Day1
1.loathe : To hate (someone or something) very much.
Etymology : Middle English--> lothen, from Old English lāthian to dislike, be hateful, from lāth
Examples :In fact, he was an energetic walker his whole life, but he loathed fresh-air fiends and he was rather stuck on the idea of being dissolute.
The princess diaries 2--The foutain scene
"I loathe you!" "I loathe you!" "I loathed you first!"--------------------
2.reprimand: a severe or formal reproof
to reprove sharply or censure formally usually from a position of authority
Etymology :French réprimande, from Latin reprimenda.
Examples :The policeman reprimanded the driver for turning without a signal.
Examples :He looked at her with lackluster eyes for a moment, then answered.
4.caustic: very harsh and critical
Etymology:Latin causticus, from Greek kaustikos.
Examples:John's always making caustic remarks about other people.
5.wrest:(1)to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements
(2)to gain with difficulty by or as if by force, violence, or determined labor
Etymology:Middle English wrasten, wresten, from Old English wrǣstan; akin to Old Norse reista to bend .
Examples:(1)He wrested it from her hands.
(2)The policeman wrested the truth out of her.
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Day2
1.infamous:well-known for being bad : known for evil acts or crimes
Etymology:a 16c. merger of two Middle English words, with the form of infamous "not well-known" (early 15c.) and the sense of infamis (late 14c.), "of ill repute, famous for badness." Infamous is from Medieval Latin infamosus, from in- "not, opposite of" + Latin famosus "celebrated" Infamis is from Latin infamis "of ill fame" .
Example:The most infamous of South America's poisonous snakes are the ringed coral snake and the pit viper.
2.jostle:to push against (someone) while moving forward in a crowd of people
Etymology:1540s, justle, "to knock against" (transitive), formed from jousten (see joust (v.)) + frequentative suffix -le.
★An earlier meaning of the word was "to have sex with" .
Example: People were jostling and trying to get a bit closer to the famous girl.
3.dupe:one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool
Etymology:1680s, from French dupe "deceived person," from Middle French duppe (early 15c.)
Etymology:"beginning, commencing," 1660s, from Latin incipientem (nominative incipiens).
Example:By telling the truth,we stopped the incipient rumor from spreading.
5.inadvertent: not focusing the mind on a matter : inattentive.
=careless,reckless
★It may look innocent ,but inadvertent belongs to class of words in many people who care about language.
Etymology:Meaning "unconscious, unintentional" (of actions) is from 1724.
Example:Gorge is an inadvertent person.He always annoyes me.
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Day3
1.ominous :suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future.
=threatening
=perilous
☆★☆Ominous didn't always mean "foreshadowing evil." If you look closely, you can see the "omen" in "ominous," which gave it the original meaning of "presaging events to come" - whether good or bad. It is ultimately derived from the Latin word omen, which is both an ancestor and a synonym of our "omen." Today, however, "ominous" tends to suggest a menacing or threatening aspect. Its synonyms "portentous" and "fateful" are used similarly, but "ominous" is the most menacing of the three. It implies an alarming character that foreshadows evil or disaster. "Portentous" suggests being frighteningly big or impressive, but seldom gives a definite forewarning of calamity. "Fateful" implies that something is of momentous or decisive importance.
2,tremulous:
(1)shaking slightly especially because of nervousness, weakness, or illness
(2)feeling or showing a lack of confidence or courage
=quivering
=shaky
=shivering
Etymology:1610s, from Latin tremulus "shaking, quivering," from tremere "to shake, quake, quiver".
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Do you suspect that tremulous must be closely related to tremble? If so, you're right. Both of those words derive from the Latin verb tremere, which means "to tremble." Some other English offspring of tremere are tremor, tremendous, temblor (another word for earthquake), and tremolo (a term that describes a vibrating and quavering musical effect that was particularly popular for electric guitars and organs in the 1970s).
3.repudiate: to refuse to have anything to do with
=forsake
=abandon
=decline
=reject
Etymology:the original notion may be of kicking something away, but folk etymology commonly connects it with pudere "cause shame to." Of opinions, conduct, etc., "to refuse to acknowledge," attested from 1824. Earliest in English as an adjective meaning "divorced, rejected, condemned."
4,.cessation: a stopping of some action : a pause or stop
=cease
=interruption
=halt
Etymology:mid-15c., cessacyoun "interruption, abdication," from Latin cessationem (nominative cessatio) "a delaying, ceasing, tarrying,"
5.bristle:a short stiff coarse hair or filament
Example:Electricity makes your hair bristle.
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Day4
1.euphemism:the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.
=delicacy
☆★☆Uphemism derives from the Greek word euphēmos, which means "auspicious" or "sounding good.
" The first part of "euphēmos" is the Greek prefix eu-, meaning "well."
The second part is "phēmē," a Greek word for "speech" that is itself a derivative of the verb phanai, meaning "to speak." Among the numerous linguistic cousins of "euphemism" on the "eu-" side of the family are "eulogy," "euphoria," and "euthanasia"; on the "phanai" side, its kin include "prophet" and "aphasia" ("loss of the power to understand words").
2,mundane
(1)dull and ordinary
(2)relating to ordinary life on earth rather than to spiritual things
=normal
=everyday
=humdrum
3.incongruous
: strange because of not agreeing with what is usual or expected
=inconsistent
=nt harmonious
4.condolence
=compassion
=consolation
=solace
=comfort
※ a feeling or expression of sympathy and sadness especially when someone is suffering because of the death of a family member, a friend, etc.
5.stipulate
=specify
=designate
=demand
=require
※verb
(1)to specify as a condition or requirement (as of an agreement or offer)
(2)to give a guarantee of
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Like many terms used in the legal profession, "stipulate" has its roots in Latin. It derives from "stipulatus," the past participle of "stipulari," a verb meaning "to demand a guarantee (as from a prospective debtor)." "Stipulate" has been a part of the English language since the 17th century. In Roman law, oral contracts were deemed valid only if they followed a proper question-and-answer format; "stipulate" was sometimes used specifically of this process of contract making, though it also could be used more generally for any means of making a contract or agreement. The "specify as a condition or requirement" sense of the word also dates from the 17th century, and it is the sense that is most often encountered in current use.
