Words of the day (4/2/2015)

VOCABULARY

CONTINENT (NOUN)

DEFINITION:

One of the seven main areas of land on the Earth.

EXAMPLE:
-  We’re are going to spend a weekend on the Continent.

HOVER (VERB)

DEFINITION:

To wait near somebody/something.

EXAMPLE:

-      He hovered nervously outside the office.

GESTICULATE (VERB)

DEFINITION:

To make movement with your hands and arms in order to express something.

EXAMPLE:
-  He gesticulate his hand for asking a help.

TACIT (ADJECTIVE)

DEFINITION:

Understood but not actually said.

EXAMPLE:

-      The FBI understand the messages tacitly by gesticulating their hands.

BEMUSED (ADJECTIVE)

DEFINITION:

Confused and unable to think clearly.

EXAMPLE:

-      He was bemused by the questions that were asked by his teacher after waking up in that class.