Word of the day: Slant

Slant:  ladeira, inclinação, declive, intenção, ponto de vista,  olhadela, inclinar, inclinado, oblíquo

Synonyms: bend, color, , distort, falsify, fudge, misrelate, misrepresent,  twist, warp, cant, diagonal, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, pitch, rake, slope

“The computer keyboard is positioned at a slant so that typing is more comfortable for the wrists.”

“He sliced the carrots on a slant.”

“The sunlight slanted down through the leaves and branches of the trees.

She slanted her hat a little to the right.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

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Word of the day: SLOPE

Slope: declive, ladeira, rampa,  inclinação, grau de inclinação, estar inclinado, ter declive,inclinar, enviesar, fazer rampa ou ladeira, fugir, escapar

Synonyms: angle, cant, cock, heel, incline, list, pitch, slant, lean, tilt,tip, cant, diagonal, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, pitch, rake, slant, tilt, upgrade

“His handwriting slopes to the left.”

“They sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street.”   (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the Day: Skew

Skew:  ângulo, posição inclinada, inclinação, inclinar, torcer, dar forma ou direção inclinada, mover para um lado, distorcer, enviezar, olhar de soslaio, torcido, enviezado, inclinado,torto, fora de esquadro, assimétrico.

 Synonyms: aberrancy, zigzag,  angle, warp, variation, asquint, uneven, awry,unbalance, bend, turning, bias, throw off balance,  swinging,  sway

“.... Special interests often spend big bucks on the party in power, but their dramatic skew toward the GOP underscores how deeply business interests oppose Obama administration and Democratic...”(Newsweek, January 22, 2011)

“He accused them of skewing the rules in their favor.” (www.merriam-webster.com