20 March 2015

20 March 2015

-constituent ( adjective ) ( nouns )

·         someone or something that is necessary in making something else whole

-some of these constituent native woodland remnants still exist

·         someone who has the ability to appoint another person to be representative

-the main active constituent of cannabis

-elude ( verb )

·         escape either physically or mentally

-the thief eluded the police

·         be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

-what you are seeing in him eludes me

·         avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering or performing ( duties, question or issues )

-they tend to elude their responsibility

-impede ( verb )

·         be a hindrance or obstacle to

-she is impeding the progress of our project

·         block passage through

-he impedes the path in front of me

-ornament ( verb )

·         make more attractive by adding ornament, colour etc

-he ornaments the room for the party

·         be an ornament to

-the stars ornamented the Christmas tree

-rhododendron ( nouns )

·         Any of a genus of tree and shrubs of the health family, mainly evergreen, with showy flowers of pink, white or purple

-down here in the garden there was only a gentle breeze just enough to rustle the rhododendron