Tuesday, 20 September 2016

janitor

He will fist bump with everyone. Even janitors.

A caretaker or doorkeeper of a building.

crawling

move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground.

 He will doing a crawling race with a baby.

Monday, 19 September 2016

REINS

NEVER GIVE REINS OF YOUR LIFE IN SOMEONE ELSE’S HAND.

a long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse's bit, typically used in pairs to guide or check a horse in riding or driving.

assiduous


adjective
showing great care and perseverance.
"she was assiduous in pointing out every feature"
synonyms: diligent, careful, meticulous, thorough, sedulous, attentive, industrious, laborious, hard-working, conscientious, ultra-careful, punctilious, painstaking, demanding, exacting, persevering, unflagging, searching, close, elaborate, minute, accurate, correct, studious, rigorous, particular; More

He was a mariner from some IIT extension college, a very good looking guy, and extremely assiduous student.

Wednesday, 7 September 2016

NYMPHO

  1. a woman with strong sexual desires.



REALISED MY WIFE IS A NYMPHO!!

Tuesday, 16 August 2016

paramour

a lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person.

Appellant Commander Nanavati, a Naval Officer, was put up on trial under sec. 302 and 304 Part I of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for alleged murder of his wife's paramour. 


Friday, 12 August 2016

womaniser

a successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women. masher, skirt chaser, wolf, woman chaser. a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women. Type of: debauchee, libertine, rounder. a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained.


Neither she was an alcoholic nor I am a womaniser. People do Grow apart & its unfortunate. Period!!

Thursday, 11 August 2016

insane


/ɪnˈseɪn/
adjective
In a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behaviour, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill.

Of course, he drove me absolutely insane at times, but nothing could ever seen to crack the foundation of what I felt for him as a friend or otherwise.

commute

/kəˈmjuːt/
verb
  1. 1.
    travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis.
    "he commuted from Corby to Kentish Town"
    synonyms:travel to and from work, travel to and fro, travel back and forth, come and go, shuttle
    "they commute on a stuffy overcrowded train"
  2. We used to study together, commute together, eat together, etc.

destined

/dɛstɪnd/

adjective
  1. (of a person's future) regarded as developing as though according to a pre-existing plan.
    "he was destined for great things"

abode

/əˈbəʊd/

a place of residence; a house or home.

you are most welcome to my humble abode

I reached his abode the next day.

Wednesday, 10 August 2016

wink

Facial expression 

synonyms:blink, flutter

close and open one eye quickly, typically to indicate that something is a joke or a secret or as a signal of affection or greeting.

When any cultural program is organised in the society we are far apart yet there is an exchange of winks.

Tuesday, 9 August 2016

teetotaller

a person who never drinks alcohol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teetotalism


Wednesday, 8 June 2016

accede


/əkˈsiːd/

verb formal
Past tense: acceded; past participle: acceded

Agree to a demand, request, or treaty.
The authorities did not accede to the strikers' demands.
Synonyms: agree to, consent to, accept, assent to, acquiesce in.

assume an office or position.
Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558.


Hemu acceded to the throne of Delhi on 7 October 1556 after defeating Akbar's Mughal forces in the Battle of Delhi in the Tughlakabad area in Delhi.

Flee


/fliː/
verb
run away from a place or situation of danger.
To escape the fighting, his family fled from their village.

Synonyms: run, run away, run off, make a run for it, run for it, take flight, be gone, make off, take off.

In the battle Islam Shah came out victorious and Adil Khan fled, never to be seen again.

Monday, 6 June 2016

Rescind

/rɪˈsɪnd/

verb
revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).
"the government eventually rescinded the directive"
Synonyms: revoke, repeal, cancel, reverse, abrogate, overturn, overrule.


Others demanded the government rescind the compensation given to Ikhlaq’s family and threatened to call a mahapanchayat of 144 Rajput villages if their demands weren’t met.

Sunday, 5 June 2016

Prominent

important; famous.

In Geneva, I will meet prominent businesspersons.

Saturday, 4 June 2016

siege

A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by attrition or assault. The term derives from sedere, Latin for "to sit"

Russia prevented Siege of India.


घेराबंदी

imbecile


/ˈɪmbɪsiːl/
DO NOT MAKE SUCH IMBECILE GENERALISATION

noun informal
1. a stupid person.
Synonyms: Fool, idiot, moron, dolt, halfwit, dunce, dullard, blockhead, ignoramus, clod; informaldope, thickhead, ninny, chump, dimwit, dummy, dum-dum, dumb-bell, jackass, bonehead, fathead, numbskull, dunderhead, airhead, pinhead, lamebrain, pea-brain, birdbrain, dipstick, donkey, noodle; informalnit, nitwit, twit, numpty, clot, muppet, plonker, berk, prat, pillock, wally, wazzock, divvy;

I'd have to be an imbecile to do such a thing.


adjective
stupid; idiotic.
Try not to make imbecile remarks.
synonyms: stupid, foolish, idiotic, silly, doltish, half-witted, witless, dull, brainless, mindless.


Friday, 3 June 2016

prerogative

prerogative
n
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
"suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"
syn : prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive right








Liberal

/ˈlɪb(ə)r(ə)l/

Adjective
1. Willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.
"Liberal views towards divorce"
2. (Of education) concerned with broadening a person's general knowledge and experience, rather than with technical or professional training.
"The provision of liberal adult education"

Synonyms: wide-ranging, broad-based, general, humanistic.
"The provision of liberal adult education"

Noun
1. A person of liberal views.
"A concern among liberals about the relation of the citizen to the state"

Mercantilism


/ˈməːk(ə)ntʌɪˌlɪz(ə)m/

noun
belief in the benefits of profitable trading.


Mercantilism was an economic theory and practice, dominant in modernized parts of Europe during the 16th to the 18th century, that promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers.

Sect

/sɛkt/

A group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong.

Synonyms: (religious) cult, religious group, faith community.

Armed And Dangerous In Mathura: Sect Used Grenades, Swords; 24 Dead 

Thursday, 2 June 2016

Plausible


/ˈplɔːzɪb(ə)l/

seeming reasonable or probable.

A plausible explanation
Synonyms: credible, reasonable, believable, likely, feasible, probable, tenable.


Either they got confused on the camera, a plausible explanation.

Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Adore

/əˈdɔː/

Love and respect (someone) deeply.

Synonyms: love dearly, love, be devoted to, dote on, care for, hold dear, cherish, treasure, prize.

verb
He adored his mother

What is there in two boy friendship that girls adore?

Worship; venerate.

He adored the Sacred Host.

Scapegoat


noun
a person made to bear the blame for others

verb
(transitive) to make a scapegoat of


It was his misfortune to be the scapegoat upon whose head parliament laid the accumulated sins, real and imaginary, of the East India Company.

Tremendous

/trɪˈmɛndəs/

Synonyms: very great, huge, enormous, immense, colossal, massive, prodigious, stupendous, monumental, mammoth, vast


He is all set to become a father for the first time in his life and the actor is tremendously excited about it.

Grievance

/ˈɡriːv(ə)ns/

A real or imagined cause for complaint, especially unfair treatment.

A website which enabled staff to air their grievances.

Synonyms: injustice, unjust act, wrong, injury, ill, offence, disservice, unfairness, evil, outrage, atrocity, damage; affront, insult, indignity

Civil disorder could be the result of a real or imagined grievance.

Besides the above political and administrative, economic, social and religious grievances, another major cause was the unrest of the sepoys in the army of the British.

Inferior


adjective
1. Lower in rank, status, or quality.

"schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country"
synonyms: lower in status, lesser, second-class, second-fiddle, minor, subservient, lowly, humble, menial, not very important, not so important, below someone, beneath someone, under someone's heel;

antonyms: superior;
They are regarded as inferior by other staff.
"inferior goods"

2. low or lower in position.

Ulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of the duodenum.


noun
1. A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.
"her social and intellectual inferiors"
synonyms: subordinate, junior, underling, minion, menial; informal bitch.


How dare she treat him as an inferior?

distrust

/dɪsˈtrʌst/

noun
1. The feeling that someone or something cannot be relied upon.
The public's distrust of politicians.

synonyms: mistrust, suspicion, wariness, chariness, lack of trust, lack of confidence, lack of faith; scepticism, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, cynicism; misgivings, questioning, qualms; disbelief, unbelief, incredulity, incredulousness, discredit; informalleeriness

The general distrust of authority amongst drug users.

Tuesday, 31 May 2016

Septuagenarian


/ˌsɛptjʊədʒɪˈnɛːrɪən/
noun
A person who is between 70 and 79 years old.


The septuagenarian industrialist said GDP growth will touch the double-digits mark in 2017-18 on good monsoons, as projected for the next four years under the La Nina factor, and also once the much-delayed GST becomes a reality

Scion


/ ˈsʌɪən/

A young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting.
A descendant of a notable family.

Most of the seniors are uncomfortable with what some described as the Gandhi scion's brusque and impatient style of functioning, and want his mother to helm the Congress for some more time.


Coronation

/kɒrəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

Synonyms: crowning, enthronement, enthroning, accession to the throne, investiture, anointing, inauguration.

noun
the ceremony of crowning a sovereign or a sovereign's consort.

The Queen's coronation.

A coronation is a ceremony marking the formal investiture of a monarch and/or their consort with regal power, usually involving the ritual placement of a crown upon his or her head and the presentation of other items of regalia.

The Congress' first family has been waiting for the right time for the coronation, but have now veered around to the view that doing it sooner is better.



Imminent

/ˈɪmɪnənt/
about to happen.

synonyms: impending, at hand, close, near, approaching, fast approaching, coming, forthcoming, on the way, about to happen, upon us, in store, in the offing, in the pipeline, on the horizon, in the air, in the wind, brewing, looming, looming large;


His crowning, said by top sources in the party to be imminent, will end one of the most debated topics in Indian politics in recent times. 

Ascension

/əˈsɛnʃ(ə)n/

noun
The action of rising to an important position or a higher level.

His ascension to the presidency.


Rahul Gandhi will soon be crowned as Congress president, bringing an end to a long running debate on what should be the perfect timing for his ascension to the top of India's Grand Old Party.

Forbidden

not allowed; banned.

Illicit

Adjective

Forbidden by law, rules, or custom.

Illicit drugs


Thailand has long been a hub for the illicit trafficking of wildlife and forest products, including ivory.

Reptile

noun
plural noun: reptiles
1. A cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises. They are distinguished by having a dry scaly skin, and typically laying soft-shelled eggs on land.

2. informal
A person regarded with loathing and contempt.
Are you contradicting me, you ignorant little reptile?

Stature (n)

/ˈstatʃə/

synonyms: height, tallness, loftiness;
A person's natural height.
A man of short stature.

importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement.
An architect of international stature.

synonyms: reputation, repute, standing, status, position, prestige, distinction, illustriousness, eminence, pre-eminence, prominence, importance, import, influence, weight, consequence, account, note, fame, celebrity, renown, acclaim.

Their stature is estimated to be about 5 ft.

This was a race distinguished by lofty stature.

Willows are trees or shrubs, varying in stature from a few inches, like the small British S.



Constitute

verb
past tense: constituted; past participle: constituted
1. be (a part) of a whole.
synonyms: amount to, add up to, account for, form, make up, compose, comprise, represent

Farmers constituted 10 per cent of the population.

2. give legal or constitutional form to (an institution); establish by law.
The superior courts were constituted by the Judicature Acts 1873–5.


synonyms: inaugurate, initiate, establish, found, create, set up, put in place, start, begin, originate, form, organize, develop, shape; More

solemnize


ˈsɒləmnʌɪz/

synonyms: perform, celebrate, ceremonialize;
verb
past tense: solemnized; past participle: solemnized

1. duly perform (a ceremony, especially that of marriage).

They needed only to find a priest to solemnize their marriage.
mark (an event) with a formal ceremony.

She made the promise which was solemnized by the local ‘witch doctor.

Most marriages are still solemnized based on castes


Ruin

/ˈruːɪn/

noun
1. the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

"a large white house falling into gentle ruin"
synonyms:      disintegration, decay, disrepair, dilapidation, falling to pieces, decrepitude, ruination;

verb
1. reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.
"a ruined castle"
synonyms:      destroy, devastate, lay waste, leave in ruins, wreak havoc on, ravage, leave desolate;

2. literary
fall headlong or with a crash.
"carriages go ruining over the brink from time to time"

She ruined her new dress when she accidentally spilt nail polish on it.

The engagement party was ruined when Patricia and her fianc- had a big fight in the middle of it, and decided to break up.

We visited the ruins of a Roman theater during our visit to the region.

The cake was ruined when she accidentally put a cup of salt in it instead of sugar.

crap


/krap/

noun
1. something of extremely poor quality.

2. excrement.

verb
1. defecate.
2. talk at length in a foolish or boring way.

adjective

1. extremely poor in quality.


The movie was very amateurish looking, with really crappy special effects.

The articles in that magazine are totally ridiculous. I don't know how anybody can believe that crap.

I can't believe you read such crap. You should read this book; it's way better.

So much of what you see on television these days is just total crap. That's why I don't watch it anymore.

This coffee tastes like crap. I'm going to ask for my money back.

That movie was terrible. I can't believe I just wasted $10 on such crap!