Speculate
Meaning: To form opinion, to conclude, to reflect on a subject, based on uncertain or tentative grounds or evidence.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Pledge
Pledge
Meaning: A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something; an assurance of support or goodwill; to give one's word as guarantee.
Meaning: A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something; an assurance of support or goodwill; to give one's word as guarantee.
Dispute
Dispute
Meaning: to argue about, to debate, quarrel, disagreement, coming into conflict with, verbal controversy.
Meaning: to argue about, to debate, quarrel, disagreement, coming into conflict with, verbal controversy.
Refute
Refute
Meaning: to prove something (theory or assumption) to be wrong or false, to deny the truth of something, overthrow by argument, evidence or proof.
Meaning: to prove something (theory or assumption) to be wrong or false, to deny the truth of something, overthrow by argument, evidence or proof.
Steadfast
Steadfast
Meaning: Steady, unchanging, firmly loyal, constant, faithful.
steadfastly: steadily...
Meaning: Steady, unchanging, firmly loyal, constant, faithful.
steadfastly: steadily...
Hiatus
Hiatus
The meaning: A break, gap or interruption in space, time or continuity.
Example: I'm going on a hiatus, I'm burning out.
Also: Linguistics A slight pause that occurs when two immediately adjacent vowels in consecutive syllables are pronounced, as in reality and naive.
The meaning: A break, gap or interruption in space, time or continuity.
Example: I'm going on a hiatus, I'm burning out.
Also: Linguistics A slight pause that occurs when two immediately adjacent vowels in consecutive syllables are pronounced, as in reality and naive.
Bona fide
Bona fide
It means: genuine, sincere, made or carried out in good faith, authentic.
Example: This is a bona fide offer, i assure you!
It means: genuine, sincere, made or carried out in good faith, authentic.
Example: This is a bona fide offer, i assure you!
Perplex
Perplex
Meaning: to confuse, to trouble or to complicate the issue, with a hint of uncertainty and doubt.
Example: Your suggestion only perplexes the issue.
Meaning: to confuse, to trouble or to complicate the issue, with a hint of uncertainty and doubt.
Example: Your suggestion only perplexes the issue.
Caveat
Caveat
Meaning: a warning, a notice. In legal term, it means a formal notice requesting the court not to take a certain action without warning the person lodging the caveat.
Meaning: a warning, a notice. In legal term, it means a formal notice requesting the court not to take a certain action without warning the person lodging the caveat.
Suppress
Suppress
Meaning:
1. To prevent or stop something from revealing... e.g. suppress information
2. To defeat or put a stop on something... e.g. suppress rebellion
3. To keep down on certain thing... e.g. suppress my laughter
Meaning:
1. To prevent or stop something from revealing... e.g. suppress information
2. To defeat or put a stop on something... e.g. suppress rebellion
3. To keep down on certain thing... e.g. suppress my laughter
Oppress
Oppress
Meaning: to force down, to weigh heavily on by force or authority, normally in an unjust situation, often result in suffering of the oppressed.
Meaning: to force down, to weigh heavily on by force or authority, normally in an unjust situation, often result in suffering of the oppressed.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Vex
Vex
It means to annoy or disturb someone, especially with minor trivial irritations. To bother, or to get on someone's nerves.
Example:
It is a vexing problem to me.
Vexed students voiced out their problems to the university authorities.
It means to annoy or disturb someone, especially with minor trivial irritations. To bother, or to get on someone's nerves.
Example:
It is a vexing problem to me.
Vexed students voiced out their problems to the university authorities.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Justification for the new blog created
Well, being a Chinese-educated academician teaching in a all-English-spoken-and-written-University, and occasionally in need of writing research & scholarly paper in English, I've come across mammoth amount of difficult, tongue-twisty albeit precise English vocabs and terms. I am also a person of poor memory, hence i figure why don't I create a blog to record any new English term that I've learned, and no, I'm not as noble as to teach the readers of my blog (I doubt I have any) English, but it serves as a method of recording, a mean to refresh my memory. I only hope I have the patience and persistence to continue write here.... *giggles*
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