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01/10/2012

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Term
BARGAIN
Definition

noun

1.an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost:

2. an agreement between parties settling what each shall give and take or perform and receive in a transaction.

3. something acquired by haggling

4. Informal . an agreeable person, especially one who causes no trouble or difficulty.

verb

5. to haggle; negotiate.  

6.to anticipate as likely to occur; expect (usually followed by a clause):

 

Term
PROLONG
Definition

verb (used with object)

1.to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer

2.to make longer in spatial extent

Synonyms
1. lengthen.

Antonyms
1. abbreviate.

Term
LAVISH
Definition

adjective

1.expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: spending.

2. using or giving in great amounts

 

verb  

3. to expend or give in great amounts or without limit

Term
FABLE
Definition

noun

1.a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters

2.a story not founded on fact

3.a story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents; legend

4. legends or myths collectively

5.an untruth; falsehood

6.the plot of an epic, a dramatic poem, or a play.

7.idle talk:

Term
SEEK
Definition

verb  

1.to go in search or quest of

2.to try to find or discover by searching or questioning

3.to try to obtain

4. to try or attempt (usually followed by an infinitive)

5.to go to

6.to ask for; request

7.Archaic . to search or explore.

8.to make inquiry.

Term
WEARY
Definition

adjective

1.physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired

2. characterized by or causing fatigue

3.characterized by or causing impatience or dissatisfaction; tedious; irksome

Term
SCYTHE
Definition

noun

1. an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.

Term
BROOD
Definition

 noun

1.a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young.

2. a breed, species, group, or kind

verb

3.to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate.

4. to warm, protect, or cover (young) with the wings or body.

5.to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder

adjective

6. kept for breeding

Term
GAUDY
Definition

adjective 

1. brilliantly or excessively showy

2.cheaply showy in a tasteless way; flashy.

 

Synonyms
flashy, garish, showy

Antonyms

modest,

Term
LUXURY
Definition

noun

1 indulgence in or enjoyment of comforts and pleasures in addition to those necessary for a reasonable standard of well-being:

2.a means of ministering to such indulgence

3. a pleasure out of the ordinary allowed to oneself

3.a foolish or worthless form of self-indulgence:

Term
GAWK
Definition

verb

1.to stare stupidly; gape

 

noun

2. an awkward, foolish person.

 

 

Synonyms
1.  peer, ogle, gaze, goggle, rubberneck.

Term
STINGY
Definition

adjective

 

1.reluctant to give or spend; not generous; penurious

2. scanty or meager

 

Synonyms
1. Tight, miserly, mean, close;  all mean reluctant to part with money or goods.

Antonyms
1.  generous.

Term
GLIMMER
Definition

noun

1.a faint or unsteady light; gleam.

2. a dim perception; inkling.

 

verb (used without object)

3. to shine faintly or unsteadily; twinkle, shimmer, or flicker.

4.to appear faintly or dimly.

 

Synonyms
1. gleam.

Term
SQUAT
Definition

verb (used without object)

1.to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one's haunches or heels.

2. to crouch down or cower, as an animal.

3. to settle on or occupy property, especially otherwise unoccupied property, without any title, right, or payment of rent.

4. to settle on public land under government regulation, in order to acquire title.

5.Nautical . (of a vessel, especially a power vessel) to draw more water astern when in motion forward than when at rest.

 

adjective

6.(of a person, animal, the body, etc.) short and thickset.

7.low and thick or broad:

 

noun

8.a position or posture.

9. a weightlifting exercise

 

 

Term
GLUM
Definition

adjective

 

sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.


moody, sulky; despondent, melancholy. morose, sullen, dour, surly;  all are adjectives describing a gloomy, unsociable attitude

Term
LITTER
Definition

noun

1.objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.

2. a condition of disorder or untidiness

3. a number of young brought forth by an animal at one birth:

4. a framework of cloth stretched between two parallel bars, for the transportation of a sick or wounded person; stretcher.

 5.a vehicle carried by people or animals, consisting of a bed or couch, often covered and curtained, suspended between shafts.

6.straw, hay, or the like, used as bedding for animals or as protection for plants.

7. the layer of slightly decomposed organic material on the surface of the floor of the forest.

 

Term
MOPE
Definition

verb

 

1. to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.

 

2. to make dejected, listless, or apathetic.

 

3.depressed spirits; blues.

Term
EXTRAVAGANT
Definition

adjective

1.spending much more than is necessary or wise; wasteful

2. exceeding the bounds of reason, as actions, demands, opinions, or passions.

3. going beyond what is deserved or justifiable

Synonyms
1.spendthrift

Antonyms
1. prudent, thrifty. 2. moderate

Term
GLANCE
Definition

verb

1.to look quickly or briefly.

2. to gleam or flash

3. to strike a surface or object, especially so as to bounce off at an angle

4.to allude briefly to a topic or subject in passing

5.to catch a glimpse of.

6. a passing reference or allusion; insinuation.

7.Cricket . a stroke in which the batsman deflects the ball with the bat, as to leg.

Term
PURSUE
Definition

verb

1.to follow in order to overtake, capture, etc.; chase.

2. to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).

3.to proceed in accordance with (a method, plan, a course of action, a train of thought, an inquiry, studies, etc.

4.to continue to annoy, afflict, or trouble.

5.to practice (an occupation, pastime, etc.).

Term
LUSH
Definition

adjective

1.(of vegetation, plants, grasses, etc.) luxuriant; tender.

2. characterized by luxuriant vegetation

3. characterized by luxuriousness, opulence, etc.

 

Synonyms
1.  luxurious, fresh.      Antonyms
1.  withered, stale.

Term
VETO
Definition

noun

1.the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.

Term
EXTEND
Definition

verb

1.to stretch out; draw out to the full length:

2. to stretch, draw, or arrange in a given direction, line of troops.

3. to stretch forth or hold out, as the arm or hand

4.to increase the length or duration of; lengthen; prolong          Synonyms
lengthen. Enlarge                     Antonyms
1.  shorten, contract.

Term
DREADED
Definition

verb

1.to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of

2.to be reluctant to do, meet, or experience:

noun

3. terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.

 

Synonyms
fear,dire, horrible.            Antonyms
1.  welcome.

Term
GLOWER
Definition

verb

1.to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.

 

noun

2. a look of sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.

 

Synonyms

glare

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