Word Of The Day

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

fauxtography

Fauxtography means fraudulent photography. It is used to manipulate the viewers and promote to a particular intention.

carnival

An organized event of entertainment or exhibition basically on streets in which people wear unusual colourful clothes to celebrate a festival. For example – Notting Hill Carnival

castigate

to criticize someone or something severely; to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism

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

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

belligerent

A person who is very unfriendly and wanting to argue or fight; wishing to fight or argue

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

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