WORDS
SEARCHED: PART IV
1.
Chide:
Censure severely or angrily; the deputy chided the Prime Minister.
a.
Bawl-out berate dress-down jaw lambast lambaste
lecture rag ream rebuke remonstrate reprimand reproof scold trounce
b.
Type of: criticize damn
2.
Trounce:
Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; we trounced the
other team today.
a.
Beat severely with a whip or rod; the children
were severely trounced.
3.
Siphon:
Convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon; Move a liquid
from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action;
Siphon gas into the tank
4.
Bris:
The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth
day of his life
5.
Circumcise:
Cut the skin over the clitoris; Cut the foreskin off male babies or
teenage boys
6.
Circumscribe:
Draw a line around; Restrict in quantity or scope
a.
Confine limit
7.
Forfeit:
Lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offence, or
crime; you've forfeited your right to name your successor
a.
Surrendered as a penalty
8.
Sedition:
(Law) an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to
cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
a.
Infraction infringement misdemeanour violation
9.
Hinge:
A joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to
the other
a.
A circumstance upon which subsequent events
depend; his absence is the hinge of our plan
b.
Flexible joint, attach
10. Solace: The comfort you feel when
consoled in times of disappointment; Comfort in disappointment or misery
a.
Second place was no solace to him
b.
Comfort consolation console solacement soothe
11. Manuscript: The form of a
literary work submitted for publication; handwritten book
a.
Holograph autograph piece of writing
12. Moot: (law) of no legal significance
(as having been previously decided)
a.
Open to argument or debate; that is a moot
question.
b.
(N) (Law) a hypothetical case that
law students argue as an exercise; He organized the weekly moot.
c.
Arguable consider debatable debate deliberate
disputable turn over
13. Tyranny: A form of government
in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution,
laws or opposition etc.)
a.
Dominance through threat of punishment and
violence
b.
Absolutism authoritarianism Caesarism despotism
monocracy dictatorship shogunate Stalinism totalitarianism
14. Juxtaposing: Place
side by side; the fauvists = (artists who followed fauvism; which was
started since 1905) juxtaposed strong colours
a.
Laying placing posing positioning putting
setting
15. Edict: A formal or authoritative
proclamation
a.
(Law) a legally binding command or decision entered
on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); a friend in New
Mexico said that the edict caused no trouble out there
i.
Decree fiat order rescript announcement declaration
enactment proclamation
16. Proclamation: A formal public statement
17. Sombre: Lacking brightness or colour;
dull; children in sombre brown clothes
a.
Grave or even gloomy in character; a sombre mood
b.
Drab melancholy sober
18. Melancholy:
A feeling of thoughtful sadness.
19. Swag: Valuable goods
a.
Goods or money obtained illegally; "It will
avail them to dispose of their swag"
b.
A bundle containing the personal belongings of a
swagman
c.
(V) Walk as if unable to control one's
movements; “The drunken man swagged into the room”
20. Quintessentially: In an identifiably
distinctive manner
a.
An example of the
quintessential soccer mom is a mom who drives a mini-van and whose kids play
soccer.
b.
Distinctively
21. Clout: Special advantage or influence; the
chairman’s nephew has a lot of clout
a.
(V) Strike hard, especially with the fist;
he clouted his attacker
22. Provisional: Under terms not final or
fully worked out or agreed upon; a provisional government
a.
Probationary provisionary provisory tentative
23. Nexus: The means of connection between
things linked in series; a connected series or group
a.
It's a complex nexus of
nerves at the base of your brain.
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