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2009/9/29 Five NEW WordS a Day
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Windfall
–noun
1. an unexpected gain, piece of good fortune, or the like.
2. something blown down by the wind, as fruit.
–adjective
3. accruing in unexpectedly large amounts: windfall profits.
Sentence
At the outset of last year the Mammon gave a chance to make windfall. Unfortunately, I didn’t seize the opportunity.
Visage
–noun
1. the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
2. aspect; appearance.
Synonyms:
1. physiognomy, image. face.
Sentence
Now it seems the Mammon comes again, but I haven’t seen his visage.
Submerge
–verb (used with object)
1. to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
2. to cover or overflow with water; immerse.
3. to cover; bury; subordinate; suppress: His aspirations were submerged by the necessity of making a living.
–verb (used without object)
4. to sink or plunge under water or beneath the surface of any enveloping medium.
5. to be covered or lost from sight.
Synonyms: 1. submerse. 2. flood, inundate, engulf.
Sentence
I doffed my shoes and walked on the soft sand ground with bared feet. The wave kissed my feet and submerged them. I felt a little swooned.
Swoon
–verb (used without object)
1. to faint; lose consciousness.
2. to enter a state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy: The teenagers swooned at the sight of the singing star.
–noun
3. a faint or fainting fit; syncope.
Sentence
The same with above.
Arable
–adjective
1. capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage: arable land; arable soil.
–noun
2. land that can be or is cultivated.
Sentence
The sea has been arable soil.
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–noun
1. an unexpected gain, piece of good fortune, or the like.
2. something blown down by the wind, as fruit.
–adjective
3. accruing in unexpectedly large amounts: windfall profits.
Sentence
At the outset of last year the Mammon gave a chance to make windfall. Unfortunately, I didn’t seize the opportunity.
Visage
–noun
1. the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
2. aspect; appearance.
Synonyms:
1. physiognomy, image. face.
Sentence
Now it seems the Mammon comes again, but I haven’t seen his visage.
Submerge
–verb (used with object)
1. to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
2. to cover or overflow with water; immerse.
3. to cover; bury; subordinate; suppress: His aspirations were submerged by the necessity of making a living.
–verb (used without object)
4. to sink or plunge under water or beneath the surface of any enveloping medium.
5. to be covered or lost from sight.
Synonyms: 1. submerse. 2. flood, inundate, engulf.
Sentence
I doffed my shoes and walked on the soft sand ground with bared feet. The wave kissed my feet and submerged them. I felt a little swooned.
Swoon
–verb (used without object)
1. to faint; lose consciousness.
2. to enter a state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy: The teenagers swooned at the sight of the singing star.
–noun
3. a faint or fainting fit; syncope.
Sentence
The same with above.
Arable
–adjective
1. capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage: arable land; arable soil.
–noun
2. land that can be or is cultivated.
Sentence
The sea has been arable soil.
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- Reply shefdave
- Just a quick word about visage: the word visage comes from the French word "le visage" which means a face. (of a person) In English, we tend to use "visage" to refer not just to the face in general, but specifically to a feature of a face, usually an expression. In French it is a general term for face, in English it specifically describes a certain part or aspect of someone's face.
