10 New Words (Fifth Week)

1. Boffin
    (1) A boffin is a scientist, especially one who is doing research.
    : The boffins of Imperial College in London think the may have found a solution.
    (2) Very clear people are sometimes called boffins.
    : A computer boffin is set to make 5 million dollars from his revolutionary photo
      technology.

2. Lampoon
    (1) If you lampoon someone or something, you criticize them very strongly, using humorous means.
    : He was lampooned for his short stature and political views.
    (2) A lampoon is a piece of writing or speech which criticizes someone or something very strongly, using humorous means.

3. Perilous
   (1) Something that is perilous is very dangerous.
    : ...a perilous journey across the war-zone...   The road grew even steeper and more perilous.

4. flare-up
   If there is a flare-up of violence or of an illness, it suddenly starts or gets worse.

5. Masseuse
   A masseuse is a woman whose job is to give massages.




6. Typology
    A typology is a system for dividing things into different types, especially in science and the social sciences.

7. Gigolo
    A gigolo is a man who is paid to be the lover of a rich and usually older woman.

8. Sulk
   If you sulk, you are silent and bad-tempered for a while because you are annoyed about something.
  : He turned his back and sulked.

9. Exasperate
   If someone or something exasperates you, they annoy you and make you feel frustrated or upset.
  : The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.

10. Repository
     A repository i a place where something is kept safely.
    : A church in Moscow became a repository for police flies.