Friday, January 22, 2010
piggish
Good Day!Piggish is an adjective which means selfisly greedy as printed in Webster Dictionary. I conclude that we use the word piggish to describe a person who doesn't want to share a food and eating it voraciously. Here is a sample sentence, "Don't be piggish because many people will hate you.Do you want that to happen?"
Thursday, January 21, 2010
layover
My word for today is layover. Layover means a stop or stay in a place during a journey. It is a noun. Here, in order for us to refresh so that we wouldn't feel exhausted when we arrived at a place, especially distanced ones, we must have a layover. Modes of transportation like buses and jeepneys would usually have a layover so that they will have more passengers thus consuming more time when traveling. Unfortunately, for me, I should bear this since I'm not yet legible to drive a car and I don't have a car!Sample sentence,"Layovers will help us attend to our personal needs especially when it stroke at an unexpected time.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
aroma
For today, I will be talking about aroma.What's aroma?Aroma is a noun use to denote odors,usually pleasant ones emitted by plants. It is a characteristic of them, adding to their variance. Sometimes, these aromas are use for treatments like the one we had before. Example, "The aroma of this plant brings me so much satisfaction, whenever I get the chance to inhale it"
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
dotard
I'm back!After some time of being idle, I finally manage to resume my vocabulary building today. Dotard means an old man becoming weak minded, a definition found in Webster Dictionary. We can conclude that the noun dotard can be associated with old people whose mental processes is degrading because of aging. I will try using this in a sentence,"All people will become a dotard in different period of times appropriate for their own phase of development". That's it!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
oust
oust, a verb, means to dispose a property especially when it relates to law. This is usually by forceful but legal action which means the right of authority is being taken. Actions like these would be true to squatters area wherein the government would want to relocate the people yet are stubborn, with the reasonings that it has sentimental value and there is their source of living. The mayor of the town ousts houses, when it will affect the welfare of the community. This is an example
erudite
As I'm reading in our local newspaper, I've came across the word erudite. At first I really had no idea of what it means but then after researching I've found out that it has something to do with scholarly learning. Actually the real word I've seen is erudition yet I guess these two words are just somewhat similar in meaning only that the other is a noun and this is an adjective. A sample would be this: My erudite classmates all graduated with flying colors. For erudition, here it is, erudition at something at about everything may lead us to success.
garish
garish is an adjective, meaning harsh or glaring in color, as stated by Webster Dictionary. It can also be defined as vulgarly bright pr showy, a definition also stated in the dictionary. I guess it came from the word gaure, to stare, as I interpreted in how it is placed in the dictionary. it is also stated there that it came from the older word gaurich perch. I'm not sure.
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