being true or real (old meaning)Having the appearance of truth, probable appearance of truth; likelihood সত্য বলিয়া প্রতীয়মানতা 1. ver + similar + tude; 'ver' means true and 'tude' means a state, so 'verisimilitude'means 'the state of being true'. 2. Verisimilitude..very + similar + attitude... she tried to put up a very similar attitude.... (verisimilitude..try to put up an appearance). It's a verisimilar story, sure, but where's the proof?

ethos (noun)

The character, personality, or moral values specific to a person, group, time period, etc. underlying character of a culture, group, etc. তত্ত্ব 1. ETHOS = ETHICS 2. ethos sounds like athos~ athos reminds me of slumdog millionaire, a movie which definately depicted the disposition of indian society At the prep school, the young man happily settled into an ethos of hard work and rigorous athletic competition.

flout (verb)

Treat with disdain, contempt, or scorn (usually of rules) reject; mock verb বিদ্রুপ করা, অবজ্ঞা করা, ক্রূর বিদ্রূপ করা noun বিদ্রুপ 1. FLOUT... FOUL + OUT. When a player is sent out by foul, the player shows his contempt to the referee. 2. A kid asked me if he could FLY his paper plane in the room, I replied bluntly-FLY OUT. He flouted the boarding school's curfew so blatantly that, on his way back from a party that lasted past midnight, he actually stopped by the headmaster's house to say hello to his daughter.

hoodwink (verb)

Trick, deceive deceive; delude চক্ষু বান্ধিয়া দেত্তয়া, প্রতারণা করা, ফাঁকি দেত্তয়া, ধাঁধা দেত্তয়া, ধাঁধা লাগান, প্রবঁচনা করা, ভাঁড়ান, চাল মারা, কলা দেখান 1. you WINK under the HOOD of your jacket. To deceive what you are doing 2. remember the way the wolf hoodwinked red riding hood Pretending to be the building's landlord, the shyster was able to hoodwink 11 people into paying deposits on a vacant apartment—of course, he absconded with the money, leaving the victims without their money or a place to live.

chicanery (noun)

Trickery, deception by knowingly false arguments trickery প্রতারণা, চাতুরী, প্রতারণ, প্রবঁচনা, ছল, প্রবঁচন, কুতর্ক, মায়া, কপট, কপটতা, কপটাচরণ 1. chicanery sounds like shikari who uses means of deception to trick animals into his traps. 2. (In Hindi Language) chic(young girl0 + Nari(hindi) wat is a difference between chicks n Nari??? chic is DISHONEST BUT ATTRECTIVE AND THEY GENERALLY DECEIVE PEOPLE. The defense lawyer's strategy for getting her client acquitted by knowingly misinterpreting words in an obscure precedent was nothing but chicanery. / Nice try, passing off last week's homework as this week's by changing the date at the top. I've had enough of your chicanery, young man!

nominal (adjective)

Trivial, so small as to be unimportant; in name only, so-called in name only; trifling নামমাত্র, নামিক, নামেমাত্র, নামসংক্রান্ত, নামে, নামত, অত্যল্প, তথাকথিত, নামপদসংক্রান্ত, ঔপাধিক, নামানুযায়ী, বিশেষ্যমূলক 1. nom+i+nal--- NOM(name) NAL(null)--- name is null; i.e., existing in name only 2. Think of Nominal case in grammar. A notary public will certify a document for a nominal fee, usually under $3. / The country has a nominal president, but his detractors say he's just a puppet leader for the more powerful countries providing foreign aid.

ruminate (verb)

Turn over in the mind, reflect on; chew cud (as a cow) chew the cud; ponder জাবর কাটা, রোমন্থন করা, অনুধ্যায় করা 1. if in ROOMS of hostel there is interNET, we will start to think(mull over) 2. Roaming-at:means ur mind is roaming.ruminate = roam-in-it. "I just had a wonderful party, but I dont want my mind to roam-in-it for too long, for i have to study for GRE" Oh, I just don't know about that...let me ruminate on it for a few days and I'll get back to you.

tortuous (adjective)

Twisting, winding, complex; devious, not straightforward winding; full of curves অসরল, বহু পেঁচত্তয়ালা, বহু পাকত্তয়ালা, অতীব কুটিল, কুটিল 1. a tortoise does not move in straight line... it keeps twisting and turning making path complicated. 2. tortuous - torque(twisting)uous: full of twisting If I can follow your tortuous logic, you're saying that people who want the new law protecting the environment are actually hurting the environment because the majority of people deliberately do the opposite of laws? What? / The children found the tortuous path of the roller coaster both terrifying and exciting.

immutable (adjective)

Unchangeable unchangeable অপরিবর্তনীয়, নির্বিকার, পরিবর্তনাতীত 1. mutation implies changes in genes etc.Therefore, it is im(non) + mutable ie cannot change 2. immutable is something immune to changes Studies of the brains of stroke patients have shown that our identities are not fixed and immutable; rather, physical injuries to the brain can drastically change our personalities.

ingrate (noun)

Ungrateful person ungrateful person অকৃতজ্ঞ 1. ingrate: antonym of grateful 2. In latin 'in' stands for not.that is how in~grate = not gratefull;thankless You ingrate! I have slaved at this laundromat to pay for your college education, and you quit two weeks before graduation to become a Marxist revolutionary, and then you tell me I'm the enemy of the working class?

catholic (adjective)

Universal, broad-minded universal; wide-ranging liberal বিশ্বজনীন, সার্বজনীন, সর্বজনীন, সাধারণ, উদার, সনাতন, বিশুদ্ধ, অবিমিশ্র 1. Catholic Christians are found everywhere in the world....so they are present universally. 2. cata+holo+ic where holo refers to the whole world so its UNIVERSAL Some precursors to the Constitution (such as documents governing the colonies) enumerated the rights of male property holders only. The U.S. Constitution took a more catholic approach, declaring that "All men are created equal." Today, policy writers would probably take catholicism a step further and write "All people."

hapless (adjective)

Unlucky, unfortunate unfortunate ভাগ্যহীন, অসুখী, দুর্ভাগা 1. relate it to helpless 2. 'Hap' Ââ€" luck Â…Â’ haplessÂ’ - unlucky. Hiring this hapless new office manager was a mistake—he's always losing and breaking things, as though bad luck simply follows wherever he goes.

wan (adjective)

Unnaturally pale, or showing some other indication of sickness, unhappiness, etc.; weak, lacking forcefulness having a pale or sickly color; pallid বিবর্ণ, রোগাটে ত্ত পাণ্ডুর, অস্পষ্ট, নিস্তেজ, ফেঁকাসে 1. wan rhymes with maruthi van... she liked to travel in a scorpio but she is traveling in a van..so she is pale 2. WANE means to decline, diminish so WAN is to decline in color/ vigor Are you okay? You're looking wan. / Bryan's wan attempt at asking for a raise was easily brushed off by his boss.

fractious (adjective)

Unruly, troublemaking; irritable unruly ঝগড়াটে, বদমেজাজি, খিট্খিটে 1. those who get their limbs get fractured...gets annoyed or bad tempered by taking bed rest for long 2. f + RACTIOUS -> RACTIOUS sounds like RAKSHAS(like Raavan) -> RAKSHAS' are easily irritated The Students for Progressive Action were a fractious bunch, always fighting with one another over exactly which progressive action should take priority.

indefatigable (adjective)

Untiring, not able to become fatigued tireless অধ্যবসায়ী, অক্লান্ত, অক্লিষ্টকর্মা, অবিশ্রান্ত, অশ্রান্ত 1. in means not..and fatigue means tiredness.. so indefatigable wud be tireless.. 2. IN + DEFAT (DEFEAT) (ig) + ABLE....someone who INDEFEATABLE is TIRELESS, FULL OF VITALITY. The boxer was indefatigable; round after round, he never lost speed or energy, even after he had thoroughly defatigated his opponent.

edify (verb)

Uplift, enlighten, instruct or improve in a spiritual or moral way instruct; correct morally নির্মাণ করা, আধ্যাত্মিক করা, নৈতিক করা, মানসিক উন্নতিসাধন করা, প্রাসাদ-তোরণাদি সাজান 1. edify -> edit + y; you edit some thing to improve it 2. edify sounds close to "rectify" which means to correct.. Look, Son, I'm glad that you're reading, but I really wish you would read something more edifying than that magazine that gives tips for winning at violent video games.

vex (verb)

annoy or bother; puzzle or distress annoy; distress হয়রান করা, দিক্ করা, জ্বালান, জ্বালাতন করা, জালাতন করা, উত্ত্যক্ত করা, ক্রুদ্ধ করা, বিক্ষুব্ধ করা, খেপান, ঘাঁটান, তাড়ন করা 1. very similar to wax....and LADIES go for waxing, even though it is a very painful and annoying process. 2. Vex and perplex both mean, to confuse. "Don't vex me," said the nanny. "Behave, or I'll tell your parents." / She was totally vexed by the crossword clue—9 letters, starting with "b," meaning "person whose socks are either scratchy or imbued with magical powers." What?

pugilism (noun)

boxing, fighting with the fists pugilist (noun) boxer মুষ্টিযোদ্ধা 1. pugilist-->pagilipoddi--->boxer ...lolololol @kummav 2. punga(panga) lene wala.....pugilist hi ho sakta hai Pugilism has been called "the sweet science" by some, but others feel that hitting other people in the head until they can't get up isn't much of a sport.

aerie (noun)

Dwelling or fortress built on a high place; the nest of a bird of prey, such as an eagle or hawk, built on a mountain or cliff উচ্চ স্থানে নির্মিত শিকারী পাখির বাসা The billionaire smoked a cigar out his window and watched the riots in the streets below, safe in the aerie of his penthouse apartment.

complaisant (adjective)

Eager to please; cheerfully complying trying to please; obliging সুশীল, বিনয়ী, শিষ্ট, ভদ্র, সেবকোচিত 1. com + plais(please) + antcome and please the a(u)nt..lol 2. FOCUS ON sant(saint!), who is always obliging. Coming from a more uptight corporate background, Chris found the soup kitchen volunteers remarkably complaisant—when he asked the greeters to sweep the floor and the cooks to wash dishes, everyone happily moved to their new positions.

voluble (adjective)

Easily fluent in regards to speech fluent; glib স্বচ্ছন্দে প্রবহিত, বাক্পটু, শতমুখ 1. Remember "volume" in TV controls. It's related to sound. This voluble is also related to speaking. 2. Voluable (talkative) and inconversable (reserved) have opposite meanings. The journalist's new book is a voluble tome, covering three centuries of history with numerous flowing, almost conversational asides into the scientific discoveries and cultural advances of various time periods.

inveigle (verb)

Entice, lure; get something by flattery, cleverness, or offering incentives lead astray; wheedle মুগ্ধ করা 1. inveigle sounds like in veil. SO something that is concealed by a veil. Outward appearances are sometimes deceptive. 2. there's a damsel IN veil(VEIGLE)...in burkha may be... and u r *urging* her to have a look at her beautiful face but your actual intention is to have a look at something else (*that's your guile*) After Mrs. Kim found out that her son's friends had inveigled him into doing something stupid, she gave him a lecture on standing up to peer pressure.

milieu (noun)

Environment, atmosphere; the environmental setting in which something happens or develops environment; means of expression পারিপার্শ্বিক অবস্থা, সামাজিক পরিবেশ 1. milieu sounds like: "maa illu" in Telugu - i.e., my home. Everyone wants a good home and hence good milieu (environment)My illam in tamil.. 2. milieu sounds like MILE + U .. miles is the term that we use when we travel out somewhere .. that is we travel some miles near our SURROUNDINGS OR ENVIRONMENT and we get all excited=Means of expression :) Becoming a priest in the anything-goes milieu of the 1960s gave Father Bryant an interesting perspective on two contrasting philosophies. / After the fall of the Soviet Union, a milieu of crushing poverty, yet hopeful aspiration, existed in the former satellite state.

stasis (noun)

Equilibrium, a state of balance or inactivity, esp. caused by equal but opposing forces Edie felt that her career was in stasis: her boss made it clear she wasn't getting promoted, but she also couldn't leave because of her health insurance situation.

indigence (noun)

Extreme poverty poverty অভাব, দৈন্য, অকিঁচনতা, আকিঁচন, দীনতা 1. Indica + Zen (Cars)&#8230;Cars owned by poor people. Antonym:"Opulence" which means "Rich" Mnemonic :Opel Astra(Its a car owned by very rich people) 2. Indian gents are very poor as compared to other countrymen The city government has several agencies that provide shelter, food, and other assistance to the indigent.

penury (noun)

Extreme poverty or scarcity extreme poverty অভাব, অল্পতা, স্বল্পতা, নিস্বতা, দীনতা, অনটন, দারিদ্র্য, দৈন্য, দরিদ্রতা, কার্পণ্য, অপর্যাপ্তি, অনুপস্থিতি, কামাই, অসঙ্গতি, নি:স্বতা 1. pen+ru(pee).........no rupee to buy a pen 2. pen (penny) + ury (uri means ud gayi in hindi) means penny penny ud gayi matlab poverty The young model married an elderly billionaire thinking she'd be set for life, but she ended up living in penury after her husband died and his middle-aged children held up the probate case for years, keeping her from receiving any money whatsoever.

quixotic (adjective)

Extremely impractical but very romantic, chivalrous, or idealistic; impulsive idealistic but impractical বাস্তবজ্ঞানহীন, অত্যধিক উদার, ভাববিলাসী 1. quixotic== quick + exotic, if you desire something exotic to happen quickly in your life it is just a daydream. 2. THIS WORD IS DERIVED FROM THE NOVEL....Don Quixote de la Mancha...where the HERO IN THE NOVEL..Cervantes GETS inspired by lofty and chivalrous but impractical ideals....................SO QUIXOTE....QUIXOTIC....MEANS HAVING IMPRACTICAL IDEAS....... Prompted by a lesson their teacher devised for election year, the children shared what they would do if elected president. The plans were adorably quixotic, involving housing all the homeless in floating homes on the ocean, or teaching everyone to be nice to each other.

virulent (adjective)

Extremely infectious, poisonous, etc.; hateful, bitterly hostile extremely poisonous অত্যন্ত বিধপূর্ণ, অত্যন্ত ক্ষতিকর, অতীব তীব্র, অতীব প্রবল 1. it is a virus, which causes disease and harm. So, something virulent is viral andpoisonous. 2. As dangerous and poisonous as Viru (shewag) is for the opponents Racism is a virulent force that corrupts schools, workplaces, and the basic machinery of democracy. / Discipline in the classroom is one thing, but the teacher's virulence towards misbehaving students was enough to get her suspended from teaching.

harrow (noun, verb)

Farming tool that breaks up soil (noun); painfully disturb or distress (verb) break up ground after plowing; torture verb মই দেত্তয়া, ছিন্ন করা, হয়রান করা, নিগৃহীত করা noun মই, জমিতে দিবার মই Let's start our garden together—you harrow, and I'll follow behind you planting the seeds. / The bus ride across Siberia was a harrowing experience—the roads were all ice, and the ancient, barely heated vehicle seemed to be lacking both headlights and brakes.

propitious (adjective)

Favorable, giving good signs for the future, likely to work out; kind or forgiving favorable; kindly প্রসন্ন, শুভলক্ষণযুক্ত, অনুগ্রাহক, অনুগ্রাহী 1. sounds like profitious.. hence its profitable and thus favorable 2. PROPITI....sounds like property-if you have got lot of property, you are FORTUNATE to get it..money is basically considered AUSPICIOUS and you can make any adverse situation FAVORABLE TO you if you posses money. After having to postpone the game earlier in the week due to rain, the officials were pleased to see the propitious weather forecast. "We'll get this game in after all," one of them exclaimed.

xenophobia (noun)

Fear or hatred of foreigners or that which is foreign fear or hatred of foreigners বিদেশীদের সম্বন্ধে অহেতুক ভয় 1. Break it like X +ENO +Phobia . ENO stands for English national opera..Phobia means an extreme fear of a particular thing or situation.Means one who hates ENO (foreign culture).means dislike or fear of foreigners 2. there is a serial called PRINCESS XENON a warrior princess.. she fights for her country from others .. i.e, foreigners.. this can go hand in hand with the word's meaning My mother's xenophobia is so great that she refuses to cross the border into Canada, and once told me that she'd rather die than try a mango because those foreign fruits are "sketchy."

solidarity (noun)

Fellowship in interests, feelings, responsibilities, etc., such as among a group of people or among classes, nations, etc. সংহতি, পারস্পরিক নির্ভতা The governor attempted to outlaw collective bargaining by unions, but backed down once he was made aware of the union's solidarity with churches and community groups across the state.

distaff (adjective, noun)

Female, esp. relating to the maternal side of the family; women or women's work; a staff that holds wool or flax for spinning তকলি, কাটিম In completing your medical history, please try to remember which illnesses occurred on the distaff side of your family. / Medical studies using all-male study groups may produce results that cannot be replicated in distaff subjects.

inconstancy (noun)

Fickleness, unreliability; the state of changing without good reason অস্থিরতা, তারল্য, পরিবর্তনশীলতা, চাঞ্চল্য, চাপল্য Old-fashioned poems often praised a lover's constancy; the poet would likely be shocked by any inconstancy from his lady, such as if she were receiving poems from other poets.

truculent (adjective)

Fierce, cruel, savage; belligerent truculence (noun) aggressiveness; ferocity অতীব প্রচণ্ডতা, নৃশংসতা, নিষ্ঠুরতা 1. truc(sound like truck) + cull(means to kill animals) + ance(hence).. the truck driver culled some of the animal while driving, hence the villagers are angry with him and are agressively barring him from entering the village. 2. sounds like turbulent means property of being wild i.e. showing aggressiveness. That guy is too truculent to work in customer service—when the customers are already angry, the last thing this store needs is someone prone to blow up at any moment! / The honey badger is a truculent hunter—it can and will eat anything, and sometimes tortures its prey before eating it.

coda (noun)

Final part of a musical composition; an ending, esp. one that sums up what has come before concluding section of a musical or literary composition কোডা 1. ie ,conclusive part of the lunch ,is done by soda(coda) by watching music on television. 2. At the end of the musical performance everyone took pictures with their KODAk cameras. "You play this middle section twice, then move to the coda," the music teacher explained to the child. "The coda always comes last." / Dropping my purse in a mud puddle right outside my own front door was a fine coda to a horrible evening.

upbraid (verb)

Find fault with, criticize or scold severely scold; reproach ভর্ত্সনা করা, নিন্দা করা 1. elders criticize severely if their girls UP their BRA 2. braid means hairdo(hairstyle). upbraid means destroy hairdo. In hindi baal khinchna. If teacher rebukes or scolds you, he/she pulls your hair. I'm not surprised they got divorced—you can't upbraid someone every time he forgets to put a water glass in the sink and then expect him to stick around.

panegyric (noun)

Formal or lofty expression of praise formal praise adjective প্রশংসামূলক, প্রশংসাপূর্ণ noun স্তুতি, প্রশংসাবাদ, স্তুতিবাদ, প্রশস্তি 1. pane sounds like paean means praise and gyric sounds like lyric, so panegyric means expression of praise 2. pane(pain)+gyric(lyrics)=if someone takes pain and writes lyrics then he will get <b>PRAISED</b>!!! Lincoln enthusiasts were excited that a new biography was to be published, and many hoped that new light would be cast on certain controversies. However, the book was pure panegyric, nothing but heroic tales, uncritically presented.

delimit (verb)

Fix, mark, or define the boundaries of সীমানা নির্দেশ করা, নিয়ন্ত্রিত করা The role of an executive coach is delimited by our code of conduct—we may not counsel people for psychological conditions, for instance.

panache (noun)

Flair, style, swagger; a flamboyant or grand way of acting flair; flamboyance শিরস্ত্রাণের উঅপরে ব্যবহৃত পাখির পালক 1. ir reminds of the movie FASHION.all de top models wer frm panache..therefore u cn relate it to stylish way of dressin 2. panache.. sounds like moustache... ppl grow differnts kinds of moustaches to appear stylish Not only did he quit, but he did so with panache, actually delivering a PowerPoint presentation that we thought would be about the budget, but which turned out to be quite obscene. He then pulled out a flask, guzzled its contents, and walked out. That guy's kind of a legend.

lissome (adjective)

Flexible, supple, agile ক্ষিপ্র, চটপটে, নমনীয়, সহজে নমনীয়, কোমল The actress exercised and stretched every day, but was ultimately told by the casting director that she wasn't lissome enough to play a ballet dancer. The actress had to agree—"I walk like an ogre," she said.

inundate (verb)

Flood, cover with water, overwhelm overflow; flood পরিপ্লুত করা, প্রবাহিত করা, উপচাইয়া ত্তঠা, অভিভূত করা, ধোয়া 1. I+NUN +DATE....I asked the NUNs for a DATE and i was FLOODED with letters from christian societies for violating the social norms. 2. sounds like "KIRAN DATE"shahrukh ask kkkkkkiran for a date,she replied with flood of ssssslaps... As the city was inundated with water, the mayor feared that many evacuees would have nowhere to go. / I can't go out—I am inundated with homework!

fatuous (adjective)

Foolish, silly, esp. in a smug or complacent manner foolish; inane বোকা, জড়ধী, জড়বুদ্ধি 1. remembles ******* an ass is considered foolish 2. focus on 'fat' in this word ..for some foolish people fat people are generally foolish Sadly, every philosophy class seems to have one person who responds to every discussion, from metaphysics to ethics, with the fatuous question, "But what if we don't really exist?"

dictum (noun)

Formal or authoritative pronouncement; saying or proverb authoritative and weighty statement বাণী, নীতিবাক্য অনুশান-বাক্য 1. the statements said by dictator's are so called DICTUM 2. dictator means authoritarian; dictum means an authoritative statement. "A stitch in time saves nine" is an old dictum meaning that it's easier to solve a problem before it gets too big. / The king's dictum stated that each feudal lord must provide a certain number of soldiers within three weeks' time.

phalanx (noun)

Formation of soldiers carrying shields close together for defense; any very close group of people বূ্যহ, সৈন্যশ্রেণী, সংঘবদ্ধ বা সংগঠিত দল, প্রাচীন গ্রীক পদাতিকদের ঘনবিন্যস্ত বূহ্যবিশেষ To even enter the embassy, the diplomats had to make their way through a phalanx of protestors.

erstwhile (adjective, adverb)

Former, previous (adj); in the past, formerly (adv) পূর্বকালীন, পূর্বে, পূর্বেকার A novelist and erstwhile insurance salesman, he told us his story of the long road to literary success, before he was able to quit his day job.

shard (noun)

Fragment of some brittle substance, esp. a sharp fragment of pottery, glass, etc. fragment, generally of pottery ঠিকরা 1. s + hard..it is very HARD to join the broken FRAGMENTS OF POTTERY. 2. ( visualize SHARaD pawar our head of BCCI---his face is like broken pot. Seeing her broken plate-glass window, Mrs. Chadhury bravely grabbed a shard of glass to defend herself against a possible burglar.

aseptic (adjective)

Free from germs preventing infection; having a cleansing effect নির্বীজ, অপচনশীল, পচননিবারক, বীজবারক 1. Antiseptic and aseptic is same 2. a+septic which means removing or preventing septic It is very important to perform surgery in an aseptic environment, lest a patient contract sepsis (a systemic infection) and die.

bonhomie (noun)

Friendliness, open and simple good heartedness অমায়িকতা, সদাহাস্যপরায়ণ স্বভাব, হাসিখুশি ভাব By the end of the summer, the campers were overflowing with bonhomie, vowing to remain Facebook friends forever.

gambol (verb)

Frolic; skip or leap playfully skip; leap playfully verb ক্রীড়াচ্ছলে তিড়িংতিড়িং নাচা, ক্রীড়া করা, তিড়িং-তিড়িং নাচা noun নৃত্য, তিড়িং-তিড়িং নাচ 1. gambol : game-ball, in a football game you have to skip the ball playfully because if you don't do it the opposite player will tackle you quickly. 2. gambol rhymes with gamble (gambling)....so de game of gambling is played in a highly spirited fashion by a set of ppl.SYN:cavort,curvet,caper,frolic,disport,frisk,lark,play,rollick,romp,skylark Watching the children gambol in the park like frisky little lambs, she wondered how they could have so much energy.

fecund (adjective)

Fruitful, fertile; capable of abundantly producing offspring, vegetation, or creative or intellectual work fecundity (noun) fertility; fruitfulness উর্বরতা, প্রজনন-শক্তি 1. wearing an undi every day, keeps the privates clean thereby assisting in the healthy growth 2. relate fecundity to funding!. for our higher studies we will be looking for the professors to fund us,wen they fund us then it will be fruitful for us Rabbits are quite fecund; if you've got two, you'll soon have forty. / While some novelists seem to return to the same themes over and over, Bredlaw's fecund mind produced whole new universes for every story he wrote.

orotund (adjective)

Full, rich, and clear (of the voice or speaking); pompous, bombastic মর্যাদাপূর্ণ, গুরুগম্ভীর, জমকালো, গালভরা, লম্বাচত্তড়া The actor James Earl Jones has long been sought after for voiceover work as well as acting jobs because of his dignified, orotund voice.

droll (adjective)

Funny in an odd way queer and amusing verb রঙ্গ করা adjective রগুড়ে, সকৌতুক noun হাস্যরসিক, ভাঁড়, সঙ 1. when u r amused u roll on the ground 2. droll on a roll The play was a droll production—not laugh-out-loud hilarious, but funny especially because it was so strange. Who's ever seen a fairy be mistaken for a block of cheese?

livid (adjective)

Furiously angry, enraged lead-colored; black and blue; ashen; enraged প্রচণ্ড ক্রুদ্ধ, কৃষ্ণনীলবর্ণ, পাংশু, পাংশুবর্ণ, সীসকবর্ণ, বিবর্ণ 1. =LIVE+VIDEO: The officer was ENRAGED WITH ANGER when he was caught taking bribe on LIVE VIDEO 2. a person who LIVEs(liv) with Difficulties will look ILLNESS Diane was livid when she discovered that her daughter had borrowed her wedding dress to wear to an '80s party. "I have never been angrier in my life," she said.

garner (verb)

Gather and store; amass, collect gather; store up verb ভাণ্ডারজাত করা, ভাণ্ডারে রাখা, ভাণ্ডারে জমান noun শস্যগোলা, শস্যভাণ্ডার, ভাণ্ডার 1. Sounds like a gardener who gathers fruits and vegetables from his/her garden. 2. GARNER sounds like GARNIER face wash which GATHERS dust and cleans The publisher sent copies of the soon-to-be-published manuscript to reviewers, hoping to garner acclaim and publicity for the book.

tawdry (adjective)

Gaudy, cheap or cheap-looking; indecent cheap and gaudy রূচিহীন, অসারভাবে জাঁকাল, চটকদারভাবে শোভিত 1. TOWEL+DRY......In a public locker room, a person who dries his body with a towel in front of everybody is vulgar and gaudy. 2. I AM WRITING AN ANECDOTE BELOW,FROM WHICH YOU WILL REM THE WORD FOREVER:ORIGINALLY THE WORD IS DERIVED FROM AUDRYLACE,A PLACE IN BRITAINWHERE CHEAP AND SHOWY LACE(PROB OF SHOES) WERE SOLD,SO THE WORD MEANSGAUDY,GARISH,CHEAP ANDSHOWY.NICE Tara modeled her prom look after something she saw in a Pussycat Dolls video. Her mom didn't care for it, but her grandmother found it downright tawdry.

largess or largesse (noun)

Generosity, the giving of money or gifts (esp. with the implication that the giver is a bit superior to the recipient) generous gift উপহারপ্রদান, দান, প্রদত্ত উপহার, ঔদার্য, বদান্যতা, উদারতা 1. largess=Large+S+S==> Large Social Service.that is Gift to society. 2. largess( large ss) large -very big s-service) very big hearted people shower people with GENEROUS GIFT) While I did attend a tony private school, my parents were actually quite poor—I was at that school through the largesse of my grandfather.

trenchant (adjective)

forceful or vigorous, effective, keen; caustic, sharp cutting; keen কর্তনশীল, মর্মভেদী, তীক্ষ্ন 1. When you chant it is to be very strong, clear and effective 2. if chant under the tree...it ll be clear and effective The school's trenchant new antitruancy policy immediately increased class attendance by a noticeable margin. / Claudia would have gone on making excuses for hours had Juan not trenchantly stepped in and said, "You want to quit, right?" "Yes!" she said, quite relieved.

bombastic (adjective)

(Of speech or writing) far too showy or dramatic than is appropriate; pretentious bombast (noun) pompous, inflated language noun শব্দাড়ম্বরপূর্ণ ভাষা 1. bombast 2. The speech was so bad someone BOMBED the BASTARD Professor Knutsen's friends joked that he became quite bombastic after a few drinks, once asking a woman in a bar, "Is your daddy an aesthete? Because you are the epitome of ineffable pulchritude." She replied, "I'm not impressed by your bombast."

yoke (noun, verb)

A burden or something that oppresses; a frame for attaching animals (such as oxen) to each other and to a plow or other equipment to be pulled, or a bar across a person's shoulders to help carry buckets of water, etc. (noun); to unite together or to burden (verb) join together, unite verb জোতা, জোয়াল বাঁধা, জোয়াল পরান, জোয়ালে জোতা, জোড়া, জুড়া, সংযোজিত করা, দাসত্বে আনা, কাজে নিযুক্ত করা, সংযোজিত হত্তয়া, একত্র চলা noun যুগন্ধর, দাসত্ব, সংযোজক, জোয়াল, ধুরা, জুড়ি, ধুর, দাসত্বের চিহ্ন, গোলামি, মিলনসূত্র 1. sounds like "yolk" which is egg-yolk and which joins the parts of egg (egg white, yellow yolk, white yolk) togther 2. yoke sounds like coke and everyone has seen the advertisement coke k saath dost free therefore it brings you together it means unite you. The speaker argued that humanity had traded the yoke of servitude to kings and tyrants for the yoke of consumerism, which enslaves us just as much in the end.

subpoena (verb, noun)

A court order requiring a person to appear in court and give testimony writ summoning a witness to appear verb সপিনা ধরান noun সপিনা 1. Its pretty simple... read it as COURT MEIN "SABOOT POST KARNA"!!! 2. ounds like SAB+ P + HEY NA ??Here 'P' stands for PRESENT. So court issues a writ confirming SAB P(resent) Hey Na?? if not they have to pay fine. Smile Lea was served with a subpoena requiring her to testify against her former colleague.

malediction (noun)

A curse curse শাপ, অভিশাপ, অভিশাপপ্রদান, অমঙ্গল প্রার্থনা, অভিসম্পাত 1. MALEDICTION=MAL+DICTION.MAL means 'evil or ill' and DICTUM is 'saying'. So to say something evil is to CURSE. 2. male+(edict..sounds simillar to addict)....and imagine a situation where there is only one male in family who earns and if he becomes addicted to all bad habits like gambling,robbery,and alcoholism......he is curse on the family and society Sheila thought the fortune teller was her friend, but when she didn't pay her bill, the fortune teller cast a hex on her, a malediction intended to cause terrible things to befall her.

abyss (noun)

A deep and vast space or cavity; anything profound or infinite রসাতল, নরক, পাতাল, অতল গহ্বর Walking a tightrope over an active volcano, the acrobat was terrified of falling into the abyss. / Now recovering, the patient remembered her experience with clinical depression as an abyss of hopelessness.

dirge (noun)

A funeral or mourning song or poem lament with music গান, গীত 1. Dirge - di means die, so when you die and have done good things for people in life, a song of grief or lament will be sung for you. 2. A dirge gives me da (the) urge to start crying. It was supposed to be a wedding march, but when the organist started playing, the reluctant bride thought the song sounded more like a dirge for her former, carefree life.

rift (noun)

A gap or fissure (such as in rock), a break in friendly relations opening; break verb চিড় ধরা, ফাট ধরা, ফুটা করা noun ফুটা, চিড়, ফাট 1. rhyme is drift(a sound force which drives something along)..a drifted water caused many breaks in the wall. 2. sounds like cleft; which means split Olaf's Swedish family was offended when he married a Norwegian girl—so offended that it caused a rift that lasted for decades. / The hikers considered the rift in their path, wondering if it would be possible to leap across.

maxim (noun)

A general truth or fundamental principle, esp. expressed as a proverb or saying proverb; a truth pithily stated সাধারণ নীতি, সাধারণ নিয়ম, নীতিবচন, বচন, সূত্রাবধারিত মত, প্রবাদবাক্য, প্রবচন, বাণী, নীতি 1. Maxim= for maximum you will say max.. it is a short rule of saying maximum.. 2. maxim = maximum + saying... My favorite maxim is "seize the day!" How much would it cost to get that on a tattoo? How much more for "curiosity killed the cat"?

sinecure (noun)

A job or position that pays while requiring little or no work well-paid position with little responsibility কর্মভারহীন পদ 1. 7 crores ... baithe baithe hi 7 crores mil jate ... 2. all you have to do is SIgN papers and your job will be sECURE It's a wealthy university—it's sort of understood that professors who relocate to campus are rewarded with sinecures for their spouses, whether those spouses have any qualifications or not. / In medieval times, a sinecure was a paying position for a priest but without an attachment to a parish where he would actually have to show up and do something.

demagogue (noun)

A leader who lies and gains power by arousing the passions and especially prejudices of the people person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader জননেতা, বাগ্মী 1. demo(means people) agogue (means leading ) so it adds up to leading people in a wrong way...syn:rable rouser 2. democracy+agog-an agog man leading democracy will only try to win peoples support by using unreasonable and emotional arguments Political demagogues lie and twist the facts, depending more on their natural charisma and ability to determine exactly what their audience wants to hear than any actual understanding or perspicacity.

echelon (noun)

A level, rank or grade; the people at that level পর্যায়, স্তর, ব্যূহ Obtaining a job on Wall Street doesn't guarantee access to the upper echelon of executives, where multimillion dollar bonuses are the norm. / I'm not sure I'm cut out to analyze poetry; I find it hard to dig beyond the most accessible echelon of meaning.

modicum (noun)

A little bit or limited quantity limited quantity সামান্য পরিমাণ, অল্প পরিমাণ, যত্কিঁচিৎ, সামান্য প্রামাণিক সাক্ষ্য 1. MODICUM=MODERATE+INCOME 2. modicum and moderate had "mode" in common...and "cum" means small in hindi. In her first five years in Hollywood, she experienced only a modicum of success as an actress, appearing twice in commercials and once as a waitress onDesperate Housewives.

fledgling (noun, adjective)

A young bird that has just recently gotten its feathers, an inexperienced person (noun); new or inexperienced (adj) inexperienced জাতপক্ষ, উদ্ভিন্নপক্ষ পাখি, অনভিজ্ঞ লোক The zoo's EagleCam will hopefully be able to catch the moment the fledglings fly out of the nest for the very first time! / The Society of Engineers is available for Career Day presentations in elementary schools, where we hope to encourage fledgling talents in the applied sciences.

pathogenic (adjective)

Capable of producing disease রোগজনক Many common and legal food additives are pathogenic, known to lead to diabetes or even cancer.

coagulate (verb)

Cause a liquid to become solid or semisolid thicken; congeal; clot জমাট বাঁধা, ঘনীভূত করা, জমাট করা, জমাট বাঁধান, জমান, জমিয়া জমান, ঘনীভূত হত্তয়া, জমিয়া যাত্তয়া 1. Colgate - think about the "thick" paste 2. congeal- geal resembles gel,,ie this gel is a coagulant. Hemophilia is a medical condition in which the blood doesn't coagulate, meaning that a hemophiliac can easily bleed to death from a small wound. / When making jam, use pectin to get the fruit to coagulate.

precipitate (verb)

Cause to happen suddenly or prematurely; fling, plunge, or hurl down headlong; rash verb ত্বরন্বিতভাবে প্রস্থান করান, প্রচণ্ডবেগে প্রস্থান করান, থিতান adjective প্রচণ্ড ত্বরাপূর্ণ, অধ:ক্ষিপ্ত noun অধ:ক্ষেপ্ত 1. Precipitate -> Pre + anticipate.That means you dont think/anticipate before you do something. You do it in RASH or HASTE. 2. preci [president] + pit+ate[past participle 'eat']. Imagine that President 'falls vertically/sharply' into a gigantic 'pit' and 'ate' the mud hence precipitate [v]. Mr. and Mrs. Rosen had been considering a move to Florida for years, but the sudden destruction of their house in a hurricane precipitated their decision to finally make the move. / "Stay away from the precipice!" said the mother to her child. "I wouldn't want my darling son to be precipitated to his doom!"

grievous (adjective)

Causing grief or suffering; very serious, grave; flagrant, outrageous grievance (noun) cause of complaint নালিশের কারণ, অসন্তোষ, উত্পীড়িত অবস্থা, দুর্দশা, বোঝা, দায়িত্ব, কষ্ট, ক্ষতি, দু:খের কারণ 1. griev+ance=griev sounds like grief ,, when u are in grief(sorrow) u complain against everything ,,, 2. Grie sounds like give and vance sounds like offence . In total give+offence against injustice or give compaint against injustice While people certainly do injure themselves on hot stoves, such burns rarely compare to the grievous injuries sustained by people who do not observe safety procedures with twelve-gallon deep fryers.

circumspect (adjective)

Cautious, prudent; careful to consider the circumstances and consequences prudent; cautious সতর্ক, বিমৃষ্যকারী 1. circum(means circumstance)...spect(means to inspect)...so a kind of person who inspects circumstances before speaking, and such people are generally considered as prudent. 2. when a circle inspector inspects u, the nu would become prudent and cautious in ur action and thought.. Luann immediately forked over an initiation fee to become a vitamin distributor, but her more circumspect brother had a list of at least 20 questions he wanted answered before he would consider joining.

expurgate (verb)

Censor; remove objectionable or offensive parts clean; remove offensive parts of a book শোধন করা 1. Expurgate - divide this word into (expel+ur+gate), you always expel the waste from your gate to make your home 'clean' and 'purified'. 2. purge is to cleanse or make pure When the girl discovered that her ninth-grade class had been reading an expurgated version of Romeo and Juliet, she immediately checked the original out from the library so she could read all the "forbidden" parts.

vicissitude (noun)

Changes or variations over time, esp. regular changes from one thing to another change of fortune পরিবর্তন, ভাগ্যপরিবর্তন 1. some times to face VICISSITUDES OF LIFE one should possess a WISE(good)ATTITUDE ... 2. vicissitude sounds like ...WISE ATTITUDE...... whenver there is variation in circumstances or fortune at diffrent times of life, only a WISE PERSON WHO POSSES WISE(good)ATTITUDE CAN HANDLE THE SITUATION PROPERLY..... While she scrubbed pots and pans, she pondered the vicissitudes of life—she once had a house full of servants, and now was a maid herself.

usury (noun)

Charging interest on a loan, esp. charging illegally high or excessive interest lending money at illegal rates of interest সুদ, তেজারতি, চোটা, কুসীদবৃত্তি, কুসীদ, মহাজনী, বৃদ্ধি, লগ্নী 1. USURY reminds me of TREASURY - Lending money from the treasury at a very high rate of interest 2. us(e)+ur+(mone)y by lending for extra interest rates I can't see how that payday lending place is even legal—a person borrowing $100 will end up paying over $150 interest in just a few months! Isn't that usury? I don't know how that place is skirting the law.

winsome (adjective)

Charming, engaging, esp. in a sweet and innocent way agreeable; gracious; engaging আকর্ষণীয়, প্রফুল্ল, হাসিখুশি, মনোরম, প্রফুল্লিত 1. winsome: you can win some one only if you are charming and attractive.. 2. winsome = handsome.... so easy It's hard for some to believe that Lindsay Lohan was once the winsome young starlet in Freaky Friday.

pusillanimous (adjective)

Cowardly, timid cowardly; fainthearted দুর্বলচিত্ত, নীচমনা, ভীরু 1. take it as PUSSY + ANIMAL = a pussy will always be dumb and cowardly, will always lack courage. 2. pussillanimous --> PUSSY with ANIMUS(enemy). So, someone who behaves like a pussy cat with his enemies is coward and also remember PUISSANT means powerful and strong He was so pusillanimous that not only was he afraid to ask his boss for a raise, he was even afraid to tell the waitress that he didn't like sugar in his tea.

machination or machinations (noun, usually plural)

Crafty schemes or plots schemes ষড়যন্ত্র It's cute to think that teen idols became famous because their talent was simply so great that the music industry reached out to them, but usually, any teen idol is the product of intense coaching and parental machinations.

impute (verb)

Credit, attribute; lay blame or responsibility for (sometimes falsely) attribute; ascribe আরোপ করা, অভিযুক্ত করা, দোষী করা 1. im(put)e... put the blame to somebody 2. Impute and attribute has the same rhyming ending. The ineffectual CEO was nevertheless a master of public relations—he made sure that all successes were imputed to him, and all of the failures were imputed to others.

grovel (verb)

Creep or crawl with one's face to the ground, prostrate oneself as a token of subservience, degrade or abase oneself crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate verb নিজেকে হীন করা, মান খোয়ান, পদলেহন করা, পা চাটা noun পদলেহন, চাটুকারিতা, মোসাহেবী, মোসাহেবি, খোশামোদ, তোষামোদ 1. One who wants to "grow well" needs to grovel before his manager. 2. grovel ..sounds like growl......and when a dog growls...most of the kids shrink in fear...... Most of the laid-off employees packed their things and left the building—only one was seen groveling, literally on his knees asking his boss not to fire him and even offering to wash the boss's car.

squelch (verb)

Crush, squash; suppress or silence; walk through ooze or in wet shoes, making a smacking or sucking sound দমন করা The repressive government squelched the rebellion immediately. / Ew, I just squelched a slug in my bare feet!

imprecation (noun)

Curse; prayer for harm to come to someone curse অভিশাপ, শাপ, অভিসম্পাত, অভিশাপপ্রদান, অমঙ্গল প্রার্থনা 1. IMPRECATION=IM-PRAY-cation. The prefix IM- means opposite. The opposite of PRAY is CURSE (The latin root word "precari" means pray). 2. im+precation(relate it to precaution.....so you must take a precaution before saying somebody a curse, or using any offensive word. The haunted house features a "wicked witch" chanting imprecations at all who pass through.

abscission (noun)

Cutting off; sudden termination; the separation of leaves, petals, or other parts from a plant or animal কর্তিতবস্থা, কর্তন The abscission of leaves from the trees is normal in fall. / An inflamed appendix calls for an immediate surgical abscission.

duplicity (noun)

Deceit, double-dealing, acting in two different ways for the purpose of deception double-dealing; hypocrisy ছলনা, কাপট্য, দ্বৈধীভাব 1. duplicity== making two faces(duplicate)..one who makes two faces is a fraud.. 2. like in the 2009 movie "DUPLICITY" where double dealing happens.. The campaign worker's duplicity finally came to light when it was discovered that, despite rising to a trusted position within the local Workers Party, he was actually a registered National Party member and was feeding information back to his cronies.

parry (verb)

Deflect or avoid (esp. a blow or attack); skillfully evade (a question) ward off a blow verb ব্যাহত করা, ঠেকান, এড়ান noun ব্যাহত করা, ঠেকাইয়া রাখা, পরিহার 1. sounds like "Harry" Potter who wards off the curse from Voldemort.. 2. pari- imagine a pari(angel) warding off difficulties . When asked by a reporter if rumors of his infidelity were true, the candidate parried, answering that he had always supported legislation bolstering the sanctity of marriage.

abase (verb)

Degrade or humble; to lower in rank, status, or esteem lower; degrade; humiliate হীন করা, অপমান করা, অপমানিত করা, মানহানি করা, হতমান করা 1. abase-abe(a slang used to degrade acvv person)+shhh(se)usually an attempt to degrade a person's opinion..ovral goes to humiliate a person.... 2. Abase > to bring someone down back to A BASE level. After messing up at work, the man faced a thorough abasement from his boss; when he realized he had forgotten his own wedding anniversary, he further abased himself in front of his wife.

forestall (verb)

Delay, hinder, prevent by taking action beforehand prevent by taking action in advance কিছু আগে করা 1. Fore means before. Stall means to stop. Hence Forestall == Before Stop. i.e to stop something before it happens. 2. stall is to stop.. fore means before.. i.efore + stall = taking precautions before itself, to prevent unwanted action.. Our research has been forestalled by a lack of funding; we're all just biding our time while we wait for the university to approve our grant proposal.

abscond (verb)

Depart suddenly and secretively depart secretly and hide আত্মগোপন করিয়া থাকা, ফেরার হত্তয়া, গুম হত্তয়া, পলান, পলাতক হত্তয়া, গা ঢাকা দেত্তয়া 1. Abscond â€" ab + scond. ‘Absent in a second’. When you will absent in a second? =when u STEAL OFF & HIDE, or when u DEPART secretly. 2. absCOND sounds like abs'KAND'..when you do KAND you run away, depart secretly and hide :) A robber absconds with stolen goods. People who eat in a restaurant and run out without paying—or criminals who jump bail—could also be said to be absconding.

turpitude (noun)

Depravity, baseness of character, corrupt or depraved acts depravity অসচ্চরিত্রতা 1. TAPORI ATTITUDE.....I hpe nw its easy 2. turpitude = turbid attitude so a depraved act. Worried about her grandson's turpitude—as evinced by his constant detentions and a three-day stay in a juvenile jail—Mrs. Worthington offered to pay for military school. / It's hard to fathom the kind of turpitude required to make a movie that could get banned in modern-day Europe! When I read the screenplay, I nearly threw up.

antithetical (adjective)

Directly opposed, opposite; involving antithesis (the rhetorical act of placing two phrases opposite one another for contrast, as in love me or hate me) বিরুদ্ধ, বৈপরিত্য, ভিন্নতা Partying all night, every night, is antithetical to one's academic performance.

jettison (verb)

Discard, cast off; throw items overboard in order to lighten a ship in an emergency throw overboard পরিত্যাগ করা, বর্জন করা 1. jetti(jet plane)+son..so someone throwing out his 2 quintal SON out of JET PLANE to make it LIGHTER. 2. Remember JET Airways laying off the staff to reduce costs We got so tired while hiking the Appalachian Trail that we jettisoned some of our fancy camping supplies just so we could drag ourselves to a place where we could get medical attention.

discomfiting (adjective)

Disconcerting, confusing, frustrating His fiancée's family said they were comfortable with the fact that he was of a different religion, but he found their constant probing about his beliefs quite discomfiting./ He hates telemarketers so much that he likes to discomfit them by asking them personal questions and suggesting he call them at their homes instead.

declivity (noun)

Downward slope downward slope চল, উতরাই 1. acclivity: upslope of a hill.. so, declivity is the downslope of a hill.. 2. decli(DECLINE..means lowering)+CLIV(MEANS intending towards something)...so having a tendency towards lower side of something. Not just any declivity can serve as a wheelchair ramp—I'm pretty sure this thing is too steep to pass regulations.

beneficent (adjective)

Doing good kindly; doing good দয়ালু, দানশীল, হিতকর, সুফলপ্রদ, বদান্য, কল্যাণময়, ক্ষমাকর, ক্ষমাপরায়ণ 1. Simply think about beneficial(something gives benefit) which help people. 2. ben+eficent--eficent sounds like efficient--> efficient people are the ones who does good or produces good. The billionaire had been a mean and stingy fellow, but after his death, his beneficent widow gave all his money to charity, even accompanying the donations with handwritten notes thanking the charities for all the good work they did.

ridden (adjective)

Dominated or burdened by সংকুল, জর্জরিত, অধ্যুষিত, সমাকীর্ণ, পীড়িত The neighborhood was ridden with crime. / In this corruption-ridden nation, you simply have to pay bribes if you want anything to get done.

hegemony (noun)

Domination, authority; influence by one country over others socially, culturally, economically, etc. dominance, especially of one nation over others কর্তৃত্ব, নেতৃত্ব 1. hegemony:he's got money,so he's domineering in the society and he control others. 2. hegemony sounds like he-germany. Germany's hegemony over Belgium was the spark of the WWI The discovery of oil by a previously poor nation disrupted the larger, richer nation's hegemony in the region—suddenly, the hegemon had a competitor.

furtive (adjective)

Done secretly; stealthy, sly, shifty stealthy; sneaky অলক্ষিত, চোরা, টিপিটিপি 1. One who is FARTive has to expel farts stealthily. 2. FURTIVE ..very close to FERTILE...SO when you are infertile you go for fertility treatment, which you keep SECRET from others, as you dont want people to know about your infertility. As a spokesperson for a popular diet plan, the actress had to be quite furtive about eating junk food, even hiding her M&Ms in a breath mint container lest the paparazzi snap photos of the inside of her car.

perfunctory (adjective)

Done superficially, without much care, or merely as routine superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm তাচ্ছল্য সহকারে কৃত, দ্রুতসম্পাদিত, উপরি, অগভীর, ভাসা-ভাসা, উপর-উপর 1. PARAI(other's)+FACTORY - if you are told to take care of somebody else's factory, you would casually care about it 2. per+FUNC+tory .. FUNC stands for function i.e. job.. so if you are doing a job quickly just to finish it and not caring enough about it.. doing job superficially.. it is called a perfunctory act.. She did a really perfunctory job on this PowerPoint. Sure, it has a dozen slides, but most of them just say things like "Sales—Ways to Improve" in Times New Roman on a white background. Maybe she's planning to fill in the details later.

extemporaneous (adjective)

Done without preparation (esp. of a speech), or with some preparation but no notes; improvised, done on the spur of the moment not planned; impromptu তত্ক্ষণিক, পূর্বপ্রস্তুতিহীন, অচিন্তিতপূর্ব, আকস্মিক, আপতিক, দৈবাৎ, অনিয়মিত 1. TEMPORARILY done in haste and so not planned. 2. remember an extempore that we did in school which was spontaneous and NOT PLANNED The way the Public Affairs Forum works is that the moderator will announce a topic, and then anyone who wishes may speak extemporaneously on that topic for a few minutes—as you can imagine, our members are very well-read. / Lost in the jungle, the hikers fashioned an extemporaneous shelter from palm leaves.

travesty (noun)

Exaggerated, debased, or grotesque imitation comical parody; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous verb হাস্যকর অনুকরণ করা noun হাস্যকর অনুকরণ 1. If u think Bra(tra) as vest then it is a travesty. 2. Travesty looks like transvestite (a man dressed as a woman) and hence basically a humorous caricature of a woman. That Saturday Night Live sketch was a pretty good travesty of the election scandal. / You call that a sales presentation? What you just did in front of our clients was a travesty! I can't believe you lost what was supposed to be an easy sale.

plethora (noun)

Excess; excessive amount excess; overabundance আধিক্য, রক্তাধিক্য, রক্তে লাল কণিকার আধিক্য 1. like if you go home after many days, your mother will insist that you eat more. What she will say is "Pe Le + Thoda Aur Le"ultimately, aisai lene se, it will become an excess at the end. You will be full :) 2. PleTHORA~(Play thoda),but child resist that he will play more and more and more,thus excessive. She had a plethora of excuses, but there is simply no justification for arriving to class drunk.

jingoism (noun)

Excessive, loud patriotism and aggressive, warlike foreign policy extremely aggressive and militant patriotism সংগ্রামপ্রি় দেশপ্রেম He is such a jingoist that he's always yelling at the TV, calling even the most conservative commentators "wimps" for failing to suggest that we simply nuke, burn, pillage, and otherwise extirpate our so-called enemies.

inordinate (adjective)

Excessive, not within proper limits, unrestrained unrestrained; excessive অপরিমিত, অবাধ, অত্যধিক, অতিরিক্ত, অনিয়মিত 1. you are in ordinate(y-axis) and y axis goes upwards without limit 2. split it as in+ord+din+ate...remember it as IN DIN(ner) he ORD(ered) and ATE EXCESSIVELY. Students taking practice Computer Adaptive Tests at home often take an inordinate number of breaks—remember, on the real thing, you can't stop just because you're tired or hungry.

prolix (adjective)

Excessively long and wordy (of a person, piece of writing, etc.) verbose; drawn out বিরক্তিকর, বাগ্বহুল, পল্লবিত My mother is incredibly verbose. She'll tell a boring, prolix story for five whole minutes, and at the end, it turns out that the point was that she got a 50 cent discount on a box of spaghetti at the store.

fastidious (adjective)

Excessively particular, difficult to please; painstaking, meticulous, requiring excessive attention to detail difficult to please; squeamish খুঁতখুঁতে, রূচিবাগীশ, ঠেকারে 1. 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. 2. fas(ana) is tidious ..means kisi ko fasana bhut tidious hai. (jangal mein kisi shikar ko FASaney ke liye use "please" (by bait) karna padta hai. FASana+TEDIOUS=difficult to please=FASTIDIOUS) Steve was a fastidious housekeeper, fluffing his couch pillows at least twice a day and never allowing the tiniest speck of dust to settle on any exposed surface.

maudlin (adjective)

Excessively sentimental, showing sadness or some other emotion in a foolish or silly way effusively sentimental মূর্খ, ভাবপ্রবণ, মাতাল, নির্বোধ, অর্ধপানোন্মত্ত, আর্ধমাতাল, ছিঁঁচ্কাঁদুনে 1. when she received a call from the MODELLING company for her appointment, she became EFFUSIVELY SENTIMENTAL and wept a lot.Her dream had come true. 2. maudlin = mat ro darling....dont cry,pertaining to sentimental ppl I had no idea the film was going to be a maudlin affair in which the male lead dies and the female lead has his baby, who then also dies. Half the theater was weeping, and the other half was just shaking their heads at how badly written the movie was.

fulminate (verb)

Explode, detonate; attack verbally in a vehement, thunderous way thunder; explode বিদ্যুতের ন্যায় ঝলকান, নির্ঘোষ তোলা, উচ্চনাদ তোলা, বিস্ফোরিত হত্তয়া, বিস্ফোরিত করান, সশব্দে ফাটা, সশব্দে ফাটান, নিন্দা ঘোষণা করা 1. fulminate sounds like full + illuminate During an explosion or lightning, everything is illuminated completely. 2. I'm FULL I just ATE any more and I will explode! Please don't bring up anything related to gun control around my family, or my dad will fulminate for hours about the Second Amendment.

opine (verb)

Express an opinion মতপ্রকাশ করা, মতামত পোষণ করা After all was said and done, he opined that he wished he had never tried to sail around the world in a canoe, and he was sorry that the rescue effort was so expensive.

idolatry (noun)

Idol worship; excessive or unthinking devotion or adoration worship of idols; excessive admiration প্রতিমাউপাসনা, প্রতিমাপূজা, পুতুলপূজা, সাকরোপাসন, পরম ভক্তিশীলতা, অত্যন্ত ভক্তি, অত্যধিক অনুরাগ, অত্যধিক শ্রদ্ধা 1. combination of idol+ adulatory(adulation) gives the meaning 2. idol+atry::idol ki aarti(à ¤®à ¤°à ¤¾à ¤ à ¥€)...worship of idol.. After a year in an education Ph.D. program, she'd had enough with the idolatry of Howard Gardner and his theory of multiple intelligences—"Gardner isn't a god," she would say, "and you simply can't learn calculus through movement or interpersonal skills."

kindle (verb)

Ignite, cause to begin burning; incite, arouse, inflame start a fire; inspire আগুন ধরা, প্রজ্বালিত করা, জ্বালান, আগুন লাগান, উত্তেজিত করা, উত্সাহিত করা, উদ্রেক করা, জ্বলে ত্তঠা, জ্বলে উঠা, জ্বালা, উদ্দীপ্ত হত্তয়া, জাগান 1. kindle sounds like CANDLE..which when lighted can cause something to catch fire. 2. One had to be KIND in encouraging/inspiring KIDS , other meaning of kindle, inspiring, encourage It's hard to kindle a campfire when it's so damp out. / Although they were apart, the lovers' passion was only further kindled by the love letters they wrote to one another.

steeped (adjective)

Immersed (in), saturated (with) প্লাবিত A person steeped in classic literature probably thinks about almost everything in terms of old, famous books. / The Met's new campaign seeks to answer affirmatively the question of whether music lovers steeped in hip-hop and pop can learn to love opera.

impermeable (adjective)

Impassable, not allowing passage through (such as by a liquid) impervious; not permitting passage through its substance অপ্রবেশ্য, অভেদ্য, জলাভেদ্য 1. im(no)+permeable(permission)that means no permission for seepage. 2. Permeable membrane allows fluid to pass thru .... so 'impermeable' that does not allow through ... A good raincoat is totally impermeable to water.

impervious (adjective)

Impenetrable, not able to be harmed or emotionally disturbed not penetrable; not permitting passage through অভেদ্য 1. im(not)+pravesh(enter) so unpenetrable... 2. "i m pervez(pervez musharraf)"...no matter wat u say, i won't be affected!! The problem with arrogant people is that they are impervious to criticism of their arrogance; anything you say to them just rolls right off.

dovetail (verb)

Join or fit together খাঁজে খাঁজে আটকান, নিখুঁতভাবে মিলে যাওয়া When the neuroscientist married an exercise physiologist, neither thought they'd end up working together, but when Dr. Marion Ansel received a grant to study how exercise improves brain function and Dr. Jim Ansel was assigned to her team, the two found that their careers dovetailed nicely.

mirth (noun)

Jollity, merriment; amusement or laughter merriment; laughter উল্লাস, আনন্দ, হাসিখুশি ভাব, উচ্চহাসি 1. mother at birth of her child is extreemely happy. this is how the word was made. mother at birth = mirth. 2. just try to visualise the ramayan kind of scenes where the demons say "My Earth" [mi-rth] and laugh in a similar fashion. Nothing could beat the mirth of the office holiday party—once everyone had heard how fat their bonuses would be, the delighted staff formed a conga line and drank and danced the night away.

peripatetic (adjective)

Journeying from place to place; traveling on foot walking about; moving adjective ভবঘুরে noun পর্যটক, ভ্রাম্যমাণ, যাত্রী, পথিক 1. peripatetic sounds like par pe tic tic....means wandering on legs. 2. peri+pat+etic--peri means around, + pat or path means road to walk on, therefore peripatetic means to walk around. He quit his office job to become a peripatetic musician, traveling from town to town playing in bars and sleeping on couches.

blithe (adjective)

Joyous, merry; excessively carefree (so as to ignore more important concerns) gay; joyous; careless প্রফুল্ল, হাসিখুশি, আনন্দিত, আমুদে, ফূর্তিবাজ, নিশ্চিন্ত, ভাবনাহীন, উত্সাহপূর্ণ, প্রাণোচ্ছল, জীবনোত্ফুল্ল, প্রফুল্লিত Delighted about making the cheer-leading team, she blithely skipped across the street without looking, and just narrowly avoided being hit by a bus.

arbiter (noun)

Judge, umpire, person empowered to decide matters at hand person with power to decide a matter in a dispute; judge বিচারক, সালিশ, সালিস, সর্বশক্তিমান ব্যক্তি, কারণিক 1. AR(arbitarty means random)+BEATER......a person who beats the hammer on the table randomly saying SILENCE SILENCE is an arbiter 2. Its similar to arbitrate and Mnemonic for arbitrate is bit-rate, bit rate is the judging or deciding parameter for the transfer rate or say speed of data transfer.. Professional mediators arbitrate disputes. / The principal said, "As the final arbiter of what is and is not appropriate in the classroom, I demand that you take down that poster of the rapper Ice-T and his scantily-clad wife Coco."

vanguard (noun)

Leading units at the front of an army; leaders in a trend or movement, people on the "cutting edge"; the forefront of a trend or movement forerunners; advance forces অগ্রদূত, সৈন্যবাহিনী প্রভৃতির সর্বাগ্রভাগ, তেতৃবৃন্দ 1. Maruti A Maruti "VAN" needs to be guarded from the front as it doesnot have a bonnet. 2. a guard is coming in a van in front of all the cars While Google has won the search engine wars, in 1994, Yahoo was on the vanguard of search technology.

unconscionable (adjective)

Not guided by conscience; morally wrong, unjust, unreasonable unscrupulous; excessive একেবারে অযৌক্তিক 1. unconscionable is un + conscio + nable...and conscience means to know what is morally acceptable but unconscious means not aware of the acceptable amount and therefore the same as unconscionable. 2. Unconscionable is the same as immeasurable... something that is beyond compare... uncomparable. It is unconscionable that you would deny your sister a bone marrow transplant knowing that you're the only person in the family who's a match.

puerile (adjective)

Juvenile, immature childish বালসুলভ, শিশুসুলভ, তুচ্ছ, বুড়া, ছেবলা 1. PURE things are always childish and immature. 2. PUERILE=PURE+CHILD. A child is always pure so puerile means childish. The retiring film critic decried the puerile humor common in so many modern American movies, pointing out that the classic comedies of the '40s were so much smarter and less reliant on jokes about bodily functions.

acumen (noun)

Keen, quick, accurate insight or judgment mental keenness সূক্ষ্ম বিচারশক্তি, সূক্ষ্ম বুদ্ধি 1. acumen sounds like IQ-men.. men with high IQ have ability to judge quickly (has keen insight). 2. ACUTE+MIND...acute means sharp His political acumen allowed him to bargain behind the scenes and get bills passed despite being in the minority party.

diffident (adjective)

Lacking confidence, shy diffidence (noun) shyness noun অবিশ্বাস, অপ্রত্যয়, কুণ্ঠা, সংশয়, আত্মবিশ্বাসহীনতা 1. it is like opposite of confidence means you are shy not confident 2. diffi means deficiency and relate ffidence with confidence so lack of confidence Natasha was so diffident that she never believed her comments could be worth anything in class, even when she knew the answer.

desultory (adjective)

Lacking consistency or order, disconnected, sporadic; going off topic aimless; haphazard; digressing at random অসংলগ্ন, অবাস্তব, নিয়মশৃঙ্খলাহীন 1. De-result...Obviously a haphazard or desultory approach will result to nothing. 2. desultory think like de story-> moving away from the main story Lulu said she'd been studying for the GRE for a year, but she had been doing so in only the most desultory way—a few vocab words here and there, then nothing for a month, and practice tests whenever she felt like it, which was rarely. / Don't mind my daughter—there's no need to let a toddler's desultory remarks pull an adult conversation off track.

banal (adjective)

Lacking freshness and originality; cliché hackneyed; commonplace; trite গতানুগতিক, তুচ্ছ, মামুলী, বহুব্যবহৃত, মামুলি, বস্তাপচা 1. abey nal to roz hi kholte hain... 2. SPLIT INTO ba-nalba-BAR - COMMONPLACE FOR MEN TO MEET &NAL(HINDI - TAP) - COMMON PLACE FOR WOMEN TO MEET. The drama professor despaired at reading another banal play from his uninspired students. "Oh look," he said sarcastically, "yet another young person has decided to write a play about a young person breaking free of society's constraints. Can you see me yawning?"

tome (noun)

Large or scholarly book; one of the volumes in a set of several books large volume মোটা বই 1. when you are asked to read a really Large Book, Then you say with surprise "TO ME"??? .. ;) 2. tome-- consider TOMe,(tom n jerry) tom is big( large volume) than jerry.. When she discovered that the books she needed for her paper were in the university's online system, she ended up lugging some truly impressive tomes back from the library—she actually had to stop and rest twice on the way home.

perennial (adjective)

Lasting through the years or indefinitely, enduring; recurring something long-lasting adjective বহুবর্ষজীবী, বর্ষজীবী, চিরজীবী, বারমেসে noun দ্বিবর্ষাধিকজীবী উদ্ভিদ 1. if you remember we have learnt about perennial rivers in social studies which means LONG LASTING rivers 2. sounds like PURANI(old)...purani things are perennial Fighting over the bathroom is a perennial problem in our house—there are eight of us, and we're homeschooled, so we're all pretty much always here.

lethargic (adjective)

Lazy, drowsy, or sluggish drowsy; dull নিশ্চেষ্ট, জড়িমাসংক্রান্ত, জড়িমাগ্রস্ত, অলস, নিরূদ্যম, অক্রিয়, অনুষ্ণ 1. Sounds like alergic. When you have lack of interest in doing something i.e. alergy 2. lethargic sounds like leth(LOST)+argic(energy).....so you have LOST ALL YOUR ENERGY,THATS why you are feeling DULL AND DROWSY. I do love the Golden Corral's reasonably priced buffet, but I feel so lethargic after I eat my weight in mac-and-cheese and hand-carved turkey.

indolent (adjective)

Lazy, slothful indolence (noun) laziness শ্রমবিমুখতা, আলস্য, কুড়েমি Having worked all his life, the CEO was constantly frustrated with his indolent son, who used his inherited wealth as an excuse to sunbathe and party.

sybarite (noun)

Person devoted to pleasure and luxury lover of luxury সিব্যারিসের লোগ, ভোগবিলাসে মগ্ন 1. sybarite..sy+bar+rite a lover of luxury finds going to the bar right and munching dick 2. someone who like 2 see+bright things in life i.e. luxury nd devoted to it. The reality show about Beverly Hills "housewives" portrayed wealthy sybarites who actually seemed to be pursuing champagne and Pilates full-time.

calumny (noun)

Malicious lie intended to hurt someone's reputation; the act of telling such lies malicious misrepresentation কলঙ্ক, দুর্নাম, নিন্দা, দোষ, অনুবাদ, অপবাদ, কুত্সা 1. calumny, sounds like kalmuhi, which is a harsh remark given by a saas to her bahu.So its a kind of slander. 2. rhymes with ALUMNI--imagine urself slandering n defaming some of ur cllg ALUMNI I've had enough of your calumnious accusations! Admit that you made up all those wicked things about me, or I will see you in court when I sue you for slander!

nadir (noun)

Lowest point lowest point কুবিন্দু, অধোবিন্দু, কিছুর নিম্নতম বিন্দু 1. na+gir meaning from where one cannot fall that is the lowest point... 2. think of extremely low-hanging testicles, or NADS (slang), then think of NADir as the lowest point of the male reproductive system (no offense) It was only when Ming reached her absolute nadir—what her recovery program called "rock bottom"—that she admitted she had a problem and checked herself into rehab.

providential (adjective)

Lucky, fortunate, or relating to divine care (the idea that a deity has helped or cared for a person) displaying foresight; thrifty; preparing for emergencies বিচক্ষণ, মিতব্যয়ী 1. to remember this, think about 'LIC PROVIDENT FUND POLICY'which is kept for future use. 2. Provident=Providing Prudently. Every time their religious sister ran out of money, help always arrived! She viewed this as God's providential hand, but her family members viewed it as their always having to bail her out, and it was getting annoying.

emaciate (verb)

Make abnormally thin, cause to physically waste away emaciated (adjective) thin and wasted কৃশ, কৃশকায়, অতিশয় কৃশতাপ্রাপ্ত, ক্ষয়াপ্রাপ্ত, ক্ষয়িত, অপচিত, ক্ষীণকায়, ম্লান, কাহিল 1. ema + ci + ate...consider ema as the name of a gal.."ema..oh ! ci(she) ate but she still looks thin 2. EMMA WATSON :::THIN GIRL After 50 days floating on a raft at sea, he was quite emaciated—his family was elated that he was alive, but shocked to see a formerly 165-pound man looking skeletal at just 125 pounds.

ingratiate (verb)

Make an effort to gain favor with become popular with অনুগ্রহ ভাজন করান 1. ingratiate, take the word as intake of gratitude....so you do something to gain gratitude of others 2. INGRATIATE ~in + grat(sounds like GREET) + ate (EAT) ... so when you greet somebody with both the hands and give something to eat......why do you do that ...you try to gain their favour . Ryan's attempts to ingratiate himself with the boss were quite transparent—no one really believes that a 25 year old loves the same cigars, classic rock, and AARP crosswords as the 65 year old company president.

sully (adjective)

Make dirty, stain, tarnish, defile tarnish; soil নোংরা করা, নোংরা হত্তয়া 1. Sully=soily 2. sully sounds like saaley in hindi we use this term to cast doubt on some one acting wrongly The senator did win his campaign for re-election, but his reputation was sullied when he was photographed shaking hands with the tobacco executives who apparently bankrolled his campaign.

adulterate (verb)

Make impure by adding inappropriate or inferior ingredients make impure by mixing with baser substances verb অপমিশ্রণ করা, ভেজাল মেশান, মিশাল করা, মিশাল দেত্তয়া adjective ব্যভিচারী, ভেজালযুক্ত, ভেজালমিশ্রিত, জারজ 1. dull+the+rate = impure, means to decrease the rate 2. Adults are more impure than children, so adulterate means to make impure Some bars adulterate top-shelf liquor by pouring cheaper brands into the more expensive brands' bottles.

palliate (verb)

Make less serious or severe; relieve symptoms of an illness ease pain; make less severe or offensive ক্ষমা করা, আংশিক ক্ষমা করা, আংশিক লাঘব করা, প্রশমিত করা, উপশম করা 1. it can be like pale(faint coz of disease)+ate so eating the pain.i.e. reducing it. 2. palliate=alleviate The doctors said it would be pointless to subject Uncle Al to continued treatments when there was no hope of a cure, so we gave consent for him to be transferred to the palliative care wing where he would be made as comfortable as possible in his final weeks or months.

annul (verb)

Make void or null, cancel, abolish (usually of laws or other established rules) make void খণ্ডিত করা, বাতিল করা, বাতিল করা, নাকচ করা, অকার্যকর করা, উলটান, রদ করা, বিলোপ করা, বিনাশ করা, বিনষ্ট করা, ধ্বংস করা, বিলুপ্ত করা, ভাঙ্গিয়া দেত্তয়া, খণ্ডন করা 1. AN NULl value is VOID.. C programming ! 2. an + nul ~ so to nullify something means to make it zero or to make it void Can we appreciate the art of a murderer? For many, the value of these paintings is annulled by the artist's crimes.

martinet (noun)

Person who adheres to rules extremely closely; strict disciplinarian strict disciplinarian কঠোর নিয়মনিষ্ঠ ব্যক্তি 1. spelling is very similar to martial - so a martinet is martial belligerent 2. martinet == mar(hit)+ tin (3)+ et (hat), so mar tin hat if you talk again. It was no fun growing up with a military officer for a dad. He was such a martinet he once made me do 20 pushups for being one minute late to bed—even though the reason I was late was that I wanted to kiss him goodnight.

anodyne (noun, adjective)

Medicine that relieves pain (noun); soothing, relieving pain (adj) drug that relieves pain; opiate adjective বেদনানাশক, রোগনাশক noun বেদনানাশক ঔষধ, বেদনাহর ঔষধবিশেষ 1. Ann will not die from pain if she gets some aspirin. 2. anodyne ~ a + no + dyne (dying); If you want him not to die from pain, you should give him some anodyne drugs. While aspirin is a nice analgesic, the construction worker argued that, for sore and tired muscles, nothing beat the anodyne effects of a six-pack of beer.

stratagem (noun)

Military maneuver to deceive or surprise; crafty scheme কৌশল, শত্রুকে ফাঁকি দিবার জন্য বা সুবিধালাভের জন্য কৌশল The party's stratagem was to dig up a scandal on their candidate's opponent, and then release the photos the day before the election, leaving the opponent no time to defend himself before voters took to the polls.

dissemble (verb)

Mislead, conceal the truth, put on a false appearance of disguise; pretend ছদ্মবেশ ধারণ করা 1. The word sounds like "resemble"...the person/ a thing of tat type can be in disguise... 2. seems like "dis assemble"(break) you broke the favourite pot of mom n den tried to "conceal" ur mistake...or pretending Roxanne was used to dissembling in job interviews; when asked about the gap on her resume from 1999-2003, she would say, "Oh, I was out of the workforce fulfilling some obligations"—a somewhat misleading way to describe a prison stint. / He won so much money at pool halls by dissembling inexperience, pretending at first that he had no idea how to even hold a pool cue; once bets were placed, he handily defeated his opponents.

pastiche (noun)

Mix of incongruous parts; artistic work imitating the work of other artists, often satirically imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing অন্য গ্রন্থকার বা শিল্পীর অনুকরণে রচিত সাহিত্য বা শিল্প 1. PASTi+CHE......pasti...PASTE...........we do copy PASTE......while copying we imitate the style of others and paste it where we want 2. paste- we use paste to stick posters of superstars we want to imitate . The slickly-produced boy band's first album was deeply unimaginative, just a pastiche of every other boy band album ever produced.

paragon (noun)

Model of excellence, perfect example model of perfection সম্পূর্ণতার আদর্শ, পরমোত্কর্ষের আদর্শ, উত্কর্ষের আদর্শ 1. paragon which is a slipper brand makes products which are models for perfection 2. ARAGON in the movie Lord of the Rings was a perfect soldier Unlike his sister, he was a paragon of responsibility, taking in her three children when she went to jail, and even switching jobs so he could be there to pick them up from school.

lugubrious (adjective)

Mournful, gloomy (sometimes in an exaggerated way) mournful বিষণ্ণ, শোকার্ত, নিরানন্দ, কান্দ-কান্দ 1. He was very mournful when he had to BURY his maimed LEG. 2. LOOK+RUBY ous = DEPRESSED AND MOURNFUL that you LOOK like RUBY(face red) Helen was having a good time at the Irish pub until the Traditional Music Hour started, and the lugubrious tunes made her cry into her Guinness.

symbiosis (noun)

Mutually dependent relationship between two organisms, people, groups, etc. interdependent relationship (between groups, species), often mutually beneficial অন্যোন্যজীবিত্ব, মিথোজীবিত্ব 1. split it like sym(simi)lar+bio+sis..so two sis(ters)..who are sharing BIOlogically similar.body...are living by mutually helping each other. 2. Symbiosis = sym + bio + sis; Symbol of brother & sister together. In biology, one example of symbiosis is when a small creature feeds off bugs that live on a larger creature—thus protecting the larger creature from discomfort and possibly disease. / Although some celebrities complain about paparazzi, many have a symbiotic relationship with those same intrusive photographers—the paparazzi need to get paid, and the celebs need the photos to stay in the news.

demur (verb)

Show reluctance or object, especially for moral reasons delay; object গম্ভীর করা, বিনয়ী করা 1. sounds a little like Damn U R wrong!! I object! 2. demur --> relate with hindi word "de mar" means "beat" and you beat someone if you object him/her. When asked to name her favorite professor in the department, she demurred—she was pretty sure that, if she said anything, it would come back to haunt her.

vociferous (adjective)

Noisily crying out, as in protest clamorous; noisy উচ্চ চিতকার করে এমন, কোলাহলপূর্ণ, সমুচ্চ 1. VOICE + FURIOUS = noisy 2. take the second part of word --> FEROUS !!! it is oer of IRON ..so when iron peices collide with each other ...they make noise !! "" ferous --> iron --> collide to make noise "" He has always been a vociferous opponent of the estate tax, appearing on numerous news programs to rail against "double taxation."

fracas (noun)

Noisy disturbance or fight; brawl brawl; melee ট্যাণ্ডাই ম্যাণ্ডাই, হৈচৈ, হট্টগোল, হৈচৈপূর্ণ ঝগড়া, উচ্চ কলহ 1. Fracas-(fraud + cause), a fraud will generally cause a quarrel or brawl. 2. Imagine a Freak Ass having a noisy quarrel with people. Rugby is one of the most aggressive of sports—when the players rush to pile on top of the person with the ball, bones can easily be broken in the fracas.

solecism (noun)

Nonstandard use of grammar or words; mistake, esp. in etiquette construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically বাক্যগঠনপ্রণালীর নিয়মভঙ্গ 1. SHOLEYcism...when you think of hindi movie sholay,who comes in your mind???? GABBAR....everytime he used to make mistakes while speaking because of his rustic or wild accent.... 2. look at it ..........http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1293/539675960_6a35e68c73.jpg?v=0 "I could care less" is a solecism—what the speaker really means to say is "I couldn't care less." / Apparently, Libby had committed a solecism by asking a man if he wanted to dance. "In Lubbock, Texas," said her friend, "we keep things traditional."

implacable (adjective)

Not able to be appeased, calmed, or satisfied incapable of being pacified ক্ষমাহীন, নির্দয়, অকরূণ, নির্মম, হৃদয়হীন, নিষ্করুণ, অপ্রশম্য 1. Sounds like IMPLEASABLE -- some one who cannot be pleased or appeased -- not pacifiable 2. IM(Not) + PLAC(Place) + ABLE = You will not a place in her heart. After the dog groomer misunderstood and shaved the family Weimaraner totally bald, Mr. Garcia was implacable; neither an offer of a free gift certificate nor a complimentary doggie sweater would reduce his fury.

recondite (adjective)

Not easily understood, hidden, dealing with an obscure topic abstruse; profound; secret গুপ্ত, দুর্বোধ্য, গভীর 1. read recondite as "re conduct". The professor re coducted(repeated) the topic as the students could not understand properly. 2. recon-dite:recon sounds like reckon which means guess...if a question is DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND u will GUESS the answer Professor Ryan's office is full of books, every single one of which is more than 400 years old, and many of them in ancient Greek. He deals in some seriously recondite information.

rue (noun, verb)

Regret, remorse (noun); to feel regret or remorse (verb) rueful (adjective) regretful; sorrowful; dejected দু:খপূর্ণ, দু:খিত Movie or cartoon villains sometimes say, "You'll rue the day!" What they mean is,"I will make you regret that you did what you just did." / The couple broke up in high school for a foolish reason, and each hastily married another person. Twenty years later, they were still full of endless rue over having lost each other.

manifest (verb, adjective)

Obvious, apparent, perceptible to the eye (adj); to show, make clear, or prove (verb) understandable; clear verb স্পষ্টভাবে দেখান, স্পষ্ট করা, স্পষ্ট প্রকাশ করা, অভিব্যক্তি করা, সন্দেহাতীত করা, প্রকাশ করা, উদ্দীপ্ত করা, উদ্দীপিত করা, উদ্ভাসিত করা, ঘোষণা করা, পূর্ণবিকশিত হত্তয়া adjective সুস্পষ্ট, স্পষ্ট, উদ্ভিন্ন, প্রকট, প্রতিভাত, বিশদ, স্ফুট noun ম্যানিফেস্টো, ইস্তাহার, ঘোষণা-পত্র 1. In a FEST it was visible that people had Money[MANI] ,so Money was visible ; evident and was obvious. 2. many (MANI) people make appearance in FEST-ival My superstitious aunt claims that she saw a manifestation of our deceased grandfather, who appeared during a thunderstorm to warn us all about our cousin's fiance. / Lupus is difficult to diagnose, but sometimes manifests as muscular weakness or joint pain.

salient (adjective)

Obvious, standing out; projecting, protruding, jutting out prominent লক্ষণীয়, বিশিষ্ট, লাফানে, বহির্দিকে অভিক্ষিপ্ত, প্রধান 1. SAL(year)IENT(ant or end)... in B.Tech good grades at the END of final YEAR are VERY IMPORTANT 2. SALIENT and PROMINENT are rhyming words with the same meaning. Both words are used to describe the most noticeable (important) factors in a description of something. The attack on our organization was mostly just partisan bickering, but it did have a few salient points that I think we should respond to. / The windowless prison's side wall had only one salient feature, a sculpture of the state bird jutting out from the building.

diurnal (adjective)

Occurring every day; happening in the daytime (rather than at night) daily আহ্নিক, দৈনিক, দৈনন্দিন, একদিনব্যাপী, ঐকাহিক, প্রাত্যহিক, দিবাকালীন, একদিবসস্থায়ী 1. u have to visit the urinal everyday!! 2. DIA jalana AUR NAL chalana roj ke kam hai While many Americans rarely have a sit-down family meal, in many other cultures, dining as a family is a diurnal affair. / Wall Street is a diurnal neighborhood—hectic in the day, but quiet once people pile on the rush hour trains to go home.

somatic (adjective)

Of the body pertaining to the body; physical দেহসংক্রান্ত, দেহগত 1. etymologically "SOMA" means body...and thus the word SOMATIC 2. sumo wrestler... While some depression is caused by outside forces (the death of a loved one, for instance), many cases of depression have a somatic cause—for instance, postpartum depression can be related to hormones and physical changes associated with pregnancy and childbirth.

plebeian (adjective)

Of the common people common; pertaining to the common people জনসাধারণের, হীনজাত, বৈশিষ্ট্যহীন, ইতর, প্রাকৃত 1. sounds like pebble which are found every where and are very common 2. plebeian - sounds like play with lesbian which is very vulgar I toured a luxury apartment building, and I laughed when I saw that the apartments had luxurious walk-in closets and whirlpool bathtubs—but hilariously tiny ovens. Because, of course, the wealthy would never do something so plebian as cook their own food.

umbrage (noun)

Offense or annoyance (usually as take umbrage, meaning become offended or annoyed) resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult verb অবজ্ঞা করা noun ছায়া, ক্ষতি করা, অপমানবোধ, ক্ষতিবোধ 1. notice the last 4 letters...RAGE.And then umbrella =shade, rage=anger and resentment. 2. umbrage == angrez ..who ruled India for a 100 years were very insulting to the Indians. With 30 years' experience in the field and quite recent successes on a variety of projects, the executive understandably took umbrage when a coworker suggested that he was good to have around to remind others of "ancient history."

noisome (adjective)

Offensive, disgusting; harmful foul smelling; unwholesome ক্ষতিকর, কুদর্শন, ক্ষতিকারক 1. Try to extract out two words from it... <ol style="padding-left:50px"><li>NOSE</li><li>NOISE</li></ol>.. Hence <b>NOISOME</b> is something that makes NOISE in our NOSE 2. when you fart in a silence its noisome which spreads out foul smell in a room Everyone knows that smoking is deadly, but even "herbal" cigarettes are a noisome habit—and noisome to your health!

stratum (noun)

One of many layers (such as in a rock formation or in the classes of a society) layer of earth's surface; layer of society স্তর, সামাজিক স্তর, থর, ধাপ 1. Stratum ~ stratosphere : A layer of earth ! 2. Remove the r. Statum= Statue+made. Imagine a statue made by clay or earth. From overhearing his rich and powerful passengers' conversations, the chauffeur grew to despise the upper stratum of society. / I love this dish—it's like a lasagna, but with strata made of bread, eggs, and pancetta! Oh, look at the menu—it's actually called a strata! That makes perfect sense.

analgesia (noun)

Pain relief; inability to feel pain analgesic (adjective) causing insensitivity to pain adjective বেদনানাশক, রোগনাশক noun বেদনানাশক ঔষধ, ব্যাথা কমানোর ঔষধ 1. anal(anus) + ges(gas)..when gas is released from anal we feel relief..so it is something which gives relief.. 2. sick=pain; now say analgesic as ab na lage sic(pain) While natural-birth advocates decline analgesia in childbirth, many women are very eager to take advantage of modern anesthesia. / A disease of the spinal cord can cause analgesia, which can be dangerous because the patient doesn't know when he has injured himself.

impetuous (adjective)

Passionately impulsive, marked by sudden, hasty emotion; forceful, violent violent; hasty; rash বেগবান, উদ্দাম, প্রচণ্ডবেগে ধাবমান, দ্রুত, ক্ষিপ্র, দমকা, আবেগচঁচল, দ্রুতবেগে ধাবমান, প্রচণ্ড, অসমীক্ষ্যকারী, অগ্নিগর্ভ 1. im(not)-pet-tuo(to)-us...a dog which is not our pet will be very VIOLENT and RASH. 2. im+petu => i am petu (in hindi which means who eats a lot), so if you don't give me enough food, i'll get violent,harsh, rough etc. Reflecting on her most recent breakup, Heather decided that next time she would like to date someone less impetuous; a man who quits his job on a whim and suggests moving together to Utah and raising llamas was just a little too impulsive for her tastes.

pare (verb)

Peel or cut off the outer layer (such as peeling fruit with a knife), reduce or trim as if cutting off the outer parts ছাঁটা, কর্তন করা, ছাঁটিয়া ফেলা, খর্ব করা, খোসা ছাড়ান We need to pare down our budget if we're going to survive on unemployment for a while. / She simplified her life by paring commitments from her schedule.

vim (noun)

Pep, enthusiasm, vitality, lively spirit শক্তি, উদ্যম, কর্মশক্তি, প্রাণশক্তি, তেজ, বলিষ্ঠতা "I'm old, not dead!" said Grandpa Albert, full of vim and ready for his first bungee jump.

grandstand (verb)

Perform showily in an attempt to impress onlookers লোকদেখান I was really passionate about the candidate when he spoke at our school, but now that I think about it, he was just grandstanding. I mean, who could disagree that young people are the future? And doing a cheer for the environment doesn't actually signify a commitment to change any public policies about it.

stint (noun, verb)

Period of time spent doing something, or a specific, limited amount of work (noun); to be frugal, to get by on little (verb) be thrifty; set limits verb থামান, অভাবে রাখা, কৃপণতা করা noun সীমা, মাত্রা, সংযমন, নিয়ন্ত্রণ, বাধা 1. 'stin't is moderately 'stin'gy 2. STUNT means to LIMIT growth. STINT means to LIMIT supply. After a stint in combat, Jared was used to eating whatever he was given, and being sparing with the few condiments available. After watching him stint on ketchup, his wife said, "Honey, seriously, here you can use all you want!"

imbue (verb)

Permeate or saturate, as dye in a fabric; influence throughout saturate, fill অনুপ্রাণিত করা, আদ্র্র করা, গাঢ়ভাবে রঁজিত করা, পান করান, শোষণ করান, রঁজিত করা, সিক্ত করা 1. very close to imbibe. imbibe means to drink. imbue means drink so thoroughly that you soak everything. 2. imbue i m b(l)ue (color of water)= so in cartoon when some 1 soaked you in water u become blue and u say I M Blue After shearing the sheep and spinning the yarn, the next step is to imbue the yarn with dye. / His poems are imbued with a sense of longing for a lost homeland.

assiduous (adjective)

Persevering, diligent, constant diligent উদ্যোগী, অধ্যবসায়ী, পরিশ্রমী, উদ্যমী, উদ্যমশীল, উদ্যুক্ত, যত্নশীল, যত্নবান্, চেষ্টাবান, অক্লান্তকর্মা, অবিশ্রান্ত, অশ্রান্ত, অক্লান্ত, অক্লান্ত পরিশ্রমী 1. assiduous+ass+in+the+dust.a donkey working hard in the dust.meaning hard working or industrious or diligent 2. if u get "assi" i.e 80%, u sure r a hardworkin nd ASSIduous :P Through assiduous effort over a substantial period of time, anyone can develop a prodigious vocabulary.

philistine (noun)

Person deficient in or hostile to culture narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain সুশিক্ষাবিহীন লোক, সঙ্কীর্ণমনা ব্যক্তি Her date was very handsome, but she decided he was an absolute philistine when he said that documentaries were "boring" and that the "best picture" Oscar should go to Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D.

idyllic or idyll (adjective, noun)

Presenting a positive, peaceful view of rural life (as poetry or prose); pleasant in a natural, simple way charmingly carefree; simple সরল শান্ত ত্ত মনোরম 1. sounds like idli...south indian dish...and its a very simple food. 2. Sounds like being idle. when we are idle without work we are jolly. An action-packed vacation wasn't their style—for their honeymoon, they enjoyed a quiet idyll in a cabin in the woods, just watching the deer and enjoying nature.

posit (verb)

Presume, suggest, put forward (an idea) যথাস্থানে রাখা, সত্য বলিয়া মানিয়া লত্ত For thousands of years, philosophers have thought of the self as a unified entity, but neuroscientists today posit the existence of a modular brain—a self that is a mix of different brain parts, with no central "coordinator."

malinger (verb)

Pretend to be sick, esp. to get out of work, duties, etc. malingerer (noun) one who feigns illness to escape duty রোগভানকারী 1. Ma linger= child lingering around her mom to avoid going to school. 2. Malinga feigned illness to avoid bowling to Tendulkar Joey was sick in class on Monday and was sent to the school nurse to sleep it off. The next day, having realized that illness was a good way to get out of class, Joey said his stomach hurt and spent the afternoon in the nurse's office. By Wednesday, though, the nurse accused him of malingering and sent him back to class.

ostentatious (adjective)

Pretentious, boastful showiness showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention ভানপূর্ণ, জাঁক করে এমন, জাঁকাল, জাঁককারী, বড়াইপূর্ণ, অতি বাহারে 1. oSTENTATIOUS....read it as Stuntatious....Stunts...you perform stunts to attract attention, showy. 2. sounds like Austin(stone cold steve austin) wwe wrestler .. they always pretend and speak crap to grab attention.. Her ostentatious clothing is simply not appropriate in a business environment—in fact, nothing emblazoned with 2,000 Swarovski crystals is.

secrete (verb)

Produce and release a substance from a cell or gland of the body for a functional purpose hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism. লুকাইয়া রাখা 1. Secret+e which is to be concealed or hidden 2. SECRETE and EXCRETE which are rhyming words, mean, to produce and discharge a substance. When threatened, skunks secrete an odor that humans consider horrible. / The late-night infomercial offered a pheromone perfume that promised to mimic the "attraction" hormones that humans secrete naturally.

engender (verb)

Produce, give rise to, cause to exist; procreate cause; produce প্রসব করা, উত্পাদন করা, জন্ম দেত্তয়া 1. when two gender's male & female end up together .. they produce or give rise to a CHILD.. 2. When genders get together they cause, produce, and give rise to children. The television demagogue was blamed for engendering hate and divisiveness. / Having four wives helped the magnate engender 15 children.

ostensible or ostensive (adjective)

Professed, evident, or pretended; outwardly appearing in a certain way apparent; professed; pretended প্রতীয়মান, প্রদর্শনীয়, প্রকাশ্য, সুস্পষ্ট 1. People are "tense" when they appear to be something they're not. 2. O.S(operating system i.e cpu) TEN....ten operating systems...government offices have ten operating systems but none of them is working...hence all of them are ostensible... Ostensibly, she came to volunteer out of the goodness of her heart. However, I think she's really here because she has a crush on one of the other volunteers. / He's an ostensive candidate for the job, but we need to check these references before we move further.

quiescent (adjective)

Quiet, still at rest; dormant স্থির, নিশ্চল, শান্ত, অক্রিয়, অনুচ্চারিত, অনুচ্চার্য, নিস্তব্ধ 1. quiescent => quies ~ quiet = motionless 2. quies(QUITE)+scent(in hindi shant means quite)..so someone who is quite or shant for a period of time. After hours of moaning and shaking from his illness, the child finally exhausted himself and grew quiescent.

insurrection (noun)

Rebellion or revolt against a government or similarly established authority rebellion; uprising বিদ্রোহ, উপপ্লব 1. in-surrection relate surrection with surrender thus -in surrection = not to surrender = rebellious 2. erection ... uprising :P Due to frequent insurrections, the nation has had six governments in just five years. / The principal prepared for insurrection as she announced that all teachers were to spend the rest of the year exclusively preparing for standardized tests.

contumacious (adjective)

Rebellious; stubbornly disobedient disobedient; resisting authority একগুঁয়ে, অবাধ্য, আদেশ-লঙ্ঘনকারী 1. (In Hindi language) Break the word as CON - TU - MA - CI- OUS n tat can be read as Kaun Tu Ma Ki one who says this is disobedient 2. kaun(CON) hai tu (TU) , jiski mein (MA) sunu (cious),,, thus the persion is disobideint and obstinate The psychologist's book Dealing With Your Contumacious Teenager would have sold many more copies to parents of rude and rebellious youth if only people knew what contumacious meant.

wanton (adjective)

Reckless, vicious, without regard for what is right; unjustifiable, deliberately done for no reason at all; sexually unrestrained or excessively luxurious unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste verb রঙ্গ করা, খেয়ালিভাবে চলা, তিড়িং-তিড়িং নাচা adjective অসচ্চরিত্র, লম্পট, কারণরহিত, উচ্ছৃঙ্খল, অবাধ্য, খেয়ালী, হাসিখুশি, রঙ্গপ্রি়, অবাধ, অমিতব্যয়ী, উদ্দেশ্যহীন, অপব্যয়ী noun লম্পট, অসচ্চরিত্র ব্যক্তি 1. WANT - TON, a person who wants tons of girls,money etc..syn: arrogant, capricious, careless, concubine, cruel, disregardful, extravagant, fast, frisky, frolic, frolicsome, fulsome, gratuitous, harlot, hussy, immoral, jade, lavish, 2. WANTON..WANTED....Osama has been DECLARED THE MOST WANTED person on the earth because of his cruelity. Kids do like to play pranks on Halloween, but driving an SUV into people's mailboxes isn't a prank—it's wanton destruction of property. / Many hip-hip videos depict a wanton lifestyle that is attractive to some, but unattainable (and possibly illegal!). / During my grandmother's adolescence in Ireland, a girl might be sent off to a convent as punishment for "wanton ways," such as being alone with boys.

florid (adjective)

Reddish or rosy; flowery, showy, or excessively fancy flowery; ruddy পুষ্পময়, উজ্জ্বলবর্ণ, রক্তিমাভ, অলঙ্কারবন্থল, অত্যধিক সুসজিত, অত্যধিক অলঙ্কৃত 1. flo(wer) + rid(red)sounds like a flower that is in a red color..Also, florid ~ flowery (french) 2. florid sounds like florida.So u see beautiful beaches, with beautiful girls taking sunbath.There skin becomes reddish.So florid means reddish. His writing was so florid that it was hard for modern readers to understand, and unintentionally humorous when they did. He once called a woman in a hoop skirt a "confection of gossamer-clad ephemerality, the bounty of her raiment ringing in my turgid heart like the tintinnabulation of so many church bells."

intransigent (adjective)

Refusing to compromise, inflexible, having extreme attitudes state of stubborn unwillingness to compromise আপোসহীনতা, অনমনীয়তা 1. intransigence -- can be thought of as in-transit....lacking movement when you are stubborn 2. Intransigence: inside+transit- Bangladesh is stubbornly refusing to compromise with the transit of Indian vehicles for forming a better link among the seven sisters. "Even three detentions and a note home to your parents haven't convinced you to behave yourself in class!" the teacher said to the intransigent child.

fawn (verb)

Show affection or try to please in the manner of a dog; try to win favor through flattery and submissive behavior fawning (adjective) courting favor by cringing and flattering পদানত, সেবকোচিত, তোষামোদী, খোশামুদে, ধামা ধরা 1. relate it with FAN..imagine of a crazy FAN who ALWAYS TRY TO exhibit his affaction....AND COURT A favour to be with you whole day by flattering with you.. 2. fawn~~fauna~~animalur pet tryin 2 please u 4 u givin it a meal Although he was only president of a chain of grocery stores, he was used to being fawned over like a king or rock star. "You are truly king of the low-priced produce world," said the regional manager. "May I wash your car for you?"

syntax (adjective)

The rules governing grammar and how words join to make sentences (or how words and symbols join in writing computer code), the study of these rules, or any system or orderly arrangement বাক্য-গঠন, শব্দবিন্যাস, পদন্যাস, অন্বয় Now that my linguistics class is studying syntax, it makes a little more sense when my computer flashes "SYNTAX ERROR" at me. / Anyone learning a language is bound to make syntactical mistakes—even if he or she knows the appropriate vocabulary, it is still difficult to assemble the words perfectly.

knell (noun, verb)

The sound made by a bell for a funeral, or any sad sound or signal of a failure, death, ending, etc. (noun); to make such a sound (verb) tolling of a bell, especially to indicate a funeral, disaster, etc.; sound of the funeral bell verb বাজা, ধ্বনিত হত্তয়া, ঘণ্টাধ্বনি হত্তয়া noun ঘণ্টাধ্বনি 1. knell== k + (hell+bell) === when u die u wil be in hell... so knell means tolling of a bell to indicate funeral 2. Knell the Bell to indicate Hell. The Senate minority leader's speech was a death knell for the bill; all hope of bipartisan cooperation was lost.

primacy (noun)

The state of being first or most important প্রাথম্য, প্রথম স্থান, প্রধান স্থান, আদ্যতা, মুখ্যতা The conservative senator argued that the very fabric of society depended on the primacy of the family, and that legislation was needed to shore up the institution of marriage.

larceny (noun)

Theft theft অপহরণ, চৌর্য 1. break it up into LA-R-CENY LA (Law) and CENY (rhymes with Money or CENT for money)Unlawful taking of money = theft 2. larceny(very close to COMPANY NAME LARCEN & TURBO..)....SO theives theft a great sum from larcen and turbo office. The department store employs a security officer whose job it is to prevent larceny.

viscid or viscous (adjective)

Thick, adhesive, or covered in something sticky adhesive; gluey চটচটে, আঠালো 1. viscous + liquid = viscid 2. whisky ,once if we addicted to it,it is adhesive and gluey .we cannot leave it Ugh, what did you spill on this floor? It's too viscous to be absorbed by these paper towels. Is this hair conditioner? / Teaching a troop of Cub Scouts to make maple syrup means cleaning the viscid substance off uniforms, boys, and every other object those boys touch.

contraries (noun)

Things that are opposing; either of two opposite things উল্টোটাতে, সম্পূর্ণ বিপরীত কিছু The Machiavellian among us would say that ethics and expedience are contraries—at some point, one must win out over the other.

via (preposition)

Through, by means of, by way of (by a route that goes through or touches) মাধ্যমে, পথ দিয়া, হইয়া, সাহায্যে, পথে We will be flying to Russia via Frankfurt. / Many of the students at our college got here via special programs that assist low-income students in preparing for college.

dilate (verb)

To become wider or make wider, cause to expand; to speak or write at length, elaborate upon expand বিস্তৃত করা, বিস্তৃত হত্তয়া, বড় করা, বড় হত্তয়া, বিশদভাবে বলা, সবিস্তারে বলা 1. If you DIE LATE(die in a very old age) u expand(in weight sense or in age sense) 2. When i ate from Dil se (more than enough) my stomach expanded. The doctor gave her eye drops to make her pupils dilate. / These dinners at Professor Hwang's house usually run rather late—after the meal, he'll typically dilate on his latest research for at least an hour.

bifurcate (verb, adjective)

To fork into two branches or divide into two halves bifurcated (adjective) divided into two branches; forked adjective দ্বিখণ্ড, দ্বিখণ্ডিত 1. bi (two)+ fur (sounds like hindi faar (tear))===divided into two parts 2. bi(two)..cate..read it as cut..if we cut anything it will be cut into two parts The medical student carefully bifurcated the cadaver brain, separating it precisely into right and left hemispheres. / The bifurcate tree stood tall, its two massive branches reaching for the sky.

redound (verb)

To have a good or bad effect, esp. as a result of a person's efforts or actions (usually used with to, on, or upon) redoubtable (adjective) formidable; causing fear দুর্ধর্ষ 1. redoubtable can be re+doubt(able)..so if you have REpeated DOUBTs in any subject just before the exam, it might CAUSE FEAR 2. it can be splitted likere+doubt+able considering which can show that the thing which is able to create doubt again and again.and those things always create fear.. "Cramming" vocabulary words probably won't be very effective, but studying a little every day will redound to your success.

inure (verb)

Toughen up; accustom or habituate to pain, hardship, etc. inured (adjective) accustomed; hardened অভ্যস্ত 1. someone INJURED again and again will become TOUGH 2. I NU(knew) that RED iron would *harden* when it cools down and after that it would be *accustomed* to further exposures. Having had over a dozen surgeries before she was 10, spending months at a time in the hospital, she considered herself inured to pain and disappointment.

vestige (noun)

Trace or sign of something that once existed trace; remains পদচিহ্ন, সাক্ষ্য, কণা, পদ, অনুমাত্র 1. think of in + vestigate, where we look for traces or remains of something. 2. sounds like wastage which is the remains of something. They hadn't officially broken up, but she felt their relationship was running on fumes—that only vestiges of their former affection remained.

pellucid (adjective)

Transparent, translucent; clear, easy to understand transparent; limpid; easy to understand স্বচ্ছ, সম্পূর্ণ নির্মল, নির্মল, স্পষ্ট, বোধগম্য, কাকচক্ষু 1. PEL+LUCID...LUCID..MEANS CLEAR ....SO CLEAR IN MEANING. 2. a PELican flew over the LUCID water. He decided that the cove's pellucid waters were an excellent place to teach his daughter to swim, reasoning that, if she started to sink, he would easily be able to see where she was.

peddle (verb)

Travel around while selling; sell illegally; give out or disseminate ফেরি করা, বাধ্য করা, জিনিসপত্র ফেরি করা, গ্রহণ করতে বাধ্য করা, গালগল্প রটনা করা, গুজব ছড়ান After an unsuccessful year spent peddling cutlery door-to-door, he turned to peddling drugs, thus landing himself in jail. / "I don't want these people peddling lies to our children," said Mrs. Hoffman, protesting an event in which fringe political candidates were invited to speak to kids.

peregrinate (verb)

Travel from place to place, esp. on foot peregrination (noun) journey পর্যটন, ভ্রমণ, সফর, যাত্রা, চরণ-চারণ 1. remove 1st 3 letter egrination sounds like migration, which means the same 2. its like a piligrimage, which means going on a tour. After college, he took a year off to peregrinate across the country, visiting friends and seeing the forty-odd states he had never before had the chance to see.

itinerary (noun)

Travel schedule; detailed plan for a journey plan of a trip ভ্রমণপথ, ভ্রমণবৃত্তান্ত 1. the car i10 is rarely used to plan a trip in it... 2. Latin word itiner= journey.... itinerary means schedule or plan a detail route.Other words based on same root are...intinerant, intinerate. Great, that was the Parthenon! What's next on our itinerary?

itinerant (noun)

Traveling from place to place, esp. as part of a job wandering; traveling ভ্রমণকারক, ভ্রমণকারী, ভ্রমণশীল 1. sounds like itenary( plan of a trip).. so a traveller..keeps on wandering\ travelling... hope its hlpful 2. itni sari ants kahan par jaa rahi hain ... wander kar rahi hai In rural areas in the 1940s, it was common that a small town would lack its own doctor, instead being seen by an itinerant family physician who made rounds to many such towns.

cosset (verb)

Treat as a pet, pamper আদর করা, অতিরিক্ত প্রশ্রয় দেওয়া The cosseted toddler was lovingly wrapped up in his snow gear, so much so that he could barely even move his arms enough to make his first snowball.

lionize (verb)

Treat like a celebrity treat as a celebrity কাউকে বিখ্যাত ব্যাক্তি বলে গণ্য করা 1. Lion is assigned a great social importance in animal kingdom 2. lion type kar do..(even donkey ko then we say to make someone famous, or to treat someone as if they were famous) Being a chef has long been a prestigious profession, but it is only in the last decade or so that "celebrity chefs" have been lionized and given their own television shows.

attenuate (verb)

Weaken or thin out make thin; weaken verb কৃশ করা, কৃশ হত্তয়া, গুঁড়া করা, গুঁড়া হত্তয়া, মূল্য কমান, মূল্য কমা, দুর্বল করা, শক্তিহীন করা, কাহিল করা, তনু করা, কমান, শিথিল করা, উপশম করা, নরম করা, কোমল করা, শান্ত করা, ক্লান্ত করা adjective কৃশ, কাহিল, কৃশকায়, কৃশতাপ্রাপ্ত, চূর্ণিত, সূক্ষ্ম, হ্রাসপ্রাপ্ত, শক্তি হ্রাসপ্রাপ্ত হইয়াছে এমন 1. If tenu(=you) eat(ate) less you will attenuate 2. AT+TEN+YOU+ATE(gutkha,drugs)....if at the age of ten you start eating gutkha,drugs, you will become weaker day by day and will waste your life.... When you pull a piece of bubblegum so that it becomes long and thin, you are attenuating it. / Sadly, the day care center was so understaffed that the carers' efforts were attenuated, and many of the children barely received any attention at all.

frenetic (adjective)

Wildly excited, frantic, distracted frenzied; frantic adjective ক্ষিপ্ত, ধর্মান্ধ, ফ্যানাটিক, প্রলাপ বকে এমন, উগ্রান্ধ, উন্মত্ত noun উন্মাদগ্রস্ত ব্যক্তি, ক্ষিপ্ত ব্যক্তি The advice in the expert's time management book struck many as unrealistic, as not everyone can handle the frenetic lifestyle the author espouses: getting up before dawn to begin work before spending quality time with the kids over breakfast, taking conference calls from the treadmill, etc.

recant (verb)

Withdraw, retract, or disavow something one has previously said, esp. formally repudiate; withdraw previous statement প্রত্যাহার করা, পরিত্যাগ করা, প্রত্যাহরণ করা 1. RE (again) + CANT (cannot) = "I have told you this AGAIN and AGAIN, it CANNOT be done, it has been REJECTED." 2. re + chant(sing): singing/telling again. what??telling what i told earlier is wrong wrong!! For saying that the Sun and not the Earth was the center of the universe, Galileo was brought on trial for heresy, forced to recant, and spent the rest of his life under house arrest. Of course, a forced recantation doesn't say much about whether the person really abjures his former views.

wizened (adjective)

Withered, shriveled withered; shriveled বিশুষ্ক, উষ্কখুষ্ক, বিশীর্ণ, রোগা 1. wizened - old people are experienced and WISE... and they are FEEBLE, WEAK, they SHRIVEL, WITHER 2. wizened = wise+endwise (old) people reach their end as death & their body decays Fortunately, the wizened heads for sale at the Ecuadorian market weren't really shrunken heads—just souvenirs for tourists. / The wizened old man still possessed a remarkably sharp mind.

laudable (adjective)

Worthy of praise praiseworthy; commendable প্রশংসনীয়, শ্লাঘনীয়, প্রশস্য When a major discount mart fired several employees for subduing a gunman, most people considered the action a laudable act of heroism, but the discount chain fired the employees for "violating company policies." Nevertheless, the mayor lauded the former employees in a medal-granting ceremony.