12 Feb 2011 - 10 New Words from the local papers
Date: 12 Feb 2011
Main Source: The Straits Times - Prime News
Word: Concessions
Meaning : the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
Article: Mubarak steps down
Usage: In a statement, the military offered concessions to protesters who had been railing against Mr Mubarak's rule, including putting an end to the country's hated 30-year state of emergency.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/PrimeNews/Story/STIStory_634059.html
Word: Denigrate
Meaning: to deny the importance or validity of : belittle
Article: High brow? Not the arts, thank you
Usage: When asked if he is concerned about criticisms that broadening the definition of art may lead to charges that this 'dumbs down' art, committee chairman Mr Lee says: 'It's not our intention to denigrate high art.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/PrimeNews/Story/STIStory_634057.html
Word: Castigating
Meaning: to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
Article: Egypt after Mubarak: risks and opportunities
Usage: Ironically, the same Western intellectuals who only a few years ago dismissed US President George W. Bush's policy of exporting democracy and promoting 'regime change' in the Middle East as 'dangerous illusions' are now castigating Mr Obama for not doing precisely that.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/PrimeNews/Story/STIStory_634066.html
Word: Lamentable
Meaning: that is to be regretted or lamented : deplorable
Article: Egypt after Mubarak: risks and opportunities
Usage: As British philosopher Edmund Burke wrote about the French Revolution more than two centuries ago, 'very pleasing commencements have often shameful, lamentable conclusions'.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/PrimeNews/Story/STIStory_634066.html
Word: variegated
Meaning: varied
Article: MAS chief named top central bank governor for Asia-Pacific
Usage: 'This more variegated and dynamic landscape means financial markets are likely to remain volatile in the months ahead,' he said. 'We need to be prepared to manage this volatility.'
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/PrimeNews/Story/STIStory_634077.html
Main Source: The Straits Times - Singapore
Word: staunchly
Meaning: steadfast in loyalty or principle
Article: Ban phone use to save live
Usage: I WOULD staunchly support a similar ban in Singapore
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/Singapore/Story/STIStory_633924.html
Main Soure: The Straits Times - Asia
Word: Festering
Meaning: to undergo or exist in a state of progressive deterioration
Article: Microblog sparks fresh crackdown on child abduction
usage: China's government has ordered a renewed crackdown on child abductions after an online effort to reunite parents with their lost children spotlighted the festering problem.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/Asia/China/Story/STIStory_633977.html
Main Source: The Straits Times - World
Word: Dowdy
Meaning: old-fashioned
Article: Mrs Chirac changes her dowdy image
Usage: PARIS: France's former first lady Bernadette Chirac has transformed her image from a dull, dowdy and dutiful wife into a glamorous fashionista who pokes fun at her fuddy-duddy hubby and is adored by the hippest Parisians.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/World/Story/STIStory_634012.html
Word: Bouffant
Meaning: puffed out
Article: Mrs Chirac changes her dowdy image
Usage: Mr Jacques Chirac's petite wife, 77, previously best known for her bouffant hairdo and impeccable breeding, has a new following among the country's uber-hip clubbing set and has even become a fashion muse, inspiring a range of 'Bernadette' T-shirts.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/World/Story/STIStory_634012.html
Word: Impeccable
Meaing: free from fault or blame : flawless
Article: Mrs Chirac changes her dowdy image
Usage: Mr Jacques Chirac's petite wife, 77, previously best known for her bouffant hairdo and impeccable breeding, has a new following among the country's uber-hip clubbing set and has even become a fashion muse, inspiring a range of 'Bernadette' T-shirts.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/World/Story/STIStory_634012.html
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Credits for dictionary meaning:
www.merriam-webster.com
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Hm.. another 10 words... but i think this ten is better than last ten
Main Source: The Straits Times - Prime News
Word: Concessions
Meaning : the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
Article: Mubarak steps down
Usage: In a statement, the military offered concessions to protesters who had been railing against Mr Mubarak's rule, including putting an end to the country's hated 30-year state of emergency.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/PrimeNews/Story/STIStory_634059.html
Word: Denigrate
Meaning: to deny the importance or validity of : belittle
Article: High brow? Not the arts, thank you
Usage: When asked if he is concerned about criticisms that broadening the definition of art may lead to charges that this 'dumbs down' art, committee chairman Mr Lee says: 'It's not our intention to denigrate high art.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/PrimeNews/Story/STIStory_634057.html
Word: Castigating
Meaning: to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
Article: Egypt after Mubarak: risks and opportunities
Usage: Ironically, the same Western intellectuals who only a few years ago dismissed US President George W. Bush's policy of exporting democracy and promoting 'regime change' in the Middle East as 'dangerous illusions' are now castigating Mr Obama for not doing precisely that.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/PrimeNews/Story/STIStory_634066.html
Word: Lamentable
Meaning: that is to be regretted or lamented : deplorable
Article: Egypt after Mubarak: risks and opportunities
Usage: As British philosopher Edmund Burke wrote about the French Revolution more than two centuries ago, 'very pleasing commencements have often shameful, lamentable conclusions'.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/PrimeNews/Story/STIStory_634066.html
Word: variegated
Meaning: varied
Article: MAS chief named top central bank governor for Asia-Pacific
Usage: 'This more variegated and dynamic landscape means financial markets are likely to remain volatile in the months ahead,' he said. 'We need to be prepared to manage this volatility.'
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/PrimeNews/Story/STIStory_634077.html
Main Source: The Straits Times - Singapore
Word: staunchly
Meaning: steadfast in loyalty or principle
Article: Ban phone use to save live
Usage: I WOULD staunchly support a similar ban in Singapore
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/Singapore/Story/STIStory_633924.html
Main Soure: The Straits Times - Asia
Word: Festering
Meaning: to undergo or exist in a state of progressive deterioration
Article: Microblog sparks fresh crackdown on child abduction
usage: China's government has ordered a renewed crackdown on child abductions after an online effort to reunite parents with their lost children spotlighted the festering problem.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/Asia/China/Story/STIStory_633977.html
Main Source: The Straits Times - World
Word: Dowdy
Meaning: old-fashioned
Article: Mrs Chirac changes her dowdy image
Usage: PARIS: France's former first lady Bernadette Chirac has transformed her image from a dull, dowdy and dutiful wife into a glamorous fashionista who pokes fun at her fuddy-duddy hubby and is adored by the hippest Parisians.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/World/Story/STIStory_634012.html
Word: Bouffant
Meaning: puffed out
Article: Mrs Chirac changes her dowdy image
Usage: Mr Jacques Chirac's petite wife, 77, previously best known for her bouffant hairdo and impeccable breeding, has a new following among the country's uber-hip clubbing set and has even become a fashion muse, inspiring a range of 'Bernadette' T-shirts.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/World/Story/STIStory_634012.html
Word: Impeccable
Meaing: free from fault or blame : flawless
Article: Mrs Chirac changes her dowdy image
Usage: Mr Jacques Chirac's petite wife, 77, previously best known for her bouffant hairdo and impeccable breeding, has a new following among the country's uber-hip clubbing set and has even become a fashion muse, inspiring a range of 'Bernadette' T-shirts.
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/World/Story/STIStory_634012.html
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Credits for dictionary meaning:
www.merriam-webster.com
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Hm.. another 10 words... but i think this ten is better than last ten