Word Power
Hehe, decided to start my word power series to brush up on my ang-moh and singlish, and hopefully 'educate' ppl who read my blog... these are not lifted wholesale from dictionaries, but rather, they're improvised by yours truly.So learn along with me!
ADROIT
An English adjective of Latin and French origin.
Meaning: to show skill, cleverness or resourcefulness in handling situations.
Syn: dexterous
1. Blessed with an adroit touch and blistering pace, Thierry Henry is more than a handful for most Premiership defenders.
AGARATION
A Singlish noun from the Malay verb "agak-agak", which means to estimate. Usually used by guys in the army to describe a rough method of deriving an estimate, eg. distance.
1. If you don't have a ruler, you'll have to estimate this distance by agaration.
2. Wah lau eh, you use agaration to measure how much vodka to add to this cocktail? Sure not accurate one...
posted by Al @ 8:45 pm
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