Words from Todays Newspaper: Word#5 of the day: Jettison ‘He has jettisoned his aggressive image displays a broad political outlook which will work wonders for him if he is able to exhibit more of it in testing times.’ [The sentence given above has been taken from todays newspaper (dated: May 19, 2014)]. ‘Jettison’, as a verb means to get rid of something. It also means to reject something, such as a plan, idea, etc. To drop something from a moving plane, ship, etc. is also called jettison. ‘Discard’, ‘junk’, ‘lay by’, ‘lose’, ‘pitch’, ‘reject’, ‘scrap’, ‘shed’, etc. are the synonyms of the word. As a noun, jettison means a voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ships load in time of distress a voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ships load in time of distress. Interested in CLs products, to know more check here: bit.ly/1mtyHYR
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 14:30:00 +0000
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