Wednesday, November 21, 2012

VOCABULARY FOCUS:



  •    WORDS RELATED TO KILLING: 

parenticide: The act of one who kills one's own parent.
mariticide: (from Latin maritus "husband" + -cide, from caedere "to cut, to kill") literally means murder of one's husband
matricide: /ˈmæt.rɪ.saɪd/a crime in which a person kills their mother
filicide:  is the deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own son or daughter. The word filicide derives from the Latin words filius meaning "son" or filia meaning daughter and the suffix -cide meaning to kill, murder, or cause death.
fratricide /ˈfræt.rɪ.saɪd/ the crime of murdering your brother, or killing members of your own group or country
parricide /ˈpær.ɪ.saɪd/ the crime of murdering a close relation, especially a parent. Killing a close relative
patricide: /ˈpæt.rɪ.saɪd/ the crime of killing your own father
sororicide: Sororicide (from Latin soror "sister" + -cide, from caedere "to cut, to kill") is the act of killing one's own sister.
suicide: /ˈsu•əˌsɑɪd/ the act of killing yourself intentionally:
ecocide: The neologism ecocide can be used to refer to any large-scale destruction of the natural environment or over-consumption of critical non-renewable resources.[
genocide: /ˈdʒen•əˌsɑɪd/ the intentional killing of all of the people of a nation, religion, or racial group
onmicide: Destruction of everything
speciocide /ˈspiːʃɪəˌsaɪd/ the elimination of an entire species
populicide:Killing of all people
uxoricide: (from Latin uxor meaning "wife") is murder of one's wife
For more examples , visit :
http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/killword.htm

  •      WORDS RELATED TO DYING: 

breathed the last breath  
came to an end   
ceased to be   
croaked /kroʊk/  slang (DIE)  
dearly departed      
No longer with us   
passed ( away)       
resting in peace  
became living-challenged
gone to sleep city 
got stamped “return to sender” 
kicked the oxygen bucket 
passed his sell-by date   
permanently out of print 


  • SEA FOOD:
          Beto offered this link to us :
          www.theenglishvocabulary.com/vocabulary.php?lang=3&topic=95 
  • OTHERS:
          pincers: one of a pair of curved claws of an animal such as a crab
          locust: any of several types of large grasshoppers found esp. in hot areas
          hail: small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain / to publicly praise or show 
                  approval for a person or an achievement

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