Friday, 30 January 2015

Words of the day (27/01/2015)

VOCABULARY

ACCUSTOMED (ADJECTIVE)
DEFINITION:
If you are accustomed to something, you are used to it and it is not strange for you.
EXAMPLE:
-   He is accustomed your tricks since you have been doing it a year.
-      And to anyone accustomed to the imaginative handling of documents, the internal evidence bears out the claim.

MALICE (NOUN)
DEFINITION:
A wish to hurt other people.
EXAMPLE:
-      Marry malice with Annie because she is prettier than her.
-      Security engineering is about building systems to remain dependable in the face of malice, error or mischance.

INQUISITIVE (ADJECTIVE)
DEFINITION:
Too interest in finding out about what other people are doing; interested in finding out about many different thing.
EXAMPLE:
-   Girls like inquisitive people who they are admired by gossiping. 
-      To the deeply inquisitive Scots mind, beauty itself is not the whole truth.

NONCHALANTLY (ADJECTIVE)
DEFINITION:
Not feeling or showing interest or excitement about something.
EXAMPLE:
-      She reach nonchalantly after discussing with her teacher about her history assignment.
-      He sounded just as nonchalant when asked about the overall shape of his team.

ENDEAR (VERB)
DEFINITION:
To make yourself/someone like by somebody.
EXAMPLE:
-      Elsa endeared herself to John by seducing him.
-      Julia is Australia's hottest export in comedy with true-life tales that endear her to all who listen.

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