v. throw with violence or haste; break, as by throwing or by collision; form or sketch rapidly
E.g. In my fury, I dash all the dishes to the floor.
n. collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval
E.g. The heart of the database is the national list of voters produced each year by Elections Canada.
v. overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy
E.g. His eyes dazzle before the strong light.
n. remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
E.g. A full year after the earthquake in Mexico City, they were still carting away the debris.
n. a group of ten, especially a period of ten years
E.g. This decade is the time to fully embrace diversity and demonstrate equal rights to all Americans in this country.
v. decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence
E.g. Hazards like human waste, meanwhile, will simply decay in the soil.
v. fool; cause to believe what is not true; mislead
E.g. "Yet," said she, "I am afraid it is a mistake: my thoughts deceive me."
v. convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
E.g. Lacking his code book, the spy was unable to decipher the scrambled message sent to him from the KGB.
n. announcement; explicit statement; formal public statement
E.g. The Clinton team made their declaration early, ahead of the legal deadline and ahead of their main rival, Senator Barack Obama.
n. change toward something smaller or lower ; gradual falling off from a better state
E.g. Dustan has a record of switching sides when convenient, and there are many Taliban supporters who would do likewise if the fortunes of the puritan militia are on the decline.
v. adorn; embellish
E.g. They've also agreed to decorate their shop windows with slightly bigger manikins.
n. order from one having authority; decision, order, or sentence by court
E.g. The decree is signed establishing the School for Primary School Teachers, which later becomes the National Teachers.
v. set apart for a deity or for special purposes; devote; consecrate
E.g. She decided to dedicate her first book to her husband.
v. abandon or turn against; cease or change one's loyalty
E.g. Pakistani terrorists regularly defect to another terrorist group with a totally different political platform.
n. act of defending against attack, danger, or injury
E.g. The country needs fresh directions and crisp action plans on intractable issues like climate change, energy, security, and defence.
n. scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health
E.g. It has been demonstrated that a blood protein deficiency is the cause of this inherited illness.
n. inadequacy or insufficiency; sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage
E.g. The deficit in trade of all types of goods showed an unexpectedly large increase in the final month of last year.
a. final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
E.g. And finally, the utility of the skeleton would be mostly likely to aid in definitive identification.
v. refuse to submit to or cooperate with; be unaffected by; resist or withstand
E.g. I dropped the Ann from my name to defy my mother, who had insisted I be called by the refined name of Carole Ann, not plain old Carole.
v. become worse; decline; fall
E.g. Not to appear to disgrace his family, to degenerate from the popular qualities, or lose the influence.
v. erase; strike out; remove or make invisible
E.g. Less is more: if you delete this paragraph, your whole essay will have greater appeal.
v. consider; think about carefully; weigh
E.g. Offered the new job, she asked for time to deliberate before she told them her decision,.
n. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
E.g. In the end, the Southern Africa supporters of the Zimbabwe government under-estimated the opposition across the Commonwealth, including that of some other African states, to letting Zimbabwe back without progress on democracy and human rights.
v. show clearly and deliberately; manifest; confirm; prove
E.g. After a series of drug scandals, this was Major League Baseball's chance to demonstrate its determination to crack down on the cheats.
a. thick; crowded closely together; compact
E.g. It's mountainous country, just a few kilometers from the border with Serbia; dense woodland surrounds the site.
v. take off; leave; set out
E.g. I too have some to see and ask after in England, before I depart for ever.
v. deny; take away
E.g. But another conservative paper said it was tantamount to a declaration of war to deprive a country of its right to nuclear technology.
n. ancestry; origin; the descendants of one individual; drop; fall; a movement downward
E.g. When the 16th century construction was destroyed by Bosnian Croat forces in November 1993, it seemed to symbolize the complete disintegration in relations between Bosnia's Muslims, Croats and Serbs and the country's descent into all-out war.
a. worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
E.g. A number of other factors coincide to make a June election desirable for the government.
n. loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
E.g. Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits.
n. ultimate goal; place to which one is going or directed
E.g. It's an ageing coaster and reportedly in poor condition, but even so, it should have got back to Benin - its declared destination - by now.
v. feel; discover the presence of; identify
E.g. They won't detect prescription drugs or medication such as cold or flu tablets.
n. cleansing agent; substance that acts similarly to soap
E.g. You should try this new detergent to replace soap.
n. act of making or arriving at a decision; putting an end to; termination
E.g. My only problem with this determination is the lack of certainty about the date of the questioned photo.
v. dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
E.g. I know you always detest politicians.
a. destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction
E.g. Five to ten rhinos are killed every year on average, mostly during Assam's devastating floods because they have to flee Kaziranga's low marshy lands to higher hills where they cannot be guarded.
v. dedicate; contribute
E.g. Those who trade them hunt out the fiercest insects and devote many hours to training them.
v. prescribe; rule as a dictator
E.g. I guess we should just let McEachin dictate the dialogue for us.
v. be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
E.g. Although our looks differ, we are both attractive.
v. break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
E.g. I cannot digest all this information.