Words from Todays Newspaper: Word#2 of the day: AMOK ‘Wild - TopicsExpress



          

Words from Todays Newspaper: Word#2 of the day: AMOK ‘Wild boars run amok destroying standing crop in several villages of Shahapur taluk’ [The sentence given above has been taken from todays newspaper (dated: January 24, 2015)]. Amok’ is an adverb which means in a wild or uncontrolled manner. The word is coined from Amuk, a Malay word which means attacking furiously. Let us look at an example to understand the meaning of the word- Communities hire White Buffalo to manage their wildlife when that wildlife has run amok. Synonyms of the word are frantically, amuck, murderously, brutally, crazily, etc. Antonyms include calmly, peacefully, placidly, meekly, etc. Interested in CLs products, to know more check here: bit.ly/eProduct_Center
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:30:01 +0000

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