5 WORDS A DAY :')

Assalamualaikum and hye to all!

Starting from today, I'm gonna share with you guys 5 new words per day. The reason why I'm doing this is because I wanna improve and widen my vocabulary skills in order for me to show the varieties in my essay for TOEFL and SAT soon yay!

So here we go ~

1) Retrofit (verb)

-          Substitute new or modernized parts for older ones

-          “We can put probably millions of people to work retrofitting and weatherizing buildings over this country”

2) Shibboleth (noun)

-          A custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people, especially a long-standing one regarded as outmoded or no longer important.

-          “liberal shibboleths about education”

3) Stifle (verb)

-          (i) Make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate

-          “Those people in the streets were stifled by the fumes”

-          (ii) Restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion)

-          “She stifled a giggle”

4) Homily (noun)

-          A religious discourse which is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction; a tedious moralizing lecture

-          “She delivered her homily about the need for patience”

5) Charade (noun)

-          An absurd pretence intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance

-          “Talk of unity was nothing more than a charade”

That's all for new words thingy today :p Stay tuned for more upcoming bombastic words from me.

xoxo,

Iffah