Jambulingam Street, Chennai, is a local legend. The tar road in the bustling Nungambakkam area has weathered a major flood, several monsoons, recurring heat waves and a steady stream of cars, trucks and auto rickshaws without showing the usual signs of wear and tear. Built in 2002, it has not developed the mosaic of cracks, potholes or craters that typically make their appearance after it rains. Holding the road together is an unremarkable material: a cheap, polymer glue made from shredded waste plastic. For further readin, visit “The Guardian”.
Today’s Words:
- Radical (adjective) – fundamental, basic, essential.
- Bustling (adjective) – busy, active, lively, crowded.
- Wear and tear (noun) – damage, deterioration, degeneration, battering.
- Mosaic (noun) – irregular pattern.
- Pothole (noun) – dangerous hollow/dent in the road.
- Crater (noun) – cavity/hole in the surface.
- Shredded (adjective) – cut/torn into very small pieces.
- Litter (noun) – rubbish, waste, garbage, debris, junk.
- Wear on (phrasal verb) – proceed, pass, progress, advance.
- Durable (adjective) – long lasting, long-lived, persisting, enduring.
- Rut (noun) – a long deep track, wheel track, trench, crack, crater, pothole.
- Ravel (noun) – tangle, mess, disorder.
- Edge Flaw (noun) – imperfection, blemish.
- Asphalt (noun) – a mixture of tar, sand, gravel used to lay roads.
- Versatile (adjective) – flexible, adjective, variable, convertible.
- Buckle (verb) – bend, warp, become deformed, mangle.
- Frugal (adjective) – simple, inexpensive, economical.
- Dregs (noun) – remains, remnants, debris.
- Rag (noun) – old & torn clothes.
- Ubiquitous (adjective) – omnipresent, ever present, all over the place.
- Hog (verb) – use most of something.
- Clog (verb) – block, obstruct, congest, seal.
- Condaminant (noun) – dirty/polluted/poisoned/unsanitary material.
- Bonfire (noun) – a large fire to burn rubbish in the outdoor/open area.
- Scuttle (verb) – make something to fail intentionally.
- Revive (verb) – resuscitate, bring back, bring around, bring to life.
- Devastation (noun) – destruction, havoc, damage.
- Crusade (noun) – campaign, movement, struggle.
- Fatality (noun) – fatal accident, tragedy, death, casualty.
- Crumbling (adjective) – disintegrate, collapse, degenerate, deteriorate.
- Green light (noun) – authorisation, permission, approval.
- Embankment (noun) – earth/stone wall/bank.
- Fragment (noun) – piece, shred, particle.
- Deteriorate (verb) – degrade, degenerate, decompose, break up, disintegrate.
- Persist (verb) – remain, stay, continue, last.
- Hefty (adjective) – large, high, heavy, substantial.
- Be lost on someone (idiom) – not to be unsterstood/noticed by someone.
Note:
- Click each one of the words above for their definition, more synonyms, pronunciation, example sentences, phrases, derivatives, origin and etc from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ .
- Definitions & Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.
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