Friday, November 27, 2009

*
Salubrious
, adjective;
1.Favorable to health; promoting health; healthful.
Antonyms:Insalubrious, unhealthy, unwholesome
Synonyms:Beneficial, good, healthful, healthy, hygienic,

Notes: salacious means characterized by lust or suggestive of or tending to moral looseness, while salubrious means favorable to health or promoting health



*Fiat, noun;
1.An arbitrary or authoritative command or order.
2.Formal or official authorization or sanction.
Synonyms:Authorization, command, decree, dictate, dictum, edict, endorsement, mandate, ordinance, permission, precept, sanction, ukase, warrant
Antonyms:Question, request.




*Billet , noun;
1.Lodging for soldiers.
2.An official order directing that a soldier be provided with lodging.
3.A position of employment; a job.
transitive verb:
1.To quarter, or place in lodgings.
2.To serve (a person) with an official order to provide lodging for soldiers.
intransitive verb:
1.To be quartered; to lodge.



*Incongruous , adjective;
1.Lacking in harmony, compatibility, or appropriateness.
2.Inconsistent with reason, logic, or common sense.

Synonyms:Alien, bizarre, conflicting, contradictory, disconsonant, discordant, disparate, distorted, divergent, extraneous, fantastic, fitful, foreign,

Antonyms:compatible, congruous, consistent, corresponding, fitting, harmonious, matched, suitable, uniform

No comments:

Post a Comment