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 | |
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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