Category: Nouns

Sarcasm refers to the use of words that mean one thing to communicate the exact opposite of that thing, especially to insult someone, to show irritation, or to be funny. Her monotone voice often made it difficult to tell whether Read More …

(noncount) the feathers that cover the body of a bird The peacock has colorful plumage.

(count) US a period of time when there is no electricity in a building or area The power outage left us in the dark for five hours. (=we did not have electrical power for five hours)

A harangue is a forceful or angry speech or piece of writing. After watching the popular documentary, he delivered a long harangue about the dangers of social media.

(count) 1 : a meeting in which you receive information on and training in a particular subject a writing seminar a seminar on career planning educational/investment seminars 2 : a class offered to a small group of students at a Read More …

A gargoyle is a strange or grotesque human or animal figure that sticks out from the roof of a building (such as a church) and is used to cause rainwater to flow away from the building’s sides. Some of the Read More …

(count, noncount) a German pastry made of thin dough rolled up with fruit filling and baked strawberry strudel

(noncount) a type of handwriting in which all the letters in a word are connected to each other He writes in cursive when he takes notes. – cursive adjective cursive handwriting

(count) old-fashioned a small bouquet of flowers

1 : (count) : a lump of something There’s a gob of gum stuck to the bottom of my shoe. 2 : gobs (plural) US, informal : a large amount of something They make gobs of money. She wore gobs Read More …