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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #300 on: September 27, 2011, 04:06:12 PM »
Put the appropriate word in the blanks from the previous list:

1. The middle class is one of ______ of society.
2. Many years of carelessly dumping pollutants led to the gradual _____ of the river.
3. Despite the ____ of apartment living, we enjoyed the eight years we spent in New York City.
4. Jerry failed to husband his inheritance; instead he _____it on stuffed toys.
5. If people live in ____ for too long, the ruling elite can count an insurgency.
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #301 on: October 02, 2011, 05:45:25 PM »
Answer to the quiz:

1. stratum
2. stagnation
3. stricture
4. squandered
5. squalor
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #302 on: October 02, 2011, 05:54:39 PM »
Guess the meaning of underlined words in the following sentences:

1. Stella could not repress her feeling of horror at the sight of her neighbor's wallpaper.
2.When you replicate something, you produce a perfect replica of it.
3. I rue the day I walked into this place; nothing even remotely good has happened to me since then.
4. Soap and water are in scant supply around here.
5. What a sordid little story I read in the newspaper this morning.
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #303 on: October 02, 2011, 06:23:57 PM »
1. to hold back
2. duplicate
3. to mourn
4. limited
5. filthy
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #304 on: October 02, 2011, 06:29:06 PM »
Tell the meaning of the following foreign words and phrases::

1. vis-a-vis
2. Deja Vu
3. Faux pas
4. Joie de Vivre
5. Ad Hoc
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« Reply #305 on: October 05, 2011, 02:15:21 PM »
1. vis-a-vis: It's a french word. It means 'in relation to'
2. Deja Vu : It's also a french word. It is the feelings that you have previously experienced sth which is happening to you now.
3. Faux pas: Another french word. It means an action or a remark that causes embarrassment because it's not socially correct.
4. Joie de Vivre: french word. a feeling of great happiness and enjoyment of life.
5. Ad Hoc: Latin word. arranged or happening when necessary and not planned in advance.
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« Reply #306 on: October 05, 2011, 02:19:04 PM »
Some other foreign words:

1. bete noire
2. de facto
3. en core
4. en bloc
5. en route
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #307 on: October 05, 2011, 02:50:51 PM »
Meanings:
1. bete noire: (french) black beast
2. de facto: actual
3. en core: again
4. en bloc: as a whole
5. en route: on the way
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #308 on: October 05, 2011, 02:52:55 PM »
New Words:

1. in toto
2. mala fide
3. nota bene
4. ipso facto
5. inter alia
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #309 on: October 11, 2011, 05:54:41 PM »
W/M:

1. in toto: entirely
2. mala fide: in bad faith
3. nota bene: take notice
4. ipso facto: virtually
5. inter alia: among other things
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #310 on: October 11, 2011, 05:58:44 PM »
Again some new foreign words:

1. prima facie
2. pesona non grata
3. post mortem
4. tete-a-tete
5. vice versa
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #311 on: October 17, 2011, 04:48:23 PM »
W/M:
1. prima facie: on the face of it
2. pesona non grata: someone who is not wanted oe welcome
3. post mortem: the dissection and examination of the internal organs of the body
4. tete-a-tete: a private conversation or meeting between two people
5. vice versa: the other way round
 
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #312 on: October 17, 2011, 04:53:33 PM »
More words:

1. Laissaez faire
2. Mot juste
3. Modus operandi
4. Status quo
5. verbatim
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #313 on: October 22, 2011, 07:34:15 PM »
W/M:

1. Laissaez faire: free
2. Mot juste: the word which fits the context
3. Modus operandi: way of doing a thing
4. Status quo: the existing condition
5. verbatim: word for word
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #314 on: October 22, 2011, 07:36:44 PM »
New words:
1. Coups
2. de trop
3. de ex machine
4. expatriate
5. sotto voce
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