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WHAT IS THE MEANING, ORIGIN, AND USAGE OF WORD ‘BULWARK’?

Meaning: Bulwark means a defensive wall, a rampart or any protection against external danger.

Origin: The term, dating back to the early 15th Century, came from Middle Dutch bulwerke or Middle High German bolwerc, from bole “plank, tree trunk” + were “work”. Thus “bole-work,” a construction of logs. It took on the figurative meaning of defence or security from the mid-15th Century.

Usage: Vaccines act as a bulwark against many infectious diseases. When the leader travels abroad, his guards accompany him as a bulwark against enemy attack. I got drenched in the rain as I did not have an umbrella or any such bulwark to protect me from the downpour.

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What is ‘GOES’?

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) are satellites placed in Earth’s orbit to observe the weather on the planet’s surface.

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Program (GOES) is a joint effort of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The GOES system currently consists of GOES-13, operating as GOES-East, in the eastern part of the constellation at 75 degrees west longitude and GOES-15, operating as GOES-West, at 135 degrees west longitude. The GOES-R series will maintain the two-satellite system implemented by the current GOES series. However, the locations of the operational GOES-R satellites will be 75 degrees west longitude and 137 degrees west longitude. The latter is a shift in order to eliminate conflicts with other satellite systems. The GOES-R series operational lifetime extends through December 2036.

These spacecraft help meteorologists observe and predict local weather events, including thunderstorms, tornadoes, fog, hurricanes, flash floods and other severe weather. In addition, GOES observations have proven helpful in monitoring dust storms, volcanic eruptions and forest fires.

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WHAT IS THE MEANING, ORIGIN, AND USAGE OF WORD ‘PERPETUAL’?

Meaning : This adjective is used to refer to something as everlasting or never-ending.

Origin: It is derived from the Latin word ‘perpetuus’ which means continuing throughout. The first know use of this word can be traced back to the 14th Century.

Example: The country is in a perpetual war, with no end in sight. Activity: Use the word in a sentence of your own.

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WHAT IS THE MEANING, ORIGIN, AND USAGE OF WORD ‘FAUX’?

Meaning : This adjective means not real or genuine; made to look like something else that is usually more valuable; not sincere.

Origin: Faux is a word borrowed from French, and meant “false”. It was used in English in this sense since the 17th Century. Around the 1980s, it began to refer to anything that is fake.

Usage: It was a show of faux concern.

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WHAT IS THE MEANING,ORIGIN AND USAGE OF WORD ‘SLUMP’?

Meaning : The word slump can be used to refer to sitting, leaning or falling heavily and limply. It can also denote undergoing a sudden severe or prolonged fall in value, price or amount. It can also be used for any substantial failure or decline.

Origin : The word has been around since the 1670s. It is probably from a Scandinavian source such as Norwegian and Danish slumpe “fall upon”, Swedish slumpa. The economic sense of the word has been recorded since 1888.

Usage : With defeats in the first two games of the 2021 T20 World Cup, India slumped to a group stage exit.

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WHAT IS THE MEANING,ORIGIN AND USAGE OF WORD ‘IMPERIALISM’?

 

Meaning : The noun refers to a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through colonisation, use of military force, or other means.

Origin: The word originated from the Latin word imperium, which means supreme power, or simply “rule”. In the general sense of “one country’s rule over another, the word was first recorded in 1878. Back in 1826, it was used to refer to “advocacy of empire, devotion to imperial interests, in a Napoleonic context, and also of Rome and of British foreign policy.

Usage :  America’s longest war has ended in abject shame and humiliation for U.S. imperialism, 20 years after the invasion of Afghanistan.

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