18 April 2015

18 April 2015

-hypothetical ( adjective ) ( nouns )

·         Based on primarily on surmise rather than adequate

-they could not run from that hypothetical situation

·         A hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc

-the policemen consider the following statements are just a hypothetical

-recalcitrant ( adjective )

·         Stubbornly resistance to authority or control @ disobedient

-the recalcitrant citizen will lose their citizenship

·         Marked by stubborn resistance to authority

-the university suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrator

-corpse ( nouns )

·         The dead body of a human being

-at the end of investigation, the policemen managed to discover a corpse

-cognizant ( adjective )

·   ( sometime followed by ‘of’ ) having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception

-he was cognizant of his opponent’s hostility

-crass ( adjective )

·         ( of person ) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility

-we may abuse this procedure as crass materialism

17 April 2015

17 April 2015

-conundrum ( nouns )

·         a difficult problem @ enigma/riddle

-he took a decade to solve the conundrum

-brief ( adjective )

·         of short duration or distance

-a brief stay in the country

·         concise and succinct

-he manages to cover the matter in a brief statement

·         (of cloth) very short

-she wore a brief gown when she attended the party yesterday

-palpable ( adjective )

·         Capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled, touched or felt

-there are a lot of palpable dusts in that old house

-She felt sudden anger in a palpable wave

·         ( medicine ) can be felt by palpation

-the doctor informed David suffers a tumour that is palpable

-innocuous ( adjective  )

·         Not injurious to physical or mental health

-fortunately, he involved in an innocuous accident

·         Not causing disapproval

-it was an innocuous remark

·         Lacking intent or capacity to injure @ innocent

-on April Fool many people will do an innocuous prank

-augment ( verb )

·         Enlarge or increase

-the recent speech of the president augmented tension in Near East

·         Grow or intensify

-the pressure augmented as the debater from the opposition rebuts the idea from the government side  

16 April 2015

16 April 2015

-plethora ( nouns )

·         the property of being extremely abundant @ richness

-the policemen gave the plethora of detail regarding that case

-antithesis ( nouns )

·         exact opposite

-the theory that he gave was the antithesis of mine

-volition ( nouns )

·         the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention @ will (hasrat)

-the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt

·         the act of making a choice

-I followed my father’s volition

-sanction ( verb )

·         give permission or approval for something @ OK

-I will sanction his educational policies

-terse ( adjective )

·         brief and to the point; effectively cut short

-the news is short and terse so it is easy to understand

-formidable ( adjective )

·         extremely impressive in strength or excellence

-Unfortunately, I needed to face a formidable opponent

·         inspiring fear

-the formidable prospect of major surgery

15 April 2015

15 April 2015

-friar ( nouns )

·         A male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

-he is a friar

-err ( verb )

·         To make a mistake or be incorrect

-he erred when he did not have enough time to answer the questions

·         Wander from a direct course or at random

-the child erred from the path and her parent lost sight of her

-purgatorial ( adjective )

·         Serving to purge or rid of sin @ purifying

-he makes a purgatorial rite

·         of or resembling purgatory

-it was a purgatorial fire

-copious ( adjective )

·         large in number or quantity ( especially of discourse )

-she took copious notes

·         affording an abundant supply

-they kept copious provision for emergency

-morose ( adjective )

·         showing a brooding ill humour @ moody

-she has a morose and unsociable manner

14 April 2015

14 April 2015

-verge ( nouns ) ( nouns )

·         The limit beyond which something happen or changes

-she was on verge of tears

·         Border on; come closed to

-his behaviour verges on the criminal

-siege ( verb )

·         Encircle as a military tactic

-the Turks sieges Vienna

-cult ( adjective )

·         Enjoyed by a small, loyal group

-A cult film

-genial ( adjective )

·         Diffusing warmth and friendliness

-he was a genial host and everyone loved him

·         Agreeable, conducive to comfort

-today, the genial sunshine shone my room

-astutely ( adverb )

·         In a shrewd manner

-he invested his fortune astutely

-shrewd ( adjective )

·         Marked by practical hard headed intelligence

-he was too shrewd to go along with them

·         Serving one’s own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner

-he was the most shrewd and selfish man

13 April 2015

13 April 2015

-profligate ( adjective )

·         Recklessly wasteful

-it was a profligate in their expenditure

·         Unrestrained by convention or morality

-she draws a profligate aristocratic society

-jejune ( adjective )

·         Lacking n nutritive value

-she practiced a jejune diet

·         Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

-he just gave jejune responses to our problems

·         Lacking interest, significance or impact @ lame

-I was so sad since I had bought a jejune novel

-lavish ( verb ) ( adjective )

·         Expand profusely; also used with abstract nouns

-he was lavished with praised

·         Very generous

-they distributed gifts with a lavish hand toward the orphans

·         Characterized by extravagance and profusion

-during my birthday party, my mom prepared a lavish buffet

-gourmet ( adjective )

·         (of food) fine; high-quality

-I prepared a lot of gourmet foods for our family picnic

-vague ( adjective )

·         Not clearly understood or expressed

-their descriptions of human behaviour become vague, dull, and unclear

·         Not precisely limited, determined or distinguished

-I don’t know how to express a vague feeling of sadness

·         Lacking clarity or distinctness

-he saw a vague outline of a building through the fog

12 April 2015

12 April 2015

-utmost ( adjective )

·         Of the greatest possible degree, extent or intensity

-the thing that he had done was an utmost contempt

·         Highest n extent or degree

-it was up to the utmost measure of human endurance

·         (comparative of ‘far’) most remote in space, time and order

-don’t go beyond the utmost tree

-gaol ( verb )

·         (law) lock up of confine, in or as in a jail

-the suspect were gaoled without trial

-humane ( adjective )

·         Pertaining to or concerned with the humanities

-the teachers teach a humane education at the school

-gleeful ( adjective )

·         Full of high-spirited delight

-A gleeful heart

-savage ( adjective )

·         (of person or their action) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

-because she was so angry, she gave a savage slap to her friend

·         Wild and menacing

-at the end of the field there was a pack of savage dogs

·         Without civilizing influence

-the minister just ignored the savage people

·         Marked by extreme and violent

-he needed to be hospitalized because of a savage beating