Daily Word List – 5th June 2018 Meaning, Pronunciation

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parody [ PAR-uh’-dee ]
[noun,verb]
MEANING:
(n.)1. a comical imitation of some serious literary work or of the style of a writer, artist, or genre
(v.) to produce a parody of

USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
His hilarious parody of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, brought the house down.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
The news story was written as a parody of legislative and school board attacks on the teaching of evolution in New Mexico.

pellucid [ puh’-LOO-sid ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. allowing light to pass; transparent or translucent
2. easily understood

USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The pellucid waters of the Caribbean sea off the Jamaican coast make it an attractive destination for boating, diving and other water sports.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Like its sister islands, Little Cayman’s deservedly famous top attraction is the fringe of unspoiled reefs along the Cayman Trench, the deepest point in the Caribbean Sea—which, combined with truly pellucid waters, add up to some of the most spectacular diving in the world.

debonair [ deb-uh-NAIR ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. suave, sophisticated, elegant or urbane
2. genial, sprightly or jaunty

USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
He was well known because of his debonair personality.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Dashing Spaniard Javier Bardem, sporting a debonair beard, picked up best supporting actor for his portrayal of sinister hitman Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men.

exuberance [ ig-ZOO-ber-uh’ ns ]
[noun]
MEANING:
1. enthusiasm or joyfulness
2. a state of luxuriance or great abundance

USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
His exuberance was contagious.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
The Indian National Congress is the only party that combines experience and youth, wisdom and exuberance, achievement and ambition.

claustrophobia [ klaw-struh-FOH-bee-uh’ ]
[noun]
MEANING:
1. an abnormal fear of being in enclosed or narrow places

USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
He suffers from claustrophobia because of the traumatic experience he endured as a child of being locked in a cupboard by his aunt.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Children with a parent who experienced claustrophobia may become claustrophobic themselves through associating confined spaces with the adult’s anxiety, and with feeling helpless to comfort the person they loved.