Saturday 19 November 2016

Vocabulary Enrichment

Ambivalent
Meaning : unable to decide
Example : Some loved her, some hated her, and I am ambivalent about her.

Anomalous
Meaning : odd, not fitting the pattern
Example : Your sentences are grammatically anomalous 

Cryptic
Meaning : having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure
Example : He found his boss’s word too cryptic.

Derivative
Meaning : unoriginal
Example : His essay was derivative from John Green’s book.

Derail
Meaning : cause (a train or trolley car) to leave its track accidentally
Example : A train was derailed from its track after it collided with another train.


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