Vajpayee’s exhortations had no impact on the VHP, which rejected his appeal saying that it had no authority to postpone temple construction at Ayodhya.
Paraphernalia: a number of small articles of various kinds: (‘niji samagri’; ‘saaj saaman’)
In tow: following closely behind (‘peeche peeche’)
Tow: to pull (a vehicle) along by a rope or chain (‘rassi se kheech kar le jaana’)
Deve Gowda’s campaign paraphernalia include half a dozen cars with SPG, Police and an ambulance in tow.
Entourage: all the people who surround and follow an important person (‘parijan’)
Entrenched: firmly established (right, belief, etc)
Prejudice: (an example of) unfair and often unfavorable feeling or opinion not based on enough knowledge or reason. (‘purvagrah’; ‘bhed bhav’)
Entrenched prejudice regarding the ‘ability’and ‘performance’of woman officers makes Orissa bureaucracy male-bastion (dominated)
Dwindle: to become gradually fewer or smaller (‘kam ho jaana’)
Field postings are dwindling for women officers
Stifle: to cause difficulty in breathing properly; dousing the fire (áag bujhana’; ‘dum ghutna’)
Had lesser beings at the helm, India’s development as a modern society might have been stifled at birth.
Perpetuity: for a time without end (‘nitantarta’; ‘sthayitwa’)
Relentless: without pity; (relent- to have or show pity) (‘nirmam’; ‘kathor’; ‘nirdayi’)
Resurgence: a return to power, life and activity (‘punar-utthan’)
Resurrect: to bring back into use, fashion or attention (‘punarjivit hona’)
Vandal: a person who intentionally damages or destroys beautiful or useful things. (‘satyanaasi’; ‘barbar’)
Vandalism: intentional, needless and usually widespread damage and destruction, especially of public property (‘dhwans’; ‘gundagardi’)
Vandalize: to damage or destroy (especially a piece of public property) intentionally (‘tor for karna’)
Memorial vandalized
Somber: sadly, serious, gloomy, dark (údaas’; ‘shokmagan’; ‘feeka’)
Somber mood in congress camp
Spree: a time of free and wild fun’spending’drinking’etc’ (‘mauj masti ka daur’; ‘rang raliya manana’; ‘fijul kharch karna’)
“current disinvestment spree makes no sense”)
Punter: a person who risks money (gambles) on the result (‘baazi lagane wala’)
Banking sector catches punter’s fancy
Burp: to help (a baby) to get rid of stomach gas, especially by rubbing or gently striking the back
Configuration: details about components of the making of anything (‘samakriti’; ‘vyawastha ka praroop’)
With one more round of polling still to go, the political configurations are, however still in the making
Disperse: (‘titar bitar karna’)
Glittering: a splendid, excellent (glittering performance) (‘shaandaar’)
Batter: to beat hard and repeatedly (‘maarna’; ‘kutna’)
Their shares have been battered on the stock market.
Crawl: a vey slow movement; to move slowly with the body on the ground (‘rengna’)
Their growth is at a crawl.
Erratic: changeable without reason; not regular in movement or behavior. (an erratic tennis player = sometimes good, sometimes bad) (áishthir’; ánischit’)
Embezzle: to steal (money that is placed in one’s care)(‘gaban karna’)
A bank employee indulging even in a minor embezzlement should be dismissed from service.
Custodian: person in charge (‘sanrakshak’)
Content: (against, for, with) to compete (‘vivad karna’;pratispardha me hona’)
Contentious: likely to cause an argument, (of a person) tending to argue (‘vivadaspad’; ‘jhagralu’)
Haul: (away, on , up) to pull hard (‘dhona’; ‘balpurvak khichna’)
Obese: very fat. (átyadhik mota’)
An epidemic (‘mahamaari’) of obesity poses a great threat to world health.
Outburst: a sudden powerful expression of feeling or activity. (‘’prakop’; áaveg’)
Outburst at media
Navel: (‘dhori’)
Hurl: to throw with force (‘jor se phekna’)
Swear: to curse; use bad language; to state or promise formally or by an oath (‘kasam khana’; ‘gaali dena’; ‘sapath karna’; ‘vachan dena’) swore is the past tense of swear.
Slater hurled his helmet and swore at reporters.
Jaunty: satisfied with oneself and pleased with life (‘jinda dil’; ‘masti bhara’; ‘baaka’)
Jeopardy: danger (‘khatra’)
Jerk: to move suddenly (ék dum se chalna’)
Rage: (a state of) wide uncontrollable anger (‘kroadh’; ‘prakriti ka ugra roop’)
Hire: to get the use of (something) on payment of a sum of money; to employ (someone) for a time for payment (‘kiraye p;ar lena’; ‘majdoori par rakhna’)
Silicon Valley has started showing signs of life and is hiring again.
Trickle: to flow in drops or in a thin stream (álpmatra’; ‘risav’; ‘tapakna’)
Blood trickled down his face
Boom: to make a deep hollow sound; to grow rapidly esp in value; a booming sound or cry, a rapid growth or increase; a long pole; a heavy chain fixed across a river
Tutorial: a lesson given to very small class
Brothel: a house of prostitutes, where sex can be had for money
Inmate: a person living in the same room or building as others’esp unwillingly as in hospital or prison (‘qiadi’; ‘vasi’; ‘niwasi’)
Pretext: a reason given for an action in order to hide the real intention (‘bahana’)
Evict: to take (a person) away from a house or land by law (‘niskasan’; ádhikaar har lena’; ‘bedakhal karna’)
“The police come to our brothel and threaten to evict us from the area”, said the woman.
Citadel: a strong heavily armed fort (‘garh’)
Confine: to enclose within limits; keep in a small space (‘simit rakhna’)
Confinement: time of child delivery (‘prasav ka samay’)
The women are kept confined in naari niuketa.
Traffic: trade, buying and selling
Trafficking: to carry on trade: especially of an illegal kind (‘taskari’-smuggling)
Bust: to break especially with force (çhaapa dalna’ ‘raid maarna’)
Nationwide network of terrorist busted
Snail’s pace: a very slow speed
New meters being fitted at snail’s pace
Haphazard: happening in an unpleasant disorderly manner (‘laaparweah’; útpatang’; áwyawsthit’)
The car was being driven in a haphazard manner
Hush: silence; a peaceful one (‘shanti’; ‘khaamoshi’)
Grievous: very seriously harmful; severe (‘dukhad’; ‘kashtdayak’)
Injuries were grievous
Possession: ownership (‘kabja’; ‘adhikar’)
Urbane: (of a person or his / her behavior) smoothly polite (‘shist’; ‘susanskrit’)
Clout: to strike, especially with hands (‘mukka’; ‘ghunsa’)
Cavalier: thoughtless; in an arrogant manner (‘laparwah’; ‘ghursawar’; ábhimaani’)
Cavalcade: a ceremonial procession of riders, carriages, vehicles, etc (‘julus’)
Amrita’s cavalcade was received with folded hands and spontaneous assurance of support.
Ovation: a joyful expression of public approval- a standing ovation (when people stand and applaud) (ábhiwadan’; ‘taaliyan’; ‘jay jay kar’)
The crowd gave Mr. Walsh a standing ovation after his 500th test wicket
Overtures: an offer to begin to deal with someone in the hope of reaching an agreement,; prelude to a song (‘prastav’; ‘purvasangeet’; ‘jhalki’; ‘sambandh badhane ka isara’)
Woe: (something caising) great sorrow (‘shok’; ‘santaap’)
Sinew: a strong cord in the body connecting muscle to bone
He would have matched sanjay’s muscle sinew for sinew
Stink: (to give) a strong b ad smell (‘durgandh’; ‘badbu’)
He saw three men had slunk in next to a maruti car and one off them was ripping a gold chain off a passenger.
Rip: to tear or be torn quickly and violently. (çhirna- pharna’)
Leap: a sudden jump; jump through the air (çhalang lagana’)
Elude: to escape from, especially by means of a trick (‘haath na aana’; ‘bach kar nikal jaana’)
Ulterior: hidden or kept secretly; esp because bad (‘gupt’; ‘gurh’)
He is been frustrated because of ulterior political motive
Vintage: produced in a time famous for high quality and lasting value; (of a car) made between 1916 and 1930; (a fine wine produced from) the gathering of grapes in a particular year (‘shrestha’; ‘visishta’; ‘purana vahan’; ‘purana samay’; ángoor ki fasal’)
Vintage film memorabilia up for auction (nilami)
Rampage: to rush about wildly or angrily (‘hinsatmak vyavhaar’)
Mcc on rampage in Jharkhand
Interim: the time between the two events; meanwhile; good enough for a limited time but not meant to last (ántarim’; ‘alpkalin’)
Charred: to (cause to) become black by burning (ángarit’)
The police found a disfigured charred body
Boast: (derog) an expression of self praise; (not derog) not of people to be lucky enough to own; a cause for pride; (derog) to say or talk too proudly (‘ding hakna’; ‘itrana’)
He used to boast about the fact that he had met congress leaders while he was still in school.
Witty: having or showing a clever mind and amusing way of expressing thoughts (‘hajir jawab’; pariahs yukt’)
Snub: to treat rudely; by paying no attention (ándekha karke apmanit karna’)
Banal: (derog) uninteresting because very common (‘saadhaaran’; ‘ghisi piti baat karna’)
Banality irritates me
Oppress: to rule in a hard or cruel way; to cause to fell ill or sad (‘daman karna’)
Oppression: the condition of oppressing or being oppressed
Ambivalent: having opposing feeling towards, or opinion about something or someone (ambivalence)(‘milay julay bhaw wala’)
Recuperate: to get well again after illness (‘punah swasth hona’)
Renounce: to give up (esp a claim); to say formally that one has no more connection with (áswikar karna’; ‘tyaag dena’)
Renunciation: act of renouncing
Cow: to conquer or bring under control by violence or threats (‘dara dhamka kar niyantran me laana’)
The stings of misfortune spare none but they will not cow such a person
Tame: not fierce or wild; trained to live with people; dull; unexciting (‘paaltu’; ‘niras’; ‘vash me karna’) a tame football match; Atwal tames masters to create history
Pult: (in the game of golf) to strike (the ball) gently along the ground towards or into the hole
After the final pult everything happened so fast
Kitty: a sum collected by a group of people and used for an agreed purpose (‘saamuhik dhan’)
With 145 seats in its kitty, mulayam singh yadav’s samajwadi party is not in a position to secure the confidence of the new assembly.
Reluctant: unwilling and therefore perhaps slow to act (ánikshuk’)
Ecstasy: a state of very strong feeling especially of happiness (‘param anand’)
As the day progressed, the mood of his workers turned from that of jubiliation to complete ecstasy
Foray: a sudden rush into enemy country (‘prarambhik prayas’; çhaapa marna’; áakraman karna’)
But Jyotiraditya has improved upon that margin and created a niche for himself in his first foray into electoral politics
Boomerang: a curved stick which makes a circle and comes back when thrown; used by Australian as a hunting weapon (‘viprit aa parna’)
The DMK’S desperate attempts to have the election postponed appear to have boomeranged on the party.
Escalate: to make more serious by/in stages
Aggressive: always ready to quarrel or attack; threatening; not afraid of opposition;
Pakistan has described as “aggressive and hostile” President K.R. Narayanan’s assertion that
India would not de-escalate or resume bilateral dialogue until Islamabad stopped abetting cross border terrorism
Subtle: delicate, hardly noticeable, and usually pleasant (a subtle taste) very clever, especially in deceiving- a subtle change of pace by the bowler. (‘jatil’; ‘suksham’; ‘kushagra’)
The survey shows that underlying the unity of castes, there is a subtle class division.
Affluent: having plenty of money or other possessions(jaydaad); wealthy –affluence (ámir’; ‘samridh’)
“there should have been an increase in the fare of AC first class because it is used by the affluent”
Steep: rising or falling quickly or at large angle; unreasonable (‘betuka’; ‘atyadhik’)
He found the fare hike in the sleeper class too steep
Squeeze: to press together; compress; to fit by forcing, crowding or pressing; to force out by pressure; an act of pressing in from opposite sides or around; a condition of crowding or pressing; a situation in which there is a lack of certain things
The general tend to squeeze the middle class is not healthy
Amenity/ties: a thing or condition in a town, hotel, polace, etc that one can enjoy and which makes life pleasant (‘sukh saadhan’)
He said that while cleanliness and passenger amenities have failed to improve, the fares continue to rise.
Reprieve: (‘dandsthagan aadesh’) an official order delaying the punishment
Chanakya cinema seems to have got a period of reprieve from any immediate eviction by the New Delhi Municipal Corporation.
Reprimand: to scold officially and severely (‘fatkkarna’; ‘daat lagana’)
Execute: to kill (someone) as a lawful punishment (executed for murder); to carry out (an order, plan, or piece of work) to perform (music; dance steps’etc – execution) (‘karyanvit karna’; faansi dena’)
Deed: something done on purpose; law or written paper that is an official record of an agreement. (‘karya’; ‘vilekh’)
The license deed for the cinema was executed in 1970 and it expired on September 30, 2000)
Shove: (shoved, shoving): to push, especially in a rough careless way; a strong push- give it a shove (‘dhakelna’; ‘daalna’)
There are witness to prove that Nitish was shoved in Vikas’tata safari that night.
Douse: to put into water or throw water over. (‘bhigona’; ‘bujhana’; ‘daalna’)
He was burnt after being doused in a chemical
Annus horribilis: very bad year
The year 2001 will be remembered as annus horribilis by corporate across the world: their top lines and bottom lines nosedived.
Miasma: something bad or confused that is in the air all around you. (‘dushit vayu’)
Morning start in a miasma of fog and icy drizzle and evening descend by four.
Trigger: the small tongue of metal pressed by the finger to fire a gun; to start (esp a chain of event)
As the incident triggered violence in muslim-dominated Godhra, 150 km south west of Ahmedabad, curfew was imposed and the police issued shoot at sight orders. At least 35 people have been arrested.
Backlash: a sudden violent backward movement; a strong feeling against a growing belief or practice’esp against a political or social development. (‘paltav’; ‘pratighat’; ‘palatwar’)
Gujarat hit by Ayodhya backlash.
Gut: to destroy completely the inside of (a building), esp by fire.
There were 75 passengers in the bogies gutted and 15 children among those dead.
Precursor: a person or thing that comes before and is a sign of earlier type of one that is to follow, (‘purvavarti’; ágraduti’)
Incite: to (try to) cause or encourage (someone) to a strong feeling or action; (úttejit karna’; ‘bharkaana’)
It was possible that some passengers who had disembarked at Godhra had been harassed by the VHP activists on the journey, and they had incited the mob after they got off.
Dissuade: to advise somebody against doing something; persuade not to do (‘rokna’; ‘vidai’)
The allies have decided to mount pressure on the centre to dissuade the VHP from going ahead with its plan at Ayodhya
Induce: to lead (someone) (into an act) often by persuading; to cause or produce. (‘raaji karna’; ‘prerit karna’)
Differences between the two may have induced the high command to send someone.
Effigy: a wooden, stone, etc(‘pitla’;’pratima’)
Soup: to increase the power of (a car or engine) (‘behtar banana’)
Taint: to infect or make morally impure; a slight touch of decay, infection or evil influence (‘kalankit karna’; ‘dushit karna’)
If you are tainted forget elections.
Convoy: (a group of ships or vehicles travelling with) a protecting force of armed ships, vehicles, etc; (of an armed ship vehicle, soldiers, etc) to go with and protect (a group of ships, vehicles, etc)(‘rakshak dal’; çhaukasi se le jana’)
Flank: the side of an animal, person, or moving army; to be placed beside.(‘jaanwar ka bagal’; ‘makan ka kinara’)
A convoy of Yadav’s supporters even they flanked the van ferrying the accused from the jail to the court.
The congress should thank the glorious vagaries of the first past the post election system that we inherited from the British for this victory.
Paradox: a statement which seems to be impossible, because it says two opposite things but has some truth in it; an impossible combination of opposite qualities, ideas, etc (‘virodhabhasi’)
Psephologists will keep analyzing this paradox,
Terrible: very severe indeed; very bad indeed (‘kharab’; ‘bhayankar’)
Petty: (by comparison) un important- petty difficulties; (derog) having or showing a mind that is narrow and ungenerous(pettiness) (çhota mota’; ‘sankirn buddhi wala’; ‘matlabi’)
Splinter: a small needle like piece broken off something; a group that has separated from a larger body; to (cause to) break into small needle like pieces (álag ho jana’; çhiptiyon me bat jaana’)
The movement was badly splintered, damaged by petty ego conflicts and thus marginalized (ádhikaarhin’; úpekshit samooh’; -ignored group) in the contest between big parties.
Landscape: a wide view of country scenery; to make (the land around new houses, factories, etc) more like a garden (‘praakritik drishya’; ‘bhu drishya’)
A new state and a new electoral landscape.
Relegate: to put into a lower or worse position. (áwanit karna’; ‘phek dena’)
Everyone was relegated to being non-starters.
What should have been an obvious lead story was again relegated to just another news headline.
Insanity: madness; (‘junun’; ‘paagalpan’) check the insanity within yourself
Portent: lit a (wonderful or terrible) sign or warning, esp of something strange or undesirable. (portents of war) (ápshakun’; ‘purva soochna/sanket’)
Ominous: being an omen (a sign that something is going to happen in the fyture a good/bad omen) esp of something bad: ominous clouds (ásubh suchak’)
Twiddle: to move (the fingers) or play with (something) aimless (‘jatil’; ‘dishaheen’)
Fraternal: of belong to; or like brothers- fraternally (‘bhai ke saman’)
Fuse: to (cause to) melt in a great heat;(‘palite ka galna’) a small piece of wire in electric apparatus
The portents are ominous as the outbreak of violence in Gujarat has shown. While the government at the centre, demoralized by the Uttar Pradesh verdict, sat twiddling its thumbs, its fraternal allies in the sangh parivar seems to have succeeded in their objective of lighting the communal fire.
Fuss: unnecessary, useless or unwelcome excitement, anger, impatience, etc; a great fuss: pays a lot of attention to; kick up a fuss : to cause trouble; to act in a restless, nervous and anxious way over small matters.
