Beginner English Daily Polite Expressions Learning

noun

1. a poor example

e.g. it was an apology for a meal
a poor excuse for an automobile

Synonym: apology

2. a note explaining an absence

e.g. he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him

3. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

e.g. he kept finding excuses to stay
every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
his transparent self-justification was unacceptable

Synonym: alibiexculpationself-justification

noun

1. a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon

e.g. a wave of settlers
troops advancing in waves

2. a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair

3. the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

Synonym: wavingwafture

4. (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

Synonym: undulation

5. one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

Synonym: moving ridge

6. something that rises rapidly

e.g. a wave of emotion swept over him
there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed
a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right

7. a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)

e.g. a heat wave

8. an undulating curve

Synonym: undulation