TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 21-Apr-13
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 21-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists brocade [ broh-KEYD ] [ noun, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (n.) fabric woven with an elaborate raised pattern or design 2. (n.) a heavy fabric interwoven with a raised design 3. (tr. v.) to weave with an elaborate raised design USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : His drawing room was augmented by rich brocade curtains. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : The Queen wore a beautiful, pale gold and soft turquoise, silk brocade jacket and matching dress, by Angela Kelly, which was perfectly in tune, both with her own regal signature and with the fashion swing-shift away from the safe LBD, as the omnipresent solution to serious dressing-up. The Telegraph, Queen gives royal seal of approval to British fashion, Hilary Alexander, 17