Words of the day (21/2/2015)

VOCABULARY

INIMICAL (ADJECTIVE)

Definition: harmful or limiting:

Example:

- Excessive managerial control is inimical to creative expression.

  

PREDILECTION (NOUN)

Definition: If someone has a predilection for something, they like it a lot:

Example:

- Ever since she was a child, she has had a predilection for spicy food.

AVERSIONS (NOUN)

Definition: (a person or thing that causes) a feeling of strong dislike or of not wishing to do something:

Example:

- I felt an instant aversion to his parents.

- She has a deep aversion to getting up in the morning.

- Greed is my pet aversion (= the thing I dislike most of all).

AMICABLE (ADJECTIVE)

Definition: 1. relating to behaviour between people that is pleasant and friendly, often despite a difficult situation:

Example:

- His manner was perfectly amicable, but I felt uncomfortable.

Definition: 2. relating to an agreement or decision that is achieved without people arguing or being unpleasant:

Example:

- Few people have amicable divorces.

- Eventually we reached an amicable settlement.

MAXIM (NOUN)

Definition: a short statement of a general truth, principle, or rule for behavior.