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1 | castigate | to criticize someone or something severely; to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism | 26-Aug-2017 |
2 | metamorphosis | A complete change in appearance or character; a person or thing develops into something completely different. For example - the transformation of caterpillars into butterflies | 25-Aug-2017 |
3 | etymology | The study of the sources and origin of words; the way of the study of a word’s history in which its meaning has changed throughout the past | 24-Aug-2017 |
4 | belligerent | A person who is very unfriendly and wanting to argue or fight; wishing to fight or argue | 23-Aug-2017 |
5 | skyscraper | A very tall modern multi-storey building of steel skeletal construction, developed in the USA; a tall, continuously habitable building having at least 40–50 floors in the highly developed city | 22-Aug-2017 |
6 | jet lag | Jet lag is a physiological condition, which occurs when people travel rapidly from east to west, or west to east through several time zones in an aircraft | 21-Aug-2017 |
7 | itsy-bitsy | Itsy-bitsy or itty-bitty means extremely tiny; very small | 19-Aug-2017 |
8 | netiquette | Netiquette or net etiquette means the correct or acceptable way of using the Internet; the set of rules about proper manners and behaviour that are acceptable on the internet | 18-Aug-2017 |
9 | ergasiophobia | Disinclination to work of any kind; an illogical fear of being able to work properly, especially that of a surgeon being able to operate | 17-Aug-2017 |
10 | ululate | When people make a long high sound with their voices as a way of expressing extreme happiness or extreme sadness | 16-Aug-2017 |
11 | juxtaposition | When two contrasting objects, images, or ideas are placed together or described together in such a way that the differences between them are emphasized | 14-Aug-2017 |
12 | divagate | To deviate from a subject, focus, or course; lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in thinking, writing, or speaking | 12-Aug-2017 |
13 | polemic | A person who argues in opposition to another; a controversialist; a piece of writing or a speech in which a person strongly attacks or defends a particular opinion, person, idea, or set of beliefs | 11-Aug-2017 |
14 | polemic | a person who argues in opposition to another; a controversialist; a piece of writing or a speech in which a person strongly attacks or defends a particular opinion, person, idea, or set of beliefs | 11-Aug-2017 |
15 | phubbing | The activity of being impolite in a social situation by looking at your phone instead of paying attention to the person you are with; ignoring someone in favour of your mobile phone | 10-Aug-2017 |
16 | ambience | The aura of a place; the character of a place or the feeling you have about it; a particular environment | 09-Aug-2017 |
17 | anarchy | When nobody seems to be paying any attention to rules or laws; the absence of any authority or lack of government | 08-Aug-2017 |
18 | conundrum | A problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve; a complex or perplexing problem that generally has no clear solution | 05-Aug-2017 |
19 | sarcasm | In order to criticize something in a humorous way or to hurt someone’s emotions, the use of remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what they say; by comedy, when people speak something the complete opposite of what they mean; witty language used to convey insults or scorn | 04-Aug-2017 |
20 | cynicism | Beliefs that people are generally selfish and dishonest; an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; a cynical feeling of distrust | 03-Aug-2017 |
21 | ambrosia | A very delicious food; the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate ambrosia became immortal; anything particularly delightful to taste or smell | 02-Aug-2017 |
22 | exorcism | Calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations; the removing of evil spirits from a person or place by the use of prayer | 01-Aug-2017 |
23 | instantiate | to represent by a concrete example; the creation of a real instance or particular realization of an abstraction or template such as a class of objects or a computer process | 31-Jul-2017 |
24 | autarky | To be strong enough or sufficient; a self-sustainable economy or military; a country that could defend itself without help from another country, or could manufacture all of its weapons without any support from the outside world | 29-Jul-2017 |
25 | catastrophe | An unexpected sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction; a state of extreme ruin and trouble; any sudden and violent change in the earth's surface caused by disasters such as flooding, earthquake, Slab avalanches, tsunami, blizzards, hurricanes, and tornadoes | 28-Jul-2017 |
26 | shambles | A state of great disorder or confusion; a building where animals are butchered; slaughterhouse | 27-Jul-2017 |
27 | crucible | A difficult dangerous environment; a melting pot in which materials can be heated to very high temperatures; a situation in which different cultures or styles interact with each other to produce something new | 26-Jul-2017 |
28 | betrayal | The breaking or violation of a presumptive confidence, trust or contract; an act of betraying someone or something; a complete break from previously decided upon or presumed norms by one party from the others | 25-Jul-2017 |
29 | perambulator | A small buggy or a vehicle with four wheels in which a child or baby is pushed around; a type of baby transport; a large wheel with a calibrated mechanism, pushed along on the ground to measure distances | 24-Jul-2017 |
30 | dermatologist | a medical practitioner who treats people who have skin diseases; a doctor who specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of skin disorder | 22-Jul-2017 |
31 | proletarian | a member of the working class; belonging to the lowest or poorest class of the people | 21-Jul-2017 |
32 | embargo | An official order issued by a country to stop trading with another country; an order to temporarily stop something | 20-Jul-2017 |
33 | pantomime | A theatrical entertainment based on fairy tales or traditional children's stories; a performance using gestures and body movements without words | 19-Jul-2017 |
34 | aristocratic | Relating to royalty and the nobility: belonging to the highly elite or super-rich class of society; relating to those people having private-jets | 18-Jul-2017 |
35 | pedantic | Giving too much attention to literal accuracy or small details; a narrow focus on minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching | 17-Jul-2017 |
36 | exhaustipated | Exhaustipated derives from two other words ‘exhausted’ and ‘constipated’. It means ‘too tired to care about something’. | 15-Jul-2017 |
37 | komorebi | Sunlight that shines through the leaves of trees; melancholic longing or nostalgia that is far away from you | 14-Jul-2017 |
38 | gobsmacked | Feeling surprised or shocked; being totally speechless; unable to think of anything to say; extremely surprised | 13-Jul-2017 |
39 | inter alia | Among other things; if there are other things involved apart from the one you are mentioning | 12-Jul-2017 |
40 | supercilious | behaving or looking as if you are better than other people, and that their opinions, beliefs, or ideas are not important; arrogant | 11-Jul-2017 |
41 | enfranchise | to give the right to vote in the election; set free | 10-Jul-2017 |
42 | onomatopoeia | The word, which creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting; acts like the natural sounds of a thing; echo | 08-Jul-2017 |
43 | contumacious | The rebellious behaviour that shows contempt; refusing to obey or respect the law; willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient | 07-Jul-2017 |
44 | hallucination | Because of illness or drug addiction an experience of something, which does not exist; nightmare; optical illusion; fantasy | 06-Jul-2017 |
45 | metacognition | higher-order thinking skills; one of the most sophisticated cognitive capacities of human beings | 05-Jul-2017 |
46 | juggernaut | a powerful, huge, and metaphorical force that seems to crush everything in its way; a very large, heavy truck | 04-Jul-2017 |
47 | wardrobe | a stock of wearing apparel; a tall cupboard in which people hang their clothes or costumes | 03-Jul-2017 |
48 | insalubrious | an ill environment; unwholesome; dirty, or unfavourable to health | 01-Jul-2017 |
49 | titltle1 | 13 | 01-Jul-2017 |
50 | elysian | relating to or quality of paradise or heaven | 30-Jun-2017 |