Remember you friend to learn the words (negative connotation)

Today we will discuss some adjective words having negative connotation.

Tips: Remember your friend to learn the words

Excessive Pride

You must have some friends, who feel excessive pride in himself/herself. They love to praise their own beauty or intelligence or skill.

To describe such character of our friends (in negative sense), English language dictionary has provided few words. Let us have a look at these words.

a.       Boastful

b.      Vain

c.       Braggart

d.      Self-aggrandizing

Talkative

Some people enjoy doing trivial conversation. They talk more than required, and sometime irritate the people. To describe such character of our friends (in negative sense), English language dictionary has provided few words. Let us have a look at these words.

a.       Loquacious

b.      Garrulous

c.       Talky

d.      Chatty

e.       Gabby

Moody and unpredictable

You cannot predict them. Their mood changes often and quickly. I don’t know whether your girlfriend is like this JJJ

Also wind and rain can also be unpredictable. Now let us have a look at these few words

a)      Capricious (moody and unpredictable)
example: Capricious summer breeze
                Capricious boss

b)      Impulsive (moody)
example: Impulsive landlady

c)      Mercurial (moody)
example : mercurial professor

d)     Whimsical (moody)
example : whimsical girl friend

e)      Temperamental (moody)

Anger at the tip of nose

Well, English language is rich in words to describe the person who gets angry very easily. You probably have many friends fall under this category. So let us have a look at them.

a.       Irascible

b.      Hot headed

c.       Hot tempered

d.      Short tempered

Pig-headed

These types of people are firmly unwilling to yield. They resist the advice and suggestion of other people and stick to work in their own way; no matter how silly their style is. Some word describing them are

a.          Obstinate

b.         Refractory

c.          Stubborn

d.         Obdurate

e.          Unyielding

f.          Tenacious (can have both positive and negative connotation)

Remember your friend to learn words (Part 1)

Hello everyone,

You have different types of friends.Saying only good, or only bad is not sufficient to describe them.You have to use particular adjective to describe their unique characteristics.So, how to describe our friends using appropriate adjectives? Let us have a look at some of your friends

1. Gregarious : He is social and loves to make company.
2. Affable :You feel easy to talk with him as he is easy and friendly man.
3. Churlish :You do not like him because he is very rude and difficult to deal with.He is not friendly
4. Urbane: He had dealt with many people and there is refinement in his behavior (talking, writing)
5. Reticent: He intentionally do not want to talk with you and always stay reserved.
6. Laconic: He use very few words and makes a brief comments.
7. Perspicacious: His mind is like razor.He can understand the things that are difficult to understand
8. Garrulous; He makes you bored by talking unwanted things on trivial matter.
9. Amenable : He normally does not object the things.He agree or accept something that is asked to him
10. Amicable:He is polite and friendly and wants to avoid arguments.
    
    
    Now to remember this words, I remember my few friends; Ujjwal ,Sabin, Dinesh, Ram.After remembering the name of my friend, I will match them with their characterctics
    
    For example,
    
    Ujjwal= Gregarious
    Sabin = Urbane
    Dinesh = Churlish
    Ram= Perspicacious and so on
    
    
    
    This technique help to memorize the adjective words very fast.In the next post I will share more adjective posts

Second meaning of the words

These words are simple and I am sure that you all know the meaning of these words.However,based on the usage, these words can have different meanings.In this post I would like to talk about the second meaning of the following words.I hope you already know the first meaning.

1. Trying: Trying times or trying situation means tough situation/ time.This time/situation are hard to endure
    Example : We have to maintain our composure even in trying times
2. Scholarship: Scholarship is a research activity.
     Example: Contemporary scholarships shows possibility of life on mars
3. Occupation: Occupation is the control of country by military force of other country
    Example : German occupation of France.
4. Affected : If somebody behavior is not natural, then we say the behavior is fabricated/affected behavior
5. Promising: Anything that shows the sign of success in future is called promising.
   
   For example, if  we get admission in Pennsylvania State University for MS in  Engineering, our future will be promising.After completing education,we are more likely to get good jobs
6. Arresting: Arresting is something that catches your eye
   For Example,  if you go to a party where there are lots of people and got attracted to a girl, then we can say  that the girl is arrestingly beautiful.The girl catches your eye although you have lots of people to look in the party
7. Provider: Provider is the people who supports the family
   Example: Typically, father is the provider in Nepalese society.
8. Involved: Anything that is complex is involved
   Example: As the business idea is involved, it is less likely to succeed.
9. Wanting:If you find something wanting, they are not of high standard as you think they should  be.
    Example: His report writing skill is wanting.He should improve in grammar and format.
10. Appropriate:  Appropriate is taking possession of something by force.
     For Example: During civil war, the rebellion appropriated the land and house the people.
                           During devastating earthquake, people appropriated the food stuffs of each other 

Confusing Derivative words

Today I will present some words that confuse us many times.So you must spend your time and effort to have a careful look at these words

1.                Impudent versus Imprudent

You know what type of people are impudent people. These people are excessively forward but not in good way. They talk rudely with elders and the senior one who deserves respect. For example, they make fun of teacher in front of teacher.

However imprudent is exactly opposite of prudent. Prudent are the one who makes a wise plan, decision and act accordingly. Opposite to this, imprudent are the foolish people.

 For example, anyone who appears in job interview with half paint and sneaker is an imprudent man. It is not wise to go to the job interview in such fashion.

Now what you can do is, make a list of imprudent activity, you have seen, done by the imprudent people around you

Synonym of imprudent is fatuous

2.                 Fatuous versus infatuated

You may confuse with fatuous versus infatuated. To make you understand the meaning of infatuated, I will tell a story of my friend infatuated with Mac book .  He own a macbook and was infatuated with it. He took care and used to love macbook very much that it seems unusual to us. He used to clean it three times a day.  He had bought a expensive bag to put it. Sometime he used to quarrel with friend, if they are typing fast on his macbook. This type of irrational behavior confirmed that he was infatuated with macbook.

Not only with the object, some people are also fond of or in  love with the girl so much and do irrational behavior. We have seen many suicides in the name of love of girl. In my opinion, these people are infatuated with the girl

3.                 Exhaustive versus Exhausted

Exhaustive means complete. However, exhausted means in the state of physically and mentally tired

For example:

a)      After exhaustive study of the problems we became able to figure out the solution

b)      Although the players were exhausted physically after playing two consecutive matches, they were happy of the victory.

4.                Sanguine versus Sanguinary

Sanguine is an adjective that describes a cheerful and optimistic people. However sanguinary is an adjective that describes bloodshed.

For example:

• The sanguinary war killed all the people of this locality
• We need a sanguine people to fulfill this vacant position

Some Words Relating to rent

So guys.
You are student.And most probably, you have left your own home and are living in rent. So,  I will check whether you are aware of some words related to rent. Lets' see

Today's Word :  Tenants, Eviction

Tenants: If you are leaving in the house of another person in rent, then you are called tenant. As a tenant you pay the rent of your room/flat to house owner.
Example: I will keep my room room vacant  for years unless I  find an  honest tenant


Eviction : Eviction is the removal of tenants from the rental property by the landlord.If you do not understand the meaning you can see in the picture below, where two man with children being evicted.




Photo Courtesy : Wikipedia

Easy Words

Today I am going to discuss on some easy words. Hope you have already known it

Today's word: Tandem, Transgression, Extort, Grueling, Detain

1.      Tandem:
Sometime you might say that entertainment and work should go in tandem. You want both things and do not want lose any of the things. You want to enjoy weekend with your family and friends at party, spend summer holiday travelling to new places and at the same time you need to do job to earn money.

2.      Transgression:
 Sometime people cross the boundary of rules of society, the guidelines of morality and do egregiously bad thing. This bad thing is what we call transgression

Example:   Dennis Hasssen is sorry for past transgression (NY times)

Note: In Nepali we say हर्कत  as a meaning for transgression

3.     Extort:
In a movie we see a people who abduct a child  and ask for money, They say something like this, "GIVE ME FIVE MILLION DOLLAR BY THREE DAYS OTHERWISE YOU WILL LOSE YOU SON"  These people are trying to obtain something (money ) by intimidation. This is what we say extort

Example: They extorted money from the parents by threatening to kill their little child

4.      Grueling:
Have you ever done job? You have to fulfill much of the responsibility that you are assigned. You have to give effort physically and mentally, for the whole day. After you returned from your job, you are completely exhausted. We can say this job as grueling. Or anything that takes you to the point of exhaustion is grueling task

Example: The people who do not like company's grueling atmosphere are free to work elsewhere 

5.      Detain:
Police take suspect in control and carry out investigation. Thus detain is something like Taking into confinement

Example: The man who was suspected to be involved in the Brussels attack was detained  by Brussels’s police and investigation is going on

Detain also sometime means to delay, stop /halt

Example: My English learning should be detained as my exam of engineering is approaching

Words relating to Nakabandi

Today's word

Abet, Underscore, Alienate, Cripple, Sulking, Tandem, Stifled

1. Abet :              Assist or encourage, especially in some wrongdoing
2. Crippled :        Deprive of strength and efficiency
3. Underscore :    Underlined, highlighted or focused
4. Alienate :         To make unfriendly, hostile
5. Stifle :              To make something difficult
6. Sulking:           A state of irritation and expression of displeasure 
7. Tandem:           Balance
8. Deft:                  Skillful

1.    Abet, Cripple

Nepal accused the Indian government of sympathizing with the Madhesi protest and abetting the blockade, which resulted in a shortage of fuel medicine and other vital supplies that nearly crippled the country.

2.    Underscore

The Himalayan country’s crucial dependency on India was underscored late last year, when protester from the Madhesi ethnic community blocked key checkpoints and prevented the passage of essential goods from India for nearly five months

3.    Alienate

“You have Nepal somewhat difficultly positioned, because clearly it cannot alienate either of its neighbor (India and China)”, said Acharya.

4.    Stifle, Sulking

Acharya explains that “deft diplomacy” on Nepal’s part must work in tandem with “bold thinking” by India and a degree of Chinese understanding of Indian concerns in the region. “Otherwise there’s going to be sulking on one side and pushing on the other,” she says, “and Nepal in the end is going to feel stifled rather than liberated.”