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1] Po-ten-tate (n.)
A possessor of power or authority: Hollywood potentates blackballed the actor.
Syn.: sovereign, monarch, mogul.
2] Zygote (n.)
A cell formed by the union of male and
female gametes; fertilised egg cell before
cleavage.
3] Flag-el-late (flaj’a-lat)(v.); flag-cl-lat-ed,
flag-el-lat-ing (adj.)
(v.) To whip or flog: Some members of
religious orders flagellate themselves as a form of discipline.
(adj.) In biology: shaped like a whip or
lashlike part, as of a protozoa.
-flag’el-la’tion (n.)
Syn.: (v.) beat, scourge.
4] Igneous (adj.)
Of, containing or having the nature of fire; whence the name igneous for rocks formed by volcanic action.
5] Spanking new (adj.)
Brand new one: yet unpacked:
She (Devyani Chaubal) was launching into an anecdote of how B.R.Chopra had sent her a cassette of his television project,
and when she returned it saying she did not have a VCR, how his son Ravi had purchased a spanking new videoplayer and had it delivered to her home.
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