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Date: Tuesday, 1 Feb 2011

Demeanour: [noun]Meaning:A way of looking and behaving

Sentence: There was nothing in his

demeanour that suggested hewas anxious.

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Unkempt: [adjective]Meaning: Untidy; not cared for 

Sentence: His hair was unkempt and

filthy.

Date: Wednesday, 2 Feb 2011

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Date: Monday, 7 Feb 2011

Lanky : [adjective]Meaning: Tall and thin and tending to

move awkwardly as a result

Sentence: I was your typical lankyteenager.

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Do - yed: [adjective]Meaning: Having wide-open, innocent-

appearing eyes

Sentence:Marcia was the most doe-eyed girlin her class, and no one co ld imagine her ever  eing mean toanyone.

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Date: Wednesday, 9 Feb 2011

Scrawny: [adjective]Meaning: Unpleasantly thin, often with

bones showing

Sentence: He came home after three months

at college looking terribly scrawny.

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Date: Thursday, 10 Feb 2011

Pint-sized: [adjective]Meaning: (of a person) small and not

important

Sentence: Don't worry about him, he's just a

pint-sized nobody.

Pint-sized paintings

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Date: Friday, 11 Feb 201

Gaunt: [adjective]Meaning:Very thin, because of illness or 

hunger.

Sentence: The old man¶s face was gauntand grey as a result of 

prolonged starvation.

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Date:Monday, 14 Feb 2011

Rotund: [adjective]Meaning: (especially of a person) round

or rounded in shape

Sentence: A rotund, smiling, red-faced

gentleman appeared.

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Date:  esday, 5 eb 

Scr ff y: [adjective]Meaning: An ntidy appear ance

Sentence: Jie Qing was a scr ff y looking

boy who always came to school

looking like he slept in his 

niform.

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Date:  ednesday, 6 eb 

urrowed: [ver b]Meaning: To be marked with lines or wrinkles 

usually caused by frowning, anxiety 

or concentr ation

Sentence:Hillar y¶s eyebrows furrowed as she 

concentr ated har d at the math

problem in front of her.

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Date: r sday, eb 

Wir y: [adjective]Meaning: lean, t in or wit little f at

Sentence: Jo n¶s wir y, at letic fr ame 

meant t at e was ideal to joint e sc ool¶s basketball team

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Date: riday, 8 eb 

Barr el-chested: [adjective]Meaning: A broad, deep chest found on

a man

Sentence:Mr Chua was a large, barr el-chested man and people alwaysmistook him for being a weightlifter or bodybuilder .

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Date:  nday, eb 

Pasty: [adjective]eaning: Having a pale, lif eless appear ance

Sentence:Sixian suff er ed fr m leukaemia, and 

s her  nce healthy gl w has since 

been r eplaced by a sick, pasty 

appear ance.

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Date: Tuesday, 22 Feb 2011

Diminutive : [adjective]Meaning: Very small

Sentence: He's a diminutive figure, less

than five feet tall.

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Date:  ednesday, 3 eb 

Gangly: [adjective]Meaning: Tall and thin and having long

slender limbs

Sentence:Gar y was a gangly teenager whose uniform looked two sizes too bigand would droop loosely off his shoulder s.

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Date: r sday, eb 

P dgy: [adjective]Meaning: (Of a person or part of his/her 

body) Slightly fat

Sentence:Stacy always believed that shewould never be able to play thepiano properly because of her pudgy fingers.

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Date: riday, 5 eb 

Stout: [adjective]Meaning:Quite f at, especially around the 

waist or of heavy build

Sentence:We always thought that Mr Ong was a scar y personbecause he was a stout manwith thick glasses.

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Date:Monday, 2 Feb 2011

Sinewy: [noun

]Meaning:With strong muscles and little

fat.

Sentence: The fireman with a strong,sinewy body carried the victim

out of the burning building.

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Date: Extra Word

Thickset: [adjective]Meaning:Describes a person, especially a

man, whose body is wide across

the shoulders and chest and who isshort.

Sentence: A thickset young man appeared in

the doorway.