Visual Dictionary

Adjective: demented Pronunciation: (di’men-tid) Demented meaning: Suffering from dementia (dementia = mental disorder marked by memory failures, impaired reasoning). Crazy; mad;insane or brain sick Quotations : Ralph Richardson – You’ve got to perform in a …

Noun: cornice Pronunciation: (kor-nis) Cornice meaning: A horizontal moulded projection crowning a building or structure. A moulding round the wall of a room just below the ceiling. The topmost projecting part of an entablature Verb …

Noun: debris Pronunciation: (du’bree) Debris meaning: Scattered pieces of rubbish The remains of something that has been destroyed. Synonyms : dust, junk, detritus (detritus = remains of something that has been destroyed or loose material …

Adjective: adrift Pronunciation: (u`drift) Adrift meaning: floating without control and without anchor or mooring ( mooring = act of making fast a boat with anchors). Adrift meaning: floating freely or not anchored Off course and …

Noun: prop Pronunciation: (próp) Prop meaning: A pole or beam placed beneath something to keep it from falling or shaking. (used as a temporary support) propped, propping, props Quotations : Selena Gomez – A lot …

Noun: eyrie Pronunciation: (i-u-ree) Eyrie meaning: Large nest of a bird of prey (example:- eagle or hawk or vulture ) on a cliff. Synonyms : aerie, eyry, aery Origin : Medieval Latin Quotations: J.R.R.Tolkien – …

Verb: wring Pronunciation: (ring) Wring meaning: Squeeze and twist to force liquid from or compress in order to extract liquid Wring meaning: A twisting squeeze Quotations : Herbert Gold – Literature boils with the madcap …

Noun: clump Pronunciation: (klu`mp) Clump meaning: Small group of plants growing closely together Synonyms : bunch, cluster A mass or lump of something Synonyms : chunk, clod, glob A heavy dull sound (as made by …

Noun: hammock Pronunciation: (ha-muk) Hammock meaning: A hanging wide strip of canvas or rope mesh (usually it is suspended between two trees and is used as a bed) Synonym: sack A small hill Synonyms: knoll, …

Noun: ford Pronunciation: (fawrd) Ford meaning: The shallow of a river or stream where it can be crossed without a bridge . Act of crossing a river by wading (wading=walking with your feet in shallow …