Word of the day: Prim

Prim: ostentar um ar afetado, vestir-se de modo afetado, afetado, empertigado

Synonyms: antiseptic, bandbox, crisp, groomed, kempt, orderly, picked up, neat, shipshape, smug, snug, tidied, tidy, trig, trim

“He has prim views on religion.”

“Her aunts were very prim and proper.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Kilter

Kilter:  boa condição, forma, ordem, estado físico (de uma pessoa)

Synonyms: estate, fettle, form, health, keeping, condition, order, repair, shape, trim

Obs.: in good kilter:  em bom estado / off kilter, out of kilter:  indisposto, fora de forma, com defeito.

“Since I dropped my food processor, it's been all out of kilter.”(www.meriam-webster.com)

“…the best way to repair an environment that is out of kilter, and to prevent even more animals from dying out...” (Newsweek, January 29, 2006)