Friday, July 1, 2011

AVERSE

averse: having an active feeling of repugnance or distaste

Note: It is usually used with to.

Example:

1) She is averse to environmental degradation, that is why she recycles.

2) He is averse to strenuous exercise.

CRIPPLE

cripple:

noun:

- sometimes offensive: a lame or partly disabled person or animal

- one that is disabled or deficient in a specified manner; e.g., a social cripple

- something flawed or imperfect

adjective:

- being lame, flawed, or imperfect

verb:

- to deprive of the use of a limb and especially a leg; e.g. the accident left him crippled

- to deprive of capability for service or of strength, efficiency, or wholeness; e.g. an economy crippled by inflation

FRILL

frill:

noun:

- a gathered, pleated, or bias-cut fabric edging used on clothing

- a strip of paper curled at one end and rolled to be slipped over the bone end (as of a chop) in serving

- a ruff of hair or feathers or a bony or cartilaginous projection about the neck of an animal

- affectation, air —usually used in plural

- something decorative or useful and desirable but not essential : luxury


verb:

- to provide or decorate with a frill

TABOR

tabor (also tabour): a small and portable drum used to accompany a pipe or fife played by the same person

TABOR