VOCABULARY
EPITOME (NOUN)
Definition: the
typical or highest example of a stated quality, as shown by a particular person
or thing:
Example:
- Even now in her sixties, she is the
epitome of French elegance.
CORNERSTONE
(NOUN)
Definition: 1. a
stone in a corner of a building, especially one with the date when the building
was made or other writing on it
Definition: 2. something
of great importance that everything else depends on:
Example:
- In most countries, the family unit is
still the cornerstone of society.
REPOSITORY
(NOUN)
Definition: 1. (formal)
a place where things are stored and can be found
Definition: 2. (usually
singular] a person who has, or a book that contains, a lot of information or
detailed knowledge:
Example:
- She's a repository of knowledge about
our family history.
DOGGED
(ADJECTIVE)/DOGGEDNESS (NOUN)/DOGGEDLY(ADVERB)
Definition: very
determined to do something, even if it is very difficult:
Example:
- Her ambition and dogged determination
ensured that she rose to the top of her profession.
SPORADIC
(ADJECTIVE)-occasionally /SPORADICALLY (ADVERB)
Definition; happening
sometimes; not regular or continuous:
Example:
- a sporadic electricity supply
- More than 100 people have been killed
this year in sporadic outbursts of ethnic violence.
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