4/10/2013

1.       Debilitate:

Meaning – to decapitate, to weaken.

            Sentence- The retirement of Glenn McGrath debilitated the Australian pace attack.

2.       Thraldom:

              Meaning- bondage.

Sentence- Negative thinking is like a thraldom, as it restricts one from achieving one’s true potential.

3.       Cyrenaicism:

Meaning – Greek school of philosophy.

Sentence- The author of the manuscripts unearthed from the excavation site is unknown but I guess they belong to cyrenaicist period of Greek history.

 

4.       Tenor:

Meaning- general meaning.

Sentence- Indian media should understand the tenor made in public and then raise hue and cry about it.

5.       Seething:

Meaning- raging.

Sentence- Ramesh was seething with anger at the sight of his arch rival Suresh..

 

6.       Diffidence:

Meaning- lack of confidence.

Sentence- He excelled at the written test but his diffidence during the interview led his rejection in his dream company.

 

7.       Staid:

Meaning-  to sedate, sober.

Sentence- a. The victim was staid and then robbed of his belongings.

                     b. Prateek is a staid guy. I am sure he will never even touch alcohol.

 

8.       Impertinent:

Meaning-  irrelevant, not worth in a specific context.

Sentence- Ravi’s presence is impertinent in today’s meeting.

 

9.       Tacit:

Meaning- implicit, which is understood without being said.

Sentence- The hatred between the two stepbrothers was tacitly understood by other family members..

 

10.   Construe:

Meaning- to analyze or examine carefully.

Sentence- CBI construed the evidences and then framed charges against the minister’s son.

                                                                                4/8/2103
1. Obstreperous:
 Meaning – belligerent, bellicose.
 Sentence- The obstreperous Netaji never let the British breathe a sigh of relief.

2. Sprawled:
 Meaning- spread as one sits.
 Sentence- The kid sprawled on the new tricycle he got.

3. Proliferate:
 Meaning – to propagate.
 Sentence- The rampant proliferation of swine flu caused panic in the country.

4. Dirge:
 Meaning- a mournful poem(noun), to mourn(verb).
 Sentence- a. The composer composed a heartwarming dirge in the memory of the late saint.
                  b. The whole nation wants to dirge for the passing away of the great late saint.

5. Tenuous:
 Meaning- slender/ thin.
 Sentence- The acrobat walked on the extremely tenuous steel wire very easily.

6. Invasive:
 Meaning-tending to invade.
 Sentence- The Indian Army is always alert against the invasive terrorist forces.

7. Moot:
 Meaning-  to raise an issue or a question or a topic for discussion.
 Sentence- The host mooted the topic for the debate and the show began.

8. Benign:
 Meaning-  extremely kind.
 Sentence- Mother Teresa was, perhaps, one of the most benign humans who ever lived.

9. Bluster:
 Meaning- to talk very loudly.
 Sentence- The wife usually blusters and the husband rarely retorts – that’s the secret of a happy
                   married life.

10. Flex:
 Meaning- to bend/ stoop.
 Sentence- The athlete flexed his muscles day and night to prepare for the upcoming race.

                                                                             5/4/2103
1. Incest:
  Meaning - impure.
  Sentence- Every food commodity has become incest due to rampant adulteration.

2. Suffused:
 Meaning- gradually spread over.
 Sentence- The unknown virus has suffused over the entire town.

3. Whiff:
 Meaning - to sniff.
 Sentence- The police dog started whiffing the handkerchief lying near the dead body.

4. Siphoning:
 Meaning- transfer gradually over a period of time.
 Sentence- The siphoning of the talented pool of IT professionals to west is a matter of serious concern for India.

5. Innuendos:
 Meaning- half truths.
 Sentence- India – Pakistan relationship has been marred by innuendos for quite a long period of time.

6. Bourgeoisie:
 Meaning- the middle class or the class in majority.
 Sentence- The anti-corruption movement by Anna Hazare had incredible backing from the bourgeoisie in India,until it was marred by internal tiffs.

7. Jaffa:
 Meaning- unplayable delivery (Australian cricket term).
 Sentence- Who doesn’t remembers the Jaffa from Ishant Sharma that dismissed the great Ricky Ponting.

8. Rabble:
 Meaning- crowd or mob.
 Sentence- The police found it extremely difficult to check the rabble following the communal riots.

9. Dissed:
 Meaning- treat or speak disrespectfully.
 Sentence- The newly joined employee repeatedly dissed the team lead.

10. Vandalism:
 Meaning- act of destruction.
 Sentence- The public-private property was subjected to vandalism during the riots.

4/4/21031. Cooing:
    Meaning- sound made by birds.
    Sentence- My eyes opened with the cooing of birds this morning.

2. Haggle:
    Meaning- dispute.
 Sentence- The haggle  between Israel and Palestine doesn’t seems to settling down in near future    because of mutual distrust.

3. Emancipate:
 Meaning- to liberate.
 Sentence- We need to emancipate our bureaucracy from the menace of corruption.

4. Deceit:
 Meaning- deception
 Sentence- The spy was adept in the art of deceit.

5. Inebriation:
 Meaning- intoxication
 Sentence- The driver slammed the car against the tree in the state of inebriation.

6. Masquerade:
 Meaning- disguise.
 Sentence- I don’t like Ali, he acts nice all the time but it is all just a masquerade.

7. Chores:
 Meaning- daily routine tasks.
 Sentence- Along with his official chores he actively spares time out for social work.

8. Impregnable:
 Meaning- unconquerable.
 Sentence- The Australian cricket team was once impregnable.

9. Dilapidate:
 Meaning- ruin.
 Sentence- His addiction to alcohol dilapidated his family life.

10. Fathom:
 Meaning- a. unit of depth.
     b. to imagine or to conceive.
  Sentence- a. The wrecked ship lies many fathoms below the surface of sea.
   b. You cannot even fathom what kind of mental trauma Arun went through when  Lalit, his best  
   friend, eloped with his wife.

4/3/2013
1. pilfer:
   Meaning- to steal.
   Sentence- My drinking habit pilfered the happiness of my family but I realized it too late!

2. extricate:
   Meaning- emancipate, liberate.
   Sentence- We need to extricate our society from the plague called communalism.

3. affluent:
   Meaning- opulent, wealthy.
   Sentence- The affluent section of our society rarely pays any attention towards the poor and the needy.

4. retrogressive:
   Meaning- going from better to worse.
   Sentence- The politics in the country is going retrogressive day by day.

5. augur:
   Meaning- to predict(verb), prophet(noun).
   Sentence- a. He augured the victory of his party in the upcoming elections.
      b. The augur who hosted that popular horoscope show was found dead in his flat.

6. profane:
   Meaning- unholy, worldly.
   Sentence- The convict used to confess all his profane activities in front of the priest.

7. macabre:
   Meaning- terrible, gruesome.
   Sentence- The police was horrified with the macabre series of murders taking place in the area.

8. prudence:
   Meaning- caution.
   Sentence- The pilot's prudence saved the passengers of the flight from certain death.

9. detractor:
   Meaning- someone who treats you very lowly.
   Sentence- Never pay heed to your detractors, just continue the hard work with thorough dedication and success shall be yours.

10.recusant:
   Meaning- one who never gives up.
   Sentence- Gandhi ji became a recusant when he was informed that the British denied complete independence to India.