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.

 

MIGRANT

MIGRANT:

■ noun

One that moves from one region to another by chance, instinct, or plan.

An itinerant worker who travels from one area to another in search of work.

eg.I am talking here of skilled economic migrants who can afford expensive housing.

 

MESMERIZE

  MESMERIZE:

  ■ Verb
 To spellbind; enthrall;To hypnotize.


 eg.The magician was able to mesmerize the young audience with the intricate magic tricks.

MERGER

MERGER: 

■ noun 

The union of two or more commercial interests or corporations.

The absorption of a lesser estate, liability, right, action, or offense into a greater one.

eg.The overriding problem with transatlantic mergers is the difference in profitability and the way partners are remunerated.

 

MENTOR

MENTOR:

 ■ noun
 An older, trusted, more experienced advisor or counselor who offers helpful guidance to younger, less experienced colleagues.

■ Verb

Serve as a teacher or trusted counsellor.

eg.The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school.

MALADY

MALADY:

 ■ noun

Illness; Any physical disease or disorder.

Any unwholesome or desperate condition.

eg.What maladies afflict our nation?

MAGNANIMITY

MAGNANIMITY:

 ■ noun

Extremely liberal and generous of spirit;

Liberality in bestowing gifts.

eg.His enemies he treated with the greatest magnanimity; no bloody executions followed the victory of the Milvian Bridge.

MNEMONIC

 MNEMONIC:

■ noun

A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering.

■ Adj.

Relating to, assisting, or intended to assist the memory.

  

eg. The students learned the mnemonic, Never Eat Soggy Waffles, in order to remember the order of the directions on a compass.

 

MISHAP

 MISHAP:

 ■ noun. 

 An unfortunate accident;Bad luck.

eg.The adventurers had one mishap after another but they arrived at their destination intact.

 

MIRTH

MIRTH: 

■ noun

Gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter.Joyfulness with laughter.

eg.Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds and glitters for a moment.

MENDACIOUS

MENDACIOUS:

■ Adj.
Telling lies, especially as a habit;Untruthful.

 eg.The child was known to be mendacious and so could not be trusted.

MAXIM

MAXIM:

■ noun

A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits.A succinct formulation of a fundamental principle, general truth, or rule of conduct.

eg. It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves. — Robert Louis Stevenson

MAUSOLEUM

 MAUSOLEUM:


 ■ noun
 A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.

eg.The cemetery had one very large mausoleum right in its center.

LAMPOON

 LAMPOON:

 ■Verb

Ridicule with satire.A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.

eg.The writer lampooned the politician's proposal.

LINGUISTIC

LINGUISTIC:

■ Adj.

Of or relating to language. 

eg.The line-up was not linguistic, but religious.  

LURID

LURID:

■ Adj. 

Causing shock or horror; gruesome.Marked by sensationalism;Glaringly vivid and graphic.

eg. There was a lurid story about that section of town in the newspaper yesterday.

LIBRETTO

 LIBRETTO:

■ noun  

The text of a dramatic musical work,opera. 

eg.The libretto was very well sung during the opera performance.

LEXICOGRAPHER

 LEXICOGRAPHER:

  ■ noun

 One who writes, compiles, or edits a dictionary.

eg.Unlike most modern lexicographers, Johnson introduced humor or prejudice into many of his definitions.

LEVITATE

LEVITATE: 

■ Verb

Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity .

eg. The guru claimed that he could levitate.

LINEAGE

LINEAGE:

■ noun

Lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction;The descendants of one individual.



 eg.She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims.

LECTERN

LECTERN:

 ■ noun
Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer.



eg.My hands were still gripping the battered wooden lectern on which he had placed the book for my inspection.

LILLIPUTIAN

LILLIPUTIAN: 

■  Adj.

Very small; diminutive;Trivial; petty.

 eg.Our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war.

■ noun 

A very small person or being.

LUCRE

LUCRE:

■ noun

 

Money,Riches.

eg.In the end neither Tom or Cheryl got their hands on the lucre.

LUNAR

LUNAR: 

■Adj.

Of or relating to or associated with the moon.

eg. The lunar eclipse began at moonrise and ended at about nine o'clock.

SASH

SASH:


■ noun

1.A band or ribbon worn about the waist as part of one's clothing or over the shoulder;sometimes as a symbol of rank.

2. A frame that contains the panes of a window or door.

 

eg.She accessorized her folk dancing skirt with a bright, orange sash.

ROCOCO

ROCOCO:
■ Adj.
Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation.


eg.What an exquisite rococo bed!

MISGIVING

MISGIVING: 

■ noun 
A feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension.

eg.I know that many of you have misgivings about the way Council Tax works.

TOGA

TOGA:
 ■ noun A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.

eg.The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it.

TUREEN

TUREEN:
■ noun 
Large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews. 

eg.The America's Cup, yachting's great and garish grail, is a tumorous tureen no handsomer than a camel.

MUSTER

MUSTER: 
■ verb. 
Gather or bring together. Call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.

eg.Washington mustered his forces at Trenton. 

MARSUPIAL

MARSUPIAL:
 ■ noun 
Mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried.

eg. The opossum is the only native North American marsupial.

CONIFER

CONIFER: 
  ■ noun 
Any of various mostly needle-leaved or scale-leaved, chiefly evergreen, cone-bearing gymnospermous trees or shrubs such as pines, spruces, and firs.  
eg. The forest was filled with many conifers.

COW

COW: 
  ■ verb 
 To frighten with threats . 

eg.The little boy was so so cowed by the hulking bully that he gave up his lunch money without a word of protest. 

EERIE

EERIE: 
  ■ Adj. 
Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious Inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening. 

eg.Look at the tree,we can feel an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods.

EMACIATE

EMACIATE:

■ verb

Cause to grow thin or weak;Grow weak and thin or waste away physically.

eg. She emaciated during the chemotherapy.

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