change in form properties or nature
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
scoured
Clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard,
typically with an abrasive or detergent:
he scoured the bathtub.
he scoured the bathtub.
Friday, 15 June 2012
Whimper
if someone whimpers, they make quiet unhappy or frightened sounds, as if they are about to start crying.
Prance
If someone prances around, they walk or move around with exaggerated movements, usually because they want people to look at them and admire them.
Impudent
if you describe someone as impudent, you mean they are rude or disrespectful, or do something they have no right to do.
impudence.
impudence.
Vacuous
if you describe a person or their comments as vacuous, you are critical of them because they lack intelligent thought or ideas.
Frivolity
if you refer to an activity as a frivolity, you think that is amusing and rather silly, rather than serious and sensible.
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Benevolent
If you describe a person in authority as benevolent, you mean that they are kind and fair.
Precocious
A precocious child is very clever, mature or good at something, often in a way that you usually only expect to find in an adult.
Tiptoe
If you tiptoe somewhere, you walk there very quietly without putting your heels on the floor when you walk.
tiptoes, tiptoeing, tiptoed.
If you do something in tiptoe or on tiptoes, you do it standing or walking on the front part of your foot, without putting heels on the ground.
tiptoes, tiptoeing, tiptoed.
If you do something in tiptoe or on tiptoes, you do it standing or walking on the front part of your foot, without putting heels on the ground.
Epigram
An epigram is a short saying or poem which expresses an idea in a very clever and amusing way.
Attuned
If you are attuned to something, you can understand and appreciate it.
If your ears are attuned to a sound, you can hear it and recognize it quickly.
If your ears are attuned to a sound, you can hear it and recognize it quickly.
Hoarse
If your voice is hoarse or if you are hoarse, your voice sounds rough and unclear, for example because your throat is sore.
Compel
If a situation, a rule or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
If you feel compelled to do something, you feel that you must do it, because it is the right thing to do.
If you feel compelled to do something, you feel that you must do it, because it is the right thing to do.
Fret
if you fret about something, you worry about it.
The frets on a musical instrument such as guitar are the raised lines across its neck.
The frets on a musical instrument such as guitar are the raised lines across its neck.
Dusky
it means rather dark.
a dusky color is soft rather than bright.
Dusk is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark.
a dusky color is soft rather than bright.
Dusk is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark.
Wry
If someone has a wry expression, it shows that they find a bad situation or a change in a situation slightly amusing.
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
cajole
Persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery
he cajoled her into selling the house
he cajoled her into selling the house
calumny
The making of false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone's reputation; slander.
Such calumnies are easy to utter but hard to refute in a foreign country.
Such calumnies are easy to utter but hard to refute in a foreign country.
deluge
massive flood
Rain plops are now falling, quickly followed by a deluge, all fresh clothes and dry shoes are soaked.
Rain plops are now falling, quickly followed by a deluge, all fresh clothes and dry shoes are soaked.
ramify
Form branches or offshoots; spread or branch out.
This is an illustration of the far-reaching ramifications of the new cartel law.
This is an illustration of the far-reaching ramifications of the new cartel law.
Monday, 11 June 2012
Wriggle
if you wriggle or wriggle part of your body, you twist and turn with quick movements, for example because you are uncomfortable.
Plump
You can describe someone or something as plump to indicate that they are rather fat or rounded.
Hooligan
if you describe people, especially young people, as hooligans, you are critical of them because they behave in a noisy and violent way in a public place.
Fiasco
if you describe an event or attempt to do something as a fiasco, you are emphasizing that it fails completely.
Haste
It is the quality of doing someone quickly, sometimes too quickly so that you are careless and make mistakes.
Deadlock
If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
Meddlesome
If you describe a person as meddlesome, you are criticizing them because they try to influence or change things that do not concern them.
Besotted
If you are besotted with someone or something, you like them so much that you seem foolish or silly.
Tether
If you say that you are at the end of your tether, you meant hat you are so worried, tired and unhappy because of your problems that you cannot cope.
A tether is a rope or chain which is used to tie an animal to a post or fence so that it can only move around within a small area.
A tether is a rope or chain which is used to tie an animal to a post or fence so that it can only move around within a small area.
Assert
If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
If you assert your right or claim to something, you insist that you have the right to it.
The republics began asserting their right to govern themselves.
If you assert your right or claim to something, you insist that you have the right to it.
The republics began asserting their right to govern themselves.
Acutely
If you feel or notice acutely, you feel or notice it very strongly.
If a feeling or quality is acutely unpleasant, it is extremely unpleasant.
If a feeling or quality is acutely unpleasant, it is extremely unpleasant.
Sullen
Some one who is sullen is bad tempered and does not speak much.
The cook served her in sullen silence.
The cook served her in sullen silence.
Nerium
Stride
If you stride somewhere, you walk there with quick, long steps.He gave her the money and strode out.
Niggardly
If you describe someone as niggardly, you are criticizing them because they do not give or provide much of something.
eg: a niggardly supply of hot water.
eg: a niggardly supply of hot water.
Lawless
Lawless actions break the law,especially in a wild and violent way.
Lawlessness.
A lawless place or time is one where people do not respect the law.
Lawlessness.
A lawless place or time is one where people do not respect the law.
Eccentric
If you say that someone is eccentric, you mean that they behave in a strange way, and have habits or opinions that are different from those of most people.
eccentrically.
eccentrically.
Helping
a helping of food is the amount of it that you get in a single serving.
instructing the cook to bring a second or a third helping.
instructing the cook to bring a second or a third helping.
Hover
To hover means to stay in the same position in the air without moving forwards or backwards. Many birds and insects can hover by moving their wings very quickly.
Savitri hovered between the cook and her husband.
If you hover, you stay in one place and move slightly in a nervous way, for example because you cannot decide what to do.
If you hover, you are in an uncertain situation or state of mind.
Savitri hovered between the cook and her husband.
If you hover, you stay in one place and move slightly in a nervous way, for example because you cannot decide what to do.
If you hover, you are in an uncertain situation or state of mind.
Mouthful
A mouthful of drink or food is the amount that you put or have in your mouth.
I don't know when I shall have a little decent food to eat. I slave all day in the office for this mouthful.
I don't know when I shall have a little decent food to eat. I slave all day in the office for this mouthful.
Deign
If you say that some one deigned to do something, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they did it unwillingly, because they thought they were too important to do it.
Deigns,deigning, deigned.
Ramani did not deign to hear the question but asked, .....
Deigns,deigning, deigned.
Ramani did not deign to hear the question but asked, .....
Tumbler
is a drinking glass with straight sides.
Savitri gave him a tumbler of milk and saw him off.
Slink
If you slink somewhere, you move quietly because you do not want to be seen.
Babu dressed and slunk off to school.
Babu dressed and slunk off to school.
Contemptuous
If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all.
'All right, All right,' Ramani said contemptuously.
'All right, All right,' Ramani said contemptuously.
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
between the cup and lip
- between the hope and reality.
There is many a slip between the cup and lip.
There is many a slip between the cup and lip.
bill of fare
-menu card; list of food,dishes,etc.He told the bearer to bring the bill of fare before ordering the dinner.
Tuesday, 5 June 2012
betroth
promise to marry.
Within 24 hours of anne boleyn's execution, jane seymour and henry viii were formally betrothed.
Within 24 hours of anne boleyn's execution, jane seymour and henry viii were formally betrothed.
blatant
obvious.
Despite a pretty blatant title the film isn't constituted entirely by large amounts of violence.
Despite a pretty blatant title the film isn't constituted entirely by large amounts of violence.
brawl
noisy fight
Little italy owner eugenio gentile said police did not know what
sparked the brawl.
A full scale drunken brawl was in progress, no doubt.
A full scale drunken brawl was in progress, no doubt.
Monday, 4 June 2012
fresco
Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls, ceilings or any other type of flat surfacebeat a retreat
- to retreat.
Before the advancing forces of the enemy , the patriots beat a hasty retreat.
Before the advancing forces of the enemy , the patriots beat a hasty retreat.
Beau ideal
-ideal beauty
Truth should be the beau ideal of life and not money which is the beau ideal now-a-days.
Truth should be the beau ideal of life and not money which is the beau ideal now-a-days.
bell the cat
-take the leading part in any hazardous job
Opposition wants to oust the Prime Minister but no body is ready to bell the cat
Opposition wants to oust the Prime Minister but no body is ready to bell the cat
To run berserk
- to become frenzied or mad
Many men iin mumbai run berserk on account of hot and damped whether
Many men iin mumbai run berserk on account of hot and damped whether
Boorish
boorish behavior is rough, uneducated, and rude.
eg : their boorish rejection of the ageing movie star.
eg : their boorish rejection of the ageing movie star.
Lateral
lateral means relating to the sides of something, or moving in a sideways direction.
adv : laterally
eg : lateral movement of the bridge is between 4 to 6 inches.
adv : laterally
eg : lateral movement of the bridge is between 4 to 6 inches.
Mediate
if someone mediates between two groups of people, or mediates an agreement between them, they try to settle an argument between them by talking to both groups and trying to find things that they can both agree to.
mediates/mediating/mediated
mediates/mediating/mediated
Hunch
if you hunch about something, you are sure that it is correct or true, even though yo do not have any proof.
eg : I had a hunch that Susan and I would work well together.
if you hunch forward, you raise your shoulders, put your head down, and lean forwards, often because you are cold, ill, or unhappy.
eg: He got out his map of Yorkshire and hunched over to read the small print.
if you hunch your shoulders, you raise them and lean forwards slightly.
eg : I had a hunch that Susan and I would work well together.
if you hunch forward, you raise your shoulders, put your head down, and lean forwards, often because you are cold, ill, or unhappy.
eg: He got out his map of Yorkshire and hunched over to read the small print.
if you hunch your shoulders, you raise them and lean forwards slightly.
Naive
if you describe someone as naive, you think they lack experience and so expect things to be easy or people to be honest or kind.
adv : naively
adv : naively
Sleazy
if you describe a place as sleazy, you dislike it because it looks dirty and badly cared for, and not respectable.
if you describe something or someone as sleazy, you disapprove of them because you think they are not respectable and are rather disgusting.
if you describe something or someone as sleazy, you disapprove of them because you think they are not respectable and are rather disgusting.
Amicable
when people have an amicable relationship, they are pleasant to each other and solve their problems without quarreling.
adv : amicably
adv : amicably
Ensconce
establish or settle in a comfortable, safe, or secret place.
Insp : My desk is snugly ensconced in a front corner of the living room.
Insp : My desk is snugly ensconced in a front corner of the living room.
snugly
comfortably placed or sheltered, closely secured or well build.
Insp : My desk is snugly ensconced in a front corner of the living room.
Insp : My desk is snugly ensconced in a front corner of the living room.
Snuggle
If you snuggle somewhere, you settle yourself into a warm comfortable position, especially by moving closer to another person.
Jane snuggles up against his shoulder.
Jane snuggles up against his shoulder.
Fuss
it is an anxious or excited behavior which serves no useful purpose.
if you fuss you worry or behave in a nervous, anxious way about unimportant matters or rush around doing unnecessary things.
If you fuss over someone, you pay them a lot of attention and do things to make them happy or comfortable.
if you fuss you worry or behave in a nervous, anxious way about unimportant matters or rush around doing unnecessary things.
If you fuss over someone, you pay them a lot of attention and do things to make them happy or comfortable.
Sunday, 3 June 2012
apple of sodom"/"dead sea apple
-a fruit described by ancient as fair to look uponbut turning to ashes when touched .
politics is an apple of sodom.
Fame is a dead sea apple.
Apple of discord
-any cause of envy and contention
Money is the greatest cause of apple of discord in families.
agony column
the column of newspaper dealing with deaths missing people etc.
one day i found my friends name in agony column
one day i found my friends name in agony column
under the aegis of
- under the patronage of .
A great function was held under the aegis of Government of India honour Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan .
A great function was held under the aegis of Government of India honour Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan .
ball at one's feet
- success in ones grasp
In the next general elections , no party will find ball at ones feet
back-number
- a person or thing out of date ; past the stage of usefulness
An aged man is a back number
beard a lion in it's own den
-to challenge a greater power on it's own soil
Challenging the might of Mughals , the Sikhs beard the lion in it's own den .
baptism of blood
-martyrdom
Mahrani of Jhansi accepted the baptism of blood at the altar of freedom of india.
keep the ball rolling
-keep the things going
When a man dies , his family has to keep the ball rolling
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