Daily Wordlist

impregnable [ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	1. unassailable, invincible or unconquerable 2. capable of being impregnated
	USAGE :
	A weekend poll giving the Conservatives a 7% lead over Labour and their best showing since before Black Wednesday merely illustrates what we already knew: that the floating voters of the English marginals want to be reassured that their expensive homes are as impregnable against the tax collector as any castle. The Herald, Simple steps to regain trust
insurrection [ noun ]
	MEANING :
	a rebellion, uprising or revolt against authority
	USAGE :
	The imprisoned East Timorese leader Xanana Gusmao has called for a popular insurrection against Indonesia. BBC, World: Asia-Pacific Timorese leader calls for 'rebellion', April 5, 1999
mawkish [ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	1. sentimental, emotional or mushy 2. Having an insipid or nauseating taste
	USAGE :
	"Friendship is like a China cup, precious rich and rare, once broken can be mended, but the crack is always there" goes a piece of maudlin prose that has found its way into many autograph books. Mawkish, but no less true for that. THE TIMES OF INDIA, Circle of friends, 26 Aug 2007
obsequy [ noun ]
	MEANING :
	a funeral or ceremony after one passes away
	USAGE :
	When Powell died, in March of last year, at the age of ninety-four, the New York Times Book Review devoted a "Bookend" column to the obsequy, written by Ferdinand Mount, the editor of the Times Literary Supplement and Powell's nephew by marriage. The Atlantic, An Omnivorous Curiosity, by Christopher Hitchens
perdition [ noun ]
	MEANING :
	1. destruction, damnation or ruin 2. Hell
	USAGE :
	In it, he saw a train carrying innumerable people to perdition, and its meaning was unveiled to him as representing the Nazis," it says. abc News, Catholic Church Beatifies WWII Objector, Catholic Church Beatifies WWII Objector, October 26, 2007