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Date: Tuesday, 1 Feb 2011
Demeanour: [noun]Meaning:A way of looking and behaving
Sentence: There was nothing in his
demeanour that suggested hewas anxious.
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Unkempt: [adjective]Meaning: Untidy; not cared for
Sentence: His hair was unkempt and
filthy.
Date: Wednesday, 2 Feb 2011
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Date: Monday, 7 Feb 2011
Lanky : [adjective]Meaning: Tall and thin and tending to
move awkwardly as a result
Sentence: I was your typical lankyteenager.
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Dat ay, 8
Do - yed: [adjective]Meaning: Having wide-open, innocent-
appearing eyes
Sentence:Marcia was the most doe-eyed girlin her class, and no one co ld imagine her ever eing mean toanyone.
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Date: Wednesday, 9 Feb 2011
Scrawny: [adjective]Meaning: Unpleasantly thin, often with
bones showing
Sentence: He came home after three months
at college looking terribly scrawny.
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Date: Thursday, 10 Feb 2011
Pint-sized: [adjective]Meaning: (of a person) small and not
important
Sentence: Don't worry about him, he's just a
pint-sized nobody.
Pint-sized paintings
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Date: Friday, 11 Feb 201
Gaunt: [adjective]Meaning:Very thin, because of illness or
hunger.
Sentence: The old man¶s face was gauntand grey as a result of
prolonged starvation.
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Date:Monday, 14 Feb 2011
Rotund: [adjective]Meaning: (especially of a person) round
or rounded in shape
Sentence: A rotund, smiling, red-faced
gentleman appeared.
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Date: esday, 5 eb
Scr ff y: [adjective]Meaning: An ntidy appear ance
Sentence: Jie Qing was a scr ff y looking
boy who always came to school
looking like he slept in his
niform.
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Date: ednesday, 6 eb
urrowed: [ver b]Meaning: To be marked with lines or wrinkles
usually caused by frowning, anxiety
or concentr ation
Sentence:Hillar y¶s eyebrows furrowed as she
concentr ated har d at the math
problem in front of her.
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Date: r sday, eb
Wir y: [adjective]Meaning: lean, t in or wit little f at
Sentence: Jo n¶s wir y, at letic fr ame
meant t at e was ideal to joint e sc ool¶s basketball team
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Date: riday, 8 eb
Barr el-chested: [adjective]Meaning: A broad, deep chest found on
a man
Sentence:Mr Chua was a large, barr el-chested man and people alwaysmistook him for being a weightlifter or bodybuilder .
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Date: nday, eb
Pasty: [adjective]eaning: Having a pale, lif eless appear ance
Sentence:Sixian suff er ed fr m leukaemia, and
s her nce healthy gl w has since
been r eplaced by a sick, pasty
appear ance.
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Date: Tuesday, 22 Feb 2011
Diminutive : [adjective]Meaning: Very small
Sentence: He's a diminutive figure, less
than five feet tall.
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Date: ednesday, 3 eb
Gangly: [adjective]Meaning: Tall and thin and having long
slender limbs
Sentence:Gar y was a gangly teenager whose uniform looked two sizes too bigand would droop loosely off his shoulder s.
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Date: r sday, eb
P dgy: [adjective]Meaning: (Of a person or part of his/her
body) Slightly fat
Sentence:Stacy always believed that shewould never be able to play thepiano properly because of her pudgy fingers.
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Date: riday, 5 eb
Stout: [adjective]Meaning:Quite f at, especially around the
waist or of heavy build
Sentence:We always thought that Mr Ong was a scar y personbecause he was a stout manwith thick glasses.
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Date:Monday, 2 Feb 2011
Sinewy: [noun
]Meaning:With strong muscles and little
fat.
Sentence: The fireman with a strong,sinewy body carried the victim
out of the burning building.
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Date: Extra Word
Thickset: [adjective]Meaning:Describes a person, especially a
man, whose body is wide across
the shoulders and chest and who isshort.
Sentence: A thickset young man appeared in
the doorway.