Father, son and matters of money – The Hindu (July 05, 2016)
“Done,” I said, as my father sat mesmerised. He even received a message saying the transaction was complete. Only, he wasn’t convinced by the exercise. He didn’t get the satisfaction of transferring money and helping his son who was in dire need. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Today’s Words:
- Dire (adjective) – urgent, desperate, serious, critical.
- Mumbling (adjective) – speaking inaudibly, murmur, quiet utterance.
- Technology-averse or Tech-averse (noun) – someone who dislikes/is opposed to/against technology.
- Onset (noun) – arrival, beginning, outset.
- Clinking (adjective) – making/causing a sharp metallic sound.
- Piggy Bank (noun) – a money box/container with a opening on the top to save coins (money).
- Sacrosanct emergency fund (noun) – fund set apart/protected/secured for emergency use.
- Tenner (noun) – a ten pound note (British currency).
- Abstraction (noun) – the act of abstracting something; concept, idea, notion, thought.
- From the word go (idiom) – from the day one/beginning.
- Detachment (noun) – objectivity, dispassion, disinterest, neutrality.
- Haggle (verb) – barter, bargain, negotiate.
- Part with (verb) – give up, relinquish, forgo, hand over, surrender.
- Relegate (verb) – downgrade, lower, put down; demote, degrade, declass.
- Revel in (verb) – enjoy, delight in, like, relish.
- Sceptical (adjective) – cynical, distrustful, unconvinced; dubious, doubtful.
- Soiled (adjective) – dirty, blackened, spoiled.
- Religiously (adverb) – consistently, constantly, regularly, scrupulously, conscientiously.
- Inertia (noun) – inactivity, inaction, apathy.
- Forgo (verb) – give up, do/go without, drop, renounce, relinquish.
- Better off (adjective) – financially in a better position now than we had it in the past.
- Fervor (noun) – passion, emotion, zeal, enthusiasm, excitement; dedication, devoutness, commitment.
- Coax (verb) – persuade, tempt, cajole.
- Dissonance (noun) – difference, dissimilarity; incongruity, disparity, discrepancy, disagreement.
- Candidly (adverb) – frankly, honestly.
- Awe (noun) – wonder, amazement, astonishment.
- Long-lost (adjective) – (have) not seen for years, lost for a long time.
- Stash (verb) – store, pack secretly, hide, conceal.
Note:
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