Daily Word List – 3rd April 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation

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expedite [ Ek-spi-dahyt ]

[ verb ]
MEANING :
1. to speed up or hasten the progress of
2. to accomplish or execute promptly
3. to issue or dispatch, say, an official letter

burnish [ BUR-nish ]

[ noun, transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. (tr.v.) to burnish or make shiny by rubbing
2. (n.) polish, gloss or shine

writhe [ rahyth- ]

[ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. (intr.v.) to twist, squirm or contort violently as though in pain
2. (intr.v.) to mentally shrink as if in acute discomfort
3. (tr.v.) to contort, twist or distort as though in pain
4. (n.) a contortion or twisting motion

superfluous [ soo’-PUR-floo-uh‘s ]

[ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. being excessive and not required
2. redundant

levy [ LEV-ee ]

[ noun, intransitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. (n.) the act or process of imposing a tax
2. (tr. v.) to collect or impose
3. (intr. v.) to confiscate or seize