BRAINY WORDS (WORDS # 14)

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BELLIGERENT

Adjective – Very unfriendly and angry

                At war with someone or some country

The President’s attitude towards the country’s enemies was belligerent

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BESTOW

Verb – (Transitive, formal) -  To give valuable property or an important right or honor to someone.

The king had friends on whom he bestowed land and privileges

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BASK

Verb (Intransitive) – To relax and enjoy yourself by lying in the sun.

                             To enjoy people’s attention and approval for something you have done.

A group of seals were basking on a rock.

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BOVINE

Adjective -  Relating to cows.

                 To say someone is bovine means that the person is large, moves slowly and looks rather stupid. It is rather offensive.

 She looked at him with bovine eyes.

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MY COMMENTS ON THESE WORDS

This list does not seem to be too difficult! All four words are familiar to me and I understand the meaning of each.

That doesn’t mean to say I have really used them, though. Actually I don’t think I have ever had cause to write something in English using these words.

I have used two of them in Spanish when writing up educational materials for schools that I have directed in Chile. These words are “Beligerante” and “Bovino”, the Spanish equivalents of the English words.

This is good news for Spanish speakers, the words would be easy to understand and interpret.

I have read historical texts in English where the nobility “Bestow” this and that, but I have never used it myself.

Now “Bask” is a different case altogether. Travel agencies frequently invite their potential clients to “come and bask in the sun on the lovely beaches…”

Well, all four words are on the lists for the graduate entry tests, so study them up and try and use them!

This will surely increase your score!

See you on the next post!

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