abolish
v. cancel; put an end to; destroy completely |
accomplish
v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete |
accurate
a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement |
announce
v. make something known or tell people about something officially; proclaim |
anxious
a. worried and nervous; uneasy about an uncertain event or matter |
approach
n. access; method |
approval
n. official approbation; endorsement; act of approving |
approximate
v. come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near |
argument
n. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal |
avoid
v. shield away from; prevent |
briskly
ad. in a brisk manner |
cease
v. stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue |
claim
n. demand for something as rightful or due |
conclude
v. enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end |
conflict
n. fight; struggle; incompatibility of dates or events |
consistent
a. being in agreement with itself; always behaving or happening in a similar |
context
n. circumstance |
convince
v. overpower; force to yield assent to truth; satisfy by proof; prove guilty |
culture
n. all the knowledge and values shared by a society ; foster; raising of plants or animals |
decade
n. a group of ten, especially a period of ten years |
dissatisfied
a. in a state of sulky dissatisfaction |
dominate
v. monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in |
drowsy
a. dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention |
edible
a. eatable; substance that can be used as food |
effortless
a. requiring or apparently requiring no effort |
equivalent
a. interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning |
escalate
v. rise; increase in extent or intensity |
establish
v. set up or found; build |
evaluate
v. judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something |
evidence
n. something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof |
exhaust
n. gases ejected from an engine as waste products ; use up the whole supply of |
expansion
n. growth; extent or amount by which something has expanded |
expectation
n. anticipating with confidence of fulfillment |
explain
v. make clear the reason of |
express
v. put thought into words; utter or state |
extend
v. add to something in order to make it bigger or longer |
familiar
a. well known or easily recognized |
frequent
v. do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of |
gigantic
a. exceedingly large; huge; very large or extensive |
gist
n. most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; central idea |
glare
n. light; brightness; fierce or angry stare |
harsh
a. rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern |
heroic
a. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation; of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope |
hesitate
v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness |
hilarious
a. by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry |
historic
a. having importance or significance in history; belonging to the past; historical |
horizontal
a. flat; level; parallel to or in a base line |
hostile
a. unfriendly and not liking something; showing the disposition of an enemy |
huddle
v. crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together |
identify
v. establish or indicate who or what is; find out |
illegible
a. incapable of being read because of being unclear |
immigrate
v. move into another country to stay there permanently |
influence
n. power affecting person or thing; effect of one thing on another; flowing in or upon; influx |
investigate
v. explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically |
navigate
v. steer; direct; follow a planned course on, across, or through |
opposed
a. having an opponent; averse of |
ordinary
a. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; lacking special distinction, rank, or status |
passage
n. the act of passing from one state or place to the next |
persuade
v. advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince |
primary
a. of first rank or importance or value; essential or basic |
recently
ad. in the recent past |
reference
n. act of referring or consulting; remark that calls attention to something or someone |
review
v. study again something, in preparation for an exam, practice to refresh memory |
revolt
v. organize opposition to authority; make revolution |
scarce
a. hard to find; absent or rare; limited |
significant
a. fairly large; important in effect or meaning |
source
n. point of origin, such as spring, of stream or river; one that causes, creates, or initiates |
summarize
v. give a brief statement of the main points of something |
superior
a. greater rank or quality than other people or things of the same type; excellent |
tension
n. action of stretching something tight; anxiety; feelings of hostility |
tolerate
v. endure; withstand; allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit |
tremble
v. shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder |
unexpected
a. not expected or anticipated |
unfamiliar
a. not known or well known |
vertical
a. upright in position or posture |