Vocabulary

2016-05-29 07:25:31 rhetoric

rhet·oric BrE [ˈretərɪk]  NAmE [ˈretərɪk]  noununcountable

1. (formal, often disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people, but that is not completely honest or sincere

• the rhetoric of political slogans

• empty rhetoric

• His speech was dismissed as mere rhetoric by the opposition.

2. (formal) the skill of using language in speech or writing in a special way that influences or entertains people

Syn: ↑eloquence, Syn: ↑oratory

 

Word Origin:

[rhetoric] Middle English: from Old Frenchrethorique, via Latin from Greek rhētorikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of rhetoric’, from rhētōr ‘rhetor’.

 

Example Bank:

• Behind all the rhetoric, his relations with the army are tense.

• He was prepared to use militant rhetoric in attacking his opponents.

• Her speech was just empty rhetoric.

• Little has changed, despite the rhetoric about reform.

• official rhetoric on the virtues of large families Open / Comment

2016-05-29 07:24:39 rhetoric

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व्याख्यान विद्या

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शब्दाडम्बर

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2016-05-29 07:24:22 rhetoric 

Ønoun
1 he was considered to excel in this form of rhetoric 
ORATORY, eloquence, power of speech, command of language, expression, way with words, delivery, diction. 
See table. 

2 there is a good deal of rhetoric in this field 
BOMBAST, loftiness, turgidity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, ornateness, portentousness, pomposity, pedantry, stiltedness, boastfulness, boasting, bragging, heroics, hyperbole, extravagant language, purple prose, pompousness, sonorousness, windiness, wordiness, verbosity, prolixity; informal hot air; rare tumidity, fustian, euphuism, orotundity. Open / Comment

2016-04-22 11:28:34 spaghetti

spa·ghetti [spaghetti spaghettis] BrE [spəˈɡeti] NAmE [spəˈɡeti]  noun uncountable

↑pasta in the shape of long thin pieces that look like string when they are cooked

 

Word Origin:

Italian, plural of the diminutive of spago ‘ string’.

 

Example Bank:

• Drain the spaghetti well. Open / Comment

2016-04-11 09:56:07 @tchannelsbot Open / Comment

2016-04-07 22:04:40 portent 

Ønoun
1 here was a striking portent of things to come 
OMEN, sign, indication, presage, warning, forewarning, harbinger, foreshadowing, augury, signal, promise, threat, menace, ill omen, forecast, prediction, prognostication, prophecy, straw in the wind, writing on the wall, hint, auspice, premonition, presentiment, feeling, vague feeling, funny feeling, feeling in one's bones, foreboding, misgiving;poetic/literary foretoken. 

2 the word ‘plague’ carries terrifying portent 
SIGNIFICANCE, importance, import, consequence, meaning, meaningfulness, moment, momentousness, weight, weightiness, cruciality Open / Comment

2016-04-06 09:08:59 odious 

Øadjective
the odious methods they had used to suppress dissent 
REVOLTING, repulsive, repellent, repugnant, disgusting, offensive, objectionable, vile, foul, abhorrent, loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, sickening, hateful, detestable, execrable, abominable, monstrous, appalling, reprehensible, deplorable, insufferable, intolerable, unacceptable, despicable, contemptible, beyond the pale, unspeakable, poisonous, noxious, obscene, base, hideous, grisly, gruesome, horrendous, heinous, atrocious, awful, terrible, dreadful, frightful, obnoxious, unsavoury, unpalatable unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, distasteful, dislikeable, off-putting, displeasing; informal ghastly, horrible, horrid, gross, putrid, sick-making, yucky, God-awful;Brit. informal beastly; N. Amer. informal skanky;poetic/literary noisome; archaic disgustful, scurvy, loathly. 
-opposite(s): DELIGHTFUL, PLEASANT, AGREEABLE,CHARMING. Open / Comment

2016-04-06 09:08:59 odious


● Adjective

१. घिनौना, अप्रिय, घृणित, घृणायोग्य Open / Comment

2016-04-06 09:08:59 odious

odi·ous BrE [ˈəʊdiəs]  NAmE [ˈoʊdiəs] adjective (formal)

extremely unpleasant

Syn: ↑horrible

• What an odious man!

 

Word Origin:

[odious] late Middle English: from Old Frenchodieus, from Latin odiosus, from odium‘hatred’.

 

Example Bank:

• What an odious woman! Open / Comment

2016-03-16 11:12:11 Vocabulary Words - 15.03.2016


1. ADAMANT (ADJECTIVE): unyielding

Synonyms: resolute, stubborn

Antonyms: irresolute, submissive

Example Sentence:

We shouldn’t be adamant every time else it might cause problems.


2. HUMANE (ADJECTIVE): kind

Synonyms: benevolent, merciful Antonyms: fierce, merciless

Example Sentence:

Mahatma Gandhi won the world with his humane words and actions.


3. INDOLENT (ADJECTIVE): lazy

Synonyms: drony, lethargic Antonyms: diligent, industrious

Example Sentence:

They are extremely indolent, they need to improve a lot.


4. ATHEIST (NOUN): non-believer

Synonyms: agnostic, skeptic Antonyms: believer, pious

Example Sentence:

They are atheist but that doesn’t mean they don’t have self-belief.


5. LIBERATION (NOUN): freedom

Synonyms: emancipation, salvation Antonyms: bondage, slavery

Example Sentence:

They have caused the liberation of all the prisoners. Open / Comment