supercilious [ soo-per-SIL-ee-uh’s ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
haughty, arrogant or disdainfully contemptuous
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
Her supercilious attitude lost her many friends.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
I shudder to watch interviewers who think it clever to be snide, supercilious, or downright offensive.
integument [ in-TEG-yuh’-muh’ nt ]
[noun]
MEANING:
- a covering or outer enveloping layer like skin, rind or shell
- an enclosure or coating
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
It is protected by a leather-like integument which is artificially made.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
We already knew that some dinosaurs had this kind of feathered integument, Clark said, “but this [latest fossil] is giving us a much better picture of what it was like.”
woo [ woo ]
[intransitive verb, transitive verb]
MEANING:
- (tr.v.) to seek love or affection esp. with the intention of marriage
- (tr.v.) to solicit, urge or entreat
- (tr.v.) to seek or try to get
- (intr.v.) to court a woman
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The poor peasant boy wooed the rich merchant’s daughter.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Libyan celebrations of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s four decades in power saw the strongman lash out at Western governments he has wooed for six years.
induct [ in-DUHKT ]
[transitive verb]
MEANING:
- to install formally or ceremoniously in office
- to bring in as a new member
- to draft or force into military service
- to initiate or introduce to a new procedure.
haggle [ HAG-uh’l ]
[noun,intransitive verb, transitive verb]
MEANING:
- (tr. v.) to come to terms by petty bargaining
- (tr. v.) to hack or cut in crude fashion
- (intr. v.) to wrangle
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
She would always haggle with the vegetable vendors over the price of the vegetables before buying anything.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
By doing your research using a shop bot such as Kelkoo.co.uk, which shows you the cheapest prices on many items, you can haggle on the high street.
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