Thursday, August 20, 2009

Select Meaning by Word - I


1. conjugation

  • n. A small cavern.
  • n. The egg of a louse or some other insect.
  • n. The state or condition of being joined together.
  • adj. Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head.

2. recover

  • v. To regain.
  • v. To unite.
  • n. A disturbance or violent agitation.
  • adj. Harsh.

3. pique

  • adj. Created or formed by the imagination.
  • v. To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations.
  • n. Sudden invasion.
  • v. To excite a slight degree of anger in.

4. sapid

  • adj. That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably.
  • adj. Affecting the sense of taste.
  • n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
  • v. To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body.

5. granulate

  • n. A name wrongly or mistakenly applied.
  • adj. Characteristic of dwelling in the country.
  • v. To form into grains or small particles.
  • adj. Characteristic of an erudite person.

6. voracious

  • n. A prophet.
  • n. A coming between.
  • n. Holiness.
  • adj. Eating with greediness or in very large quantities.

7. specialize

  • v. To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course.
  • v. To overwhelm with a flood of water.
  • v. To protect.
  • v. To drive out or away.

8. excretion

  • adj. Capable of being thrust out.
  • n. A sorcerer.
  • adj. Measureless.
  • n. The getting rid of waste matter.

9. plutocracy

  • n. Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case.
  • n. A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money.
  • adj. At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion.
  • n. The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.

10. wantonness

  • n. The feudal system.
  • adj. Farthest from the front.
  • n. An artificial trance-sleep.
  • n. Recklessness.

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