Thursday, 21 May 2015

Words of the day (12/5/2015)

VOCABULARY

Patronage (noun)
Definition:
the support given to an organization by someone.
Example:
The charity enjoys the patronage of many prominent local business people.

Dispute (noun)
Definition:
an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a common border.
Example:
They have been unable to settle/resolve the dispute over working conditions.

Autonomy (noun)
Definition:
the right of an organization, country, or region to be independent and govern itself.
Example:
Demonstrators demanded immediate autonomy for their region.

Incoherent (adjective)
Definition:
expressing yourself in a way that is not clear.
Example:
He was confused and incoherent and I didn't get much sense out of him.

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.











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