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Dr. T.K. Jain.Dr. T.K. Jain.
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What is SERENDIPITY? Great discoveries are often byserendipidity.
It is luck plus your continuousefforts.
It is similar to chance factor but
the same as chance.
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What is sanguine? I am sanguine of your success. I am optimist about you.
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What is What is
sacrosanct? Temples are sacrosanct.These arenot just santimoinous places these
are the places for pious person.
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What is surmise? I can surmise that you are studying alot I guess it on the basis of your
appearance.
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What is sycophant? You find such persons in every office. They do lot of buttering.
They are experts in using unctuouslanguage.
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What is taciturn? A taciturn person cant learn spokenenglish fast. Such person remains
quite. Something tacit is unspoken.
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What is somnolent? Are english classes really somnolent? Books are definitely somnolent.
It is similar to soporific.
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What is staid? A staid person will remain verysedate, expression less, and will not
change his expressions.
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What is rife? Corruption is rife in india. Something rife is omnipresent.
Something rife is ubiquitous. Rife is generally used in negative
sense.
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What is ribald? During marriage functions, boys makeribald on girls.
It is to make puns, taunt etc.
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What is ruse? Birbal was good at ruse. Sakuni was also good at ruse.
It is similar to guile.
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What is shrewd? Chanakya was shrewd Mechiavelli was shrewd
He is always clever, perspicacious.
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What is pugnacious: He is always ready to fight withothers. He is always eager to debate
with others. Similar to querrelsome.
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What is rancor? We shouldnt have any rancor in ourmind.
Rancor means hatred, ill-feelings, ill-thoughts etc.
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What is proscribe? Doctor told me not to take radish.Doctor proscribed radish.
It is similar to restraint orprohibition.
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What is propensity? You have propensity to become anexecutive. It is similar to preference.
It is your inclination.
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What is rectitude? Shashtri ji was known for hisrectitude.
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What is repudiate? He took loan of 50000 from me butnow he refuses to accept it. He will
not pay me. He has repudiated hisloans.
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What is rescind? Should we rescind our agreements. Should our government rescind all our
agreements with Pakistan. It is similar to repeal or cancel or
annul or abrogate
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What is quixotic? Your ideas are fantastic but notpractical = they are quixotic.
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What is prosaic? No one likes watching a prosaicmovie.
People want to see an exciting movie. Prosaic means ordinary, boring etc.
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What is ingenuous? Nanak is very ingenuous person. He isvery innocent, candid and simple
person. He cant do any harm to anyperson.
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What is insidious? Speculation is insidious and seductivefor young generation. Now people in
Bikaner are absorbed in this. It issweet poison which can kill anyperson. It is full of temptations.
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What is ignominious? India had ignominious defeat inHockey.
It is humiliating. It is disgraceful.
It is shameful.
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What is gerrulous? Girls are generally gerrulous. Someone gerrulous talk a lot.
It is similar to talkative. It is opposite of taciturn.
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What is gregarious? What is common in elephant, ant,bees, humans and monkeys they are
all gregarious. They live in group.They live in society.
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What is fastidious? People in Bikaner find mistakes ineverything they see. When they go as
Barati they find fault in everyarrangement. They are fastidious.
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What is impetuous? He cant score high in CAT becausehe will try to solve every question in
hurry. He is similar to some of our students.
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What is iconoclast? Ram Mohan Roy was an iconoclast. Hecould challenge old thinking.
Icons represent old thinking sosomeone who can break these isiconoclast.
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What is harangue? Have you seen political leaders likeUma Bharati / Bal thakare giving
harangue.
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What is pejorative? Dont use pejorative language evenfor your friends.
It is similar to derogatory,uncomplementary.
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What is pariah? He is a social outcast. People dont take food with him
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What is plethora? The Punjab has plethora of water but doest want to give it to
Rajasthan. It is similar to abundance.
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What is platitude? Nobody wants to listen platitudes.You want to give someone a really
good word speak from your heart. It is similar to clich.
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What is precocious? Tendulkar was precocious as heattained mastery at a tender age of
16 only.
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What is vituperate? Political leaders vituperate eachothers.
They berate each other. They rebukeeach other and even fight with eachothers
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What is wanton? According to Indian philosophy, wehave wanton desires. They cannot be
satisfied. It is similar to lewd, lust,and lascivious behaviour.
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What is zephyr? Get up early in morning even indesert city of Bikaner you will have
zephyr. It is pleasant wind.
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What is languid? Due to his involvement in maths andenglish preparation, Nilesh has
become languid. He is continuouslylanguishing. But it will help him.
It is similar to fatigue or tiredness.
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What is magnanimous? When results will come, SrikantBhansali will host a big party
afterall he is magnanimous person. It is similar to generous.
Magna = big, animus = heart.
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What is mercurial? Have you seen any person whosemood changes in seconds. Sometimes
he is happy, sometimes peevish andsometimes depressed.
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What is maudlin? My daughter is very maudlin. She isvery sentimental and gets angry or
dishearten soon.
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What is malevolent? Rawan was malevolent. He wanted todo something bad.
Mal = bad Volent = desirious to do something
bad.
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What is obfuscate? If you want to understand this word,come to my advanced maths classes
when everything will go like abouncer.
Incomprehensive.
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What is neophyte? You are neophyte in the field ofmanagement education.
Neo = new Beginner, novice, tyro are other
similar words.
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What is obstreperous?
Children are often obstreperous unruly uncontrollable untractable
sometimes like us.
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What is officious? You will find many such persons inbikaner who will give you advice
when you dont want one who willhelp you when you sincerely dontwant their help they will drag youto their home but you will avoidthem.
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What is puerile? Full of childishness lack of maturityand lack of wisdom.
It is similar to juvenile, immaturity.
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What is recalcitrant? He is obstinate to the limit. He justdoesnt understand whatever you try
to tell him. He is the most unruly,obstreperous, untractable person youcan get in the world.
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What is punctilious? He will follow rules to the last. He isvery meticulous regarding rules and
processes. He is like old martinetperson following rules strictly.
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What is protean? He is flexible, adaptive and easy tochange.
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What is surfeit? I had surfeit of food in the partyyesterday because the food was
tasty. It is excess supply of something-more than required.
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What is nostalgia? When you will be working in MNCs inUSA, you will have nostalgia of
Bikaner and Afterschoool sometime
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What is pertinacious? We had persons like Surendra, whowere from Hindi backgroud but
made tremendous struggle andreally achieved success. Thesepersons dont give up easily andcontinue in spite of all difficulties.
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What is propitious? Anand, this is not the propitious timefor your marriage you have to do
MBA and get settled down thenthink about marriage.
It is similar to favourable.
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What is promulgate? Govt. should promulgate emergencyto fight with the current situation of
terrorism. It is to make known, to proclaim, toimplement etc.
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What is quagmire? When you will open your books ofFinance and Mathematics, you will
find yourself in quagmire. Dontworry, dont read them, relax
It is similar to a very difficult
situation
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What is impertinent? Some persons tell me that youth areimpertinent I dont believe that as
the youth of today are very polite. It is similar to rude.
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What is enervate? Supern has completely enerveted dueto his preparation of GK and other
subjects.
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What is effulgent? Full of light, full of lumination.
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What is dither? Why are you dithering regarding yourcareer?
Join the best institution where youmay get best education and candevelop your capability.
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What is expunge? Let us expunge corruption from ourcountry.
Let us eradicate corruption. It is similar to completely remove.
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What is expiate? This is your golden time, if you dontuse it properly, you will expiate later.
It is similar to atone for. Or regret.
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What is fatuous? It is the word for sheikh chilly.
Someone very fool stupid.
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What is fetid? Sursagar was once the most fetidplace of bikaner but now it will
become most fragrant place ofBikaner.
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What is desecrate? Dont desecrate any temple or anyreligious place?
It is to make a holy place impure.
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What is diaphanous? She was wearing a diaphanous veil, asin their community, girls were
supposed to wear veil.
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What is diffident? When Sneha had joinedAfterschoool, she was diffident, but
now very talkative and chirpy.
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What is deleterious? Coming to afterschoool might bedeleterious to your health, because
you will become slender, feeble, andfragile person due to studies studies studies.
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What is cupidity? Our desires have no limits socupidity denotes this. It is similar to
wanton, lust, lewd, greed, avarice.
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What is cursory? Mukesh made a cursory glance hadher bride because all relatives were
around.
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What is defile? Dont defile image of any person.
To make impure, to make unclean, to
do something bad or to say somethingbad.
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What is deprecate? People in Bikaner will deprecate your
achievements. Even if you get at the
top with hard work they will say itis just a fluke chance or may beby some scandal.
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What is egregious? The worst person on earth
He can do worse then what we can
imagine. You will find them as terrorist or
other anti social element.
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What is eschew? Let us eschew violence.
Let us eschew smoking
It is to keep away from.
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What is execrable? Terrorists are excerable to us.
They are loathsome, detestable and
noxious elements.
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Programme in Social Entrepreneurship) alongwith preparation for CFP / CFA /CMA / FRM.It also conducts workshops on socialentrepreneurship in schools and colleges allover India start social entrepreneurshipclub in your institution today with the helpfrom afterschoool and help us in developing
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