Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Word dose 1

Simple words(Must knows)
These words can at least be guessed-
Melancholy
Cumbersome
Remorse
archaic
Contemplate
Adorn
Refurbish
Conglomerate
opine

Guess and check if your guess matches with the ones given below
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Melancholy
-a deep feeling of sadness that lasts for a long time and often cannot be explained:
-very sad or making you feel sadness
Melancholy thoughts or memories
eg.A mood of melancholy was clearly visible
Synonyms-mournful,sombre

Related words are melancholic and melancholia
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Cumbersome
Something that is bulky and difficult to handle
eg.cumbersome desktops are being replaced by laptops.
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Remorse-feeling extremely sorry for something that you have done
eg.we confess out of remorse.
Related words: Remorseful, Remorsefully, Remorseless
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Archaic-very old and no longer used
related words: antiquated, outdated, archaelogy
the difference between archaic and antiquated is that archaic is no longer used and may not have a value today, but antiquated things, although very old but still carry a lot of value..
antiquated can be derived from antique.
eg:'thou art' is an archaic version of 'you are'.
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Contemplate-to think about whether you should do sth, or how you should do something
synonym-consider/think about
eg. I am contemplating living in Kerala.
related words: contemplation, contemplative
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Adorn-(verb)to make something more attractive by decorating it
**misconception-a common misconception is that adorn is derived from adore.
ADORN AND ADORE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT MEANINGS
eg: The walls were adorned with Graffiti
Related word: adornment
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Refurbish-to clean and decorate a room, building, etc. in order to make it more attractive and more useful.
related word is refurbishment
The usage is quite similar to adorn and they have similar meanings as well
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Conglomerate-a number of things or parts that are put together to form a whole
joining together two or more than two things into a single whole thing
eg: conglomeration of two companies.
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opine-to express a particular opinion
derived from opinion
it is the verb form of opinion.
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2 comments:

  1. Mr. Maharaj, y dont yu update ur page...??

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  2. U stopped blogging with this one post, Maharaj????

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