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Daily English Vocabulary By Dr. Gaurav Garg | Free PDF Download – Set 4

Daily English Vocabulary Peripatetic Adjective Meaning - Travelling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods. Usage – Rahul enjoyed a peripatetic upbringing courtesy of his army man father. Synonyms – Itinerant,...

Daily English Vocabulary By Dr. Gaurav Garg | Free PDF Download – Set 3

Daily English Vocabulary Portmanteau [Noun] Meaning - A word whose form and meaning are derived from blending of two or more distinct forms. Eg – smog (smoke + fog), brunch (breakfast + lunch). Usage - “Podcast” is a portmanteau from...

Daily English Vocabulary By Dr. Gaurav Garg | Free PDF Download – Set 2

Daily English Vocabulary Glibido [Noun] Meaning – All talk and no action "all we had from the real estate agent was empty rhetoric”. language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect, but which is often regarded as lacking in...

Daily English Vocabulary By Dr. Gaurav Garg | Free PDF Download – Set 1

Learn Vocabulary Everyday Whataboutery [Noun] Meaning - The technique or practice of  responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counter-accusation or raising a different issue. Usage – Indian politicians often resort to whataboutery instead of answering the...

Daily Word List – 21st April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

bailiwick [ BEY-luh'-wik ] [noun]  MEANING: the area or district of jurisdiction of a bailiff or a bailie 2. one's area of specialization, interest or authority USAGE EXAMPLE 1: The Key West islands were Ernest Hemingway's bailiwick.   apostate [ uh'-POS-teyt, -tit ] [noun,adjective] MEANING: (n.)...

Daily Word List – 14th April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

acquiesce [ ak-wee-ES ] [ verb ] MEANING : to agree without protest; to consent or comply tacitly USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The essence of military training is for a young cadet to be able to acquiesce to commands made...

Daily Word List – 9th April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

harbinger [ HAHR-bin-jer ] [ noun, transitive verb ] MEANING : (n.) someone or something that indicates or announces what is to come (tr. v.) to indicate the approach of domineer [ dom-uh'-NEER ] [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (tr.v.) to dominate over,...

Daily Word List – 8th April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

highbrow [ HAHY-brou ] [ noun, verb ] MEANING : 1. (n.) a person who has or affects a highly cultivated and intellectual taste 2. (v.) of, relating to or being intellectual or cultivated ensconce [ en-SKONS ] [ transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. to...

Daily Word List – 7th April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

necromancy [ NEK-ruh’-man-see ] [ noun  ] MEANING : 1. the practice of predicting the future by communicating with the spirits of the dead 2. black magic scrupulous [ SKROO-pyuh'-luh's ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. principled or having a strict regard for what...

Daily Word List – 6th April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation | Free PDF

expatriate [ Brit., eks-PA-tree-eyt; v. eks-PEY-tree-eyt adj., n. eks-PEY-tree-it ] [ adjective, transitive verb  ] MEANING : 1. (adj.) exiled or banished 2. (n.) one who has been exiled or banished 3 (tr.v.) to banish one from one's native country 4. (tr.v.) to...