Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Today's Word List

Conjectural (verb):
Means, to guess, based on the appearance of a situation and not on proof
Examples,
  • We'll never know exactly how she died; we can only conjecture.
  • The inhabitation of Britan by hominids during the last one-half million years in unquestionable, but because all of the pre-Roman inhabitants of current-day Britain had no written languate, any insights and speculations are purely conjectural and are open to debate.
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Sporadic (adj):
Means, happening sometimes; not regular or continuous/ Occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time / Appearing singly or at widely scattered localities, as a plant or disease.
Examples,
  • During the Paleolithic period the permanent settlements were sporadic, at best, due to the constantly changing environment and brutal living conditions.
  • The sound of sporadic shooting could still be heard.
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Ensuing (adj):Means, happening after something and because of it
  • An argument broke out and in the ensuing fight, a gun went off
  • He lost his job and in the ensuing months became more and more depressed

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