Daily English Vocabulary 3-June-2016

English Vocabulary For SSC, IBPS & Other exam

3-June-2016 English Vocabulary

1. Colossus [n]
• Enormous size, importance, or ability, महापुरुष, भीमाकार साम्राज्य
• Amber is a colossus among palaces.
2. Superficial [adj]
• Apparent, cursory, shallow, external, सतही, छिछला, स्पष्ट, छिछोरा
• Perhaps he was a superficial person.
3. Insanity [n]
• Mental illness, madness, folly, foolishness, पागलपन, जुनून
• Babu was in a quarantine and treated for insanity.
4. On the cards [idiom]
• Certain, likely, possible, संभावित
• our marriage has been on the cards from day one.
5. Be done to death [idiom]
• Murdered, kill, हत्या किया हुआ मनुष्य
• Caesar was done to death by the conspirators.
6. Rub someone the wrong way [idiom]
• Annoy someone, किसी को गुस्सा दिलाना
• If you rub him the wrong way, he is bound to react.
7. Progeny [n]
• Offspring, children, संतान, वंशज
• Shri krishna was the progeny of Devaki.
8. Feasible [adj]
• Something capable of being done, संभव, साध्य
• It is feasible to complete this work in the given time.
9. Conciliation [n]
• Appeasement, pacification, सुलह, समाधान
• She cooled down after his conciliation.
10. Lament [n,v]
• Moan, groan, a complaint, regret, विलाप, शोक
• Mere lamenting over corruption is not going to remove it.
11. Proliferate [v]
• Reproduce rapidly, escalate, पैदा करना, वंश बढ़ना, संख्या में बढ़ना
• cultured cells often proliferate indefinitely.
12. On the cuff [idiom]
• On credit, उधार पर
• Raj couldn't pay the bill, so he asked the owner to put it on the cuff.

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