SUCCESS MANTHRA

Cabal - A small group of people who make secret plans for political action Calligraphy - The art of beautiful writing by hand Canine - Of a dog Cannibal - One who eats human flesh Cardiac - Connected with the heart Catch-22 - A situation from which one is prevented from escaping by something that is part of the situation itself Celestial - Of the sky or heaven Cerebral - Connected with the brain Chalet - A wooden house with a steeply sloping roof Charlatan - One who deceives others by falsely claiming to have a skill Celibacy - One who does not indulge in carnal pleasure Clean sweep - A complete victory Cloak-and-Dagger - Stories that deal with adventure and exciting mystery Clot - A half-solid mass or lump formed from a liquid, especially blood Clubfoot - A badly-shaped foot twisted out of position from birth Coagulate - Change from a liquid into a solid by chemical action Cold war - Severe political struggle between countries, without actual fighting Colloquial - Su...

Backlog - It means an accumulation of arrears. Example: I must clear my heavy backlog of work. Backwater - A part of a river out of the main stream, where the water does not move Barbarian - An uncivilised person Barbecue - A metal flame on which meat etc. is cooked over an open fire Barometer - An instrument for measuring the air pressure Beverage - A liquid for drinking Bibliography - A list of writings on a subject Biennial - Happening once every two years Bigamy - System of two marriages Biodata - (or Resume or Curriculum Vitae) A short written account of one’s education and past employment Black Hole - An area in outer space into which everything near it, including light, is pulled Bleach - Make white or pale by means of chemicals or sunlight Blue Blood - The quality of being a noble person by birth Blueprint - The word originated in the engineering industry where it means the final stage of paper design. So it may mean the final plan or layout. Example: The blueprin...

Abdicate - Renounce a throne or high office Abolish - Do away with Accelerate - Move faster Accomplice - One associated with another especially in wrong-doing Acoustics - Science of the production, transmission, reception and effects of sound Acrobat - One who performs gymnastic feats Adolescence - The period of life from puberty to maturity Actuary - One who calculates insurance and annuity premium etc Adulterate - Make impure by the addition of inferior substance Aggression - Unprovoked attack of one country or person by another Amnesty - General pardon Abattoir - A building where animals are killed for meat (or slaughterhouse) Ad hoc - arranged or happening when necessary and not planned in advance Aeronautics - The science of the operation and flight of aircraft Aesthete - A person with a highly developed sense of beauty aesthetics Agnostic - One who believes that nothing can be known about God Agoraphobia - Fear of open spaces public places Alibi - It is Latin for e...

  To bell the cat - To face the risk  A cat and dog life - To lead a life full of quarrels  A cold fish - A person devoid of emotions  To cross the Rubicon -To take a decisive step  Double-dealing - Deceiving  To die hard - Change with great difficulty  To eat humble pie - To apologise in a humble manner  To fight a losing battle - Struggle without hope of success  A deadlock - A position when no progress can be made  A daredevil - A person who does not care for any consequences  Once in a blue moon - Very rarely  At a premium - Difficult to get or obtain  To play the game - To act honestly  To die in harness - To work till the last day of one’s life To plough a lonely furrow - To work without help or support  Lock, stock and barrel - Completely  The long and the short - The main point  Bring to light - Disclose bottom line - The final criteria  A cock and bull story - An impro...