n. wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
E.g. The earthquake has made great havoc of the city.
n. danger; risk
E.g. And across Baghdad there are hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of rubbish, and this is proving to be an increasingly serious health hazard.
n. crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
E.g. When suddenly, thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.
v. cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw
E.g. The nuts must be planted in ground that does not heave in the spring time when the frost goes out.
a. feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
E.g. Just after last night he resigned, following a hectic board meeting.
n. halves; half of a sphere bounded by a great circle
E.g. Radiation reflected in the southern hemisphere is just as reflected as anywhere else in the globe.
ad. from this place; from this time; from this reason; as an inference or deduction
E.g. She presents herself in public and hence is an object of positive or negative regard, as the case may be.
n. flock; crowd; group of cattle or other domestic animals
E.g. The herd is too large in most parts of the state.
a. descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law
E.g. That cultural tendencies linger in hereditary religious traditions.
n. legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
E.g. UNESCO says it's confident that the US will take steps to protect Iraq's rich heritage.
v. make prominent; emphasize; stress
E.g. He said it was time to highlight the danger of the possibility of smaller radioactive sources falling into the hands of terrorists.
a. by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry
E.g. In an interview with local newspaper, she promised to talk about the story in hilarious detail in the future.
a. having importance or significance in history; belonging to the past; historical
E.g. This Congress is not going to want to miss that opportunity to achieve that kind of historic agreement.
n. line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet; range of one's knowledge, experience, or interest
E.g. Over the horizon is a Britain that pays its way in the world.
n. a variety of domestic dog, having large, drooping ears; side bar used to strengthen portions of gear of a vehicle
E.g. The hound had in fact fought off a wolf to save the child.
v. crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
E.g. Tomaz Humar had spent nearly a week to huddle on a ledge six-thousand meters up Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth highest mountain.
v. throw with great force; cast; toss
E.g. I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy.
n. a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas
E.g. Each atom of hydrogen has only one proton.
n. cleanliness; sanitation
E.g. Read below for information on some hygiene basics and learn how to deal with greasy hair, perspiration, and body hair.
a. existing in idea or thought; conception; intellectual; mental; imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless
E.g. Let us fight on today and every day until our ideal is accomplished, let us conduct ourselves so that we shall prove worthy of that trust.
n. act of designating or identifying something; condition of having your identity established
E.g. The thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest.
a. useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; given rest and ease; avoiding work or employment; lazy
E.g. He is vexed at my idle ways and waste of time: as if I need like a city clerk, six days a week and no holidays!
n. lack of knowledge or education
E.g. Do you think that her ignorance is a reasonable argument for this failure?
a. marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
E.g. This paper shows us an imaginative use of material.
n. emulation; copying the actions of someone else
E.g. You talk like an Englishman, DON'T you? It's the worst imitation I ever heard.
a. near at hand; close in time; about to occur
E.g. Peak oil does not mean that we are in imminent danger of running out of oil.
n. having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
E.g. Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
a. like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
E.g. Yet we lack the willingness, and perhaps the ability, to make the sacrifices necessary to maintain imperial dominion over that region.
v. incriminate; involve or imply as necessary accompaniment or result
E.g. The suspicions again implicate high government officials to the point where 911 could well have been an inside job.
v. express or indicate indirectly; signify
E.g. Why does the word imply male siblings and not female as well?
v. demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
E.g. In the past the courts have treated similar cases with great leniency but there's been growing pressure from the government and the public to impose stiffer penalties.
a. adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; impressive in appearance
E.g. While the large vessel looked imposing from the outside, the interior was actually cramped.
a. without previous preparation
E.g. So there's certain impromptu nature to a lot of these questions and the responses.
v. compose, perform, or do something with little or no preparation
E.g. If they let Lee improvise even one response, it could be devastating.
n. something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward
E.g. Another incentive is the tax and duty-free importation of raw materials to be used for book publishing.
ad. by chance; accidentally
E.g. He broke cover after his name was mooted in the Russian newspaper Isvestia, which incidentally is owned by Gazprom.
n. anything which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses; prologue indicating what follows; second digit
E.g. Do you know the price index in the city?
a. native; originating where it is found
E.g. But rarely was the music they played anchored in indigenous sounds of their homelands, as the groups eagerly explored musical hybrids.
v. persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
E.g. He was as a dog that had been terribly scorched, and nothing would again induce him to go near the fire.
v. be complacent toward; give way to; not to oppose or restrain; yield to the desire of
E.g. It pleased me to indulge her wishes.