annoy, pester, and tease mean to disturb and upset a person. annoy is used for bothering someone to the point of anger. I am annoyed by your bad behavior. pester is used for bothering someone over and over. tease often is used for continually tormenting someone until that person is provoked or upset.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The suffix -lock in Modern English survives only in wedlock and bridelock. It descends from Old English -lác which was more productive, carrying a meaning of “action or proceeding, state of being, practice, ritual”.

Either way, something was secured with a lock and now you’ve opened it. This verb is also used for smart phones: “Once you unlock the screen, you can see that photo I sent.” Unlock is formed by adding the prefix un-, “reverse,” to lock, “fasten or secure.”

Description. The LOCK # signal is asserted during execution of the instruction following the lock prefix. This signal can be used in a multiprocessor system to ensure exclusive use of shared memory while LOCK # is asserted. If a lock prefix is used with any other instructions, an undefined opcode trap is generated.

irritating, infuriating, exasperating, maddening, trying, tiresome, troublesome, bothersome, irksome, vexing, vexatious, galling, provoking, displeasing. awkward, difficult, inconvenient.

Ious is defined as having or being like the word it follows. An example of the –ious suffix is the word luxurious.

1 : a condition of abundance or great ease and comfort : sumptuous environment lived in luxury. 2a : something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary one of life’s luxuries.

1 : wealth, affluence the opulence of prerevolutionary monarchs. 2 : abundance, profusion an opulence of fruits.

Something with opulence is drenched in wealth and luxury. Not surprisingly, the noun opulence comes from the Latin opulentia, meaning “wealthy.” A word that suggests extravagant excess, opulence describes lavish and visibly over-the-top living.

Opulent is a word that you will hear a lot around rich people looking to show off. The word contains connotations of pretentious.

Smothering meat, seafood or vegetables is a cooking technique used in both Cajun and Creole cuisines of Louisiana. The technique involves cooking in a covered pan over low heat with a moderate amount of liquid, and can be regarded as a form of stove-top braising.

1, The girls tried to smother their giggles. 2, We used a wet towel to smother the fire. 3, He tried to smother the flames with a blanket. 4, They ruthlessly smother all opposition.

Smothering a child is to give a child the wrong message. It tells a child they are not good enough. It tells them that they’re not capable of ‘climbing that tree’ as written about earlier. It implies a parent has no trust in a child – in their decisions or indeed, in their choices.

1a : having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby threadbare clothes. b : wearing threadbare clothing : very poor took in threadbare relatives— Russell Baker.