concomitant [ adjective ]
MEANING : occurring or accompanying with something else esp. in a subordinate way; following an event or thing as a consequence
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :The economic recession is so severe that even with a concomitant drop in fuel prices, consumer spending remains low.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :The dollar has fallen so far that, even with the concomitant rise in fuel costs, American manufactured goods look cheap to customers in Europe.
Chronicles Magazine, What’s Good for Rockford Acromatics, by Scott P. Richert
ornithology [ noun ]
MEANING : a branch of zoology that is concerned with a study of birds
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :He has taught ornithology for twenty years.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :Bird experts at both the National Aviary in Pittsburgh and the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology were at a loss to explain the benefits of nightingale droppings as a skin treatment.
balk [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. (tr.v.) to thwart, obstruct or hinder
2. (intr.v.) to stop, hinder or be an obstacle
3. (n.) defeat, obstruction or hindrance
4. (n.) a strip of land that has not been ploughed
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :He balked at the thought of taking on more responsibility.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :China's growing middle class certainly won't balk at the modest extra expense, but the tax's greatest value could lie in environmental education.
National Geographic, Chopsticks Tax to Target China's Hunger for Timber, Brian Handwerk, for National Geographic News, March 22, 2006
dismember [ transitive verb ]
MEANING :1. (tr. v.) to separate limb from limb
2. (tr. v.) to mutilate by cutting into separate parts
3. (tr. v.) to take apart
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :The lawyer said that there was no evidence to indicate that the body was dismembered.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :A man whose dismembered body was found in five countryside locations died of a stab wound to the back, police said today.
The Telegraph, Dismembered man died of stab wound to the back, Sarah Knapton, 14 April 2009.
pervasive [ adjective ]
MEANING :
1. becoming spread throughout all parts of
2. having the quality of being widespread or the tendency of spreading
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :The pervasive aroma of good food made his mouth water.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :It clearly did to David de Rothschild, one of the youngest members of the famous banking dynasty, who has taken it upon himself to show the world how pervasive the global plastic waste problem has become.
MEANING : occurring or accompanying with something else esp. in a subordinate way; following an event or thing as a consequence
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :The economic recession is so severe that even with a concomitant drop in fuel prices, consumer spending remains low.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :The dollar has fallen so far that, even with the concomitant rise in fuel costs, American manufactured goods look cheap to customers in Europe.
Chronicles Magazine, What’s Good for Rockford Acromatics, by Scott P. Richert
ornithology [ noun ]
MEANING : a branch of zoology that is concerned with a study of birds
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :He has taught ornithology for twenty years.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :Bird experts at both the National Aviary in Pittsburgh and the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology were at a loss to explain the benefits of nightingale droppings as a skin treatment.
balk [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. (tr.v.) to thwart, obstruct or hinder
2. (intr.v.) to stop, hinder or be an obstacle
3. (n.) defeat, obstruction or hindrance
4. (n.) a strip of land that has not been ploughed
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :He balked at the thought of taking on more responsibility.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :China's growing middle class certainly won't balk at the modest extra expense, but the tax's greatest value could lie in environmental education.
National Geographic, Chopsticks Tax to Target China's Hunger for Timber, Brian Handwerk, for National Geographic News, March 22, 2006
dismember [ transitive verb ]
MEANING :1. (tr. v.) to separate limb from limb
2. (tr. v.) to mutilate by cutting into separate parts
3. (tr. v.) to take apart
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :The lawyer said that there was no evidence to indicate that the body was dismembered.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :A man whose dismembered body was found in five countryside locations died of a stab wound to the back, police said today.
The Telegraph, Dismembered man died of stab wound to the back, Sarah Knapton, 14 April 2009.
pervasive [ adjective ]
MEANING :
1. becoming spread throughout all parts of
2. having the quality of being widespread or the tendency of spreading
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :The pervasive aroma of good food made his mouth water.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :It clearly did to David de Rothschild, one of the youngest members of the famous banking dynasty, who has taken it upon himself to show the world how pervasive the global plastic waste problem has become.
