Common Words Explained - Illegible, Jeer, Lucrative, Mediocre, Proliferate
Understand the meanings of the words "illegible," "jeer," "lucrative," "mediocre," and "proliferate" with examples and images. Enhance your vocabulary and language comprehension.
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1. illegible The teacher has a few students with The teacher has a few students with illegible handwriting. illegible handwriting. Some signatures can be illegible. Some signatures can be illegible.
1. illegible (adj.) difficult or impossible (adj.) difficult or impossible to read to read
2. jeer The crowd jeered the boring stand The crowd jeered the boring stand- -up comedian. comedian. My grandma always said, Never make a My grandma always said, Never make a jeer unless you are prepared to hear one jeer unless you are prepared to hear one right back. right back. up
2. jeer ( (v.) to make fun of rudely or v.) to make fun of rudely or unkindly; (n.) a rude unkindly; (n.) a rude remark of derision remark of derision
3. lucrative The lucrative company was able to give all of their employees one extra week of vacation. Since the business is lucrative this month, I think I ll buy that extra printer.
3. lucrative (adj.) bringing in money, (adj.) bringing in money, profitable profitable
4. mediocre The service at the restaurant last night was mediocre. I d say we had a mediocre experience at the game; it wasn t too exciting.
4. mediocre (adj.) average, ordinary, (adj.) average, ordinary, undistinguished undistinguished
5. proliferate Interest in social media did not proliferate until Facebook was created. In the last 5 years the use of iPhones has proliferated.
5. proliferate (v.) to reproduce, increase, (v.) to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly or spread rapidly
6. subjugate The army subjugated their opposition. Discrimination can lead to one group attempting to subjugate another.
6. subjugate (v.) to conquer by force, (v.) to conquer by force, bring under complete bring under complete control control
7. sully The toddler sullied her sheets in the night since she just potty trained. The rumors began to sully the reputation of the upstanding family in the community.
7. sully (v.) to soil, stain, tarnish, (v.) to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch defile, besmirch
8. tantalize The young boy continued to tantalize the girl he liked on the playground. The dissolute woman was known to tantalize men.
8. tantalize (v.) to tease, torment by (v.) to tease, torment by teasing teasing
9. terse My grandfather is known to be a very terse man in conversation, hardly saying a word. I thought your last text was terse and almost rude.
9. terse (adj.) brief and to the point (adj.) brief and to the point
10. unflinching My best friend s unflinching loyalty is one reason we have been friends for 10 years. Although she was scared of the consequences, she was unflinching as she walked up to her boss.
10. unflinching (adj.) firm, showing no signs (adj.) firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back of fear, not drawing back
