n. dividing line; border; frontier
E.g. Planning drawings sometimes show a boundary line, though there is no legal requirement for it.
v. refrain from buying or using
E.g. To put pressure on grape growers to stop using pesticides that harmed the farm workers' health, Cesar Chavez called for consumers to boycott grapes.
n. characteristic of being brash; trait of being rash and hasty; tasteless showiness
E.g. The brashness is gone; there seems to be more patience, as long as it's not about his other love - horse racing.
a. marked by speed, liveliness, and vigor; energetic; swift; keen or sharp in speech or manner
E.g. "Come in!" called a brisk, familiar voice, as Ronny knocked lightly on the almost closed door.
v. graze; skim or glance at casually
E.g. "How now, brown cow, browsing in the green, green grass." I remember lines of verse that I came across while I browse through the poetry section of bookstore.
v. cause to curve outward; swell up; stick out; protrude
E.g. When the inserted balloon is filled with water, they bulge out in a variety of shapes.
n. small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic
E.g. Every summer we rent a bungalow on Cape Cod for our vacation home.
a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic
E.g. When the boat capsized, her buoyant life jacket kept Jody afloat.
n. over-regulated administrative system
E.g. The Internal Revenue Service is the ultimate bureaucracy; taxpayers wasted so much paper filling out IRS forms to comply with the Paper-work Reduction Act.
v. grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
E.g. In the spring, the plants that burgeon are a promise of the beauty to come.
n. tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; moving through by or as by digging
E.g. They will return to breed in the fall, and the male will reclaim his burrow, waiting to reconnect with his mate.
v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
E.g. David and the children bustle about the house getting in each other's way as they try to pack for the camping trip.
n. event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
E.g. As news of the calamity spread, offers of relief poured in to the stricken community.
n. silvery, moderately hard metallic element
E.g. We need some calcium every day; it is essential element for bone health.
n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
E.g. It's quite likely that a reduction in calorie intake yields a reduction in metabolic rates.
n. vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink; snack bar or small cafeteria, as on a military installation
E.g. Collins filled his canteen from the water barrel and dug out a box of shells for the shotgun.
n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
E.g. We got an caption error in The Far Side cartoons shown yesterday.
n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
E.g. Hunters must check the animals in at stations while carcass is still fresh.
n. agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
E.g. Many chemical reactions cannot take place without the presence of a catalyst.
a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
E.g. The critic's caustic remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm.
n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content
E.g. Soldiers dislike having their mail read by a censor but understand the need for this precaution.
a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
E.g. The bridge, restored for its centenary, is a worthy contribution to future tourism in Durango state.
a. of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.
E.g. A few minutes later, he was bringing two new drinks - in ceramic mugs - to our table.
v. give certain information to; assure; make certain
E.g. That section that requires to certify is the search will not involve "the premises, information, material, or property of a United States person."
v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
E.g. Clarity and reasonableness in this essay again characterize Chris's writing.
n. deep opening in the earth surface
E.g. They could not see the bottom of the chasm.
a. morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest
E.g. If, however, he remarried or did not remain chaste, the money would pass to her mother.
v. practice trickery or fraud; cheat
E.g. That crook wanted to chisel me out of a hundred dollars when he sold me that "marble" statue he'd cut out of some cheap hunk of rock.
n. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
E.g. This chore duty is an extension of the laundry duty.
a. arranged in order of time of occurrence
E.g. A public library sponsored guide to resume and cover letter writing, chronological samples and resume templates.
v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
E.g. The doctor shows me how blood to circulate in my veins on pictures.
n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
E.g. The earth has a circumference of approximately 24900 miles.
v. quote; adduce as an instance
E.g. She could cite passages in the Bible from memory.
n. fastening device; firm grip
E.g. When the clasp on Judy's bracelet broke, Fred repaired it, bending the hook back into shape.
v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
E.g. The US government agency responsible to classify viruses, the Centre for Disease Control, says it was in the process of deciding whether to change the strain's classification.
ad. in the direction that the hands of a clock move
E.g. Please move clockwise in a circle.
n. group; bunch; group of the same or similar elements gathered or occurring closely
E.g. The powerful earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale, struck a cluster of small villages and towns in the remote region of Xinjiang.
a. rough; harsh; of low, common, or inferior quality
E.g. Trade in coarse grains, dairy products and beef is also the subject of special attention, looking towards both freer and better managed trading arrangements.
a. relating to an education system in which both men and women attend
E.g. It finds that students in coed dorms are far more likely than those in single-sex dorms to drink alcohol regularly.
n. system of education in which both men and women attend the same institution or classes
E.g. I now serve as president of Oberlin College, the first college in America to admit students of color and women to coeducation.