Thursday, August 5, 2010

[Word Powers] Today's Words

Extirpate (ek-ster-peyt) (Verb):

1)            To remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate

In the movie ‘Terminator’, Arnold plays the role of an unstoppable and almost indestructible cyborg who is sent back from the future to extirpate the leader of the human resistance.

2)            To pull up by or as if by the roots; root up

While treating a flesh wound, doctors generally extirpate all the hair follicles on the skin.

 

Proclivity (proh-kliv-i-tee) (Noun):

1)            Natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition; bent; leaning

Vin had a proclivity to extreme sports since a very early age.

 



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