jess_john Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Sextant - a navigator's instrument, so named because its arc is 60 degrees, one sixth or a circle. sextus= sixth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess_john Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 Decimate - Originally, this meant to execute one chosen by lot out of ten; as now used, to kill or destroy totally or almost totally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess_john Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 Quarantine - the isolation of persons and animals carrying or suspected of carrying contagious diseases. Figuratively, the verb quarantine means to isolate or to cut off somebody or even a nation from normal relations with society or other nations. From french word quarante, a period of forty days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess_john Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 effervesce "to begin to boil over"; to bubble effervescent "boiling over"; bubbling; ebullient effervescence "a boiling over'; a bubbling; excitement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess_john Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 manumission n.- "sending away from the master's hand" or power; emancipation manumit v.- emancipation; free from bondage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess_john Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 Germane adj- pertinent to what is being discussed or explained: closely connected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess_john Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 sapid- "flavorsome"; savory insipid- "not sapid," hence tasteless, flat, dull limpid- perfectly clear (like water) and figuratively of one's style in writing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess_john Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 froward adj.- "in a direction from," hence contrary, perverse, willfully stubborn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess_john Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 untoward - un+to+ward: unfavorable; inconvenient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess_john Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 minuscule adj-"less+ small'; very small; infinitesimal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess_john Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 feckless " without effect"; ineffectual; incompetent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess_john Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 hummock - a little hill; a hillock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhuri123 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Hey.. i hav one for you.. INTESTATE (ADJECTIVE) without having made a will "Many people die intestate because they thought they were too young to make a will." You can get lot at:GRE Vocabulary Home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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