31st of October 2016

NUMBER WORD DEFINITION SENTENCE EXAMPLE 1 SULTRY Attractive in a way that suggest feelings of sexual desire She looked at him with a sultry glance 2 PREDICAMENT A difficult or unpleasant situation I don’t know how to get out of the predicament I’m in 3 STRADDLE To be on both sides Turkey straddles Asia and Europe 4 IFFY Having many uncertain or unknown qualities At that point, the iffy parts of human history are behind us 5 TUMULTOUS Loud, excited, and emotional The returning astronauts were given a tumultuous welcome

21st of October 2016

NUMBER WORD DEFINITION SENTENCE EXAMPLE 1 DISSEMINATE To cause something to go to many people The internet allows us to disseminate information faster 2 EVANESCENT Tending to vanish like vapour The magician appeared to evanesce before our eyes 3 ENCROACH To gradually move into an area that is beyond the usual or desired limits The suburbs encroach further into the rural areas each year 4 ACTUATE To make a machine to operate The pump is actuated by the windmill 5 PULVERULENT Covered with dust or powder On shelves pulverulent  ..

20th of October 2016

NUMBER WORD DEFINITION SENTENCE EXAMPLE 1 DIS To criticize something in a way that shows disrespect A DJ who has dissed every album that rapper has put out 2 DISSERTATION A long piece of writing about a particular subject that is done to earn an advanced degree He wrote his dissertation on an obscure 16th century poet 3 NARCISSISTIC Similar to egocentric In his narcissism , he assumed that everyone else wanted to hear the details of his day 4 EMANCIPATE To free someone from someone else’s power He felt the only way to emancipate himself from his parents his to move away 5 EGOCENTRIC Caring too much about yourself and not about others The cult attracts egocentric people who are preoccupied with reaching their potential as individuals

19th of October 2016

NUMBER WORD DEFINITION SENTENCE EXAMPLE 1 CLOD A person who is stupid or dull Her husband’s such a clod 2 PASTURE A large area of land where animals feed on grass Most of their land is pasture 3 CAPER To jump around in a lively way A young goat capering in its pen 4 APATHY The feeling of not having much emotion People have shown a surprising apathy toward these problems 5 ENMITY A very deep unfriendly feeling There’s a long history of enmity between them

18th of October 2016

NUMBER WORD DEFINITION SENTENCE EXAMPLE 1 NONVERSATION A conversation that seems meaningless They were just having nonversations all day 2 E-QUAINTANCE A person who you only know through online networking My wife is an example of an e-quaintance from Wechat 3 GASLIGHT To drive someone crazy by making them doubt their memory He gaslighted me until I went nuts 4 DRIZZMAL A description of rainy weather that causes melancholy I have no mood in doing my homework cause the day is so drizzmal 5 CYBERCHONDRIAC Person who imagines he is ill by reading the symptoms online My father is a cyberchondriac every time he went online