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Friday, August 25, 2017

Wordlist- August 25, 2017

Impregnable im-PREG-nuh’-buh’ l ]

adjective ]

MEANING :

1. unassailable, invincible or unconquerable
2. capable of being impregnated

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

The impregnable Daulatabad fort has only been captured by treachery.


USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

A weekend poll giving the Conservatives a 7% lead over Labour and their best showing since before Black Wednesday merely illustrates what we already knew: that the floating voters of the English marginals want to be reassured that their expensive homes are as impregnable against the tax collector as any castle.
The Herald, Simple steps to regain trust

Brackish [ BRAK-ish ]

adjective ]

MEANING :

1. salty, saline or briny
2. nauseating, repulsive or distasteful

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

The brackish nature of the water made it impossible to drink.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

The resident of seasonal brackish and freshwater ponds was found in just one pool in the New Forest until it was discovered at Caerlaverock four years ago during a particularly wet August.
Telegraph, Tadpole shrimp, the oldest living species, re-emerges after wet summer, 28 Aug 2008

Unconscionable [ uhn-KON-shuh’-nuh’-buh’l ]

adjective ]

MEANING :

1. not bound by conscience; unscrupulous
2. beyond reason; excessive

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

He lost his job as public relations officer because of his unconscionable conduct.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

It would have been unconscionable to even consider cancelling concerts that form a major part of the creative dialogue in this country.
BBC, Barbican stands by Stockhausen, 21 September 2001

Defoliate [ v. dee-FOH-lee-eyt; adj. dee-FOH-lee-it, -eyt ]

adjective, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]

MEANING :
1. (tr. v.) to strip or remove the leaves from
2. (tr. v.) to cause the leaves to fall off
3. (intr. v.) to lose leaves
4. (adj.) having naturally lost its leaves

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

He said the plants in his garden were defoliated because of caterpillars.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

The larvae can defoliate berberis shrubs.
The Telegraph, Tree trouble ahead, Ursula Buchan, 19 March 2009.

Arid [ AR-id ]

adjective ]

MEANING :

1. dry, parched or being without moisture
2. unproductive or barren due to a lack of water
3. uninspired, dreary, lacking interest or without imaginativeness

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

Scientists in India have conducted various studies and experiments and hope to discover a way to increase the agricultural productivity of arid lands.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

Smerdon said that the people worst affected by the droughts were nomadic herders in arid regions in northern Kenya and subsistence farmers on the coast.
CNN, Rain 'not enough' to end hunger in Kenya, Mark Tutton, 10 December 2009.

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