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TO BOOKMARK THIS SITE :PRESSCTRL+DGRE PICTURE DICTIONARY(PICTIONARY)TACITURN:■ adjectivetending to be silent and uncommunicative, reticent
Eg.The fact that his mom likes to talk, and tends to answer for him, magnifies his taciturn nature.
REPERTOIRE:
■ noun list of works that a person or group is ready to perform; collection of skills required for a particular profession; collection including all existing artistic works of a specific kind
Eg. The piece has appeared several times in sung repertoire.
LADLE:
■ noun long-handled spoon used for serving liquids, dipper.
■ verb spoon out, dip out and serve with a ladle .
Eg."ladle soup into the bowl"
ENCIPHER:■ verb
convert ordinary language into code;Eg. "We should encode the message for security reasons" Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads
OBFUSCATE:
■ verb.
to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy, to darken
to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information.
Eg.The cat was obfuscated with the object in its hand
The fog obfuscated the shore
MALAISE:
■ noun a vague or unfocused feeling of mental uneasiness, lethargy, or discomfort.
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease
Eg."One year after the crash, the markets remain mired in a deep malaise"Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threadsDRIVEL:
■ verb. To slobber; drool.
To flow like spittle or saliva.
To talk stupidly or childishly.
To allow to flow from the mouth.
To say (something) stupidly.
■ noun
Saliva flowing from the mouth.
Stupid or senseless talk.
Eg. Their talk was a utter drivel
DUST JACKET:
■ noun
A paper jacket for a book;
a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed
Eg. The dust jacket gave us a good information about the author
CONUNDRUM:
■ noun
A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun
Puzzle, riddle, problem
Eg.The conundrum, thus far unanswered, of achieving full employment without inflationNOTE: THIS SITE WILL BE UPDATED WITH 10 WORDS PER WEEK.SO,DO CHECK IN REGULARLY.