Friday, December 5, 2008

Abstinence

[ab-stern-nence]

noun
1: voluntary forbearance especially from indulgence of an appetite or craving or from eating some foods

2 a: habitual abstaining from intoxicating beverages b: abstention from sexual intercourse

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Insouciant

[in-su-ci-en]

–adjective
free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Euthanasia

[u-the-nei-sure]

安乐死

noun
1. Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, esp. a painful, disease or condition.
2. painless death.

Harangue

[her-rang]

noun
1. a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
2. a long, passionate, and vehement speech, esp. one delivered before a public gathering.
3. any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing lecture or discourse.

–verb (used with object)
4. to address in a harangue.

–verb (used without object)
5. to deliver a harangue.


spotted in subtitles on channel8 9pm drama

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