1.quaff[kwof,kwaf,kwawf]
[noun,intransitive verb,transitive verb]
MEANING:
MEANING:
(tr.v.) to drink heartily and in large amounts
(intr. v.) to drink hurriedly or heartily
(n.) a copious draught
(intr. v.) to drink hurriedly or heartily
(n.) a copious draught
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
We spent the entire evening quaffing wine.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Visit the “anchors” of Atlanta’s latest downtown revitalization: the state-of-the-art Georgia Aquarium and the World of Coca-Cola, where visitors and locals alike quaff the city’s trademark beverage like fine wine.
2.alibi[AL-uh’-bahy]
[noun]
MEANING:
MEANING:
1. a form of defence where a person attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed
2. explanation given to avoid blame or justify an action; an excuse.
2. explanation given to avoid blame or justify an action; an excuse.
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
An alibi is often of essence while proving one’s innocence.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
A lawyer who provided a ‘serious criminal’ with a false alibi for his High Court trial has been jailed for five years.
3.extralegal[ek-struh’LEE-guh’l]
[adjective]
MEANING:
MEANING:
beyond the authority of or not governed by law
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The authorities could not catch the smuggler because he escaped to an extralegal region.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Top speed for a car is often used as a proxy for how stable and capable a vehicle is. A car that is built to withstand the stresses of high, extra-legal speeds generally has better acceleration, handling and braking, making it more maneuverable and safer at legal speed limits.
4.dint[dint]
[noun,transitive verb]
MEANING:
MEANING:
1. (n.) force or strength
2. (n.) a dent
3. (tr. v.) to force in
4. (tr. v.) to put a dent in
2. (n.) a dent
3. (tr. v.) to force in
4. (tr. v.) to put a dent in
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
Their team won the match by dint of a strategic offense.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
He is not qualified to be an ayatollah, or top-ranking Islamic scholar, she said, saying he had picked up the title by dint of succeeding Khomeini as supreme leader, “like an honorary doctorate.”
5.bizarre[bih-ZAHR]
[adjective]
MEANING:
MEANING:
1. far-fetched or strikingly unconventional
2. odd, weird, eccentric or outrageously strange
3. having a markedly unusual general character
2. odd, weird, eccentric or outrageously strange
3. having a markedly unusual general character
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
He won the story telling competition as his tale was the most bizarre.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
The ad, featuring gentle music and soft lighting, is a shift from a series of bizarre Web videos featuring farm animals that her campaign released earlier this year.
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