Words From The Press!! 30th July, 2012…

1) TRUANT and BOUYANT: A truant monsoon could ensure that rural income will not be buoyant.

Truant

Noun

1. A student who stays away from school without leave or explanation.

Adjective

(of a student) Being a truant : Truant children have to be dealt with carefully and with sensitivity.
2. Wandering; straying : Her truant husband was beyond redemption.

Bouyant

Adjective

Able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.
• (of a liquid or gas) Able to keep something afloat.

• (figurative) (of an economy, business, or market) involving or engaged in much activity : Car sales were not buoyant this year and this caused a number of dealerships to close down.

• (figurative) cheerful and optimistic : The conference ended with the party in a buoyant mood.

2) INTRANSIGENT: As states remain intransigent, enclave-dwellers must depend on the support of individuals..

Intrasingent

Adjective

Not willing to compromise; obstinately maintaining an attitude
Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising.

Referring here to the American Civil War between the North and the South, which obviously the North won.

3) SHROUDED: The revelation is remarkable given that North Korea has long shrouded its first ladies behind a veil of secrecy.

Shrouded

Noun

The shrouded figures of the Nazgul

1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.
2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens: under a shroud of fog.
3.
a. Nautical One of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast.
b. A similar supporting line for a smokestack or comparable structure.
c. One of the ropes connecting the harness and canopy of a parachute.

Verb (Transitive)

1. To wrap (a corpse) in burial clothing.
2. To shut off from sight; screen.
3. Archaic To shelter; protect.

4) JOLTED: THE Supreme Court’s ban on tourism in core wildlife areas has jolted the very idea of tiger conservation.

Jolted

Noun

Push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly
Give a surprise or shock to (someone) in order to make them act or change

Jolt

Verb

An abrupt rough or violent movementJerk or surge, in physics, the third derivative of position with regard to time

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13 Responses to Words From The Press!! 30th July, 2012…

  1. sourabhveer says:

    Truancy- when I was in 11 I would love to truancy sometimes
    Intransigent-They put pressure on the govt to change its intransigent stance
    Shrouded-a parked car huddled under a shroud of white snow
    Jolted-the wagon jolted again

  2. nikhilmarda says:

    Truancy-Students of the new generation love to do truancy in their schools.
    Intransigent-Staff of the college put the pressure on the principle to change the timing of yhe school.
    Shroud-Minister are as keen as ever to wrap their activity in a shroud of secrecy.
    Jolt-The train jolted into motion.

  3. aamirhasan says:

    TRUANCY;several officers has been sent by court to trouble because of truancy.
    INTRANSIGENT; After two years,as opposition to his intransigent grew in the party.
    SHROUD; rajesh khanna’s body was put behind the shroud completely.
    JOLTED;The motorbike jolted into high speed.

  4. rupalprakash says:

    Truancy- the habit of drinkingade him loose his job and lead him to truancy.
    Intransigent- my room mate is so intansigent that I was lleft with no option but to change my room
    Jolt- the drunk man was jolted by the police to make him get up from the road.
    Shroud- the mother of the dead child went out of her senses when she saw her hild in the shroud.

  5. mayurdasani says:

    Intransigent – He was intransigent over the price of buying the land.
    Shrouded – President was shrouded by number of guards around him.
    Jolted – Dravids decision tp leave the game jolted whole country.

  6. swati says:

    Even though he lost his job, he continued to be intransigent about his truant ways.
    Shrouded with corrupted officials, the foundation of a buoyant economy has been jolted.

  7. mitushi says:

    truant : there are strict punishments for truant children and it is highly discouraged
    buoyant : having excelled in the test, we all all came out of the class in a buoyant mood
    intransigent : the teachers are intransigent with the syllabus assigned
    shroud : the corrupt practices of the politicians are shrouded
    jolt : the bus jolted leading to injure several passengers

  8. garvagrawal says:

    truancy —in colleges truancy is not allowed by student

    buoyant—-when the rain stops, everyone came to class in buoyant mood

    intransigent—-principal of the college cannot intransigent with rules and regulations.

    shroud—the origins of the civilization are shrouded in mystery

    jolt— the audience was joltedby the play

  9. akash khemka says:

    jolted- the earthquake jolted the building.
    intransigent-India is intransigent with USA on the necular deal
    truant- truant must not followed by the students.
    buoyant- buoyant ballons were used to save the people from dying

  10. abhinaykumar says:

    truancy —In goverment office truancy is not allow by the workers

    buoyant—-when the accident took place ram and ravi came to room in buoyant mood

    intransigent—-officers of the bank cannot intransigent with not doing the work in time.

  11. raksha says:

    truancy – Indo-Pak match leads to truancy
    buoyant – This fish does not have a swim bladder ,the device used by most bony fish to
    keep buoyant.
    intransigent – Industrialists in punjab are intransigent regarding the issue of electricity
    shrouded – the black money of the country is shrouded by the ones on the post
    jolted – serial blasts in pune jolted the entire country

  12. ritviktuteja says:

    Truant: Children normally have the bad habbit of playing truant when in school.
    Buoyant: The ship was buoyant to face the daunting storm that had been a fear to them.
    Intransigent: Given any situation in life, he has an Intransigent approach to life.
    Jolted:he teacher Jolted her strategies with student’s for their success .

  13. ritviktuteja says:

    Truant: Children normally have the bad habbit of playing truant when in school.
    Buoyant: The ship was buoyant to face the daunting storm that had been a fear to them.
    Intransigent: Given any situation in life, he has an Intransigent approach to life.
    Jolted:The teacher Jolted her strategies with student’s for their success .

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