Wednesday, 15 April 2015

I really love learning new words

1.PECULIAR

not usual or normal/not well
= He is being peculiar all day and nobody would figure out why he's acting so.

2.DISCOMFIT (verb)

to frustrate the plans
= Jacob was discomfited by his curious young son's forward,probing questions.

3.FUNAMBLIST (noun)

A tightrop walker
= It is not easy to be as brave as the funamblist,walking on a thin and high,hanging rope.

4.RELUENT ( adjective)

Flowing back
= The liquid refluent from the pipe as it was placed a bit higher than the first pipe.

5.PROPHECY (forecast)

A statement that something will happen in future
= The report on climate change included alarming prophecies of rising sea levels and increased storm activity

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