Aug 28, 2019 – Word of the Day – Amputee

Aug 28, 2019 – Word of the Day – Amputee

HOW TO PRONOUNCE? [ am-pyoo-tee ]

MEANS?

(noun)

– a person who has lost all or part of an arm, hand, leg, etc by amputation.
– a person who has had an arm or leg cut off.

USUAGE?

## She took up Badminton to prove to the world that even an amputee can play sport.

## The military had to manage massive number of amputees and unidentifiable bodies.

## This report might affect other amputees mentally.

## She works for the betterment of amputees in this locality.

Aug 04, 2015 – Word of the Day – Retrospective

Aug 04, 2015 – Word of the Day – Retrospective

HOW TO PRONOUNCE? [re-truh-spek-tiv]

MEANS?

Retro- means back, -spect- means look (think: spectacles), so the word means literally ‘a looking back

(adjective)

— looking back

— concerned with or related to the past

— directed to the past

— contemplative of past situations, events, etc

— applying to the past

(noun)

— an art exhibit showing an entire phase or representative examples of an artist’s lifework.

— any exhibition or series of showings or performances, as of musical works or motion pictures, representing the work of an artist or performer over all or

a major part of a career.

— exhibition of a representative selection of an artist’s life work.

USUAGE?

## People are taking a retrospective look of former president A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s work and achievements after his death.

## This event is a retrospective of A.R.Rahuman’s music albums.

## Many people take a retrospective look at their lives on birthdays or on New Year’s Eve to see how well they have met their goals.

## You can take your yearly evaluation as a retrospective review of your work.

## I laughed when I looked at the retrospective photo albums of him.

## A retrospective study reveals that the employees spend less than 6 hours in office.

## As part of appraisal process, I have to write a retrospective comment of my work and achievements for last year.

## Every year company’s financial department submits a retrospective report on the company’s profit margin for last year.

Aug 03, 2015 – Word of the Day – Surfeit

Aug 03, 2015 – Word of the Day – surfeit

 

HOW TO PRONOUNCE? [sur-fit]

 

MEANS?

(noun)

— excess; an excessive amount.

— excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking.

— an uncomfortably full.

— overabundant, oversupply, surplus, superabundance.

(verb)

— to eat or drink to excess.

— to suffer from the effects of overindulgence in eating or drinking.

— to indulge to excess in anything.

 

USUAGE?

##  We had a surfeit of food during the festival season and we have a large portion of it to the family across the village.

##  I am surfeited with shopping today.

##  There is an old saying, “anything that surfeit will become poison”.

##  He has ordered a surfeit of pens and pencils to sell in his shop but the sales did not happen well. So he donated the items in a local school.

##  I made use of the surfeit of holidays by planting trees in my locality.

##  If you need additional papers, you can find a surfeit of them in the room back to the library.

##  Please drink as much as you like because we have a surfeit of beverages in the refrigerator.

##  The customer care has received a surfeit of complaints over broken network in Green Valley Industrial area.

##  The customer care has received a surfeit of phone complaints over broken network in Green Valley Industrial area.

##  We would like to collect a surfeit of clothes to distribute to the homeless people.

 

Jul 27, 2015 – Word of the Day – risible

Jul 27, 2015 – Word of the Day – risible

 

HOW TO PRONOUNCE? [riz-uh-buh l]

 

MEANS? (adjective)

— causing or capable of causing laughter.

– provoking laughter.

– Humorousness, Happiness, Wit or Humor.

– having a tendency to laugh.

 

USUAGE?

## After my office work, I went out for some risible entertainment at the local comedy club.

## Stick with risible elements of your speech, so that you are bound to win audience support.

## The movie is not entirely risible.

## Saravanan loves to laugh, so he approaches everything in life a risible point of view.

## His speech content and delivery is sufficiently risible without vulgar language.

## His essay was considered so risible that few even bothered trying to argue with it.

## I could see a risible element in the behavior of my annoying colleague.

Jan 8, 2014 – Word of the Day – abdicate

Jan 8, 2014 – Word of the Day – abdicate

HOW TO PRONOUNCE?  ab-di-keyt

MEANS?

(verb)

—  Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations.
—  to give up or put aside voluntarily.
—  to give up by formal declaration
—  turn away from
—  cast off
—  leave (a job, post or position) voluntarily.
—  resign, quit
—  abandon
–   to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner.

USUAGE?

##  Karnan abdicated his righteousness for his dear friend Duryodhanan.

##  She abdicated the position when she go pregnant.

##  I am abdicating women forever.

##  The King abdicated when he married a divorcee.

##  I have decided to abdicate my CEO position for the better growth of my company.

##  King of the state abdicated the throne in 1983.

##  The manager was accused of abdicating its responsibility.

##  The popularity of Indian’s King has slumped to a record row, with almost two thirds of Indians thinking he should abdicate.

##  Majority of the people want the leader to abdicate.

Jan 7, 2014 – Word of the Day – Oblivion

Jan 7, 2014 – Word of the Day – Oblivion

 

HOW TO PRONOUNCE?  uh-bliv-ee-uhn

 

MEANS?

(noun)

— the state of being completely forgotten or unknown.

— the state of forgetting or of being oblivious.

— the state of being disregarded or forgotten.

— total forgetfulness

(verb: oblivious)

 

 

USUAGE?

##  The 33 year old actor, who rose to stardom in 2000 but slid into oblivion after his marriage engagement with the daughter of Mega star.

##  He sought the great oblivion of sleep.

##  The movie star fell into a state of oblivion after she hadn’t worked in thirty years.

##  I was suddenly knocked into oblivion and confused.

##  The king cannot win the war if he drop the righteousness into oblivion.

##  He lives in the land of oblivion and thinks that there is no economic crisis.

 

What does the phrase “Worth his/your salt” means?

What does the phrase “Worth his/your salt” means?
It means “any person worth his wages”.  Like, the person has to be effective and efficient; deserving of one’s pay. How valuable they are, as like the “Salt”, which is essential for human life.

Here are the usages

##  It was far more than a lesson on how to raise a reasonable doubt where none existed – any lawyer worth his salt could do that.

##  Someone who is worth their salt deserves the respect.

##  Charles has been my most useful man, but of late not worth his salt.

##  The team has decided that you are worth your salt and you can stay on the game to play.

Oct 15, 2013 – Word of the Day – Disport

Oct 15, 2013 – Word of the Day – Disport

HOW TO PRONOUNCE? dih-spawrt, -spohrt

MEANS?

(verb)

– to divert or amuse (oneself).
– to display (oneself) in a sportive manner.
– play boisterously.

(noun)

– diversion; amusement; play; sport

USUAGE?

## The cat disported itself by attacking a toy mouse.

## The picnickers disported themselves merrily on the beach.

## The children disported in the garden.

## The participants disported themselves in the business meeting.

## If I let my dog disport in the yard, I will probably have to clean up after.

Oct 11, 2013 – Word of the Day – Sonorous

Oct 11, 2013 – Word of the Day – Sonorous

HOW TO PRONOUNCE? suh-nawr-uhs, -nohr-, son-er-uhs

MEANS?

(adjective)

– giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place
– loud, deep or resonant, as a sound.
– rich and full in sound.
– full and loud and deep.

USUAGE?

## His sonorous voice resounded through the auditorium.

## They chosen him for his sonorous voice.

## He gave a sonorous speech.

## His sonorous voice will transform him from a nascent singer to a full fledged professional singer in near future.

## They had a sonorous relationship between them.

## His communication was not sonorous. So it didn’t reach the audience well.

## I describe her voice as deep or sonorous or loud.

## When I knocked his door, he sonorously responded back.

## You have used sonorous words that hurt my heart badly.

## The health insurance cost is sonorous.

Noun: sonority, sonorousness
Adverb: sonorously

Oct 08, 2013 – Word of the Day – Nascent

Oct 08, 2013 – Word of the Day – Nascent

HOW TO PRONOUNCE? NAS-uhnt; NAY-suhnt

MEANS?

(adjective)

– Beginning to exist or having recently come into existence; coming into being.
– Being born or beginning.
– Incipient
– Birth or beginning of something.

USUAGE?

## These are the nascent technologies that are widely predicted to play a major role in the field of computer science.

## This part of the region has some nascent industries that helps the society growth.

## This success prompted several other companies to enter this nascent market.

## A nascent insurgency.

## The nascent chicks.

## I am focusing on my nascent singing career.

## A nascent confidence in your vocabulary.

## Chennai has a nascent space industry.

## A nascent problem has created spark in the political party.

## The construction job is still remain nascent and it can be abandon at anytime.