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Meaning of apathy, parody, expatriate, labyrinth, cosmopolitan, genesis, dilemma, compunction, ken, idiosyncrasy

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Meaning of apathy (noun)
lack of emotion or interest; indifference; disinterest

Example
He showed apathy when his relative was injured.
The disheartened peasants expressed apathy toward the new law which promised new hope and prosperity for all.

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Meaning of parody (noun)
piece of work imitating another in a satirical manner; poor imitation

Example
The play was a parody of the Prince and Princess's marital difficulties.
Ugh! This is a parody of a fashionable dress!

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Meaning of expatriate (noun)
person who lives in a foreign country

Example
The very pages of his own magazine express the discernibly patronizing indulgence that it seems the American expatriate community extended to him.

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Meaning of labyrinth (noun)
maze; complicated network of passages; something confusing or bewildering

Example
Be careful not to get lost in the labyrinth of vegetation.

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Meaning of cosmopolitan (noun)
person who is at home in all countries; citizen of the world

Example
Ultimately, many cosmopolitans had to accommodate what seems like a psychological imperative: that we have duties first and foremost to our intimates, for what use is a moral system that is wholly out of touch with the people it purports to guide?

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Meaning of genesis (noun)
origin; beginning; creation

Example
In Port Elizabeth, within the fold of the South African Air Force Museum, a small group of volunteers have taken on not only the genesis of a regional museum, but the task of bringing an Airspeed Oxford back to life.

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Meaning of dilemma (noun)
difficult situation; difficult decision

Example
The observational data show that Easton's neighborhood police have two recipes for resolving this dilemma and its associated conundrum.

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Meaning of compunction (noun)
regret for wrongdoing; remorse; uneasiness of conscience

Example
North listened to this impassively; when it was over his eyes filled with tears, but these were not necessarily tears of compunction.
Without compunction, Fox kicked him awake.
So she had no compunction, I think, in allowing your father to be lured into danger, so that the demoiselle would leave the City to follow him.

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Meaning of ken (noun)
one's understanding; perception; consciousness; knowledge; awareness

Example
My ken of the situation proved to be incorrect.

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Meaning of idiosyncrasy (noun)
personal peculiarity; mannerism; eccentricity

Example
Her tendency to bite her lip is an idiosyncrasy.

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