[koseram]

Addenda............

Pulling urban India out of chaos
reeling - walk unsteadily; gyrating
squalid - dirty; filthy

New challenges for power plant industry
forthcoming - available when required or as promised; at ease in talking to
others
levitation - rising in to the air

Iran must work to rebuild confidence
bedrock - basic principle
defy - resist or confront with resistance

Invoking the third party
unrelenting - never-ceasing; unmoved by entreaties

Mortgages are out, land grab is in
tip of the iceberg - part of a problem that can be seen, with far more serious
problems lying underneath.
wiggle out - to make one's way out

Originally Posted by coolsurfer23in

Saturday, Sep 24, 2005


Making injections perfectly safe

rendered- To submit or present, as for consideration, approval

necessitate- To make necessary or unavoidable

curative- Of or relating to the cure of disease


Pulling urban India out of chaos

agglomerations-act or process of gathering into a mass

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[Apple]

26th September
A question of lifestyles
Awash (adj) -Covered with water syn-flooded
Binge (noun) - An occasion for excessive eating or drinking
Snorting (verb)- Inhale through the nose
Why equality is the best policy
Stifle (v)-Smother or suppress
Punitive (adj) - Inflicting punishment
Virtuous (adj)- of moral excellence
Littered (adj)-filled with disorderly accumulation of objects
Despair is still not an option in Iraq
Permeated (adj) - Occurring throughout
conundrum (n) - Difficult problem
Wither (v)-fade
China's second manned space mission
Poised (adj) -Marked by readiness for action
India's shameful vote against Iran
adversarial(adj)-Involving opposition
abstentions(n)-Refrain from voting
volte face(n)-A reversal in attitude or principle or point of view
disingenuous(adj)-giving a false appearance of frankness
craven(n)-coward
happenstance(n)-An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
strangulate(v)-Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

Two more articles left.Will read it after attending the class.
CHeers
Apple

[koseram]

Originally Posted by Apple

26th September
A question of lifestyles
Awash (adj) -Covered with water syn-flooded
Binge (noun) - An occasion for excessive eating or drinking
Snorting (verb)- Inhale through the nose

not much dough today guys....
almost all of them covered by apple .....

[Apple]

Tuesday 27th Sep
The dispiriting parallelism
sordid(adj) -Morally degraded
clique(n)-An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
scuttle(v)-To move about or proceed hurriedly
stultifying(v)- Deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
cohorts(n)-A company of companions or supporters
fiefdom(n)-An organization that is controlled by a dominate person or group
Indian Airlines set to take off at last
inordinate(adj)-Beyond normal limits
The unravelling of India's Persian puzzle
troika(n)-A Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast
bout(n)-fight
escalation(n)-An increase to counteract a perceived
discrepancy
indictment(n)-An accusation of wrongdoing
elision(n)-A deliberate act of omission
conduit(n)-A passage (a pipe or tunnel)
Riding out the pain of costly oil (interesting article)
snarls(n)-A vicious angry grow
spurt(v)-Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
Belkhed: the riots & wrongs of caste
ostensibly(n)-From appearances alone
distraught(adj)-deeply agitated especially from emotion
torch(v)-Burn maliciously
ransacked(v)-looted
milieu(n)-surroundings
untended(adj)-Lacking care and attention
reeking(adj)-Giving off a strong unpleasant smell or fuming
CHeers
Apple

[Apple]

WEDNESDAY 28 SEP
Privatising water supply — a risky business
obviates(v)-prevent from happening
inequitable(adj)-unjust
Exorbitant(adj)-Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
repealed(v)-Annul by recalling or rescinding
Proponents(n)-A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
Will add more as the day progresses.................
Apple

[Mohit102]

Is it a case of too much of a good thing?

gubernatorial - Of or relating to a governor

arrogate - To take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate:

rectitude - Moral uprightness; righteousness.

Augean - Exceedingly filthy from long neglect.

[Apple]

Sept 29 2005
Choosing a president for the BJP
scrutiny(n)-The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
discretion(n)-free will
Vladimir Putin's place in the ranks
nexus(n)-A connected series or group
prognosis(v)-A prediction about how something will develop
Labour needs a new leader
lodestar(n)-Something that serves as a model or guide
pander(v)-Yield (to); give satisfaction to
unremitting(adj)-never ending
utopian(adj)-Characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection
expediency(n)-The quality of being suited to the end in view
embed(v)-implant
cull(n)-The person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
European Union and LTTE
intransigence(n)-stubbornly refusing to compromise
junkets(n)-A trip taken by an official at public expense
liquidating(v)-Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
impunity(n)-Exemption from punishment or loss
The Left sweeps Kerala grassroots
Requiem(n)-A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
octogenarian(n)-Someone whose age is in the eighties
quintessential(adj)-Representing the perfect example of a class or quality
Why urban Andhra Pradesh's message is important
oft(adv)-Many times at short intervals
heckling(n)-Shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
cloying(adj)-overly sweet
I have a class now...........will add more later.
Apple

[koseram]

Why urban Andhra Pradesh's message is important
trotted out - bring out ; uncover
rant - express anger noisily; speak loudly, bombastically;
doted - be excessively fond of
hara-kiri - Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practised by
warriors in the traditional Japanese society
in mothballs - stored unused for a considerable time
bluster - vain and empty boasting; gusty, as of wind;


Excitement and fear stalk the land in Syria
rearguard - A detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body
arraignment- accuse s'one of wrongdoing
comeuppance - an outcome that is well deserved
apres moi le deluge - after me the deluge

Originally Posted by Apple

Sept 29 2005
Choosing a president for the BJP
scrutiny(n)-The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
discretion(n)-free will
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[satnam_singh]

missin u koseram bhai....wht happened ?

[Apple]

Friday, Sep 30, 2005
Finding a cure for the tiger trade
Fora(n)-A public meeting or assembly for open discussion
Unwitting(adj)-Not intentional
Procrastination(n)-putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time
Germany's post-poll stalemate
Clout(n)-Special advantage or influence
Labyrinthine(adj)-Highly involved or intricate

Apple