n. state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
E.g. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the proximity of objects around them.
n. authority to act for another; agent or substitute
E.g. We provide quality hosting accounts with premium bandwidth to ensure that your proxy is always up and running at top speeds.
n. application of healing art to mental diseases; a branch of medicine of mental and emotional disorders
E.g. Lieberman's biggest worry is that drug companies are getting out of the psychiatry business entirely, exiting a field that has helped a lot of patients.
n. act or process of publishing printed matter; communication of information to public
E.g. This publication is accompanied by a beautiful exhibition in the van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.
v. make public; make known to mankind, or to people in general
E.g. It is an honor to publish this extraordinary book.
n. fruit flesh; any soft or soggy mass
E.g. This fruit has a large seed and minimum amount of pulp.
v. a small hole made by a sharp object; pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
E.g. If they get a nail, it is easy to puncture a tire.
n. condition of being pure; freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; cleanness
E.g. We can feel you, and your spirit - with will and energy, and virtue and purity.
a. odd; old-fashioned; picturesque; unfamiliar or unusual in character
E.g. The designs, which include flowers in quaint pale colors, give the notes a modern, clean look.
v. make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
E.g. They note that half of pupils will fail to qualify for secondary school.
n. victim; object of hunt; hunted animal
E.g. You mention you intend to start hunting, but you didn't say whether your quarry is small game or medium game.
a. odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric; mysterious; suspicious; questionable
E.g. I slept in queer places, and ate odd things, and met strange faces.
n. limitation on imports; ration; prescribed number
E.g. Ideally the campaigners want to push a new bill of introduction of a legal quota for women MPs.
n. device consisting of an oval frame with a tight interlaced network of strings and a handle; wooden paddle, as one used in table tennis
E.g. I mean, is it really possible for every soldier in the world to drop his or her rifle and pick up a tennis racket instead?
a. drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
E.g. President Correa has shown he is determined to follow a radical program of reforms to tackle poverty in Ecuador.
n. right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery
E.g. The police searched all the woods within a six-mile radius.
n. a flat float made of logs or planks; a large number or amount or extent
E.g. They saw a fire smouldering upon a great raft a hundred yards above, and they went stealthily thither and helped themselves to a chunk.
a. torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
E.g. They think of the word only as connected with ragged clothes and scanty food: poverty for me was synonymous with degradation.
v. scold; express objections or criticisms in bitter, harsh, or abusive language
E.g. You may rail at him all you want; you will never change him.
n. relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind; rate; proportion
E.g. Men outnumber women here in the ratio of three to one.
v. speak wildly, irrationally; speak or write with wild enthusiasm
E.g. The fact is nobody takes them seriously when they rave about their ideal.
v. gain; harvest a crop from; get or derive; obtain as a result of effort
E.g. I will reap large profits from my new invention.
v. give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain
E.g. It needed a compromise, a plan that would reassure the business community that it isn't abandoning economic reform even if the pace is slower.
n. receiver; one that receives or is receptive
E.g. If someone slaps another, the recipient is often motivated to respond with greater force.
n. detailed account or description of something
E.g. He was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings.
v. repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory; rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor
E.g. When they came to recite their lessons, not one of them knew his verses perfectly, but had to be prompted all along.
v. bring into or return to a suitable condition for use; claim back; make useful again
E.g. To reclaim the Constitution from conservatives, we must realize that there is no such thing as a neutral method of interpreting the Constitution.
v. correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel; become compatible or consistent
E.g. Nothing could ever again reconcile him to his enemy.
v. enlist; register formally as a participant; engage for military service
E.g. Any disappointment of employers who came to recruit is a reflection of the state's tough economy.
v. set right; correct by calculation or adjustment
E.g. Probably the most costly to rectify is that caused by toxic chemicals entering the water supply.
v. purchase back; regain possession of by payment; ransom or rescue from captivity; pay penalty; make amends for
E.g. He was trying to redeem himself for his earlier failure.
a. exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy
E.g. He said certain staff had been identified as redundant owing to technological efficiencies and improvements.
n. frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on axis, on which threads or lines are wound
E.g. The reel of silk has run smoothly enough so far; but I always knew there would come a knot and a puzzle.
n. direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment; note from a diplomat to his government requesting instructions
E.g. Whatever Turkey's direction, or directions, the result of the referendum was a hit in at least two arenas of Turkish life on Monday morning.
v. abstain from; resist; hold oneself back
E.g. Whenever he heard a song with a lively chorus, Sol could never refrain from joining in.
a. invigorating; energizing; pleasantly new or different
E.g. White is also cooling and refreshing, which is why people love to wear it in hot weather.
n. repayment of fund; an amount repaid
E.g. When they do that, their refund is automatically credited to their bank account.
n. act of refusing; denial of anything demanded
E.g. I suffered a blunt refusal when I called him.
n. form of government; government in power; administration; prevailing social system or pattern
E.g. State Department officials insisted that, privately, the Yeltsin regime is still willing to cooperate in the search for peace.
n. province; district; tract; neighborhood; the upper air; sky or heavens; inhabitants of a district
E.g. All in that region was fire and commotion.