{"id":9737,"date":"2012-12-05T16:09:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T11:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=9737"},"modified":"2017-04-06T16:13:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T11:13:53","slug":"vocabulary-in-news-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/css-exclusive\/css-special\/vocabulary-in-news-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary In News II"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">ex-officio: by virtue of one&#8217;s position or status<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Asif Yaseen Malik has been appointed ex-officio chairman of PIA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">bar:<\/span><\/b> block, restrict, thwart, obstruct, impede<br \/>\nMyanmar bars OIC from opening its office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">vandalise:<\/span><\/b> damage, despoil, ravage, raze, wreck<br \/>\nBangladesh has started rebuilding 19 Buddhist temples vandalised by Muslim mobs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">pedigree:<\/span><\/b> lineage, descent, extraction, ancestry<br \/>\nIndia&#8217;s new foreign minister blends an illustrious pedigree and a formidable track record as a Congress politician.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">erudition:<\/span><\/b> knowledge, bookishness, intellectuality, savvy, studiousness<br \/>\nHe will be remembered by his students for his erudition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">seamless: <\/span><\/b>smooth, easy, unbroken, undisturbed<br \/>\nCAREC nations have agreed on a plan aimed at creating seamless connectivity and greater prosperity in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">daredevil:<\/span><\/b> daring, bold, adventurous, audacious, death-defying<br \/>\nAustrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner made a record-breaking leap from the edge of space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">heist:<\/span><\/b> burglary, robbery, larceny, pilferage, theft<br \/>\nSeven masterpieces were stolen in a pre-dawn heist at Rotterdam&#8217;s Kunsthal museum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">hone:<\/span><\/b> acuminate, polish, enhance, upgrade, refine<br \/>\nRussia continued to hone effectiveness amid an escalating row with the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">rapporteur:<\/span><\/b> (One who is designated to give a report, as at a meeting) reporter, commentator, representative<br \/>\nRichard Falk is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the occupied territories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">meticulously:<\/span><\/b> correctly, flawlessly, precisely, scrupulously, veraciously<br \/>\nThe US space shuttle Endeavour began its final journey in a meticulously planned trip.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">charge d&#8217;affaires:<\/span><\/b> temporary in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of ambassador<br \/>\nLaurence Pope has been appointed as the charge d&#8217;affaires in Tripoli.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">venerable:<\/span><\/b> respected, august, revered, esteemed<br \/>\nNewsweek would end an 80-year run as a print magazine, taking the venerable publication all-digital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">gusty:<\/span><\/b> windy, stormy, blustering, tempestuous, inclement, squally<br \/>\nHurricane Sandy brought tidal waves and gusty winds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">belligerent:<\/span><\/b> aggressive, fiery, contentious, combative, unfriendly<br \/>\nMichael Lumb struck a belligerent unbeaten 82 in the Champions League Twenty20 final.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">pugilist:<\/span><\/b> boxer, prizefighter<br \/>\nAfghan pugilist wins in country&#8217;s first pro-boxing bout.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">eerie:<\/span><\/b> formidable, ghostly, spooky, uncanny, weird, The silence after the storm was eerie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">smothered:<\/span><\/b> overwhelmed, surrounded, shrouded, inundated, submerged<br \/>\nNY, New Jersey were smothered by storm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Stalwart:<\/span><\/b> loyal, faithful, staunch, constant, resolute<br \/>\nMohamed Morsi sacked prosecutor general a day after a court acquitted stalwarts of the old regime.<br \/>\nzenith: top, climax, pinnacle, apex, acme, vertex<br \/>\n300 weeks at zenith makes Federer feel proud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">southpaw:<\/span><\/b> left-handed, lefthander, lefty<br \/>\nUS southpaw Devon Alexander took the IBF Welterweight crown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">maul:<\/span><\/b> beat, batter, thrash, flail, lacerate,<br \/>\nSixers maul Lions to win Champions League T20.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">chide:<\/span><\/b> criticize, lecture, admonish, berate, blame<br \/>\nShe chided him for not replying to her letters.<br \/>\nconfound: astonish, bewilder, dumbfound, flabbergast,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ex-officio: by virtue of one&#8217;s position or status Asif Yaseen Malik has been appointed ex-officio chairman of PIA. bar: block, restrict, thwart, obstruct, impede Myanmar bars OIC 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