Make it Quick! Quick! Quick! – The Hindu (July 11, 2016)
We live today in a world of fast food, express delivery, time-bound programmes, and so on. We always want to be ready to go, and hit the road running. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Today’s Word List:
- Gratification (noun) – satisfaction, fulfilment; pleasure, relish.
- Hanker after (verb) – yearn, desire, wish, have a longing.
- Hit the ground running (idiom) – do something at great speed.
- Interpretation (noun) – explanation, meaning, definition.
- Haste (noun) – hurry, rapidity, quickness, swiftness.
- In quick succession (phrase) – one after another without enough interval.
- Impatient (adjective) – irritated, annoyed, angry; intolerant, short-tempered.
- Cranky (adjective) – bad-tempered, irritable; disagreeable.
- Pronounced (adjective) – noticeable, distinct, recognizable, prominent.
- Resemble (verb) – look like, be similar to, seem like.
- Satiate (verb) – sate, fully satisfy, quench (a desire)
- Munch (verb) – chew, masticate, champ, (eat enthusiastically & noisily).
- Gobble (verb) – eat something hurriedly, guzzle, gulp.
- Dwell on (phrasal verb) – linger over, mull over, think about; elaborate on.
- Syntax (noun) – creating a sentence by the proper arrangement of words and phrases.
- Stem from (phrasal verb) – originate from, arise from, come from.
- Sweeping (adjective) – broad, extensive, expansive; wide-ranging.
- Crawl (verb) – creep, go on all fours, move on hands and knees
- Batter (noun) – A semi-liquid mixture of (rice & urad dal) flour.
- Ferment (verb) – undergo fermentation.
- Set aside (phrasal verb) – put down, abandon, discard, drop.
Note:
- Click each one of the words above for their definition, more synonyms, pronunciation, example sentences, phrases, derivatives, origin and etc from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ .
- Definitions (elementary level) & Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.
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