mausoleum [ maw-suh’-LEE-uh’ m, -zuh’- ]
[noun]
MEANING:
1. an impressive and splendid tomb
2. a small building used to bury the remains of individuals esp. of those belonging to the same family
3. a large, gloomy room or building
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The Taj Mahal is probably the most famous mausoleum in the world.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Hadrian also set in train a vast public building programmer including the Pantheon, his villa at Tivoli and even his own mausoleum — now known as the Castel Sant’Angelo.
acumen [ uh’-KYOO-muh’n, AK-yuh’- ]
[noun]
MEANING:
accuracy, keenness, discernment or shrewdness
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
His acumen made him a superb strategist.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
It got to the point before Christmas where if you didn’t make redundancies, people would start questioning your business acumen.
propellant [ pruh’-PEL-uh’ nt ]
[noun,adjective]
MEANING:
1. (adj.) capable of projecting or propelling
2. (n.) an explosive charge that may be used to propel the projectile from a gun
3. (n.) rocket fuel to propel the rocket into space
4. (n.) an inert gas that is kept under and pressure and, later, released in order to discharge contents of its container
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
There was a problem in the propellant, which is why the plane had to make an emergency landing.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
The mission will probably be extended if sufficient xenon is left, although some propellant will be needed to take the spacecraft safely out of the sky in a controlled burn-up over ocean waters.
reprimand [ n. REP-ruh’-mand, -mahnd; v. REP-ruh’-mand, -mahnd, rep-ruh’-MAND, -MAHND ]
[noun,transitive verb]
MEANING:
1. (n.) formal and severe rebuke from an authoritative person
2. (tr.v.) to severely rebuke or reproof someone esp. authoritatively and formally
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The employee was reprimanded by the senior manager.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
The panel fined both Dann and his campaign committee $1,000 each in the security system matter, and issued him a public reprimand over the handling of his cell phone expenses.
rarefied [ RAIR-uh’-fahyd ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. elevated or extremely high
2. lofty
3. belonging or pertaining to an exclusive group
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
When dealing with the villagers, the landlord put on a rarefied attitude of royalty.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
The ministers flew in to Lukla, in the Everest region where the nearest airstrip is, a day earlier to acclimatize to the rarefied atmosphere of Kala Patthar.
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