Monday, 1 August 2011

Word Bank

Ambergris - A grease-like product of the sperm whale’s digestive tract that is used as a base in the finest perfumes.


Amuse Bouche - A small bite-sized hors d’oeuvre offered free of charge and served to excite the taste buds.

Apparatus - A systematic organisation of activities, functions and processes that are directed towards a specific goal.

Baku - The capital of Azerbaijan.


Bliss - A state of profound satisfaction, happiness and joy - a constant state of mind, undisturbed by gain or loss.


Deferential - Polite, respectful.


Flagship - In retail terms, this refers to the largest or most well known store - the store that sells the highest volume of merchandise.


Ham-fisted - Clumsy or lacking dexterity.


Hegemony - Political, economical, ideological or cultural power exerted by a dominant group over other groups.
Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet - Nonsense phrase used as filler text in Microsoft Word online Help.


Matriculate - To enroll as a member of a body, such as a college or university.

Myriad - Classical Greek word for the number 10,000.

Nincompoop - Someone not of sound mind.

Pythagoras' theorem - In any right-angled triangle, the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the opposite to sides - (a2 + b2 = c2).

Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus (Platypus) - An Australian mammal with a tail just like a beaver; fur just like a bear; feet just like an otter; gives milk like any cow and lays eggs like any bird.

Rosin - A substance made with pine sap used by violinists on their bow hair so it can grip the strings and make them speak.


Rotund - Round in body shape: portly, plump or podgy.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - An English word that was used in the musical film Mary Poppins. According to the film, it is defined as "something to say when you have nothing to say".




* Definitions have been derived from dictionaries and the internet *

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