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Friday, January 6, 2012

2012 wrods learned



as·pire  (-spr)
intr.v. as·piredas·pir·ingas·pires
1. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly: aspired to stardom.
2. To strive toward an end: aspiring to great knowledge.
3. To soar.
plan  (pln)
n.
1. A scheme, program, or method worked out beforehand for the accomplishment of an objective: a plan of attack.
2. A proposed or tentative project or course of action: had no plans for the evening.
3. A systematic arrangement of elements or important parts; a configuration or outline: a seating plan; the plan of a story.
4. A drawing or diagram made to scale showing the structure or arrangement of something.
5. In perspective rendering, one of several imaginary planes perpendicular to the line of vision between the viewer and the object being depicted.
6. A program or policy stipulating a service or benefit: a pension plan.
v. plannedplan·ningplans
v.tr.
1. To formulate a scheme or program for the accomplishment, enactment, or attainment of: plan a campaign.
2. To have as a specific aim or purpose; intend: They plan to buy a house.
3. To draw or make a graphic representation of.
v.intr.
To make plans.

[French, alteration (influenced by planflat surface) of plantground plan, map, from planterto plant, from Latin plantre, from planta,sole of the foot; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

planner n.
Synonyms: plan, blueprint, design, project, scheme, strategy
These nouns denote a method or program in accordance with which something is to be done or accomplished: has no vacation plans; a blueprint for reorganizing the company; social conventions of human design; an urban-renewal project; a new scheme for conservation; a strategy for survival.

in·spire  (n-spr)
v. in·spiredin·spir·ingin·spires
v.tr.
1. To affect, guide, or arouse by divine influence.
2. To fill with enlivening or exalting emotion: hymns that inspire the congregation; an artist who was inspired by Impressionism.
3.
a. To stimulate to action; motivate: a sales force that was inspired by the prospect of a bonus.
b. To affect or touch: The falling leaves inspired her with sadness.
4. To draw forth; elicit or arouse: a teacher who inspired admiration and respect.
5. To be the cause or source of; bring about: an invention that inspired many imitations.
6. To draw in (air) by inhaling.
7. Archaic
a. To breathe on.
b. To breathe life into.
v.intr.
1. To stimulate energies, ideals, or reverence: a leader who inspires by example.
2. To inhale.

fren·zy  (frnz)
n. pl. fren·zies
1. A state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement.
2. Temporary madness or delirium.
3. A mania; a craze.
tr.v. fren·ziedfren·zy·ingfren·zies
To drive into a frenzy.


fas·ci·na·tion  (fs-nshn)
n.
1. The capability of eliciting intense interest or of being very attractive.
2. The state of being intensely interested or attracted: listened in fascination.
3. An intensely interesting, attractive quality or trait.

jolt  (jlt)
v. jolt·edjolt·ingjolts
v.tr.
1. To move or dislodge with a sudden, hard blow; strike heavily or jarringly: jolted his opponent with a heavy punch; an impact that jolted the mailbox loose.
2. To cause to move jerkily: stops and starts that jolted the passengers.
3. To put into a specified condition by or as if by a blow: "Now and then he jolted a nodding reader awake by inserting a witty paragraph" (Walter Blair).
4. To make suddenly active or effective: The remark jolted my memory.
5. To disturb suddenly and severely; stun: She was jolted by the betrayal of her trusted friend.
v.intr.
To proceed in an irregular, bumpy, or jerky fashion.
n.
1. A sudden jarring or jerking, as from a heavy blow or an abrupt movement. See Synonyms at collision.
2.
a. A sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment; a shock.
b. The cause of such a feeling: The news came as a jolt.
3. A brief strong portion: a jolt of electricity; a jolt of whiskey.

de·ceit·ful/diˈsētfəl/

Adjective:
  1. (of a person) Deceiving or misleading others, typically on a habitual basis.
  2. Intended to deceive or mislead.
Synonyms:
deceptive - false - fraudulent - delusive - lying


sti·fle 1  (stfl)
v. sti·fledsti·flingsti·fles
v.tr.
1. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).
2. To keep in or hold back; repress: stifled my indignation.
3. To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.
v.intr.
1. To feel smothered or suffocated by or as if by close confinement in a stuffy room.
2. To die of suffocation.




in·com·pe·tent/inˈkämpətənt/

Adjective:
Not having the necessary skills to do something successfully.
Noun:
An incompetent person.
Synonyms:
incapable - unfit - unable - inefficient - unqualified




Noun1.lunatic - an insane person
crazylooneyloonynutcaseweirdo - someone deranged and possibly dangerous
bedlamite - an archaic term for a lunatic
pyromaniac - a person with a mania for setting things on fire
madwoman - a woman lunatic
diseased personsick personsufferer - a person suffering from an illness
2.lunatic - a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
adventurerventurer - a person who enjoys taking risks
tearaway - a reckless and impetuous person





























in·cep·tion  (n-spshn)
n.
The beginning of something, such as an undertaking; a commencement.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Synonym - Dec 2011


mull 2  (ml)
v. mulledmull·ingmulls
v.tr.
To go over extensively in the mind; ponder.
v.intr.
To ruminate; ponder: mull over a plan.

[Probably Middle English mollen, mullento moisten, crumble; see moil.]


mull 3  (ml)
n.
A soft thin muslin used in dresses and for trimmings.

[Short for mulmull, from Hindi malmal.]
Mull  (ml)
An island of western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides. It is separated from the mainland on the northeast by the Sound of Mull.

mull 1  (ml)
tr.v. mulledmull·ingmulls
To heat and spice (wine, for example).

[Origin unknown.]


skep·ti·cal also scep·ti·cal  (skpt-kl)

adj.
1. Marked by or given to doubt; questioning: a skeptical attitude; skeptical of political promises.
2. Relating to or characteristic of skeptics or skepticism.
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re·luc·tant/riˈləktənt/

Adjective:
Unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
Synonyms:
unwilling - loath - loth - averse


per·co·late/ˈpərkəˌlāt/

Verb:
  1. (of a liquid or gas) Filter gradually through a porous surface or substance.
  2. (of information or an idea or feeling) Spread gradually through an area or group of people.
Synonyms:
filter - filtrate - strain - infiltrate - seep - ooze
per·co·late  (pûrk-lt)
v. per·co·lat·edper·co·lat·ingper·co·lates
v.tr.
1. To cause (liquid, for example) to pass through a porous substance or small holes; filter.
2. To pass or ooze through: Water percolated the sand.
3. To make (coffee) in a percolator.
v.intr.
1. To drain or seep through a porous material or filter.
2. Informal To become lively or active.
3. Informal To spread slowly or gradually.
n. (-lt, -lt)
A liquid that has been percolated.


rid·dance/ˈridns/

Noun:
The action of getting rid of something troublesome.
Synonyms:
deliverance - release - liberation - rescue - relief


Noun1.percolate - the product of percolationpercolate - the product of percolation        
filtrate - the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter
Verb1.percolate - permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground"
dribbletricklefilter - run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in"
2.percolate - spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning"
diffusefan outspread outspread - move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"
3.percolate - prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee"
percolate - cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
4.percolate - cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
percolate - prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee"
5.percolate - pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
penetrateperforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"
infiltrate - pass into or through by filtering or permeating; "the substance infiltrated the material"
infiltrate - cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices
6.percolate - gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"
convalescerecoverrecuperate - get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"























Friday, October 21, 2011

Synonyms oct


dis·gust  (ds-gst)
tr.v. dis·gust·eddis·gust·ingdis·gusts
1. To excite nausea or loathing in; sicken.
2. To offend the taste or moral sense of; repel.
n.
Profound aversion or repugnance excited by something offensive.



grunt  (grnt)
v. grunt·edgrunt·inggrunts
v.intr.
1. To utter a deep guttural sound, as a hog does.
2. To utter a sound similar to a grunt, as in disgust.
v.tr.
To utter or express with a deep guttural sound: He merely grunted his approval.


gut·tur·al  (gtr-l)
adj.
1. Of or relating to the throat.
2. Having a harsh grating quality, as certain sounds produced in the back of the mouth.
3. Linguistics Velar.

[French, from New Latin gutturlis, from Latin gutturthroat.]

guttur·al·ismguttur·ali·ty (--rl-t)guttur·al·ness n.
guttur·al·ly adv.


com·men·da·tion/ˌkämənˈdāSHən/

Noun:
  1. Praise.
  2. An award involving special praise.
Synonyms:
praise - eulogy - laud - laudation - accolade