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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Worthy Words for Last Week

上週延後的字彙:
lethargy
exonerate
officious
intractable
jovial
impervious
incorrigible
juxtapose
promulgate
gratuitous
insatiable
replete
idiosyncrasy
edify
mnemonic

13 comments:

  1. Spe
    Jovial
    *meaning: markedly good-humored especially as evidenced by jollity and conviviality
    *Synonym: gleeful,merry
    *Sentence: The audience was in a jovial mood.

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  2. Money
    replete
    meaning: full, filled
    synonym:abundant
    sentence: A speech replete with sentimentality.

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  3. Cynthia

    idiosyncrasy

    definition:a person's particular way of behaving, thinking, etc., especially when it is unusual; an unusual feature

    synonyms: quirk, trait

    *The car has its little idiosyncrasies.

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  4. Timmy
    Officious
    *objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.

    Synonym
    interfering, meddling.

    Sentence
    He's an officious little man and widely disliked throughout the company.

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  5. Richard

    exonerate: to clear or absolve from blame or a criminal charge

    Synonyms: free, discharge

    The camera provided the proof needed to exonerate one driver after an accident.

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  6. Trysha Hsu
    lethargy

    meaning: the quality or state of being lazy, sluggish, or indifferent

    sentence: I snapped out of my lethargy and began cleaning the house.

    synonyms: lassitude, sluggishness, inanition, languor, phlegm

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  7. juxtapose

    def-to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

    syn-connect, pair

    sent-The conflicts were so dissimilar that essay after essay is able to do no more than juxtapose events as opposed to compare them.

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  8. Joan

    intractable
    def:difficult, stubborn
    Synonyms: awkward, contrary
    Sentence:Her mother has insinuated that her temper is intractable, but I never saw a faceless indicative of any evil disposition than hers

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  9. Kelly

    gratuitous:
    1. uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted
    2. given or done free of charge

    synonyms: unwarranted


    Solicitors provide a form of gratuitous legal advice.

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  10. Amanda

    insatiable:
    always wanting more and more of something

    synonyms: greedy

    Her desire for knowledge was insatiable.

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  11. Albert

    edify: To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement.

    synonym:instruct

    The objective of reaching over is to Edify the Body of Christ.

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  12. Sorry late Nicky:
    impervious
    meaning: not capable of being affected or disturbed/not allowing entrance or passage
    synonym:impenetrable
    sentence: The material for this coat is supposed to be impervious to rain.

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  13. Louis

    incorrigible
    adjective, noun(person)
    (of a person or their behaviour) not able to be changed or reformed

    He is so incorrigible that he does not feel guilty until his mother died in the hospital for several months.

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