Grammar Clinic

MEANING: Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. EXAMPLE: Yemi is a gentleman of complete integrity

Meaning: Declare (someone) free from guilt, obligation or punishment. Example: James was absolved of his crime.

Make – Meaning: to bring something into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts etc. Example: I will make a new dress for the party.

Promulgate (verb) means: to make (something, such as a doctrine) known by open declaration. Example of usage: We have to promulgate the new corporate objectives to every member of staff.

MEANING: 1. (Verb) – hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of 2. (Noun) – anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing’s good qualities EXAMPLES: 1. Bidemi foiled her opponent’s plan 2. Pretty girls like plain friends as foils

MEANING:  1. not friendly; hostile 2. tending to obstruct or harm EXAMPLES: 1. Femi is an inimical critic 2. The policy was inimical to Britain’s real interests

MEANING: 1. Introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of someone 2. Treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease; vaccinate. EXAMPLES: 1. My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs 2. He inoculated his tenants against smallpox

MEANING: 1. (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked 2. spend wastefully (verb) EXAMPLES: 1. Ola is a wanton attacker of religious convictions 2. He wantoned all his savings

MEANING: 1. confidently optimistic and cheerful 2. a blood-red colour (noun) EXAMPLES: 1. He is sanguine about prospects for the global economy 2. Busola has a fresh and sanguine complexion

MEANING: 1. A wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plough or cart that they are to pull 2. A part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and to which the main part of the garment is attached. A part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and to which