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20 Words of the day
Tang (noun)
Definition:
Pungent odour, a slight suggestion, a strong taste or flavour.
Sentence:
She noticed the distinct tang of her mother's famous dish as she walked into the house.
Agnostic (noun)
Definition:
1.) A person who questions the existence of God or other deity.
2.) One willing to hold an opinion either for or against something.
Sentence:
The pain and poverty in the village fuelled the agnostic beliefs.
Duel (noun)
Definition:
Combat fought between two persons.
Sentence:
The young boy waltzed into the dojo in his freshly ironed uniform, with the same smugness of a warrior walking into a duel with new armour.
Carnivorous (adjective)
Definition:
Eating or digesting meat.
Sentence:
She composed an essay that compared the lifestyles of carnivorous animals, to omnivores, and herbivores.
Felicity (noun)
Definition:
Happiness; mirth
Sentence:
There was immense felicity throughout the nation as their team mounted the podium.
Plebeian (noun or adjective)
Definition:
Of, or pertaining to, the plebeian class, or common class, of ancient Rome; ordinary citizens.
Sentence:
The rough economy drastically effected the plebeians lifestyle.
Aqueous (adjective)
Definition:
Resembling water, watery, or mixed with water.
Sentence:
After several tests, they determined that the unknown substance was aqueous.
Picayune (adjective)
Definition:
That which is trivial or lacking in importance or significance.
Sentence:
The authorities mocked the plebeians frantic and absurd worries and considered them picayune compared to others.
Synergy (noun)
Definition:
When different parts, things, or people work together to great effect.
Sentence:
The group realized that if they wanted to win they had to attain synergy.
Concurrent (adjective)
Definition:
Occurring or happening at the same time; also, equal in authority.
Sentence:
The book character was in a predicament, since his graduation was concurrent to the start of his band's big gig.
Deficit (noun)
Definition:
1.) A shortfall in an amount of money;
2.) The amount by which expenses exceed income;
3.) A loss, lack, shortage or deficiency.
Sentence:
University puts a large quantity of young students in a deficit, to which they will work years to pay off.
Lucent (adjective)
Definition:
Emitting light; clear, translucent.
Sentence:
The small crystal trinket that changed hue according to temperature, appeared lucent on the chilly morning.
Russet (adjective)
Definition:
A reddish-brown colour, or a cloth of this colour.
Sentence:
There was traces of my dog's russet coat all over my favourite sweater.
Panchromatic (adjective)
Definition:
Any substance that is sensitive to all colours of the visible spectrum of light.
Sentence:
It wasn't until the late forties that film became panchromatic.
Testaceous (adjective)
Definition:
Relating to an animal that possesses a hard shell.
Sentence:
She composed an experiment to discover how long testaceous beings could survive without their protective barriers.
Prosody (noun)
Definition:
The patterns of rhythm and sounds used in poetry.
Sentence:
His lengthy poems often lacked prosody, due to his inability to rhyme.
Traduce (verb)
Definition:
To speak falsely or maliciously of someone's character; to defame.
Sentence:
In
The Hunger Games
it is common for the careers to belittle and traduce the other tributes in order to appear more intimidating.
Virtuoso (noun)
Definition:
A person who excels at art, music or other fields or activities.
Sentence:
The mother declared her son a virtuoso pianist after hearing his exquisite rendition of Old McDonald.
Entreat (verb)
Definition:
To ask earnestly or anxiously for something.
Sentence:
After several successful years at the same attorney, the lawyer entreated his boss to become a partner.
Tchotchke (noun)
Definition:
A trinket or knickknack.
Sentence:
A breeze blew the almost translucent curtains aside to reveal the row of tchotchkes placed on the window sill.