by Wordpandit | Jul 24, 2019 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Stratagem A plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end. Usage: This devious, insinuating creature, whose every word and movement seemed part of the spinning of some invisible net of stratagem 2. Pyrrhic • Won at too great a cost to...
by Wordpandit | Jul 20, 2019 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1.Reminiscent • Tending to remind one of something. Usage: The sights were reminiscent of my childhood. • suggesting something by resemblance. Usage: Her robes were vaguely reminiscent of military dress. 2. Disservice • A harmful action. Usage: You have done a...
by Wordpandit | Jul 20, 2019 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Rendezvous • A meeting at an agreed time and place. Usage: Edward turned up late for their rendezvous. Synonyms: meeting, appointment, engagement, assignation 2. Halo effect • The halo effect is a type of immediate judgement discrepancy, or cognitive bias, where a...
by Wordpandit | Jul 20, 2019 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Conundrum • a confusing and difficult problem or question. Usage: An example of a conundrum is a challenging riddle to which you can’t figure out the answer. Synonyms: problem, difficult question, vexed question, difficulty, quandary 2. Expedient • a means of...
by Wordpandit | Jul 20, 2019 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Seismometer • A seismometer is an instrument that responds to ground motions, such as caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and explosions. Seismometers are usually combined with a timing device and a recording device to form a seismograph. 2. Pristine • In...
by Wordpandit | Jul 20, 2019 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Go into a tailspin • Lose emotional control, collapse, panic. • This expression alludes to the downward movement of an airplane out of control, in which the tail describes a spiral. Usage: When people expect perfection from themselves, often one little slip-up...
