Vocab for essays,comprehensions,etc!!

[rz123]

onomatopoeia

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[on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh, ‐mah-tuh‐] ​

the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with itsreferent.​

 

[Vogue]

plz anyone recommend a good website where i can find a list of vocab words for my descriptive passage.....

 

[Vogue]

Word: Ostensible
Definition: appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else
Usage: (as adjective) Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to unseat the government.
(as adverb)He has spent the past three months in Florida, ostensibly for medical treatment, but in actual fact to avoid prosecution for a series of notorious armed robberies.

 

[Rimsa]

drudgery: menial, or hard work

 

[Erfa]

idiosyncratic: characteristic

 

[Erfa]

juxtaposition: to place two things ( properties, elements etc) together, often opposite things.
Eg. the juxtaposition of a meek lamb and and a ferocious tiger. OR The lamb and the tiger were juxtaposed together.

 

[AlphaCentauri]

thank u for the sentence....it the made the usage clear....but i also checkd the word and wikipedia says dat it is a french phrase often used in english to express a cheerful enjoyment of life or livliness as u stated.

It's French, I presume stemming from their lifestyle, if you know their rubric: wine, and I'll avoid mentioning the others. In France, people enjoy life. They do not worry. They live the present, and rarely anticipate the future.
E.g. In France, people have higher life expectancies, which most sociologists associate with their joie de vivre.

 

[Vogue]

juxtaposition: to place two things ( properties, elements etc) together, often opposite things.
Eg. the juxtaposition of a meek lamb and and a ferocious tiger. OR The lamb and the tiger were juxtaposed together.

is it supposed to b a x or did u replace it for a 's' or 'z'?

 

[Vogue]

drudgery: menial, or hard work

nd what does menial mean?

 

[Rimsa]

nd what does menial mean?

kinda dull.. not attractive

 

[Vogue]

kinda dull.. not attractive

ok may i know that from where did you find this word?

 

[Rimsa]

ok may i know that from where did you find this word?

menial??? or drudgery??
read menial in a novel sumwhere i think. same goes for drudgery... google it for authentication...

 

[Erfa]

is it supposed to b a x or did u replace it for a 's' or 'z'?

No, it's definitely an 'x' =D

 

[ayeshaddy]

Bajulate : to bear the burden of
Adimpleate : fill up

 

[ayeshaddy]

Boughs: branches, as in of trees!

 

[ayeshaddy]

Mahogany: burnished colour n all
Heinously: horrible

 

[ayeshaddy]

Sui generis: unique
Nefarious ( adj) : bad and sinful
Neurotic: mentally maladjusted, anxious
ameliorate: make or become better
Stertorous: characterized by heavy snoring
impervious: unable to be penetrated

 

[ayeshaddy]

Crwth: Pronounced: krooth
meaning: crowd
Polyglot: multilingual, able to read or write several languages

 

[iblue]

i have this book.. the spelling is american but u can look up the british spelling on the internet..
hope it helps

 

[ayeshaddy]

i have this book.. the spelling is american but u can look up the british spelling on the internet..
hope it helps

Thanks for sharing that