Wednesday, October 22, 2008

CAT Wordlist

imperturbable [ adjective ]
MEANING :
composed, calm or impassive
USAGE :
Nor have the wild gyrations of Amazon’s share price over the past year caused its founder and chief executive to lose sleep. Mr Bezos manages to be simultaneously both bouncy and imperturbable.
The Economist, Amazon’s delta, Nov 18th 1999
pedagogue [ noun ]
MEANING :
a strict or formal educator or teacher
USAGE :
All claim of having teaching staff with high pedagogue skills.
The Times of India, Educational opportunities open up, Swati Khanwalkar,TNN, 28 Nov 2003
nether [ adjective ]
MEANING :
1. lower, below or under
2. positioned below or under the surface of the earth
3. infernal
USAGE :
This nether world runs just below the surface of the world of bedecked and manipulative brides, and is defined by superstition, black magic, occult, witchcraft, planchette, rebirth and evil spirits.
The Times of Inda, Dark deeds of another worls invades TV, Piali Banerjee, Nov 30, 2003
malcontent [ noun, adjective ]
MEANING :
1. (n.) a disgruntled or displeased person
2. (adj.) disgruntled, displeased or dissatisfied
USAGE :
That bothers Rich "Downtown" Brown, a wiry chain-smoking malcontent.
National Geographic, ZipUSA: 33856, By Melba Newsome
innocuous [ adjective ]
MEANING :
1. not harmful or injurious
2. inoffensive, insipid, uninspiring or not stimulating
USAGE :
By using an innocuous virus derived from HIV, scientists at the California Institute of Technology have developed a new way of giving animals genes from other organisms to produce specific traits.
National Geographic, Fluorescent Mice Herald Gene-Transfer Breakthrough, D.L. Parsell, January 11, 2002

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