WORDS
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DEFINITION
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EXAMPLE
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Irony
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Difference between what is expected and what actually
happen.
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She described her vacation with heavy irony as “an
educational experience.”
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Lucid
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Very clear and easy to understand.
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He is able to recognize his wife in his lucid moments.
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Lurid
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Causing shock or disgust : involving sex or violence in a
way that is meant to be shocking.
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The light from the fire cast a lurid glow on everything.
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Mar
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To ruin the beauty or perfection of (something) : to hurt
or damage the good condition of (something)
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A large scar marred his face.
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Meander
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A winding path or course.
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The path meanders through the garden.
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Saturday, 11 June 2016
vocab - (11 June 2016)
Friday, 10 June 2016
vocab - (10 June 2016)
WORDS
|
DEFINITION
|
EXAMPLE
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Dispute
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To say or show that (something) may not be true, correct,
or legal
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You can dispute your bill if you believe it is inaccurate.
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Skeptical
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Having or expressing doubt about something (such as a
claim or statement)
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She's highly skeptical of the researchers' claims.
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Paranoid
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Of, relating to, or suffering from a mental illness that
causes you to falsely believe that people are trying to harm you
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She's a little paranoid about her job.
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Insidious
|
Causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily
noticed
|
Most people with this insidious disease have no idea that
they are infected.
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Laborious
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Requiring a lot of time and effort.
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A slow and laborious process had slow down the production
of the famous cookies.
|
Thursday, 9 June 2016
vocab - (9 June 2016)
WORDS
|
DEFINITION
|
EXAMPLE
|
Incontrovertible
|
Not controvertible; not open to question or dispute;
indisputable.
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There was, however, one incontrovertible and highly
significant difference between the two baby photo calls.
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Incorrigible
|
Incapable of being corrected or improved.
|
Because my daughter's behaviour is incorrigible, she might
be grounded for at least a year.
|
Incredulous
|
not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe;
skeptical.
|
“He died for lack of a filling in his tooth,” she says,
incredulous.
|
Inherent
|
Innate , inborn, natural
|
He has an inherent sense of fair play.
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Innocuous
|
Not harmful or injurious; harmless
|
He told a few innocuous jokes.
|
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
vocab - (8 June 2016)
WORDS
|
DEFINITION
|
EXAMPLE
|
Iconoclast
|
a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional
institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
|
Concerned and kind, he was also the ultimate risk taker,
an iconoclast with an edgy, hard charging quality about him.
|
Idiosyncrasy
|
a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is
peculiar to an individual.
|
The cruelty of boys is an idiosyncrasy in their otherwise
generous character.
|
Impeccable
|
faultless; flawless; irreproachable
|
He salutes her wonderful films, impeccable taste, and
versatile strength to the end.
|
Impetuous
|
of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash
action, emotion, etc.; impulsive, spontaneous .
|
The old Kaiser Franz Joseph, faithful and hardworking, was
the obverse of the feckless and impetuous German kaiser.
|
Impetus
|
Motivation.
|
Shaum cites the institution of Casual Fridays as an
impetus for the change.
|
Tuesday, 7 June 2016
vocab - (7 June 2016)
WORDS
|
DEFINITION
|
EXAMPLE
|
Folly
|
The state or quality of being foolish; lack of
understanding or sense.
|
I joined them in a moment of folly, to protect a friend
whom I knew to be one.
|
Furtive
|
Taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth;
secret
|
He fancied himself a Marxist, lived in rooming houses
under aliases and was a furtive, nasty man.
|
Generic
|
Of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a
genus, class, group, or kind; general.
|
Gone would be the subsidies that will eventually cover 75
percent of the cost of generic drugs.
|
Hedonist
|
Someone driven by pleasure.
|
The old Don was a loving father and husband, and a
hedonist.
|
Heresy
|
Belief that goes against the established opinion.
|
It might be considered heresy to suggest such a notion.
|
Monday, 6 June 2016
vocab - (6 June 2016)
WORDS
|
DEFINITION
|
EXAMPLE
|
Exasperate
|
To irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely.
|
Would not subdue the savages; it would only exasperate
them.
|
Excise
|
Remove.
|
A personal crusade to excise racist and sexiest references
in newspaper.
|
Faction
|
A group or clique within a larger group, party,
government, organization, or the like.
|
A peace agreement will be signed by the leaders of the
country’s warring factions.
|
Fallacy
|
A deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief,
|
To prove the fallacy of said cargo cult, Olson goes into
the numbers.
|
Fastidious
|
Requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy;
painstaking.
|
He fastidiously copied every word of his note on to clean
paper.
|
Sunday, 5 June 2016
vocab - (5 june 2016)
WORDS
|
DEFINITION
|
EXAMPLE
|
Enigma
|
Mystery
|
But Stone, it appears, has lived most of his 45 years as
something of an enigma.
|
Equanimity
|
Mental or emotional stability or composure, especially
under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium.
|
In person, Reagan was a great deal like Obama, in his
self-confidence and his equanimity under pressure.
|
Erroneous
|
Containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong
|
From a political perspective, the erroneous but strategic
conflation of inequality and mobility makes obvious sense.
|
Evince
|
To show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
|
The preference for a state-run plan seems to evince a lack
of understanding of the policy issues.
|
Equitable
|
Characterized by equity or fairness; just and right; fair;
reasonable:
equitable treatment of all citizens.
|
The pursuit of equitable distribution of wealth must be
replaced with the more realistic equitable distribution of opportunity.
|
FREE TO PLAY
Hi guys!. Today i am going to do a review about a virtual world movie. A fascinating and mind blowing. This movie will absolutely give you a whole new perspective to the virtual vs reality world. This is a review about Free To Play movie that had been produced by Valve Company. It is an awesome movie. Although this movie was not kind of 'high-rated' in the chart, but believe me, never judge a book by its cover or in this case i would say, never judge a movie by its rating.
First of all, this movie were about analogical stories and documentary behind Dota game. It was about how the world twist their thought about Dota. One issue that had been discussed in this movie was the conflict between parent and their child ambition. I am not denying that every parent in this world wanted their child to be such an ambitious person. A doctor, pharmacist, pilot, scientist, engineer. These were most of the choices that given a parent to their child. Nevertheless, the world had undergone an evolution where technological advancement were playing their role not to just making life easier but in fact, it could make the rusty brain of human to work effectively.
What is game? does it waste your time?. This questions always circling inside the elder's head. If we look on the other point of view, game can be such a good thing. In fact, people does earn living through games. In China, playing games have been a professional career. Dota is game that can generate and train critical thinking inside our brain. In this movie, they conflict was developed when all of the teams from all over the world competed to be the champion of the Dota competition that worth one million USD. They undergone many hindrances to be the best among the best.
This movie is great and it can open the eyes of people around the world. Please do take a break from the materialistic life businesses and watch this movie.
Saturday, 4 June 2016
vocab- (4 june 2016)
WORDS
|
DEFINITION
|
EXAMPLE
|
Elude
|
Try to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery,
etc. ; evade.
|
Beautiful, daring and smart, Sophie managed to elude
arrest on many occasions.
|
Embitter
|
To make bitter; cause to feel bitterness.
|
The situation is painful enough, let us not embitter it by
words.
|
Empirical
|
Derived from or guided by experience, observation or
experiment.
|
How do archaeologists wrap an empirical mind around
capturing history?
|
Decimate
|
To destroy a great number or proportion.
|
The pollution could decimate the river’s thriving
population of kingfisher.
|
Encompass
|
to form a circle about; encircle; surround , to include
comprehensively.
|
A bleakness and melancholy seemed to encompass the spot on
this sombre day.
|
Friday, 3 June 2016
vocab - (3 june 2016)
WORDS
|
DEFINITION
|
EXAMPLE
|
Disseminate
|
Scatter or spread widely.
|
The internet allows
us disseminate information faster.
|
Dormant
|
Not active but able to become active.
|
The seeds remain dormant until the spring.
|
Eclectic
|
Including things taken from many sources.
|
The collection includes an eclectic mix of historical artifacts.
|
Efface
|
To cause something to fade or disappear.
|
Human memories are efface by time.
|
Eloquence
|
The ability to speak or write well and in effective way.
|
The senator’s eloquence is well known.
|
Thursday, 2 June 2016
vocab - (2 june 2016)
WORDS
|
DEFINITION
|
EXAMPLE
|
Devoid
|
Lacking.
|
The picnic jug was completely devoid after only a few
minutes.
|
Dire
|
Urgent, dreadful.
|
The circumstances are now more dire than ever.
|
Discourse
|
Discussion.
|
He likes to engage in lively
discourse with his visitors.
|
Discredit
|
Damage the reputation of someone.
|
The citizens had attempted to discredit the governor.
|
Discrepancy
|
Differences especially between things that should be the
same.
|
Discrepancies in the firm’s financial statements had led to an investigation..
|
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
vocab - (1 june 2016)
WORDS
|
DEFINITION
|
EXAMPLE
|
Deprecate
|
To criticize or express disapproval of ( someone or
something)
|
He completely deprecated one of his employee suggestion.
|
Derogatory
|
Insulting or disrespecting.
|
Fans made a steady stream of derogatory remarks about the players
on the visiting team.
|
Destitute
|
Extremely poor.
|
His business failure left him destitute.
|
Deter
|
Prevent , discourage.
|
Painting the metal will deter rust.
|
Detrimental
|
Causing a damage or injury : harmful.
|
There were serious concerns that the factory’s waste was
detrimental to the local environment.
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