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Materfamilias: female head of the family

Auguries: omens
Despite all the auguries, it rained that day.

Orthogonal: immaterial , not pertinent to the matter
As the electricity went off,  the choice of movie became orthogonal.

suppuration: pus forming when wound is not cleared. 

Happenstance: coincidental happening 

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Flippant: Not showing respect
The murmuring at a funeral, even if its just remembering the good times with the deceased , is plain flippant.

Profusion: Abundance
With Ganesh Chaturthi around the corner, Lal Bagh Cha Raja and Dagdu Sheth witness profusion of devotees.

Vitriol: abusive language
The vitriol spewed was a proof of his deep seated racist mentality.

Primacy: great importance
Intels Primacy in the IT world is not a mirage.

Cataclysm: violent upheaval
Outbreak of ebola is predicted to be a cataclysm for Nigeria and neighboring countries. 

hey

Illicit: illegal
Al Capone is said to be involved in many illegal activities, he was arrested for tax evasion.

heyday: pinnacle, zenith
During the Heyday of Test Cricket, patience and endurance were the post valued traits of the player.

Entice: tempt
The ambiance of  Vegas can entice a teetotaler to give up his vow.

aphorism:  maxim, short saying,
Famed philosophers are known for their aphorisms.

Squelch: suppress
He squelched her hopes of getting a pet.

Hey

languished: become weak
after being stranded on an island for hours, the hikers languished, eating protein bars alone.

attenuate: taper off.
Her anger attenuated so far that she was civil to her again.

fickle: changing unpredictable
Florida weather is fickle.

inimitable: without equal
J K rowling was hailed as an inimitable writer.

artlessness: innocence
Her speech voted to be charming. basically due to her artlessness. 

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improvident: not careful
Many a times we are improvident. spending on today instead of saving for tomorrow.

Juggernaut: unstoppable force
Napoleon and his army was considered as a juggernaut till they met the Russians.

Panacea: cure all
Even if credit cards have made large purchases simpler, its no panacea as smaller transactions still need to be doe in cash

dispassionate: objective
If the book is written by Nora Roberts, i find it impossible to be dispassionate.

cornucopia:  abundant supply
According to Sheldon, Leonard is a cornucopia of humdrum chitchat.

hey

Elicit:: call forth
The smell of chocolate can elicit feeling of freshness anytime.

Estimable: deserving respect
The officer had 30 years honest service in his kitty, he is surely estimable

obliging: eager to help
Even after his busy schedule, he was surprisingly obliging.

unequivocal: having clear meaning
His ideas seemed confusing, but with his explanation they became unequivocal.

Patronize: treat condescendingly
Under pretense of help she was patronizing me by pointing out my tiny faults 

revision week

laborious: difficult
travelling for 36 hrs in a bus is a laborious task

Resolve: determine
After experiments, she resolved that she was indeed allergic to peanuts.

Complementary : Matching
pakodas and chai are complementary as they bring out subtle tastes in each other.

chauvinist : elitist, feels superior
The male chauvinism is a crippling factor for the society


Misattribute: misidentify
I misattributed the singer as Sonu Nigma when it was supposed to be Shaan. 

new one

lugubrious: overly sad
Lugubrious songs on radio puts a dent on the long drives

Semblance: maintaining appearance
The smart criminal maintained a semblance of being a perfectly lovely neighbor

dilettante: dabbler; often one who pretends to be very knowledgeable
He may feel he is an expert guitarist but after a few short lessons, he is nothing more than a dilettante

acerbic: harsh
Most aspiring actors are acerbic towards regional flicks

 sloven: habitually untidy or careless
My family will vouch for me being a sloven 

before the long weekend sets in !

Impecunious: having little or no money
Students are more often than not, impecunious 

To renounce an oath or solemnly : abjure 
He abjured his oath of being a celibate.

The act of washing the body; ceremonial washing: ablution
holy communion, Islamic ablution and Hindus plunging into Ganges could spread infectious agents

abolitionist: person who favours the abolition of certain practices
Mandiba was a great Abolitionist.

abominable: detestable
The disrespect of the lower sects is abominable

Abrade: to wear down or off , scrub endlessly
To abrade the bathroom, one has to pick up the bleach and brushes

hie

confabulate: engage in conversation

I can confabulate happily if the topic is of my liking.

Contrition: remorse
If you show contrition during prison term, you may get off easy

Pollyannaish: overly positive.
The salesgirl was appropriately pollyannaish, despite the crumpled faces of the customer.

Ersatz: fake
I hate ersatz high-fives, the are too hackneyed.

desiderium: an ardent longing
the desiderium for the things lost is one way to achieve depression

aberration from usual way - this is from frashcard

aaronic : head of the monks

assvogel : Vulture, greedy person

abaca: plant from Philippines

abaddon: hell

abate: mitigate

abase: pull down

abbey: convent under an Montessori

abbot: head of the abbey

abash: embarrassed

abdicate: give up

abduct : kidnap

aberration: diversion from normal path

abettor: helps in doing wrong thing

abeyance: suspension

abhor: hatred

abhorrent: detest

abject: mean, grower, miserable.

heyyo

Jejune : immature
Though haute cuisine sounds all fancy, it is often tagged jejune and unfilling .

gumption: resourcefulness
gumption is what we can loosely translate as Jugaad.

exhort: encourage
A cheat day every exhorts you to stick to a healthy diet

obdurate: stubborn
No amount of bribes could alter his obdurate attitude

broadside: verbal attack
No amount of broadside can beat a well-though out logic. 

heyyo !!

hawkshaw: detective
Sherlock is one  fine and slick hawkshaw 

inveigh: write or speak with hostility
While the world was shocked about the harassment, the old guy inveighed about the outfit of the girls today.

obloquy: strong public condemnation
society thinks obloquy is a better option than  negotiation

temerity: fearless daring
going into the haunted house in the middle of the night! i do not have that temerity 
--- may sound like timid but means exactly opposite--

cogent: convincing
with cogent argument, i just might get a dog !

---related to cognitive: related to the ability of the brain to think and reason rather than just feel--, 

heyyyo !

factitious: artificial
the backup story of the criminal was factitious 
Do not be confused by the 'fact' in the word to mean it to be real,

bridle: restrain
The vegan diet bridled his choice of restaurants

quip: witty remark
Quips usually are fun ice breakers

besmirch: dishonor
 the use of foul words besmirched the royal prince's reputation as well as the family name 

07/25 - Water and Time

As the tide washed in, the Dutch Tulip Man faced the ocean: "Conjoiner rejoinder poisoner concealer revelator. Look at it, rising up and rising down, taking everything with it."
"What's that ?", I asked.
"Water", the Dutchman said, " Well, and time."
                                                      - PETER VAN HOUTEN, An Imperial Affliction


conjoiner = consist of more than one entity. Conjoined twins, conjoined minds
rejoinder = witty comeback
poisoner = slayer, killler, someone who kills with poison
concealer = hidden, out of sight,
revelator = prophetic, indicative, indicatory, suggestive,

Weekend is here!!!

TGIF !!!

Proselytize : attempt to convert
People will proselytize you from android to apple, Beware !


Conflate: mix together
The musician conflates hip-hop with rock and even jazz.

pontificate: speak pompously
When its about Harry Potter, I tend to pontificate.

Arcane: understood by few
The passion of reading is arcane. Not every one gets it.

Raconteur: Storyteller
The art of a raconteur is inborn, it cant be learnt.

** it is originated from french word, raconter which means to tell **

This one is from mangoosh

pugnacious: combative
When the cricket team was booed, the captain pugnaciously spat back, "if you think it is that easy, give it a try"

excoriate: criticize harshly
When she left the car keys in the ignition and the car was stolen, she was excoriated and banned from driving ever again!

atavism: throwback ... It is ancestral throwback, meaning reappearing of the traits which had disappeared generations ago.
it is return to previous way of doing things or seeing things.
Living in straw huts without electricity or listening to gramophones can be said to be atavism.
Modern art is said t be atavism of the art found in small villages of Africa or South America.

probity : Integrity.
Politicians need to have the probity to lead.

supercilious: arrogant.
The air-hostess was superciliously towards the economy class as compared to those in the business class.

7/23: Came Across this!

Was Reading some thing and came across these words. At first, I thought I knew them but I was totally stumped. So here we go!

1. Conspicuous : This words sounds like something secretive but it is the opposite.
Conspicuous means something that is not concealed , out there.

2. Entrenched: Something that an individual has been doing for so long that it is deeply rooted and very difficult to change.

3. Incisive: Looks like this word is negative but naah it describes the quality of discerning (pointing out difference) between things.

So that are my 3 words for the day!

Wednesday

Abscond: leave secretly
synonyms: flee , decamp,  escape.

Sirus Black absconded from Azkaban 

Abate : reduce in amount
Synonyms: Wane, Slacken Assuage.

The turmeric paste did little to abate the pain. 

Forbear : refrain.
synonym: abstain ,withhold

If you are on diets, refrain from the chocolate cakes.

Admix: mix together.
Synonyms: commingle , fuse, Amalgamation, merge, Commix

The night was admix of music and food.

Devitalize : weaken, reduce in strength.
synonym: enfeeble , unnerve.

The prospect of walking up the slope devitalizes people. 

Attenuate : reduce
synonym: assuage

Debilitate : refuse or sap strength

heyy

implacable: unable to be calmed down
Argentinians were implacable after the match

convivial: friendly and lively
the reunions are always convivial

behoove : be ones duty
it would behoove the kids to attend their classes

aesthete: appreciator of beauty
as he could admire the oceans for days on end, it is not wrong to call him an aesthete

moot : irrelevant
remember how joey confused 'mooh' with moot ? the cows point of view scene !!

back after the hiatus

desiccated: lacking vitality
few movies today have solid stuff, rest put up desiccated works-boring shadows of classic ones.

Vaunted : boasted about
For years people vaunted the beauty of Mumbai Rains, when i witnessed it I knew they were not wrong

aboveboard: honest
 He is hardly aboveboard, he gets his work done with help of his angel face and charming smile.

lionize: celebrate
People learned to lionize Modi as he did become the PM of India.

Factitious: artificial
The defendants story was factitious and he was caught when the testimonies did not align with that of the eyewitnesses. 

July7th: 34 'V' WORDS from a Movie: V for Vendetta

Firs watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDO0Hc4klic

This (In Italics) is a Dialogue from a movie called V for Vendetta. ( MUST WATCH MOVIE if haven't already)

In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. 

vaudevillian:someone who performs in dramatic work or musical work
veteran:person who is experienced in his/her field
vicariously:live through others experience
vicissitudes:(vagaries) Differences
visage:face
veneer:thin layer that separates X from Y
vanity:feeling of excessive pride
vestige:remain from before (vestigial bone)
vox populi: feeling or sentiment shared by people


However, this valourous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition! 

valourous: courageous, showing characteristics of hero/heroine
visitation: formal or official visit 
vexation: annoyance, anxiety
vivified: renewed,revived
vanquish: clear off
venal: corrupt
virulent: deadly, poisonous
vermin: small insect, noxious animal
vanguarding: to be at the front, forefront of something
vice: evil, bad, moral weakness
vouchsafing: to give something condescendingly, to grant, to give
vicious: intentionally harmful
voracious: devour, to eat a lot
volition: will, intention


The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. 

vengeance: revenge
vendetta: blood feud, quest for revenge
votive: related to vow, something that has been dedicated or consecrated
veracity: truthful
vindicate: absolve from guilt, to free from guilt,
vigilant:careful observant or attentive
virtuous:high moral standards

Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V.

Verily: in truth, certainly
vichyssoise: soup
veers: swerve, turns,
verbiage: lot of words, overabundance of words
(Irony we have words for lot of words. Do we have words for 
everything? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Zo0mUO-GE)


Take this one slowly. Will take time to sink in :) Have a great day!

story time

Tantalizing: teasing
Story goes

There was a Greek king called Tantalus. He was mean and was sent to hell. there he found his spot was in a lake with shallow water with a tree laden with fruits over his head. The king was pleased and thought its a great deal. However as soon as he was thirsty and bent down to drink water, the water level declined. When he was hungry he would reach out to the fruits and they would be always just out of his reach. This teasing was called tantalizing after the King Tantalus.

thursday !

quip: witty remark
in one of the most famous quips about classical music, mark twain said about wager's music saying that it is actually better than it sounds.

promulgate: officially make known
Though they knew they had won the bid, they waited for the committee to promulgate the same


desiccated : lacking vitality
Unprepossessing things are not necessarily desiccated
( unremarkable, unattractive do not necessarily lack vitality, they may have some solid ground)

fastidious: fussy
I am not fastidious about anything but my shoes !

vaunted : boasted about
Mumbaikar cant help but vaunted about the lashing Rains.

Thursday

" you must exersice propriety whenever your in a public domain."
propriety: Correct or appropriate behaviour.

"at that early age she had been gullible and in love"
gullible: Naive and easily deceived or tricked

"He vacillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
vacillate: Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

"bolster morale"
bolster: support or strenghten

cacophony: A loud harsh or strident noise, din, clamour.

wednesday

Dessicate: lacking spirit/ life,
"a desiccate romance"
Preserve by removing all water and liquids from.
"carry desiccated food on your camping trip"

His pedant ways of studying are really boring to people like me.
pedant:A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.


The frequent fights at the office engender a lot of in difference and haterate amongst the
engender : generate something

"a pragmatic approach to the problem"
pragmatic: Concerned with practical matters, practical.

"the ephemeral joys of childhood"
ephemeral: Lasting a very short time.

Wednesday

1) Schadenfreude:  joy in others sufferings

Atop his mansion, he basked in schadenfreude when he watched the people sleeping on the streets.

2)Facetious: humorous

Facetious behaviour is not tolerated during the Mass. 

3)Eponym: derived from a name

India is an Eponym, It comes from the river Indus. 

4) Goad: aggressively urge on.

due to his incessant  goading, Jim took part in the race

5) Zeitgeist: spirit of times

Every decade has its own Zeitgest. The 50's were rolled in the spirit of independence

6) Ignoble: dishonorable.

Firing shoots across LOC during the peace time is an ignoble act

July 1st

In other words, the worldview that guides the moral and spiritual values of an educated person today is the worldview given to us by science. Though the scientific facts do not by themselves dictate values, they certainly hem in the possibilities. By stripping ecclesiastical authority of its credibility on factual matters, they cast doubt on its claims to certitude in matters of morality. The scientific refutation of the theory of vengeful gods and occult forces undermines practices such as human sacrifice, witch hunts, faith healing, trial by ordeal, and the persecution of heretics. 

hem: Most of your clothes have at least one hem in them — at the ends of your sleeves, the bottom of your skirt, or along the edge of your t-shirt. Here it implies that Science is adding possibilities to understand the world 

ecclesiastical: related to Church(Religion). Secular is the opposite of ecclesiastical. 

certitude:absolute confidence

refutation: To deny

occult: Hidden, not very well known

heretics:here it means someone whose religious beliefs are not in line with the church
but basically it is someone who does not follow the norm

Hello bhidu!

The enigma of the Bermuda triangle has not yet been explained scientifically.
Enigma: mistry, secret.

The fervid display of emotions hampered the drama of the family.
Fervid: intense emotions.

The sale executive managed to placate the angry customer.
Placate: assuage, to satisfy.

Implacable: person who is never satisfied by what is with him/her.

The student showed his zeal towards sports.
Zeal: strong eagerness, enthusiasm.

After jaundice patients should abstain alcohol.
 Abstain: to stay away, avoid.

 His apathetic attitude surprise me.
Apathy: absence of feeling, indifference.

The young politicians have the audacity to stand in front of the judge.
Audacious: in vulnerable to fear, bold.

Tuesday

1) Gravitas: Seriousness , Dignity


If you have a pink shoe with pink socks and a pink purse with a pink cell phone, i cant take you seriously , no matter how much gravitas you have in your voice.

2) Glean : collect

From all that you have told me, i have gleaned that you are a die hard optimist

3)unprepossessing : unremarkable.
prepossess is attractive so this is a passe , usual.
The cake was anything but unprepossessing.

4) Malapropism : confusing similar words
When someone is down, offering an antidote instead of anecdote is a lovely malapropism.

5) Maladroit : clumsy
Mal= bad ... adroit= right handed which in olden days ment graceful in contrast to the left handed people.  so this word means a bad-righthanded perso which translates to them being clumsy.

3)redress: correct unfairness.
As he forgot her birthday twince in a row , he had to redress the issue with an impromptu trip to Italy. 

June30

As usual, there’s plenty to be worried about: the steady evaporation of full-time teaching positions, the overuse and abuse of adjunct professors, the slashing of public funding, the shrinkage of course offerings and majors in humanities disciplines, the increase of student debt, the peddling of technologies as magic bullets, the ubiquitous description of students as consumers.

adjunct: something added to other thing but not the essential to it
peddling: act of selling goods


What would these Fausts have given for such knowledge? 

Fausts: Someone who can do anything for knowledge

an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge

They are apt to endorse the partition plan proposed by Stephen Jay Gould in his worst book, Rocks of Ages, according to which the proper concerns of science and religion belong to “non-overlapping magisteria.” Science gets the empirical universe; religion gets the questions of moral meaning and value.
Unfortunately, this entente unravels as soon as you begin to examine it. The moral worldview of any scientifically literate person—one who is not blinkered by fundamentalism—requires a radical break from religious conceptions of meaning and value.

entente: alignment
blinkered: parochial, spotted

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114127/science-not-enemy-humanities

Monday it is !! ( from the article !! )

1. Hortatory : words or actions that are encouraging in tone  , especially in time of need..
Generals  speech was hortatory for the families of the soldiers.


2) perspicacious: shrewd or wise.
A perspicacious child is not fooled by pepsi mixed with water.

3) recondite : difficult for average person to understand.
Shakespeare's work can be termed as recondite.

4) Contumely: abuse , insult
The praises are high points of life , just as contumely might be the low ones.

5) splice : intertwining of two ends of something to create strongest possible attachment.
the spidey power are spliced with Peter Parker to give us Spider-man.
The couple will be spliced in pen coming January :P.

Hi!

I found a genetic anomaly in his blood sample.
Anomaly : not normal.

The judge gave an equivocal decision which was not biased to any of the two part.
equivocal: neutral, uncertain.

The lecture on physics given by the professor was completely lucid.
lucid: transparent, to the point, clear.

precipitate: to bring down.

The customer care executive  was able to assuage the angry customer.
assuage: to satisfy someone, to mollify someone, to pacify.

The theories that are mentioned showed their erudite beginnings.
erudite: profound knowledge.

 His prodigal habit lead his father to remove his name from his will.
prodigal: wasteful, spending resources recklessly.

Hi!

NASA announced that it would delay the launch of the mannned spacecraft until the radiation from the solar flares abated.

 abate: reduce

The appeals judge has abdicated his responsibility to review the findings of the high court.

abdicate: to give up a position, right or power.

For centuries, solar eclipses were regarded as serious abberations in natural order.

 aberrant: deviating from what is normal.

 A good judge must hold his or her in abeyance until all the facts in a case have been presented.

abeyance: temporary suppression or suspension.

 John Steinbeck's novel The grapes of Wrath protrays the abject poverty of many people during the Great Depression.

abject: miserable, pitiful

June 26

The old lady worked throughout the day, not for herself, but for posterity.

posterity: future generation

 Their eschatology is the Singularity, which predicts that machines will outstrip humans in the near future, and benevolently uplift (or simply upload) mere mortals to nerd Nirvana.

eschatology: science of what happens after death
outstrip: surpass


If the origins of Western civilization are linked to ancient Greece, the future of human existence is pegged to Silicon Valley

pegged: something (as a fact or issue) used as a support, pretext, or reason

punctilious , fastidious, persnickety:
If you are any of the above words then you are AAmir khan :D YOu like eveerything to be perfect.

bhoni ho gayi

"I say, uncle, is this all the grub great swells have? I'm awfully perkish!" "That's early tea, my boy," was the answer, with a smile. perkish: somewhat hungry. " ... I wouldn't mind if she weren't a prominent person of the kind that's always in some sort of garboil. That would mean more trouble, sooner or later.." garboil: confusion. No one was privy to the goings- on at the house in the droke, though there was plenty of speculation about the rituals being performed to rid Mrs. Gallery of the cross her husband had become. droke: a valley with steeply sloping sides. ..... a job, a prayer, a lesson, a little of each, a prayer got by rote in case of emergency before the soul resigns and bubbling up all arsy-varsy in the old head done with listening, there I am old, it doesn't take long... arsy-varsy : wrong end foremost; completely backward.

25th June 2014

1. butting heads

To hit or push against with the head or horns; ram.

2. To be at loggerheads
Idiom:

Engaged in a dispute: The question of car privileges put Sam and his parents at loggerheads

3. splin·ter  (splntr)

n.

1. A sharp, slender piece, as of wood, bone, glass, or metal, split or broken off from a main body.

2. A splinter group.

To split or break into sharp, slender pieces; form splinters. See Synonyms at break.

v.tr.

To cause to splinter.

4. Figment:

Something invented, made up, or fabricated: just a figment of the imagination.

a fantastic notion, invention, or fabrication:

figment (ˈfigmənt) : a figment of the/one's imagination

something one has imagined and which has no reality.

Some more words..

8. Unassailable: unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated.

"an unassailable lead"

Michael Phelps is unassailable in swimming

June 24 - Sahil

1. makeshift: improvise

I invariably used the side of my college-id as a makeshift ruler, keeping the lines straight.

2. patent: obvious (secondary meaning)

His resume claimed that he held a patent, which was a patent lie.

3. patronizing: looks down, condescending

I now had more money than I had ever had before, and I began patronizing secondhand bookstores.

4.outstrip: defeat, surpass

No matter what they do, a competitive person always strives to outstrip others 

5. paradigm 

A paradigm is a way of looking at something.

7 words

1. cap·size

(of a boat) overturned in water

to flip. 

2. writ large (a phrase)

if something is another thing writ large, it is a clearer or stronger form of that thing Hollywood is American society writ large

clear and obvious.

"the unspoken question writ large upon Rose's face"

• in a stark or exaggerated form.
• "bribing people by way of tax allowances is the paternalistic state writ large"

made more obvious or prominent.

3. stellar

of or relating to star performer

outstanding, principal

She did a stellar job!

4. to bite the bullet

to make hard/tough decisions. For eg., the government decided to bite the bullet and increase the railway fares

5. slap·dash  (slpdsh)

adj.

Hasty and careless, as in execution: slapdash work.

adv.

In a reckless haphazard manner.

6. Pastiche: artistic work which is imitation of other's artistic work

pas·tiche

noun

1. 1.

   an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.

   "the operetta is a pastiche of 18th century styles"

verb

1. 1.

   imitate the style of (an artist or work).

   "Gauguin took himself to a Pacific island and pastiched the primitive art he found there"

"Instead, the memo turns out to be a slapdash pastiche of legal theories — some based on obscure interpretations of British and Israeli law — that was clearly tailored to the desired result. Perhaps the administration held out so long to avoid exposing the thin foundation on which it based such a momentous decision."

7. stash away - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"

Mr. X. stashed away all the money he got from bribes in his secret storehouse.

n m back on track

delineated : Describe or portray something , show exact position of something 

Using official data, Mr. Jaitley delineated the state of the dysfunctional economy. - The hindu 

Granary : a place to store grains 

 evocative: reminiscent , reminds of 

 Virat Kolhi 's game play is evocative of young Sachin Tendulkar

unduly : out of proportion , if someone is unduly mad at you it is out of proportion to what you did to tick them off

inter : bury in a grave or tomb 

if you loved your pet dearly, it seems right to inter him

Harry, Ron and Hermione interred Dobby the Elf 

halcyon:  calm , peaceful, happily tranquil 

ossify; become bony 

when the babay is born, his bones are weak, then they ossify ie become bony. The kneecap ossifies in the age 3-6. Figuratively it means to become hard. Old people have ossified the idea that young generation is heading for their doom 

cheese left out for long time is ossified, even rats wont touch it 

befuddle : to confuse 

The Matrix movie is bound to befuddle you. 

June 22.

Missed couple of days :(. But am back!

Today I am planning to write 3 'I''N' words which are a pain in neck. These are difficult GRE/GMAT words.

1. Iniquity : Immoral Character
Some would call Las Vegas a “den of iniquity,” implying that sinful or wicked behavior occurs there. Others would just call it a vacation. What do you think?

http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/stagnation#word=iniquity

2. Invidious: envious, offensive or defamatory
Some bouncers probably love theinvidious task of not letting good-looking people into their clubs.

3. Insidious: stealthly waiting for you
Cancer can be insidious, lurking in your body without your knowing it

http://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/insidious-invidious/


And here comes Monday!

for the insults need to be sharp and shrouded

1) Bootlicker : someone who licks or butters up the rich people or the influential people to curry some personal favors.
calling them bootlicker may get you punched
call them : sycophant

2) Superpatriot 
this guy thinks everything he has, does, or breaths is far superior to everyone else. from his toothbrush to shoes to religion and political party.He will advertise his affiliations with no bars.  He will argue and justify it. and for him he is the best person with the best car , best fuel and fastest drive ever. And he wont hide it.
Lets call him a chauvinist 

3) worrier
 for this lady, she is always sick but the docs do not find the cause or the effect of it. The palpitations are cardiac arrest though the cardiogram doesnt agree. This lady will visit all doctors to get a confirmation of her looming death.
Lets call her :  hypochondriac

4) slave-driver
 if you have that friend who is sort of like Monica and you feel she needs to have german subtitles with every order she gives, ou have a slave driver. they will make u toe the line, dot the i's and cross the t's. Now callng Monica slave driver is making your life hell so the word is martinet

5)Fanatic
 with FIFA this person will talk FIFA, sleep eat breath it till it is absurd. His clothes, cups and towels are FIFA to the point that his days circle around it and you are sure he dreams it as well. this is single minded obsession to the point of being absurd. Now replace FIF
a with cricket, wife, kids, cars etc .. we have a fanatic or shall we say  monomaniac 

Oh Yes! I did it too :D

The mother-son duo were considered the real power center in the Indian government for the past decade, with Singh merely playing the role as their political puppet. This arrangement was ostensibly confirmed by Singh's own former spokesman recently, and this abdication to the Gandhis makes it more difficult to sympathize with the erstwhile prime minister.

Ostensibly: Apparantly
Abdication: Give up place of power
Erstwhile: Former


Not only can they successfully expunge ideas from the public sphere and purge those who dare to express these ideas and attitudes, they can also brainwash anyone who simply wants to function as a part of society.  

expunge: censor, wipe out


The Chinese saying sha ji jing hou puts it succinctly: killing the chicken to scare the monkey. Punishing an individual as an example to others again incites this policy of intimidation that can resound for lifetimes and even generations.

succintly: clearly, briefly, Conveying the message in one line.