Wanggeh (with silent H) Tamil – Jom/Sila
Eg. Wanggeh, wanggeh ke rumah saya.
Oxymoron – idea/sesuatu yang bertentangan dalam satu siri yang sama
Eg. ISI-ranking is a total oxymoron.
Complacent – berpuas hati, uncritically satisfied
Eg. We can define our society as a complacent society as the ability of adapting “Let it be” attitude.
Podah – pigi dah
Eg. “Eh, podah la kau”, kata Jimon kepada rakannya yang cuba mencadangkan idea yang lebih baik darinya.
Lavish adj. – abundant
Eg. She lives in lavish lavatory because she can not afford to buy a house.
Fissure n. – disagreement
Yawn – menguap, buka luas, jurang luas
Shortcoming – fault/defect
Bleak – muram
Inevitable – unavoidable
Augment – increase
Unduly – terlalu
Efficacy – keberkesanan, mujarab
Monumental – penting, besar
Eg. Throwing scraps where it supposed to be is a monumental action for the sake of Mother Earth.
Perplex – membingungkan
Eg. As a student, I’ve been perplexed by … regarding centre of interest whether focusing on thesis writing or publishing in high-impact-ISI-index journal.
Ubiquitous – sentiasa ada
Eg. Irritating feeling is so ubiquitous for those who are being pressured by publishing in unethical publications.
Austerity – kesederhanaan
Eg. She chooses to live in austerity.
Cherry-pick – selectively choose
Eg. His boss had to cherry-pick her employees by using some idiosyncrasy parameters.
Prominence – important/famous/protuberant/noticeable
Proponent – proposer
Debilitating – melemahkan
Tantalize – acah
Eg. She always tantalizes her cat by poking its biceps.
Harken back – mengingat kembali
Eg. Badoo harkened back the last time when he stroll along this road.
Overwhelm – jumlah yang besar
Venture – risky journey eg biz
Spillover – limpahan
Stagger – huyung-hayang, berperingkat, berliku, terkejut
Curb – mengawal/menahan
Eg. La O'Ashley is trying her best to curb her favorite CB's treat this week.
Coax – memujuk
Eg. But La O'Ashley keep coaxing me to buy her favorite CB.
Èlan (nasal)– keriangan - perkataan Perancis
Eddy – pergerakan berpilin/berkitar
Portmanteau word – perkataan yang bergabung
Eg. “Sustainability” is a portmanteau word of “sustain” and “ability”.
Crack down – langkah yang keras
Eg. The … has cracking down those who are not producing 1001 ISI-publications per year by cutting down their wages up to 80%.
Nullify – balas balik
Tout – jaja
Pejorative – kritikan/cemuhan
Confine – menyekat
Engender – penyebab
Ostensible – kononnya
Eg. Ostensibly, the only way to sustain at … is to publish 1001 ISI-publications per year yet it is actually far from what sustainability is. It’s an eduwashing, I must say.
Cynic – orang yang sinis/ orang yang percaya orang buat baik hanya untuk diri sendiri bukan kerana ikhlas/mulia
Bamboozle – ditipu
Wishful thinking – angan-angan
Incipient – early stage
Eg. I’m at incipient of thesis writing.
Prevalent – tersebar luas
Eg. The rumour about staff’s termination due to no publication is prevalent.
Blatant – secara terang-terangan
Eg. Unethical policy blatantly enforced at …
Cant – condong/terbalik
Absolve – membebas tertuduh
Eg. They think by using greenthings will absolve them from guilty.
Ruse – tipu helah
Rebuke – menegur
Eg. The author blatantly rebuked on ISI-publications which has no benefit to society.
Vicinity – kawasan sekitar
Eg. “I’ll be in your vicinity in 30 minutes”, Bebo said to Kail which means 30 minutes times 3.
Usurp – merampas
Eg. We afraid that CSR policy goes unnoticeably usurped the local authority power.
Kesahan: Ada sebahagiannya diragui
Total number of word: 50 words
