Words of the day (20/3/2015)

VOCABULARY 

Intuition (noun)
Definition: 
(knowledge from) an ability to understand or know something immediately based on your feelings rather than facts.
Example:
Often there's no clear evidence one way or the other and you just have to base your judgment on intuition.

Invoke (verb)
Definition:
a. to use a law in order to achieve something, or to mention something in order to explain something or to support your opinion or action.
Example:
a. Police can invoke the law to regulate access to these places.

Definition:
b.to request help from someone, especially a god, when you want to improve a situation:
Example:
b.Their sacred dance is performed to invoke ancient gods.

Definition:
c.to make someone have a particular feeling or remember something.

Irony (noun)
Definition: 
a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the opposite or a very different result.
Example:
The irony is that the new tax system will burden those it was intended to help.

Lackadaisical (adjective)
Definition: 
showing little enthusiasm and effort.
Example:
The food was nice enough but the service was somewhat lackadaisical.

Lamentable (adjective)
Definition:  
deserving severe criticism; very bad.
Example:
The lamentable state of the economy.