Oxford World List

Augusto T. (Brazil)
New Words and Expressions that I Learned in Oxford 2008
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  1. acute
    ending in a sharp point
    accurate, precise
  2. appalled
    struck with dread, shock, or dismay
    shocked, horrified, outraged
  3. dejected
    affected or marked by low spirits
    unhappy, disappointed or lacking hope
  4. drained
    emptied or exhausted of
    "the lake has been completely drained"
  5. embroiled
    deeply involved especially in something complicated
    involved in conflict, entangled
  6. futile
    producing no result or effect
    producing no effect (pt. inutil)rn"It's quite futile trying to reason with him"
  7. impaired
    mentally or physically unfit
    Damagedrn"Visually impaired"
  8. ingrained
    deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
    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"
  9. lurid
    glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
    "You can read all the lurid details of the affair in today's paper"
  10. mangled
    having edges that are jagged from injury
  11. overlooked
    not taken into account
    "I completelly overlooked this document when I prepared the ckecklist"
  12. rutted
    full of ruts
    If a surface is rutted, it has deep narrow marks in it made by wheels.rn"deeply/badly rutted road"
  13. scented
    filled or impregnated with perfume
  14. soiled
    soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
    to make something dirty, especially with excrementrn"The baby has soiled itself".
  15. stiff
    incapable of or resistant to bending
    not flexible
  16. swollen
    abnormally enlarged, bloated, or expanded
    enlargedrn"After he was punched, his face became hideously swollen".
  17. unattainable
    impossible to achieve
    not achiavablern"an unattainable ideal"
  18. untenable
    incapable of being defended or justified
    undefendable, uninhabitablern"If three people in four no longer support the government, isn't this an untenable situation"
Created on Tue Sep 02 12:07:07 EDT 2008

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