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Bucket 63 — Formality & Ritual

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Best for: Constitutional Law and History (oaths, ceremonies, protocol). 5 words (2 repeats).

1. ANOINT (v.)

  • Urdu: تیل مل کر مقدس بنانا؛ جانشین مقرر کرنا
  • Meaning: smear with oil as part of a ceremony; nominate someone as successor
  • Syn: consecrate, bless, choose, designate · Ant: reject, depose, desecrate
  • ✍️ Use: Dynastic parties anoint heirs instead of holding internal elections.
  • 🧠 Hook: a-noint → point at the chosen one while pouring oil on his head.

2. CONVOKE (v.)

  • Urdu: اجلاس طلب کرنا، بلانا
  • Meaning: call together or summon (an assembly or meeting)
  • Syn: summon, convene, call, assemble · Ant: dismiss, disband, dissolve, adjourn
  • ✍️ Use: The President convoked a joint session of parliament to address the crisis.
  • 🧠 Hook: con (together) + vocare (call, as in vocal) → call together. Noun: convocation.

3. INVESTITURE (n.) 🔁

  • Urdu: اعزاز عطا کرنے کی رسم · formal conferring of office or honour · Full entry → Bucket 22

4. HOMAGE (n.)

  • Urdu: خراجِ عقیدت، احترام کا اظہار
  • Meaning: special honour or respect shown publicly
  • Syn: tribute, respect, honour, reverence · Ant: disrespect, contempt, scorn, insult
  • ✍️ Use: The nation paid homage to the martyrs of the 2005 earthquake relief operations.
  • 🧠 Hook: French homme (man) → a vassal declaring himself the lord's man.

5. PROPRIETY (n.) 🔁

  • Urdu: شائستگی، آداب · correct behaviour · Syn: decorum · Ant: impropriety · Full entry → Bucket 28