CAT 2010

26/03/2010

1] Im-mac-u-late (i-mak’yu-let) (adj.) 1] Completely clean: With two maids, her house was always immaculate. 2] Completely unsullied: without sin or blemish: an inmaculate life. Syn.: 1] spotless, spick-and-span. 2] stainless, pure, untainted. Ant.: 1] dirty, filthy. 2] stained, tainted, defiled.

2] Potpourri (n.) A medley, miscellany or anthology. The Orchestra played a potpourri of Italian, French, and Australian folksongs.

3] Zoomorphism (n.) 1] Attributing of animal forms or characteristics to deities (Indian god Ganesha) 2] The representation of animal forms in decorative art or symbolism.

4] Splurge (v.i.) 1] To spend lavishly; be extravagant: to splurge on a new coat. 2] To show off. Ant.: economise.

5] Flam-boy-ant (flam-boi’ant) (adj.) 1] Extravagantly ornate; showy: Flamboyant hair styles prevailed during the reign of Louis XIV. 2] Brilliant in color; resplendent: a garden of flamboyant flowers, flam-boy’ance (n.), flam-boy’ant-ly (adv.) Syn.: 1] overelaborate, ostentatious, florid, rococo. 2] showy, gorgeous, flaming. Ant.: 1] plain, simple, bare. 2] dull, dreary.