gyanjyoti

beholden :bound in gratitude

behoove : necessary

belabor : to assail verbally

beleagur : to lay seige to

belligerent : aggressive

benediction : blessings

benign : kind, harmless

benison  : blessing

bequeath : endow

berserk : violently frenzied

beseech : to entreat ; to ask earnestly

hieroglyphic : writing that is difficult to understand

hindrance : barrier

hireling : a hired servant

histrionic : melodramatic

hoary : grey with age

holocaust : a huge destruction of life

holster : a pistol case

homily : a talk giving advice

hone : sharpen

hoodwink : to deceive

cabal : a secret plot

cache : a hiding place for treasure

cadaverous : sickly looking

caisson : an apparatus for lifting a vessel out of the water for repairs or inspection

cajole : to coax

callous : cold hearted

callow : inexperienced

caluminate : to accuse falsely

camaraderie : good fellowship

cameo :  a gem with figure carved in relief

canard : a false rumor

candor : frankness and openness

debacle : collapse

debase : to adulterate

debenture : written acknowledgement of a debt

debilitate : to make weak

debonair : charming

debutante (for female)

debutant (for male)

decadence : a decline from  a superior state

decapitate : to behead

deciduous : liable to be shed at a certain period

decimate : to reduce very heavily

declivity : a place that slopes downwards

cleft : split

clemency : mercy

clientele : clients

clime : climate

cloven : divided

coadjutor : an associate

cockade : a rossette worn on a badge

coeval : a contemporary

cogent : powerful

castigate : to criticise severely

casuistry : science concerned with moral consience ; plausible but flawed reasoning

cataclysm : a major disaster

cataract : a waterfall (its other meaning you already know)

catechism : system of teaching in form of questions and answers

categorical : positive: absolute

catharsis : purification

catholic : liberal

caucus : meeting

cauterize : to destroy using caustic substances

cavalcade : a parade

gubernatorial : relating to a governor

guile : deceit

gullible : easily tricked

gunrunner : one who is engaged in illegal sale of firearms

gustatory : pertaining to the sense of taste

habiliments : attire

hackneyed : dulled by excessive use

haggle : to bargain

halcyon : calm

hallowed : holy

scourge : calamity

scrupulous : careful

scurrilous : characterised by vulgar or obscene humor

scuttle : to make a hole in

sequacious : ready to follow a leader

serendipidty : fortune

semblance : an outward appearance  

dipsomaniac : one who suffers from dipsomania

dirge : funeral song

disabuse : to undeceive

disapprobation : disapproval

disavowal : the act of denying of having connection

disburse : to pay out

discordant : contradictory

disconcert : to throw into confusion

Lately why am I being so raucous with my friends, this I clearly don't know. My raunchy thoughts form a major part of me. Is it me getting ravenous for sensual pleasures obstructing my development? this also I don't know . Whom I used to think as my close friends now seem as my biggest enemies. What the heck happened to me?? They rebuke me for my wrong habits yet I own a grudge against them. No doubt I have sown a plethora of reconcile feelings for them. Why am I so recluse now?? If proper reckoning is done, then certainly the verdict would be my recalcitrant attitude and my blistering ego. ALAS... I already knew the reason, then also I am unwilling to change. I need to recapitulate my manners and behavioural patterns. Surely it’s no less severe than recidivism. This burden is razing me to the ground. If only someone could give me a little rebate, I would be happy......

o krsna!!! why do I remember you only when I am in dire need of you. Have I gotten so selfish????????

-anubvm

reconnaissance : a preliminary survey

recoup : to recover

recourse : to go to for help

recreant : a traitor

recrimination : counter charge

rectitude : integrity

redeem : fulfil a promise

redolent : smelling

-anubvm

prodigious : more than usually large in size

profane : debase, blasphemous

profligate : prodigal

progenitor : an ancestor

prognosis : a forecast

prognosticate : to foretell

proletariat : the poorest labouring class

prolix : long and wordy

promenade : a forecast

promiscuous: abandoned

-anubvm

raucous : harsh

raunchy : openly sexual, lewd

ravenous : intensely hungry

raze : to flatten

rebate : discount

rebuke : to reprove sternly

recalcitrant : rebellious

recapitulate : to go over again the chief points of

recidivism : habit of relapsing into crime

reckoning : calculation

recluse : a hermit, one who remains aloof

recondite : profound, hidden

-anubvm

With the fervour back on the commerce students, this year the Delhi University has witnessed a steep increase in the cut off. But what is not bearable is the utter rudeness with which the parents and the aspiring students are treated during the admission process. This seemingly disgraceful attitude has brought the DU once again in the limelight for all the bad reasons. This diktat of the Delhi University is unethical and highly indifferent of what DU is known for. The DU has always been the quintessential of the perfect educational system of the post independent India, but these traditional mores have certainly lost their shine in the reckless conquest of monetary gains and political wins. Now I feel claustrophobic with no more rigors remaining, with none to guide me in this frantic rat race. Mark my words: if the current trend is given more air then the veritable students would suffer the most. This hurts me even more than the consistent baleful eyes of my dark enemies. Alas! I feel drained of zeal and vigour! "This sheer ostracism of my dear students is burning like hell inside me ", said a saintly person!!

-anubvm