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Concomitant

  Northern Railway has installed solar power panels in its buildings with concomitant measures like installation of solar geysers at Northern Railway Hospitals. concomitant = occuring coherently. simultaneously.  How nice it would be to study and retain the information in concomitant way.

Miscreant. #today #diary

Miscreant is a man with no moral scruples. What is scruples? An uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action. Boss no scruples. Write whatever you want in the diary. Am I a miscreant then?

befuddled

There is a site called imood. It sets our moods. After a gap of 9 years I set my mood again. The site offers umpteen number of moods to select from. By the time you select a particular mood, your mood changes. The last mood update is: befuddled: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/befuddled befuddled means confused state with no clarity in thought.

Cliche

Hope you had a nice week. It is nice that my writing exercise is improving. For this week, I am supposed to find the 'cliche' I can think of. And am to construct a poem keeping cliche as the first sentence. The cliche I can think of is: moving finger writes Moving finger writes, figuratively I think less literal, understand a bit The fingers I want to move fast. Hold a pen for long. The finger movements are not strong.  Stare at the screen like hell. Fingers don't tap the words fall. Keep seeing my phone. Thumbs ache to move. The lousy brain up above Don't command the fingers to move. More information on cliche. A  cliché  or  cliche  ( UK   / ˈ k l iː ʃ eɪ /  or  US   / k l ɪ ˈ ʃ eɪ / ) is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has been overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.  (Wikipedia definition) cliche : A phrase or opinion that is overused and be...

TORPOR

This Sunday after noon, which can be called as page 15 of 366,  am I in TORPOR or LANGUISHING mood?   In a state of sluggishness or have lost my vitality?   Was solving sleep related quiz in readers digest.

Occidental

I was reading a book by Paul Brunton .  It was about a western man searching India for the secret of life.   There he mentions a word "Occidental".   In search of the word I found a dictionary on line.   BeeDictionary     For my word references let me have this dictionary.   I can store my new words in decks here.   Occidental means world pertaining to West.   (adjective satellite) denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere

Outrage

The readers digest Indian edition has got a feature "outrageous" Is it a outrageous thing to have a passion for this word? Since two months I've been trying to compose a blog on that - outrageous - took a long time to compose one. The dictionary I use for this now is Bee dictionary. outrageous meaning(s)  (adj) grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror (adj) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation Got a tweet for getting the meaning. @paulvharris (Paul V Harris) What's outrageous isn't what you ask for, what's outrageous is what you settle for--A Cohen

gobbledygook

new-0831-0024.mp3 The world wide web is a compilation of all the "gobbledygook" In the month of August I listened to this word on "BBC learning English". It is interesting know? Please listen to these two clips. One clip I cut the audio to listen only to "gobbledygook" In this entry I share the same with you. How do you rate this gobbledygook? [Imitative of the gobbling of a turkey.] See the wikipedia page: http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobbledygook The BBC download from my cell phone: gobble.mp3

Nouns of unusual Power

DERISION: Contemptuous laughter, scornful or mocking ridicule. "There was a look of derision on the face of the head waiter" HARRIDAN:  A disreputable old woman, a hag "That harridan aunt of yours has been talking melodrama" DEBAUCHERY: Sensuality; moral corruption; intemperance "Why do you yourselves bray before them in their dance of  debauchery ." INTRANSIGENCE: Irreconcilability refusal to agree or compromise. " Intransigence and rebellion is the characteristic of these people" INVECTIVE: to attack with words, railing abuse. "Victor Hugo excoriated Napoleon III with magnificent  invective ." AUSTERITY: dry, severe simplicity "We can smile now at the austerity of the Scotch Calvinists." VORACITY: greediness, gluttony; rapacity "Our tax bill is not sufficient to meet the voracity of an extravagant administration" WASTREL: A spendthrift; a waster "will you be the wastrels of a glorious patrimony?"

Verbs we sometimes neglect.

Bereft: Deprived of something beloved and valuable; made destitute by loss Abased: Made humble; brought down; shamed Ransacked: Pillaged; plundered. Ravishing: Seizing by violence. Beleaguered: Encompassed by force. Emblazoned: Set off in resplendent colors inscribed as though with heraldic emblems. Constricted: Drawn together or compressed; cramped; bound Constrained: compelled or urged; obliged, forced to action. Truckling: Yielding in a servile, favoring way, carrying favor obsequiously. Cosseted: Treated as a pet; pampered, fondled; treated tenderly.

Scaffolding

Word for the day. Picture gives the meaning. SCAFFOLDING.

Slump

I have taken this word today. Slump [br]Slump is a friend. He will be visiting us often. Only thing is we have to send him out now and then so that he can enjoy.[br]check this out:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/slump[br] Also chek this http://zenhabits.net/get-off-your-butt-16-ways-to-get-motivated-when-youre-in-a-slump/

new word

Look, at office there is a firewall. With https I can work google buzz. Learnt a word 'Dysania' It means the hardship we face to get up in the morning. I was just wondering what will be the word for not able to sart a work.

Verbs of violent criticism

words are the dress of disparage thoughts - chesterfield. Forwarded Funnies: The Older We Get... Excoriate: 'to strip off the skin" metaphorically, "he would extol his own friends and excoriate his opponents" Castigate: "to punish with the rod; to chastise, chasten or discipline; (also) " to rebuke or criticize severely" as " the girl would castigate him with angry words" Revile: abuse or reproach in offensive or scandalous language. "He was a vilent man who would reward his followers and revile his enemies" Derogate: "to propose a law against"  when you derogate someone "you take away from" his importance.You disparage him in the eyes of others and detract from his influence as: "The author did everything in his power to derogate the President's reputation" Inveigh: to attack with words. Inpun: to fight against Traduce: to lead across, to expose to shame through slanderous remarks. Stigmatize...

VERBS ABOUT YOUR FELLOWMEN

Aggrandize: he continually increased his wealth and power. Exacerbate: I got more and more irritated. Cashier: I'm out of job (dismiss) Scout: I have to laugh at your silly ideas. Ferret: If anyone can dig out secret, he can Filch: He was a pickpocket. Badger: He is a born tease. Exculpate: I thought he was guilty but he isn't Carp: Some dramatic reviewers are destructive and continually find nothing but fault. Extricate: Was glad to get out of the jam. Extol: Everybody is a hero worshiper.  Consummate: The deal was finally completed. Deprecate: I'm sorry about what you said. (regret) words are the dress of disparage thoughts

A Miscellany of verbs

Emasculated:  Deprived of strength, weakened, Disrupted: Broken asunder; torn entirely apart. Avowed: Acknowledged; openly declared. Arraigned: called upon to answer a charge Scourge: To punish severely Dominate: Exercise control over Desecrated: diverted from a sacred to a common use. Mulct: deprive of something by deceit. words are the dress of disparage thoughts - chesterfield.   

VERBS OF EXCEPTIONAL POWER

How forcible are right words! - Job 6:25 Nonplussed: Taken aback; brought to mental stand still; puzzled; in a quandary Eulogized: praised highly; spoken in praise of life and character of someone. Exorcised: Cast out as something evil expelled by prayer. Engrossed: Absorbed; completely occupied. Maundering: Grumbling; murmuring incoherently Spawned: Generated or produced offspring brought forth abundantly. Actuate: Incited to action; impelled Pillories: Holds up to scorn; ridicules; abuses Subjugate: conquer; subdue; made subservient Asseverate: Assert emphatically: affirm positively; state solemnly Deigns:  condescends; thinks something worthy of some notice Countermand: Recall by a contrary order; cancel Expropriate: Takes from a private owner for public use; takes away from an individual for use by state. Disparage: speak slightly; undervalue (Another word some what stronger than disparage is DENIGRATE ) Berate : To scold severely; to rail at; to ...

Verbs for everyday use.

AVER: to declare positively. Pander: to minister to the passions and prejudices of others, usually for personal benefit. Beset: Harassed; embarrassed Adjure: earnestly entreat; to urge; to appeal to Inure: to harden or toughen; to become habituated. Ineigle: to beg wile; to wheedle; to persuade by deception or flattery Belie: to give the lie to; to show to be wrong; to misrepresent. Disgorge: to eject or to vomit. Accost: to come up and speak to first Coruscate: to sparkle flash; glitter. Satiate : to fill to repletion; to satisfy beyond the natural desire. Incriminate: to connect with crime or to charge with crime; to show to be guilty. How forcible or right words! JOB 6:25

Verbs that suggest violence.

Lacerate: to tear (hurt one's feeling) Ravage: to seize; to snatch away by force Decimate: to take a tenth; to destroy a large part Subvert: over throw; to turn Extort : twist out; (use force) Sabotage: to destroy a plant or machinery willfully so as to win a strike. Jeopardize: in danger Decapitate : off the head What does a neighbor do when she hurts and wounds your feelings deeply? She lacerates them. What do enemy troops do when they lay waste to a country? They ravage it. What does army do to the forces of the enemy when it destroys a large part of the army? It decimates them. When revolutionists "turn under" the institutions of a country, when they overthrow and destroy its political structure, what do they do to that nation? They subvert it. How do the police under a dictatorship "twist out" or gain a confession from a prisoner? They extort the confession. What do the factory workers do to gain strike? They sabotage the machinery. When soldier...