18 March 2015

18 March 2015

-staked ( verb )

·         put at risk

-I will stake my good reputation for this

·         place a bet on

-I’m staking the new horse

·         mark with a stake

-he stake out the path

·         tie or fasten to a stake

-we are advised to stake our goat

·         killed by piercing with spear or sharp pole

-the enemies were staked and left to die

-gallant ( adjective )

·         unflinching in battle or action

-we have a gallant warrior to protect our country

-put up the gallant resistance to the attacker

·         lively and spirited

-a gallant hero is protecting the world with all his might

·         having or displaying great dignity or nobility

-a gallant pageant

-ethereal ( adjective )

·         characterized by lightness and insubstantially; as impalpable or intangible as air

-physical rather than ethereal form

·         ( chemistry ) of, containing or dissolved in ether

-we used an ethereal solution during the experiment

·         Of heaven or the spirit

-I can hear the ethereal melodies

·         Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

-the smallest and most ethereal of bird

-tyranny ( nouns )

·         A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator

-shudder ( verb ) ( nouns )

·         Shakes, as from cold

The children are shuddering-turn on the heat!

·         Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

-she was shuddering when suddenly she heard someone was chuckling in her room

·         An almost pleasurable sensation of fright

-a shudder of surprise shot through him