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1.stitch(n.)
4.convivial(adj)
5.twinkle(v.)
[Definitation];a short piece of thread that you can see on cloth when it has been sewn.
[Sentence];I put a couple of stitches in just to hold the ends together.
[Etymology information];
c.1200, "to stab, pierce," also "to fasten or adorn with stitches;" see stitch (n.). Surgical sense is from 1570s. Related: Stitched; stitcher; stitching
c.1200, "to stab, pierce," also "to fasten or adorn with stitches;" see stitch (n.). Surgical sense is from 1570s. Related: Stitched; stitcher; stitching
3.rehearsal(n.)
[Definitation];an occasion when practice for the performance of a play, concert, opera etc.
[Sentence];We do an rehearsal before the performance.
[Etymology information];
late 14c., "restatement, repetition of the words of another," from rehearse + -al (2), or from Old French rehearsal "a repeating." Sense in theater and music, "act of rehearsing," is from 1570s. Pre-wedding rehearsal dinner attested by 1953.
late 14c., "restatement, repetition of the words of another," from rehearse + -al (2), or from Old French rehearsal "a repeating." Sense in theater and music, "act of rehearsing," is from 1570s. Pre-wedding rehearsal dinner attested by 1953.
4.confirm(v.)
[Definitation];to prove that something is true.
[Sentence];The study confirms the findings of earlier research.
[Etymology information];
mid-13c., confirmyn "to ratify," from Old French confermer (13c., Modern French confirmer) "strengthen, establish, consolidate; affirm by proof or evidence; anoint (a king)," from Latin confirmare "make firm, strengthen, establish," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + firmare "to strengthen," from firmus (see firm (adj.)). Related: Confirmative; confirmatory.
mid-13c., confirmyn "to ratify," from Old French confermer (13c., Modern French confirmer) "strengthen, establish, consolidate; affirm by proof or evidence; anoint (a king)," from Latin confirmare "make firm, strengthen, establish," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + firmare "to strengthen," from firmus (see firm (adj.)). Related: Confirmative; confirmatory.
5.gruelling(adj)
[Definitation];very difficult and involving a lot of continuous effor.
[Sentence];It is a gruelling twelve mile race.
[Etymology information];
also grueling, "exhausting, punishing," 1891, from late 18c. slang get one's gruel "receive one's punishment," from gruel.
also grueling, "exhausting, punishing," 1891, from late 18c. slang get one's gruel "receive one's punishment," from gruel.
1.obligatory(adj)
[Definitation];something that is obligatory must be done in order to obey a law rule
[Sentence];It is obligatory for members to be insured.
[Etymology information];
c.1400, from Old French obligatoire "creating an obligation, obligatory," and directly from Late Latin obligatorius "binding," from obligat-, past participle stem of obligare (see oblige).
c.1400, from Old French obligatoire "creating an obligation, obligatory," and directly from Late Latin obligatorius "binding," from obligat-, past participle stem of obligare (see oblige).
2.scruffy(adj)
[Definitation];untidy or dirty.
[Sentence];It is a scruffy old T-shirt.
[Etymology information];
1650s, "covered with scurf," from scruff "dandruff, scurf" (late Old English variant of scurf) + -y (2). Generalized sense of "rough and dirty" is from 1871. Related: Scruffily; scruffiness
1650s, "covered with scurf," from scruff "dandruff, scurf" (late Old English variant of scurf) + -y (2). Generalized sense of "rough and dirty" is from 1871. Related: Scruffily; scruffiness
3.shave(v.)
[Definitation];to make a part of your body smooth by cutting off th hair using a razor or shaver.
[Sentence];I cur myself while I was shaving.
[Etymology information];
Old English sceafan (strong verb, past tense scof, past participle scafen), "to scrape, shave, polish," from Proto-Germanic *skaban (cf. Old Norse skafa, Middle Dutch scaven, German schaben, Gothic skaban "scratch, shave, scrape"), from PIE *skabh-, collateral form of root *(s)kep- "to cut, to scrape, to hack" (see scabies). Related: Shaved; shaving. Original strong verb status is preserved in past tense form shaven. Specifically in reference to cutting the hair close from mid-13c. Figurative sense of "to strip (someone) of money or possessions" is attested from late 14c.
Old English sceafan (strong verb, past tense scof, past participle scafen), "to scrape, shave, polish," from Proto-Germanic *skaban (cf. Old Norse skafa, Middle Dutch scaven, German schaben, Gothic skaban "scratch, shave, scrape"), from PIE *skabh-, collateral form of root *(s)kep- "to cut, to scrape, to hack" (see scabies). Related: Shaved; shaving. Original strong verb status is preserved in past tense form shaven. Specifically in reference to cutting the hair close from mid-13c. Figurative sense of "to strip (someone) of money or possessions" is attested from late 14c.
4.busybody(n.)
[Definitation];someone who is very interested in other people;s private lives and activities and tries to get involved in them in a way that is annonying.
[Sentence];My neighboor is a busybody.
[Etymology information];
"meddlesome person," 1520s, from busy (adj.) in the otherwise-obsolete sense "prying, meddlesome" + body "person.".
"meddlesome person," 1520s, from busy (adj.) in the otherwise-obsolete sense "prying, meddlesome" + body "person.".
5.sedentary(adj)
[Definitation];involving a lot of sitting and not much exercise
[Sentence];I don;t want to live in this sedentary lifestyle.
[Etymology information];
1.crunch(v.)
[Definitation];to make a noise like something being crushed.
[Sentence];Leaves crunched under our feet as we walked up the path to the house.
[Etymology information];
1814, from craunch (1630s), probably of imitative origin. Related: Crunched; crunching. The noun is 1836, from the verb; the sense of "critical moment" was popularized 1939 by Winston Churchill, who had used it in his 1938 biography of Marlborough.
1814, from craunch (1630s), probably of imitative origin. Related: Crunched; crunching. The noun is 1836, from the verb; the sense of "critical moment" was popularized 1939 by Winston Churchill, who had used it in his 1938 biography of Marlborough.
2.hooray(v.)
[Definitation];a word that you shout to show that you are excited and happy about something.
[Sentence];We hooray at the party.
[Etymology information];
1680s, alteration of huzza, similar to shouts recorded in German, Danish, Swedish. Perhaps picked up during Thirty Years' War. Hurra was said to be the battle-cry of Prussian soldiers during the War of Liberation (1812-13). Hooray is its popular form and is almost as old. Also hurray (1780); hurroo (1824); hoorah (1798)
1680s, alteration of huzza, similar to shouts recorded in German, Danish, Swedish. Perhaps picked up during Thirty Years' War. Hurra was said to be the battle-cry of Prussian soldiers during the War of Liberation (1812-13). Hooray is its popular form and is almost as old. Also hurray (1780); hurroo (1824); hoorah (1798)
3.sibling(adj)
[Definitation];your sibling are your brothers and sisters.
[Sentence];He has no siblings.
[Etymology information];
"brother or sister," 1903, modern revival (in anthropology) of Old English sibling "relative, kinsman," from sibb "kinship, relationship; love, friendship, peace, happiness," from Proto-Germanic *sibja- "blood relation, relative," properly "one's own" (cf. Old Saxon sibba, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch sibbe, Old High German sippa, German Sippe, Gothic sibja "kin, kindred"), from PIE s(w)e-bh(o)- (cf. Old Church Slavonic sobistvo, Russian sob "character, individuality"), an enlargement of the root *swe- "self" (see idiom). Related to the second element in gossip.
The word 'sib' or 'sibling' is coming into use in genetics in the English-speaking world, as an equivalent of the convenient German term 'Geschwister' [E.&C. Paul, "Human Heredity," 1930]
In Old English, sibb and its compounds covered grounds of "brotherly love, familial affection" which tended later to lump into love (n.), e.g. sibsumnes "peace, concord, brotherly love," sibbian (v.) "bring together, reconcile," sibbecoss "kiss of peace." Sibship, however, is a modern formation (1908). Sib persisted through Middle English as a noun, adjective, and verb expressing kinship and relationship..
4.convivial(adj)
[Definitation];friendly and making you feel welcome
[Sentence];She is a convivial person.
[Etymology information];
from com- "together" + vivere "to live"
5.blaze(n.)
[Definitation];a small fire that burns strongly and brightly.
[Sentence];He put on more firewood to get a good blaze going.
[Etymology information];
"to mark" (a tree, a trail), 1750, American English; see blaze (n.2)
"to mark" (a tree, a trail), 1750, American English; see blaze (n.2)
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1.hoolgan(n.)
[Definitation];a young person who behaves in an extremely noisy and violent way in public, usually in a group.
[Sentence];He is a English football hooligans.
[Etymology information]:
of unknown origin, first found in British newspaper police-court reports in the summer of 1898, almost certainly from the variant form of the Irish surname Houlihan, which figured as a characteristic comic Irish name in music hall songs and newspapers of the 1880s and '90s
2.retrospect(n.)
[Definitation];considering something that happened in the past, using knowldege or information that you did not have at that time.
[Sentence];In retrospect, we should never have allowed that to happen.
[Etymology information]
retrospection (n.)
1630s, noun of action from past participle stem of Latin retrospicere (see retrospect).
3.tenant(n.)
[Definitation];a person who pays rent for the use of a room, building, land, etc. to the person who owns it.
[Sentence];They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent.
[Etymology information];
from Anglo-French tenaunt (late 13c.), Old French tenant (12c.), noun use of present participle of tenir "to hold," from Latin tenere "hold, keep" (see tenet)
4.drawbridge (n.)
[Definitation];a bridge that can be pulled up, for example to stop people from entering a castle or allow ships to pass under it.
[Sentence];We are going throught the drawbridge.
[Etymology information];
from draw (v.) + bridge (n.).
5.impenetrable (adj)
[Definitation];that cannot be entered, passed through or seen through.
[Sentence];The impenetrable jungle was full of legends.
[Etymology information];
from Middle French impenetrable, from Latin impenetrabilis "that cannot be penetrated," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + penetrabilis "penetrable" (see penetrate). Related: Impenetrably; impenetrability
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1.hover(v.)
[Definitation];if a bird, insect, or aircraft hovers, it keeps itself in the same position in the air.
[Sentence];An army helicopter hovered overhead.
[Etymology information];
c.1400, hoveren, frequentative of hoven "hover, tarry, linger;" see hove (1). Related: Hovered; hovering. As a noun from 1510s..
c.1400, hoveren, frequentative of hoven "hover, tarry, linger;" see hove (1). Related: Hovered; hovering. As a noun from 1510s..
2.novice(n.)
[Definitation];someone who is just beginning to learn skill or subject.
[Sentence];Climbing in the Himalayas is not for novices.
[Etymology information];
mid-14c., "probationer in a religious order," from Old French novice "beginner" (12c.), from Medieval Latin novicius, noun use of Latin novicius "newly imported, newly arrived, inexperienced" (of slaves), from novus "new" (see new). Meaning "inexperienced person" is attested from early 15c.
mid-14c., "probationer in a religious order," from Old French novice "beginner" (12c.), from Medieval Latin novicius, noun use of Latin novicius "newly imported, newly arrived, inexperienced" (of slaves), from novus "new" (see new). Meaning "inexperienced person" is attested from early 15c.
3.watershed(n.)
[Definitation];an event that causes an important change to take place.
[Sentence];The crisis was a watershed in the history of our country.
[Etymology information];
watershed (n.) Look up watershed at Dictionary.com
"line separating waters flowing into different rivers," 1803, from water (n.1) + shed "ridge of high ground between two valleys or lower ground, a divide" in the topographical sense, perhaps from shed (v.) in its extended noun sense of "the part of the hair of the head" (14c.). A loan-translation of German Wasser-scheide. Figurative sense is attested from 1878. Meaning "ground of a river system" is from 1878.
4.compact(adj)
[Definitation];smaller than is usual for things of the same kind.
[Sentence];This is a compact camera.
[Etymology information]:
from Middle French compact (14c.) or directly from Latin compactus "concentrated," past participle of compingere
5.twinkle(v.)
[Definitation];to shine with a light that keeps changing from bright to faint to bright afain.
[Sentence];Stars twinkled in the sky.
[Etymology information];
Old English twinclian, frequentative of twincan "to wink, blink;" related to Middle High German zwinken, German zwinkern, and probably somehow imitative.
The noun is recorded from 1540s. Related: Twinkled; twinkling.
Phrase in the twinkling of an eye is attested from c.1300.
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