a. taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice; showing ill humor
E.g. The incident now appears to be closed but it has left a sour taste among senior Italian diplomats responsible for relations with the Arab world.
n. token of remembrance; memento; something of sentimental value
E.g. The policemen have to search such a large area and then document each piece of wreckage and guard it from souvenir hunters.
n. spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
E.g. A Spaceship drives like a great car but has more useful features than common truck.
a. wide; generous or large in area or extent; sizable
E.g. The apartment was spacious, in other words, and elegantly decorated, but it wasn't clear anyone actually lived there.
v. traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
E.g. We can expect his career in football field will span at least 10 years.
n. small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
E.g. Each spangle on her dress sparkled in the glare of the stage lights.
v. bring about; arouse; inspire; activate
E.g. The crowd is preparing to cheer and spark triumph of the runners.
ad. thinly; in a scattered or sparse manner; scantily; widely apart, as regards population
E.g. On the mainland, this south-eastern shore is sparsely populated.
a. stated explicitly or in detail; definite
E.g. FBI officials stressed that they were aware of no specific plot to attack any other aircraft.
n. small and compactly built upright piano
E.g. In the wider modern usage, a spinet is a cheaper and more compact version of the full-size upright piano, used primarily in the home.
a. rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
E.g. Is there anyone who doesn't have a financial interest in spinning positive news on home sales and prices?
a. rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in shape of a coil
E.g. This housing market is in a downward spiral and I've got to re-think my strategy.
v. rise or fall with steady acceleration; move along the path of a spiral or helix
E.g. Others fear that security is to spiral downward in a long-term because more brazen traffickers will fight for control.
n. soaking up; small absorbent contraceptive pad, used for bathing or cleaning
E.g. Capable of holding 100 times its own weight in water, the structural sponge is realized by adding a hardening agent, which creates a shell on the surface.
ad. without advance preparation; naturally
E.g. A celebration with roots in history, that has developed and spread spontaneously, is preferable to picking the birthday of a single man.
n. season of growth; season of spring
E.g. Springtime is seen as a time of growth, renewal, of new life being born, and of the cycle of life once again starting.
v. urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste
E.g. A business tax cut is needed to spur industrial investment.
ad. solidly; in a straight direct way; in a square shape
E.g. We should learn to face a problem squarely if we hope to solve it quickly.
v. sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
E.g. The two drunken men stagger into the room.
n. soiled or discolored; symbol of disgrace or infamy; natural spot of a color different from the gound
E.g. She already has drawn 5 tattoos upon her body as well as this neck permanent skin stain is 6th one.
n. stem or main axis of herbaceous plant; slender support or structure
E.g. All she could see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck, which seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves.
a. uniform; brought into conformity with a standard
E.g. A standardized test is a test administered and scored in a consistent manner.
n. unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
E.g. Do you know the last stanza of the national anthem?
n. principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
E.g. Rice is the main staple food for more than half the world’s population.
n. naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits
E.g. Sugar and starch are broken down in the stomach.
n. sculpture representing a human or animal
E.g. A garden statue of Buddha was in a light finish approximately 110 cm high and 54 cm by 50 cm wide.
a. securely in position; not shaky; not easily excited
E.g. She took a new needle, waxed it carefully, threaded her needle with a steady hand.
n. slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
E.g. Vegetables are not normally served with steak in this manner, but a green salad may follow.
v. soak; make thoroughly wet
E.g. Be sure to steep the fabric in the dye bath for the full time prescribed.
v. stop flow of a liquid; make headway against
E.g. They all hoped that he managed to stem the rebellion in two weeks.
a. hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
E.g. The Commission's report is meant to fire a stern warning at the payments card industry.
v. restrict; become stiff or stiffer
E.g. Critics say there is no way to enforce that provision, and the House has turned back at least one Republican effort to stiffen citizenship checks.
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.
v. sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
E.g. Three hours she gave to stitch, with gold thread, the border of a square crimson cloth, almost large enough for a carpet.
a. solid; heavy and compact in form
E.g. Challenging the England goalkeeper for the ball, the short and stocky Maradona raised his left arm into the air to fist the ball into the net.
n. group of organisms within a species; tension; pressure
E.g. The strain of flu is known as H2N2 and if caught by one person, could spread very easily to cause a global pandemic.
n. complex of fibers that twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread; land bordering a body of water; single filament
E.g. The fibers become stretcher, so that their toughness - the energy needed to break a strand - rises even more.
n. step; pace; significant progress
E.g. Some people find retiring difficult; but he has taken it all in his stride.
v. remove the surface from
E.g. They strip the clothes from a man's back.
a. unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
E.g. The buses that failed to run were those that were temporarily stuck in stubborn, icy patches.