Saturday, July 31, 2010

valour

noun

boldness or determination in facing great danger, esp. in battle; heroic courage; bravery: a medal for valor.

n
courage or bravery, esp in battle

obsession

noun


the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.

n
1. a persistent idea or impulse that continually forces its way into consciousness, often associated with anxiety and mental illness
2. a persistent preoccupation, idea, or feeling

lieutenants

An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his
absence; a representative

പ്രതിനിധി
Eg: If he can't attend, he will send his lieutenant.

assertion

noun
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason: a mere assertion; an unwarranted assertion.

an act of asserting.
ആരോപണം
( claim, contention, allegation)

substantiate

verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
1.to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
2.to give substantial existence to: to substantiate an idea through action.
3.to affirm as having substance; give body to; strengthen: to substantiate a friendship.

Eg: However, he has never produced any evidence to substantiate that assertion.

unsavory

–adjective

1.not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
2.unpleasant in taste or smell; distasteful.
3.unappealing or disagreeable, as a pursuit: Poor teachers can make education unsavory.
4.socially or morally objectionable or offensive: an unsavory past; an unsavory person.

rhetoric

-noun

in classical oratory) the art of influencing the thought and conduct of an audience.

the study of the effective use of language.

the ability to use language effectively.

profane

adjective
1.characterized by irreverence or contempt for god or sacred principles or things; irreligious.

2.not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular ( opposed to sacred).

3. unholy; heathen; pagan: profane rites.

4.not initiated into religious rites or mysteries, as persons.

5.common or vulgar.
verb (used with object)

6.to misuse (anything that should be held in reverence or respect); defile; debase; employ basely or unworthily.

7.to treat (anything sacred) with irreverence or contempt; violate the sanctity of: to profane a shrine.

transgenders'

–noun
1.a person appearing or attempting to be a member of the opposite sex, as a transsexual or habitual cross-dresser.

–adjective Also, trans·gen·dered.
2.being, pertaining to, or characteristic of a transgender or transgenders: the transgender movement.

Transcends

–verb (used with object)

1.to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.

2.to outdo or exceed in excellence, elevation, extent, degree, etc.; surpass; excel.

circumambulate

To walk or go about or around, esp. ceremoniously.

Circumambulate (vb)
Circumambulation (n)
Cirumambulator (n)
Circumambulatory (adj)