WORD WORLD - WEEK 4

#SUNDAY

NOTORIETY

1.The state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed.

“ The song has gained some notoriety in the press.”

PROPRIETY                        

1.Proper, fitting or suitable.

“ He always behaved with the utmost propriety.”

2. The condition of being right, appropriate, or fitting.

“ They questioned the propriety of certain investments made by the council.”

COMMENSURATE

1.Proportionate; corresponding in extent or degree.

“Salary will be commensurate with age and experience.

HAUGHTY

1.Proud, arrogant.

“A look of haughty disdain.”

ENDOW

1.Give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution)

“He endowed the church with lands.”

2.Provide with some talent or quality.

“He was endowed with tremendous physical strength.”

#MONDAY

REMEDIAL

1.Providing a remedy.

“Remedial surgery.”

2.Provided or intended for children with learning difficulties.

“Remedial education.”

CATHARTIC

1.Providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions; causing catharsis.

“Crying is a cathartic release.”

ENIGMATIC

1.Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.

“He took the money with an enigmatic smile.”

CONTENTIOUS

1.Quarrelsome ; disagreeing violently.

“A contentious issue.”

2.Involving heated argument.

“The socio-economic plan had been the subject of contentious debate.”

NOSTRUM

1.Questionable medicine.

“A charlatan who sells nostrums.’

COMPLACENCY

1.Quiet satisfaction, contentment.

“The figures are better, but there are no grounds for complacency.”

#TUESDAY

TACITURN

1.Quiet; habitually silent.

“After such gatherings she would be taciturn and morose.’

MOROSE

1.Sullen and ill-tempered.

‘She was a morose and silent when she got home.”

DISCURSIVE

1.Rambling; passing from one topic to another.

“Students often write dull, second-hand discursive prose.”

2.Relating to discourse or odes of discourse

“The attempt to transform utterances from one discursive context to another.”

VORACIOUS

1.Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.”

“A voracious appetite.”

2.Engaging in an activity with great eagerness or enthusiasm.

“She’s a voracious reader.”

OFFICIOUS

1.Ready to serve; obliging.

“An officious bystander.”

#WEDNESDAY

UPBRAID

1.Find fault with someone; scold.

“He was upbraided for his slovenly appearance.”

SLOVEN

1.A person who is untidy or careless.

REBUKE

1.An expression of sharp disapproval or criticism.

“She had rebuked him for drinking too much.”

INCHOATE

1.Recently begun; rudimentary.

‘A still inchoate democracy.”

EMINENT

1.(Of a person) famous and respected within a particular sphere.

“One of the world’s most eminent statisticians.”

#THURSDAY

GAMBOL

1.Run or jump about playfully.

“The mare gambolled towards Anna.”

“The two of them run off to the woods for a gambol together.”

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CAPACIOUS

1.Roomy; spacious.

‘She rummaged in her capacious handbag.”

RUMMAGE

1.Search unsystematically and untidily through something.

‘He rummaged in his pocket for a handkerchief.”

2.An unsystematic and untidy search.

“Open up the box and have a rummage around.’

RASP

1.A harsh grating noise.

“The rasp of the engine.”

CIRCUITOUS

1.(of a journey or a route) longer than the most direct way.

“The canal followed a circuitous route.”

#FRIDAY

BOISTEROUS

1.Noisy, energetic and cheerful.

“A group of boisterous lads.”

2.(Of a weather or water) wild or stormy.

“The boisterous wind was lulled.”

SANGUINE

1.Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.

“He is sanguine about prospects for the global economy.”

BOOR

1.A rough and bad-manners person.

“His boor attitude couldn’t be taken anymore by her girlfriend.”

CHURLISH

1. rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.

"it seems churlish to complain

SURLY

1.bad-tempered and unfriendly.

"the porter left with a surly expression"

#SATURDAY

BANE

1. a cause of great distress or annoyance.

"the telephone was the bane of my life"

CYNICAL

1. believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

"he was brutally cynical and hardened to every sob story under the sun"

2. concerned only with one's own interests and typically disregarding accepted standards in order to achieve them.

"a cynical manipulation of public opinion"

PAUCITY

1.the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.

"a paucity of information"

LAMBASTE

1.criticize (someone or something) harshly.

"they lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth"

FORAGE

1. (of a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions.

"the birds forage for aquatic invertebrates, insects, and seeds"