Pore
= To read or look at something very carefully for a long time.
> She was poring over a book.
Jeer
= To laugh at someone or shout unkind things at them in a way that shows you do not respect them.
> "You know I'm right!" she jeered.
Sunday, 30 October 2011
I want to write something for you
Predate
= To happen or exist earlier in history than something else.
> The kingdom predates other African cultures by over 3,000 years.
Preface
= To say or do something before the main part of what you are going to say.
> The book is prefaced by a quotation from Faulkner.
= To happen or exist earlier in history than something else.
> The kingdom predates other African cultures by over 3,000 years.
Preface
= To say or do something before the main part of what you are going to say.
> The book is prefaced by a quotation from Faulkner.
You want more?
Pout
= To push out your lower lip because you are annoyed or unhappy, or in order to look sexually attractive.
> He sounded like a pouting child.
Preclude
= To prevent something or make something impossible.
> Rules that preclude experimentation in teaching methods.
= To push out your lower lip because you are annoyed or unhappy, or in order to look sexually attractive.
> He sounded like a pouting child.
Preclude
= To prevent something or make something impossible.
> Rules that preclude experimentation in teaching methods.
I have a lot more to be written
Wilowy
= Tall, thin and graceful.
> She was pale and willowy, with violet eyes.
Winnow
= To make a list, group, or quantity smaller by getting rid of the things that you do not need or want.
> We need to winnow the list of candidates to three.
= Tall, thin and graceful.
> She was pale and willowy, with violet eyes.
Winnow
= To make a list, group, or quantity smaller by getting rid of the things that you do not need or want.
> We need to winnow the list of candidates to three.
Beautiful night of new word
Prig
= Someone who behaves in a morally good way and shows that they disapprove of the way other people behave. used to show disapproval
>Don't be such a prig! It's only a bit of harmless fun!
Pry
= To try to find out details about someone else's private life in an impolite way.
> I don't want to pry, but I need to ask you one or two more question.
= Someone who behaves in a morally good way and shows that they disapprove of the way other people behave. used to show disapproval
>Don't be such a prig! It's only a bit of harmless fun!
Pry
= To try to find out details about someone else's private life in an impolite way.
> I don't want to pry, but I need to ask you one or two more question.
Interesting Word Tonight
Emulate
= To do something or behave in the same way as someone else, especially because you admire them.
> Emulate her elder sister at the piano.
Encumber = Burden
= To make it difficult for you to do something or for something to happen.
> He died in 2011, heavily encumbered with debts.
= To do something or behave in the same way as someone else, especially because you admire them.
> Emulate her elder sister at the piano.
Encumber = Burden
= To make it difficult for you to do something or for something to happen.
> He died in 2011, heavily encumbered with debts.
NEW WORD!
Hoard
= To collect and save large amounts of food, money etc, especially when it is not necessary to do so.
> Families who hoarded food during the strike.
Hobnob
= To spend time talking to people who are in a higher social position than you.
> He spent the first day hobnobbing with the management.
= To collect and save large amounts of food, money etc, especially when it is not necessary to do so.
> Families who hoarded food during the strike.
Hobnob
= To spend time talking to people who are in a higher social position than you.
> He spent the first day hobnobbing with the management.
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