WORD LISTS

Oxford World List

Tue Sep 02 12:07:07 EDT 2008
By Augusto T. (Rio de Janeiro Brazil)
New Words and Expressions that I Learned in Oxford 2008
acute
accurate, precise
appalled
shocked, horrified, outraged
dejected
unhappy, disappointed or lacking hope
drained
"the lake has been completely drained"
embroiled
involved in conflict, entangled
futile
producing no effect (pt. inutil)rn"It's quite futile trying to reason with him"
impaired
Damagedrn"Visually impaired"
ingrained
1. firmly fixed; "The oil had become ingrained in his skin"rn2. (of beliefs) so firmly held that they are not likely to changern"Such ingrained prejudices cannot be corrected easily"
lurid
"You can read all the lurid details of the affair in today's paper"
mangled
overlooked
"I completelly overlooked this document when I prepared the ckecklist"
rutted
If a surface is rutted, it has deep narrow marks in it made by wheels.rn"deeply/badly rutted road"
scented
soiled
to make something dirty, especially with excrementrn"The baby has soiled itself".
stiff
not flexible
swollen
enlargedrn"After he was punched, his face became hideously swollen".
unattainable
not achiavablern"an unattainable ideal"
untenable
undefendable, uninhabitablern"If three people in four no longer support the government, isn't this an untenable situation"

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