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January 3 & 4, 2003 electorate (i LEK tur it) The noun electorate refers to all the voters in a country or area who have the right to vote. "The right to judge belongs to the electorate," Mr Suranand said. Mr Thaksin promised the electorate a high quality team to deal with the economy. A large part of the electorate is still undecided. Although his popularity has declined steadily, he is still estimated to have the support of five percent of the electorate. January 2, 2004 mannequin (MAN a kwin) The noun mannequin refers to a life-size model of a person which is used to display clothes. Clothing stores in a province of Pakistan ruled by Islamists have been forced to remove mannequins from the window displays under an unofficial directive which terms them "un-Islamic", shopkeepers said yesterday. Prosecutors were allowed to place a headless mannequin in the courtroom wearing the victim's police uniform. The driver started the fire engine and the men jumped into their boots, pants and suspenders which stood next to their lockers like mannequins. The "lady" in question turned out to be a mannequin at the local mall. December 31 2003 & January 1, 2004 sentry (SEN tri) The noun sentry refers to a soldier who guards a camp or a building. If the two Thai soldiers had not opened fire from sentry box No 5 at a truck loaded with explosives, the bomb would have caused much greater damage. The army ordered sentries to wear flak jackets and stay near their sandbagged emplacements. The army sentries at the airport appeared to take their orders from the occupants of a car with Belgrade license plates. At Simitai, few efforts have been made to preserve the wall and its granite sentry towers are crumbling. December 30, 2003 spell The noun spell refers to a situation that is controlled by a magical power. To cast a spell means to put something under the control of a magical power. A spell can also refer to a short period of time during which a particular type of weather or activity occurs. A Nepalese man believing an evil spell was cast on him, hacked to death two elderly women he accused of being witches. The man said a witch doctor had once cast a spell on him and he almost died. If California runs into another dry spell, water shortages could be severe in the not-to-distant future. If California runs into another dry spell, water shortages could be severe in the not-to-distant future. December 29, 2003 fruitless (FRUIT lus) The adjective fruitless refers to a failure to achieve anything at all. Attempts to organise peace talks between Rangoon and the Karen National Union have so far been fruitless as the two sides can not agree where the meeting should be held. The two countries have made several fruitless efforts to agree on the border between them. After two fruitless visits to the site, the team has suspended its search. Efforts to resolve the conflict have so far been fruitless. Click here to see our words in the news for the previous week. Return to our home page | Comments to Terry F. at terryfrd@ksc15.th.com | |© The Post Publishing Public Co., Ltd. All rights reserved 2004 | Last modified: January 5, 2004