Lesson No. 35

Word # 1

Unprecedented (adjective)

Definition: never having happened or existed in the past / never done or known before / without previous instance; never before known or experienced; 

                                                          

Sentence: 1. The team has enjoyed unprecedented success this year. 2. An unprecedented number of students are taking the class. 3. This level of growth is unprecedented. 4. This century has witnessed environmental destruction on an unprecedented scale. 5. An unprecedented event.

Word # 2

Intensify (verb)

Definition: become or make more intense / to become greater, more serious or more extreme, or to make something do this / to make more acute; strengthen or sharpen 

 

Sentence: 1. They intensified their efforts to increase sales. 2. An intensified search for survivors 3. They had intensified their military campaign. 4. Fighting around the capital has intensified in the last few hours. 5.  The dispute began to intensify.

Word # 3

Beleaguered (adjective)

Definition: troubled by someone or a situation / to surround or beset, as with troubles / to surround with military forces / (someone or something) which is in a bad condition / Situation

 

Sentence: 1. The arrival of the fresh medical supplies was a welcome sight for the beleaguered doctors working in the refugee camps. 2. Beleaguered parents 3. An economically beleaguered city 4. He believes a restored park will lift this beleaguered region out of poverty. 5. The occupants of the beleaguered city had no means of escape.

Word # 4

Smutty (adjective)

Definition: filthy / abusive / related to or containing smut (magazines, books, pictures, films, jokes or conversations which offend some people because they relate to sex) / (of talk, writing, or pictures) obscene or lascivious (expressing a strong desire for sexual activity)

 

Sentence: 1. I was really embarrassed by his smutty jokes. 2. I will not indulge you to read these smutty books. 3. The movie was rated R because of some nude scenes and smutty dialogue. 4. Smutty novel

Word # 5

Perturb (verb)

Definition: to worry someone / make (someone) anxious or unsettled / to disturb or throw  someone into great disorder; derange

Sentence: 1. News of the arrest perturbed her greatly. 2. It perturbed him that his son was thinking about leaving school. 3. They were perturbed by her bad behaviour. 4. The caller's strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night.