ingrate [ IN-greyt ]
[noun]
MEANING: a thankless, ungrateful person.
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
His behaviour was likened to that of an ingrate.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
And should some commoner dare to disrespect him—fail to obey an order or bump into his sword—the samurai has the right (rarely invoked) to kill the ingrate on the spot.
pandemic [ pan-DEM-ik ]
[noun,adjective]
MEANING:
- (adj.) widespread; occurring over or affecting a very large area
- (n.) a widespread disease or epidemic.
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The pandemic nature of the flu is causing people to panic.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
But if the virus mutates and a pandemic occurs, one-third of the U.S. population could become infected and two million people may die, the plan estimates.
embryonic [ em-bree-ON-ik ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
- pertaining to, or like an embryo
- undeveloped, incipient or rudimentary
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
Embryonic stem cell research is banned in many countries.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Tests on the reprogrammed cell lines showed that they behaved exactly like embryonic stem cells.
expletive [ ek-spli-tiv ]
[noun,adjective]
MEANING:
- (n.) a profane or exclamatory oath
- (n.) a word or phrase that is used to fill out or balance a sentence without adding any meaning to it
- (adj.) used or added to fill or balance out a sentence
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
Expletives are frowned upon in a politically correct world.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Reformed Hollywood badboy Mickey Rourke provided the only mild controversy of the night with a few expletives in his acceptance speech for the Best Actor award.
unilateral [ yoo-nuh’-LAT-er-uh’ l ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
relating to or involving only one side
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The threat to impose unilateral economic sanctions is pressure tactics used to coerce cooperation from unfriendly countries.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Speaking at the G8, the prime minister made clear the government’s position on maintaining Trident had not changed and he ruled out any unilateral cuts in either submarines or Britain’s 160 warheads.
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