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Newspaper monthly vocab-2
January 29, 2018
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1 plot:- a clever trick or plan that is used to get someone to do something or to gain an advantage over someone
Examples:-
a)Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money.
b)asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
Synonyms: artifice, device, dodge, fetch, flimflam, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play, trick
Examples:-
a)Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money.
b)asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
Synonyms: artifice, device, dodge, fetch, flimflam, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play, trick
2 Noose:-a large loop at the end of a rope that gets smaller when you pull the rope and that is used to hang people, to capture animals, etc.
Example:-
a confirmed bachelor, he vows never to get caught in the noose of matrimony
Synonyms: entanglement, mesh(es), morass, net, web, quagmire, quicksand, snare, tanglement, toil(s), trap
Example:-
a confirmed bachelor, he vows never to get caught in the noose of matrimony
Synonyms: entanglement, mesh(es), morass, net, web, quagmire, quicksand, snare, tanglement, toil(s), trap
3 Impasse:-a situation in which no progress seems possible
Examples:-
a)An arbitrator was called in to break the impasse.
b)She had reached an impasse in her career.
Synonyms: deadlock, gridlock, halt, logjam, Mexican standoff, stalemate, standoff, standstill
Examples:-
a)An arbitrator was called in to break the impasse.
b)She had reached an impasse in her career.
Synonyms: deadlock, gridlock, halt, logjam, Mexican standoff, stalemate, standoff, standstill
4 Protrude:-to stick out
Examples:-
(a)His lower jaw protrudes slightly.
(b)A handkerchief protruded from his shirt pocket.
Examples:-
(a)His lower jaw protrudes slightly.
(b)A handkerchief protruded from his shirt pocket.
5 Efficacy:-the power to produce a desired result or effect
Example:-
(a)questioned the efficacy of the alarms in actually preventing auto theft
Example:-
(a)questioned the efficacy of the alarms in actually preventing auto theft
6 Vandalise:-to deliberately destroy or damage (property)
Examples:-
(a)Our car was vandalized in the parking lot.
(b)he decided to vandalize the store because the owner had kicked him out
Examples:-
(a)Our car was vandalized in the parking lot.
(b)he decided to vandalize the store because the owner had kicked him out
7 Remnant:-(a)the part of something that is left when the other parts are gone
(b)a small piece of cloth that is left after the rest of the cloth has been sold
Examples:-
(a)Remnants go on sale next week.
(b)sailed home with just a remnant of the colony's original population aboard
Synonyms: balance, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends
(b)a small piece of cloth that is left after the rest of the cloth has been sold
Examples:-
(a)Remnants go on sale next week.
(b)sailed home with just a remnant of the colony's original population aboard
Synonyms: balance, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends
8 Potbelly: -a large, round stomach that sticks out
Examples:-
(a)a man with a potbelly
(b)he began exercising to get rid of his growing potbelly and to improve his health
Synonyms: bay window, beer belly, belly, corporation, gut, paunch, pot
Examples:-
(a)a man with a potbelly
(b)he began exercising to get rid of his growing potbelly and to improve his health
Synonyms: bay window, beer belly, belly, corporation, gut, paunch, pot
9 Whence:-from where
Example:-
They returned to the land whence they came.
Example:-
They returned to the land whence they came.
10 Codswallop:-nonsense
Examples:-
a)That is a load of codswallop.
b)a trendy London restaurant serving bizarre concoctions that anyone with a brainanda stomach would dismissal codswallop
Synonyms: applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (orbuncombe), claptrap, nonsense
Examples:-
a)That is a load of codswallop.
b)a trendy London restaurant serving bizarre concoctions that anyone with a brainanda stomach would dismissal codswallop
Synonyms: applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (orbuncombe), claptrap, nonsense
11 Mural:-a usually large painting that is done directly on the surface of a wall
12 Precinct:-
(a)any one of the sections
that a town or city is divided into when people vote in an election
(b)any one of the sections that a city is divided into for organizing the city's police forces
(c) a police station of a precinct
(a)any one of the sections
that a town or city is divided into when people vote in an election
(b)any one of the sections that a city is divided into for organizing the city's police forces
(c) a police station of a precinct
13 Ousting:-
(a)to cause or force (someone or something) to leave a position of power, a competition, etc.
(b)to take the place of (someone or something)
Examples:-
(a)The rebels ousted the dictator from power.
(b)Large national banks are ousting local banks in many communities.
Synonyms: banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), expel, extrude, kick out, eject, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf
(a)to cause or force (someone or something) to leave a position of power, a competition, etc.
(b)to take the place of (someone or something)
Examples:-
(a)The rebels ousted the dictator from power.
(b)Large national banks are ousting local banks in many communities.
Synonyms: banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), expel, extrude, kick out, eject, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf
14 Flux:-(a)a series of changes : continuous change
(b)a substance used for helping to melt or join metals
Examples:-
(a)the English language is always in a state of flux
(b)January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores.
Synonyms: change, fluctuation, inconstancy, oscillation
(b)a substance used for helping to melt or join metals
Examples:-
(a)the English language is always in a state of flux
(b)January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores.
Synonyms: change, fluctuation, inconstancy, oscillation
15 Mansuetude:-the quality or state of being gentle
16 Forbade:-
(a)To order (someone) not to do something
(b)to say that (something) is not allowed
Synonyms: ban, bar, enjoin, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe
(a)To order (someone) not to do something
(b)to say that (something) is not allowed
Synonyms: ban, bar, enjoin, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe
17 Scrunch:-
(a)to make your body lower or shorter by bending your legs, making your backbend forward, lowering your head, etc.
(b)to tighten the muscles of (your face or nose)
(c)To put (several or many people or things) in a space that is too small
Examples:-
(a)I scrunched down in the chair.
(b)I scrunched the fabric in my hand.
Synonyms: crinkle, rumple, crumple, wrinkle
(a)to make your body lower or shorter by bending your legs, making your backbend forward, lowering your head, etc.
(b)to tighten the muscles of (your face or nose)
(c)To put (several or many people or things) in a space that is too small
Examples:-
(a)I scrunched down in the chair.
(b)I scrunched the fabric in my hand.
Synonyms: crinkle, rumple, crumple, wrinkle
18 Rave:-(a)to talk or write about someone or something in an excited or enthusiastic way
(b) to talk loudly in an angry or wild way
Examples:-
(a)“It's his best performance yet,” rave done movie critic.
(b) The guy on the corner was raving like a madman.
(c)The coach ranted and raved at the referee.
Synonyms: drool, effuse, enthuse, fuss, gush, rhapsodize, slobber
(b) to talk loudly in an angry or wild way
Examples:-
(a)“It's his best performance yet,” rave done movie critic.
(b) The guy on the corner was raving like a madman.
(c)The coach ranted and raved at the referee.
Synonyms: drool, effuse, enthuse, fuss, gush, rhapsodize, slobber
19 Rickety:-not strong or stable and likely to break
Example:-
He burst through the rickety screen door and onto the porch
Example:-
He burst through the rickety screen door and onto the porch
20 Superette:-a small supermarket
21 Cheapskate:-a person who does not like to spend money
Example:-
a cheapskate who lived like a pauper, she was reputedly the wealthiest woman in the U.S. at the time of her death
Synonyms: miser, churl, hunks, niggard, penny-pincher ,piker ,scrooge, skinflint, tightwad
Example:-
a cheapskate who lived like a pauper, she was reputedly the wealthiest woman in the U.S. at the time of her death
Synonyms: miser, churl, hunks, niggard, penny-pincher ,piker ,scrooge, skinflint, tightwad
22 live up to (one's) end of the bargain:-
(a)To do as was promised in an agreement or bargain
(b)to carry through with what one agreed
to do
Example:-
I've delivered the cash as you instructed. Now you have to live up to your end of the bargain
(a)To do as was promised in an agreement or bargain
(b)to carry through with what one agreed
to do
Example:-
I've delivered the cash as you instructed. Now you have to live up to your end of the bargain
23 Blurt:-to say (something suddenly and without thinking about how people will react
Example:-
“Gosh, you look awful!” she blurted.
Example:-
“Gosh, you look awful!” she blurted.
24 Blue in the face:-Showing signs of exhaustion or strain. Often used in the phrase "till (one) (is) blue in the face."
Example:-You can complain about it till you're blue in the face, but we're going to your grandmother's whether you like it or not
Example:-You can complain about it till you're blue in the face, but we're going to your grandmother's whether you like it or not
25. Rummage:-to search for something especially by moving and looking through the contents of a place.
Examples:-
(a)He rummaged through the attic for his baseball card collection.
(b)He rummaged in his pocket for the receipt.
(c)I heard you rummaging around in the refrigerator.
Synonyms: ascertain, descry, detect, determine, dig out, dig up, discover, dredge (up), ferret (out)
Examples:-
(a)He rummaged through the attic for his baseball card collection.
(b)He rummaged in his pocket for the receipt.
(c)I heard you rummaging around in the refrigerator.
Synonyms: ascertain, descry, detect, determine, dig out, dig up, discover, dredge (up), ferret (out)
26. Ecstatic:-very happy or excited : feeling or showing ecstasy
Examples:-
(a)He was ecstatic when he heard that he was going to be a father.
(b)a football player who was ecstatic upon receiving a full athletic scholarship to the college of his choice
Synonyms: elated, elevated, enrapt, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, giddy, heady, intoxicated, rapt, rapturous
Examples:-
(a)He was ecstatic when he heard that he was going to be a father.
(b)a football player who was ecstatic upon receiving a full athletic scholarship to the college of his choice
Synonyms: elated, elevated, enrapt, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, giddy, heady, intoxicated, rapt, rapturous
27. Jones:-a very strong desire for something or to do something
Examples:-
(a)that dude had a jones for heroin like you wouldn't believe
(b)I have a real jones for a milk shake.
Synonyms: dependence (alsodependance), habit, addiction [slang], monkey
Examples:-
(a)that dude had a jones for heroin like you wouldn't believe
(b)I have a real jones for a milk shake.
Synonyms: dependence (alsodependance), habit, addiction [slang], monkey
28. At someone’s beck and call:-ready to do something for someone any time you are asked
Example:-
She was confined to a wheelchair but had a private nurse at her beck and call.
Example:-
She was confined to a wheelchair but had a private nurse at her beck and call.
29. Cling:-(a)to hold onto something or someone very tightly
(b)to stay very close to someone for emotional support, protection, etc.
(c)to stick to something or someone
Examples:-
(a)The children clung together under the little umbrella waiting for the storm to pass.
(b)a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator
Synonyms: adhere, cleave, stick, hew
(b)to stay very close to someone for emotional support, protection, etc.
(c)to stick to something or someone
Examples:-
(a)The children clung together under the little umbrella waiting for the storm to pass.
(b)a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator
Synonyms: adhere, cleave, stick, hew
30. Teed off:-angry or annoyed
Examples:-
(a)She was very teed off.
(b)the boss is really teed off about the loss of one of our most important clients, so don't go near him
Synonyms: angered, apoplectic, ballistic, cheesed off [chiefly British], choleric, enraged, foaming, fuming, furious, hopping, horn-mad, hot, incensed, indignant
Examples:-
(a)She was very teed off.
(b)the boss is really teed off about the loss of one of our most important clients, so don't go near him
Synonyms: angered, apoplectic, ballistic, cheesed off [chiefly British], choleric, enraged, foaming, fuming, furious, hopping, horn-mad, hot, incensed, indignant
31. Coffer:-(a)a box for holding money or other valuable things
(b)money that is available for spending
(b)money that is available for spending
Examples:-
(a)kept the jewels in a locked coffer
(b)let me see what's in the household coffers and I'll get back to you about making a donation
Synonyms: safe, safe-deposit box, strongbox
(b)let me see what's in the household coffers and I'll get back to you about making a donation
Synonyms: safe, safe-deposit box, strongbox
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Novels Repository
January 25, 2018
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Catch Me if you can
Bill Clinton - My Life
Nikola_Tesla Biography - Prodigal_Genius
Oliver Twist
Paradise Lost
Pride and Prejudice
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Iliad
The Jungle Book
The Odyssey - Homer
The.Secret.(Rhonda Byrne)
The_Einstein_Theory_of_Relat
eBook_The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari_Robin S. Sharma
the-autobiography-of-nelson-mandela
The chronicles of narnia
stuart_little_2
The Lost World
Living History - Hillary Rodham Clinton
Harry Potter - The Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
A Christmas Carol
Alices Adventures in Wonderland
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Friday, 19 January 2018
Newspaper Monthly Vocab-1
January 19, 2018
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2. hornswoggled:-to trick or decieve,beguile,delude,hoax,dupe
Example:- I think we've been hornswoggled by that carnival barker.
3. Impromptu:-
not prepared ahead of time : made or done without preparation
Synonyms: ad hoc, ad-lib, down and dirty, extemporary, extempore, extemporaneous, improvisational, improvised
Example:-
He made an impromptu speech about honor and responsibility.
Synonyms: ad hoc, ad-lib, down and dirty, extemporary, extempore, extemporaneous, improvisational, improvised
Example:-
He made an impromptu speech about honor and responsibility.
4. Vagaries--an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
Synonyms: bee, caprice, crank, fancy, freak, humor, kink, maggot
Example:- the vagaries of a rather eccentric, elderly lady.
Synonyms: bee, caprice, crank, fancy, freak, humor, kink, maggot
Example:- the vagaries of a rather eccentric, elderly lady.
5. Confiscated:-to take (something) away from someone especially as punishment or to enforce the law or rules
Synonyms: attach, expropriate, sequester
Example:-Guards confiscated knives and other weapons from the prisoners.
Synonyms: attach, expropriate, sequester
Example:-Guards confiscated knives and other weapons from the prisoners.
6. Badger:-a) to harass or annoy persistently
b). a type of animal that lives in the ground and has short thick legs and long claws on its front feet
Examples:-
She finally badgered me into cutting my hair
She finally badgered me into cutting my hair
7. BACH:-a small house or weekend cottage.
8. Cemetery:-a place where dead people are buried
Examples:-
many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby
Synonyms: boneyard, God's acre, graveyard, memorial park
Examples:-
many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby
Synonyms: boneyard, God's acre, graveyard, memorial park
9. Filial:-of or relating to a son or daughter.
10. Careen:-to go forward quickly without control
Examples:-
the sled careened as it barreled down the hill
Synonyms: rock, lurch, pitch, roll, seesaw, sway.
Examples:-
the sled careened as it barreled down the hill
Synonyms: rock, lurch, pitch, roll, seesaw, sway.
11. Hoisting:-(a)to raise (something) especially by using ropes or machinery
(b) to raise into position
Examples:-
(b) to raise into position
Examples:-
a. The steel girders were hoisted intoplace and securely welded.
b. The engine was hoisted out with a winch.
Synonyms: boost, heft, heave, jack (up), upheave.
12. Valour/valor:- courage or bravery
Example:-
Example:-
The soldiers received the nation's highest award for valor
Synonyms: bottle [British slang], bravery, courageousness, daring, daringness, dauntlessness
Synonyms: bottle [British slang], bravery, courageousness, daring, daringness, dauntlessness
13. Evangelist:-a.)someone who talks about somethingwith great enthusiasm
(b).a person and especially a preacher who tries to convince people to become Christian
Example:-
(b).a person and especially a preacher who tries to convince people to become Christian
Example:-
an evangelist of space exploration.
14. Smithereens:-small broken pieces : tiny bits
Sentence:-the house was blown to smithereens by the explosion.
Sentence:-the house was blown to smithereens by the explosion.
15. Oodles:- a large amount of something
Sentence:-Oodles of data
16. Prerogative:-a right or privilege ; especially : a special right or privilege that some people have
Examples:-
If you'd rather sell the tickets than use them, that's your prerogative.
Synonyms: appanage
Synonyms: appanage
17. Pillar to post:-From one place or thing to another in rapid succession
18. Asunder:-into parts
19. Cobbles-- (a)to make (something) by putting together different parts in a quick way
(b) to make or repair (shoes)
(C) a round stone that is used in paving streets
Example:-
(b) to make or repair (shoes)
(C) a round stone that is used in paving streets
Example:-
expensive leather shoes cobbled in Italy
20. Subterfuge:-the use of tricks especially to hide, avoid, or get something
Example:-
Example:-
They obtained the documents by subterfuge.
Synonyms: artifice, chicane, chicanery, gamesmanship, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery
21. Gullet;-the tube that leads from the mouth through the throat to the stomach, esophagus
21. Gullet;-the tube that leads from the mouth through the throat to the stomach, esophagus
22. Insult to injury:-To exacerbate an already problematic situation in a way that is humiliating.
23. Porter:-- a person who carries burdens; especially : one employed to carry baggage for patrons at a hotel or transportation terminal
synonyms:carrier, bearer, baggage carrier, baggage bearer; Sherpa
Examples:-
she asked a porter to help with their bags"
she asked a porter to help with their bags"
24. Tandem:-(a)a group of two people or things thatwork together or are associated with each other
(b)one after or behind another
Example:-
(b)one after or behind another
Example:-
The team has a tandem of talented guards.
25. ATROPHY:-gradual loss of muscle or flesh usually because of disease or lack of use
Example:-
Example:-
The doctor is concerned about possible atrophy of the shoulder muscles.
26. Charred:-(of an object) become blackened as a result of partial burning
Example:-
a region charred by bush fires"
Example:-
a region charred by bush fires"
27. Belch:- a) to let out air from the stomachthrough the mouth very loudly
b) to push or throw (something) out withforce
c) to eject or emit violently
Example:-
c) to eject or emit violently
Example:-
a) He belched loudly, and his girlfriend said, “That's disgusting!”.
b) Smoke belched from the factory chimneys beside the river.
Synonyms: erupt, disgorge, eject, eruct, expel, jet, spew, spout, spurt
28. Demeanour:-a person's appearance and behavior : the way someone seems to be to other people
Examples:-
the director of the opera company has a haughty demeanor that can be irritating
Synonyms: actions, address, bearing, comportment, conduct, behavior, deportment, geste
29. Nerve-racking:-causing a person to feel very nervous
Synonyms: agitating, anxious, creepy, disquieting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, fraught, hairy, nail-biting, nerve-racking.
Synonyms: agitating, anxious, creepy, disquieting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, fraught, hairy, nail-biting, nerve-racking.
30. Bailiwick:-
one's sphere of operations or area of interest.
one's sphere of operations or area of interest.
31. Gnaw:-
to bite or chew (something) repeatedly
: to make (a hole in something) by chewing
Examples:-
Examples:-
a) The dog was gnawing a bone.
b) He nervously gnawed on his fingernails.
Synonyms: bite (at), corrode, erode, fret
Synonyms: bite (at), corrode, erode, fret
32. Effulgence:-radiant splendor : brilliance
Example:-
Example:-
the exceptional effulgence of the harvest moon is always a striking sight
Synonyms: brightness, brilliancy, candor, dazzle, brilliance, illumination, lambency.
33.logjam:- a)a situation in which a large number of logs floating down a river becometangled with each other so that furthermovement is not possible
b) a situation in which no progressseems possible
Examples:-
Examples:-
a) He was called in to try to break the logjam in the negotiations.
b) the presence of an ambulance on the side of the highway created a logjam of rubberneckers who just had to have a look
Synonyms: backup, bottleneck, jam-up, jam, snarl, tailback
34. Acreage:-land measured in acres
Example:-
Example:-
A large portion of the park's acreage is forest.
35. Abattoir:-a building where animals are killed for their meat; slaughterhouse
36.Guillotine:- a machine with a heavy blade that was used in the past to cut off the heads of people who had been sentenced to death
Example:- State have guillotined creative rights
37 Subtly:-a) hard to notice or see : not obvious
: clever and indirect : not showing your real purpose
b) having or showing skill at recognizing and understanding things that are not obvious
Examples:-
a)a subtle difference in meaningbetween the words
b) Racial discrimination still exists, only now it's subtler than it once was.
Synonyms: beguiling, cagey (alsocagy), crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, dodgy
38 Inadvertent:-not intended or planned
Example:-an inadvertent encounter with a rattlesnake in the brush
Synonyms: casual, chance, fluky (alsoflukey), fortuitous, accidental, incidental
39 Lodge:-a)to provide (someone) with a place to stay for a short period of time
Example:-
The workers were lodged in temporary camps.
b) a local group that is part of a largerorganization
Examples:-
He's a member of a Masonic lodge.
Synonyms: auberge, caravansary (or caravanserai), hospice
40 Wigwam:- a round tent that was used in the past by Native Americans as a house or shelter
41 Wigwag--: to send a signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Sunday, 14 January 2018
SRCC GBO past years
January 14, 2018
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Thursday, 11 January 2018
List of top motivational novels everyone must read for cat 2018
January 11, 2018
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1. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
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Saturday, 6 January 2018
Gross domestic growth(GDP) and GROSS VALUE ADDED(GVA) Growth rates
January 06, 2018
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GDP Growth Rates:-
Year Growth Rate
2014-2015. 7.5%
2015-2016. 8%
2016-2017. 7.1%
2017-2018. 6.5%
GVA Growth Rates:-
Year. Growth Rate
2014-2015. 7.2%
2015-2016. 7.9%
2016-2017. 6.6%
2017-2018. 6.1%
GVA Growth in the current financial year ending 31 March 2018:-
Agriculture,foresty and fishing. 2.1%
Manufacturing sector growth. 4.6%
Difference between GVA and GDP Growth is. 0.4%
Capital Formation Growth 26.4% (2017-2018)