Wordlist #4 | Karo MBA

Wordlist #4

Articles, Vocabulary, wordlists August 10th, 2009

judicious [ joo-DISH-uh’ s ]
	[ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	1. discreet or prudent 2. well-advised, sagacious, wise or sensible
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The logging company initiated a program for judicious forestry operations in order to conserve forest resources.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	There have been suggestions that candidates could produce impressive-sounding applications by dint of some judicious cutting and pasting from the internet, while well-regarded doctors would be left jobless. The Herald, The doctors fiasco goes on, 23 July 2009.

jurist [ JOO’ R-ist ]
	[ noun ]
	MEANING :
	an expert or someone well-versed with law
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The town’s folk valued his counsel as he was an eminent jurist and a former Chief Justice of the High court.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	These jurists would unite rather than divide the country, the politicians and talking heads told us. Chronicles Magazine, The Greenhouse Effect, Patrick J. Buchanan, 22 April 2008.

centurion [ sen-TOO’ R-ee-uh’ n, -TYOO’ R- ]
	[ noun ]
	MEANING :
	the commanding officer of an ancient Roman century
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The centurion warned the general that if timely reinforcements were not sent to the front the enemy hordes would overrun their first line of defence.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	The battle-hardened centurion marched into the room and positioned himself at his leader’s side. The Herald, Veteran warrior Maldini ready to lead from the back, Hugh MacDonald, 20 February 2007.

umpteen [ UHMP-TEEN ]
	[ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	relatively large but unspecified in number
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	Despite umpteen warnings he still indulged in cross-border smuggling.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	For a few hours on Monday umpteen Indian television channels moved away from previewing the India-Pakistan Twenty20 cricket final in South Africa to focus on the induction of Rahul Gandhi into the Congress party hierarchy. BBC, Gandhis plot their next move, Sunil Rahman, 24 September 2007.

unrelenting [ uhn-ri-LEN-ting ]
	[ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	1. not yielding or wavering in determination 2. not diminishing in severity
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The detective assured the Dean that he was making unrelenting efforts to clear the campus of drug dealers.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Too many Americans keep forgetting that the threat we face is real, and unrelenting. CNN, Commentary: Torture memos aren’t criminal, Ruben Navarrette Jr. 24 April 2009.

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