Atrocious
I saw an atrocious road accident last week between a Proton and a Perodua.
1. extremely cruel or wicked
eg: ruthless atrocious deeds
2. horrifying or shocking
eg:an atrocious road accident
3. Informal very bad
eg:detestable atrocious writing
eg: ruthless atrocious deeds
2. horrifying or shocking
eg:an atrocious road accident
3. Informal very bad
eg:detestable atrocious writing
Sly
The spiderman gave a sly look at the thieves as they actually broke into the spiderman's house.
1. Clever or cunning, especially in the practice of deceit.
2. Stealthy or surreptitious
eg: took a sly look at the letter on the table.
3. Playfully mischievous
eg: a sly laugh.
2. Stealthy or surreptitious
eg: took a sly look at the letter on the table.
3. Playfully mischievous
eg: a sly laugh.
Hare
My sister bought me a hare from Australia which cost her around RM2000!!
Any of various mammals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus,
similar to rabbits but having longer ears and legs and giving birth to active, furred young.
similar to rabbits but having longer ears and legs and giving birth to active, furred young.
Glider
I got to experience a glider when I went to Bali last week.
1. A light engineless aircraft designed to glide after being towed aloft or launched from a catapult.
2. A swinging couch suspended from a vertical frame.
3. A device that aids gliding.
2. A swinging couch suspended from a vertical frame.
3. A device that aids gliding.
Foe
During the game, the two best friends, Jack and John, turned foes.
1. A personal enemy.
2. An enemy in war.
3. An adversary; an opponent
4. Something that opposes, injures, or impedes
eg: Taxes that were the foe of economic
development
2. An enemy in war.
3. An adversary; an opponent
4. Something that opposes, injures, or impedes
eg: Taxes that were the foe of economic
development
Prone
The boy is lying prone on the floor.
1. Lying with the front or face downward.
2. Having a tendency; inclined: paper
that is prone to yellowing; children who are prone to mischief.
adv.
In a prone manner: The patient
was lying prone on the bed.
2. Having a tendency; inclined: paper
that is prone to yellowing; children who are prone to mischief.
adv.
In a prone manner: The patient
was lying prone on the bed.
Swerve
The sudden swerve rocked the passengers in their seats.
1. to turn or cause to turn aside, usually sharply
or suddenly, from a course
2. (tr) to avoid (a person or event)
or suddenly, from a course
2. (tr) to avoid (a person or event)
Diverge
The road starts to diverge here.
1. To go or extend in different directions from a
common point; branch out.
2. To differ, as in opinion or manner.
3. To depart from a set course or norm; deviate.
common point; branch out.
2. To differ, as in opinion or manner.
3. To depart from a set course or norm; deviate.
Scumble
He scumbles his seascapes until they are suffused with, and nearly veiled by, a pale golden light.
1.to make (as color or a painting) less brilliant by covering with a thin coat of opaque or semiopaque color applied with a nearly dry brush b : to apply (a color) in this manner
2. to soften the lines or colors of (a drawing) by rubbing lightly
2. to soften the lines or colors of (a drawing) by rubbing lightly
Tamale
The Mexican Dinner has a little of everything; the moist tamale and cheese enchilada, both with chili, are especially good.
1. cornmeal dough rolled with ground meat or beans seasoned usually with chili, wrapped usually in corn husks, and steamed.
- Watershed
- Historians generally agree that the battle was a watershed in the war.
1.a dividing ridge between drainage areas b : a region or area bounded peripherally by a divide and draining ultimately to a particular watercourse or body of water
2
: a crucial dividing point, line, or factor : turning point.
2
: a crucial dividing point, line, or factor : turning point.
- Famish
- Set him breast-deep in earth and famish him, / There let him stand and rave and cry for food.
1: to cause to suffer severely from hunger
2: to suffer for lack of something necessary
2: to suffer for lack of something necessary
- Nectar
- After working for hours in the hot sun, there is no sweeter nectar than an ice-cold glass of lemonade.
1: the drink of the Greek and Roman gods b : something delicious to drink c : a beverage of fruit juice and pulp
2: a sweet liquid that is secreted by the nectaries of a plant and is the chief raw material of honey
2: a sweet liquid that is secreted by the nectaries of a plant and is the chief raw material of honey
- Kedge
- To get closer to shore, they kedged the ship.
to move a ship by means of a line attached to a small anchor dropped at the distance and in the direction desired
- Plage
- Vying with Aquitaine for diversity within a single region, the Rhône-Alpes take you from plage to peak via a millennia or two of communities wonderfully wearing their history in their stones."
1: the beach of a seaside resort
2: a bright region on the sun caused by the light emitted by clouds of calcium or hydrogen and often associated with a sunspot
2: a bright region on the sun caused by the light emitted by clouds of calcium or hydrogen and often associated with a sunspot
- Skirl
- Wearing traditional tartans, the band paraded down the street and skirled.
: to emit the high shrill tone of the chanter; also : to give forth music 2: to play (music) on the bagpipe.
- Lookism
- As a teacher, Kim's response to recent studies showing that attractive students receive better grades was to try to be vigilant against her own possible lookism.
1. prejudice or discrimination based on physical appearance and especially physical appearance believed to fall short of societal notions of beauty
- Scupper
- The latest information could scupper the peace talks."Greece faces weeks of political turmoil that could scupper its financial bailout after voters angry at crippling income cuts punished mainstream politicians, let a far-right extremist group into Parliament and gave no party enough votes to govern alone.
1: British : to defeat or put an end to : do in