26 March 2015
-paucity ( adjective )
·
A lack of something
-there is a paucity of job hiring today that
required menial skills, since most such job have either been automated or
outsourced
-exasperate ( verb )
·
To irritate intensely
-as a child, I exasperated my mother with strings of
never-ending questions
-discreet ( adjective )
·
Careful to protect one’s speech or action in
order to avoid offense or draw attention
-the professor
thought that he was discreet, subtly
wiping the stain off his shirt, but soon as soon as he stepped off the podium a
heckler in audience burst out, ”You missed a spot”.
-derisive ( adjective )
·
abusing vocally
-I was surprised
by her derisive tone; usually, she
is sweet, soft spoken, and congenial
-hodgepodge ( nouns )
·
a confusing mixture or jumble
-those in
attendance represented a hodgepodge
of city’s denizen
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