annals [ AN-lz ]
[ noun ]
MEANING :
1. yearly chronological record of events
2. chronicles or historical account or record
3. record or journal that contains reports of the activities transpiring in an organisation
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The annals of the war were very well documented.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
January 30 1972 - forever Bloody Sunday in the annals of the Troubles in Northern Ireland - was not the bloodiest day, but perhaps the most significant in helping to decide the direction and progress of the bitter conflict in the decades that followed.
BBC, Long wait for Bloody Sunday report, by John Thorne, 7 November 2008
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aria [ Ahr-ee-uh', Air-ee-uh' ]
[noun]
MEANING :
1. a melody, air, tune, oratorio or a cantata
2. a striking melody that is sung solo with accompaniment
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
He is an expert at singing arias often haunting in nature.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
A great, distant ship's horn, like a one-note aria.
National Geographic, Online Extra, by Kevin Krajick, September 2003
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apocalyptic [ uh'-pok-uh'-LIP-tik ]
[noun,adjective]
MEANING :
1. (adj.) pertaining to or of an apocalypse
2. (adj.) prophetic, revelatory or ominous or suggestive of a disastrous outcome
3. (adj.) pertaining to or suggestive of a final doom or turbulent end of the world
4. (n.) a system where it is believed that the world will end or be doomed in a violent or disastrous way
USAGE EXAMPLE 1:
The apocalyptic vision of Nostradamus has managed to scare people for centuries.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2:
I thought it was kind of apocalyptic, like it was the end of the world, said Shogren
abcNEWS, Old-Timers Brace for Possible Eruption, by RACHEL D'ORO, February 3, 2009
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