VOCABULARY OF THE DAY - 06-02-2017

1). Dampen

Meaning: Humidify, moisten, wet

Definition: Make slightly wet.

Usage: The fine rain dampened her face.

2). Vest

Meaning: invest in, grant to, give to

Definition: confer or bestow (power, authority, property, etc.) on someone.

Usage: Executive power is vested in the President

3). Illicit

Meaning: illegal, unlawful, banned

Definition: forbidden by law, rules, or custom.

Usage: Police were searching for the illicit drugs in the room.

4). glimpse

Meaning: brief look, glance

Definition: a momentary or partial view.

Usage: She caught a glimpse of the ocean

5). Delineation

Meaning: Presentation, description

Definition: the action of describing or portraying something precisely.

Usage: The artist's exquisite delineation of costume and jewellery

6). Intermittent

Meaning: broken, irregular, discontinuous

Definition: occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.

Usage: They heard intermittent bursts of gunfire

7). Transgression

Meaning: offence, crime, sin, wrong

Definition: an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence.

Usage: They were granted full amnesty for their transgressions .

8). Sovereignty

Meaning: Power, dominion, supermacy

Definition: Supreme power or authority.

Usage: Full West German sovereignty was achieved in 1955.

9). Blatant

Meaning: flagrant, glaring, obvious

Definition: (of bad behaviour) done openly and unashamedly.

Usage: She forced herself to resist his blatant charm

10). Periphery

Meaning: edge, margin, boundary

Definition: the outer limits or edge of an area or object.

Usage: New buildings on the periphery of the hospital site.