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Dec 6, 2013
Oct 7, 2013
Vocab : Oct 2013
Prudent
- careful and avoiding risks:
- meticulous , vigilant , cautious
- दूरदर्शी , बुद्धिमत्तापूर्ण
Sep 9, 2013
Vocab : Sep 2013
Ultracrepidarian
- beyond the limit
Resuscitate
- to revive or raise
Anguished
- extreme unhappiness caused by physical or mental suffering
- मनोवेदना से भरा
Deferred
- to delay something until a later time
- टालना
Envy
- to wish that you had something that another person has
- ईर्ष्या करना
Nonchalant
- behaving in a calm manner, often in a way that suggests you are not interestedor do not care:
- उदासीन
Jul 3, 2013
Idioms-July
SLUG IT OUT
- If two people slug it out, they fight or argue violently until one of them wins.
- जीत होने तक लड़ना
Feb 25, 2013
Vocabulary : Jan 2013
- Bluntly : बिना किसी बनावट के : in a blunt direct manner
- Synonyms : bluffly, brusquely
- Apartheid : रंग-भेद : a political system in which people of different races were separated
- Synonyms : segregation
- Prejudice : पूर्वाग्रह , भेदभाव : an opinion formed beforehand, esp an unfavourable one based on inadequate facts.
- Synonyms : Bias , Preconception
- Comprehend : समझना : to understand something completely.
- Synonyms : Apprehend , Perceive , Savvy
- Privy : गुप्त जानकारी के संबन्धित : to be told information that is not told to many people
- Synonyms : Toilet , Secluded , Secret
- Commence : आरम्भ होना : to begin something
- Synonyms : Begin , Lead Off, Embark on
- Vexed : विवादास्पद : difficult to deal with and causing a lot of disagreement and argument
- Synonyms : Harassed ,Controversial
- Slumber : अल्पनिद्रा : sleep
- Synonyms : Sleep , Nap ,Doze
- Bourse : सराफ़ा : a stock market
- Blizzard :बर्फ़ानी तूफ़ान : severe snow storm
- Memoir : वृतांत : a book or other piece of writing based on the writer's personal knowledge of famous people, places or events
- Ultra Vires : Beyond the powers.
Dec 31, 2012
Vocabulary : Dec 2012
- Endure : सहना : to suffer something difficult, unpleasant or painful
- Synonyms : Sustain , Persist
- Engulf : निगल लेना : to surround and cover something or someone completely
- Synonyms : Engross , Immerse , Swallow
- Feeble : दुर्बलता से : weak and without energy, strength or power
- Ipso facto is a Latin phrase, directly translated as "by the fact itself," which means that a certain phenomenon is a direct consequence, a resultant effect, of the action in question.
- Ab initio is a Latin term meaning "from the beginning.
- Preposterous :
- enact
- Epilogue
- Prologue
- Furrow
- Dither
- Heinous
- Mull
- Tumble
- Predicament
- Troll
- Juvenile
- Benevolent
- Hoe
- Exaggerate
- Providence
- Diaspora
- Incarcerate
- Recidivism
- Baton
- Valor
- Slender
- Slander
- Besmirch
- Stigma
- Antidepressant
- Scourge
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