Friday, 27 March 2015

vocabulary week 10

NO
WORD
TYPES OF WORD
MEANING
SAMPLE SENTENCE
1
Notable
adjective
Deserving to be noticed or to receive attention , important
His sudden success in the business world is the notable point in his life.
2
Feasible
adjective
That is possible and likely to be achieved
His plan of robbing the bank seems feasible to me.
3
Mercenary
adjective
Hired to fight , caring only about making money
A mercenary businessman had been caught for bribery last month.
4
Advocate
verb
Speak, plead , argue in favor of
While the senator privately approved the gay marriage , he was unwillingly advocate for the cause in public venue.
5
Fabricated
verb
Invent or concoct something typically with deceitful intent.
Ali fabricated the fake news to attract people’s attention.
6
Relegate
verb
Dismiss to an inferior rank, lower , downgrade , put down
They aim to prevent women from being relegated to a secondary role.
7
Ephemeral
adjective
Lasting for a very short time
The new jar is ephemeral as it already broken this morning.
8
Obdurate
adjective
stubborn
He remains obdurate , refusing to alter his decision.
9
Malady
noun
Sickness , disease , ailment, disorder , infirmity
KKTM Ledang was struck by a malady throughout the winter.
10
Annex
verb
To add something to another
The attendance of my friends to my house annexed some more joy to the ambience.
11
Emulate
verb
Strive to equal or match especially by imitating, compete with successfully
To really become fluent in a new language, emulate the speech patterns of people who speak the language.
12
Avert
verb
Prevent
How can the danger can be averted?
13
Glib
adjective
(of a person ) speaking with ease but without sincerity
I have found that the more glib the salesman , the worse the product.
14
Blurt
verb
To speak quickly without thought
Please think about your reply and do not just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.
15
Eccentric
adjective
Strange , highly unconventional bizarre , cranky , peculiar , unusual
Mikha lives to collect an eccentric products and keep it as an indelible.
16
Indelible
adjective
Impossible to remove or forget
Fizo gave an indelible gift to Mawar during their first anniversary.
17
Ebullient
adjective
Full of confident , energy and good humour
The prime minister was in ebullient mood.
18
Morbid
adjective
Having or expressing a strong interests in sad or unpleasant things especially disease or death
His morbid fascination towards death terrifies me.
19
Credulity
noun
Ability or willingness to believe that something is real or true
The credulity of his horror novels amazes me.
20
Equivocal
adjective
Open to more than one interpretation, ambiguous ,uncertain
The results of the investigation were equivocal.
21
Aboveboard
Adjective
Open and honest
The president’s face was hardly aboveboard when he give the speech about environmental cleanliness.
22
Apprehension
noun
Fearful expectation , misgiving, foreboding , unease , worry , anxiety
Test day can be one of pure apprehension, as many students worry about their test score.
23
Autonomously
adverb
Acting indepently , self- governing (of a country)
Many of the factory workers are worried about being replaced by machines that will work completely autonomously.
24
Oust
verb
Remove or expel
Despairing that the performance of the chief executive would ever improve , the corporation’s board of directors took decisive action an ousted him.
25
Grassroots
adjective
important
A grassroots factor in deciding to buy a house.


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