Saturday 28 May 2016

vocab - (28 may 2016)

WORDS
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE
Auspicious
Showing or suggesting the future success is likely; promising ; favourable
His acclaimed first novel was an auspicious debut.
Aversion
A strong feeling of not liking something.
They regarded war with aversion.
Banal
Boring, common, not original.
The writing was banal nut the story was good.
Benevolent
Kind and generous.
I received a gift from a benevolent donor.
Cajole
To persuade someone to do something or to give you something by making promises or saying nice things.
He had cajoled her into doing his laundry for him.

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