Prophecy (noun):
Meaning:
1.a statement that sth will happen in the future, especially one made by sb with religious or magic powers
Usage:
1.Lone’s prophecy that the impotence or de-legitimisation of the political leadership would result in chaos seems true today.
2.If you expect to fail, you will fail. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Grope (verb/noun):
Meaning:
1.To try and find sth that you cannot see, by feeling with your hands
2.To search blindly or uncertainly
Usage:
1.The political leadership in the state and country are groping for answers to the vicious cycle of protests that have broken out in the Valley in recent times
2.A very common example of groping is act of finding footwear's blindly beneath the bed without actually putting eyes there.
Shambles (noun):
Meaning:
1.a situation in which there is a lot of confusion
2.a place which is dirty or untidy
Usage:
1.The separatist political leadership is in a shambles and has little political vision based on pragmatism
2.The house was a shambles.
grope also means as below
ReplyDeletefondle for sexual pleasure; "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly"