Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Spellings and Definitions


Hungry: Feeling a need or desire to eat food.

I am hungry as I have not eaten any breakfast.

 

Plough: A farming tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing.

The farmer ploughs the fields.

 

Inferior: Inferior is a lower status, rank or priority.

You are inferior to me.

 

Passenger: A traveller riding in a vehicle who is not operating it.

I have got three passengers in my car.

 

Practical: Concerned with actual use or practice. Having or put to a practical purpose or use.

That isn’t a practical job.

 

Secretary: An assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization.

Mrs Jones is a secretary in our school.

 

Sufficient: A quantity that can fulfil a need or requirement but without being abundant.

My teacher said my maths homework was sufficient.

 

Aerial: An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals.

We need to buy a new TV aerial as our old one is broke.

 

Committee: A special group delegated to consider some matters.

Coca cola has a committee.

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