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Daily Vocab: 8 Janaury 2018


adjourn / अजरन / verb

to make a pause (esp. in meeting/session) for a short period.

The assembly was adjourned sine die by the speaker.

The meeting was adjourned until Monday.

Shall we adjourn for lunch now?

The proceedings have now been adjourned for three days.

 

adjournment / अजरनमॅन्ट / noun

The court’s adjournment means that a decision will not be reached until January.

 

adjure / अजुअर / verb

to ask or order somebody to do something.

The judge adjured him to tell the truth

 

admonish / अडमॉनिश / verb

My father admonished me for taking risks with my health.

His wife admonished him for drinking too much.

The teacher admonished the students to work harder for their exams.

She admonished him gently-‘you should rest, not talk so much’.

 

adolescent / ऐडॅलॅस्न्ट / adj, noun

a young person or the state of young age between childhood and adulthood.

The parents should understand the adolescent problems.

It is important that an adolescent girl or boy should have someone in whom she / he can confide.

Young adolescents are happiest with small groups of close friends.