a. furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
E.g. Since this enterprise is fraught with danger, I will ask for volunteers who are willing to assume the risks.
n. part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; border, confine, or extreme part of a country
E.g. The new frontier of medical knowledge is being pushed forwards as time goes on.
a. sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
E.g. Just keep in mind that being frugal is not a bad thing, but being cheap is not so attractive.
n. bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
E.g. This building marks the fruition of all our aspirations and years of hard work.
v. make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
E.g. We must frustrate this dictator's plan to seize control of the government.
v. fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete
E.g. In spite of all the difficulties, we try to fulfil our task ahead of schedule.
n. a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; emit a cloud of fine particles
E.g. But, the fume gas control techniques of most of them are highly advanced, where dioxins emission is usually controlled within standard.
n. passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; iron chimney of a steamship or the like
E.g. I need a funnel to pour petrol into the tank.
v. provide; supply; equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for
E.g. It cost $18 million to design, build and furnish, which is about $3 million more than the average for the newly built branches.
ad. merrily; showily; in a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner
E.g. They gaily went on talking after the film had started.
n. place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment
E.g. Poor old Clegg spent years in gaol before we discovered there was no proof it was his bullet that killed anyone.
v. open the mouth wide; yawn from sleepiness, weariness, or dullness
E.g. We saw the huge pit gape before him; if he stumbled, he would fall in.
a. very showy or ornamented, especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
E.g. The newest Trump skyscraper is typically gaudy, covered in gilded panels that gleam in the sun.
a. very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
E.g. His once round face looked surprisingly gaunt after he had lost weight.
v. reach conclusion; become systemic and spread throughout the body
E.g. This kind of infection must generalize throughout the immune system.
a. friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner
E.g. He was in his after-dinner mood; more genial and also more self-indulgent than the frigid and rigid temper of the morning.
n. science which treats the structure and mineral constitution of the globe
E.g. Someone who has a PhD in geology definitely knows quite a lot about rocks.
a. horrible; inspiring shock; extremely unpleasant or bad
E.g. It was a kind of ghastly waiting for the jurymen to return; it is so hard to spend.
n. a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
E.g. The Pamir is one of the highest mountain ranges on earth - the point where Central Asia rise to meet China and Pakistan among a mass of peak and glacier.
n. any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
E.g. Located at the base of the brain, the pituitary gland is protected by a bony structure.
v. cause to emit a flash of light
E.g. When she sees the light of a candle, the only light for the palaces of kings in her day, gleam from the window of her home, which she is approaching.
v. slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
E.g. We better glide out of this before three in the morning, and clip it down the river with what we've got.
n. dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
E.g. You could see the glimmer from the pond in the front yard and hear the gentle roll of the water from the small creek.
n. brief explanation of words, often placed at back of book
E.g. I have found the glossary in this book very useful; it has eliminated many trips to the dictionary.
v. urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
E.g. His friends goad him until he yields to their wishes.
a. proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
E.g. There has been a gradual increase in the number of people owning cars.
n. building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain
E.g. When you harvest your crop, you store it in a fat dried mud and stick granary, which is taller than you can reach.
a. consisting of or resembling grains; having grainy texture
E.g. More granular observations can be found in the photos at left.
n. chart; a drawing illustrating the relations
E.g. This graph is a couple years old, but the point is valid today.
v. make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
E.g. The screams of the quarreling children grate on her nerves.
n. something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present
E.g. To express their gratitude, patients provided a more-or-less voluntary gratuity.
n. small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
E.g. They saw him draw a bucket of gravel from the hole and tilt it on the edge of the dump.
v. scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
E.g. In the morning, if you're lucky, you'll get a visit from the two gentle horses that graze the hill.
n. sand or gravel; rough, hard particles; coarse part of meal; grain, as oats or wheat
E.g. And quite frequently, dust in the air produces colored rain, like the red-tinted rain that dropped fine grit from the Sahara over southern England in 1968.
v. give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing
E.g. He keeled over on to the floor amongst the dogs, and begun to groan like he was dying.
v. search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way
E.g. You grope for your next handhold or foothold as you slowly make your way to the top.
v. utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
E.g. When a local historical society showed interest in preserving the Cider Barrel, he began to grumble, complaining about the "society."
n. statement or other indication of policy; light line, used in lettering, to help align the text
E.g. A good guideline is to post enough to keep your page fresh.
n. association of people belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits; business corporation
E.g. A meeting of the townswomen's guild will be held on Monday.
v. flow forth suddenly in great volume; make an excessive display
E.g. The president uses Twitter to inform followers about events he attends, to post articles he finds interesting, and to gush about famous visitors to campus.