Sunday, 17 May 2015

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1.AVARICE

noun: greed (one of the seven deadly sins)
The Spanish conquistadors were known for their avarice, plundering Incan land and stealing Incan gold.

2.spendthrift

noun: one who spends money extravagantly

Taking weekly trips to Vegas, Megan was a spendthrift whose excesses eventually caught up to her.

3.ORNATE

adjective: marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details
The ornate Victorian and Edwardian homes spread throughout San Francisco are my favorite part of the city.

4.enmity

noun: a state of deep-seated ill-will
The rude remark Charles made toward Sarah yesterday was due to his illness, not due to any real enmity toward Sarah.

5.PLACID

adjective: not easily irritated
Doug is normally placid, so we were all shocked to see him yelling at the television when the Mets lost the game.

ASSEMBLYYY!!!!!


1.VINDICTIVE

adjective: to have a very strong desire for revenge
Though the other girl had only lightly poked fun of Vanessa's choice in attire, Vanessa was so vindictive that she waited for an entire semester to get the perfect revenge.

2.PUGNACIOUS

adjective: eager to fight or argue; verbally combative
The comedian told one flat joke after another, and when the audience started booing, he pugnaciously spat back at them, “Hey, you think this is easy – why don’t you buffoons give it a shot?”

3.FICKLE 

adjective: liable to sudden unpredictable change, esp. in affections or attachments
She was so fickle in her politics, it was hard to pinpoint her beliefs; one week she would embrace a side, and the next week she would denounce it.

4. SANGUINE 

adjective: cheerful; optimistic
With the prospect of having to learn 3,000 words during the course of the summer, Paul was anything but sanguine.

5. DEVOLVE

verb: pass on or delegate to another
The company was full of managers known for devolving tasks to lower management, but never doing much work themselves.
verb: grow worse (usually "devolve into")
The dialogue between the two academics devolved into a downright bitter argument.

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.