Word Of The Day

extravaganza

A very elaborate and expensive show or performance; a large, exciting, and expensive event or entertainment marked by extreme freedom of style

blitzkrieg

In order to completely demolish enemy swiftly, a surprise military attack by using aircraft, tanks, and forces on the ground

camouflage

The act of behaviour to hide the truth or reality; the use of leaves, branches and other things for hiding soldiers or military equipment so that they cannot be seen against their surroundings

nepotism

Not to have democratic rights, especially in appointment to desirable positions in business or corporate families; in order to provide high-status positions or jobs, the act of using power or influence or unfair advantages

narcotize

to use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to put under the influence of a narcotic; affect with or as if with a narcotic drug

protagonist

The leading character or one of the most prominent figures in a situation; the dominant character in a work of fiction; the main supporter of an idea or political system

bourgeois

A person whose opinions are believed to be determined mainly by concern for property values and conventional respectability; dominated by commercial and industrial interests; relating to the standards and conventions of the middle class and a tendency toward mediocrity

reprobation

Complete disapproval; severe condemnation, or censure

snorkelling

The sport or activity of swimming underwater by using a snorkel and face mask. Snorkel is a hard rubber or plastic tube through which a swimmer breathes under surface of the water.

pestilential

It is used to refer to things that cause disease or are caused by disease; harmful or annoying; dangerous or troublesome; infectious, and plague-causing