28/02/2017
Daily Word-list
lampoon [ lam-POON ]
[ noun, transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. (n.) to criticize an individual or an institution through humorous writing or work of art
2. (v.) to make the subject of a lampoon
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
To lampoon George W. Bush seemed to have been a major pastime for most American journalists during his presidency.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Many cartoonists often target politicians as subjects for their lampoons.
Chicago Tribune, New Yorker magazine cover, Obamas, Tribune news services, July 14, 2008
testy [ TES-tee ]
[ adjective ]
MEANING :
touchy, irritable or peevish
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
His testy behaviour got on everyone's nerves.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
He barely survived a confirmation vote after a testy confrontation on the torture issue.
CNN, Attorney general dances around waterboarding issue, January 30, 2008
strut [ struht ]
[ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. (intr. v.) to walk with an air of arrogance
2. (tr. v.) to show off in an attempt to impress others
3. (n.) the act of strutting
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The parents clapped after seeing their little girl strut about in her new dress.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
The arrival of a new lion is always a very exciting event for staff and visitors, and we are looking forward to seeing Charlie strut his stuff here.
BBC, Lion moved to join sister at zoo, 30 September 2009
transpose [ v. trans-POHZ; n. TRANS-pohz ]
[ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. (tr. v.) to interchange or reverse the order of
2. (tr. v.) to transform, transmute or transfer
3. (intr. v.) to write or perform music in a key different from the original one
4. (n.) a matrix formed by interchanging rows and columns
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The master of ceremonies transposed certain seat numbers as instructed and his family got to be seated at the table of honour during the banquet.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Police said the number was for a residence and they felt that the sniper had inadvertently transposed the last two digits of the telephone number.
CNN, Police try to communicate with sniper, Jeanne Meserve and Mike Ahlers, 22 October 2002.
cistern [ SIS-tern ]
[ noun ]
MEANING :
1. a reservoir, tank or receptacle for holding water or other liquid
2. a receptacle of natural fluid of the body
3. a tank for catching and storing rainwater
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The government planned to build a huge cistern in the catchment area to harvest rain water for the nearby village.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Lipkis and the TreePeople imagine a time when as many as a million homes and businesses have rainwater cisterns all electronically networked and ready to provide treated drinking water to the public.
CNN, Cisterns save rainwater, quench environmental thirst, Gabe Ramirez, 13 August 2009.
ineffable [ in-EF-uh’-buh’ l ]
[ adjective ]
MEANING :
1. unable to describe in words; indescribable
2. not to be spoken of or uttered; taboo
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The ineffable joy of a woman becoming a mother is well documented in the literature of almost every language.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Compact, scar-faced, blinded in one eye, he promenades around the refugee lean-tos of Biem with a lackey in tow, carrying his chair. Yet there is also an ineffable sadness about him.
National Geographic , Shattered Sudan, Paul Salopek
Tundra [ TUHN-druh', TOO'N- ]
[ noun ]
MEANING :
a treeless region that falls between the icecap and tree line of the arctic regions and has an eternally frozen subsoil and sustains low-growing vegetation
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The Tundra has a harsh, cold climate.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Snow flies in your face as furry friends pull you across the isolated tundra.
CNN, Mush! Five places to go dog sledding, By Jacque Wilson, January 13, 2009
debacle [ dey-BAH-kuh’ l, -BAK-uh’ l, duh’- ]
[ noun ]
MEANING :
1. sudden defeat, violent disruption or rout
2. a fiasco or total failure
3. the breaking up of ice in a river
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
She was solely blamed for the entire debacle.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Politicians and teaching unions yesterday welcomed news that the contract with the company at the centre of this summer's national tests debacle in England has been severed.
The Herald, Firm loses contract over exams debacle
lexicographer [ lek-si-KOG-ruh'-fer ]
[ noun ]
MEANING :
1.(n.) a person who compiles or edits a dictionary
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
A dedicated lexicographer had compiled a dictionary containing a million words.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
A common rule of thumb among lexicographers is that a word should be spotted in at least five different sources over a period of five years.
CNN, They're looking up 'Yankspeak' for the Oxford English Dictionary, William Weir, 5 July 2000.
congenial [ kuh'n-JEEN-yuh'l ]
[ adjective ]
MEANING :
1. pleasing or agreeable in nature
2. friendly or having a pleasant disposition
3. compatible or having similar temperament
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The congenial host saw to it that all his guests were enjoying themselves.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
The mood was competitive yet congenial as the dignitaries traded their suits for shorts and hit the soccer field at Chelsea Piers on a balmy New York evening April 25.
CNN, U.N. diplomats trade suits for soccer shorts, Evan Buxbaum, 4 May 2009.
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