English Vocabulary

14/08/2023

24/11/2021

Coffer : (noun) a strongbox or small chest for holding valuables.

"a battered leather coffer sealed with a waxen crest"

29/07/2021

Proverb: A fish rots from the head down

Meaning: When an organization or state fails, it is the leadership that is the root cause.

01/03/2021

Scorn : (noun)

a feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something

-"I do not wish to become the object of scorn"

(verb)

feel or express contempt or disdain for

-"he tended to scorn technological advances he did not come up with himself"

17/08/2018

Iniquitous : (adj) very wrong and unfair

-It is an iniquitous system that allows a person to die because they have no money to pay for medicine.

01/08/2018

Volte-face : (noun) a sudden change from one set of beliefs or plan of action to the opposite

-In 1986 he made a very public and dramatic political volte-face from Left to Right.

27/07/2018

ingratiate : (verb)
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to try to make yourself especially pleasant in order to get someone to like or approve of you, and often to influence someone to do something for you

-He tries to ingratiate himself with the boss by saying that all her ideas are brilliant.

25/07/2018

Charlatan : (noun)

a person who pretends to have skills or knowledge that they do not have, especially in medicine

08/03/2018

Proffer : (verb) to offer something by holding it out, or to offer advice or an opinion

-He shook the warmly proffered hand.
-I didn't think it wise to proffer an opinion.

25/02/2018

A wolf in sheep's clothing : a person with a pleasant and friendly appearance that hides the fact that they are evil.