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1. Immolate • Kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially by burning. Usage: Chinese kings would immolate vast numbers of animals. 2. Ignominy • Public shame or disgrace. Usage: Peter felt this question, asked only out of concern and worry by the relatives, to be the...

1. Sectarian • Something as non-sectarian if it's not connected or affiliated with any particular religious or political belief. • Something that's sectarian follows the rules of a particular group or section. Usage: Meanwhile, three police officers were injured when...

1. Prelude • An action or event serving as an introduction to something more important. Usage: This song forms a prelude to the chapters that follow. Synonyms: preliminary, overture, opening, preparation 2. Voting with one's feet • To show your opinion by leaving an...

1. Saddle • The saddle is a supportive structure for a rider or other load, fastened to an animal's back by a girth. • The most common type is the equestrian saddle designed for a horse. • However, specialized saddles have been created for oxen, camels and other...

1. Nitty-Gritty • The most important aspects or practical details of a subject or situation. Usage: Let's get down to the nitty-gritty of Budget 2019. Synonyms: basics, essentials, essence. 2. Couplet • A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A...

1. Entail • Involve in something as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence. Usage: Jackson's versions of happy endings often entail a paradisal communion of human and animal. • In Law, It means limit the inheritance of property over a number of generations so...

1. Propensity • An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way. Usage: His propensity for violence. 2. Petard • A small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall. Usage: But, with any...

1. Concur • Be of the same opinion or agree Usage: People pretend to concur with their seniors in order to be in their good books. Synonyms: Accord 2. Sterile • Lacking in imagination Usage: The movie we watched last weekend was sterile. Synonyms: pointless,...