exploit [ EK-sploit, ik-SPLOIT ]
[noun,transitive verb]
MEANING:
1. (n.) a feat or heroic deed
2. (tr.v.) to utilize profitably and productively
3. (tr.v.) to unethically or unfairly utilize to one’s advantage
4. (tr.v.) to advertise or promote
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
His exploits were passed on from generation to generation in the form of stories.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
The progressive new government encouraged Japanese citizens to move to Hokkaido to exploit its natural resources.
promiscuous [ pruh’-MIS-kyoo-uh’s ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. characterized by indiscriminate mingling or involving intimate associations
2. indiscriminate or lacking selectivity
3. licentious or wanton
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
He was warned to be wary of promiscuous women at the party.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Amanda Knox “hated” her British room mate Meredith Kercher and murdered her in “an unstoppable crescendo of violence” for suggesting that she was promiscuous and slovenly, an Italian court has been told.
exempt [ ig-ZEMPT ]
[transitive verb]
MEANING:
1. to release or free from an obligation to which others are subject
2. to excuse from a duty or obligation
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
He was exempted from taking part in the sporting event because of his feeble condition.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Just about all of this information is exempt from audit or oversight.
centrifugal [ sen-TRIF-yuh’-guh’l, -uh’-guh’l ]
[noun,adjective]
MEANING:
1. (adj.) moving outward from the centre
2. (adj.) pertaining to or operated by force that moves outward from the centre
3. (n.) a perforated rotating drum for holding the materials to be separated in a centrifuge
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The machine uses centrifugal force to extract juice from the grated fruit.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Centrifugal force moves the heavier particles to the outside wall of the channel while clean water hugs the inside.
bout [ bout ]
[noun]
MEANING:
1. a match or contest of strength
2. a period or an interval of time
3. a turn or chance to do something
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
Once when he had a bout of hiccups he was advised to hold his breath until cured.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
Escalante – who was immortalized in the 1988 film “Stand and Deliver” – died this week at his son’s home in Roseville, California, after a bout with cancer.
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