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| canter |
n. a slow movement of horse |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:39:40 GMT |
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| cantata |
n. story set to music, sung by a chorus |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:39:40 GMT |
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| cantankerous |
adj. ill-humored, irritable, crotchety, ornery
eg. complaining and irritable customer |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:32:23 GMT |
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| cant |
n. irritable or insencere talk (religion, moralty), words of thieves
eg. cant of brotherly love |
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thangtt_teet Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:36:49 GMT |
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| canon |
n. collection of authoritative book, anthology
eg. Shakespearean canon |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:14:17 GMT |
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| canny |
adj. clever, shrewd, artful
ant. foolish, inept, silly |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:38:36 GMT |
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| canker |
n. destructive infection, pestilence, disease
eg.racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:41:15 GMT |
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| canine |
adj. related to dog, doglike
eg. canine teeth |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:38:44 GMT |
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| candor |
n. frankness, open honesty, probity
eg. I don’t trust him,’ he said, in a rare moment of candour |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:33:43 GMT |
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| canard |
n. false report or rumor |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:25:50 GMT |
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| camouflage |
v. disguise, conceal
eg. The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy territory |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:43:33 GMT |
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| cameo |
n. a piece of jewellery carved in relief |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:17:45 GMT |
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| camaraderie |
n. comradeship, friendship and mutual trust
eg. the wartime spirit of camaraderie |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:44:23 GMT |
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| calumny |
n. slander, defamation, obloquy, aspersion, slur
eg. a victim of vicious calumnies |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:45:20 GMT |
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| calorific |
adj. heat-producing |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:08:48 GMT |
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| callow |
adj. youthful, immature, unfledged
eg. callow thinking |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:46:03 GMT |
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| callous |
adj. cruel, unfeeling, apathetic
ant. compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sensitive, sympathetic, tender |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:46:36 GMT |
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| calligraphy |
n. beautiful writing, handwriting
eg. Arabian calligraphy |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:46:44 GMT |
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| caliber |
n. ability, quality
eg. a man of your caliber |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:02:40 GMT |
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| caldron |
n. large kettle, pot for boiling |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:02:40 GMT |
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| calculated |
adj. deliberately planned |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:02:40 GMT |
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| calamity |
n. disaster, catastrophe, cataclysm
eg. the earthquake is a bad calamity |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:49:26 GMT |
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| cajole |
v. wheedle, flatter, coax, inveigle, palaver |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:50:26 GMT |
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| cadge |
v. beg, mooch, implore, beseech (often by flattering)
eg. he is always cadging cigarettes from his friends |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:52:46 GMT |
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| cadence |
n. rhythmic rise and fall, accent |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:57:27 GMT |
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| cadaverous |
adj. like a corpse, bony, emaciated, gaunt, haggard(pallid, wan)
eg. cadaverous appearance |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:54:40 GMT |
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| cadaver |
n. corpse |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:51:06 GMT |
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| cacophonous |
adj. harsh and grating (of sound), raspy, gruff, rough, raucous, strident
ant. quiet, harmonious |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:57:02 GMT |
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| cache |
n. hiding place, hideout, stash |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:58:13 GMT |
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| cabal |
n. group of ppl having the same plot, clique, faction
v. engaging in a illegal conspiracy
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:00:30 GMT |
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| buxom |
adj. (of a woman) large in an attractive way
eg. a buxom lady with big breasts |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:00:37 GMT |
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| buttress |
v. reinforce, strengthen, support, bolster
ant. let down, weaken |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:01:19 GMT |
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| burnish |
v. make shinny by rubbing, polish, furbish, gloss
eg. burnished steel |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:01:57 GMT |
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| burlesque |
n.humorous imitation, parody, mimicry, ape
eg. burlesque of the novel |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:02:47 GMT |
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| burgeon |
v. bloom, grow
eg. a burgeoning population |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:02:55 GMT |
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| bureaucracy |
n. a system of government managed by state officials (not by elected representatives) |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:35:17 GMT |
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| buoyant |
adj. able to float, light in spirit (cheerful, carefree)
ant. heavy, depressed |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:03:10 GMT |
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| bungle |
v. mess up,not do well, mismanage
eg. a bungled robbery / raid / attempt
ant. do well, fix, manage, succeed |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:03:18 GMT |
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| bulwark |
n. rampart, mole, (bastion, defense, stonghold)
eg. they stormed the bulwark of the city |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:05:26 GMT |
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| bullion |
n. gold and silver in the form of bar |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:26:33 GMT |
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| bugaboo |
n. fear,object of terror, imaginary monster
eg. the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:06:47 GMT |
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| buffoonery |
n. ridiculous behavior, clowning, frivolity, prank
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:08:08 GMT |
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| buffet |
v. hit repeatedly, batter
eg. Winds buffeted the tent |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:08:46 GMT |
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| bucolic |
adj. rustic, of countryside, agrarian, pastoral, idyll, arcadian |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:09:52 GMT |
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| buccaneer |
n. pirate
eg. bloody buccaneer |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:10:19 GMT |
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| brusque |
adj. rude, using few words, terse, snippy, laconic
eg. The doctor spoke in a brusque tone |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:14:05 GMT |
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| brunt |
n. forceful blow, main impact, unpleasant shock
eg. Schools will bear the brunt of cuts in government spending. |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:15:22 GMT |
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| browse |
v. skim or glance at casually |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:20:51 GMT |
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| browbeat |
v. bully, threaten sb to command them, badger, coerce
eg. Her big brother always browbeated her when she was young |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:17:44 GMT |
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| brook |
v. tolerate, endure
n. small stream
eg. She would not brook criticism of her son |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:19:59 GMT |
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| brooch |
n. a piece of jewellery (khuyen cai`) |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:17:27 GMT |
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| brochure |
n. pamphlet, booklet of information
eg. a holiday brochure |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:18:45 GMT |
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| brocade |
n. rich, exclusive fabric
eg. the sofa was covered with expensive brocade |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:19:22 GMT |
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| broach |
v. open up, introduce
eg. broach (a keg of beer/an idea) |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:20:17 GMT |
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| brittle |
adj. easily broken
eg. her brittle personality make me difficult to get along |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:53:17 GMT |
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| bristle |
v. burst, become upset, excited
eg. his lie made her bristled with rage |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:40:52 GMT |
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| brindled |
adj. brow with bands or marks of another color (for cow, dog,...)
eg. the puppy is not uniform in color, it is brindled |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:54:02 GMT |
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| brevity |
n. conciseness, briefness
ant. lengthiness, longevity, permanence |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:53:33 GMT |
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| breath |
n. width, extent, magnitude
eg. the breath of her knowledge |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:54:14 GMT |
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| breach |
n. weak point, opening, crack
eg. breach of promise, a breach of the enemy fortification |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:54:23 GMT |
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| brazen |
adj. shameless, insolent, barefaced
eg. his brazen admission that he was cheating |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:23:48 GMT |
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| brawn |
n. muscular strength, sturdiness
eg. it takes brawn to become a champion weight-lifter |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:54:44 GMT |
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| bravado |
n. display of boldness or confidence, bluster
eg. a act of sheer bravado |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:55:17 GMT |
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| brandish |
v. swing around, display
eg. brandish a sword/gun |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:55:56 GMT |
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| braggart |
n. boaster, blowhard, vaunter
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:57:01 GMT |
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| braggadocio |
n. vain and empty boasting, bluster, swagger
eg. her words are full of braggadocio |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:16:38 GMT |
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| brackish |
adj. slightly salty |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:46:24 GMT |
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| boycott |
adj. refrain from buying, protesting
eg. a trade boycott from British good |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:57:56 GMT |
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| bowdlerize |
v. censor, expurgate, castrate.
eg. bowdlerize the offensive part |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:58:57 GMT |
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| bovine |
adj. - pertaining to castle
- dull and slow like a cow
eg. bovine disease, bovine action |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:59:19 GMT |
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| bourgeois |
adj. middle class, commonplace, conservative and traditional
ant. adventurous, imaginative, inspired, luxurious |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:02:24 GMT |
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| bountiful |
adj. abundant or generous
eg. bountiful year/ soil/ father |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:04:00 GMT |
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| bouillon |
n. thin and clear soup, broth, potage |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:05:35 GMT |
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| boorish |
adj. rude and insensitive/stupid
eg. the boorish manners of a bully |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:07:02 GMT |
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| boon |
n. benefit, blessing
eg. The new software will prove a boon to Internet users. |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:07:30 GMT |
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| bombastic |
adj. sound important but little meaning, tumid, turgid, rhetorical
ant. humble, reserved |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:08:22 GMT |
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| bombardment |
n. attack (as with missiles)
eg. the bombardment demolished the town |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:08:27 GMT |
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| bolt |
n. door bar used to lock the door,
v. run quickly |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:20:07 GMT |
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| bolster |
v. support, reinforce, pad, buttress |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:35:54 GMT |
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| bohemian |
adj. unconventional (in an artistic way), informal, (unwonted, rakish)
eg. bohemian way of life |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:12:13 GMT |
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| bogus |
adj. not authentic, fake, counterfeit
eg. bogus passport |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:12:49 GMT |
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| bode |
v. foreshadow, be a sign of (sth coming)
eg. his idle habits bode ill for his future |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:12:55 GMT |
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| bluster |
v. blow strongly (wind), talk aggressively
n. braggadocio, swagger
eg. I wasn’t frightened by what he said—it was all bluster. |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:18:42 GMT |
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| blurt |
v. utter impulsively, (blunder, ejaculate)
eg. He blurted out the secret |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:14:59 GMT |
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| blunder |
n/v. error, mistake |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:12:03 GMT |
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