Vocabulary Log #2

My friend just flew to UK, persuing his studies in Engineering at University of Surrey. Bless him, take care friend.



SUNDAY

• accord

-To give something (such as special treatment or status) to someone or something
You need to distribute those sacks according to their respective destinations

• latter

-Coming or happening near the end of a process, activity, series
The multiplex was showing a comedy and a horror film, and we decided that the latter would be much fun to watch

• virtue

-Morally a good behaviour or character/ the good result that comes from something
The virtue of wool as a clothing material is that it can provide insulation from the cold even when wet

• prompt

-To cause someone to do something/ To be the cause of something
Curiosity prompted her to ask a few questions

• peculiar

-Not usual or normal/not well
I could sense her being peculiarly strange within this week and it gives me the creeps

MONDAY

• gaiety

-A happy and lively quality
Attendees of the masquerade ball arrived dressed in all their gaiety

• scorn

-A feeling that someone or something is not worthy of any respect or approval/harsh critisicm
I have nothing but scorn for people who are cruel to animals

• discontent

-Not pleased or satisfied
Polls show that voters are growing increasingly discontent

• hindrance

-An act that makes a situation difficult; that hinders someone
Made a survey of all the hindrances to wheelchair access, such as curbs and stairs

• sow

-A fully grown female pig
Ma look at that sow
-To plant seeds in an area of ground/ to cause or affect many people
Every year we sow corn

TUESDAY

• constitutional

-A brief walk that you take to improve your health
She's gone out for her morning constitutional

• adequate

-Enough for some need or requirement
This old computer is probably adequate if you just want to type a term paper

• amendment

-A change in the words or meaning of a law or document
The article as written requires only one factual amendment

• preceding

-Existing/ happening or coming before
Had not eaten since the preceding day

• presumption

-A belief that something is true eventhough it has not been proved/ willingness to do stg without the permission to do so
I was shocked by his presumption in insisting that we buy his ruffle

WEDNESDAY

• refine

-To remove the unwanted substances/ To improve stg by making small changes
He worked on refining her backhand before the big tennis match

• finite

-Having limits
Our nation's natural resources are abundant, but they are also finite

• ambiguous

-Able to be understood in more than one way/ have more than one meaning/ not understood clearly
The exact reason for the change in plans is ambiguous, but I suspect it has something to do with money

• denote

-To mean stg
A flashing red light denotes danger

• deviation

-A condition that is different from what is usual or expected
A memoir that was discovered to contain numerous deviations from fact

THURSDAY

• predominantly

-For the most part
A predominantly middle-class neighbourhood

• concurrent

-Happening at the same time
Concurrent expeditions to the Antartic that were in a race to reach the South Pole

• distort

-To change the natural, normal or original shape, appearance or sound of stg in a way that is usually not attractive or pleasing
If you keep distorting your face like that, someday it's going to freeze in that position

• inherent

-Belonging to the basic nature of someone or something
An inherent concept of justice

• integral

-Very important and necessary
You don't just expose integral documents to our clients