Daily Word List – 3rd July 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation

yen [ yen ]
[noun,transitive verb]
MEANING:
1. (n.) yearning, desire or craving
2. (n.) the currency of Japan
3. (tr.v.) to yearn for or desire something
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
Her yen for better things in life became an obsession.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
A yen for uplift isn’t just a sentimental reflex.

adulteration [ uh’-duhl-tuh’-REY-shuh’n ]
[noun]
MEANING:
1. the process of making something impure by adding something inferior or extraneous or spurious to it
2. one that is impure or adulterated
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
Adulteration of food products is a punishable offence.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
The U.S. attorney’s office announced Robert Ray Courtney, 48, of Kansas City, and the pharmacy he owns, Research Medical Tower Pharmacy, were each charged with eight counts of tampering with consumer products, six counts of adulteration of a drug and six counts of misbranding of a drug.

ambrosial [ am-BROH-zhuh’ l ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. divine or fit for worthy of the Gods
2. extremely pleasant, delicious or fragrant
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The critics praised the ambrosial food.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Go and plunge yourself into the calm sea of spiritual solitude, and wash your soul in the nectar of ambrosial meditation.

apostate [ uh’-POS-teyt, -tit ]
[noun,adjective]
MEANING:
1. (n.) one who has forsaken or abandoned one’s religion, faith, party or cause
2. (adj.) pertaining to or characterised by apostasy
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
He was termed an apostate, for having forsaken his religion and his family in order to remarry.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
The attacks began Saturday after a prominent Egyptian media commentator denounced a Baha’i activist in a television appearance as an “apostate” and called for her to be killed.

apt [ apt ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. prone, likely or inclined
2. appropriate, suitable or fitting
3. intelligent or quick to understand, apprehend or learn
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
It is an apt conclusion to the crisis.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
The Wat Pa Laung Ta Bua Yannasampanno Forest Monastary, also known by the apt nickname Tiger Temple, in Kanchanburi, Thailand, is home to 34 tigers.