Thursday, 14 May 2015

TGI FRIDAY

1. HAMPER (noun)

Prevent the progress or free movement of
* There's a pool of water which hampered the traffic

2. ECCENTRIC (adj)

Highly unconventional or unusual (desc a person)
* Mortaz was well-know of his eccentricities,often speaks word backwords to confuse those around him.

3. HODGEPODGE (noun)

A confusing mixture or jumble
* The exhibit was a hodgepodge of mediocre art, bad art and really bad art

4. BELITTLE (verb)

Lessen the importance,dignity or reputation of
* A good teacher will not belittle his students, but instead will empower them.

5.CREDITABLE (adj)

Deserving of praise but not that amazing
* Critics agreed the movie was creditable, but few gave it more than three out of five stars.

Sunday, 10 May 2015

MID-TERM EXAMINATION (4.0)

1.ANTIQUATED (adjective)

Old-fashioned
~ Aunt Mary had antiquated notions about marriage,believing that a man should a women for at least a year before receiving a kiss.

2.SURLY (adj)

Inclined of anger
~ Every morning,Bahvin was a surly, unhappy person but once he ate his breakfast,he become loving  , happy and a joy to around.

3.PATRONIZED (verb)

Treat condenscendingly
~ she says she genuinely wanted to help me , but instead she patronized me, constantly pointing out how i was inferior to her.

4.DEMEAN (verb)

To insult; causing someone to lose dignity or respect
~ Amran could still hold the harsh word from Imsar but on a prticular day the demeaning stopped as Imsar was bashed up on his dirty mouth.

5.EXASPERATE (verb)

To irritate intensely
~ As a child, I exasperated my mom with strings of never-end questions.



Saturday, 9 May 2015

Addicted

1.INSOLVENT (adj)

Bankrupt
> a shockingly large number of American are insolvent

2.STEM (verb)

To hold back or limit the growth of something
= a type of vaccine was injected in its body to stem the growth of its bod

3.INARTICULATE (adj)

Without or deprived of the use of speech and words
=although a brilliant economist,Professor mark was conpletely inarticulate,a terrible lecturer.

4.CUMBERSOME (adj)

Difficult to handle or use espcially because of weight or size
= hikking till the summit with cumbersome backpacked was found challenging to unexperience person.

5.DETER (verb)

To turn away from persuassion
= he manage to deter from the prostitute on taking her home.

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1.MALODOROUS ( adj)

An unpleasant smell
= the cellar will need to be cleared of several malodouros,maggot infested piles of garbage.

2.SMUG (adj)

Snobbish or arrogant
= being a smug person won't bring you towards success

3.APPREHENSION ( noun) 

Fear of something will happen
= upcoming exam has always been an apprehension to us although its a month away as it affects our requirement to study abroad.

4.AFFLUENT (adj)

Wealthy
= an affluent man who hardly donate some of his wealth to the needy.

5.DISCREET (adj)

Careful to protect one's speech or action in order to avoid offense
= the professor taught he was discreet, but then there were people who burst out with few of his words.

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1.TUMULT (noun) / mayhem

A state of being chaos
> He went to the window to see what the tumult was and discoverd a crowd circuling a dead body.

2. MELLOW (adj)

Very calm amd relax / pleasantly rich,full or soft; not harsh
> she was a tough and demanding teacher, but old age has mellowed her.

3. PAUCITY (noun)

Lack of something
> Can't belive the paucity of food is spreading all over the suburb in Kenya.

4. CONCORD (noun)

A state of being harmony
> living in concord with different races and culture.

5. DISCORD (noun)

Lack of harmony
> The discord started during 1987 due to the abolishement of slavery.

Friday, 8 May 2015

9th May 2015

NUN (noun)

A woman belonging to religious order especially
> She was once a nun of the Chatolic Church.

CONVICT

To prove someone is guilty of a crime
> he was convicted as the murderer of marry's dad.

TENACIOUS (adjective)

Very determine in doing something/ continuing in a long period
> a tenacious trainer,she adheres to her grueling swimming schedule no matter what.

CESSATION (noun)

A stopping of some action
> the cessation of building the shop lots had brought commotion among buyers.

ADHERE ( noun )

To attach firmly to something
>everyone started calling her "cookie" when she was little and the name adhered.

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CANTANKEROUS

often angry and annoyed
= His cantankerous attitude made people hate every of his single doing.

ANGUISH

Extreme suffering,grief and pain
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CELIBACY

a state of being not married
= "would you love to get married with my choice or you will stay celibacy for the rest of your life!"  
    Said the cruel uncle of Mary

GROVEL

To kneel,lay,crawl
=the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near.

MODICUM

small amount
= only a monicum of skill is necessary to put the kit together.