Monday, 9 March 2015

Words of the day (5/3/2015)

VOCABULARY 

LIONIZE (verb)
Definition:
to make someone famous, or to treat someone as if they were famous.
Example:
Sam was lionized by everyone in that school because he excelled in every exams.

DECRY (verb)
Definition:
to criticize something as bad, without value, or unnecessary.
Example:
Lawyers decried the imprisonment of several journalists.

ABHOR (verb)
Definition:
to hate a way of behaving or thinking, often because you think it is not moral.
Example:
I abhor all forms of racism.

MAYHEM (verb)
Definition:
a situation in which there is little or no order or control.
Example:
With 20 kids running around and only two adults to supervise, it was complete mayhem.

BANTER (verb)
Definition:
to talk to someone in a friendly and humorous way.
Example:
He stood around bantering with his colleagues.

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