Word of the day

2021-04-08 08:02:36 Hoosegow \ˈhüs-ˌgau̇\
noun

(jail) a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

Ex: While in the hoosegow, he earned a college degree and decided that he always wanted to be a writer.
They talked about old friends, old enemies, who's alive, who's dead, and who's in the hoosegow.

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2021-04-07 08:12:12 Pertain /pərˈteɪn/
pertain to something
verb

to relate to or have a connection with something

Ex: The questions will then pertain to that picture and the answers will be listed in bold under the questions.


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2021-04-06 07:56:04 Toady /ˈtəʊ.di/
noun [ C ] disapproving

(laganbardor) a person who praises and is artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them

Ex: How could his own condition be made better when, in order to gain status and power, he would have to toady to the king?


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2021-04-05 07:47:05 Impunity /ɪmˈpjuː.nə.ti/
noun [ U ]

freedom from punishment or from the unpleasant results of something that has been done

Ex: The security forces seem to be able to abuse human rights with impunity.
Criminal gangs are terrorizing the city with apparent impunity.


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2021-04-03 10:39:33 Wigged out /ˌwɪɡd ˈaʊt/
adjective mainly US informal

1. mentally or emotionally discomposed : upset, crazy
2. nervous or frightened, often in a way that is not reasonable:

Ex: Somehow I would have expected her to be more wigged out about seeing him.


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2021-04-03 09:00:49 Turbid /ˈtɝː.bɪd/
adjective formal

(loyqa) (of a liquid) not transparent because a lot of small pieces of matter are held in it


Ex: Several different species of fish inhabit these turbid shallow waters.
The speed of the water flowing over the dam becomes obvious only when one observes the turbid water roiling below.


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2021-04-03 08:56:00 Amok /əˈmɒk/
run amok
adverb (also amuck)

to be out of control and act in a wild or dangerous manner

Ex: The soldiers ran amok after one of their senior officers was killed.
They let those kids run amok all over the house.


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2021-04-03 08:47:57 Belie /bɪˈlaɪ/
verb [ T ]

(yolg'on tasurot bermoq) to represent something falsely or to hide something

Ex: His gruff manner belied a gentle personality.
Her youthful appearance belies her age.



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2021-04-02 12:11:25 Quisling /ˈkwɪz.lɪŋ/
noun [ C ]

(sotqin, xiyonatkor) someone who secretly helps an enemy or opponent.

Ex: From Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian politician who helped the Nazis to take control of Norway during the Second World War.

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