Enrich your vocabulary
Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010
This was posted in General Knowledge
- Bray: Loud, harsh cry, as from a donkey.
- Ambulatory: Mobile: Also pertaining to walking.
- Jib: Projecting arm of a crane. Also, triangular sail on a boat.
- Deferential: Respectful; yielding to someone else’s wishes or judgement.
- Manifestation: Evidence or indication of the nature of a person or thing.
- Snide: Insinuating, Sneering.
- Heterogeneous: Varied, consisting of unlike people or things.
- Lee: Shelter or protection. Also, the side away from the wind.
- Cartographer: Someone who makes maps.
- Orb: Globe or sphere; as, the bright orb of the street; lamp.
- Intransigent: Uncompromising; stubbornly refusing to give up an outlook or position.
- Moot: Debatable, Undecided.
- Extemporaneous: Unrehearsed; Off-hand.
