Forwarded from English World
Five Words of the Day
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❤️countrified - Characteristic of rural life.
Synonyms: rustic
Usage: The house was very handsome, with a lovely countrified garden.
❤️straggly - Spreading out in different directions.
Synonyms: rambling, sprawling
Usage: The gardener's job was to tame the yard's few straggly bushes and make them look neat and presentable for the party that evening.
❤️louche - Of questionable taste or morality.
Synonyms: shady
Usage: It did not surprise me that the owner of that louche nightclub downtown was arrested for selling illegal drugs to the patrons.
❤️infrangible - Not capable of being violated or infringed.
Synonyms: inviolable, absolute
Usage: These rights we consider infrangible, no matter what else you may take away from us.
❤️flinty - Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.
Synonyms: granitic, obdurate, stony
Usage: He maintained a hard, careless deportment, indicative of neither joy nor sorrow: if anything, it expressed a flinty gratification at a piece of difficult work successfully executed.
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❤️countrified - Characteristic of rural life.
Synonyms: rustic
Usage: The house was very handsome, with a lovely countrified garden.
❤️straggly - Spreading out in different directions.
Synonyms: rambling, sprawling
Usage: The gardener's job was to tame the yard's few straggly bushes and make them look neat and presentable for the party that evening.
❤️louche - Of questionable taste or morality.
Synonyms: shady
Usage: It did not surprise me that the owner of that louche nightclub downtown was arrested for selling illegal drugs to the patrons.
❤️infrangible - Not capable of being violated or infringed.
Synonyms: inviolable, absolute
Usage: These rights we consider infrangible, no matter what else you may take away from us.
❤️flinty - Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.
Synonyms: granitic, obdurate, stony
Usage: He maintained a hard, careless deportment, indicative of neither joy nor sorrow: if anything, it expressed a flinty gratification at a piece of difficult work successfully executed.
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Forwarded from English World
A person who is fascinated by the ......... is called a selenophile.
Anonymous Quiz
19%
A. sun
30%
B. sea
36%
C. moon
14%
D. sky
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Forwarded from English Vocabulary
Five Words of the Day
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🦋dolorous - Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
Synonyms: lachrymose, weeping, tearful
Usage: She always speaks with a wailing, dolorous voice—you are nervously expecting her to burst into tears every moment.
🦋harebrained - Very foolish.
Synonyms: insane, mad
Usage: She devised a harebrained scheme to get her money back, but it ended up landing her in jail.
🦋plenteous - Affording an abundant supply.
Synonyms: ample, copious, rich
Usage: The vintner was thrilled with the plenteous grape harvest, which would make barrels and barrels of wine.
🦋brusque - Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt.
Synonyms: curt, short, gruff
Usage: I did not think of asking him for details, and he told me the story roughly in brusque, disconnected sentences.
🦋off-guard - Not prepared or vigilant.
Synonyms: napping
Usage: The burglar caught our security personnel off-guard and escaped the facility before they had even sounded the alarm.
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🦋dolorous - Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
Synonyms: lachrymose, weeping, tearful
Usage: She always speaks with a wailing, dolorous voice—you are nervously expecting her to burst into tears every moment.
🦋harebrained - Very foolish.
Synonyms: insane, mad
Usage: She devised a harebrained scheme to get her money back, but it ended up landing her in jail.
🦋plenteous - Affording an abundant supply.
Synonyms: ample, copious, rich
Usage: The vintner was thrilled with the plenteous grape harvest, which would make barrels and barrels of wine.
🦋brusque - Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt.
Synonyms: curt, short, gruff
Usage: I did not think of asking him for details, and he told me the story roughly in brusque, disconnected sentences.
🦋off-guard - Not prepared or vigilant.
Synonyms: napping
Usage: The burglar caught our security personnel off-guard and escaped the facility before they had even sounded the alarm.
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