Monday, 18 May 2015

success is not the key to happiness. happiness is the key to success. if i love what am i doing, i will be successful



No.
Word
Type
Meaning
Sentence
1
euphoria
noun
Feeling of great
-The euphoria of winning her first gold medal in  the 100 meter  dash  overwhelmed Shelly-Ann Fraser  and  she wept tears of immense joy.
-We try not to honor him too much as we don’t want  him to have an euphoria and leads to arrogance one day.
2
beatific
adjective
Express great happiness and calmness
-As soon as  she  heard  that news, she  had on a beatific smile.
-She was surprised when they amazedly   planned birthday prank to her but at the same time she had  beatific moment ever in her life.
3
luster
noun
A gentle sheen or  soft glow esp that of  a partly reflective surface
As  light bounces  off  the  ruby’s  surface, its  luster caught the eyes of many.
4
distraught
adjective
Very upset
-She was distraught that some of  her classmates are leaving MADPP.
-I am  extremely distraught when I had checked out my  scores of SAT in my first practice.
5
begrudge
verb
Jealous, envy
-Sitting all alone in his room,  Tam begrudged the happiness of his friends playing outside at the field.
-I know that I’m really begrudged and distracted as most of my friends got high scores in their first practice, but it should be a challenge to me to get higher than them.
6
schism
noun
A separation or division into factions, discord, split
-Heretics were burned  for attempting to create  a schism in the Catholic Church. 
-The controversy created  a schism among  my batch.
7
capricious
adjective
-sudden and unaccountable changes of  mood or behavior
-fickle, inconstant, changeable , volatile, temperamental, unpredictable
-The rescue team had a hard time delivering supplies due  to the capricious weather.
-She finds  him oddly capricious ; praising her only to tease her afterwards .
8
savvy
verb
-understand
-expertise
-know
-intuit
We should savvy 10 words per day and update it in our  blog.
9
besmirch
verb
-damage  the  good name n reputation
-make  something dirty
-ruin, debase , damage, smear , taint
-The prince’s distasteful  choice of words  besmirched  not  only his  own  name but  the  reputation of the entire  royal  family .
-The  ground was besmirched  with blood.
10
spellbinding
Adjective
-hold  your attention completely
-extremely entertaining
-allure,, attract, beguile, bewitch, cajole , captivate, fascinate
-He gave a spellbinding performance.
-The spellbinding monuments impress me and  hard to leave the  place.
11
paucity
noun
Lack  of something
-There  is a paucity of jobs hiring today that require  menial  skill, since  most  such jobs have either been automated or outsourced.
-We can feel a paucity when someone from our class left us to achieve her goal but we should accept her decision .
12
obliterate
verb
-Remove all signs, rub or blot out
-destroy something completely
The  robbers had obliterated all fingerprints before leaving the scene.
13
Amiable 
adjective
friendly
That  fellow is  known all around school because  of his   amiable  trait.
14
notable
adjective
-deserve to  be noticed or to receive attention
-important
-striking 
-His sudden success in the business world is the notable point in  his life.
-We  can’t have happiness if we didn’t try to create a notable love and respect among us.
15
Feasible
Adjective
-possible
-practicable
-His plan of robbing the bank  seems feasible  to  me.
-Success is a feasible as we really strive for it.
16
dearth
noun
Lack, shortage
-I am  surprised by  the dearth of fast  food chains, this  is America and I assumed they  were on every street.
-The dearth  of love from his  parents encourage him to do unpredictable things.
17
hindsight
noun
Understanding the nature  of  an event after it  had happened
-In hindsight, we should’ve brought on umbrella when we left the house.
-Only with hindsight did  Wira  understood what sleep  paralysis meant.
18
mercenary
adjective
-hired to fight
-care only  about making money
-greedy
-moneygrubbing
-acquisitive, avaricious
-His motives  in choosing a career were purely  mercenary .
-A  mercenary businessman had been caught  for bribery last month.
19
Xenophobia
noun
A fear of foreigners or strangers 
Some had trauma due to  the wave of xenophobia  attacks  on foreigners two years ago.
20
yahoo
noun
A  person who is  not intelligent or interested  in  culture
What I want to bring to your distinguished notice is this- that you must not behave like a yahoo in my  mathematical  set.
21
advocate
-verb
-noun
-Speak, plead, argue in favor of, recommend, urge, advise
-a person  who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea, exponent, supporter, crusader, fighter
-While the senator privately approved the gay marriage, he was unwillingly advocate for the  cause in  public  venue.
-Martin Luther King Jr. was tireless  advocate for the  rights of  African-Americans in United  States.
22
fabricate
verb
Invent or  concoct something typically with deceitful intent
It might be fabricated by them because  they are just  trying to  rip us off and constantly full of  spite.
23
powwow
noun
Informal meeting or discussion, assembly, get-together
Please attend a powwow tonight sharp at  9 o’clock.
24
industrious
adjective
Characterized  by hard work and perseverance
Puteri  is an industrious student, completing each assignments and on time.
25
relegate
verb
Dismiss to  an inferior rank, lower, downgrade, put  down
They aim to prevent women from  being  relegated to a secondary  role.
26
Ephemeral
adjective
Lasting for a  very short  time, transitory,  transient, fleeting, momentary, brief
I tell my mum not to buy any toy for my  youngest brother as he will makes it ephemeral toy.
27
Obdurate
adjective
stubborn
-He  remains obdurate , refusing to alter his decision.
-My parents really  despise  to see us be an obdurate child.
28
Awe-inspiring
adjective
Awesome, sublime
Taj Mahal is  often considered to be an awe inspiring  sight.
29
malady
noun
Sickness,  ailment, disorder, infirmity
KKTM Ledang was  struck by a malady throughout the  winter  that  left most  people sick in  bed for  two weeks.
30
voracious
adjective
-Have a huge appetite, esurient, ravenous, gluttonous
-excessively  eager, insatiable
-Teenagers  are often voracious  eaters.
-A voracious reader intends to meet  with his admire  author.
31
annex
verb
To add something  to  another
The  attendance of  my  friends  to my house annexed some joys to the  ambience.
32
emulate
verb
Strive  to  equal, esp by imitating, compete  with successfully
To really fluent in a new language  , emulate  the  speech patterns of  people  who speak the  language.
33
avert
verb
prevent
I know  how to avert this  situation.
34
Ante
prefix
Before/ in  front  of
Ante  room
35
hullabaloo
noun
Noisy, confused situation
There was such hullabaloo in the  room that  he could  not hear himself  think.


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