Banking term of the day
Adjustable-Rate Mortgages (ARMS)
▪Also known as variable-rate mortgages. The initial interest rate is usually below that of conventional fixed-rate loans.
▪The interest rate may
change over the...
Puzzle of the day
There are eight people – A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H – each of them belongs to different states viz., UP,...
Slang of the day
jailbait
American and Australian English
->Meaning: someone below the legal age of consent
-For example:
-He claims he had no idea the girl was jailbait, and insists that...
Daily Vocabulary
1. SUPERVENE (VERB): follow
Synonyms: pursue, supersede
Antonyms: retreat, precede
Example Sentence: When you see your leader like that, you supervene his notions.
2. GARISH (ADJECTIVE): flashy
Synonyms: ostentatious,...
Idiom of the day
'=>the worse for wear
->Meaning: If something is the worse for wear, it has been damaged by being used a lot. If a person is...
Daily Grammar Booster
The reflexive pronoun->Oneself
->Oneself is reflexive pronoun of indefinite pronoun One, used to talk about people in general including speaker and hearer.
-One and oneself are...
Person in News
Chandra Bhushan Kumar:
Senior bureaucrat Chandra Bhushan Kumar has been appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle.
Bhushan, a 1995 batch...
Word of the day
outpouring /ˈaʊtˌporɪŋ/ noun
plural outpourings
->Learner's definition of OUTPOURING
1:an act of expressing an emotion or feeling in a very powerful way — often + of
-There was...
Vocabulary of the day
1. EERIE (ADJECTIVE): spooky
Synonyms: bizarre, creepy
Antonym: earthly, familiar
Example Sentence: She made an eerie remark on me.
2. GUMPTION (NOUN): sagacity
Synonyms: acumen, savvy
Antonyms: ignorance, stupidity
Example Sentence:...
Idiom of the day
'=>up to your neck | up to your eyeballs
->Meaning: If you're up to your neck in something, or up to your eyeballs in something,...
Government Scheme
First Asian for the prestigious Von Hippel Award: C.N.R Rao
The Bharat Ratna awardee is the first Asian to be chosen for the prestigious Von Hippel Award
Bharat Ratna awardee & Eminent scientist, Professor C.N.R...
