a. firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
E.g. Penelope was steadfast in her affections, faithfully waiting for Ulysses to return from his wanderings.
n. vessel propelled by steam; steamship or steamboat; road locomotive for use on common roads
E.g. The steamer was a well-found craft compared with any others that had navigated the river before.
v. make sterile or unproductive; impoverish, as land; exhaust of fertility.
E.g. Doctors are working round the clock to sterilize those who disobeyed the one child policy.
n. one who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs; attendant on a ship or airplane
E.g. While you're at dinner, your cabin steward will prepare your stateroom.
v. encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
E.g. Germany in particular could probably do with rather lower interest rates to stimulate an economic recovery.
n. helps something to happen more quickly
E.g. In particular the economists say that the proposed abolition of taxes is not credible as a short term stimulus.
v. specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
E.g. Before agreeing to reduce American military forces in Europe, the president would stipulate that NATO inspection teams be allowed to inspect Soviet bases.
n. story; floor or level of a building or ship
E.g. Collectors Treasury is housed in an eight storey building in downtown Johannesburg South Africa.
a. difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
E.g. Egypt is a long country, but it is strait, that is to say narrow, for they may not enlarge it toward the desert, for default of water.
v. reinforce; fortify; make strong or increase the strength of
E.g. These long-term projects strengthen Afghan women and children's rights to good health care.
a. arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force;
E.g. These are the men who fear the strenuous life, who fear the only national life which is really worth leading.
v. endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy
E.g. We must again strive to offer praise to God with the most beautiful churches.
a. of structure; affecting structure; constructional
E.g. Do not attempt to do this yourself unless you have a background in structural analysis and are familiar with the local building codes.
n. man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk
E.g. Not only are you showing your naivete regarding moviemaking, but you are seriously insulting the brave stuntman who actually performed the feat.
v. quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down
E.g. Cops shouldn't use it to subdue people who are not carrying weapons and present no threat.
a. occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
E.g. Your analysis is highly subjective; you have permitted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.
v. sink; immerse; put under water
E.g. At 17.5 feet, waters begin to submerge Harriet Island Park across the river from downtown.
a. occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
E.g. Bishop Proudie's wife expected all the subordinate clergy to behave with great deference to the wife of their superior.
v. write underneath, as one's name; sign to a document; give consent to; promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount
E.g. We subscribe to an animal protection society.
a. following in time or order; succeeding; later
E.g. In subsequent days, other polls showed that the margin hadn't narrowed all that much.
v. settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
E.g. The doctor assured us that the fever would eventually subside.
a. subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
E.g. This information may be used as subsidiary evidence but is not sufficient by itself to prove your argument.
n. direct financial aid by government
E.g. Without this subsidy, American ship operators would not be able to compete in world markets.
v. establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support
E.g. These endorsements from satisfied customers substantiate our claim that Pacific Lava is a best school to enhance vocabulary.
n. secondary or explanatory title; printed translation of the dialogue of film shown at the bottom of the screen
E.g. If a title is the bait, then the subtitle is the hook and line that will draw the reader into your document.
v. remove a part from the whole
E.g. This selection will show you how to subtract two numbers.
n. act of succeeding, or following after; following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence
E.g. Respondents were shown two products in succession and asked whether they were somehow connected.
n. one who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left
E.g. The real-estate investment trust said the search for a successor is already underway, and will include both internal and external candidates.
a. brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
E.g. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage: be succinct.
v. submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
E.g. President Zardari told the two US officials that Pakistan was fighting for its survival but would not succumb to the militants.
n. nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities
E.g. The US and Europe are both moving to low sulphur fuels for emissions reasons, but it is a beneficial ingredient for the engine.
a. being beyond what is required or sufficient
E.g. Betsy lacked the heart to tell June that the wedding present she brought was superfluous; she and Bob had already received five toasters.
v. oversee with power of direction; take care of with authority; supervise
E.g. He was appointed to superintend the toy department.
v. be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
E.g. The new bulk mailing postal regulation will supersede the old one. If you continue to follow the old regulation, your bulk mailing will be returned to you.
a. having, caused by, or relating to speed greater than the speed of sound
E.g. The Institute, looking further into the future, is investigating the problems likely to be encountered in supersonic flight.
n. physical or conceptual structure extended or developed from a basic form; part of a building or other structure above the foundation
E.g. Something about the concrete superstructure of our building acts as a kind of echo chamber.
v. add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
E.g. A food supplement is a preparation intended to supply nutrients, which are missing or not consumed in sufficient quantity in a person's diet.
a. added to complete or make up a deficiency
E.g. He produced supplementary volumes in time.
n. act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
E.g. I based my decision to confide in him on the supposition that he would be discreet.
n. an additional charge; charge an extra fee
E.g. Amongst the ideas already mooted; vehicles which are lighter and more aerodynamic and therefore consume less fuel or imposing a surcharge on some of the larger cars and vans in order to deter people from buying them.