Saturday, 28 March 2015

Words of the day (26/3/2015)

VOCABULARY 

Bastion (noun)
Definition:
something that keeps or defends a belief or a way of life that is disappearing or threatened.
Example:
British public schools are regarded as one of the last bastions of upper-class privilege.

Conflagration (noun)
Definition:
a.a large fire that causes a lot of damage.

Definition:
b.a large and violent event, such as a war, involving a lot of people.
Example:
They may succeed in turning a little local difficulty into a full-blown regional conflagration.

Efface (verb)
Definition:
to remove something intentionally. 
Example:
The whole country had tried to efface the memory of the old dictatorship.

Befuddled (adjective)
Definition:
confused.
Example:
I'm so tired, my poor befuddled brain can't absorb any more.

Irksome (adjective)
Definition:
annoying.
Example:
The vibration can become irksome after a while.

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