Daily Word List – 4th July 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation

sate [ seyt ]
[transitive verb]
MEANING:
1. to satiate completely
2. to glut or satiate in excess
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
She kept eating till her appetite was sated.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Hollywood should offer legal alternatives to sate the appetite for movie and TV downloads.

saturnine [ SAT-er-nahyn ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. gloomy, taciturn, sardonic or sullen
2. having a temperament suggestive of one being born under the astrological influence of planet saturn
3. enduring lead poisoning or some disorder due the absorption of lead
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
His saturnine disposition does not bode well.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Gidon Saks played the three villains with saturnine charisma and Graham Clark made perfectly focused cameos of the four comic servants.

satyr [ SEY-ter, SAT-er ]
[noun]
MEANING:
1. (greek mythology) one belonging to a class of woodland deities that attended on bacchus, who was represented as part human, part horse or sometimes part human, part goat and noted for his lasciviousness
2. a male who is licentious, lecherous or lascivious esp. one who has satyriasis
3. any butterfly belonging to the family satyridae that is characterised by having brown or gray wings that are marked with eyespots
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The inclusion of satyrs in Greek mythology was to induce mayhem into the mythological stories.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
The sculpture’s title refers to Marsyas, the satyr in Greek mythology, who was flayed alive by the god Apollo.

seethe [ seeth’ ]
[noun,intransitive verb,transitive verb]
MEANING:
1. (intr.v.) to boil or foam as though boiling
2. (intr.v.) to be in an angry or agitated state
3. (tr.v.) to stew, boil or cook by boiling
4. (tr.v.) to steep or soak
5. (n.) an act or instance of seething
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
She seethed and vowed revenge.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Many still seethe over suggestions by Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s president, that state aid for French car makers should depend on a pledge to keep jobs in France.

alloy [ n. AL-oi, uh’-LOI; v. Uh’-LOI ]
[noun,transitive verb]
MEANING:
1. (n.) a mixture or two or more metals that is homogeneous in nature
2. (n.) the degree or fineness of gold or silver
3. (tr.v.) to moderate, debase or temper by mixing with something that is inferior
4. (tr.v.) to mix two or more metallic elements and make an alloy
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The alloy was incorrectly perceived to be the strongest metal.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
The nickel-tungsten alloy can be extremely bright and shiny, and even made to become harder than chrome.