Sunday, 28 August 2011

Vocab Builder - Part-2 - (Braingle)

A) Doctrine
  1. An in-closed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.
  2. Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
  3. To pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil.
  4. To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to stop; to impede; to retard.
  5. That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith
B) Hierarchy
  1. Fatigued by overwork: EXHAUSTED.
  2. Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.
  3. To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
  4. A body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers.
  5. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull.
C) Lucubrate [TFD]
  1. To negotiate over the terms of a purchase, agreement, or contract: HAGGLE.
  2. A substance that enters into and is altered in the course of a chemical reaction.
  3. Write in scholarly fashion.
  4. Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
  5. Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.
Answers: A-5, B-4, C-3

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