Friday, 3 April 2015

defeat is not the worst of failures. not to have tried is the true failure




No.
Words
Type
Meaning
Example
1
Zealous
Adjective
*strong
*passionate
*impassioned

*A zealous  plea for justice.
*A zealous feeling deeps inside my heart strongly pushed me to study smart.
2
Plea
Noun
*appeal
*apology
*beg for something
*Dad ignores my youngest sister’s pleas  to follow him  to go to  the night market.
*The prisoner’s plea for mercy.
3
Despised
verb
*hated
*scorned
*disliked
*loathe
*Maryam despises when people talked about her disabilities and weakness.
*I despise anchovies  on  pizzas  and I refused  to eat them.
4
Contempt
noun
*disrespect
*scorn
*opprobrium
*Pam stared at the girl with total  contempt.
*His action displays an arrogant contempt for the wishes of the majority.
5
Tenfold
adjective
10x as many
You’re tenfold better than him.
6
Adorn
verb
*beautify
*fancy up
The dress  really adorned my youngest sister as a bride tonight.
7
Lure
noun
*attraction
*appeal
*Advertisers are trying to lure a younger audience to their products.
*My mum proves that she can bear not to listen to the salesman’s lures.
8
Stealthily
Adverb
*secret
*quiet
The cat catches  a rat stealthily.
9
Mimic
adjective
*copy
*imitate
*Just be yourself, don’t you try to mimic others.
*She’s talented mimic.
10
Ensnare
verb
*catch
*trap
*Mia uses the long net  to ensnare the butterfly.
*Dad ensnared the thief in the kitchen last night.
11
Devoured
verb
*eat up
*consume
*use up
*enjoy avidly
*I devour to read these books.
*The starving villagers simply devoured the relief foods.
12
Frivolous
adjective
*helpless
*unimportant
*negligible
*not serious
*foolish
*When asked by the waiter if we  wanted anything else that  evening, we made a frivolous request for free drinks.
*Don’t worry, we just had a frivolous conversation last night!
13
Prudent
adjective
*careful
*wise
*frugal
*intelligent
*judicious
*I love to listen to her prudent advice.
*Her calm response was very prudent under the circumstances.
14
Diverse
adjective
different
*My parents have diverse  opinion especially about our studies.
*A movement supported by people with diverse interests but one common goal.
15
Imply
verb
*suggest
*hint
*indicate
*express in indirect way
*infer
*They may have implied that they’d help, but they didn’t actually say so.
*His silence implied  consent.

No.
Words
Type
Meaning 
Example
1
Airy-fairy
adjective
*impractical
*fanciful
*unrealistic

*Airy-fairy ideas  about winning the sweepstakes.
*I want  an airy-fairy  concept for my marriage.
2
Starry-eyed
adjective
*unrealistic
*overoptimistic
*gullible
I’m tired to advise her not to be starry–eyed girl anymore.
3
gullible
adjective
*easily fooled
*dewy-eyed
*naïve
*wide-eyed
I pity with her gullible behavior.
4
agog
adjective
*eager
*expect something
*Kids all agog over new toys.
*Ryan becomes  more active especially when he feels agog to complete the puzzle.
5
deplore
verb
*really hate
*bemoan
*grief
*regret
*Aikal deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment as its messiest.
*We deplore to procrastinate when doing any task.
6
Columnist
noun
Person who write newspaper @ magazine column
I can’t imagine how can I be   a columnist in one day.
7
chatter
verb
*talk in casual  way
*make clicking sounds by knocking together rapidly
*make fast
*The squirrels chattered angrily.
*The chattering brakes make us  feels really uncomfortable.
*My teeth chattering with cold.
8
avid
adjective
*very eager
*greedy
*acquisitive
*The avid readers can’t wait for the book to be published.
*I’m not agree with people who avid for publicity.
9
bemoan
verb
*unhappy
*distress over 
*lament
*Ali bemoaned the  death of his wife by writing a series of poignant  letters addressed to her.
*Daddy bemoans our bad behavior  in front of his friends  after we having our lunch.
10
Thrice 
adverb
*3 times
*extremely
*She was thrice married.
*He was thrice in sorrow.
11
prowess
noun
*great ability/ skill
*An extraordinary display of prowess on the football field.
*My uncle has a courage to show his prowess in  archery in front of his rival.
12
Vestige 
noun
*footprint
*sign / evidence of same past thing
*relic
*A few strange words carved on  a tree were the only  vestige of the lost colony of Roanoke.
*The  archeologists surprised to see  the vestiges in dark, narrow cave.

13
banquet
Noun
*formal dinner
*feast
We’re invited  to come to an awards banquet.
14
mansion
noun
*large house
*castle
*villa
*If I ever win the lottery, I’m going to buy a mansion in the hills.
*Mum deplores to live in mansion as she just wants stay only  with dad and not many people.
15
austere
Adjective
*unfriend
*rigid
*harsh
*severe 
*I’ve got an austere critic from a warden as I didn’t give my  card before going out.
*I love his austere  style  of writing.
16
assault
Verb
Violently attack
*He was arrested for assaulting  a police officer.
*Airel tries to assault his stepmother because of small matter.
17
consent
noun
*agreement
*No one may use the vehicle without the consent of  the owner.
*Mum not  really consent with brother’s decision.
18
obligation
noun
*something burden
*commitment
*responsibility
*I’ve to pay off my current obligations before I can buy new house.
*Ryan leaves his disturbing obligations in work for  a week and enjoys a vacation with his lovely family.
19
Patent
*Noun
*adjective
*permit
*license  for an invention
*obvious
*clear
*A company has since taken out a patent on the chemical.
*He forgot to took out a patent for an improved steam hammer.
*She was smiling with patent insincerity.
*His face looks exhausted with patent sleepy.
20
wary
adjective
*cautious
*careful
*alert
*Investors are increasingly  wary about putting money into stocks.
*Our parents always advise us to keep wary on strangers.

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