Unkown words for Home Work

clout [kla'ut] n
clouts clouting clouted

definitions:the power to influence other people's decisions political/economic clout

example of sentence:
1. Mr.Bush doesn't show off his political clout anymore.
2. Ne'er cast a clout till May be out.
(You can't get off your winter clothes till May in the UK.)


morass [mэrae's] n

definitions:a complicated and confusing situation that is very difficult to get out of
a complicated amount of information
a dangerous area of soft wet ground

example of sentence:
1. The Japanese economy has finally begun to extract itself from the deep morass it fell into following the bursting of an economic bubble in 1990.
2. A politician try to clean up the morass of corruption.


averse [эvэ':(r)s] prep

definitions:to be unwilling to do something or to dislike something

example of sentence:
1. Bob is a really risk-averse person. I'm tired of his excuses.
2. I'm far from averse to going to a picnic.


diabolic [da`iэbα'lik] adj

definitions:very bad, evil, or cruel

example of sentence:
1. Mary can't stand his diabolic utterance anymore.
2. Hitler is worth being imprisoned for his diabolic act.


plummet [plΛ'mэt] n, vi

definitions: to suddenly and quickly decrease in value or amount
to fall very suddenly and quickly from a very high place

example of sentence:
1. An apple plummeted from a tree and smashed on the ground.
2. The hospital's reputation has plummeted.


nosedive n,vi
nosedives nosediving nosedived

definitions: a sudden drop in amount, price, rate etc.
a sudden steep drop made by an airplane, with its front end pointing toward the
ground

example of sentence:
1. This hit product is going to take a nosedive soon.
2. The U.S government is trying to stave off a nosedive.


macabre [mэkα':br(э)] adj

definitions: very strange and unpleasant, and relating to death, serious accidents etc.

example of sentence:
1. I've never seen such a macabre movie like this.
2. The mader was quite macabre-looking.


flop [flα'p] n,vi
flops flopping flopped

definitions: to sit or lie down in a relaxed way, by letting all your weight
to move or fall, or put something down, in an awkward or uncontrolled way
if something such as a product, play, or plan flops, it is completely unsuccessful

example of sentence:
1. His intention to stop smoking was a flop.
2. The actor flopped down into a chair.


doom [du':m] n, vt
dooms dooming doomed

definitions: to make someone or something certain to fail, be destroyed, or die

example of sentence:
1. The plan to build the new buidling was doomed from the biginning.
2. Entrance examination to a university may settle a person's doom in Japan.


clinch [kli'n(t)∫] n, vi, vt
clinches clinching clinched

definitions: to finally agree on something or get something after trying very hard
if two people clinch, they hold each other's arms tightly, especially when they are fighting
a situation in which two people who loves each other hold each other tightly

example of sentence:
1. The football team was in a position to clinch first place in the league.
2. My friend finally clinched the House of Representatives by-election.