Daily Wordlist 22-03-2011

Daily Wordlist

rescind [ ri-SIND ]
	[ verb ]
	MEANING :
	to repeal, abrogate, annul, invalidate or make void
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The government has decided to rescind the hike in petroleum prices that it announced a week ago, after large scale protests by industry associations and the media.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said the protests would not cease in the state, racked by an insurgency against India's rule, until the land transfer was formally rescinded. The Khaleej Times, 30 hurt as row over land to Hindus widens in Indian Kashmir, 30 June 2008
gall [ gawl ]
	[ noun, transitive verb ]
	MEANING :
	1. (tr.v.) to annoy or cause vexation 2. (tr.v.) to cause a sore due to rubbing or friction 3. (n.) audacity, impudence or insolence 4. (n.) bile of an animal 5. (n.) rancour, bitterness or one that is bitter 6. (n.) vexation or annoyance 7.(n.) a sore that is caused by rubbing
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	He galled his friend to the extent that they were involved in a fight.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	It is galling to learn, however, that many of our esteemed chefs use a stabiliser to slow down the melt of ice cream.  Telegraph, All mouth-feel and no trousers, by Rose Prince, 26 Nov 2008
astute [ uh'-STOOT, uh'-STYOOT ]
	[ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	crafty, shrewd, cunning or wily
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	His astute decision-making skills have benefited the organization.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	The 63-year-old admiral, known as Fox - his call sign when he was a Navy fighter pilot - is highly regarded as an astute commander. BBC, Profile: William Fallon, 12 March 2008
antler [ ANT-ler ]
	[ noun ]
	MEANING :
	1. (n.) a horn of an animal of the deer family
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The villagers collect and use the deer antlers which they find in the forest to make carved trinkets.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Male deer of all species grow and shed new antlers each year – in this they differ from permanently horned animals such as antelope – these are in the same order as deer and may bear a superficial resemblance. BBC, Deer.
docile [ DOS-uh'l; Brit. DOH-sahyl ]
	[ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	1. easily managed or teachable 2. easily handled or taught 3. yielding to supervision
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	He said that his pet dog was docile and would not bite or growl at anyone.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Steve, a freshwater crocodile known to be more docile than its saltwater cousin, can be seen swimming or enjoying the tropical sun near the par-five second or par-three 17th holes, which tee off over his lake. The Telegraph, Crocodile in Australian golf course lake is world's most dangerous water hazard, 22 February 2010.