Words of the day Philatelist, Bluster, Filth

philatelist [ fi-LAT-l-ist  ]
	[ noun ]
	MEANING :
	1. one who is a collector and student of postage stamps 2. one who accumulates and studies stamps
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	He said that he was not really a philatelist and that the collection of rare stamps had been gifted to him by his grandfather.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Beginning next year, philatelists may have to dig a little deeper to keep current with their collections: The U.S. Postal Service has called for a slight price increase in its stamps. CNN, Quick Guide & Transcript: Rosa Parks' funeral, Pakistan quake toll, 3 November 2005.
bluster [ BLUHS-ter  ]
	[ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
	MEANING :
	1. (tr. v.) to bully or accomplish by a highhanded manner 2. (intr. v.) to make noisy menaces or employ a loud, arrogant or bullying manner 3. (intr. v.) to blow in loud, violent gusts or to roar and be tumultuous 4. (n.) loud, arrogant talk with empty threats 5. (n.) a strong gusty wind
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	He blustered his way to the head of the queue and was the first to board the bus.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Even trauma has been reduced to television drama; once the scenes are played out, our bluster slowly splutters into silence. CNN, Mumbai attack survivor: 'It's like a dead man living', Harmeet Shah Singh and Mallika Kapur, 26 November 2009.
filth [ filth  ]
	[ noun ]
	MEANING :
	1. foul matter or disgusting refuse 2. a very dirty or foul condition 3. moral impurity or obscenity or vulgar language
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The filth scattered all over the street does not seem to bother the people living in this neighbourhood.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	A council road sweeper covered a street in Cambridgeshire with filth - after spraying waste from his truck instead of sucking it up. BBC, Sweeper sprays filth over people, 2 July 2008.

Aptitude Question - 3

A group of boys is playing cricket. Intezam is at the striker's end of the pitch and Sachit is at the non-striker's end. Intezam hits the ball far into the outfield and the batsmen start running. Each of them runs at a constant speed, though their speeds are not necessarily equal. They first cross each other at a distance of 9 ft from the striker's end while running the first run. They immediately turn back for the second run and cross each other at a distance of 3 ft from the non-striker's end while running for the second run. After this, they turn back for the third run and so on. What is the total distance (In feet) Sachit has run when they cross each other for the third time?

OPTIONS
	1)	45
	2)	54
	3)	60
	4)	75
	5)	None of these

Aptitude Question - 2

A number Y is chosen at random from the set of all prime numbers less than 50. What is the probability that hundred more than one-fifth the square of Y is less than nine times Y?

OPTIONS
	1)	0.067
	2)	0. 63
	3)	0.133
	4)	0.5

Word of the Day - Belie

belie [ bih-LAHY  ]
	[ transitive verb ]
	MEANING :
	1. to refute, contradict or prove to be false 2. to misrepresent or give a false impression
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	His nervous gesticulations belied the confidence with which he spoke.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Uribe has called the FARC's unilateral releases cynical publicity stunts that belie their disregard for civilian life. The Telegraph, Colombian rebels release first captive in more than a year, 29 March 2010.

Word of the Day - Implicit

implicit [ im-PLIS-it  ]
	[ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	1. implied, rather than being clearly stated 2. understood though not directly expressed 3. having no reservations about or absolute or unquestioning
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	They had an implicit agreement to remain silent about the affair.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Alistair Darling's implicit message to the critics will be "you may not like what I say, but at least I'm consistent." BBC, Budget 2010: Alistair Darling's election Budget ANALYSIS, Stephanie Flanders, 21 March 2010.

Aptitude Question - 1

The number 3190623X1Y6, where X and Y are odd digits, is divisible by 88. It is also divisible by which of the following?

OPTIONS
	1)	16
	2)	256
	3)	792
	4)	None of these

annuity

annuity [ uh-NOO-i-tee, uh-NYOO-i-tee ]
[ noun ]

MEANING :
1. the annual payment of an allowance
2. a contract by which one receives fixed payments on an investment for a lifetime

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
They assured him that after he retired he would receive an annuity for the rest of his natural life.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
"When you have an annuity and you sell it, there are a lot of penalties that the insured incurs, and the first time you buy an annuity, the agent makes a very nice commission," Atterholt said.

effectuate

effectuate [ ih-FEK-choo-eyt ]
[ transitive verb ]

MEANING :
1. to effect or bring about
2. to cause to happen

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The slashing of headcount in many companies was effectuated by the economic recession.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
"Given that this court finds that there can never be service effectuated on the named defendant this action will be dismissed with prejudice," Judge Polk wrote in his ruling.

scrupulous

scrupulous [ SKROO-pyuh'-luh's ]
[ adjective ]

MEANING :
1. principled or having a strict regard for what one considers right
2. painstaking or minutely careful

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The young executive was rewarded by the company for his scrupulous performance during the year.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Charles Wheeler was a scrupulous reporter who tirelessly pursued the truth.

cavil

cavil [ KAV-uh'l ]
[ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]

MEANING :
1. (tr. v.) to quibble about or raise inconsequential or frivolous doubts or objections
2. (tr. v.) to make petty objections or point out sham or minor discrepancies
3. (intr. v.) to raise trivial objections or unnecessarily find fault with
4. (n.) a frivolous and irritating objection
3. (n.) the act of making a frivolous objection

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The little boy grumbled that he could never please his parents as they cavilled about everything he did.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Purists who shudder at the historical doubtfulness of the Uzbek-Timur connection may also cavil at the Tajiks' claims.

hubbub

hubbub [ HUHB-uhb ]
[ noun ]

MEANING :
1. an uproar or confusion caused by many voices
2. tumult
3. loud noises or din

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The group discussion turned out to be a regular hubbub with each candidate trying to shout down the others.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Within minutes of filling in my registration forms there was a hubbub at the door and David Cameron, Andrew Lansley and the rest of the shadow health team accompanied by senior Royal Marsden staff arrived in the room.

bliss

bliss [ blis ]
[ noun ]

MEANING :
1. spiritual joy or heavenly
2. extreme happiness or ecstasy

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The prince married the princess and they lived in bliss for the rest of their lives.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
The notion of suddenly bolting a cushy corporate dream to follow one's bliss may seem romantic.

parochial

parochial [ puh'-ROH-kee-uh'l ]
[ adjective ]

MEANING :
1. pertaining to or supported by or located in a parish
2. pertaining the education provided by a parochial school
3. very limited scope or narrow in outlook
4. provincial

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The best education is provided in parochial schools.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Sometimes it's political, sometimes it's parochial, but senators see it as another critical check the legislators have over the executive branch.

lance

lance [ lans, lahns ]
[ noun, transitive verb ]

MEANING :
1. (n.) a weapon with a long wooden shaft and a sharp metal head
2. (n.) a lancet or surgical knife with a short, pointed double-edged blade for making incisions
3. (n.) a pipe for directing oxygen onto a heated metal object in order to burn a hole in it
4. (tr. v.) to pierce with or as if with a lancet
5. (tr. v.) to cut through with an oxygen lance

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The lance was used by knights in a jousting tournament.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
The event took place in an encampment that featured medieval tents, stocks, the pillory and racks of weapons and lances.

emulate

emulate [ v. EM-yuh'-leyt; adj. EM-yuh'-lit ]
[ adjective, transitive verb ]

MEANING :
1. (tr. v.) to imitate with an effort to excel or surpass or to strive to equal
2. (tr. v.) to successfully compete with or attain equality with
3. (adj.) desirous of excelling or equalling

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
He joined medical college so that he could emulate his father who was a prominent doctor.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Many people are determined that the United States should emulate the rest of the industrialized world and adopt a publicly subsidized system of universal coverage.

pseudonym

pseudonym [ SOOD-n-im ]
[ noun ]

MEANING :
1. a pen name
2. a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity
3. a nickname or alias

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
One of the employees wrote a letter to the manager criticizing the new policies being enforced by the company and signed it with a pseudonym.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Colonel Britton was the pseudonym of Douglas Ritchie, a 36-year-old Assistant News Editor at the BBC.

prefigure

prefigure [ pree-FIG-yer ]
[ transitive verb ]

MEANING :
1. to foreshadow or show beforehand
2. to imagine or picture beforehand
3. to suggest or represent by an antecedent

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The novel titled “Twenty thousand leagues under the sea” written by Jules Verne prefigured the invention of the submarine.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
In the soaring dreams of Daniel Burnham and the hellish ones of Henry Holmes, Larson has paired two unlikely stories that paint a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come.

fuss

fuss: [ fuhs ]
[ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]

MEANING :
1. (n.) an excessive display of anxious attention or needless activity
2. (n.) a noisy dispute
3. (n.) a frivolous complaint or protest
4. (tr. v.) to be excessively careful or to fret or worry over trifles
3. (intr. v.) to disturb or bother with trifles

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The old dame would fuss over her pet dog as if it were a baby.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
The fuss is, and will continue to be, about the funding of British politics and not the precise tax status of members of the House of Lords.

replenish

replenish [ ri-PLEN-ish ]
[ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]

MEANING :
1. (tr. v.) to fill up or complete again, with what is lacking
2. (tr. v.) to refill or fill again
3. (tr. v.) to supply again with what was used
4. (intr. v.) to become full again

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
They placed an order with the grocer who promptly replenished their larder.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Part of the pearl initiative is to encourage pearl diving in the country again, since experts believe that harvesting oysters actually helps replenish oyster beds.

abbreviate

abbreviate [ uh'-BREE-vee-eyt ]
[ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]

MEANING :
1. (tr. v.) to make a word shorter by omitting letters
2. (tr. v.) to make briefer or less lengthy
3. (tr. v.) to make a short form of
4. (intr. v.) to use the shortened version of

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
He abbreviated most of his presentation due to time constraints.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Highlight your notes or abbreviate them on cards, so that the information can be referred to easily - but don't spend all of your time doing this instead of revising.