Vocabulary lesson 16

may_coolz (Thailand)
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  1. chic
    elegant and stylish
    My new shirt is very chic.
  2. debonair
    having a sophisticated charm
    Having not done his laundry more than a week, the boys clothes were disheveled.
    His manners and charm made him quite debonair.
  3. disheveled
    in disarray; extremely disorderly
    The decoration in the room seem drab compared to the hallway which had been repainted.
    Her dowdy was inappropriate for the dinner and dance event.
  4. dowdy
    lacking in stylishness or taste
    The coach came to the game with the ostentatious suit.
    It is important to have the correct garb when you go to work.
  5. drab
    a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
    The combination of colors and it's strange shape made the building unsightly
    His suit was rumpled because it had not been ironed.
  6. garb
    clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
    The synthetic veneer helped protect the car's paint job.
  7. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  8. rumple
    disturb the smoothness of
  9. unsightly
    unpleasant to look at
  10. veneer
    coating consisting of a thin layer of wood
Created on Wed Feb 27 07:40:37 EST 2013 (updated Wed Mar 06 01:56:25 EST 2013)

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