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Tuesday 27 January 2015

WoRDs of The daY*27/1/2015

1. Rendezvous -
An agreement between two or more persons to meet at certain place and time
A place designated for assembling
Those two crossings marked their successful  rendezvous with the troops who
had preceded them.
He's left to you to arrange the first rendezvous.

2. Hospice -
A house for shelter for pilgrims or strangers, especially kept by a religious leader
A helath care facility for the terminally ill
Now they are setting up a hospice.
Patients and thier families too often hesitate to cal hospice.

3. Pallid -
Pale, faint or deficient in color
Lacking in vitality or interest
A pallid countenance.
A pallid musical performence.

4. Dalles -
The rapids of a river running between the walls of a canyon or a gorge
The dalles over there is very wide.

5. Portent -
An indication or omen of something that is about to happen
Threatening or disquieting significance
The entire film is shot through with a sense of gravity and portent.
The composition of the committee turned out to be a portent of things to come.







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