Word Of The Day (31 Jan 2017) Catriona

Front 1

Grotesque

Back 1

odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.

Synonyms: distorted, deformed, weird, antic, wild.

Hint 1

The story is too dark, the plot too twisted, and the main character far too grotesque.

Front 2

Emit

Back 2

1.to give or send forth; discharge: the pipe emitted a stream of water

2.to give voice to; utter: she emitted a shrill scream

3(physics) to give off (radiation or particles)

4.to put (currency) into circulation

Hint 2

Between agriculture, landfills, and energy excavation, we now emit hundreds of millions more tons of methane into the atmosphere.

Front 3

Absorb

Back 3

1.to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water.

2.to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate:

The empire absorbed many small nations.

3.to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly: so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell.

4.to occupy or fill: This job absorbs all of my time.

5.to take in and utilize: 6.The market absorbed all the computers we could build. Can your brain absorb all this information? Synonyms: assimilate, consume, devour, engulf.

Hint 3

Place the finished pancakes on a plate or tray lined with paper towels to absorb the excess oil.

Front 4

Stoic/ Stoical

Back 4

(Adj) characterised by impassivity or resignation

Synonyms: imperturbable, cool, indifferent.

Hint 4

And from Beryl, inasmuch as that young lady affected a stoical indifference to the holiday, she could get little sympathy.

Depraved though he was, he would not consent to such a sacrifice, and he met his fate with stoical fortitude.

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Vigour

Back 5

1. active strength or force.

2.healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality.

3.energetic activity; energy; intensity:The economic recovery has given the country a new vigour.

4.force of healthy growth in any living matter or organism, as a plant.

5.active or effective force, especially legal validity.

Synonyms: drive, force, strength.

Hint 5

In 1834 he lost his wife, but his work of composition proceeded with vigour.

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Rational

Back 6

1.agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible:a rational plan for economic development.

2.having or exercising reason, sound judgement, or good sense:a calm and rational negotiator.

3.being in or characterised by full possession of one's reason; sane;lucid:The patient appeared perfectly rational.

4.endowed with the faculty of reason:rational beings.

5.of, relating to, or constituting reasoning powers:the rational faculty.

6.proceeding or derived from reason or based on reasoning:a rational explanation.

Synonyms: intelligent, wise, judicious, sagacious, enlightened.

Hint 6

In other words, our rational sides are simply not equipped to make complexand far-reaching decisions like when to get married.

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Loiter

Back 7

1.to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place:to loiter around the bus terminal.

2.to move in a slow, idle manner, making purposeless stops in the course of a trip, journey, errand, etc.:to loiter on the way to work

3.to waste time or dawdle over work:He loiters over his homework until one in the morning.verb (used with object)

4.to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):to loiter away the afternoon in daydreaming.

Hint 7

to loiter outside a building.