Wordlist #2 | Karo MBA

Wordlist #2

Vocabulary, wordlists August 8th, 2009

jibe [ jahyb ]
	[ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
	MEANING :
	1. (intr.v.) to shift from side to side as a fore-and-aft sail when running before the wind 2. (intr.v.) to agree or accord 3. (tr.v.) to be the cause of such a shift 4. (n.) an act or instance of jibing
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The findings of the report did not jibe with the statements made by the parliamentary speaker.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Anecdotal evidence from the previous seven administrations jibes with research into decision making. CNN, Even presidents need time to chill out, David S. Martin, 9 December 2008.

juridical [ joo’-RID-i-kuh’ l ]
	[ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	1. legal 2. pertaining or related to law and its administration
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The juridical council has the final say on all matters of controversy.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Although the number of civilians killed has dropped, assassinations of juridical and legislative officials have increased and violence against Christians in Nineveh province has stirred concern. CNN, Pentagon finds Iraq safer but Iran a threat, 14 January 2009.

bedizen [ bi-DAHY-zuh’ n, -DIZ-uh’ n ]
	[ transitive verb ]
	MEANING :
	to adorn, ornament or dress in a gaudy or showy manner
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	She bedizened herself in the hope that she would be mistaken for a princess.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	The Sixties and Seventies were far better than the times of today, and an amalgamation of both decades, bedizened with space imagery and Sixties “space” iconography, will dominate and define the ethos of the approaching new culture. BBC, Back to the Futurists, Lawrence Pollard, 20 February 2009.

ultrasonic [ uhl-truh’-SON-ik ]
	[ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	Of, pertaining to, or involving ultrasound
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The dogs are let lose at night to guard the property and are called back to their kennels at daybreak by an ultrasonic whistle.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	The Children’s Commissioner for England, who oversees children’s rights, has called for a ban on the ultra-sonic gadget, known as “The Mosquito,” which disperses young people by emitting sharp, piercing sounds. CNN, High-pitch alarm targets young people, 12 February 2008.

unmitigated [ uh’n-MIT-i-gey-tid ]
	[ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	1. not diminished or lessened 2. unqualified or absolute
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The accounts executive realised the unmitigated folly of trusting people only after many clients defaulted.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	In the face of this unmitigated terror campaign, we have every right to exercise our right of self-defence and to carry the war to the doorsteps of these terrorists. BBC, Bomb Britons appear on Hamas tape, 8 March 2004.

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