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A Word Game!!! -
20-03-2006, 01:19 AM
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This thread is being started for vocabulary improvement!!
I will Post a Word!! ??:
If anyone could post the meaning of that word along with its usage he becomes eligible for posting a new word!!!
 
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Re: A Word Game!!! -
20-03-2006, 01:22 AM
Hi!!Friends!!
Here Comes the first word:
CUDGEL!!!!
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20-03-2006, 11:27 AM
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Hi!!Friends!!
Here Comes the first word:
CUDGEL!!!!
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i think cudgel is kinda stick.now the use of cudgel is like.. taking up cudgel against/for
USE:
Afgan women taking up cudgel for humn rights etc..
NGOs taking up cudgels against child labour
here the meaning is to
1) champion a cause or engage in some conflict/dispute(for/against)
Now if that is right  here is my word
gauntlet
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20-03-2006, 01:12 PM
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i think cudgel is kinda stick.now the use of cudgel is like.. taking up cudgel against/for
USE:
Afgan women taking up cudgel for humn rights etc..
NGOs taking up cudgels against child labour
here the meaning is to
1) champion a cause or engage in some conflict/dispute(for/against)
Now if that is right here is my word
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Gauntlet - A difcult/challenging task, an ordeal
Usage: [phrase] - throw the gauntlet - put across a challenge
Next word: idiosyncratic
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20-03-2006, 01:49 PM
hi everybody,here is the word and the meaninggauntlet :An onslaught or attack from all sides: “The hostages... ran the gauntlet of insult on their way to the airport”
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20-03-2006, 03:00 PM
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Gauntlet - A difcult/challenging task, an ordeal
Usage: [phrase] - throw the gauntlet - put across a challenge
Next word: idiosyncratic
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i think it means peculiar/unconventional behaviour/trait
If somebody is idiosyncratic he/she behaves in a way which in not usual
Also thr is one jargon i think like idiosyncratic risk associated with the stock market,although i donnow the meaning
Now if i m corrct,allow me to put the nxt word hr..
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Now i just want to let you junta know somethn..gauntlet originally was a form of punishment where people armd with stcks used 2 stand in 2 rows facing each other n the a person was forcd 2 run betwn them while thy beat the person
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20-03-2006, 03:08 PM
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i think it means peculiar/unconventional behaviour/trait
If somebody is idiosyncratic he/she behaves in a way which in not usual
Also thr is one jargon i think like idiosyncratic risk associated with the stock market,although i donnow the meaning
Now if i m corrct,allow me to put the nxt word hr..
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idiosyncratic - Non-traditional/conventional
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20-03-2006, 03:17 PM
sinecure--office involving minimal duties..
d next one ---aficionado
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sinecure--office involving minimal duties..
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a keen follower ( cricket aficionado etc...)
Next once: piebald
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a keen follower ( cricket aficionado etc...)
Next once: piebald
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piebald - Spots or Patches on body
Next -> nincompoop
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