Vocab Mantra

AB (ABhishek) ATE most of the food being served at the dining table so every one else  got very less (REDUCED) food in their plate.

Word : ABATE

Pronunciation : a·bate  (ə-bāt′)

Breakup : AB (Abhishek Bachan) + ATE

Meaning : To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen

Synonym : Slake, Slack

Memory Questionnaire:

 Question 1: What was the word breakup?

• Option1 : AB  Eat
• Option2 : AB  Ate
• Option3 : ABa Ate

Question 2: What did AB do?

• Option1 : AB gave most of the food from his plate to others
• Option2 : AB ate most of the food that reduced quantity for others
• Option3 : AB wanted most of the food

Question 3: What is the meaning of the Word?

• Option1 : To lessen in quantity
• Option2 : To reduce in intensity
• Option3 : Both 1 & 2 above

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Sentences & News:

1. Trustees Abate Portion of 2013 Tax Levy Used for Debt Service, Announce Intent for Equity Adjustment

2. New diagnostic criteria may abate autism prevalence

3. The threat of further terror strikes in the capital has not abated.

4. Another feature is that these great storms to not necessarily abate as they come inland.

5. Meanwhile, the debate over this and similar cases will not abate.

History & Origin:

Included in Middle English from Old French abatre ‘to fell’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + batre ‘to beat’ (from Latin battere, battuere ‘to beat’).

An Oyster is taking away a MONASTERY in its CLAW.

Word : CLOISTER

Pronunciation : clois·ter  (kloi′stər)

Breakup : CLAW + OYSTER

Meaning : A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion, a secluded, quiet place.   (एकान्तस्थल/ मठीय जीवन)

Synonym:

Religious Residence

History & Origin:

Introduced in middle English (in the sense ‘place of religious seclusion’) from Old French cloistre, from Latin claustrum, clostrum meaning lock, enclosed place, from claudere meaning ‘to close’.

Sentences & News:

1. Benedict XVI not leading cloistered life, says Vatican spokesman

2. Sadhu's leave the cloister and wander off in search of food.

Memory Questionnaire:

Question 1: What was the word breakup?

• Option1 : Clay Oyster
• Option2 : Claw Oyster
• Option3 : Clove Oyster

Question 2: What was the oyster carrying away?

• Option1 : A Church
• Option2 : A Temple
• Option3 : A Monastery

Question 3: What was the meaning of the word?

• Option1 : A secluded quiet place
• Option2 : A place especially a monastery or convent
• Option3 : Both 1&2 above

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A bride groom is PICKING a NARI* for his swayamvadhu using a garland made of currency notes (MONEY).

Word : PECUNIARY

Breakup : PICK + A + NARI

Meaning : Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

A person is washing his face with LAVA.

Word : LAVE

Breakup : LAVA

Meaning : To wash; bathe.

A special REE COOPER shoe which automatically recovers itself.

Word : RECUPERATE

Breakup : REE COOPER shoes

Meaning : To return to health or strength; recover.

A team of Policemen searching for the AGE of the ROOM

Word : RUMMAGE (verb)

Pronunciation : rum·mage  (rŭm′ĭj)

Breakup : ROOM + AGE

Meaning :  Ransack; searching thoroughly

Synonym:

Ransacking

 Similar words :

Search, Hunting, Hunt

 Sentences:

1. Rummage around the internet all the time

2. Rummaged blindly in the cupboard, knowing that in here somewhere was my old pair of jeans

Origin & History:

late 15th cent.: from Old French arrumage, from arrumer ‘stow (in a hold)’, from Middle Dutch ruim ‘room’. In early use the word referred to the arranging of items such as casks in the hold of a ship, giving rise (early 17th cent.) to the verb sense ‘make a search of (a vessel’).

A person is TEARING a LASSI ( in Hindi, a drink made of curd) RATE sheet displayed outside the LASSI shop

Word : LACERATE

Pronunciation : lac·er·ate  (lăs′ə-rāt′)

Breakup : LASSI + RATE

Meaning :  To tear roughly, mangle;

Synonym:

 Mangle, Tear

Sentence:

 1. Lacerated thigh of a grenadier, whose flesh had been torn off by a hand-grenade.

Origin & History:

late Middle English: from Latin lacerat- ‘mangled’, from the verb lacerare, from lacer ‘mangled, torn’.