Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Learn New Words - Post1

Lets not waste time and start our exciting unending journey!

I was reading an article and I found these sentences which have some difficult words. I am listing the sentences here and also explaining the words.
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Startups, even in the wake of the crash of 2000, have become imbued with a real mystique -- you read a lot about how great it is to do a startup, how much fun it is, what with the getting to invent the future, all the free meals....and all the rest.

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Now lets look at some of the difficult words.

1.imbued : The basic word is imbue. Imbue means fill,instill or permeate.

2. in the wake of : This is a phrase which means something that happens after an event, but it is based on the event that has just happened. Here it means that startups even in the era of crash of 2000 have become...

3. mystique: Mystique means mysterious or magical. Mystery means something which is unsolved and unexplainable.
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Today we have learnt 3 new words. Understand how these are used in the sentences. Read through this post again next time you visit so that you don't forget these words. I hope now you understood how a typical post will be -> sentence + explaination of words and phrases.

If you have any questions or have some suggessions to add value to the approach we are following then you are most welcome! Please comment.

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