Dailyword - dailyword.in - dailyword.in

Latest News:

Best time to visit Leh 20 Nov 2010 | 08:54 am

Image via Wikipedia Leh welcomes tourist throughout the year but the best time to travel to Leh is June to September. This is the spring season with weather generally fine and warm during the day. A ...

Bumptious 26 Sep 2010 | 06:45 am

Etymology: Perhaps a blend of bump  + fractious, “assertive,”. Meaning: Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy. Self-important, conceited. Offensively self-assertive. Usage of Bumptious : And the au...

Berate 25 Sep 2010 | 06:45 am

Etymology: From Middle English be- “thoroughly” rate “to scold,”. Meaning: To rebuke or scold angrily and at length. Criticize hatefully. Censure severely or angrily. Usage of Berate : He berate...

Approbation 24 Sep 2010 | 06:45 am

Etymology: From Latin approbation, from ap- + probatus, from probare (to test the goodness of). Meaning: An expression of warm approval; praise. Official approval. Approval, praise, commendation, ...

Impugn 23 Sep 2010 | 06:45 am

Etymology: From Latin impugnare  to fight against, attack. Meaning: To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument: impugn a political opponent’s record. Criticize, challenge. Attack as...

Expurgate 22 Sep 2010 | 06:45 am

Etymology: From Latin expurgare  to clean out, from purgare  to purify. Meaning: To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publicati...

Recrimination 21 Sep 2010 | 06:45 am

Etymology: From Latin re-  ”back, again” + criminari  ”to accuse,”. Meaning: The act of recriminating. A countercharge. Law. A defense in an action for divorce in which the accused party makes a s...

Parsimony 20 Sep 2010 | 06:45 am

Etymology: Middle English parcimony, from Latin parsimonia, from parsus, past participle of parcere, to spare. Meaning: Unusual or excessive frugality; extreme economy or stinginess. Adoption of th...

Quandary 19 Sep 2010 | 06:45 am

Etymology: Of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Latin quando  ”when”. Meaning: A state of uncertainty or perplexity. Delicate situation. The state of doubt or puzzlement. A situation or circum...

Proscribe 18 Sep 2010 | 06:45 am

Etymology: From Latin proscribere (to publish in writing, to name someone as outlawed), from pro- (front) + scribere (write). Meaning: To denounce or condemn or exile someone. To prohibit; forbid s...

Related Keywords:

synonym teary

Recently parsed news:

Recent searches: