word for the day, whiter than the whitest!

[magesh.p]

Hi Acumens,

[blink]procrustean [/blink]   • \pruh-KRUSS-tee-un\  •  adjective

    1 : of, relating to, or typical of Procrustes

    2 : marked by arbitrary often ruthless disregard of individual differences or special circumstances

[Kalyan]

Hi Acumens,

Good Morning.....

Today's Word

[blink]Perilous : Dangerous[/blink]

[ravindar]

Today s Word

Peculiarity = characteristic

" we all have our little peculiarities "

[hari]

[blink]Vernier[/blink]


# A small movable scale running parallel to a fixed scale and graduated so that n + 1 or n - 1 parts on the vernier are equal to n parts of the ...

# an auxiliary scale sliding alongside a main scale to enable reading of fractional values during measurement

# French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)

# vernier scale: a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale

# A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale

[arun]

Hi,

[blink]bespoke [/blink]   • \bih-SPOHK\  •  adjective

    1 : custom-made

    2 : dealing in or producing custom-made articles

[VelMurugan]

Hi [You],

Today Word

[blink]litotes[/blink]   • \LYE-tuh-teez\  •  noun

    : understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary

Example Sentence:

Jamie blushingly acknowledged her victory by litotes, saying that her scores were "not bad" and that she was "not displeased" with her performance.

Did you know?

Even if you've never heard the word "litotes," chances are you've encountered this figure of speech. If you've ever approved of a job well done by exclaiming "Not bad!" or told someone that you are "not unhappy" when you are ecstatic, you've even used it yourself. In fact, you might say that it would be "no mean feat" to avoid this common feature of our language! And litotes isn't only common; it's also "simple" -- etymologically speaking, that is. "Litotes" evolved from a Greek word meaning "simple," and perhaps ultimately from another Greek word meaning "linen cloth."

[ganeshbala]

Hi Good MOrning

Have A nice Day !!! And Today s Word

Grandiose - impressive, large

For Ex : Grandiose ceremony

[arun]

Hi,

[blink]bespoke [/blink]   • \bih-SPOHK\  •  adjective

    1 : custom-made

    2 : dealing in or producing custom-made articles

[VelMurugan]

Hi [you],

[blink]atoll [/blink]  • \AT-tawl\  •  noun

    : a coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon

Example Sentence:

The Marshall Islands, in the central Pacific Ocean, consist of five islands and 29 atolls, which are each made up of many islets.

Did you know?

If you are lucky enough to sail south and west of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, you'll find the Maldives, a group of about 1,200 coral islands and sandbanks that form the Republic of Maldives. Many islands in that independent nation demonstrate the archetypal atoll, and geographers often use them to point out the characteristic features of such coral islands. Given how prevalent atolls are there, it isn't surprising that "atoll" comes from the name for that kind of island in Divehi, the official language of the Maldives.

[arun]

Hi,

[blink]progeny [/blink]   • \PRAH-juh-nee\  •  noun

    1 a : descendants, children
       b : offspring of animals or plants

    2 : outcome, product

    3 : a body of followers, disciples, or successors

[VelMurugan]

Hi [You],

Today Word

[blink]trichotillomania[/blink]   • \trick-uh-till-uh-MAY-nee-uh\  •  noun

   : an abnormal desire to pull out one's hair

Example Sentence:

Connie's trichotillomania left her with an unfortunate array of bald spots along the crown of her head.

Did you know?

The word "trichotillomania" derives from the Greek "trich-" ("hair") and "tillein" ("to pull or pluck"), along with the suffix "-mania" (from "mainesthai," meaning "to be mad"). People suffering from trichotillomania will routinely pluck hair from the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes or other parts of the body, usually impulsively but sometimes with careful deliberation (such as by using tweezers). Some researchers believe that it may be a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The word for this condition first appeared in English around the dawn of the 20th century (it's generally thought to have been first coined in French by a French dermatologist).

[sarakavitha]

nefarious-wicked

[Kalyan]

Gist : The point general sense

[ganeshbala]

Hi Good MOrning

Today s Word...

Exodus -  departure, migration

Ex  exodus of people from villages to cities..

[Kalyan]

Hi Acumens,

Good Morning

[blink]Tangential : Suddenly changeable[/blink]

[VelMurugan]

Hi [You],

Today Word

[blink]cursory[/blink]  • \KER-suh-ree\  •  adjective

    : rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty

Example Sentence:

A cursory reading of the syllabus made it clear that Professor Leary's sociology class was not going to be as easy as we had anticipated.

Did you know?

"Cursory" and its synonyms "superficial" and "shallow" all mean "lacking in depth or solidity" -- but these words are not used in exactly the same way in all cases. "Cursory," which comes from the Latin verb "currere" ("to run"), implies speed and stresses a lack of attention to detail. While "cursory" suggests a lack of thoroughness, "superficial" implies a concern only with surface aspects or obvious features. An analysis of a problem might be labeled "superficial" if it considers only the obvious and fails to dig deeper into the issue. "Shallow" is more generally derogatory in implying lack of depth in knowledge, reasoning, emotions, or character, as in "insensitive and shallow comments."

[arun]

Hi Acumen,

[blink]trichotillomania [/blink]   • \trick-uh-till-uh-MAY-nee-uh\  •  noun

    : an abnormal desire to pull out one's hair

[jagathesh]

TOday s word

conversant = familiar

use = I'm conversant with the topic

[ganeshbala]

Hi Good Morning..

Have A Nice Day...

Lets Check out the  Today s Word

irreverent - disrespectful

For Ex : an irreverent comment

[hari]

[blink]Abominate[/blink]

To feel disgust towards;
to abhor;
to loathe or detest thoroughly;
to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread;
Abominable; detested

[arun]

Hi,

[blink]cicerone [/blink]   • \sih-suh-ROH-nee\  •  noun

    1 : a guide who conducts sightseers

    2 : mentor, tutor

[VelMurugan]

Hi [You],

[blink]divagate[/blink]   • \DYE-vuh-gayt\  •  verb

    : to wander or stray from a course or subject : diverge, digress

Example Sentence:

The novel divagates and meanders through a labyrinth of subplots and asides.

Did you know?

"Divagate" hasn't wandered far in meaning from its Latin ancestors. It descends from the verb "divagari," which comes from "dis-," meaning "apart," and "vagari," meaning "to wander." "Vagari" also gave us "vagabond," meaning "a wanderer with no home," and "extravagant," an early, now archaic, sense of which was "wandering away." Latin "vagari" is also probably the source of our noun "vagary," which now usually means "whim or caprice" but originally meant "journey, excursion, or tour." Even the verb "stray" may have evolved from "vagari," by way of Vulgar Latin and Middle French. Today, "divagate" can suggest a wandering or straying that is literal (as in "the hikers divagated from the trail"), but it is more often used figuratively (as in "she tends to divagate from the subject").

[hari]

[blink]di·min·ish[/blink]

v.
di·min·ished, di·min·ish·ing, di·min·ish·es

v.tr.
1.

a. To make smaller or less or to cause to appear so.
b. To detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of.

2. To cause to taper.

3. Music To reduce (a perfect or minor interval) by a semitone.

v.intr.

1. To become smaller or less. See Synonyms at decrease.
2. To taper.

[VelMurugan]

Hi [You],

Today Word

[blink]steadfast[/blink]   • \STED-fast\  •  adjective

    1 a : firmly fixed in place : immovable
    *b : not subject to change

    2 : firm in belief, determination, or adherence : loyal

Example Sentence:

Maureen knew she could count on the steadfast support of her best friend even in the hardest of times.

Did you know?

"Steadfast" has held its ground in English for many centuries. Its Old English predecessor, "stedefæst," combined "stede" (meaning "place" or "stead") and "fæst" (meaning "firmly fixed"). An Old English text of the late 10th century, called "The Battle of Maldon," contains our earliest record of the word, which was first used in battle contexts to describe warriors who stood their ground. Soon, it was also being used with the broad meaning "immovable," and as early as the 13th century it was applied to those unswerving in loyalty, faith, or friendship. Centuries later, all of these meanings endure.

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

[ram]

hi acumens,

My turn now..

vituperate \vy-TOO-puh-rate, -TYOO-, vi-\, verb:
To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

* There are moments in life when true invective is called for, when it becomes an absolute necessity, out of a deep sense of justice, to denounce, mock, vituperate, lash out, in the strongest possible language.

* The incensed priests...continued to raise their voices, vituperating each other in bad Latin.

[arun]

Hi,

[blink]inalienable [/blink]   • \in-AY-lee-uh-nuh-bul\  •  adjective

    : incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred

[hariharan]

conglomerate : [blink]con·glom·er·ate[/blink]


v.intr.

1. To form or gather into a mass or whole.
2. To form into or merge with a corporate conglomerate.

v.tr.

To cause to form into a mass or whole.

n. (-r-t)

1. A corporation made up of a number of different companies that operate in diversified fields.
2. A collected heterogeneous mass; a cluster: a city-suburban conglomerate; a conglomerate of color, passion, and artistry.
3. Geology A rock consisting of pebbles and gravel embedded in cement.

[VelMurugan]

Hi [You],

Today Word

[blink]visage[/blink]   • \VIZ-ij\  •  noun

    *1 : the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal

    2 : aspect, appearance

Example Sentence:

The model's fierce, smoldering visage appears to gaze with contempt from billboards throughout the city.

Did you know?

The word "face" may be a pretty generic word, but it has several high-flown synonyms. "Physiognomy," for instance, refers to facial features thought to reveal qualities of temperament or character ("I thought I could detect in his physiognomy a mind owning better qualities than his father ever possessed. . . ." -- Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights). "Countenance" is often used to refer to the face as an indication of mood or emotion ("Mina struggled hard to keep her brave countenance. . . ." -- Bram Stoker, Dracula). "Visage" can refer to the face of a person or an animal, and it can also refer to the appearance of nonliving things, as in "the dirty visage of the old abandoned factory."

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

[Sanjay]

Hi,

[blink]plausible[/blink]   • \PLAW-zuh-bul\  •  adjective

    1 : seemingly fair, reasonable, or valuable but often not so

    2 : superficially pleasing or persuasive

    *3 : appearing worthy of belief

Example Sentence:

Her excuses for missing work were plausible at first, but soon became ridiculous.

Did you know?

Today the word "plausible" usually means "reasonable" or "believable," but it once held the meanings "worthy of being applauded" and "approving." It comes to us from the Latin adjective "plausibilis" ("worthy of applause"), which in turn derives from the verb "plaudere," meaning "to applaud or clap." Other "plaudere" descendants in English include "applaud," "plaudit" (the earliest meaning of which was "a round of applause"), and "explode" (from Latin "explodere," meaning "to drive off the stage by clapping").

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

[hari]

Genre : gen·re


1. A type or class: "Emaciated famine victims ... on television focused a new genre of attention on the continent" Helen Kitchen.
2.
     a. A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content: "his six String Quartets ... the most 
      important works in the genre since Beethoven's" Time.
     b. A realistic style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life.

[arun]

Hi [You],

[blink]ethereal[/blink] ·  \i-ˈthir-ē-əl\ · (adj.)

1 : of or relating to the heavens : HEAVENLY
2 : being light and airy : DELICATE

[vasanth]

Hi Acumen,

[blink]tenderfoot[/blink]

PRONUNCIATION : (TEN-duhr-foot)

MEANING:
A newcomer or a beginner at something, one not used to hardships.

[Kalyan]

Hi Good Morning,

Todays' Word :

Truce : (agreement) stop of fighting for a time

[ganeshbala]

Have a Look

Sovereign - having supreme power

Ex : A sovereign nation

[arun]

Hi [You],

[blink]mau-mau [/blink]  • \MOW-mow (the "ow" is as in "cow")\  •  verb

    *1 : to intimidate (as an official) by hostile confrontation or threats

      2 : to engage in mau-mauing someone

Example Sentence:

"Going downtown to mau-mau the bureaucrats got to be the routine practice in San Francisco." (Tom Wolfe, Radical Chic & Mau-mauing the Flak Catchers)

Did you know?

The Mau Mau was a militant secret society that operated in colonial Kenya during the 1950s. The ferocity with which Mau Mau terrorists rebelled against British rule was well-documented by national news sources, like Newsweek and Time, and by 1970 "Mau Mau" had become synonymous with "hostile intimidation," especially when used for social or political gain. Novelist Tom Wolfe was the first to use "mau-mau" in print as a word for "intimidate."

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

[shyamhr]

life

[hari]

[blink]Turgid[/blink]


bombastic:  ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
puffy:          abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes
                    with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"

[ganeshbala]

Hi Good MOrning

Lets Check the Today s Word

Prevalent = widespread

Ex : These diseases are more prevalent among young children

[arun]

Hi [You],

[blink]stagnate[/blink]

DEFINITION: (verb) to become stale through lack of movement or change.

SYNONYMS: decay, decline, languish

[vasanth]

Hi,

Today Word

[blink]physiology (noun)[/blink]

1 : a branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved — compare anatomy

2 : the organic processes and phenomena of an organism or any of its parts or of a particular bodily process

[arun]

Hi [You],

[blink]criterion[/blink]

DEFINITION: (noun) a standard of measurement or judgment.

EXAMPLE: In choosing a design for the new taxicabs, reliability will be our main criterion.

SYNONYMS: basis, benchmark

[vasanth]

Hi,

[blink]omniscient [/blink]   • \ahm-NISH-unt\  •  adjective

    1 : having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight

    2 : possessed of universal or complete knowledge

[Kalyan]

Today's Word :

Foible : Defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)

[ganeshbala]

Hi Good MOrning

Calamity - Disaster

Ex : Natural calamity

Have A nice Day

[arun]

Hi,

[blink]Grub Street[/blink]   • \GRUB-STREET\  •  noun

    : the world or category of needy literary hacks

Example Sentence:

Writer Paul Theroux once characterized the world of literary quarterlies and poetry magazines as "that respectable little cul-de-sac off Grub Street."

Did you know?

The original Grub Street was an address in London (it was renamed Milton Street in 1830) described by Dr. Samuel Johnson in his Dictionary of the English Language as "much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems." The term was applied figuratively to the dog-eat-dog world of pens-for-hire as early as 1630, and not surprisingly it became the subject of several novels. Writer Tobias Smollett, all too familiar with hackwork himself, described a Grub Street dinner party in his novel The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771). And the allusion to Grub Street still packed a punch in 1891 when George Gissing chose New Grub Street as the title of his realistic novel about intrigues of the Victorian literary world.

[vasanth]

Hi Acumen,

[blink]fugitive[/blink]

DEFINITION : (noun) someone who has escaped.

EXAMPLE : When two prisoners broke out of the local jail, police were warned to keep an eye out for the fugitives.

SYNONYMS : escapee, bolter

[hari]

[blink]Blond[/blink]

# blond: a person with fair skin and hair

# blond: being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of light-haired children"

# blond: a light grayish yellow to near white

[VelMurugan]

Hi Acumen,

[blink]anathema [/blink]  • \uh-NATH-uh-muh\  •  noun

    1 a : one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority
     *b : someone or something intensely disliked or loathed

    2 a : a ban or curse solemnly pronounced by ecclesiastical authority and accompanied by excommunication
       b : a vigorous denunciation : curse

Example Sentence:

Maryam's radical political views are anathema to her more conservative sister.

Did you know?

Historically, "anathema" can be considered a one-word oxymoron. When it first appeared in English in 1526, it was used to refer to something accursed. Shortly thereafter, however, people also began to use it to refer to something consecrated to divine use -- generally a good thing. Why the contradiction? "Anathema" comes from Greek, where it initially meant "anything devoted" and later "anything devoted to evil." The "consecrated to divine use" sense of "anathema" comes from that earlier Greek use but is not widely used today.

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

[hariharan]

[blink]Mentor[/blink]

# serve as a teacher or trusted counselor; "The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school"; "She is a fine lecturer but she ...

# a wise and trusted guide and advisor

# Mentor is a flexible and sophisticated statistical analysis and tabulation system.

[arun]

Hi Acumens,

[blink]homily[/blink]   • \HAH-muh-lee\  •  noun

    1 : a usually short sermon

    *2 : a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme

    3 : an inspirational catchphrase; also : platitude

Example Sentence:

"I don't mind eating tofu burgers," said Darnell, "as long as I don't have to hear a homily on the virtues of vegetarianism."

Did you know?

Gather around for the history of "homily." The story starts with ancient Greek "homilos," meaning "crowd" or "assembly." Greeks used "homilos" to create the verb "homilein" ("to consort with" or "to address"), as well as the noun "homilia" ("conversation"). Latin speakers borrowed "homilia," then passed it on to Anglo-French. By the time it crossed into Middle English, the spelling had shifted to "omelie," but by the mid-16th century the term had regained its "h" and added the "y" of the modern spelling.

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.