Censorious
Meaning: critical
Example: Censorious people delight in casting blame.
Example: Censorious people delight in casting blame.
Allay
Meaning: calm, pacify
Example: The crew tried to allay the fears of passengers by announcing that fire had been controlled.
Meaning: to improve
Example: Many social workers have attempted to ameliorate life of poor peopleEnigma
Meaning: puzzle
Example: Despite all attempts to decipher the code, it remained an enigma.
Example: Despite all attempts to decipher the code, it remained an enigma.
Meaning: to correct, change
Example: Amendment in constitution.
Example: Amendment in constitution.
Wheedle
Meaning: cajole, coax
Example: She knows she can wheedle almost anything she wants from her father.
Meaning: Young wolf, dog, tiger etc
Example: This collie whelp won''t do for breeding, but he''d make a fine pet.Enigma
Meaning: puzzle
Example: Despite all attempts to decipher the code, it remained an enigma.
Example: Despite all attempts to decipher the code, it remained an enigma.
Foible
Meaning: weakness, slight fault
Example: We can overlook the foibles of our friends; no one is perfect.
Meaning: renounce, abandon
Example: The captured knight could escape death only if he agreed to forswear Christianity and embrace Islam as the one true faith.
Meaning: animal-biting fly, irritating person
Example: Like gadfly, he irritated all the guests at hotel.
Example: Like gadfly, he irritated all the guests at hotel.
Halitosis
Meaning: bad breath
Example: If you notice that your friends have been keeping their distance lately, they might be mad at you or it could be your halitosis. Halitosis is a fancy way to say ''bad breath''
Meaning: good--fellowship
Example: What he had loved best about his job was the sense of camaraderie he and his co-workers shared.
Daedal
Meaning: ingenious or complex in design
Example: I was impressed by the computer's daedal circuitry.
Ebullient
Meaning: showing excitement
Canard
Meaning: unfounded rumor
Example: It is almost impossible to protect oneself from such a
base canard.
Decant
Meaning: pour off gently
Example: Be sure to decant this wine before serving it.
Effluvium
Meaning: noxious smell
Example: The effluvium and the poisons in the air are hazards to life.
Febrile
Meaning: feverish
Example: In his febrile condition, he was subject to
nightmares and hallucinations
Fecund
Meaning: fertile, productive, fruitful
Echelon
Meaning: a level, rank or grade; the people at that level
Example: the lower echelons of society
Ecclesiastic
Meaning: pertaining to the church
Example: He had heard a rumor that Elias Jenkins, an ecclesiastical
martinet, was interested in coming to Pontywen.
Daub
Meaning: smear (as with paint)
Example: Very often there was a smudge of purple on her cheek, or a
daub of green on one wrist or elbow.
Cadaver
Meaning: corpse
Example: Immediately after the post-mortem
examination is completed each cadaver must be placed in the zinc animal-box
Bacchanalian
Meaning: drunken
Example: a bacchanalian party involves noisy and uncontrolled
enjoyment and usually a lot of alcohol or sex
Clinomania
Meaning: excessive desire to stay in bed
Abscission
Meaning: cutting off, sudden termination, the separation of leaves, petals,
or other parts from a plant or animal
Aloof
Meaning: apart, reserved
Example: The new kid in our school is aloof and does not talk to
anyone.
Athazagoraphobia
Meaning: the fear of being forgotten and or ignored by someone whom
you strongly care about
Quixotic
Meaning: idealistic but impractical
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