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Penury
Mnemonic tip for Penury: PEN-NY UD GAYI! Agar apki saari pennies ud jayen, matlab khatam ho jaye, to ghareeb hi hoga na tum! Penury: Lack of pennies: no money! Meanings of Penury: 1. Extreme want or poverty; destitution. 2. Extreme dearth; barrenness or insufficiency....
An end to suffering by Pankaj Mishra
Suggested Reading Time: 14 days Category: Philosophy/Buddhism/Memoir/Travelogue Before I start with the review, I would like to mention that Pankaj Mishra has been one of my favorite writers over the last few years. In general, I have enjoyed most of his works and...
Pariah
Mnemonic tip for Pariah: Pariah bole to super simile meaning: PARAYA in hindi, which means o apne ko belong na kare. Pariah in English means the same. Meaning’s of Pariah: 1. A social outcast 2. An Untouchable. Pronunciation: puh-rahy-uh Want to explore more...
Mercenary
Mnemonic tip for Mercenary: Mercenary bole to aisa banda jo bilkul bhi mercy nahi rakhta, total hard-hearted emotionaless banda. Iski sole motivation power/money etc. hote hai. Professionally hired soldiers/markemen/bhailog ko mercenary bolte hai. Meanings of...
Hyperbole
Mnemonic tip for Hyperbole: Hyperbole BOLE to ‘hyper bolna’. Hyper means ‘excessive’. So hyperbole means ‘excessive speech’, that is extravagant exaggeration in speech which is basically used for creating emphasis. Meaning of Hyperbole: 1. A figure of speech in which...
Glib
Mnemonic tip for Glib: Glib bole to Ghalib! Glib Ghalib kiu? Glib means slick and fluent. Ghalib ki poetry slick aur fluent hi thi, tabhi to unke aaj bhi itne deewane hai. Meanings of Glib: 1. Readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a...
The Outsider By Albert Camus
Suggested Reading Time: 7 days Category: Literature /Fiction Can you imagine something like this: your mother dies and you cannot remember when that happened, that is whether it happened the yesterday or the day before that? This is the thread where this book starts...
I owe you more than a day!
Recently we celebrated Mother’s Day, a day dedicated to our mothers. Our relationship with our mothers is one of the most special and sacrosanct one’s. In terms of someone being the highest point of our life, our mother is at the zenith of our existence. Her embrace...
Vishwanathan Anand’s Favorite Game
Stupefied
Well, this is the dazed expression on one’s face when one is conned. Stupefied is the expression exhibited right at the end of the advert, when Ranbir Kapoor says the extra amount in the bill is actually the roaming charge for packing food. Meaning of Stupefied 1. To...
Expurgate
Mnemonic tip for Expurgate: EX PAR GATE! Ab agar ex par gate nahi maroge to kya karoge? Welcome to karoge nahi! Expurgate ka simple matlab: kuch ‘erroneous’ cheez ko delete karna. Ex bhi to ek error hi hai! Meanings of Expurgate: 1. To remove erroneous, vulgar,...
Russian Words in English-2
Our first post in this series received huge response, so here we present you the second post in the same series. Well, I have to admit that writing the first post was fun. I was amazed at the influence of the Russian language on English, and I believe our users would...
