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Published on Dec 14, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
TANGIBLE
- Definition: Capable of being perceived
- Sentence: the characters were as tangible as all of us in this room.
CULTIVATED
- Definition: to prepare and use for the raising of crops.
- Sentence: why anyone would cultivate that nasty habit is a mystery to me.
AMENITIES
- Definition: the quality of being pleasant or agreeable.
- Sentence: The conference halls are equipped with modern amenities and facilities.
SCRUPLE
- Definition: an ethical consideration or principle that inhabits action.
- Sentence: She had now, for some reason; no apparent scruple in being seen to do so.
SOLICITOUSY
- Definition: manifesting or expressing solicitude.
- Sentence: His solicitude was shown by the fact that he brought flowers to her every day.
ZEALOUS
- Definition: Filled with or characterized by zeal
- Sentence: Although Jack is a zealous dog lover, he does not allow his pets to sleep on his bed.
UNCANNY
- Definition: seeming to have a supernatural characterized or origin
- Sentence: She had an opinion about everything and an uncanny habit of being right.
FRACTIOUS
- Definition: tending to be troublesome
- Sentence: The inexperienced teacher found the fractious students difficult to control.
POSSE
- Definition: a large group often with common interest
- Sentence: The sheriff and his posse rode out to look for the bandits.
EXODUS
- Definition: a mass departure
- Sentence: Once the fire alarm sounded, students made a mass exodus from the school building.
MARAUDING
- Definition: a roam about a raid in such a plunder
- Sentence: At war people were always marauding others for their goods.
BOON
- Definition: one that is given in answer to a request
- Sentence: Can this one boon be as bad as my cousin believes?
SUBSIST
- Definition: to have exist
- Sentence: he subsisted mainly on vegetarian food
BARBAROUS
- Definition: uncivilized; lacking cultural
- Sentence: Beating and torturing people is barbarous treatment
MUSTER
- Definition: a representative spicemen
- Sentence: All I could muster was a thank you.
DURABILITY
- Definition: able to exist for a long time without significant determination
- Sentence: He checked the durability of the house before buying
TRUCULENT
- Definition: feeling or displaying ferocity
- Sentence: They behaved in the most high-handed, brutal and truculent manner.
DEBACLE
- Definition: a tumultuous breakup of ice in the river
- Sentence: when we went to a river, we saw a debacle
QUANDARY
- Definition: a state of perplexity or doubt
- Sentence: Since I am always honest with my parents, I found myself in a quandary when my best friend asked me to lie to my father about my whereabouts.
DURESS
- Definition: fore able restraint or restriction variety
- Sentence: The judge overturned the case because the defendant’s attorney proved that his client’s confession had been given under duress.
DILEMMA
- Definition: a problem offering two possibities
- Sentence: I was in a dilemma about whether to join the course
IMPASSE
- Definition: a situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement
- Sentence: Yesterday, the two parties did not make any progress on the contract terms because they had reached an impasse.
STALEMENT
- Definition: a position counting as a draw
- Sentence: the trial came to a stalemate when the jury could not come up with a verdict
INCITE
- Definition: encouragement or stir up
- Sentence: During the pep rally, the cheerleaders worked hard to incite school spirit.
PREVAIL
- Definition: prove more powerful than opposing forces
- Sentence: Even though our troops are tired and hungry, we will prevail against the enemy!
