I have started writing this blog because while preparing for CAT I learnt a lot of words and it was

really a taxing task for me to build my word power. I found out a way to do it much more easily and the method was to categorise the words. So this is my first article and in the long list to come I would take various situations that occur in our life and we will know what word are to be used when. The first article discusses a situation in which sometimes when people speak or write we are not able to make out what they are trying to say or even when we speak it happens that we are not able to make ourselves clear enough. To describe these situations we use different kinds of words that I would like to deal with in this article.A routine day of a middle class person can be used to describe all kinds of unmeaningnesses that can happen in our life. A diary report of the person is given below and after that I will give the meaning of all the words individually with one usage and I would suggest you all who are following the blog to make one story by yourself.

I woke up in the morning and got ready and caught the last train . The train was full of people who were speakig quickly in a way that was difficult to understand and the whole sound made no sense to me, they were actually jabbering into their mobile phones. I work in a government office. As I reached my office I picked one of the pending files. It was a handwritten file in an untidy manner, extremely difficult to read and again making no sense to me, someone had just scrawled on it. I cannot understand why do people give me handwritten files and that too written in such a careless way, they just scribble down whatever they like without understanding how difficult it is for me to actually understand it. And on top of that the file contains only nonsense, boring and useless information, just drivel. I am really stuck into my boring job and so I generally start doodling, drawing pictures or patterns while thinking about something else. And the part that I hate the mos is that if anyone comes to our office to get one of their jobs to be done, my colleagues are so efficient in deceiving people with the help of their dishonest talks, writing or behaviour, that is they humbug people coming here and make them come here for months by making them follow a rigmarole, a long set of actions without any real purpose. My colleagues are always ambiguous always conveying more than one meaning while talking, they show people the gobbledygook, the official letters, forms and statements which have language that the common man cannot understand and all these they just in order to take bribe.

Sometimes they even tell balderdash things to people to deceive them, things that are stupid and obviously not true. Its in our routine that once a day we are called by our boss and in the meeting depending on his mood he gives different kinds of speeches. Sometimes to show his language he uses bombastic language, language that is difficult to understand and generally consisting of a lot of unnecessary words and just made complicated, just a verbiage. And it consists of statements like Time is Money , the things that are obviously true but it has been said so many times that it is now just boring and meaningless, just platitudes and truisms I may say. And on days when we are unlucky and he might have had a fight with his wife he just goes on for long, angry and confused speeches making no sense, just a rant. Even after all this when I reach home and my small kid comes to me and babbles, says things in a quick, confused and excited way about his activities at school then it causes ineffable joy in me.It gives me so much joy that it an hardly be described in words.

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jabber /"dZ{b.@r/ US /-@`/ verb [I or T] MAINLY DISAPPROVING to speak or say something quickly in a way that is difficult to understand: The train was full of people jabbering (away) into their mobile phones. He jabbered (out) something about an accident further down the road. scrawl /skrO:l/ US /skrA:l/ verb [T] to write something quickly, without trying to make your writing tidy or easy to read: I scrawled a quick note to Judith and put it under her door. Someone had scrawled graffiti across the wall. scribble /"skrIb.l=/ verb [I] to write or draw something quickly or carelessly: The baby's just scribbled all over my new dictionary! [+ two objects] I'll just scribble Dad a note/scribble a note to Dad to say we're going out. drivel /"drIv.@l/ noun [U] DISAPPROVING nonsense or boring and useless information: You don't believe the drivel you read in the papers, do you? You're talking drivel as usual!

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doodle /"du:.dl=/ verb to draw pictures or patterns while thinking about something else or when you are bored: She'd doodled all over her textbooks. humbug (DISHONESTY) /"hVm.bVg/ noun dishonest talk, writing or behaviour that is intended to deceive people: the usual political humbug rigmarole, US ALSO rigamarole /"rIg.m@.r@Ul/ US /-roUl/ noun DISAPPROVING a long set of actions or words without any real purpose: The customs officials made us go through the (whole) rigmarole of opening up our bags for inspection. ambiguous /{m"bIg.ju.@s/ adjective having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally: His reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous. The wording of the agreement is ambiguous. The government has been ambiguous on this issue. gobbledegook, gobbledygook /"gQb.l=.di.gu:k/ US /"gA:.bl=-/ noun INFORMAL DISAPPROVING language, especially used in official letters, forms and statements, which seems difficult or meaningless because you do not understand it: This computer manual is complete gobbledegook. balderdash /"bO:l.d@.d{S/ US /"bA:l.d@`-/ noun, exclamation OLDFASHIONED nonsense; something that is stupid or not true: "Balderdash!" he spluttered indignantly. bombastic /bQm"b{s.tIk/ US /bA:m-/ adjective using long and difficult words, usually to make people think you know more than you do: a bombastic preacher a bombastic statement verbiage /"v3:.bi.IdZ/ US /"v3`:-/ noun FORMAL DISAPPROVING language which is very complicated and which contains a lot of unnecessary words: His explanation was wrapped up in so much technical verbiage that I simply couldn't understand it. platitude /"pl{t.I.tju:d/ US /"pl{.@.tu:d/ noun DISAPPROVING a remark or statement that may be true but is boring and meaningless because

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it has been said so many times before: Milosevic doesn't mouth platitudes about it not mattering who scores as long as the team wins. truism /"tru:.I.z@m/ noun a statement which is so obviously true that it is almost not worth saying: As far as health is concerned, it's a truism that prevention is better than cure. rant /r{nt/ verb to speak or shout in a loud, uncontrolled or angry way, often saying confused or foolish things: He's always ranting (on) about the government. I get fed up with my mother ranting and raving (about my clothes) all the time. babble (TALK) /"b{b.l=/ verb to talk or say something in a quick, confused, excited or foolish way: The children babbled excitedly among themselves. She was babbling something about her ring being stolen. ineffable /I"nef.@.bl=/ adjective FORMAL causing so much emotion, especially pleasure, that it cannot be described: ineffable joy/beauty