Tuesday, August 3, 2010

top 500 words


antipathy: firm dislike (from anti: against and pathos: feeling)



misanthrope: person who hates mankind

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corroborate:to support with evidence( robust means strength)


venerate means to respect (As in reverence means from venus ie to worship)



resolute : purposeful or determined( As in resolute desk of the US president)




quiescence: inactivity or stillness (from quiet)



palpable: that can be touched or is obvious


equivocal means ambiguous ie to call with equal voice



discrete means separate and distinct