Friday, September 11, 2009

11-09-09

intrepid
M: Fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous;
Eg: an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.
U: Join the few dozen rich and intrepid souls . . . who have paid hefty deposits to sign up for the first commercial rides into space.


Aberrant
M: abnormal anomalous irregular uncharacteristic
U: He was an aberrant person

abrogate
M: To annul or abolish by an authoritative act.
M: To put an end to; to do away with.
U: So why is Washington seeking to abrogate the ABM Treaty, to push ahead with its anti-ballistic missile Star Wars programme?

Crumpled
M: wrinkled furrowed creased wrinkly

Congenital
M: in born, present at birth, hereditary

dimwits
M: an offencive term that deliberately insults somebody’s intelligence

Detested
M: disliked hated out of favor not accepted undignified

decimate
M: To destroy or kill a large part of (a group).
M: To inflict great destruction or damage on
U: The fawns decimated my rose bushes.

Eccentric
M: unconventional unusual
M: odd strange weird

insane
M: not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
M: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a person who is mentally deranged
M: utterly senseless: an insane plan.
U: The insane local muftis bereaved of any sense of humane feeling used terms for Yasmeen that is derogatory for the whole society.

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