abound
v. be full of; be plentiful |
absence
n. state of being absent; state of being away |
absolutely
ad. completely or definitely; used as a strong way of saying 'yes' |
abundant
a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources |
accept
v. agree to take something |
accommodate
v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable |
accumulate
v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase |
accurate
a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement |
achieve
v. gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill |
achievement
n. feat; accomplishment; award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective |
acquaintance
n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something |
acquire
v. gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system |
address
n. number of the house, name of the road and town where a person lives or works |
adjustable
a. capable of being changed so as to match or fit |
admit
v. permit to enter; receive; provide the right or a means of entrance to |
admittance
n. the right to enter |
adolescent
n. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity; |
advantage
n. benefit resulting from some event or action |
advantageous
a. giving an advantage |
advice
n. a proposal for an appropriate course of action |
advise
v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something |
against
prep. in or into physical contact with something |
already
ad. now; so soon; so early |
amendment
n. correction; revision |
amiable
a. good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly |
amusement
n. a feeling of delight at being entertained |
amusing
a. arousing or provoking laughter |
annex
v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit |
anniversary
a. annual; yearly; annual return of the day on which any notable event took place |
apparent
a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye |
applied
v. be pertinent or relevant or applicable |
appreciate
v. be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of |
arch
n. any part of a curved line |
artificial
a. made by humans; produced rather than natural. |
assignment
n. task given to students; job or appointment |
assume
v. suppose to be the case, without proof |
athlete
n. sports man; one who contended for prize in public games |
attendance
n. act of being present |
attention
n. act or state of attending or heeding; application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought |
attractive
a. very pleasing in appearance or sound; inviting or tempting |
authority
n. jurisdiction; power to enforce laws |
awkward
a. difficult to handle or manage |
bachelor
n. the first or lowest academic degree from colleges |
badge
n. distinctive mark, token, or sign worn on the person |
baggage
n. trunks, bags, parcels, and suitcases in which one carries one's belongings while traveling; luggage |
bankruptcy
n. state of being unable to pay your debts |
beautiful
a. wonderful; very pleasing or satisfying |
because
conj. for reason that; |
beginning
n. the first part or section of something |
belief
n. feeling of being certain that something exists or is true |
believable
a. capable of being believed |
belittle
v. disparage or depreciate; put down |
bench
n. the reserve players on a team |
beneficial
a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being |
between
ad. in between |
bias
n. preference or inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment; influence in unfair way |
bicycle
n. a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
biscuit
n. a small, flat cake that is dry and usually sweet; cookie |
bizarre
a. fantastic; very strange and unusuall in style or appearance |
bliss
n. a state of extreme happiness |
boulevard
n. a wide street in city, usually with trees on each side or along the centre |
bound
v. walk or run with leaping strides |
bouquet
n. small cluster or arrangement of flowers; an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present |
breath
n. air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration |
bulletin
n. brief statement of facts; any public notice or announcement |
bureau
n. an administrative unit of government |
business
n. an occupation, profession, or trade |
calendar
n. a table showing months, weeks, and days |
campaign
n. battle; a series of actions advancing a principle |
cancel
v. revoke; call off; omit or delete |
candid
a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial |
capable
a. having the ability required for a specific task |
catalog
n. a complete list of items, typically one in alphabetical or other systematic order
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category
n. group, class, or collection of things sharing a common attribute |
catsup
n. ketchup; thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes |
caught
v. (past tense) be in time for; trap after chasing or hunting |
cease
v. stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue |
ceaseless
a. incessant; endless; without stop or pause; constant. |
celery
n. widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked |
cemetery
n. place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard |
cereal
n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food. |
chairman
n. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization |
challenge
v. assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to |
changeable
a. capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature |
chaperone
n. one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people |
characteristic
n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait |
chocolate
n. a food made from roasted and ground cacao seeds |
chrysanthemum
n. the flower of a chrysanthemum plant |
civilize
v. educate a society so that its culture becomes more developed |
collision
n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals |
colonel
n. a commissioned military officer |
column
n. a tall solid upright stone post |
committee
n. special group delegated to consider some matter |
compassion
n. sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration |
competent
a. capable; adept |
complex
a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures |
compose
v. write or create by putting together parts or elements |
compound
a. composed of two or more parts |
compressor
n. device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas; anything which serves to compress |
conductor
n. a device designed to transmit electricity, heat; person who collects fares on a public conveyance |
confidant
n. someone to whom private matters are confided |
confident
a. assured; having or marked by assurance |
congratulations
n. an expression of approval and commendation |
consent
v. agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow |
consequently
ad. therefore; as a result or consequence of something; subsequently |
consumer
n. people who buy goods or services |
content
n. volume; something contained; material, including text and images |
contract
v. constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate |
control
n. the power to influence or direct people's behavior |
controversial
a. giving rise or likely to give rise to public disagreement; disputable |
controversy
n. a lot of disagreement or argument about something |
convict
v. find or declare guilty |
cope
n. a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions |
cordially
ad. in a hearty manner; in a warm and friendly way |
courage
n. a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain |
courtesy
n. polite behavior; act of civility or respect |
cousin
n. the child of your aunt or uncle |
cringe
v. shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment; bend or crouch with base humility |
critic
n. anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something |
criticism
n. expression of disapproval of someone or something |
criticize
v. find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws |
crypt
n. a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church |
culminate
v. reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit |
culprit
n. someone who perpetrates wrongdoing |
damage
n. any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right |
daughter
n. a female human offspring |
deceive
v. cause to believe what is not true; mislead |
deficiency
n. scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health |
delayed
v. cause to be slowed down or delayed |
delicious
a. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; greatly pleasing or entertaining |
delightful
a. greatly pleasing or entertaining |
deliver
v. set free from restraint; set at liberty; release; give or transfer |
democracy
n. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
denounce
v. condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner |
deny
v. disagree with; refuse; declare untrue |
depression
n. recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing ; sadness; low spirits |
design
n. a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function |
desirous
n. feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous |
desperate
a. having lost all hope; very serious or bad |
determined
a. determined or decided upon as by an authority |
developed
v. (past tense) grow into a more mature or advanced state |
dictionary
n. a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information |
digest
v. break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances |
discipline
n. training that makes people more willing to obey or more able to control themselves |
discouraged
v. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior |
discuss
v. to consider or examine in speech or writing |
dispersal
n. the act of dispersing or diffusing something |
dispose
v. get rid of; settle or decide a matter; place or set in a particular order; arrange |
distance
n. an amount of space between two things or people |
division
n. dividing one number by another |
domesticate
v. cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans |
doubt
n. not being certain about something, especially about how good or true it is |
dreadful
a. very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking |
drummer
n. someone who plays a drum |
duplicate
n. one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile |
either
a. one or the other of two |
electrical
a. pertaining to electricity; electric |
elementary
a. easily dealt with; straightforward and fundamental |
embarrass
v. cause someone to feel nervous, worried, or uncomfortable |
emphasize
v. stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice |
employ
v. engage the services of; put to work; apply |
enchant
v. charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites |
encircle
v. form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround |
encounter
v. confront or meet, especially unexpectedly |
encyclopedia
n. a reference work containing articles on various topics |
endurance
n. perseverance; state or fact of persevering; continuing existence |
enough
ad. as much as necessary |
entitled
a. eligible; qualified; qualified for by right according to law |
envelope
n. a flat, usually rectangular, container for a letter or thin package |
envious
a. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages |
environment
n. surroundings; totality of surrounding conditions |
envy
n. malice; ill will; discontent or uneasiness at another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with hatred |
equal
a. being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value |
equip
v. supply with necessities such as tools or provisions; furnish with the qualities necessary for performance |
equipped
v. provide with abilities or understanding |
erosion
n. corrosion; a gradual decline of something |
eruption
n. outbreak; sudden, often violent outburst |
especially
ad. used to single out one thing over all others |
ethics
n. morals; study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct. |
ethnic
a. relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage |
every
a. each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified |
evident
a. easily seen or understood; obvious; apparent; clear |
excellent
a. extremely good; of great worth; eminent |
exchange
n. substitute; trade in; give in return for something received |
exhibit
v. show something publicly, make visible or apparent |
expensive
a. high in price or charging high prices; costing a lot of money |
extinct
a. no longer existing or living; vanished; dead |
extortion
n. extorting; illegal use of one's official position or powers to obtain property |
fabricate
v. build; put together out of components or parts |
failure
n. an unexpected omission |
familiar
a. well known or easily recognized |
famine
n. shortage of food; starvation |
farewell
n. acknowledgment at parting; goodbye; act of departing or taking leave |
fascinating
a. capable of arousing and holding the attention |
fashion
n. style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model |
fault
n. a crack in the earth; defect, flaw, a wrong action |
faultless
a. without fault or error |
favorite
a. preferred above all others and treated with partiality |
fertile
a. rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive |
fiasco
n. complete failure; sudden and violent collapse |
flagrant
a. obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice |
flamboyant
a. elaborately or excessively ornamented |
flashlight
n. small portable battery-powered electric lamp |
flavoring
n. something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts |
fond
a. having or displaying warmth or affection |
foreign
a. belonging or connected to a country that is not your own |
forfeit
v. lose or be deprived of property or a right or privilege as a penalty for wrongdoing |
fortune
n. arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck |
fossilize
v. convert to a fossil |
frayed
v. cause friction |
frequently
ad. many times at short intervals |
friendly
n. match which is not part of a competition, and is played for entertainment or practice
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friendship
n. a situation in which two people are friends |
frightful
a. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact |
fundamental
a. relating to foundation or base; elementary; primary; essential |
funeral
n. ceremony held in connection with burial; end of existence |
gauge
n. measuring instrument; measure or judge |
generate
v. bring into being; give rise to; produce |
genuine
a. authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true |
gesture
n. motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling |
ghetto
n. a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group |
ghostly
a. resembling or characteristic of a phantom |
glamorous
a. attractive; charming |
glaze
n. thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes |
government
n. the governing body of a nation, state, or community |
gradual
a. proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive |
grammar
n. the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
grave
n. place for the burial; death or extinction |
grazing
n. the act of brushing against while passing |
grievance
n. a complaint or a strong feeling caused by unfair treatment |
guarantee
n. a promise that something will be done, will happen, or is true |
habitat
n. type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives |
harass
v. annoy or trouble someone repeatedly; torment persistently |
haven
n. refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port |
havoc
n. wide and general destruction; devastation; waste |
heavily
ad. in a way that needs a lot of effort to move or lift |
hesitate
v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness |
honestly
ad. (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that |
horrify
v. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised |
humid
a. containing a high amount of water or water vapor |
humility
n. quality or condition of being humble; low estimate of one's self; self-abasement |
hygiene
n. conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease; sanitation |
hygienic
a. tending to promote or preserve health |
ideal
a. existing in idea or thought; conception; intellectual; mental; imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless |
ignorant
a. lacking education or knowledge; unaware |
illegal
a. prohibited by law, by official, or by accepted rules |
illustration
n. picture; drawing; showing by example |
imaginary
a. having existence only in the imagination; fanciful; visionary |
imitative
a. marked by or given to imitation |
immediately
ad. proximately; directly; without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once |
import
v. bring in from another country |
impressive
a. making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect |
inanimate
a. lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull |
inconvenient
a. not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs |
incredible
a. unbelievable; beyond belief or understanding |
independent
a. not dependent; free; not subject to control by others |
individual
n. single person or thing; human regarded as a unique personality |
infamous
a. notoriously bad; having exceedingly bad reputation |
informant
n. someone who sees an event and reports what happened |
inhabit
v. live in; occupy; reside in |
innocence
n. the quality of naivete; the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil |
inquire
v. ask a question; seek for truth or information by putting queries |
insane
a. exhibiting disordered of mind; deranged in mind; very foolish |
inspect
v. look over; examine carefully and critically, especially for flaws |
inspection
n. formal or official examination |
insure
v. make sure or secure, specifically against loss by a contingent event; give or take insurance on |
intelligent
a. ingenious or wise; mentally acute |
interfere
v. disrupt; hinder; be or create a hindrance or obstacle |
invasion
n. raid or attack, especially the entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer |
irate
a. feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged |
itinerant
a. wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty |
itself
pron. a reflexive form of it |
jealousy
n. a feeling of unhappiness and anger because someone has something that you want; envy |
judge
n. a public official authorized to decide questions brought to a court |
justice
n. quality of being just; fairness in the way people are dealt with; uprightness |
kettle
n. a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it |
knitting
n. creating knitted wear |
lampoon
v. ridicule; subject to abusive ridicule expressed in work of art |
landmark
n. the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land |
language
n. a body of words |
laughter
n. the act or sound of laughing |
legion
n. a body of foot soldiers; military force; military bands; a great number |
leisure
n. the time when someone are free from work or other duties and can relax |
libel
n. defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character |
lightning
n. the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere |
liquid
n. fluid; juice; substance in fluid state |
liquidation
n. the act of exterminating |
longevity
n. long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation |
lubricate
v. make smooth or slippery |
magic
n. any art that invokes supernatural powers |
malice
n. enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
malicious
a. deliberately harmful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
manage
v. come to terms with |
management
n. the act of managing something |
marvel
n. wonder; strong surprise; astonishment |
measure
v. estimate the relative amount by comparison with some standard |
memory
n. faculty of mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events |
mercy
n. compassionate treatment of unfortunate and helpless; willingness to spare or to help; disposition to be kind |
merrily
ad. in a joyous manner |
message
v. send a message to |
mileage
n. distance measured in miles |
minute
n. the 1/60 of an hour; sixty seconds |
miscellaneous
a. mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous |
misplace
v. place something where one cannot find it again |
moisture
n. wetness caused by water |
mortgage
n. transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan |
motivate
v. stimulate; provide with an incentive; move to action |
movement
n. a particular act of changing position or place |
multiple
a. having or involving several parts, elements, or members |
musical
a. containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody |
mystery
n. something strange or not known that has not yet been explained or understood |
natural
a. of or being what exists or happens ordinarily in the world |
neglect
v. disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to |
negotiate
v. discuss the terms of an arrangement |
neighbor
n. a nearby object of the same kind, a person living near or next door |
nervous
a. worried and anxious |
nuisance
n. something that annoys or gives trouble and vexation; something that is offensive or noxious |
nurture
v. nourish; help grow or develop; foster |
obedient
a. subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command |
obituary
n. death notice; list of dead |
obligation
n. act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt |
oblige
v. force; bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; do a service or favor for |
observe
v. see and notice; look at with attention |
obstacle
n. one that opposes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress |
obviously
ad. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') |
occasion
n. a particular time, especially when something happens or has happened |
optimistic
a. hopeful; positive; expecting the best in all possible ways |
ordinarily
ad. under normal conditions |
ordinary
a. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; lacking special distinction, rank, or status |
origin
n. the first existence or beginning of anything |
original
a. not second hand; not copied or translated from something else |
outstanding
a. distinguished from others in excellence |
overt
a. open to view; not secret or hidden |
pamphlet
n. brochure; leaflet; a small book usually having a paper cover |
panicky
a. thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation |
parallel
a. side by side and having the same distance continuously between them |
pardon
v. accept an excuse for |
parse
v. analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence |
partial
a. incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others |
patient
n. a person who requires medical care |
percent
n. out of each hundred; per hundred; one part in a hundred |
perfectly
ad. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers |
permanent
a. lasting for a long time or for ever; remaining without change |
permit
v. consent to; give permission |
persuade
v. advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince |
pertinent
a. having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating |
peruse
v. read or examine, typically with great care |
phantom
n. something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; ghost or apparition; sprite |
pheasant
n. large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere |
phrase
n. a group of words without a finite verb, especially used to form part of a sentence |
physical
a. relating to the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit |
pierce
v. penetrate; make a hole into |
pledge
n. promise solemnly and formally; binding commitment to do something |
plight
n. condition or state, especially a bad state or condition |
poison
n. a substance that can make people or animals ill or kill them if they eat or drink it |
political
a. of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power |
popular
a. of common people; suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended |
possess
v. occupy in person; hold or actually have in one's own keeping; have the legal title to |
possible
a. able to be done |
potent
a. powerful; having power to influence or convince; having great control or authority |
preacher
n. a person who delivers a sermon publicly |
pressure
n. stress; tension; condition of being pressed |
print
v. produce text or picture by applying inked types, plates, blocks |
privilege
n. special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all; right reserved exclusively |
produce
v. make or manufacture, create, bring forth |
profit
n. advantageous gain or return; income received from investments or property |
propose
v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something |
prospect
n. possibility of future success; belief about future |
psychology
n. science that deals with mental processes and behavior |
pulp
n. fruit flesh; any soft or soggy mass |
puny
a. insignificant; tiny; weak; of inferior size, strength |
purchase
v. buy something; acquire something by paying for it |
purpose
n. something set up as an object or end to be attained |
questionnaire
n. form containing a set of questions, submitted to people to gain statistical information |
quotation
n. passage or expression that is quoted or cited; practice of quoting from books |
quote
v. name the price of; state a price for securities, goods, or services |
rampage
n. violent or riotous behavior; state of excitement, passion, or debauchery |
realm
n. kingdom; domain ruled by a king or queen |
rebel
v. revolt; resist or defy an authority; break with established customs |
recant
v. retract a previous statement; sing over again; utter repeatedly in song |
receipt
n. something proving that money, goods, or information have been received |
receive
v. get or be given something; accept as true or valid |
recognize
v. perceive the identity of; admit with a formal acknowledgment |
regret
v. feel sad about the loss or absence of |
regularly
ad. having a regular form |
remote
n. a device, used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance |
renewal
n. act of renewing; filling again by supplying what has been used up |
replenish
v. fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to |
reprimand
v. reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily |
require
v. insist upon having; request and expect |
resigned
a. accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive; showing hopelessness |
restaurant
n. a place where meals are prepared and served to customers |
revert
v. return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to |
rhyme
n. a word that has the same last sound as another word |
rhythm
n. a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound |
ridge
n. long, narrow upper section or crest; chain of hills or mountains |
ridiculous
a. completely lacking of wisdom or good sense |
ritual
n. procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice |
roster
n. list, especially of names |
rotten
a. damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless |
rough
a. not perfected; having or caused by an irregular surface |
rubbish
n. worthless material that is to be disposed of |
ruined
n. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction |
rustic
a. typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance |
salvation
n. act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity |
sandwich
n. two or more slices of bread with a filling between them |
sanitary
a. relating to health or the protection of health |
satisfied
v. make happy or satisfied |
saturate
v. soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance |
scarcity
n. a small and inadequate amount |
scenery
n. landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country |
schedule
n. plan for an activity or event; arrange |
scheme
n. elaborate and systematic plan of action; chart or outline of a system or object |
schism
n. separation or division into factions; formal division or split within religious body |
secretary
n. a person who is the head of an administrative department of government |
sedate
a. composed, and dignified in character or manner |
seize
v. take hold of; take or capture by force |
select
a. taken from a number by preference; picked out as more valuable or excellent than others; of special value or excellence |
serial
n. a story appearing in regular installments on tv, magazine, or newspaper |
service
n. act of dealing with customers in a shop, restaurant, etc. |
severe
a. serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful |
sheriff
n. chief officer of a shire or county, to be entrusted the execution of the laws |
shipment
n. sending of cargo; act of sending off something |
shutters
v. close with shutters |
siege
n. seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army |
similar
a. like or alike; of the same kind |
simile
n. comparison of one thing with another, in English generally using like or as |
simply
ad. in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment |
singular
a. unique; extraordinary; being only one |
sinister
a. suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster |
skeptical
a. marked by or given to doubt; questioning |
slavery
n. the practice of owning slaves |
slumber
n. sleep; state of inactivity or dormancy |
smudge
v. make a smudge on; soil by smudging |
sophomore
n. a student studying in the second year at a US college or high school |
souvenir
n. token of remembrance; something you buy or keep to help remember a holiday or special event |
spacious
a. wide, generous, or large in area or extent; sizable |
speaker
n. electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance |
spite
n. ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart |
splurge
v. indulge oneself |
spotless
a. completely neat and clean |
spotty
a. having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture) |
starch
n. naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits |
static
a. having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary |
statistics
n. a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data |
stranger
n. an individual that one is not acquainted with |
stunned
v. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow |
suffrage
n. vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony; attestation; witness; approval |
sunny
a. bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer |
superintendent
n. a person who is in charge of work done in a particular department or office |
supervisor
n. director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system |
supplier
n. someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity |
supply
v. make something available to someone; provide |
support
v. bear all or part of the weight of; hold up |
susceptible
a. easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease |
suspicious
a. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide; questionable |
swift
a. quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed |
swimmer
n. a person who travels through the water by swimming |
sympathy
n. compassion; pity; feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune |
tainted
n. the state of being contaminated |
tender
a. given to sympathy or gentleness; easily hurt; sensitive; young and vulnerable |
terrify
v. frighten; fill with terror |
therapy
n. healing power or quality; treatment of illness |
thorough
a. complete with regard to every detail; not superficial and not partial |
throughout
ad. in every part; in or through all parts; during the entire time or extent |
timber
n. wood; lumber; trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood |
tolerate
v. endure; withstand; allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit |
tongue
n. organ situated in floor of mouth |
toothache
n. an ache localized in or around a tooth |
tragedy
n. event resulting in great loss and misfortune; disaster |
traitor
n. one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country |
treatment
n. handling; something intended to relieve illness or injury |
treaty
n. act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation |
trend
n. popular taste; general direction in which something tends to move |
truly
ad. with sincerity; without pretense |
undernourished
v. provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment |
understood
v. (past tense) perceive the intended meaning |
unexpected
a. not expected or anticipated |
unfriendly
a. not friendly |
unheard
a. not necessarily inaudible but not heard |
uniform
n. a particular set of clothes for a particular group, like police |
unpopular
a. regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval |
unsanitary
a. not sanitary or healthful |
vaccinate
v. perform or produce immunity |
valuable
a. worth a great deal of money, especially for use or exchange |
various
a. different from one another; of different kinds or sorts |
vehicle
n. automobile; a machine, usually with wheels and an engine, to transport people or goods on land |
victory
n. successful ending of struggle or contest; defeat of an enemy or opponent |
vigorously
ad. with vigor; in a vigorous manner |
visible
a. being in public eye; obvious to the eye |
visual
a. seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical |
voyage
n. long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea; aviation |
wealth
n. the quality of profuse abundance |
weary
a. tired; exhausted; physically or mentally fatigued |
wedge
n. a piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks |
weekend
n. a time period extending from Friday night through Sunday |
weird
a. queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange |
wheeze
n. breathing with a husky or whistling sound |
wilderness
n. a tract of land or region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; wild or desert |
worm
n. screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack |
wreck
n. destruction; destroy; smash or break forcefully |
yield
v. produce something positive such as a profit; give forth a natural product |
youth
n. the time of life between childhood and maturity |