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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #150 on: March 30, 2011, 08:50:26 AM »



Today's words

1. Disheveled
2. Dissertation
3. Doctrinaire
4. Dismay
5. Diverge
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #151 on: March 30, 2011, 01:46:39 PM »
Meanings:
1. Disheveled : very untidy
2. Dissertation: a long piece of writing written for a university degree
3. Doctrinaire: strictly following a theory in all circumstances
4. Dismay: worried, sad feeling after receiving an unpleasant surprise/to make somebody feel shocked
5. Diverge: to separate and go in different directions.
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #152 on: March 30, 2011, 01:52:03 PM »
Thanks to goodboy for answering me.

'emaciated' means thin and weak, usually because of illness or lack of food.
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #153 on: March 30, 2011, 01:54:56 PM »
Few more words:

1.Frenzy
2.frigid
3.Frill
4.fritz
5.fringe
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #154 on: March 30, 2011, 07:36:12 PM »


Meaning


1.Frenzy = violent excitement
2.frigid = very cold
3.Frill = decorative border on a dress
4.fritz =  ?
5.fringe = hair hanging over the overhead
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #155 on: March 30, 2011, 11:14:42 PM »
Meanings:(except "fritz")

1.Frenzy: fury, anger, rage, passion.
2.frigid: cold, frosty, chilly, glacial.
3.Frill: decoration, lace, extra, add-on.
4.fritz: ????...
5.fringe: tassel, border, edge.
 
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #156 on: March 31, 2011, 12:38:15 PM »
Infact, the word 'fritz' is a part of the idiom 'on the fritz' that means 'not working'.

Example sentence: The TV is on the fritz again.
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« Reply #157 on: March 31, 2011, 12:50:14 PM »
New words:

1. cold war
2. cold spell
3. cold-shoulder
4. cold-hearted
5. cold-blooded
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #158 on: April 03, 2011, 10:58:52 AM »
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« Reply #159 on: April 06, 2011, 03:17:50 PM »
1. cold war : A very unfriendly relationship between two countries.
2. cold spell : a period when the weather is colder
3. cold-shoulder : to treat somebody in an unfriendly way
4. cold-hearted : not showing any love or sympathy for other people
5. cold-blooded : showing no pity for other people
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #160 on: April 06, 2011, 03:21:00 PM »
New words:

1. Burglar
2.Contemptuous
3.Dauntless
4.Equivocal
5.Fatuous
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #161 on: April 07, 2011, 05:42:37 PM »
Meanings are:

1. Burglar : Thief, Robber, Intruder
2.Contemptuous : Arrogant, Haughty, Disdainful
3.Dauntless : Resolute, Intrepid, Fearless
4.Equivocal : Ambiguous, Vague
5.Fatuous : Foolish, Stupid, Indolent
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #162 on: April 07, 2011, 05:45:13 PM »
Today's words are:

1. Ignominious
2. Undaunted
3. Sedate
4. Titanic
5. Warily
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #163 on: April 09, 2011, 04:59:07 PM »
The meanings:

1. Ignominious: Disgraceful, Humiliating
2. Undaunted: Intrepid, Fearless
3. Sedate :Calm, Composed
4. Titanic: Huge, Immense
5. Warily : Cautiously, Carefully 
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #164 on: April 09, 2011, 05:01:55 PM »
Today's words:

1. Ratify
2. Holocaust
3. Jolt
4. Idyllic
5. Ken
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