Vocab - 0800 to 0900

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posit

1.assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument , postulate "they posit a purely biological basis for this phenomenon" 2.put in position; place. "the professor posits Cohen in his second category of poets"

Congruent

Adj 1. Agreeing , Correspondence , Congruous 2. Same shape or size

Armada

If an armada is looking for you, that's not good news — *it's a fleet of warships.* Even though armada sounds a little old-fashioned, they still exist. In fact, some armadas look for pirates — another old-fashioned-sounding group that still exists. Though an armada is part of a navy, armada sounds similar to "army,", and it should: they both come ultimately from the same source, the Latin word armata, "armed." Armies and navies are two of the oldest branches of a military power, and an armada is a military fleet — another word for a group of boats or ships.

Fusillade(Few+Sil+ade)

When you watch an action movie, the hero's deadly fusillade often results in at least one of his enemies being shot. * The noun fusillade describes a quick round of gunfire.* To correctly pronounce fusillade, say "FEW sill ahd." The word probably reminds you of fuselage, the part of an aircraft where crew members and passengers sit. But the words only sound alike. Fuselage gets its name from its cylinder shape, while fusillade comes from the French word fusil, meaning "musket." Fusillade also can be used in a figurative sense to describe a rapid series of anything, such as a fusillade of punches or a fusillade of questions.

confer

1.Grant or Bestow (a title, degree, benefit, or right). "moves were made to confer an honorary degree on her" 2. Have discussion , Exchange Opinions "the officials were conferring with allies"

veil

* A veil is a cloth covering the head and face, mostly worn by women. Wedding veils are drawn back when the groom hears, "Now you may kiss the bride." (Or else the groom gets a gauzy mouthful.) * This is a technical term for part of an embryo or mushroom, but it's usually a covering for the head and face. Priests wear veils during certain Catholic ceremonies, and a grieving widow might wear a veil at her husband's funeral. To veil also means to conceal something. You could veil your attempt to steal some cookies by turning the TV up loud as a distraction. When something — like a lie — is "thinly veiled," people can see right through it.

ravel

* Ravel is an interesting verb, in that it can mean both "tangle" and "untangle." So if you work to ravel yarn into a neat ball, your cat may come along and try to ravel it again.* The first syllable in ravel is accented and gets the short a sound, as in apple: "RA-vle" How can a word mean both one thing and its opposite? In the case of ravel, the answer is sewing: As threads come unwoven from a cloth, they become tangled on each other. Since untangling is never far from tangling, ravel covers both meanings. /His simplicity is intact; the threads of his brown cloak haven't been ravelled./ /It identifies signs of "ravelling" - damage to the asphalt that leads to cracks and potholes./ /Quiet and unassuming, Henríquez's novel ravels slowly and surprisingly, and without an iota of sentiment, delivers an original coming-to-America tale./

Agnostic

* Theist - Who Believes in God Agnostic - A believer and Disbeliever in God . Atheist - Doesn't Believes in God * * संशयवादी* In 1869, English biologist T.H. Huxley coined this noun referring to someone whose religious beliefs lie somewhere in between those of a theist and an atheist — that is, * a believer and a disbeliever in God * . Huxley combined the Greek prefix a-, meaning "not," with gnostos, "known." It can be used as a noun or adjective, and it can also refer to uncertainty about questions other than the existence of God: * "Some philosophers remain agnostic as to whether people have free will." *

Undercut

* कम दाम में देना , कमज़ोर बनाना* 1.* sell cheaper than one's competition* 2.* to weaken or destroy the impact or effectiveness of; undermine. * /Unfortunately for the president, the drive was undercut by skeptical comments from leading Democrats, including Bill Clinton. /

pervert

* पथ भ्रष्ट करना , दुरुपयोग करना , बिगाड़ना* *A pervert is a person who doesn't behave normally, often when it comes to sex* : perverts pervert the accepted rules of society. The most common use of pervert is as a word for people who are deviant sexually: that could mean a lot of things, ranging from being kinky to being dangerous, such as pedophiles. * Perverting also means changing or subverting something * . A cop who breaks the law is perverting the law. A criminal who convinces other people to become criminals is perverting them. * So when you think of pervert, think change — change for the worse. *

*dispose*

* सुव्यवस्थित करना , दे देना , Inclined , चाहना* If you dispose of something, *you get rid of it*. Don't want that sweatshirt with the clown's face on it? Give it away, throw it out, even sell it — these are all ways to dispose of that awful shirt. The verb dispose comes from the Latin word disponere, meaning *"put in order," "arrange," or "distribute"* — like when you dispose volunteers to collect trash at a park. The word of usually follows dispose when it means "getting rid of something." Another meaning is "*make willing or open to something, Incline* " like your childhood love of reading that disposes you to becoming a life-long reader.

haul

*1. move or take something, usually big and heavy 2. lot of something that you caught or won* To haul is to *move or take something, usually big and heavy* , and put it somewhere else. If you've ever moved to a new house, then you know that having to haul all your stuff there can really take the joy out of moving into a new place. You'll want to reserve haul for situations in which carrying something takes a lot of effort and ain't a lot of fun. You don't haul a sack of feathers, for example. You haul a bag of boulders, or a box of books. Haul is usually a verb, but you can also use it as a noun, * when you're talking about lot of something that you caught or won. We went digging for clams—look at our haul! After winning at blackjack, take your haul and hit the road. Don't risk losing it all on roulette. *

concussion

*A concussion is a violent blow, especially to the head, that often injures the brain or causes a loss of consciousness — an all-too-frequent occurrence, unfortunately, in contact sports like football or boxing. * First used around 1400, concussion originates from the Latin concussionem, which means "a shaking." Your brain certainly gets "a shaking" when you take a heavy blow to the head, which sometimes causes injury or permanent damage. It's not just people, though, who get concussions; a building can also suffer from a concussion during an earthquake

gallop

*A gallop is a horse's fastest gait, a full-on run सरपट दौड़ाना*. A loud noise might cause a trotting horse to panic and break into a gallop. Any four-legged animal can run at a gallop, although the word most often describes horses and ponies. To run this way is also to gallop: "I watched the horses gallop around the track." You can even use the word to emphasize a person's fast and heavy gait: "My little brother has to gallop around the house a few times before he'll go to bed." /A well-timed prank, or a misunderstanding, can gallop across the world on Twitter and Facebook in minutes, accelerating with every share and retweet./

pedestal

*A pedestal is a base or foundation that supports something like a statue or work of art.* Think of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. where a statue of Lincoln sitting in a chair is raised up on a huge pedestal. Think of the physical stand or support when you use pedestal figuratively to mean a place of superiority. If you put someone on a pedestal, you honor that person or place him or her above you, as you might a piece of valued art. If you want to knock someone off his or her pedestal, you think that person is too arrogant and you want to do something to humble him or her.

explicit

/M - Explicit - *Very Clear* / *Anything explicit is very clear, whether it's instructions or a dirty movie.* Thanks to parental-advisory warnings about "* explicit language" or "explicit violence,*" you might think this word only applies to things that are dirty, naughty, or adult in some way. That is a common meaning of explicit, but it's not the only meaning. * This also means anything that is clear and easy to understand* . Explicit orders are easy to carry out; explicit instructions are easy to follow. When someone is explicit, they're not beating around the bush or being confusing.

Ether

*Common Anesthetic , A substance that was said to fill all space and make all bodies , Sky * *Ether is a chemical that used to be a common anesthetic that you inhaled before undergoing surgery*. In most countries, doctors have replaced it with less flammable, safer drugs. The chemical ether is a colorless liquid that's still used as an anesthetic in some developing countries and as an industrial solvent. The Latin root is aether, which means "*the upper pure, bright air*". Ether was originally a scientific term for what 19th century physicists called "the fifth element," a substance that was said to fill all space and make up all bodies. *In modern times, ether has come to be a literary term that refers to the sky*

Epigram

*Epigram - short clever remarks , Aphorism Epigraph - Epigram written on an Object * /M - A.P + Gram(Gaon) - In AP's every gram or village its written that "Never confuse Education with Intelligence" , hence they teach students to be Intelligent than educated . This *epigram, short clever remarks सूक्ति* definitely make sense/ *An epigram is a short, clever remark *. One of Oscar Wilde's many memorable epigrams is "I can resist everything but temptation." Epigram comes from the Latin word epigramma, which means "an inscription." If you've ever seen an inscription on, say, the back of a watch, you know the writing has to be brief. It won't surprise you, then, that epigrams are very short poems, sayings, or famous quotations, like Benjamin Franklin's "Little strokes fell great oaks," a memorable reminder to keep working toward big goals or to pay attention to little details, the opposite of an epigram from our era: "Don't sweat the small stuff. *An epigraph is a kind of epigram, but it's written on an object, like a coin, a building, or a book*. An epigraph often comes at the start of a novel or short story, and gives the reader a little hint about what's to come:

Apostrophe

*In addition to being a punctuation mark, apostrophe can also be a literary device in which the speaker of a poem talks to someone who is not there*. A famous example of this is Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" in which he addresses the deceased Abraham Lincoln: "O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells."

Conniving

*Someone conniving is calculating, scheming, and shrewd — in other words, sneaky and up to no good.* Do you know anyone who is always trying to get away with things? Do they constantly look for ways to get out of trouble or work? Those kind of people are conniving. *This is a word for secretive, shifty behavior.* However, being conniving isn't the worst thing in the world — it's negative, but you probably wouldn't say a murderer is conniving. *It's usually reserved for con men, shady business moguls, and manipulative social climbers.*

Enlist

*To enlist is to voluntarily join the military*. You may have seen television commercials or posters encouraging people to enlist. There are various ways people end up in the military. *Sometimes there's a draft(Also called Conscript) , which selects people whether they want to go or not. Sometimes people enlist, which means they sign up on their own*. Enlisting also refers to recruiting or hiring people for some purpose or organization. If you are moving, you might try to enlist your friends to help — good luck with that.

waggle

*लुढ़कते हुए चलना* *move from side to side* move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion /Honeybees use the 'waggle dance' to convey information about the location of a food source to a hive./ /Then he waggled his fingers at us, motioning us into the frame./

Scabbard

/ M -Scrape(Cut the surface) + Board - A chef always kept his kitchen knifes in *म्यान* to save the sharpness of knife , he uses to cut the surface / A scabbard is a sheath for a sword, dagger, or other type of knife. Some cooks wear their French knives in a scabbard so they'll be ready to chop no matter where they are in the kitchen. You've probably seen a scabbard in an older movie. The hero sheaths his sword in a long wooden, metal or leather scabbard hanging from his belt. The origins of the word, however, are not that manly. Scabbard comes from an old Germanic compound meaning "blade protector.

insignia

/M - * In + Sign - an insignia is a sign or badge that shows your connection to some organization.* / An insignia is a badge you wear to show your position or affiliation. If you're an Eagle Scout, you can wear that insignia, or, if you're a Red Sox fan, you might wear the team logo as your insignia. The word insignia includes the word "sign" — an insignia is a sign that shows your connection to some organization. Military officers wear insignias that indicate their rank. When you watch the president of the United States give a speech, you'll see on the lectern the official presidential insignia — the circular seal with the eagle inside.

Hawser

/M - *Hose - bade hose ya ropes jisey Nautical purpose ke liye use kiya jaaye*/ large heavy rope for nautical use /The two stroke oars cast off the stern hawsers and vaulted over the gunnels to their benches./

Epilogue

/M - A.P + Log - A.P ke log har baat ke baad usey summarize kartey hian ki ...toh bhaijaan aap samjhey na , ye yun hua ..This last statements which * wraps up whole story is called Epilogue* / If you like to read the end of a book first, then maybe the epilogue is for you. The epilogue is a short piece that wraps up the end of a story. The noun epilogue can also refer to the short speech at the end of a play that one of the characters speaks directly to the audience. In Shakespeare's play The Tempest, the epilogue is a 20-line monologue spoken by Prospero. Epilogue comes from the Greek word epilogus meaning the conclusion of a speech

accentuate

/M - Accent + u + Ate - If you use a lot of emphasis to describe part of a meal, as in "the steak was SOOO good, and I liked the salad too," you "accent" what "-u" "-ate," or * accentuate ,To accentuate something is to emphasize it. * , the highlight of the meal — the steak./ There is an old song with the lyrics "Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative." The drawn-out pronunciation of the word accentuate (ack-SEN-chew-ate) draws attention to the word, which is exactly what accentuate does: it draws attention to something. Sometimes, though, a negative quality gets the focus, as in "his bad mood did a lot to accentuate his reputation as a grump," but the negative is usually an unintentional way to get attention.

Syncopation

/M - Psycho + Patient - A psycho patient joined a party and was not finding music exciting enough to dance . He ask DJ to play some music with more *syncopation ( Strong, distinct rhythm that makes you want to move.)*/ Jazz is the musical genre best known for syncopation, using rhythm and beats in unexpected ways to make exciting, finger-snapping music. Syncopation has been around for a lot longer than that, though — it pops up in works by Bach and Mozart, for example.

Emollient

/M - Am + Oil + ient - I am big fan of Johnson's baby cream , it *emollients ( Softening or Soothing शांत करनेवाला)* dry skin / * An emollient is a cream or ointment with a thick, gooey texture. When your hands are dry and cracked in the winter, you probably apply an emollient to make them softer. * Emollient comes from a Latin word with the same spelling, which means "to make soft." The noun form of emollient refers to a substance that makes something soft. However, emollient can also be an adjective used to describe something with a *softening or soothing effect*. For example, the annoying child on the airplane might be soothed by the emollient sound of the pilot's voice over the intercom

benign

/M - Be + Nine : Ek bande ko BE ke first sem main 9 marks aaye out of 100 , he was so depressed ki aage kya hoga .. tab uske dost ne bola bhai ye benign (* मामूली, unharmful , mild *) baatey hain and tere career pe koi asar nahi hoga / Someone or something that is benign is gentle, kind, mild, or unharmful: a benign soul wouldn't hurt a fly. Benign describes a range of qualities, all of them positive. When talking about a person, it means "gentle." In reference to weather or climate, it means "mild." In some other contexts, it simply means "*not harmful*"; you might speak of "a benign tumor" or "an environmentally benign chemical." The word comes from a Latin root benignus meaning "well born," but the implied meaning is "kind" or "pleasant" — it's hard to get mad at someone who has a benign disposition.

Brusque

/M - Brush + k yun - You want to Kiss without brushing your teeth .. that's *Brusque ( rude and unfriendly)*/ If you ask a salesperson with help finding something and all you get in response is a brusque "Everything's out on the shelves," you'll probably take your business elsewhere. *A brusque manner of speaking is unfriendly, rude, and very brief.* Brush and brusque are not related, but they sound similar--when someone is brusque, you often feel that they are trying to give you the "brush off." Near synonyms for brusque are curt, short, and gruff. Brusque (pronounced "brusk") was borrowed from the French word meaning "lively, fierce," from Italian brusco "coarse, rough."

badger

/M - Bugger - Who always *badger , bother* you / *Badger is to bother*. Persistently. On and on. Without stop. Relentlessly. Over and over. Endlessly. It comes from the name of that chipmunk-like animal that burrows into the ground. If you badger someone, you get under their skin. A badger is an animal that digs tunnels under ground to keep warm. To badger can also mean to persuade someone through constant annoying efforts. You might badger your mom to add another hour to your curfew or badger your friend to give you a turn with a video game he has been hogging.

Carrion

/M - Carry + On - A vulture saw another vulture eating * Carrion ( Dead and rotting flesh of an animal )* he said , bud carry On / *The noun carrion refers to the dead and rotting flesh of an animal.*Ever seen a dead opossum or cat in the road? You can call that road kill carrion. The word carrion comes from a Latin word caro, which means "meat," but carrion is usually considered unfit for human consumption. Birds of prey and other opportunistic animals will often have carrion as part of their diet, however. Sometimes the word carrion is used a little more metaphorically: " * The soldiers were unable to retrieve the bodies of their fallen brothers, so they were left on the field of battle like so much carrion. *

Cloture(Clo+ture)

/M - Closure - *To close a debate and causing immediate vote to be taken* / A method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.

calumny(Calamy)

/M - Column - Writing columns on Daily news paper to *Calumny ( destroy reputation of your opponent or to destroy friendship by falsely quoting them out of context चुगली , बदनामी)*/ Use the noun calumny to *characterize verbal attacks that are meant to destroy reputations or friendships*. You've probably seen political ads during election time that rely on calumny to move voters. Calumny comes from the Latin word calvi, meaning "*to trick, deceive," which is why it can also describe falsely accusing someone or quoting them out of context with the intent to do them harm*. Some political candidates use this tactic against opponents in the hope that voters will be tricked into thinking that the accusations are true. /The Americans should know the character of the men they are dealing with in Singapore and not get themselves further dragged into calumny./

commiserate

/M - Commission - In india you have to give commission for any Government work , an indian was telling this to his chinese friend and he was expressing * commiseration ( Sympathy ,समवेदना, सहानुभूति)* Commiseration refers to feelings of sympathy for other people. If a friend's pet dies, you will probably want to express your commiseration. * If you are feeling commiseration for someone, they are probably going through difficult times. * We feel commiseration when others suffer or feel pain and we understand that pain. We commiserate with them. The Latin root com- means "together with." Just as communication and community are words involving getting people together, commiseration is about feeling other people's pain.

concoct

/M - Con + Caught - Kaun Kaun se cheezo ko pakad ke tumne ye sabzi banayi hai ..A husband asks to his wife .. He further said .. it looks like *concot ( mixing different ingredients) * of Kerela and Baigan which i really dislike / When you concoct something, *you mix up different ingredients*. If you want to become a mad scientist or a wizard, you'll have to learn how to concoct strange potions. If the word concoction makes you think of steaming caldrons or liquids bubbling in test tubes, you'll be amused to know that it comes from a Latin word for "digestion." Yum! On summer days, children sometimes concoct imaginative stews from grass, leaves and dirt. * They may also concoct lies to explain why they tried feeding such concoctions to their little sister *

Prophylactic

/M - Condoms - This use of the word started because condoms, which are prophylactics, * were originally designed to prevent disease, not pregnancy.* / Describes something that can prevent something negative, such as disease. *Prophylactic surgery to remove a mole can prevent skin cancer.* * If you want to avoid getting sick, you can get a vaccine, take medicine, or have surgery — all of which are considered prophylactic measures. * Delve deeper into the history of this four-syllable word and you'll find the Greek term prophulaktikos, which means to "guard before." Prophylactic can also describe a contraceptive used to prevent pregnancy.

contraption

/M - Contraception - Contraception devices has specific purpose of fertility control however the * device is overly complicated , मशीन , Jugaad * / *A contraption is a device that has a specific purpose and is often overly complicated. *If your dad yells, "Get that contraption out of here!" He doesn't appreciate the Rube Goldberg machine you made out of his golf clubs. The word is English, all right, but how it got here is a mystery. It may be from a combination of contrive and adaptation. Contraptions — also called gadgets or gizmos — are devices people make for various purposes. *Often, this word is used when someone isn't quite sure what something is, as in "What's that contraption?" Oh that's just a dog-walking machine made of a roller skate, bacon, and four paper clips.* /These contraptions - and their hopes for a better life - come from a surprising source: an Israeli hospital./

coax

/M - Cox - Cox company se ek bande ko offer aaya , HR manager was *coaxing( Convincing Gently )* him that our company is really good and comes in fortune 100 ./ *When you coax someone, you try to convince him gently, with pleasant words and maybe a little flattery*. You'll have to be patient, as you can't rush someone you're trying to coax. When you coax, you have to be nice about it - you can't threaten or force. You put on a little charm and gently urge, so that the person or thing is happy about being coaxed. You might coax the runaway elephant back into the zoo by patting her gently and talking into her ear. If you wake up with a terrible bedhead, you might coax your hair back into place with the help of a little hair gel and a comb.

Rave

/M - Crave - *If you rave about a book you just read, you're telling people you think it's great, or you're giving it a rave review.* Rave has two levels, one that implies you're very * excited about something and the other that you are too excited, so you seem crazy.* While raving about a movie means to talk it up, being a raving lunatic means you are engaging in a lot of crazy talk. *When you rave about a performance, you talk enthusiastically about it. Take that enthusiastic talking to the next level, and you might be called raving in the crazy sense*

Denouement(Dee+Nuu+ Maan)

/M - Day + New + Mon - Monday should start with new * Denouement (Resolution , अंतिम परिणाम ,फल)* / * You know that part of every movie after the big action scene, where things get explained, and the characters tie up loose ends * ? That's called the denouement, or the showing of how the plot eventually turns out. Denouement is a French word that literally means the * action of untying * , from a verb meaning to untie. The English word is pronounced like the French: day-noo-MON. The last syllable has a nasalized vowel instead of the n sound. You can use it outside the context of plays or novels, too: you might describe the denouement of an argument between two friends. /The denouement of her career came on October 25, 1944, when she sold out Carnegie Hall. / /The denouement itself appropriates the theme of the huntsman who spares the child he is obliged to kill. / /For anyone who cared to watch, the event and its denouement provided a graphic demonstration that the Iron Curtain was crumbling. /

Dissemble

/M - Disassemble - On box , IKEA show full picture of sofa but when you order ,it comes in disassemble way and you need to spend good time to assemble it . This is just a trick to *deceive , false appearance ढोंग करना*customers. / *To dissemble is to hide under a false appearance, to deceive *. "When confronted about their human rights record, the Chinese government typically dissembles." Dissemble is a little more complicated than a straight lie or denial. When you dissemble, you disguise your true intentions or feelings behind a false appearance. * To dissemble is to pretend that you don't know something, to pretend that you think one way when you act another way. * "My boyfriend was dissembling the whole time. He was a married father of two."

Alleviate

/M - Elevate - Elevator lightens your burden by puling you from 1st floor to 20th floor . This also *alleviates( Lightens)* your tension to not carry your laptop through stairs / Do all these words make your head ache? If so, take an aspirin to alleviate, or relieve, your pain. The verb, alleviate, stems from the Latin root, levis "light" and is related to modern English words such as elevator and levitate — both words implying a lightening of one's load. Alleviate also has this sense of lightening a burden such as physical pain or emotional duress. You can take medicine to alleviate symptoms or do exercise to alleviate stress. Or if you want a bigger challenge: try alleviating traffic congestion or world hunger.

elicit

/M - Elite - If you say something bad about elite people , you will *elicit ( creating or provoking a response)* / *Elicit has to do with creating or provoking a response. A great speech will elicit cheers — a bad speech will elicit boos.* Teachers try to elicit responses from students. If a friend smiles at you, it will probably elicit a smile of your own. *In court, a lawyer might try to elicit mistakes and inconsistencies in the testimony of a witness.* In all cases, whatever is elicited is some kind of response.

Errant

/M - Errands - She went shopping for doing some errands but then her husband found her in an Arcade with her *naughty, misbehaving* son playing Planes. He scolded that you are doting your children to *wrong direction* / Something or someone described as errant has gone astray or done wrong by going in an unexpected direction. An errant bird might end up in northern Canada while his friends fly to southern Mexico for the winter. *Although errant is commonly used as a synonym for "misbehaving" or "naughty," it also refers to things that are just out of place भटका हुआ*. An errant bomb can hit a house instead of an army base, and an errant lock of hair can get in your eyes. Errant can be intentional, as in "the errant boys skipped school to go to the movies," or unintentional, as in "an errant snowball hit your neighbor instead of your arch enemy." /Israeli media speculated that it may have been an errant rocket that was not intentionally aimed at Israeli territory/

ethereal

/M - Ether +al - One of the patient had *अलौकिक insubstantial* experience after he was given Ether for Anesthetic purpose . He saw that he is flying in Sky and has *delicate and light* wings / Ethereal is something *airy and insubstantial*, such as a ghostly figure at the top of the stairs. It might also be something *delicate and light, like a translucent fabric, or a singer's delicate voice.* Ethereal comes from the Greek word for ether, which is a drug that makes you feel light headed and, in larger doses, causes you to lose consciousness. *An ethereal substance or sound is one that carries the feeling of ether--something you might see in a vision, that might strike you as heavenly or supernatural.* And, what is the mood — is it dreamy and ethereal, or is it dramatic and bold?

Expiate(X+pate)

/M - Extra + Pena + Ate (khana) - A cricketer ate and drank too much on the night before very important match , next day he was in hangover and team lost that match because of him ..he decided that he will Expiate this with quitting alcohol *प्रायश्चित्त करना*/ In the fairy tale, the baker must expiate his father's sins by bringing the witch three ingredients for a magic potion: a cow, a cape and a slipper. *Expiate means to make amends or atone for a wrong you or someone else has committed.* After the incident on the hill, a mortified Jill expiated her guilt by buying Jack a brand new crown. The shiny new crown served as compensation, or expiation, for the broken one. That it cost her so dearly made the expiatory gesture especially meaningful to poor Jack.

Flummox

/M - Flaim + Ox - An ox saw flame coming from a home .. he was flummox(* Bewilder , confound , चक्कर में डालना हैरान करना *) that what is this ? / Does the word flummox *bewilder, confound, dumbfound and generally mystify you? Well, fear no more, because flummox means all of these things!* Things that flummox you are probably not that serious, and often pretty amusing and informal: a TV remote or a crossword puzzle, for example, rather than something major like why your boyfriend or girlfriend broke up with you. (Now that's unfathomable.) Get this: linguists are actually mystified as to where the word flummox comes from — they're flummoxed, in other words. It may come from an old English word, flummock, meaning "to make untidy or confuse," but no one is really sure. Now, what could be more suitable?

Fulminate

/M - Full + Me + Ate - I was so full after eating fried chicken that it felt like my stomach will *Explode* / Watch a *bomb fulminate or explode* and hope you're under safe cover. Have your parents fulminate or blow up at you for coming home past curfew and hope you're not grounded for too long. The word fulminate is made up of the Latin root fulmen meaning "lightning flash." Look up at the sky during a violent thunderstorm and chances are you'll catch thunder and lightning fulminate or explode loudly and violently overhead. But you needn't look to the sky alone for this kind of intensity. *If you find yourself in a room with passionate Republicans and Democrats debating, you might see them fulminate *or severely rail against each other's beliefs.

gait

/M - Gate - I saw a man running from Bank's Gate toward his car , he was wearing black suit and i wasn't able to see his face , when police came then i realized that he was robber and i can only help Police with his *distinct manner of running/walking* / Some people have a very *distinct gait, or manner of walking or running चलने का ढंग *, which allows you to recognize them from far away. Walking with two legs is a pretty straightforward task, so most of us (with the exception of runners) don't think about our own gait very often. However, when four legs are involved, the definition of gait becomes more complex. * In horseback riding, gait is used to refer to the particular sequence or pattern of footsteps that the horse is using. * Well-known gaits include the trot, the gallop, and the canter.

Giddy

/M - Giddy UP - In the show "Seinfield" the character Kramer uses Giddy up to say * Lets Go or ready to go * / *If you've ever spun in circles until you fell to the ground laughing, you know how it feels to be giddy . This adjective can mean dizzy, elated, or — as in the spinning around example -- a lightheaded, lighthearted combination of the two. * The hackneyed phrase "giddy as a schoolgirl" calls forth the image of a kid giggling with her friends over some adolescent foolishness. Giddy has been used to describe someone incapable of serious thought or easily excited as far back as the sixteenth century. Given that, in modern usage, giddy describes someone silly and frivolous, it's interesting to know that the Old English source for this word has a slightly darker tinge: gidig means "insane" or "god-possessed." /The guy ought to have been in giddy spirits, but something was troubling him./ /Better yet, everyone who visits is relatively rich, and many are in a giddy holiday mood./

Dross

/M - Gross - Gross things are *worthless, damaging बेकार , कूड़ा (Dross) * and cannot be used for any purpose , I simply hate them ./ *Things that are a total loss — really worthless or damaging — are dross*. You could call that gunk between your teeth that comes out when you floss, dross. No one wants it, and it's harmful if it stays. *While dross is a noun for stuff that's physically left over or useless*, like the nonmetallic stuff left when metal gets refined, it's also used for people and forms of art. A really bad movie can be called dross, and a low or despicable person can be dross. Debris, or trash, is another form of dross. "Searching the backyard for unexploded fireworks — the dross of Chinese New Year celebrations — was a tradition for the kids and a safeguard for the dogs

hornswoggle

/M - Horn + waggle - Hum sab log Navy pear gaye and waha pe Circus dekha , while returning we saw this guy with Verb- deprive of by deceit /Responding to a tweet from the reporter Chris Sheridan, who wrote that Jackson had been "hornswoggled," Jackson wrote, "I'm okay with the Dallas deal."/ /So calls for greater oversight are welcome, particularly given how Wall Street has hornswoggled some muni issuers over the years./

hagiography

/M - Hug+biography - Aisi biography jisko padh kar itna achha lage ki us bande ko jaa kar Hug kar lo ..*A hagiography is a type of biography that puts the subject in a very flattering light. * / Hagiographies are often about saints. The two halves of hagiography refer to holiness and writing, and it is something written about holy people. Originally, a hagiography was a biography of a saint written without skepticism or criticism. A hagiography idealizes the subject and puts them on a pedestal. These days, a hagiography is not necessarily written about a saint, but it still idolizes the subject. A hagiography makes the subject seems like a hero, or at least a wonderful, nearly perfect person.

Huallabaloo

/M - Hulla + Baloo - Baloo ne chotu ke naye haristyle ke upar boht bada fuss bana diya aur zor zor se hulla karne laga ki tum boht gande lag rahe ho .. Chotu ne kahan stop this *Hullabaloo ( Fuss on something of little or No Importance )*/ * Hullabaloo is a lovely term for a fuss or commotion, usually over something of little or no importance, like a celebrity's new hair style.* * Save hullabaloo for the trivial fuss * . Anything of real importance — a war, a murder, for example — merits a more serious term like "disturbance" or "outcry." Hullabaloo allegedly comes from the sound of lots of people saying "Hullo!" Hullo!" In other words, it's an onomatopoeic word, that is to say it sounds like its meaning, like hiss or tick tock or oink. Curious fact: there's no plural to hullabaloo: hullabaloos is not a word. /Another instance of this antitechnology mind-set is the hullabaloo over honeybees/ /Even the almighty dinner itself soon fades from memory, a testimony to the nature of Washington, where politics, pomp and power ultimately trump celebrity hullabaloo/

Inerrancy

/M - In (No)+ Error - Something that has *inerrancy is completely accurate and cannot be wrong.* Many Christians believe in the inerrancy of the Bible. / You're most likely to come across the noun inerrancy in a religious context. It usually describes Christian religious writing — particularly the Bible — and the word of God. People who believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible are most likely to emphasize its inerrancy. In other words, they think that everything in the Bible is the literal truth. Inerrancy comes from inerrant, which originally referred to stars in the sky, and which is rooted in inerrantem, "not wandering" in Latin.

Ensnare

/M - In(Put In ) + *Snare(Trap ," The world's a snare" )* - To ensnare जाल में फंसाना something is to trap it. Instead of using snapping mousetraps, you might try to ensnare the mice in your kitchen and set them free outside./ While you can use the verb ensnare to talk about literally catching something in a trap, it's also useful for more figurative kinds of traps. Your *French teacher might try to ensnare you in becoming more involved in the French club, or rush hour traffic might ensnare you as you rush to make it to work on time. * The word combines the prefix en, or "put in," and snare, with its Old Norse root snara, "noose or snare."

infidel

/M - Infy + Delhi - Infosys employees are very complacent about their company . They call other company employees as *Infidel (नमकहराम , अशुद्ध , काफिर)* as they think that people from other company doesn't follow Technical standard / *Infidel is a nasty way of referring to someone who does not follow the same religion you do. How can you call people infidels and expect them to believe your religion is tolerant?* Infidel comes to English from the Latin infidelis, which means "unfaithful," although it's almost always hurled at a person of different faith. You can also use the word more lightly to mean someone who doesn't share a common belief or opinion. Cries of "Infidel!" could be heard throughout the dorm when you announced that you didn't root for the local football team.

Innocuous

/M - Innocent - kids were asking innocent questions to Superstar who came to their school . Questions were quite * Innocuous ( Harmless हानि रहित )* like whats your dogs name ?/ Something that's innocuous isn't harmful or likely to cause injury. Public figures like mayors and governors have to expect they'll get critical or even hurtful emails and phone calls, as well as more innocuous feedback. The adjective innocuous is useful when you're talking about something that doesn't offend or injure anyone. Innocuous remarks or comments are meant kindly, and innocuous germs won't make you sick. An innocuous question is innocently curious, rather than aimed to hurt someone's feelings.

Ironclad

/M - Iron + Clad (*Dressed, Covered*) - An Ironclad warrior whose *dress was inflexible and rigid* and whose *Promise or contract can not be contradicted*/ 1. inflexible; rigid: an ironclad rule 2. not able to be assailed or contradicted: an ironclad argument *Something ironclad is either covered in iron for protection or protected in a different way. An ironclad guarantee can't be broken or taken back.* Originally, this word was very literal: an ironclad battleship was clad (covered) in iron * बख़्तरबंद*. Since then, this word is more metaphorical, though it still applies to *things you can trust*. An ironclad contract is unbreakable. An ironclad promise can be believed wholeheartedly. If you were arrested on ironclad charges, you're going to be found guilty. /But at the same time, the numbers aren't quite ironclad./

gibe

/M - Jeeb - Kisi ko jeeb dikha kar chidhana *Insulting Comment चिढ़ाना */ "Loser! Bonehead!" the kids shouted, tossing those words and other gibes at the people who offered themselves up to the annual humiliation of the harvest-fest dunk-tank. A gibe is an insulting comment. To gibe is to insult.

Jibe

/M - Ji + BE - BE main sab bacche teachers ki baat pe *agree* hone ke liye Jee Jee kehte they , * So jibe is to Agree or compatible with someone * / *To jibe with someone is to agree with them. * Jibe can also mean "be compatible with or similar to." *If two people jibe, they get along quite well.* *A jibe can also be an insulting remark as another way to spell gibe*. If someone directs that kind of jibe at you, the best response is a really good comeback. And in nautical terminology, * jibe refers to a particular manner of changing the course of a ship *. How did this word come to have such different meanings? Your guess is as good as ours. Just try to remember that if you want to jibe with others, don't insult them.

contrive

/M - Kaun + Drive - Before New York Road trip , Manager has *created a plan* that who and when someone will drive / *When you contrive, you make a plan or a plot. * It may take you longer to contrive your way out of doing your homework than would to actually do it. Even though contrive often has a false or cunning feel to it, it is not always a bad thing. *Mental effort is always required though, as contrive is often used in connection with inventing schemes and plans to make something happen *. Contraption, a complicated mysterious device that does something, is related to contrive. Have you ever seen a Rube Goldberg contraption? When you contrive to do something, your plan may end up being that complicated.

Liaison

/M - Lia + Son - The relation between Son and his mother is called * Liaison (Refer to relationship or Connection मेल-जोल अवैध प्रेम सहकार ) */ *Employ the French-sounding word liaison to refer to a relationship*, a link between people or groups who aids communication. There are two main definitions for liaison that stem from Old French and before that, the Latin word for "to bind." The first definition refers in general to a connection or a relationship that serves effective communication. *The second definition refers more specifically to an illicit relationship, or an affair, and can have a negative connotation.* /Ministers have said the person would act as a liaison between the child, their family and access to any services they may need./ /She is a liaison and guide to the synagogue, whose name derives from Al Azma, a reference to "those who ran away" from Spain./

Lollop

/M - Lollipop - A kid was so happy after getting Lollipop that he was walking in frenzy manner *walk or run in an awkward, galloping way भद्देपन से चलना* / To lollop is to *walk or run in an awkward, galloping way भद्देपन से चलना*. Energetic, long-legged puppies tend to lollop around, stumbling and leaping as they go. When people lollop, they do a kind of goofy gallop — a little kid is much more likely to lollop than her dignified grandfather is. Young animals also tend to lollop, like a clumsy young colt or a bouncy, capering kitten. The verb lollop probably comes from loll, "to lounge idly," which is thought to be imitative in origin — in other words, the word itself sounds like rocking or swinging

Mince

/M - Mice - Mice who *mince ( Chop into tiny bits छोटे छोटे टुकड़े करना )* / To mince is to *chop into tiny bits*. Your favorite soup recipe might include directions to mince four cloves of garlic. When you dice an onion into very small pieces, you mince it, and when you grind meat very fine to make sausage or mincemeat, you also mince. Another meaning of the verb is to soften, or to express something in a gentle way: "She does mince her words when she talks to shy kindergarteners." The Old French root, mincier, means "make into small pieces," and it comes from the Latin word for "small," minutus.

Lint

/M - Mint - cotton from Mint tree use to *dress wounds* / * पट्टी , बत्ती , रोआँ * cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds

Dote

/M - Note - Making notes that what he likes , what he wants in his Birthday and then *showering him with your love and attention that is Dote* / Who doesn't love to have someone dote on them? * If you dote on someone, you shower them with love and attention.* Sounds like the life! Parents that dote on their children too much might find themselves in trouble down the road; all that unadulterated devotion is a surefire way to spoil your kid. The problem is that those who are doing the doting are often too smitten to see when the object of their affection is acting like a complete jerk. No wonder dote is related to a German word that means "to be foolish." That connection might also explain the use of dote to mean acting senile in one's later years /Connolly says she camped and fished with her family and doted on her younger brother, walking him home from the bus stop./

Peccable

/M - Pakka + Able - One who always say that pakka i will complete this work is *Peccable (Liable to Sin or Error , पापमय)*/ adjective; liable to sin or error /He was deposed from the Presbyterian ministry for teaching that our Lord's nature was peccable, or capable of sin./

Palpate

/M - Pal (friend) + pate (Stomach) - Ek dost ne apne dost ko bola , jiske liver main pain ho raha tha ki . Let me *palpate ( To palpate is to examine with the hands, by pressing.) * your stomach / Your doctor might palpate your abdomen if you have a pain in your stomach. You're most likely to come across the verb palpate in a doctor's office or another medical context. A veterinarian will palpate a limping dog to feel for broken bones or tight muscles, and it's common for a doctor to palpate the glands in your neck during a routine exam. The Latin root word is palpatus, which means "to touch."

pauper

/M - Pepper - Getting multiple packs of pepper from Domino's shows that you are * Pauper , Poor भिखारी*/ Pauper is an old-fashioned word for someone who is poor — really poor, like the paupers described by Charles Dickens or Mark Twain. The noun pauper has been around for over 500 years, but today, the word tends to mostly crop up in literature. If people use it in conversation, they tend to use the word self-deprecatingly. "I'm sorry, I can't afford to go with you to the movies. I'm living like a pauper this week, until I get paid."

Perfunctory

/M - Perfection - Once you get perfection in writing Informatica code , you will be doing it in * perfunctory way (Shows little enthusiasm or Interest )* / Perfunctory means done as part of a routine or duty. If you give someone a gift and they look at it like it's roadkill and say nothing about it but a perfunctory "thank you," you might not be giving them another one anytime soon. A person who does something in a perfunctory way shows little enthusiasm or interest in what they are doing. * Many of our everyday greetings are perfunctory. For example, when we say hello and how are you, it's usually done out of habit. *

Platitude

/M - Plate + Attitude - Ek plate pe likha tha * IMPOSSIBLE says I am possible साधारण उक्ति , साधारण बात */ If an executive gives a speech that begins, "This business is all about survival of the fittest. You need to burn the midnight oil and take one for the team," his employees might get sick of listening to these meaningless clichés and tell him to cut the platitudes. The English language contains many old, worn-out clichés, or platitudes. Phrases like "ants in your pants" and "as American as apple pie" are so overused that they've almost lost their meaning. People rely on these tired old remarks when they can't think of anything original to say. Be warned: if you throw too many platitudes into your conversations, people are eventually going to get tired of listening to you

Prologue

/M - Pre + Log - few lines showing Author , Date , Version , Description details are *prologue (आरंभ , आमुख , नाटक का आरंभ) * of an Informatica Log file / With the lines, "Two households, both alike in dignity," Shakespeare begins the prologue to Romeo and Juliet, setting up the idea of two families who hate each other before introducing the lovers in the opening scene. Like its buddy epilogue, which tells you what happens after the end of a story, a prologue is concerned with setup of a story. "As a prologue to what happened in the gym, I'll tell you about the food fight in the cafeteria earlier that day."

Precipitate

/M - Precipitation - Weather report predicted heavy ran around 05 PM , people *precipitated , acted suddenly ,हड़बड़ी करना* to leave office and reach home safely / Precipitate, as a verb, can also mean specifically, "*to fall from clouds,*" such as rain, snow, or other forms of precipitation. When used as an adjective, precipitate means "hasty" or "*acting suddenly.*" If you decide to throw your class project in a trash masher just because someone in your class had a similar idea, then your actions might be described as precipitate. Or if you do that sort of thing regularly, you may be a precipitate person.

Propensity

/M - Pro+ Pen +City - A city where everyone has 10 pens and few of them are best in the class . People have *propensity(Aadat*) to show their new and expensive pens / *A propensity is a natural tendency to behave in a certain way*. We all have propensities — things we tend to do. Dogs have a propensity to bark, and many people have a propensity for getting annoyed by it. * If you have a propensity for something, then it's something that comes naturally to you or something you just do a lot. Some people have a propensity to laugh. * Other people have a propensity for making others laugh, or for being generous, or for getting angry. *It's hard to change your propensities*. Sometimes a propensity is a bad thing, as in a criminal with a propensity for theft or murder.

radical

/M - Ready + Kal - A politician was getting ready for tomorrow's speech in which he will tell his people a *radical (Very New and innovative , Extreme views , If something is considered extremist or very different from anything that has come before it, call it radical.) * idea which will solve Water problem forever / The noun, radical, comes from the Latin radix "root," and in fact, radical and root are synonymous as technical terms in fields such as math and linguistics. *In more everyday language, a radical is someone who has very extreme views, so you could say that their views are different from the root up*. Similarly, a radical flaw or change is a fundamental one whereas a *radical design or idea is very new and innovative*.

Rant

/M - Rent - Ek makan malik ne apne kiraydaro ka rent dugna kar diya .. Kiraydar Students they and unko itna gussa aaya ki they had rant ( *A rant is an argument that is fueled by passion, not shaped by facts बड़बड़ाना.*) with Makanmalik . When the shouting starts on talk radio, or when a blog commenter resorts to ALL CAPS — you're almost certainly encountering an instance of ranting. Rant comes from the Dutch ranten, "to talk nonsense." Rave is a close synonym — in fact, "to rant and rave" is a popular expression. When rant is used as a noun, it means something like tirade. The first recorded usage of rant is from the end of the sixteenth century, in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. By the middle of the turbulent seventeenth century, the name Ranters was used as a catchall pejorative for various groups of radical Christian dissenters.

Sate

/M - Satisfied - Sometimes you're so hungry you feel like you could eat a ten-course meal. Other times it takes just a small salad to *sate(Satisfy) * your appetite, or to satisfy your hunger./ The verb sate comes from the Old English sadian, "to satiate," and can be applied to any situation regarding the satisfaction of a need or an appetite. If you have been craving something sweet, your craving might be sated by a bag of jellybeans. However, * if it seems like you can never get enough jellybeans, your appetite for sweets might be described as insatiable, a word used to describe a person or entity whose appetites — literally or figuratively — are impossible to satisfy. *

Quibble

/M - Scribble - Couples were fighting on Scribble over a silly word . Suddenly their son came and said Stop the *quibble (Small Argument or Fight that doesnt matter )*/ *A quibble is a small argument or fight. As a verb, it means to pick a mini-fight over something that doesn't really matter*. "Let's not quibble over price," people will say, usually when they plan to gouge you. It's better to watch figure skating with the sound off, rather than listening to the announcers quibble over a not-fully-rotated knee or the slightly diminished altitude of a jump. Sometimes a quibble between neighbors over two feet of property can escalate into a major feud.

Cede

/M - Seed - Seeds which * gives up its life Or Surrender * to become food for humankind / त्याग करना , आत्मसमर्पण करना *To cede is to give up or surrender land, position, or authority.* "She reluctantly ceded the coveted position as the baby of the family to her brother when he was born. She would not, however, cede her bedroom to him." Cede is a word often used in discussing diplomatic issues. *It is more commonly used in reference to actual physical things, like geographic areas or objects, but can also be used in reference to attitudes or opinions. "The rebels ceded territory after the siege failed." "Dad tried but finally ceded control and let me have my own Facebook account.*

Skiff

/M - Ship + Kid - A kid asked for small ship as his Bday present , instead his parents gave him a beautiful Skiff ..*Small boat छोटी नाव* / A skiff is a small boat. If you decide to purchase a skiff instead of giant yacht, you're probably someone who prefers the quiet, simple life. (Or maybe you just didn't want to spend the money on a yacht.) A skiff may be powered by oars, sails, or a motor, but in any of these cases, a typical skiff can carry only a few passengers. Skiff originally referred to a small boat attached to a large ship; the skiff would have been used for communication with and transportation to other large ships and the shore. Winslow Homer, a 19th-century American artist, often portrayed skiffs in his depictions of marine scenes.

Stickler

/M - Sticker -* Some one who sticks to the rules called Stickler* / *A stickler is someone who insists that things are done in a certain way*. Say you're getting married and want to write your own vows, but your partner's mother demands that you have a traditional ceremony. The mother is a stickler for tradition. *Stickler has its origins in a word meaning umpire, which may allude to a stickler's bossy nature. * Difficult problems or puzzles are called sticklers. It is helpful when remembering the definition of stickler that it has the word "stick" in it. So someone who "sticks" to the rules is a stickler.

Strife

/M - Strike - Strike was called when Management and Employees went on *Strife (Fighting or Arguing Violently )* / Strife is the *act or state of fighting or arguing violently*. The years leading up to the U.S. Civil War were characterized by great strife between northern and southern states over slavery and the role of a federal government. *This word applies to major issues and events, such as war and religious conflict: a period of civil strife *. Like its Old French source, the original meaning of the English noun strife and the English verb strive had to do with an argument or quarrel. But the verb strive has lost that earlier sense, and now means to try hard to do or achieve something.

tread

/M - Thread - To *walk with force on चलना* thread , you can also drive your car on thread but your * Tires Groove टायर के ऊपर का हिस्सा* should be good enough to balance the Car/ When you *tread on the earth, you walk on it.* The next time your pal thinks you have it too easy, you might ask him, "Why don't you tread in my shoes for a day?" Tread usually implies *stepping with force, but it can also simply mean placing your feet, one after the other, on the ground.* You might try to tread lightly on the moss in the backyard so you don't damage it. *Tread is also a noun that means the mark that a tire leaves on the ground, or the actual grooves on the tire.* You might be relieved that the tread marks at the crime scene didn't match your brother's truck after all

tyranny

/M - Tie + Rani - Raja asked his soldiers to tie rani because she didn't give him good wine , Rani pleaded that its such a small thing and please forgive me . Raja didn't heard a word , this show his * Tyranny ( repressive and arbitrarily cruel regime अत्याचार , क्रूरता, निरंकुश शासन) * * Tyranny is a noun that describes a repressive and arbitrarily cruel regime. * Don't accuse your mother of tyranny just because she won't let you play video games all weekend long. One of the root words of tyranny is the Latin tyrannia which means the "rule of a tyrant" and * a tyrant is a "cruel master."* Today, it can mean the repressive regime of a dictator or it can also mean being controlled by something metaphorically harsh like time or work. Maybe the oldest example of a tyranny is that of Tyrannosaurus Rex, or "king of the giant lizards," who many of us grew up thinking was the largest, most predatory and frightening of the dinosaurs who supposedly ruled over the rest of the dinosaur world with its huge, sharp teeth and claws.

tirade

/M - Tired - I am very much tired of listening to all those Gyans my boss gives in office ..his *Tirade (usually consisting of a long string of violent , emotionally charged words कड़ी निंदा )*/ A tirade is a speech, usually consisting of a long string of violent, emotionally charged words. Borrow and lose your roommate's clothes one too many times, and you can bet you'll be treated to a heated tirade. The noun tirade is related to the Italian word tirata, which means "volley." So imagine a very angry person lobbing harsh words and strings of profanity in your direction when you want to remember what tirade means. Although, tirades don't necessarily have to include bad words — any long, drawn out speech or epic declaration can be called a tirade.

dawdle

/M - Waddle - A man was waddling , he was very slow and was falling *behind and wasting time समय गँवाना* of whole group/ *There are lots of words that mean to move slowly. The point of dawdle is that one is moving too slowly, is falling behind, or is not properly focused on making progress.* One way to remember the meaning of dawdle is that it rhymes with "waddle," as in, "a duck waddles." Imagine what would happen if you waddled instead of walked. It would take a lot more time, and your companion might say, "Don't dawdle!" Dawdle implies not only taking extra time but actually wasting it. *A leisurely walk in the woods is one thing, but if you have to get to the theater on time, don't dawdle along the way: you'll miss the curtain!*

wattle

/M - Waffle - Mr. Turkey went to waffle house and ordered 2 Eggs Omelet , after having it his throat skin becomes Red and was hanging from the neck ...it happened coz he has cannibalism . / 1. Noun - *a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards *

waddle

/M - Wah + Dull - Very lazy person who is *walking like duck* / * डगमगाते हुए चलना , बतख की तरह चलना* A duck's walk is a waddle. To imitate it, turn your feet away from each other and take short clumsy steps that make you swing unsteadily from side to side. Ducks aren't the only animals known to waddle. Penguins with their little tiny feet may waddle along the ice, though they move gracefully through the water. *If your footing is unsteady, you might waddle a little too as you tread carefully. * Don't confuse waddle with wattle. A wattle is the red bit of flesh that hangs from the necks of turkeys and chickens. * Wattles waddle back and forth as birds waddle along.*

dollop

/M - dollar +Lollipop- In a dollor you will get only *Dollop (small piece*) of sweet / A dollop is a small, indefinite amount of something. People often ask for dollops of food. English has many words for amounts of something that aren't exact. For example, a load is a lot of something, *but a dollop is a little*. If you're watching your weight, you may *only want a dollop of dressing on your salad*. Most people use a dollop of shampoo when washing their hair. You can't measure a dollop, but it's should be a fairly small amount. If you use a whole bottle of ketchup, that's far more than a dollop /Their destination was Bannerman Island, a dollop of land holding the ruins of a castle./

frail

/M - fragile - *Something that is delicate and fragile can be described as frail*./ Grandma's favorite vase is probably too frail to use for football practice; some of us have learned that the hard way. Frail can also used to describe a person's physical condition: "When I broke my grandmother's vase, she yelled in a voice so loud that it was hard to believe it was coming from her small, frail frame." Another way to use frail is in reference to a person's emotional state. As the poet Sylvia Plath astutely observed, "How frail the human heart must be

Lassitude

/M - lassi + atitude - Lassi pee ke jo neend aur aaraam aata hia wo pura * lassitude (feeling , Tired , weary थकावट)* , ko dur kar deta hain / If you are feeling lassitude, you're weary and just can't be bothered. Couch potatoes make lassitude into an art form. Lassitude might sound like latitude, but the two words don't mean the same thing. *Latitude describes the distance of a particular location from the equator*. Lassitude is the weariness you'd experience after attempting to run a marathon around the equator. Lassitude can also describe a lack of interest, like deciding you'd rather lie on your couch than run that marathon along the equ

Steadfast

/M - study + Fast - One who is determined to completed his Masters in 3 Sem will Study fast and will be * Steadfast ( Firm and determined in belief )* / Someone who is firm and determined in a belief or a position can be called steadfast in that view, like your mom when she thinks you really shouldn't wear that outfit. The word steadfast traces back to the Old English word stedefæst, a combination of stede, meaning "place," and fæst, meaning "firmly fixed." Picture a steadfast person standing firmly in place, not wavering or budging an inch, and you'll have a good sense of what this word means. * Someone can be steadfast in a belief, an effort, a plan, or even a refusal. * Whatever it is, it means that the person will calmly hold firm to the chosen position and follow through with determination

unseemly

/M -* Un Appopriate */ Something that is inappropriate or unacceptable behavior is unseemly. It's a gentler, somewhat nicer word for "inappropriate" than its synonyms, the "in" words: "indecent, indecorous, indelicate, inelegant, inept" — well, you get the idea. Knowing that the "un-" prefix turns a word into its opposite, you'll see that unseemly means "not seemly." Let's look at that word (which is related to our verb seem), because it carries the real meaning. Seemly goes back to around 1200, to the Old Norse word soemr, "fitting, becoming." The negative "un-" was added in the early 14th century to denote the opposite meaning. "Seems" to make sense, doesn't it?

dally

Dally means "*to waste time.*" When you dally, you will cause a delay because of your dawdling. You have probably heard the expression "to dilly-dally" — which means "to dawdle." Well, if you take the dilly out of dilly-dally to get just dally — you still have pretty much the same meaning. *Dally has other common definitions, such as "to flirt" (especially without care of the result) or "to play."* The light tone is probably an echo of its origin, which is likely the French word dalier, meaning "to amuse oneself."

Disassemble

Disassemble is to take something apart, like an old car motor

Percussion

Percussion is music involving drums and other instruments such as gongs, bells, cymbals, rattles, and tambourines. The instruments themselves are also called percussion. They are struck to produce loudness, while the other instruments are strummed or blown into, or have keys that are depressed to produce notes. Percussion comes from the Latin word percussionem, which means "a striking, a blow."

Prone

The path of least resistance is where you'll find prone: it refers to *whatever you're likely to do.* The Latin root of this word is pronare which means to *bend forward*, and it's a handy way to remember both meanings. If you tend to wait to start your term paper until the night before it's due, * you are prone to procrastination — you bend toward it. If you stay up so late you fall asleep face down in the book, you are now prone at your desk.*


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