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Mbagreed’s Daily Vocab Builder : Today’s Word – “Attenuated” Attenuated means to lessen or weaken in intensity or effect. It can be used as a verb or as an adjective. When something loses its force or value, it is then called to be attenuated. Origin of the word attenuated dates back to 1520-30 and is derived from the Latin word attenuātus. Meaning – 1. To lessen or decrease in intensity, …

Mbagreed’s Daily Vocab Builder : Today’s Word – “ILK” Ilk is used when referring to similar kind of people. Way back in school, when we also used to study, there was a gang of girls that was known as ‘the plastic girls’ because they used to put on a lot of make- up (yeah, make-up in school!) and they even used to take an off from school when they had …

Mbagreed’s Daily Vocab Builder : Today’s Word – “AUREOLE” This is word that comes from astronomy into conventional usage. In astronomy, an aureole is ‘a faintly colored luminous ring appearing to surround a celestial body visible through a haze or thin cloud, especially such a ring around the moon or sun, caused by diffraction of light from suspended matter in the intervening medium’. Basically, in simple terms it is ring …

Mbagreed’s Daily Vocab Builder : Today’s Word – “ALE” This is a word for which we offer very little explanation: it simply refers to a type of BEER. That should be enough to drive the word into our memory. Ale carries the following dictionary definitions: 1. A fermented alcoholic beverage containing malt and hops, similar to but heavier than beer. 2. A serving of this beverage. Usage examples of Ale: …

Mbagreed’s Daily Vocab Builder : Today’s Word – “USURY” The word usury is one that would be of interest to financial consultants, advisors and their ilk in general. It is one word that is all about money, and as the poster shows, it is a word essentially about weighing the money that can earned of money. How so? Read more to learn more. Origin of the word Usury First known …

Mbagreed’s Daily Vocab Builder : Today’s Word – “COMESTIBLE” The picture above does a great job in explaining the word. There is nothing more eatable than fruits, is there? Nutritious and healthy, there is nothing more ‘eatable’ or as we should say in dignified English, nothing more ‘comestible’ than fruits. In terms of usage, comestible in a way is a redundant word as two other words ‘edible’ and ‘eatable’ do …

Mbagreed’s Daily Vocab Builder : Today’s Word – “ILK” Ilk is used when referring to similar kind of people. Way back in school, when we also used to study, there was a gang of girls that was known as ‘the plastic girls’ because they used to put on a lot of make- up (yeah, make-up in school!) and they even used to take an off from school when they had …

Mbagreed’s Daily Vocab Builder – 02/04 : Today’s Word – “PERCEIVE” To actually understand the truth of any situation requires a lot of wisdom and wisdom comes from only experience. And, more you perceive things from your eyes, more wisdom you ill have to perceive the truth of any situation. It is a verb. Pronunciation: per-seev The dictionary definitions for perceive are as follows: 1) To become conscious of something …

Mbagreed’s Daily Vocab Builder – 29/03 : Today’s Word – “EMINENT” Imminent and eminent are two words that can be confusing every time you come across them. Well, just a difference of I and M. Hence, it becomes important to learn to differentiate between the two and you have come to the right place. It is an adjective. Pronunciation: em-uh-nuhnt The dictionary definitions for eminent are as follows: 1) High …

Mbagreed’s Daily Vocab Builder – 28/03 : Today’s Word – “CAUSTIC” You may have heard a lot of times that breathing-in caustic products may cause irritation of the nose, throat, airways, and stomach. Caustic is something that destroys living tissue. It is corrosive and harmful. PRONUNCIATION: kaw-stik The dictionary meaning of caustic is as follows : 1. capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue. 2. severely critical or sarcastic. …