CONFLAGRATION

conflagration

n. A large destructive fire.

Key – Con-Flag-ration

The forest was engulfed in a fast spreading conflagration.

DRACONIAN

Adj. Exceedingly harsh; very severe

Key – Dracula

The new draconian rules triggered a rebellion against the authorities.

DYSPEPSIA

Noun. Disturbed digestion; indigestion.

Key – Pepsi

Drinking Pepsi always gives me dyspepsia…but somehow I love it.

CETACEAN

Adj. Large aquatic carnivorous mammal

Key – Sea –tacean

Cetacean creatures are found mostly in the sea.

FAUX PAS

Noun. A social blunder

Key – Fox Pass

Nobody expected such a faux pas from Vivek Oberoi when he blurted out his feelings against Salman in front of the camera.

GAMBIT

A manoeuver, stratagem, or ploy, especially one used at an initial stage

Key – Gamble

There was no room for any gambit in the board room.

Laggard

laggard - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Key- Leg-guard

Nobody expects a quick response from a laggard.

IMPUNITY

Exemption from punishment, penalty, or harm

Key- UnityWe often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity. — Duc de La Rochefoucauld, French writer and moralist.

Hallucination

A false or mistaken idea; a delusion

Key- Hello

I start having hallucinations whenever I see my Principal.

INCHOATEIn an initial or early stage; incipient

Key – Inko – hate

Nikki Finke, an entertainment journalist with LA Weekly, expressed herself alliteratively and bluntly about the Oscars awards show on TV. "Inchoate" — undeveloped — was one of the mildest of her insults: "This was the most incoherent, inchoate Oscar telecast in recent memory”.

IMPETOUS

characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

Key- Petu

My impetuous friend is always in a hurry to gobble up food.

JARGON

The specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group or meaningless talk

Key- Jagaran

I can never understand the jargon used by the NASA scientists.

JINGOISM

Extreme nationalism

Key – Jung

All the politicians indulge in jingoism at the time of war.

JUGGERNAUT

An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path

Key – Jagannath

When the juggernaut of the Prime minister’s entourage moves, the traffic comes to a standstill.

KNAVE

a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

Key – Naav doob gayi

One should be beware of knaves stalking the streets of Delhi.

HAGGARD

Appearing worn and exhausted

Key- Leg- guard

He appeared haggard after having a sleepless night.

LANCET

a small knife like tool.

Key – Lancer

When I lost the key to my Lancer, the door lock had to be opened using a lancet.

LARCENY

Theft

Key-

Lara Dutta +

Saini hair oil

Lara Dutta likes Saini Herbal hair oil so much that she often steals it.

AEGISPROTECTION, SUPPORT

KEY – “AGED” PEOPLE WHO NEED SUPPORT FROM THE YOUNG

USAGE – The orphaned child’s welfare is now under the aegis of the courts.

ALTERCATION ANGRY DISPUTE; NOISY ARGUMENT

KEY – THE “ALTERATION” DONE BY THE TAILOR WAS NOT APPROPRIATE LEADING TO AN altercation WITH THE CUSTOMER.

USAGE – Salman Khan is being sued for the altercation he had with the cops in a night club.

AMBIVALENCEUNCERTAINTY,

INABILITY TO MAKE A CHOICE

KEY – “BALANCE” – SO BALANCED THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE A CHOICEUSAGE - Social customs and attitudes that unnecessarily promote ambivalence are bad.

AMELIORATETO MAKE OR BECOME BETTER

KEY – “AMUL’S RATE” IS GETTING BETTER DAY BY DAY.

USAGE - Restriction of salt intake is needed to ameliorate the health of a heart patient.

APPRISETO GIVE NOTICE TO; INFORM

KEY – A CHILD WHO WINS A “PRIZE” INFORMS HIS MOTHER OF THE ACHIEVEMENT.

USAGE – I’m writing this letter to apprise you of the latest developments.

AVARICEGREED

KEY – THE “WAARIS” OF DHIRUBHAI AMBANI FOUGHT OVER THE PROPERTY AS THEY WERE GREEDY

USAGE – A car in today’s age – an avarice or a necessity?

BANALDEVOID OF FRESHNESS OR

ORIGINALITY

KEY – DULL “BANNER” - LACKING ORIGINALITY

USAGE - You've become, my dear, dull and banal.