Transpire

Transpire = Trans (transition) + pire (pier = channel connecting platform to sea)
(transition from sea to platform via pier)

meaning - become known, to come up from hidden surfaces

connotation - positive

pic - Transpiration is the evaporation of water from the aerial parts of plants

Traduce

Traduce = Tra (to) + duce (reduce)

meaning - to insult, defame, to reduce reputation

connotation - negative

synonyms - malign

pic - lady boss traducing young freshers (symbolic!)

Tipple

Tipple = tip (topple after) + ple (nipple)

meaning - an alcoholic drink

pic - He toppled after drinking tipple from nipple

Tiff

Tiff = Tiff (Tiffin pe argument)

meaning - slight argument

synonyms - bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble

pic - tiffs @ tiffin

Throng

Throng = Th (There) + r (are) + ong (long queues)

meaning - crowd

synonyms - concourse , multitude

pic - Throng consisting of Simpsons

Tessellate

Tessellate = Tessel (Vessel) + late (lay)

meaning - to fit together in a pattern with no spaces in between (like titles in kitchen)

pic - in this pic you can see vessels tessellate the kitchen rack.

Tether

Tether = Tet (tie) + her (her)

meaning - restraint consisting of a rope

connotation - noun

pic - horse is restrained from moving since it is tied with tether

Trident

Trident = Tri (3) + dent (tooths)

meaning - a weapon used in the past consisting of a pole with 3 sharp metal points on the end

Hindi-help/pic - Shivji's Trishul is a Trident

Testy

Testy = Test (tests) + y (but y)

meaning- easily irritated or annoyed

connotation - negative

synonyms - cranky,

pic - students during exams often become testy

Tenet

Tenet = Te (tea) + net (not)

One of the tenets of gurukul - Tea-not

meaning - one of the principles on which a belief or theory is based

connotation - positive

synonyms - dogma

pic- Dharma, Karma, Moksha are some the tenets of Hinduism

Sporadic

Sporadic = Spor (spores) + a (anti) + dic (periodic)

meaning - recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances

connotation - negative

synonyms -

antonym - anti-periodic

pic - spores/ cells grow sporadically

Obdurate

Obdurate = Ob + durate (durable)
A durable thing resists and refuse to change inspite persasion

meaning - stubborn; refusing to change one's belief inspite persuasion and argument

connotation - neagtive

synonyms - flint, stubborn, cussed, obstinate, unrepentant

pic - "I am stubborn: gimme my job back"

Lethargic

Lethargic - Leth (less) + argic (energic)

meaning - deficient in alertness or activity

connotation - negative,

synonyms - unenergetic

pic - a tired athlete

Blowhard

Blowhard = Blow + hard

meaning - a very boastful and talkative person

pic - Sidhu is a blowhard

connotation - positive, habit

easy synonyms - boaster, braggart, bragger, line-shooter

Diffidence

Diffidence = Diffi (difference in) + dence (confidence)

meaning - not confident of your abilities

pic - first pic shows her diffidence and second one shows her confidence.

connotation - negative

Didactic

Didactic = Did (did) + act (act) + tic (in a hurry)

meaning - intended to teach (moral way), especially in a way that is too determined or eager, and often fixed and unwilling to change

pic - In Taare Zameen Par, Aamir Khan played a role of a didactic teacher in developing learning skills of Eeshan (a dyslexic child)

Flaunt

Flaunt = Fl (fake) + aunt (aunt)

meaning - the act of displaying something ostentatiously, act of show off

connotation - negative, behaviour

synonyms - swank, ostentate, flash, show off

pic - komolika aunty (starring in kyuki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi) used to always show off

Precocious

Precocious = Pre + cocious (concious)
predicting before concious is premature

meaning - showing unusually early mental development or achievement

pic - Dexter is a precocious boy, early mental development

Atonement

Atonement - A (anti) + tonement (torment)

anti-torment means act of atoning for sins i.e compensation for a wrong

meaning - to do something that shows that you are sorry for something bad that you did

pic - pple goto Haridwar (India) for atonement for their sins

Sordid

Sordid = Sor (sorry) + did (i did that)
I am sorry for doing 'sordid' campaign against you.

meaning - dirty and unpleasant

pic - Slums in Dharavi (Mumbai) have sordid conditions

Garrulous

Garrulous = Garr (girls) + u + lous (hass)
girls laugh (and talk) more than boys

meaning - having a habit of talking a lot, esp. unwanted things

pic - girls become garrulous in kitty parties

Tyro

tyro = ty (try) + ro (karo)

tyro...sounds like try karo....a beginner TRYing to establish his buisness

meaning - a person who is new to an activity, novice

synonyms - newwings

connotation - positive, attitude

pic - child trying to stand on his feet is a tyro

Tacit

tacit = take + it

imagine you are giving permission to someone to take something from your room...but you didn't say it verbally but via your actions.

meaning - understood without being expressed directly, silent consent

pic - traffic guy directions are understood in tacit way

Abate

abate = ab + ate
When you eat anything, you reduce it's quantity.

meaning - to become less strong (both in quantity and quality)

pic - rhyming with rebate (lesser amount)

Flippant

Flippant = Flip + pant (panic)
During exam time if you flip through the pages of the book rather than reading them with concentration, then you LACK PROPER SERIOUSNESS.

meaning - not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be amusing or to appear clever

pic - a lady boss in non-serious/non-caring (flippant) attitude

Cogent

cogent = co (corporate) + gent (agents/salesman)
cooperative agents make congent suggestions

meaning - describes an argument or reason, etc. that is clearly expressed and persuasive

pic - obama makes 'cogent' arguments

Argot

argot = ar (our) + got (goat)
pic - when a goat says "meh...mheh...meh..." we cannot understand its lingo - only other goats can understand it. So, argot is a lingo only small group of people (here goats) can understand.

meaning - words and expressions which are used by small groups of people and which are not easily understood by other people.

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You live on lavish dreams and you sleep through reality. Then you open yourself to the real world and create a product in the form of a ‘yawn’ (that too a big one).
And obviously, you don’t succeed.

One fine day, my English teacher at Venky (now vice-principal) addressed the class with some beautiful lines. One of them really touched my soul:
“To be successful, you got have three things – luck, talent and hard-work”

Luck is a dependency which God has (so may God bless you). Also if you consider yourself smart, you will have negative of that. Why? That will be taken later in a different post. Be foolish and be merry.
Talent is something which everybody has. And if you don’t have it, genius avatars like Google are there to nurture you.
Hard Work is inversely proportional to your laziness.

We don’t have luck, we may have talent but we will do hard work. Even we hope so.
So, one fine day after CAT 2008, we opened are eyes with a mission (i.e. to crack CAT 2009). Our dedicated mission arose from our abysmal performance in ‘va’ section of CAT 2008 (though many of us have lesser issues in quant and di).
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