Daily Wordlist 27-03-2011





ignoble [ ig-NOH-buh' l ]

[ adjective ]

MEANING :

1. not belonging to the nobility; of humble rank or lineage
2. base; low; of inferior grade

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

His ignoble purposes were soon revealed and he was asked to leave the company.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

A year later he declared himself Emperor Napoleon III, bringing an ignoble end to the Third Republic.
The Economist, Historical background: Watery beginnings

extrovert [ EK-struh'-vurt, -stroh- ]

[ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]

MEANING :

1. (n.) a socialiser or outgoing or gregarious person
2. (adj.) gregarious, outgoing or lively
3. (tr.v.) to direct one's mind or interests outward

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

She was an extrovert who loved meeting new people.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

Individuals can be thinking or feeling, judging or perceiving, introvert or extrovert.
CNN, Psychometrics put to the test, By Nick Easen for CNN, February 23, 2004

boorish [ BOO' R-ish ]

[ adjective ]

MEANING :

1. crude, unmannered or not sensitive

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

His boorish manners caused people to shun him.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

For Christie, the man who had a nation punching the air in 1992 when he won the Olympic 100 metres gold in Barcelona and in '93, when he won the world championship title, is labelled "boorish" by Coe, twice Olympic 1500m champion and 11 times world record-breaker. 
BBC, Linford Christie: Polishing his pride, 17 February, 2001

corpus [ KAWR-puhs ]

[ noun ]

MEANING :

1. a comprehensive collection of writings
2. the body of a dead human being or animal
3. the capital or principal sum, as opposed to interest

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

The latest edition contains the unabridged corpus of Coleridge's poetry.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

The Academy Award for Slumdog Millionaire came to Rahman in recognition of his vast corpus of work and for transporting Bollywood song to other popular cultures of the world.
BBC, What's On / Programme Notes, Bombay Dreams

deport [ dih-PAWRT ]

[ transitive verb ]

MEANING :

1. to banish or expel from a country
2. to transport away from
3. to behave in a given manner

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

Illegal immigrant workers in Gulf countries are being rounded up and deported.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

Home Secretary David Blunkett is taking steps to deport more asylum seekers who commit crimes in the UK.
BBC, Blunkett plans more deportations, 1 September 2003.

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