Wednesday, 17 August 2011

100 WORDS

Disproportion: unbalanced
Disputable: can be debate
Domialliary: Residence (home)
Domineering: arrogant
Dosage: Medication
Dowry: dowry
Eccentric: strange or unusual
Eclogue: short poems
Egotism: practise of self-praise
Egregious: too bad
Eldorado: the fantasy that promise wealth and rich
Lutheran: supporters or followers
Meritocracy: the person chosen as the ever dutiful
Monolith: lump of rock, standing up
Mohair: a skin
Muzzy: puzzled
Mystify: surprising
Mugginess: fools
Necropolis: old cemetery
Neonatal: newborns
Nub: pieces or small bruises
Nudge: nudge
Ocarina: inflatable musical instruments
Oblivion: negligence
Opacity: obscurity
Omniscient: all knowing
Opencast: exposed
Orifice: hole or cavity of the mouth
Parapet: law wall
Panoply: a complete weapon
Parquets: herbicides
Paralyse: disable or stop
Parka: a smoke
Parting: separation
Pavilion: pavilion
Peal: bell
Peat: land in use as a fertilizer
Payola: bribes
Penetration: copy
Pester: harassing or vexatious
Pettish: irritable
Pickaxe: hatchet
Phlox: a plant
Requisition: claim
Reprimand: reprimand
Repertory: saving or treasure
Residuum: scraps
Revamp: renew
Ripen: ripen
Ringlet: curly hair
Ripple: ripple
Sanction: truth
Salver: a small tray
Scuffle: struggle
Scud: fast moving
Scorn: contempt or despised
Sear: burn
Sedition: incitement
Shirk: ignore
Slang: language
Skull: skull or cranium
Sloop: a small vessel
Sluggish: wet
Tamer: tamer
Tasteful: interesting
Teller: teller
Terse: simple, clear and accurate
Thaw: cause the liquid or soft
Thwack:  hitting things hard
Tidings: news
Ticklish: ticklish
Tighten: strength or tighten
Tine: branch
Transfix: tingling or stabbing
Transgress: violate
Travesty: copy
Truce: truce
Tyrannize: rampant
Typify: an example
Typhoon: hurricane
Tyrannical: cruelty
Uncharitable: cruelty
Valiant: boldly
Vanish: dissipated or loss
Vast: wide
Veer: turn around or detour
Vehement: shows a hard or strong feeling
Velocity: speed
Vend: sell or hawk
Vial: phial
Virology: study about virus
Vivify: turn on
Vow: oath
Washtub: basins used to wash
Wee: small
Wayfarer: travellers
Welsh: do not want to pay the debt
Witless: fool
Worst: worst

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