Wednesday, May 21, 2008

words for CAT

immure = build a wall around

use = the student immured himself in the room for two weeks before exams

sleight = dexterity

use = sleight of hand

duress = coercion, imprisonment

use = he signed the confession under duress


regicide = The killing of a king

stint = limit, assignment

use = He has just finished a stint of compulsory military service

burgeon = sprout or flourish

use = Love burgeoned between them

emendation = corrections of errors

use = please initial all the emendations you have made in this contract


rectitude = moral uprightness

use = unquestioned moral rectitude

slattern = untidy or slovenly person

effeminate = unmanly

use = An effeminate man entered the room

arcade = a roofed passage between shops

use = a shopping arcade

nostrum = questionable medicine

use = quacks sell nostrum

ebb = recede, to fade away

use = He could feel his strength ebbing away


disport = amuse

perjury = lying

use = committing perjury

lethargy = indifferent, inactivity

retiring = modest, unassuming

use = to be shy and retiring

Girls..Girls

Tsunami..Tsunami

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