The list is presented in a table with four columns: the Word, the Meaning (in English), the Form and an Example of Use (to see the word in context).
This first part includes the first 11 words from the list.
Word | Meaning | Form | Example of use |
---|---|---|---|
Behest | An urgent request | Noun | GM Chief to Resign at White House's Behest. |
Bunkum | Empty, nonsense talk | Noun | The bunkum of Body Mass Index. |
Contumely | Scornful or insulting treatment | Noun | Following years of police harassment and public contumely, he was arrested and charged with high treason and espionage. |
To forgo | To give up | Verb | New Zealand Cricket has persuaded its six Indian Premier League players to agree contracts with the board and forgo "significant sums of money". |
To Forego | Do without | Verb | Flu fear forces groom to forego nicety. |
Grisly | Inspiring repugnance, gruesome | Adjective | The grisly murder was committed here. |
Gristly | Composed of or containing gristle | Adjective | My son has a sore gristly lump behind his nipple. |
Grizzly | A grizzly bear | Noun | The grizzly bear is a subspecies of brown bear. |
To go haywire | Crazy, mad | Adjective | This period is just haywire time. |
Hubris | Arrogance | Noun | There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris. |
Jejune | Not interesting / Childish | Adjective | He was very surprised by their jejune responses to our problems. |
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