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WORDS
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DEFINITION
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EXAMPLE
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Dalliance
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An action that is
not serious.
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An extremely serious scientist who is not much given dalliance or idle chitchat.
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Pseudonym
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A name that someone(such as writer) uses instead of his or
her real name.
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Mark Twain is the pseudonym of the American writer Samuel
L. Clemens.
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Condescending
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Showing that you believe you are more intelligent or
better than other people.
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His comments were offensive and condescending to us.
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Idiosyncrasy
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An unusual way in which
particular person or (something) behaves or thinks.
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The current system has a few idiosyncracies.
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Perplex
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To confuse(someone) very much.
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Questions about the meaning of life have always perplexed humankind.
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Conscientious
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Very careful about doing what you are supposed to do :
concerned with doing something correctly.
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She has always been a very conscientious worker.
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Wednesday 25 May 2016
vocab - (25 may 2016)
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