CONFLAGRATION

conflagration
n. A large destructive fire.
Key Con-Flag-ration

The forest was engulfed in a fast

spreading conflagration.

DRACONIAN
Adj. Exceedingly harsh;
very severe

Key Dracula
The new draconian rules
triggered a rebellion against
the authorities.

DYSPEPSIA
Noun. Disturbed digestion;
indigestion.

Key Pepsi

Drinking Pepsi always

gives me dyspepsiabut
somehow I love it.

CETACEAN

Adj. Large aquatic

carnivorous mammal

Key Sea tacean

Cetacean creatures are

found mostly in the sea.

FAUX PAS
Noun. A social blunder

Key Fox Pass

Nobody expected such a

faux pas from Vivek Oberoi
when he blurted out his
feelings against Salman in
front of the camera.

GAMBIT

A manoeuver, stratagem,
or ploy, especially one
used at an initial stage

Key Gamble

There was no room for

any gambit in the board
room.

Laggard

laggard - someone
who takes more time
than necessary;
someone who lags
behind
Key- Leg-guard

Nobody expects a
quick response from
a laggard.

IMPUNITY
Exemption from
punishment, penalty,
or harm

Key- Unity
We often do good in order
that we may do evil with
impunity. Duc de La
Rochefoucauld, French
writer and moralist.

Hallucination

A false or mistaken idea;

a delusion

Key- Hello

I start having
hallucinations whenever
I see my Principal.

INCHOATE
In an initial or early
stage; incipient
Key Inko hate
Nikki Finke, an entertainment
journalist with LA Weekly,
expressed herself alliteratively
and bluntly about the Oscars
awards show on TV. "Inchoate"
undeveloped was one of the
mildest of her insults:
"This was the most incoherent,
inchoate Oscar telecast in recent
memory.

IMPETOUS
characterized by undue
haste and lack of thought or
deliberation

Key- Petu
My impetuous friend is
always in a hurry to gobble
up food.

JARGON
The specialized or
technical language of
a trade, profession, or
similar group or
meaningless talk
Key- Jagaran
I can never understand
the jargon used by the
NASA scientists.

JINGOISM

Extreme nationalism

Key Jung

All the politicians

indulge in jingoism at
the time of war.

JUGGERNAUT
An overwhelming, advancing
force that crushes or seems
to crush everything in its path

Key Jagannath

When the juggernaut of the

Prime ministers entourage
moves, the traffic comes to a
standstill.

KNAVE

a deceitful and unreliable

scoundrel

Key Naav doob gayi

One should be beware of
knaves stalking the streets of
Delhi.

HAGGARD
Appearing worn and
exhausted

Key- Leg- guard

He appeared haggard
after having a sleepless
night.

LANCET
a small knife like tool.

Key Lancer

When I lost the key to my

Lancer, the door lock had to
be opened using a lancet.

LARCENY

Theft
KeyLara Dutta +
Saini hair oil

Lara Dutta likes Saini Herbal hair oil so much that

she often steals it.

AEGIS
PROTECTION, SUPPORT

KEY AGED PEOPLE WHO

NEED SUPPORT FROM THE
YOUNG

USAGE The orphaned childs

welfare is now under the aegis of
the courts.

ALTERCATION
ANGRY DISPUTE; NOISY ARGUMENT

KEY THE ALTERATION DONE

BY THE TAILOR WAS NOT
APPROPRIATE LEADING TO AN
altercation WITH THE
CUSTOMER.
USAGE Salman Khan is being
sued for the altercation he had with
the cops in a night club.

AMBIVALENCE
UNCERTAINTY,
INABILITY TO MAKE A CHOICE

KEY BALANCE SO
BALANCED THAT IT IS
DIFFICULT TO MAKE A
CHOICE
USAGE - Social customs
and attitudes that
unnecessarily promote
ambivalence are bad.

AMELIORATE
TO MAKE OR BECOME BETTER
KEY AMULS RATE IS
GETTING BETTER DAY BY
DAY.

USAGE - Restriction of salt

intake is needed to ameliorate
the health of a heart patient.

APPRISE
TO GIVE NOTICE TO; INFORM

KEY A CHILD WHO WINS A

PRIZE INFORMS HIS
MOTHER OF THE
ACHIEVEMENT.
USAGE Im writing this letter
to apprise you of the latest
developments.

AVARICE
GREED

KEY THE WAARIS OF

DHIRUBHAI AMBANI
FOUGHT OVER THE
PROPERTY AS THEY WERE
GREEDY
USAGE A car in todays age
an avarice or a necessity?

BANAL
DEVOID OF FRESHNESS OR
ORIGINALITY

KEY DULL BANNER LACKING ORIGINALITY

USAGE - You've become, my

dear, dull and banal.