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June 5&6, 2004 carnivorous (Kar NIV a rus) The adjective carnivorous means meat eating. Random checks of personal belongings of travellers at airports is allowing smugglers to bring in red piranhas, a carnivorous fish native to South America, a fishery official said. We stopped to watch as tegus - 2-foot-long carnivourous lizards - ran across the lawn. Unlike humans, Pandas has evolved from being carnivorous to being herbivores, mainly eating bamboo. The deep corals have the only carnivorous polyps which use sticky mucous or stinging arms to capture their meals. June 4, 2004 debris (da BREE) The noun debris refers to pieces of something that has been destroyed or pieces of unwanted material that has been spread around. The eighth floor of the 11-storey New World department store in Bang Lamphu collapsed yesterday due to substandard demolition work, causing debris to plunge through the building. Huge clouds of dust, smoke and debris came through the buildings and blotted out the sun. A map was produced showing where each piece of debris from the spacecraft fell to Earth. The acid-loving organisms are often found in the debris left over from coal mining. June 2&3, 2004 homage (HOM idg) The noun homage refers to respect shown to someone or something you admire, or to a person in authority. Visaka Bucha is the day Buddhists gather at temples to pay homage to the Lord Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death. The man was eager to pay homage to the painter he greatly admired. People were flocking to temples in Suphan Buri and Ayutthaya provinces to pay homage to her monuments there. From some angles it was clear that the building was a homage to Frank Lloyd Wright's magnificant Guggenheim Museum in New York. June 1, 2004 innovative (IN a vey tiv) The adjective innovative refers to something that is new and original. Farmers in Chalerm Phra Kiat district are going back to school, thanks to an innovative venture established by the Office of non-formal Education under the Education Ministry. Experts in the field agree the plan is innovative, ambitious and bold. The television network used an innovative camera strung up on a wire over the field. Jackson had a good reputation in his industry as a talented and innovative designer. May 31, 2004 intimidation (in tim a DEY shun) The noun intimidation refers to frightening or threatening someone, usually in order to force them in to doing something they don't want to do. The verb form is intimidate (in TIM a deyt). Mr Lee said he did not believe Chinese leaders had specifically ordered the intimidation of Hong Kong broadcasters, blaming it instead on lower-level officials. The old-style politicians have made vote-buying and intimidation a way of life in many regions. The election officials were clearly intimidated by the protestors. She said she wasn't at all intimidated by her opponent. Click here to see our words in the news for the previous week. Return to our home page |© The Post Publishing Public Co., Ltd. All rights reserved 2004 | Last modified: June 4, 2004