Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Words of the Month (June)

VOCABULARY

GROUSE
Definition: 
complain; grumble; grouch; fuss.
Example: 
The grouse of the citizen is about the water that supplied to their house was dirty.

NAVIGABLE
Definition:
(of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; ( of a ship or aircraft) able to be steered.
Example:
Lake is not navigable as it is not deep enough to allow ships to pass through.                     
COMPOST
Definition:
mixture or decaying organic matter used as fertellizer.
Example: 
They buried some compost to seedling field to provide nutrien for the plant to grow.

PHELGMATIC
Definition:
calm and unexcitable; not easily disturbed.
Example:
The phelgmatic man doesn't even scare when he saw a tiger outside of his house.

BIFURCATED
Definition:
divided into two branches; forked.
Example:
We will bifurcated the cash, so we can get much more profit.

INTREPID
Definition:
fearless.
Example:
He show an interpid face even though his enemy was very huge.

HARASS
Definition:
annoy by repeated attack.
Example:
Sarah was being harass by the haters because of the rumours that told she tried to stole John's husband.        

RANCID
Definition:
having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank.
Example:
He smell a rancid smell from the the box, the smell maybe because the fat from the meat inside the box is decomposing.

OOZE
Definition:
(of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly.
Example:
The ketchup ooze slowly on the burger as Syahirah pour it down.     

RECOUNT
Definition:
narrate or tell (a story); count over again.
Example:
Amy trying to skip the recount story from Mamba by told him that she has to go to the toilet.

GARRULOUS
Definition:
loquacious; wordy; talkative.
Example:
Aida is a garrulous girl as when she started to talk, she will talk a lot.

CONTRAVENE
Definition:
contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom).
Example:
The condition require to live in that city contravene basic right of human.

TACITURN:
Definition:
habitually silent; talking little.
Example:
The lady is very taciturn in the group conversation.    

UNIFORMITY
Definition:
sameness; monotomy.
Example:
The company only consider uniformity in their products.

PERDITION
Definition:
damnation; complete ruin; hell.
Example:
All the sins you do in your life become the road of your perdition.

AMNESTY
Definition:
pardon (allowed by the goverment to political criminal).
Example:
The government finally give the criminal an amnesty after 10 months.

PROGNOSTICATE
Definition:
predict (according to present indication).
Example:
He prognosticate that he will return to the hometown in 8 months instead of living in a inhabitual and inhygenic country.

RECESS
Definition: 
pause; temporary cressation; alcove; secret inner place.
Example:
After this lesson ends, we are given 30 minutes recess.

PANDER
Definition:
cater to (the low desires of others).
Example: 
Some of them pander to play football but most of it prefer basketball.

AMOK
Definition: 
in a state of rage.
Example: 
She seemed in amok as she is sweating and her face seem in anger and her face started to turn red.                                   

INDUBITABLE
Definition:
unable to be doubted, which cannot be doubted, unquestionable.
Example:
The indubitable issue give lots of wrong perspection from the citizen.

MICROCOSM
Definition:
small representative world; world in miniature.
Example:
He think he live in a microcosm which everything that he had done doesn't effect the world.           

CONSCIENTIOUS
Definition:
scrupulous; through and carefully.
Example:
Everybody needs to care to the nature as its need conscientious to keep it to the next generation.

VEER
Definition:
change in direction; swerve.
Example: 
The car need to veer  their route as their route was closed.

MAT
Definition:
not shiny; matte; having a dull finish.
Example:
He tried to kill that bull but the outcome is pretty mat make the bull still can attack him and he died on spot.

FUSION:
Definition:
union; coalition.
Example:
He learn some fusion martial art which is consist of many types of martial art.

BAFFLE:
Definition: 
frustrate; perplex.
Example:
She become baffle for a while after receiving the news about her mother being slaughtered.

DEMUR
Definition:
object (because of doubt, scruples); raise an objection (showing qualms)
Example:
The lawyer demur the complaint of the opponent side.

AURORAL:
Definition:
pertaining to the aurora borealis.
Example:
James painting has some auroral design on its.

HOLOCAUST:
Definition:
distruction by fire.
Example:
A huge holocaust seem to be happen at the east of syria.

AVUNCULAR
Definition:
of or like an uncle.
Example:
People view him like an avuncular of king Stephens, but unfortunately he isn't.       
RANSACK                  
Definition:
search throughly, pillage (going through a piece).
Example: 
The buccaneers were ordered to randsack the emperial galleon.

FLEECE
Definition:
wool coat of a sheep.
Example:
He bought a piece of fleece for the house decoration.

MARRED
Definition:
damaged; disfigured.
Example:
The marred soldiers had been left behind to divert more problem.

CALLOW
Definition:
youthful; immature; inexperienced.
Example:
He acting so callow when deciding his projects.

INSIDIOUS:
Definition: 
working or spreading harmfully in a stealthy manner.
Example: 
The action is very insidious as they didn't realize its bad for the health.

NUBILE:
Definition: 
marriageable; of marriageable age.
Example: 
The nubile girl want to marry a man as soon as possible.

DINT:
Definition: 
means; effort.
Example: 
He puts a lots of dint for his work to accomplish.

SOPHIST:
Definition:
teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning.
Example:
The sophist is a kind person.

FILCH:
Definition:
steal (things of small value).
Example:
Sam flinch some eraser of Lindsay.

ABSCOND:
Definition:
depart secretly and hide.
Example: 
Many Palestinians abscond from the country to secure their safety.                                   
DERIVATION:
Definition:
deriving; origin or source of something.
Example:
Some of the Indian tradition is derivation of Malay tradition.

TOSS:
Definition:
throw lightly; move or lift (the head) with a sudden motion, flip (a coin) to decide something.
Example: 
He toss a coin to decide who will start first.           

IMPERMEABLE:
Definition:
impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to penetrate.
Example: 
The security of the laboratory was declared impermeable by the government.

BRIDLE:
Definition: 
harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain); curb; check; repress.
Example:
He use a bridle to handle the horse.                    

DOSSIER:
Definition: 
file of documents on a subject or person, file.
Example: 
Please move the pile of dossier according to its place.

ARROYO
Definition:
gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater.
Example:
There was been many arroyo located at the east of the forest but now days, all of it half diminished.

VINTNER
Definition:
wine merchant, wine maker, seller of wine.
Example:
The vintner had sold his business to the aristocrat.

VYING
Definition:
contending.
Example:
Grilled chicken and roasted chicken are among of the footlist that vying in the menu list.

VESTIGATE
Definition:
trace, remains.
Example:
Some vestigate that was still remained helps the investigator to locate the location of the slaughtering.                     

EPHEMERAL
Definition:
short-lived; fleeting.
Example:
The ephermeral creatures like butterfly just live a few days.

LAYMAN:
Definition:
man who is not a cleric, man who is nonprofessional.
Example:
As a layman in the society, he never talk too much or giving his own opinion.

PERUSE:
Definition:
read through with care.
Example:
He peruse the bible to make sure he does not missed a single meaning of it.

DEPRAVITY:
Definition:
extreme corruption; wickedness.
Example:
Max company is facing a huge depravity and the loss a lots of income.

CONFIDANT
Definition:
trusted friend (to whom one tell one's secret)
Example:
John is Ahmad confidant as he always share his secret with him.           

DISMANTLE:
Definition:
take apart; disassemble.
Example:
The government dismantle all the government based company as its give to many problems to the government.

EFFEMINATE:
Definition:
having womanly traits.
Example:
Kenny is really effeminate, mostly people used to see he wears lipstick and blushing.

MATRIMONY:
Definition:
state of being married.
Example:
He is matrimony as he married Julies 2 years ago.

SPORTIVE: 
Definition:
playful; frolicsome; merry.
Example:
Marry is a sportive person as doctor say she has hyperactive genes in her body.

MOUNTEBANK:
Definition:
charlatan; boastful pretender.
Example:
He always become a successful mountebank as he always has pretty words to say.

RETROACTIVE:
Definition:
taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future.
Example:
I'm sure that this law will give a retroactive effect for the citizen if this nation.

BURGEON:
Definition:
grow rapidly, grow forth; send out buds.
Example:
The belief of alien existence started to burgeon among the villagers.

HURL:
Definition:
throw forcefully, shout out violently.
Example:
You have to hurl the boat from land into the river to use it.           

COMPLECENCY:
Definition:
satisfaction, smugness.
Example:
He always used to complecency herself to get rid of thinking her ex boyfriend.

REVERENT:
Definition:
respectful, worship.
Example:
He talk in reverent tone to their leader.

BEATIFIC (adjective)
Definition:
giving or showing bliss; blissful.
Example:
How is the feel of beatific in heaven.

FREEBOOTER (noun):
Definition:
pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich.
Example:
The freebooter always attack galleon ship that carry golds

QUASH:
Definition:
crush; suppress; squash; subdue; annul.
Example:
Normal citizen cannot quash the judge decision.

EXHUME:
Definition:
dig out of the ground; remove from a grave.
Example:
The forensic exhume zahrin body from the grave to check the cause of his dead.

AMICABLE:
Definition:
peacefully; politely friendly; not quarrelsome.
Example:
He always talk in amicable voice.

CONJURE (verb):
Definition:
implore (someone) to do something.
Example:
He conjured the piece of paper on the floor and throw it in the dustbin.      
                  
MUSE (verb):
Definition:
reflect deeply on a subject.
Example:
He always muse about how much his love towards her.

SHEEN (noun):
Definition:
a soft luster on a surface.
Example:
The shampoo make his hair become darker and sheen.

RENOWN (noun):
Definition:
the condition of being known or talked about by many people.
Example:
He really suprise to know that his name has became renown in that city.

ALTER (verb):
Definition:
make different; cause a transformation.
Example:
It's hard to alter Hassan as he is extremely a stubborn guy.

PROCURE (verb):
Definition:
get by special effort.
Example:
The food procure by the rebellition.    
                     
AWE (noun):
Definition:
a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.
Example:
As children, we are awe with our grandfather.

GAINFUL (adjective):
Definition:
yielding a fair profit.
Example:
After year of study, finally he achieve a gainful employment.

ASCRIBE (verb):
Definition:
attribute (a text, quotation, or work of art) to a particular person or period.
Example:
He use a good ascribe to describe his personal success.

HABITUAL (adjective):
Definition: 
commonly used or practiced.
Example:
His habitual of daily life is easy to be predicted.

MERIT (noun):
Definition: 
any admirable quality.
Example:
He has merit of being a helpful student in the teachers view.

RESEARCH (verb):
Definition:
investigate systematically.
Example:
He is doing research about the frog digestion system.

PREOCCUPATION (noun):
Definition:
the mental state of being preoccupied by something.
Example:
My main preoccupation is to keep my life normal even I have many problem in life.

NIGLIGIBLE (adjective):
Definition:
so small as to be meaningless.
Example:
His weakness of the boss is almost negligible.

UNTTINGLY (adjective):
Definition:
without knowledge or intention.
Example:
He try to find Lee's house unttingly without any guide.

ENTITY (noun):
Definition:
existance; being.
Example:
That church is the only church entity in the town.

ASSIGN (verb):     
Definition:
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). 
Example:
He assign the task to Fuad as he is the oldest among us.

HUE (noun):
Definition:
a color or shade.
Example:
The water is deepest hue of aquamarine.

CAPTION (noun):
Defintion:
a brief explaination appended to an article, illustration, cartoon, or poster.
Example:
He design his blog with caption 'don't waste your time' to motivate himself.

INHERET (adjective):
Definition:
existing in something as a permanent.
Example:
There are dangers inheret in every sport.

DIMINUTIVE (adjective):
Definition:
very small.
Example:
He is a diminitive figure as he just 5 inches tall.

NOURISH (verb):
Definition:
provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth, health and good condition.
Example:
This lotion help to nourish your skin.

RUIN (verb):
Definition:
cause great and usually irreparable damage or harm to.
Example:
His new rules has ruined the villagers life.

FIRM (noun):
Definition:
Example:
He would like to join the firm.

SHABBY (adjective):
Definition:
in poor condition through long or hard use or lack of care.
Example:
The survivors were shabby and hungry.        

RECALCITRANT (adjective):
Definition:
obstinately stubborn; determine to resist authority; unruly.
Example:
Ahmad is the most recalcitrant student in this college ad we know he likes to do the things that against the rule.

OBSEQUIOUS (adjective):
Definition:
slavishly attentive; serville; sychophantic.
Example:
The excessively obsequious waiter irritated her very much.

LACONIC (adjective):
Definition:
brief and to the point; terse or concise.   
Example:
He potrayed the man with laconic type.

ENCLOSE (verb):
Definition:
surround or close off on all sides.
Example:
The entire farm was enclose by fence.

SCARCE (adjective):
Definition:
hard to find; not enough.
Example:
Food and water are scarce in Somalia.

INVECTIVE (noun)
Definition:
abusive language; violent denunciation.
Example:
He used to the invective comment from the commenter.

BENEDICTION (noun):
Definition:
blessing.        
Example:
The clear day after a few rainy day feel like benediction.

UNFEIGNED (adjective):
Definition:
genuine, real.
Example:
I'm sure her frightness to cat is unfeigned.

APPROBATION (noun):
Definition:
approval. 
Example:
The teacher won't let his student go to the trip untill they receive approbation from the principal.

ATTENUATE (adjective):
Definition:
make thin; weaken.
Example:
The alcoholic lifestyle 7 his body. (Adjective)

QUIBBLE (noun):
Definition:
a minor objection or complaint; to equivocate; to carp.
Example:
If you still talking quibble things, I will extremely slap you!                                           
CASTIGATION (noun):
Definition:
punishment; severe critism.
Example:
The violence mother always castigate her children.

QUOTIDIAN (adjective):
Definition:
found in the ordinary course of events; usual or customary.
Example:
They found that the movie is really quodation which is really boring.

PARTISAN (noun)
Definition:
one-sided; prejudicated; committed to a party.
Example:
He is being saved by partisan Malaysian. 

YOKEL (noun):
Definition:
country bumpkin; a rustic.
Example:
Everyone regarded him as a yokel boy because of his rustic manners.

TRAVAIL (noun):
Definition:
painful physical or mental labor; torment; agony.
Example:
How a man can stand so much travail in his life without doing any rebellion.

JOLLITY (noun):
Definition:
gaiety; cheerfulness.
Example:
Christmas is one of the general jollity of every year.

NADIR (noun):
Definition:
lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair.
Example:
The Victory company had reach theirs nadir income last month, the company probably will be close soon.

HISTRIONIC (adjective):
Definition:
theatrical; over dramatic.
Example:
He is a very histrionic person, almost every girl that couple with him will hate him after the breakup.

NARCISSIST (noun):
Definition:
conceited person; a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.
Example:
Narcissist in a school will always be the teachers favourite student while other students probably will hate him.

PARAGON (noun):
Definition:
model of perfection; a peerless example.
Example:
The teacher always pointing Rahim as paragon of the class.     
                             
SOLICITOUS (adjective):
Definition:
worried; concerned; anxious.
Example:
He is very solicitous about the college enviroment.

FRENETIC (adjective):
Definition:
frenzied; frantic; mad.
Example:
His frenetic plan has brought the laboratory full of slimy slime.

VIRTUOSO (noun)
Definition:
highly skilled artist.
Example:
He grow into virtuoso as his father had train hom to draw potret since age 6.

STIGMA (noun):
Definition:
token of disgrace; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation; a mark of infamy.
Example:
Raising some sort of stigma to smoking habit will help to give awarness to smokers about smoking badness.

QUIXOTIC (adjective):
Definition:
extravagantly chivalrous or romantic.
Example:
He faced an quixotic journey throughout the jungle.

ZEALOT (noun):
Definition:
a person who shows zeal; an excessively zealous person; fanatic.
Example:
The zealot very love animes.

WONT (noun):
Definition:
custom; habitual procedure.
Example:
It was his wont to wake up at 11 a.m. in the morning and play Dota first.

VULPINE (adjective):
Definition:
like a fox; cunning or crafty.
Example:
His vulpine intelligent has helped her a lot to survive in US.

UNWIELDY (adjective):
Definition:
awkward; cumbersome; unmanageable.
Example:
The party was so unwieldy because most of the guest were strangers for me.

EBULLIENT (adjective):
Definition:showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm.
Example:
Samuel ebullient nature will doesn't change untill the end.

OBVIATE (verb):
Definition:
make unnecessary; get rid of.
Example:
I hope we can obviate to paint the wall again after this painting finished.

KNELL (noun):
Definition:
rolling of a bell; especially to indicate a funeral or disaster.
Example:
We can hear the sound of the kneel from this playground.

WIZENED (adjective):
Definition:
withered; shriveled.
Example:
The wizened old man is still healthy he is 95 years old.

TEMPORIZE (verb):
Definition:
avoid committing oneself; gain time; to be indecesive; prolong; delay.
Example:
You are temporize too long in completing your job, so i make a decision to fire you for a good reason.

ECLECTIC (adjective):
Definition:
selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources.
Example:
His style of drawing is very eclectic because he combine many genre of drawing style.

JOCOSE (adjective):
Definition:
given to joking; humouruos.
Example:
Pearl is very jocose lady, that makes a lots of man interested with her.

DIGRESSION (noun):
Definition:
wandering away from the subject.
Example:
Rodger digression had change the topic of the conversation from woman that you love to sexy woman.

MAUDLIN (adjective):
Definition:
effusively sentimental.
Example:
I don't like maudlin song because its make me feel uneasy when hearing it.

GIBBERISH (noun):
Definition:
nonsense talk; babbling.
Example:
I don't even cared about her gibberish story about aliens and extraordinary creatures. 

OUTSTRIP (verb):
Definition:
be or do something to a greater degree.
Example:
His performance outstrip the field after scored double hattrick when fighting QPR in Premier League match.

DISSEMINATE (verb):
Definition:
cause to become widely known.
Example:
The organization aim is to disseminate information about the desease to the community.
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CRACK (verb):
Definition:
break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts.
Example:
The phone cracked badly after it slipping from Johnny

Outlive (verb):
Definition:
Live longer than.
Example:
male lion usually outlive the female ones.    
                 
ERRONEOUS (adjective):
Definition:
containing or characterized by error.
Example:
She judged the man with erroneous judgement.

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