Windfall 1100 Words You Need Windfall 1100 Words You Need /ˈwɪnd.fɔːl/ (noun) an amount of money that you win or receive from someone unexpectedly, money obtained unexpectedly, something that is blown down by wind, bonus, handout, bonanza, payout, dividend, win: A windfall gain or windfall profit is any type of unusually high or abundant income that is sudden and/or unexpected. Investors…
Quip 1100 Words You Need Quip 1100 Words You Need /kwɪp/ (noun & verb) an amusing and clever remark, humor, witticism, joke, jibe, wisecrack, pun, bon mot – to jest, to joke, to retort, kid: Sarcasm is an underrated art form. It takes plenty of smart power to create a hilarious sarcastic comeback or quip…
Lurid 1100 Words You Need Lurid 1100 Words You Need /ˈljʊə.rɪd/ (adj) 1. too brightly colored, gaudy, pale, wan, loud, garish, striking, colorful: That’s a very lurid shade of lipstick she’s wearing. 2. (especially of a description) shocking because involving violence, sex or immoral activity, outrageous, explicit, sensational, vivid: Responding to the article, Ian Wright,…
Sow One’s Wild Oats 1100 Words Sow One’s Wild Oats 1100 Words (of a man) to manage to have sexual relationships with so many women, especially while he is young, to lead a wild and carefree life: There is a saying: “If you sow wild oats for six days, pray for crop failure on day…
Sporadic 1100 Words You Need Sporadic 1100 Words You Need /spəˈræd.ɪk/ (adj) happening irregularly; not regular or continuous, periodic, intermittent, infrequent, patchy, erratic, random: sporadic gunfire a sporadic electricity supply More than 100 people have been killed this year in sporadic outbursts of ethnic violence. Millions of voters across swathes of southern India cast ballots…
Lax 1100 Words You Need Lax 1100 Words You Need /læks/ (adj) lacking care, attention or control; not severe, strict or strong enough, reckless, careless, tolerant, permissive, negligent, slack, nonjudgmental, relaxed: He took a gun through baggage control to highlight the lax security. The subcommittee contends that the authorities were lax in investigating most of…
Elapse 1100 Words You Need Elapse 1100 Words You Need /ɪˈlæps/ (verb) If time elapses, it goes past, go by, pass, pass by, intervene, slip away, lapse: The egg takes eleven weeks to incubate and the chick, which may spend up to three days breaking out of the shell, does not attain fledgling stage until…
Fair-weather Friend 1100 Words Fair-weather Friend 1100 Words /ˌfeə.weð.əˈfrend/ (idiom) someone who wants to be your friend when things are going well, unreliable friend, someone who stops being your friend in the face of problems, disloyal or dishonest friend: If you decide to stay friends with a fair-weather friend, you must let go of your…