Sunday, November 3, 2013

Vocabulary Day 1

1.  Effluvium  -  A noxious, foul smelling order ; a harmful invisible gas 
     Hint :- The word effluvium is derived from the Latin word effluere, which means to flow out .

 Sentences using the word effluvium 
a)  I am right in the middle of nowhere! It is time to make far reaching decisions, decisions right in this thick  effluvium.
b)Androgenic alopecia is a common disorder affecting both men and women. Both androgenic alopecia and telogen effluvium can be treated with mesotherapy, with results ranging from good to excellent.
c)Abducted by a psychopath with evil intent beaten to the point of unconsciousness awakened by the sound of someone screaming in pain realizing now that you are trapped in a cage arms and legs in disarray bones have all been broken and your limbs have been displaced body in a horrible state unbearable effluvium polluting the air a nauseating stench of death maggots are all over the wallas and the floor patiently awaiting for-your flesh i love cannibal corpse's lyrics
d)Euphemism of the day: 'effluvium of tepidity', meaning, I would imagine, something akin to 'damning with faint praise'.
e)Avoid stress and taking multiple antihistamines for a long period of time. Telogen effluvium happens, yeah it kinda sucks, especially when you love your hair and all.

Medical dictionary Effluvium meaning - A Shedding, especially of hair. 

2. Anesthetic   - Something that causes the loss of sensation

a) After I was given the anesthetic, I don't remember anything until I woke up, at which time I was told that the operation had been a success.

3. Coiffure -  A hairstyle; a particular arrangement of a person's hair. 

a)  Wow! that is quite the coiffure that you have; i never knew you could shape your hair to be 3 feet tall. 

b) As previously mentioned finely crafted coiffures create an accepted aesthetic, which conforms to notion of beauty.
c) They must arrive in pubs on wet windy nights with their elaborate coiffures smeared in every direction.
d)Coiffured hairstyle and a beard.
e)Maybe it's that cheeky grin, or that perfectly coiffured mullet, or may be not. 
f)A carefully rendered coiffure also indicates a state of well-being.
g)You, on the other hand, a pretty good actor, seem to be sporting increasingly ridiculous coiffures.

4. Obloquy - Severe censure; overly sharp criticism, usually by many people. 

Hint -  Obloquy comes  from the Latin word obloqui, which means contradiction.  
a) His family, tho members of the church of England, were in sympathy with the Methodist movement, and suffered obloquy in consequence.
b)Robinson attracted no such obloquy: indeed she alleged that " few doubt he would read republicans better than David tremble " .
c)The passion for wealth gives a kind of spurious courage to face obloquy.

5. Temper - To make moderate; to make less severe; to calm. 

Synonyms for temper include abate, alleviate, and assuage.

  • Tempered glass shelf, a pull-out drawer to store your favorite dvd / cd collection & rubber feet.
  • All of these factors can result in frayed tempers from time to time.
  • Tempered by sea breezes.
  • She has the same independence, determination and fiery temper.
  • Temper tantrums.
  • Tempered with a constant realism.
  • Tempering the steel.
  • Temper flared, then prepare to face the consequences the next day at work.
  • Tempered by the realization that china offers the world's largest untapped export market.
  • Proverbs chapter 14 ( nlt ) 29 those who control their anger have great understanding; those with a hasty temperwill make mistakes.
  • Temper outbursts.
  • Tempered with mercy.
  • His mother, noted for her volatile temper, was descended from the gordons, with their wild, bloodsoaked highland history.
  • Temper flare there - our culture doesn't see these as particularly bad things.
  • Tempered with considerable caution.
  • At this time he began using the name powell powell had a reputation for having a violent temper.
  • Someone else tried fifty-two years later but he couldn't get up the side of the rock and left in a foul temper.
  • As a youngster federer had a fierce temper, breaking rackets regularly and making himself thoroughly unpopular.
6. Congeal  - To congeal is to solidify, especially by cooling, or to take shape, especially to form a satisfying whole
 to solidify or thicken by cooling or freezing
 to thicken; coagulate; jell
When runny egg yolks cool and solidify, this is an example of a time when they congeal.
When the parts of a play come together to form a cohesive whole, this is an example of a time when they congeal.
To make or become physically hard
To change or be changed from a liquid into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass

Congeal Sentence Examples

  • Congealed blood lay at the bottom of his bed.
  • My offerings to the gods last night - slightly congealed goat filets in a crisp golden breadcrumb jacket - obviously did the trick.
  • Congealed in certain commodities, and consequently changes the value of those commodities.
  • Congealed mass of material appears to emerge from a blank surface.
  • The young stars may be surrounded by disks of dusty material which might eventually congeal into planets.
  • Congealing mess that killed her appetite with a terrible finality.
  • Congealed cheese.
  • Congealed grease.
7. Preclude - To make impossible; to prevent or prohibit. 

Hint: I preclude you from going out with that boy; he is up to no good and I think that he has bad intentions.
  • Preclude such ominous possibilities.
  • Precludes revealing how.
  • In the uk, choosing to take an iva does not necessarily preclude you from taking out a mortgage.
  • Preclude also using an abortive measure: each can be part of an integrated plan.
  • Preclude from consideration.
  • Precluded on certain grounds.
  • Precluded by law or the principal of " greater good " ) will be maintained at all times.
  • Precludene was fixed in place by two flint wedges, thus precluding accidental insertion ( new scientist, 6 december 2003 ).
  • Precludes delegation to any committee of the board.
  • This would effectively preclude any export credits for arms deals with any developing country.
  • Preclude making public operational details of that capability.
  • Precludes the necessity of having to agree on names.
  • However, a judgment by the queen's bench divisional court found that the act did not specifically preclude their use.
  • Preclude working alone, especially in laboratory situations.
  • Preclude the existence of higher rights.
  • The listing of a book does not preclude its being reviewed at a later stage.
  • Preclude detailed disclosure in the notes, although the amounts involved should be included in any aggregate totals provided.
  • For example, should the activities of company a automatically preclude a linked but wholly separate company from being awarded public contracts?
  • Preclude subsequent adoption of the other.
8. Incise -  To engrave; to make a sharp dent; to make a cut into.
Hint: The word incise is derived from the word Latin word incidere, which means to carve.

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  • The graves were marked by slabs incised with simple crosses.
  • Incised on both sides with lines to form the outlines for horns, hind legs and paws.
  • Incised by river valleys; gently undulating, rising slightly to the north.
  • Only within the boulder clay of the north east are the rivers deeply incised, often within very narrow valleys of no great length.
  • Incised with a cross and sword, indicating a crusader.
  • Incised by river valleys; gently undulating, rising slightly to the north.
  • The early series consist of untreated boulders with the decoration incised on the surface.
  • Incised on oval face.
  • The peritoneal reflection is then incised with the diathermy a few millimeters posterior to the " white line " .
  • Incised with the double disk and z-rod, beast and mirror symbols.
  • Incised valleys of the glen cloy and glenarm rivers, which extend inland from the coast.
  • It has been finely incised into the bandages of Osiris.
  • The river avon now runs in a channel incised into this alluvium.
  • Broad leaved woodland is limited to small patches alongside steeply incised streams and abandoned meander scars cut in the glacial deposits alongside the glenelly river.
  • Incised lines; a pearl is clasped in its claws.
  • It comprises rolling ridges and gently incised glens which are mostly aligned in a sw-ne direction.
9. Chaff The worthless product(s) of an activity; the outer seed cover -- usually unusable -- portion of grain.

Hint: The farmers worked long hours trying to separate the grain from the chaff.
  • Chaff that the wind blows away.
  • The first step, it seems, is to separate the chaff from the grain.
  • A further 9 % of samples contain only glume wheat chaff.
  • Chaff cutters.
  • The sound of the chiff chaff is unmistakable; it sings the sound of its name.
  • Chaff from the wheat.
  • Yesterday i passed a field in which they were burning the chaff.
  • No attempt is made to prevent random chaff from being recognized as a valid section of the message.
  • Chaff house.
  • A further 9 % of samples contain only glume wheat chaff.
  • Chaff from the grain.
  • The many enemies of jerusalem " will become like fine dust, the ruthless hordes like blown chaff.
  • These are fed in very small quantities and can be fed with a low calorie chaff such as dengie hi-fi.
  • Cereal by-products - wheat chaff, maize gluten feed, rice bran.
  • Show me any mode for winnowing the chaff from the corn.
  • Few men, perhaps, ever gave their hearers so much wheat and so little chaff.
  • The results of correspondence analysis confirm the association with cereal chaff.
  • A further 9 % of samples contain only glume wheat chaff.
  • No real attempt has been made to sift so much chaff, in order to find how much of value may be present.
  • There is only one sample that comprises just barley chaff with no grains.
10. AbscondTo go away suddenly; to leave secretly in an attempt to hide or evade a person or a thing.

Hint: I have no choice but to abscond in the middle of the night; I fear that the police is biased against my case, and so they won't believe my alibi.

  • Absconding tenant a flat i let has been fully managed by an estate agent for nearly a year.
  • Absconds during the trial.
  • The two male occupants of the car then absconded from the vehicle with officers giving chase.
  • Absconded to avoid paying their bill.
  • Absconded following which the watch committee undertook an investigation into the police accounts.
  • Absconds from other open prisons by foreign national prisoners during the same period.
  • Abscond with the funds!
  • Absconding prisoners, it's very hard to justify.
  • The treasurer was a member whose legs were burned, this ensured he could not abscond with the funds!
  • Absconded with the takings from a gig in 1984.
  • Bickerstaffe ] , who lately absconded for a detestable crime, it is asserted, has drowned himself.
  • The girl's uncle came to arrange the burial of her mother, but has since absconded with all their property.
  • Abscond again.
  • In the surrounding 4 streets there were another 7 families, all but 1 of which have now absconded.











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