irascible [ i-ras-uh-buh l ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. very irritable; short-tempered
2. marked or produced by anger or hot temper
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The irascible Sales Manager gave a dressing down to his team for not achieving their monthly targets.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
He will forever be linked to the irascible newsroom boss he played on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its dramatic spinoff, “Lou Grant.”\
amorous [ AM-er-uh’ s ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. strongly disposed, attracted to or fond of love esp. making love
2. enamoured or being in love
3. suggestive of, indicating or expressing love
4. associated with or pertaining to love
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
She ridiculed his amorous intentions towards her.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
A group that helps hundreds of amorous toads to cross busy roads in the New Forest is appealing for volunteers.
engrave [ en-GREYV ]
[transitive verb]
MEANING:
1. to etch or carve into the surface of a material
2. to print from such an engraved surface
3. to deeply etch or impress in memory
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
He engraved his vows on a tablet made of solid gold.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Mexico has captured its man with the golden gun – or to be more precise, its man with the customized gold-plated pistol with ‘Versace’ engraved on the handle.
tonsure [ TON-sher ]
[noun,transitive verb]
MEANING:
1. (n.) the act of shaving a part of a monk’s head
2. (n.) the part of the head that has been shaved
3. (tr. v.) to shave the head
4. (tr. v.) to shave the head as part of a religious ceremony
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
One child told his parents that he wanted a punk style just like a tonsure.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
They would perform with tonsured heads and in monks’ habits.
conglomerate [ n., adj. kuh’n-GLOM-er-it, kuh’ng-; v. kuh’n-GLOM-uh’-reyt, kuh’ng- ]
[noun,adjective,intransitive verb]
MEANING:
1. (n.) a company that consists of a grouping of businesses from unrelated industries
2. (n.) something composed of heterogeneous materials or elements
3. (adj.) clustered or comprising of parts gathered into a mass
4. (adj.) having heterogeneous parts or elements
5. (tr. v.) to form into a mass
6. (intr. v.) to cause to form into a mass
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The CEO declared that their company had become a conglomerate with the successful completion of the acquisition and diversification program.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
The magazine’s publisher, El Tiempo Publishing Group, is owned by Spanish conglomerate Grupo Planeta, which owns a Colombian television station and is seeking a government license to operate a national network.
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