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Word of the day log

18/03/2014 (Helan)

Strive (അദ്ധ്വാനിക്കുക,പരിശ്രമിക്കുക)

  • make great efforts to achieve or obtain something
Usage:
  • We continually strive to better our service to our customers.

17/03/2014 (Hari)

Elucidate (വിശദീകരിക്കുക,സ്‌പഷ്‌ടമാക്കുക)

  • Make (something) clear
Usage:
  • The presentation will help to elucidate the project.

13/03/2014 (Aneesh)

Ordeal (ആപത്ത്‌)

  • a very unpleasant and prolonged experience.
Usage:
  • The woman, who was shaken by the ordeal, said he ran off toward the lake

12/03/2014 (Devi)

Obstreperous (നിലവിളികൂട്ടുന്ന)

  • noisy and difficult to control.
Usage:
  • The football fans were obstreperous throughout the championship game.

11/03/2014 (Amal B)

Animosity (ശത്രുത)

  • Strong dislike or hatred.
Usage:
  • Sasi felt a certain amount of animosity towards Selvan.

10/03/2014 (Alvar)

Contemporary (സമകാലികമായ)

  • belonging to or occurring in the present.
Usage:
  • As these are contemporary western societies, these have strong positive connotations.

06/03/2014 (Suraj)

Gyrate (ചുറ്റുക,നട്ടം തിരിക്കുക)

Usage:
  • Stock prices are gyrating wildly often superimposed on small changes in earnings estimates.
  • Tops gyrate when you spin them.

05/03/2014 (Saji)

Embezzle (വിശ്വസിച്ചേല്‍പിച്ച പണം അപഹരിക്കുക)

  • appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
Usage:
  • The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family

04/03/2014 (Noufal)

Magnum opus (പ്രകൃഷ്‌ട കൃതി : മഹത്തായ രചന)

  • a great work; especially : the greatest achievement of an artist or writer
Usage:
  • Moby-Dick is widely regarded as Herman Melville's magnum opus.

03/03/2014 (Nisanth)

Eviscerate (വയറുകീറി കുടലെടുക്കുക, കാതലായ കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ എടുത്തുകളയുക)

  • disembowel (a person or animal)
  • deprive (something) of its essential content.
Usage:
  • The bill would eviscerate federal unions by reducing civil service protection for employees of the new department.

01/03/2014 (Nandakumar)

Inconspicuous (പ്രകടമല്ലാത്ത, സ്പഷ്ടമല്ലാത്ത)

  • Not clearly visible or attracting attention
Usage:
  • The detective tried to be as inconspicuous as possible.
  • Some people thinks that their tricks are completely inconspicuous.

28/02/2014 (Midhun)

Wangle (സമ്പാദിക്കുക, വളഞ്ഞമാര്‍ഗ്ഗത്തിലൂടെ നേടുക)

  • To resort to trickery or devious methods; to adjust or manipulate for personal or fraudulent ends
Usage:
  • Somehow, Noufal managed to wangle balcony tickets for the movie

26/02/2014 (Helan)

Serenity (പ്രസാദം,തെളിച്ചം)

  • The state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled.
Usage:
  • Serenity of the area strike their visitors every time.

25/02/2014 (Hari)

Efficacy (കാര്യക്ഷമത,ഫലക്ഷമത,ഗുണം)

  • The ability to produce a desired or intended result
Usage:
  • The efficacy of the new marketing plan has not been proven.

24/02/2014 (Devi)

Sacrosanct (അലംഘനീയമായ,പരമപവിത്രമായ)

  • (especially of a principle, place, or routine) regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with.
Usage:
  • The individual's right to work has been upheld as sacrosanct

22/02/2014 (Amal Rajendran)

Conflate (കൂട്ടിച്ചേർക്കുക)

  • Combine two or more texts, ideas, etc. into one
Usage:
  • Their ideas were conflated in ways that were not helpful.

20/02/2014 (Amal Babu)

Insidious (ഗൂഢമായി പടര്‍ന്നു പിടിക്കുന്ന)

  • an insidious change or problem spreads gradually without being noticed, and causes serious harm.

19/02/2014 (Alvar)

Discrimination (വിവേചനം)

  • recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another

17/02/2014 (Suraj)

Retort (പ്രത്യുത്തരം, പ്രതിവാദം , പ്രത്യാരോപണം , പ്രതിക്രിയ , കടുത്ത മറുപടി , തിരിച്ചു പറയുന്ന കൊള്ളിവാക്ക്‌ , പ്രത്യാക്ഷേപം)

  • say something in answer to a remark, typically in a sharp, angry, or witty manner
Usage:
  • After I told her she was ugly, she had a very witty retort that made me feel as if I were the worst person in the world.

15/02/2014 (Nisanth)

Ginormous

  • extremely large.
Usage:
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, who is still riding high after the ginormous success of Titanic, is filming in Thailand

14/02/2014 (Noufal)

Impoverish (ദരിദ്രമാക്കൽ)

  • To reduce to poverty; make poor.
  • To deprive of natural richness or strength: impoverish the soil by overuse

13/02/2014 (Saji)

Dizzy(dizziness) (തലചുറ്റല്‍ , തലതിരിച്ചില്‍)

  • a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall

Synonyms(or similar words):

  • giddiness, vertigo, lightheadedness
Usage:
  • Her nearness dizzied him.
  • She woke up in the morning and complained of severe headache and dizziness.

12/02/2014 (Nandakumar)

repercussion (അനന്തരഫലം,പ്രതിധ്വനി,പ്രത്യാഘാതം)

  • an unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an unwelcome one

10/02/2014 (Helan)

serendipity (കൂടെക്കൂടെഭാഗ്യം വരുന്ന അവസ്ഥ)

  • the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

07/02/2014 (Midhun)

stranded (നിശ്ചലമായിത്തീര്‍ന്ന)

  • leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.
Usage:
  • Authorities were forced to close the station, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.

06/02/2014 (Amal Rajendran)

meed (കൂലി ; പ്രതിഫലം ; പാരിതോഷികം ; സമ്മാനം)

  • a fitting return or recompense

05/02/2014 (Devi)

Speculate (ഊഹിക്കുക)

  • form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence.

04/02/2014 (Aneesh Chandran)

Frazzle (തളര്‍ത്തുക)

  • Completely exhausted.
Usage:
  • To be honest I feel pretty frazzled most weeks these days!

03/02/2014 (Amal Babu)

Integrity (സ്വഭാവദാര്‍ഢ്യം)

  • the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.
Usage:
  • He had the courage and integrity to openly state his beliefs and the guts to shoulder the consequences of his actions.

01/02/2014 (Alvar)

persuade (പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുക)

  • induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.

30/01/2014 (Nisanth)

deliberate ( സസൂക്ഷ്‌മം, മന:പൂര്‍വ്വമായ, കരുതിക്കൂട്ടിയുളള)

  • Done consciously and intentionally.
  • adjective : carefully thought out in advance
    • Example
      • with measured irony unhurried and with care and dignity
    • Example
      • with all deliberate speed
  • verb : think about carefully; weigh
    • Example
      • Turn the proposal over in your mind discuss the pros and cons of an issue

e.g.: "a deliberate attempt to provoke conflict";

29/01/2014 (Amal)

resort to (ആശ്രയിക്കക)

  • do something because nothing else worked.
  • to turn to something that is not the first choice.

28/01/2014 (Devi)

inevitable (അനിവാര്യം)

  • certain to happen; unavoidable.

27/01/2014 (Alvar)

pioneer(വഴിയൊരുക്കുക )

  • noun: a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.
  • verb: develop or be the first to use or apply (a new method, area of knowledge, or activity).

25/01/2014 (Aneesh)

dilemma(ചിന്താക്കുഴപ്പം , വിഷമം)

  • a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable.

Similar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22_%28logic%29

24/01/2014 (Saji)

bourgeois ( ബൂരഷാ )

  • belonging to or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes
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