Tuesday, March 31, 2015

FLARES

WORD: FLARES

MEANING:
1. To flame up with a bright, wavering light.
2. To burst into intense, sudden flame.
3.
a. To erupt or intensify suddenly: Tempers flared at the meeting. His allergies flared up.
b. To become suddenly angry. Used with up: He flared up when she alluded to his financial difficulties.
c. To make a sudden angry verbal attack. Used with out: flared out at his accusers.
4. To expand or open outward in shape: a skirt that flares from the waist; nostrils that flared with anger.
5. burns, flames, sparkles


EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Violence flares after Baghdad's decade-old curfew lifted
2. she could not control her flare of rage
3. Signal flares are used to indicate distress.


PRONOUNCE:
flare - फ्लेर

LINK: FLARES

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