Saturday, 9 May 2015

7th May

1.       Seemly, adjective: according with custom or propriety
The seemly attitude of Southerners is famous, and so I was surprised to find so many impolite and disgraceful people when I visited last fall.

2.       Tribulation, noun: something, especially an event that causes difficulty and suffering
As of 2013, nearly 1.5 million Syrians have fled their country hoping to escape the tribulations of a civil war tearing their country to pieces.

3.       Thoroughgoing, adjective: very thorough; complete
As a thoroughgoing bibliophile, one who had turned his house into a veritable library, he shocked his friends when he bought a Kindle.

4.       Virago, noun: an ill-tempered or violent woman
Poor Billy was the victim of the virago’s invective- she railed at him for a good 30 minutes about how he is the scum of the earth for speaking loudly on his cellphone in public.

5.       Flush, adjective: to be in abundance

The exam’s passage is flush with difficult words, words that you may have learned only yesterday.

1 comment:

  1. Hye, i like the way you write.
    But if you can, do try to construct a more complex sentence.
    Just suggesting, keep it up!

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