May 5, 2013

4/15~4/19

4/15

indispensable  adjective

not subject to being set aside or neglected

Ex: an indispensable obligation

ravenous  adjective

very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification

Ex: a ravenous appetite

fastidious  adjective

having complex nutritional requirements

Ex: fastidious microorganisms

malinger  verb

to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)

duplicate  adjective

being the same as another

Ex: duplicate copies

 

 

4/16

retrogression  noun

return to a former and less complex level of development or organization

acute  adjective

characterized by sharpness or severity

Ex: acute pain

herald  verb

to greet especially with enthusiasm : hail

Ex: doctors are heralding a new drug

conspicuous  adjective

obvious to the eye or mind

Ex: conspicuous changes

inevitably  adverb

as is to be expected

Ex: inevitably, it rained

 

 

4/17

domesticate  verb

to adapt (an animal or plant) to life in intimate association with and to the advantage of humans

primeval  adjective    

of or relating to the earliest ages (as of the world or human history) : ancient, primitive

Ex: 100 acres of primeval forest which has never felt an ax — Mary R. Zimmer

heredity  noun

the sum of the characteristics and potentialities genetically derived from one's ancestors

primordial  adjective

existing in or persisting from the beginning (as of a solar system or universe)

Ex: a primordial gas cloud

precipitate  verb

to separate from solution or suspension

 

 

4/18

perpendicular  adjective

standing at right angles to the plane of the horizon : exactly upright

Ex: She lives on the street that is perpendicular to mine.

divine  adjective

of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God or a god

Ex: divine love

supremacy  noun

the quality or state of being supreme; also : supreme authority or power

Pandemonium  noun

the capital of Hell in Milton 's Paradise Lost

adversary  noun

one that contends with, opposes, or resists : enemy

Ex: His political adversaries tried to prevent him from winning the nomination.

 

 

4/19

jugular  adjective

of or relating to the throat or neck

treacherous  adjective

likely to betray trust : unreliable

Ex: a treacherous memory

whimper  verb

to make a low whining plaintive or broken sound

Ex: I could hear the puppy whimpering.

maraud  verb

to roam about and raid in search of plunder

contemplate  verb

to view or consider with continued attention : meditate on

Ex: contemplate the vastness of the universe

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