| 1. Stuck (Verb) Elaborated meaning : be fixed in a particular position or unable to move or be moved. Example : Their baby got a sweet stuck up its nose |
| 2. Embassy (Noun) Elaborated meaning : the official residence or offices of an ambassador. Example : Later, he sent an embassy to his father requesting some relics of the Buddha. |
| 3. Sulking (Verb) Elaborated meaning : be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment. Example : he was sulking over the breakup of his band |
| 4. Sober (Adj) Elaborated meaning : not affected by alcohol; not drunk. Example : He has sober behaviour , although he is living among alcoholics. |
| 5. Gambit (Verb) Elaborated meaning : (in chess) an opening in which a player makes a sacrifice, typically of a pawn, for the sake of some compensating advantage. Example : True fans of the gambit should consider this a challenge. |
| 6. Referendum (Noun) Elaborated meaning : a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision Example : Madrid supports a UN-sponsored referendum over the future of the territory |
| 7. Cobble (Verb) Elaborated meaning : roughly assemble or put together something from available parts or elements. Example : Our first articles were cobbled together in record time. |
| 8. Repercussions (Noun) Elaborated meaning : an unintended consequence occurring some time after an event or action, especially an unwelcome one. Example : the move would have grave repercussions for the entire country |
| 9. Electorate (Noun) Elaborated meaning : all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election. Example : Firstly, only one in five of the electorate had voted Labour. |
| 10. Migration (Noun) Elaborated meaning : seasonal movement of animals from one region to another. Example : This butterfly's annual migration across North America |
| Word of the day : Anathema (Verb) Elaborated meaning : a formal curse by a pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine. Example : It is an anathema to me to suggest that someone in their 60s is past their sell-by date |
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