trendy ADJECTIVE (the person who is extremely fashionable)
extremely fashionable, but often silly or annoying
Time is Money (by Benjamin Franklin)
He is an English-American political activist, philosopher, author, political theorist and revolutionary.
He is an American statesman, political theorist and the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817).
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1.Formidable (a.) [ˋfɔrmɪdəb!]
very powerful or impressive, and often frightening;difficult to deal with and needing a lot of effort or skill
e.g. The new range of computers have formidable processing power.
2. Cunning (a.) [ˈkʌnɪŋ]
someone who is cunning uses their intelligence to get what they want, especially by tricking or cheating people
e.g. The fox is known for its cleverness and cunning.
3. Buckle (v.) [ˋbʌk! ]
to become bent or curved because of heat or pressure, or to make something bend or curve in this way
e.g. The pilot told us to buckle our seat belts because the plane was about to land.
4. Oath (n.) [oʊθ]
a formal promise, especially one made in a court of law
e.g. The judge reminded the witness that she was under oath.
5. Uphold (v.) [ʌpˈhoʊld]
if a court upholds something such as a claim, it says that it is correct
e.g. The President swore to uphold the constitution.
6. Remorse (n.) [rɪˈmɔrs]
a strong sad and guilty feeling about something that you have done wrong
e.g. He felt the pangs of remorse at the thought of that.
7. Insolent (a.) [ˈɪnsələnt]
rude, especially when you should be showing respect
e.g. An instance of insolent behavior, treatment, or speech.
8. Summon (v.) [ˋsʌmən]
to order someone to come to a place;to officially order someone to come to a court of law
e.g. The smell summoned up memories of family holidays by the sea.
9. Relish (v.) [ˈrelɪʃ]
to get great or satisfaction from something
e.g. He drank up the wine with relish.
10. Murky (a.) [ˈmɜrki]
dark and difficult to see through; involving dishonest or illegal activities that are kept secret
e.g. The laws on intellectual property are murky.
11. Slacken (v.) [ˈslækən]
to become looser, or to make something looser
e.g. We're on the last lap, so don't slacken!
12. Propitiate (v.) [prəˋpɪʃɪ͵et]
to make someone who has been unfriendly or angry with you feel more friendly by doing something to please them
e.g. They offered sacrifices to propitiate the gods.
13. Mediterranean (n.) [͵mɛdətəˋrenɪən]
the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
e.g. Italy is a richly historied mediterranean country.
14. Sector (n.) [ˋsɛktɚ]
a geometric figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
e.g. He was assigned to the northern sector.
15. Solicitude (n.) [səˋlɪsə͵tjud]
care and concern for someone's health, safety etc
e.g. She was grateful to him for his solicitude.
16. Adjoin (v.) [əˋdʒɔɪn]
a room, building, or piece of land that adjoins something is next to it and connected to it
e.g. A vacant plot of land adjoins his house.
17. Zeal (n.) [zil]
eagerness to do something, especially to achieve a particular religious or political aim
e.g. In their zeal to catch drug dealers, police have ignored citizens' basic civil rights.
18. Summon (v.) [ˋsʌmən]
to order someone to come to a place
e.g. The smell summoned up memories of family holidays by the sea.
19. Capriciously (adv.) [kəˋprɪʃəslɪ]
likely to change your mind suddenly or behave in an unexpected way
e.g. Capriciously stubborn or eccentric; perverse.
20. Implicit (a.) [ɪmˋplɪsɪt]
suggested without being directly expressed
e.g. His statement is being seen as implicit criticism of the work of research laboratories.
21. Deportation (n.) [͵diporˋteʃən]
the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
e.g. People who work illegally are liable to prosecution and deportation.
22. Citadel (n.) [ˋsɪtəd!]
a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
e.g. Some of the rebels were killed in the act of storming the citadel.
23. Aloof (a.) [əˋluf]
unfriendly and deliberately not talking to other people
e.g. They worked hard, but tended to stay aloof from the local inhabitants.
24. Pragmatic (a.) [prægˋmætɪk]
dealing with problems in a sensible, practical way instead of strictly following a set of ideas
e.g. Williams took a more pragmatic approach to management problems.
25. Capricious (a.) [kəˋprɪʃəs]
likely to change your mind suddenly or behave in an unexpected way
e.g. She was as capricious as her mother had been.
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