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'Malarkey'
'Malarkey' means "insincere or foolish talk; bunkum." Though there are a number of theories as to the word's origins, no one is positive where it comes from. |
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Hypocrisy'
The word can be traced back to the Greek hypokrisis , which is defined as “the act of playing a part on the stage"; the word took on an extended meaning to refer to the act of wearing a figurative mask and pretending to be someone or something that one was not. |
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Unfettered
Unfettered means “not controlled or restricted” and is a synonym of free and
unrestrained. It comes from fetter, which means “a chain or shackle for the feet” and also has the figurative meaning of “restraint,” or something that confines. |
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'Apoplectic'
Apoplectic, which comes from a Greek verb meaning “to cripple by a stroke,” initially had a medical meaning: “of, relating to, or causing apoplexy or stroke.” |
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Solipsism'
The word may be used as a philosophical term, with the definition of “a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing.” However, when the word is not being used by philosophers it typically means “extreme egocentrism ”, which appears to be the sense intended by Krauthammer. |
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Repechage ,
which means "a trial heat (as in rowing) in which first-round losers are given another chance to qualify for the semifinals," is taken directly from the French repêchage (“second chance, reexamination for a candidate who has failed”). The French word comes from repêcher , which may be defined as “to fish out, rescue.” |
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Impeach
The word means "to charge a public official with a crime done while in office."
other meanings - the act of hindering or impeding someone, and the act of challenging or disparaging someone ("he has impeached my honor"). |
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Temblor
a synonym of earthquake.
"Temblor" is more frequently used in journalistic writing than in everyday English.
Because of the similarity to tremor and
trembler, temblor is sometimes mistaken for a typo, which is perhaps why it is looked up in such volume whenever a large earthquake makes the news. The word comes from the Spanish word for "trembling." |
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Chengkonam
Mulut jahat, batu api, busuk hati
Merupakan bahasa yg digunakan sahabat saya dari negeri sembilan yg menggambarkan seseorang yg suka jadi batu api.
Contoh : perangai kau memang chengkonam. Sesuka hati buat cerita pasal bini aku |
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Coachella
Coachella (pronounced koe-CHEL-uh) is the name of a city as well as a valley in southern California.
Coachella comes from an American Indian word for "dumb white guy," that assertion was, unsurprisingly, a lie. Coachella comes from a misspelling of the valley's old name,
Conchilla, from a Spanish word meaning "little shell" that referenced the fossil shells found in the area. |
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Implacable
Implacable means “opposed to someone or something in a very angry or determined way that cannot be changed.”
Implacable comes to English from the French word of the same spelling; the French took it from the Latin
implacabilis ("unappeasable, irreconcilable"). It shares its roots with
placate , and has been in our language since the 15th century. |
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Edited by cheergirlz at 19-5-2017 10:10 PM
Equivocate
Equivocate means “to use unclear language especially to deceive or mislead someone.”
The word comes from the Late Latin word |
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Affluenza
'Affluenza' refers to “the unhealthy and unwelcome psychological and social effects of affluence regarded especially as a widespread societal problem.” The word, which is found in our Unabridged dictionary, has been in use since at least 1918. |
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Tome
Tome means “a large or scholarly book,” but it originally meant “a volume forming part of a larger work” (book can also be used in a similar way, as in “the books of the New Testament”). Today the word usually implies “a very large, thick book.” |
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role model - suri teladan
selalu 'role model' diterjemahkan jadi 'contoh' ataupun pinjam balik dalam bi... tapi lecturer saya kata 'suri teladan' ialah terjemahan bahasa melayu untuk 'role model'
banyak lagi dia bagi tau, tapi lepas grad terus lupa |
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Encrypt
'Encryption' comes from the Greek verb meaning "to hide." |
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Rotten Borough
Definition: an election district that has many fewer inhabitants than other election districts with the same voting power |
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Gullible
'Gullible' can be traced back to 'gull', a 16th-century word which described either a gullible person (as a noun) or the act of deceiving someone (as a verb). |
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