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English For Perfection-Word Of The Day “MAUDLIN”

January 23, 2017 Virender Singh Rana

maudlin ˈmɔːdlɪn/ adjective: maudlin self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental. “a bout of maudlin self-pity” synonyms: sentimental, over-sentimental, emotional, overemotional, tearful, lachrymose; informalweepy “a bout of maudlin self-pity” antonyms: austere, undemonstrative (of a book, film, or song) highly sentimental. “a maudlin jukebox tune” synonyms: mawkish, sentimental, over-sentimental, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, syrupy, sickening, nauseating, banal, trite; twee; informalmushy, slushy, sloppy, schmaltzy, weepy, cutesy, lovey-dovey, gooey, drippy, sloshy, soupy, treacly, cheesy, corny, icky, sick-making, toe-curling; informalsoppy; informalcornball, sappy, hokey, three-hanky “a maudlin Irish ballad” antonyms: understated, dry, prosaic Origin late Middle English (as…

English For Perfection-Word Of The Day “MAELSTROM”

January 20, 2017 Virender Singh Rana

maelstrom ˈmeɪlstrəm/ noun: maelstrom; plural noun: maelstroms a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river. synonyms: whirlpool, vortex, eddy, swirl; literaryCharybdis “we headed south, with one eye on the maelstrom to starboard” a situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil. “the train station was a maelstrom of crowds” synonyms: turbulence, tumult, turmoil, uproar, commotion, disorder, jumble, disarray, chaos, confusion, upheaval, seething mass, welter, pandemonium, bedlam, whirlwind, swirl “they were caught up in the maelstrom of war” Origin late 17th century: from early modern Dutch (denoting a mythical…

English For Perfection-Word Of The Day “FACETIOUS”

January 17, 2017 Virender Singh Rana

facetious fəˈsiːʃəs/ adjective: facetious treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant. “a facetious remark” synonyms: flippant, flip, glib, frivolous, tongue-in-cheek, waggish, whimsical, joking, jokey, jesting, jocular, playful, roguish, impish, teasing, arch, mischievous, puckish; in fun, in jest, witty, amusing, funny, droll, comic, comical, chucklesome, light-hearted, high-spirited, bantering; archaicfrolicsome, sportive; rarejocose “no facetious remarks, please” antonyms: serious Origin late 16th century (in the general sense ‘witty, amusing’): from French facétieux, from facétie, from Latin facetia ‘jest’, from facetus ‘witty’. ********************************************************************************************* “English For Perfection” Is a social platform for the people…

English For Perfection-Word Of The Day “ENNUI”

January 16, 2017January 17, 2017 Virender Singh Rana

ennui ɒnˈwiː/ noun: ennui a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement. “he succumbed to ennui and despair” synonyms: boredom, tedium, listlessness, lethargy, lassitude, languor, restlessness, weariness, sluggishness, enervation; malaise, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, uneasiness, unease, melancholy, depression, despondency, dejection, disquiet; Weltschmerz “an ennui bred of long familiarity” antonyms: animation, contentment Origin mid 18th century: French, from Latin in odio(n- ), from mihi in odio est ‘it is hateful to me’. Compare with annoy.

English For Perfection-Word Of The Day “EVANESCENT”

January 14, 2017January 17, 2017 Virender Singh Rana

evanescent ɛvəˈnɛs(ə)nt,iːvəˈnɛs(ə)nt/ adjective: evanescent literary soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing. “the evanescent Arctic summer” synonyms: vanishing, fading, evaporating, melting away, disappearing, diminishing, dwindling, shrinking, fugitive; rarefugacious “they were operating on an evanescent budget” ephemeral, fleeting, short-lived, short-term, passing, transitory, transient, fugitive,momentary, temporary, brief, here today and gone tomorrow; rarefugacious “this has only an evanescent effect on the rate of inflation” antonyms: unlimited, permanent 2. PHYSICS denoting a field or wave which extends into a region where it cannot propagate and whose amplitude therefore…

English For Perfection-Word Of The Day “PANACEA”

January 11, 2017January 16, 2017 Virender Singh Rana

panacea ˌpanəˈsiːə/ noun: panacea; plural noun: panaceas a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases. “the panacea for all corporate ills” synonyms: universal cure, cure-all, cure for all ills, universal remedy, sovereign remedy, heal-all, nostrum, elixir, wonder drug, perfect solution, magic formula, magic bullet; rarecatholicon, diacatholicon, panpharmacon “a panacea for the country’s economic problems” Origin mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek panakeia, from panakēs ‘all-healing’, from pan ‘all’ + akos ‘remedy’. ********************************************************************************************* “English For Perfection” Is a social platform for the people who want to enhance their English…

English For Perfection- Word Of The Day “SOPORIFIC”

January 11, 2017January 17, 2017 Virender Singh Rana

soporific ˌsɒpəˈrɪfɪk/ adjective adjective: soporific tending to induce drowsiness or sleep. “the motion of the train had a somewhat soporific effect” sleepy or drowsy. “some medicine made her soporific” tediously boring or monotonous. “a libel trial is in large parts intensely soporific” synonyms: sleep-inducing, somnolent, sedative, calmative, tranquillizing, narcotic, opiate, drowsy, sleepy, somniferous; boring, dull, deadly dull, monotonous; hypnotic; raresomnific “soporific drugs” antonyms: invigorating noun: soporific; plural noun: soporifics a drug or other substance that induces drowsiness or sleep. synonyms: sleeping pill, sleeping potion, sedative, calmative, tranquillizer, narcotic,…