Saturday, February 24, 2007

words

Trifling (adj): Trivial; unimportant.

Do not go to the doctor for such a trifling, everyday cold.

Trepidation (n): Fear; a nervous apprehension.

As I entered the examination hall, I felt some trepidation about how I would the exam.

Unimpeachable (adj): Blameless and examplary.

His unimpeachable previous record earned him a high post at the governments’ office.

Ursine (adj): Bearlike; pertaining to be a bear.

The child had dressed up in an ursine fashion for the stage play.

Vainglorious (adj): Boastful; excessively conceited.

She was a vainglorious and an arrogant person.

Vapid (adj): Dull and unimaginative.

He was forced to sit through the vapid lecture of the professor.

Whit (n): Smallest speck.

There isn’t a whit of intelligence left in him.

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