Daily Word List

Epicure [ EP-i-kyoo' r ]

[ noun ]

MEANING :

1. a connoisseur of food and wine
2. one who enjoys sensual pleasure and living

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

London is an epicure's delight with restaurants serving varied cuisine from all over the world.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

Proof that Montreal is an epicure's dream: Les Touilleurs (152 Ave. Laurier Ouest; 514/278-0008) in Mile End, where marble counters are piled with cooking implements, including Quebecer Tom Littledeer's maple spoons and spatulas.
CNN, Montreal's moment, By Amy Farley, September 6, 2007

Docket [ DOK-it ]

[ noun ]

MEANING :

1. a brief written summary of the contents of a document
2. the book containing entries of the court proceedings of a legal case
3. a calendar of things to be done; an agenda

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

Well prepared dockets help reduce the hassles frequently associated with legal proceedings.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

Police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena told Reuters news agency, "I understand the dockets are ready so the case should proceed any time".
BBC, Police defend Zimbabwe travel ban, 19 March 2007

Amplitude [ AM-pli-tood, -tyood ]

[ noun ]

MEANING :

the state or quality of being ample, especially to breadth and width; largeness, greatness of extent or abundant

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

It was the very amplitude of the furnace which ensured heating for the entire village.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

If you run that back in time to the 17th century using sunspot records, you'll find that this amplitude variance is negligible for climate.
National Geographic, Don't Blame Sun for Global Warming, Study Says, Brian Handwerk, September 13, 2006

Junta [ HOO’ N-tuh’, JUHN , HUHN  ]

[ noun ]

MEANING :

1. a council, committee or assembly for governmental purposes
2. a group of military officers that rule a country after seizing control and power
3. a junto

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

Henchmen of the junta were sent to eliminate members of the opposition.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

The ruling junta has also stepped up a campaign to evict the homeless from aid shelters.
The Herald, Junta forces cyclone survivors to work for aid, 27 July 2009

Bowdlerize [ BOHD-luh'-rahyz ]

[ transitive verb ]

MEANING :

1. to expurgate by removing passages or parts of passages considered objectionable
2. derived from Thomas Bowdler English editor of an expurgated version of Shakespeare's works; British spelling: bowdlerise

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

The editor of the magazine had the article bowdlerised because of the lurid descriptions that it contained.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

Of course it's to do with the church, but it's so bowdlerised, it's such a cliche of the "evil church," that it just didn't seem relevant really.
BBC, Compass points: Catholic and atheist, 6 December 2007.