v. be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
E.g. The price of silver will double before ending the year at around 20 USD an ounce and gold will again surpass the 1000 USD mark, finishing the year at 1150 USD.
n. act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
E.g. In the tropics, the natives find sustenance easy to obtain, due to all the fruit trees.
n. dense moving crowd; large group of honeybees
E.g. But in Manhattan, the swarm is always out there, moving in its mysterious but purposeful way.
v. wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward
E.g. He predicted that gravitational interaction caused light from stars beyond the sun to deviate or swerve from a straight path as it passed the sun.
n. whirling motion; eddy, as of water
E.g. Dancers spun in a swirl of skirts.
v. represent; signify; stand for
E.g. What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
n. arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
E.g. A certain symmetry is emerging in Indo-American relations.
n. collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine; meeting or conference for discussion of a topic; drinking together; merry feast
E.g. The symposium is co-sponsored by the Huffington Post and Open Center and will take place in New York City on Friday, February 20th.
v. happen at the same time; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
E.g. We have to synchronize the data in different computers every morning.
n. two words that can be interchanged in a context
E.g. An example of synonym is the words car and automobile.
n. combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
E.g. Now that we have succeeded in isolating this drug, our next problem is to plan its synthesis in the laboratory.
a. ordered; methodical; carried on using step-by-step procedures
E.g. He says the systematic settlement of land has been one of the strategic policies of the government in Darfur.
n. a small flat compressed cake of some substance; a dose of medicine; simplified computer with only screen
E.g. Let us not fool ourselves that the aspirin tablet isn't treating the disease, it is only treating the symptom.
n. ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
E.g. And I understand why this taboo is indeed present in our society.
a. indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent
E.g. We have a tacit agreement based on only a handshake.
v. interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly
E.g. So, somehow he is going to tamper with the census?
a. able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable
E.g. It'll take awhile before GM's new direction shows up in tangible new products at the dealership.
n. uniting or knitting together confusedly; knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
E.g. The kind of tangle her hair got into is easily imaginable, and also the state of the rest of her bedroom.
n. tax on goods coming into a country
E.g. It would give an indication of how far the trade liberalization would go but they would still have a heavy workload in negotiating detailed tariff cuts.
v. make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt
E.g. The air and days did tarnish these coins.
n. laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue
E.g. A new system of taxation will be brought into effect next year.
v. be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
E.g. The plaza will teem with undercover policemen.
n. electronic systems used in transmitting messages
E.g. An explosive growth of international trade, combined with recent strides in telecommunication and information technology, has given rise to the global village.
n. communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals
E.g. What I noticed on their business cards at the time was something called a telex number.
n. person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry
E.g. For friendship some agreement in temperament is quite essential.
a. restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
E.g. Try to be temperate in your eating this holiday season; if you control your appetite, you won't gain too much weight.
a. capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process
E.g. Give us some ideas that are tenable, that the Republicans could handle and live with when it comes to reforming health care in this country.
a. sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly
E.g. The insurgents holed up here remain tenacious, unleashing suicide bombers and planting lethal explosives that can blow anything off the road.
n. possession or occupancy of lands, buildings, or other property under a lease; temporary possession of what belongs to another
E.g. I bought a cheap trailer but now have to pay some $2000 dollars a year for lot tenancy.
n. a more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense or motion
E.g. Even as he swam, the tentacle was lazily withdrawn, so that there was no sign of the creature.
a. hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
E.g. So, again, that's why I couched everything in tentative terms as there's a great amount of contrary evidence, at least within some critical concentrations of the population.
a. earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
E.g. In many science fiction films, alien invaders from outer space plan to destroy all terrestrial life.
v. frighten; fill with terror
E.g. Increasingly women are bearing the brunt of the epidemic, a pattern Mr. Annan says does terrify.
a. effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth
E.g. There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.
n. cloth; fabric
E.g. There have been quotas on textile trade for decades.
n. rough surface quality; structure of interwoven fibers or other elements; feel of a surface or a fabric
E.g. They look and taste just like Pumpkin Pies, but the texture is a little denser and has more fiber.
n. book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms
E.g. A lot of people think the ability to use a thesaurus is all it takes to be a good writer.
n. large group of people gathered or crowded closely together
E.g. A throng of shoppers jammed the aisles.
a. being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable
E.g. This has been a timely reminder of the need for constant care.
n. lack of self-confidence or courage
E.g. If you are to succeed as a salesman, you must first lose your timidity and fear of failure.