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Post Humongous / Humungous

hu·mon·gous adjective

Meaning: Very Big or Extremely Large

SYNONYM: Enormous, Huge, Immense

Sentences :
The problems facing the President are Humongous.
KFC restaurant serves HUMUNGOUS burgers.
This minor glitch has turned into a HUMUNGOUS problem for the airline.


Note : Both the Spellings are Okey. HUMUNGOUS (BRITISH) and HUMONGOUS (USA)
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interdigitate

Pronunciation:

\in-ter-DIJ-uh-tayt\

POS:
verb

Meanings:
: to become interlocked like the fingers of folded hands

Example sentence:


"The edges [of bridge expansion joints] often are shaped like combs, the teeth of one interdigitating with teeth of the other." (The Washington Post, January 14, 1998)
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i really appreciate ur work and effort in this thread....but one thing i want to say u can say its my request to u that plz try to tell meaning and sentences in simple words.....forgive me if u mind it..but really i feel difficulty to understand immediately the meaning of the WORD....
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elicit

Pronunciation:

\ih-LISS-it\

POS:
verb

Meanings:
1 : to draw forth or bring/fetch out (something latent or potential)

2 : to call forth or draw/fetch out (as information or a response)

Example sentence:


The announcement of the total amount of money that the charity walk raised for the children’s hospital elicited many cheers from the crowd.
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vulnerary

Pronunciation:

\VUL-nuh-rair-ee\

POS:
adjective

Meanings:

used for (or useful) in healing wounds

Example sentence:


Aloe vera is a vulnerary plant whose extract is widely used to soothe and heal burns.
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sculpt

Definition: (verb) Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it.

Synonyms: grave

Usage: She planned to sculpt the block of marble into an image of her husband.
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battue

Definition: (noun) Indiscriminate slaughter.

Synonyms: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed


Usage:This lonely spot, once used for an extempore burying-place, after a sanguinary battue between the French and Austrians, is the perfection of desolation.
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curative

Definition: (adjective) Tending to cure or restore to health.


Synonyms: alterative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic.


Usage: Some question the curative powers of herbal remedies.
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(1)abyssopelagic (ah-BIS-so-pah-lah-jik) — of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean.

(2)Abstemious;moderate: not indulging in or characterized by excessive eating or drinking


in context: abstemious -- Example 1.
I have now been thirty years in the public service, and have fulfilled my duties irreproachably, remained abstemious, and never been detected in any unbecoming behaviour.

in context: abstemious -- Example 2.
You know me: I am busy from morning till night and abstemious, so of course I am well.

(3)Altruistic;1 : unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others
2 : behavior by an animal that is not beneficial to or may be harmful to itself but that benefits others of its species



in context: altruistic -- Example 1.
However, it is well to remember that nature is neither good nor bad, neither altruistic nor egoistic, and that it operates through the human psyche as well as through crystals and plants and animals with the same inexorable laws.

(4)Assiduous;very careful: showing persistent and hard-working effort in doing something


in context: assiduous -- Example 1.
Before the cold season should appear the most assiduous care was given to the cultivation of the wild plants which had been transplanted from the forest to Prospect Heights.

in context: assiduous -- Example 2.
He scarcely ever spoke to her, and the assiduous attentions which he had been so sensible of himself were transferred for the rest of the day to Miss Lucas, whose civility in listening to him was a seasonable relief to them all, and especially to her friend.


(5)Accentuate;

ac·cen·tu·ate [ak sénchoo àyt]
(past and past participle ac·cen·tu·at·ed, present participle ac·cen·tu·at·ing, 3rd person present singular ac·cen·tu·ates)
transitive verb
1. draw attention to something: to make a feature of something more noticeable
2. stress something: to emphasize a syllable, word, or phrase when saying it


in context: accentuate -- Example 1.
He was a man of purpose, a fine talker, who underlined his smiles and accentuated his gestures.

in context: accentuate -- Example 2.
The fact is that we had absolutely incompatible dispositions and habits of thought and action, and our danger and isolation only accentuated the incompatibility.
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tatterdemalion

Pronunciation:

\tatt-er-dih-MAIL-yun \

POS:
adjective

Meanings:

1 : ragged or disreputable in appearance

*2 : being in a decayed state or condition : dilapidated


Example sentence:
"What he wants to do is to get the tatterdemalion main building into shape so that it can be used as a retreat for priests and laymen, perhaps with profitable results." (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post, August 15, 2007)

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