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.
|
Friday, 27 March 2015
vocabulary week 10
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