Monday: resilient - 1. (Of a substance or object) able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed: e.g. 'a shoe with resilient cushioning'; 2. (Of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions: e.g. 'babies are generally far more resilient than new parents realize'
Tuesday: predicament - A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation: e.g. 'the club’s financial predicament'
Wednesday: gourmand - A person who enjoys eating and often eats too much: e.g. 'I realise I'm doing what gourmands never do - reveal their favourite restaurants for fear of overpopulising, however…'
Thursday: Noel - Christmas, especially as a refrain in carols and on Christmas cards
Friday: snarf - Eat or drink quickly or greedily: e.g. 'they snarfed up frozen yogurt'
Saturday: odium - General or widespread hatred or disgust incurred by someone as a result of their actions: e.g. 'he incurred widespread odium for military failures and government corruption'
Sunday: reciprocity - The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit, especially privileges granted by one country or organization to another: e.g. 'the Community intends to start discussions on reciprocity with third countries'
Words and definitions from Oxford Dictionaries Online's Word of the Day.
Playing with this week's words!
- Gourmands often snarf their food
- A common predicament of gourmands is causing odium by snarfing in public :-)
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