JOLLITY

JOLLITY:

■noun
Convivial merriment or celebration.A state of joyful exuberance.

eg.There will be lots of food and drink and general jollity.

JIBE

 JIBE:

 ■ Verb

To agree; to harmonize.

Also,

Shift from one side of the ship to the other

eg. The group, after a few half-hearted jibes at Brown's expense reformed their ranks and resumed their homeward journey.

JEOPARDIZE

 JEOPARDIZE:

 ■ Verb

Pose a threat to; present a danger to 

Put at risk.

eg.I will jeopardize my good reputation for this.

 

JARGON

 JARGON:

 ■ noun

Special language of a particular work or group.

A hybrid language or dialect.

eg.The jargon of the computer programmers left him totally baffled as to what they were talking about.

 

TUXEDO

 TUXEDO:

■ noun

A man's dress jacket, usually black with satin or grosgrain lapels, worn for formal or semi formal occasions.

eg. The high school student wore a tuxedo to the prom.

 

TUNDRA

TUNDRA:

 ■ noun
A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation such as lichens, mosses, and stunted shrubs.

eg.Love is like racing across the frozen tundra on a snowmobile which flips over, trapping you underneath.

TYRO

TYRO: 

■ noun 

A beginner in learning something.Someone new to a field or activity.

eg. He was a sensitive, fine soul alert to the pleasures of being green, a tyro, an amateur, unwilling to close his mind before it had been tempted.

TREK

TREK:

■ noun  

A journey especially an organized migration by a group of settlers.Any long and difficult trip.

■ Verb   

Journey on foot, especially in the mountains.

eg. They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis.

TRANSMUTE

TRANSMUTE:

 ■ Verb

To change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform.

eg.Alchemists tried to transmute lead into gold.

TARANTULA

TARANTULA: 

 ■ noun

Large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites.

 eg.In the wild, pink Chilean tarantulas kill prey such as toads, frogs and mice painlessly. 

TACTILE

TACTILE:

 ■Adj. 

Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible;
Of, relating to, or proceeding from the sense of touch.

eg.Like Tantrix, it was invented in New Zealand and uses wonderfully tactile Bakelite tiles.

MISSIVE

MISSIVE:

■ noun
A written message; a letter.


eg.It is Christmas Eve and I am in my study writing this final missive before starting Christmas with my family.

MISOGYNIST

 MISOGYNIST:

 ■ noun
One who hates women.

eg. Martha's husband is a misogynist who abuses her every chance he gets.