v. yield assent; accord; agree, or acquiesce; adapt one's self; fulfill; accomplish
E.g. Everyone should comply with the law.
v. write; create; make or create by putting together parts or elements
E.g. As you begin to compose, improvise on that melody and see where it naturally wants to take you.
v. take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp
E.g. Our country, in case you are too stupid to comprehend, is being ruined by the policies of this administration.
a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible
E.g. A good programmer makes her code look so simple and comprehensible that any other programmer can understand it and appreciate it.
a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
E.g. Mr. Skubel has since completed what he describes as a comprehensive two-week training program and is now setting up his franchise in his hometown.
n. something formed in the mind; thought or notion
E.g. The local chain concept is simple: identify your customer, cater to their tastes and once successful, expand within a neighborhood.
a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
E.g. The Winter War fought between Finland and the Soviet Union, was a concurrent war to World War II, and thus is covered in its own main article.
n. seasoning; something used to give relish to food; something used to enhance the flavor of food, as salt or pepper
E.g. Indians rarely if ever use this condiment, which is so essential to the civilized white.
n. mode or state of being; fitness; existing circumstances
E.g. The Organization Man survives as a modern classic because it captures a permanent part of our social condition.
n. transmission of heat or electricity or sound
E.g. How does the electrical conductivity of water at the study site vary across seasons?
n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
E.g. After the verdict, his lawyers claimed he had a mental stress caused by confinement, and called for the court to suspend the appeals trial until improved.
a. restricting scope or freedom of action; crowded
E.g. Obviously you will travel in a confining ship with humans.
v. support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
E.g. In the aftermath of Saturday's mass poisoning, the authorities imposed a virtual news blackout, refusing even to confirm how many people had died.
n. similarity in form or character; agreement
E.g. Their actions were in conformity with their declared intentions.
n. relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.
E.g. There must be, in spite of all indifference and hostility of nature to human interests, some congruity of nature with man or life could not exist.
n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts
E.g. A literature professor by training and a self-taught art connoisseur, Charles Ryskamp served three decades as director first of the Pierpont Morgan Library.
a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
E.g. The consecutive file saving method also created some problems.
n. result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
E.g. Another consequence is the generation of distrust between the grassroots and the leadership.
a. resulting; following as a logical conclusion
E.g. His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.
ad. therefore; as a result or consequence of something; subsequently
E.g. The increase of slaves in the southern States, consequently, is not proportionate with the increase in the former.
a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
E.g. It's still far from clear whether he can persuade his more conservative colleagues in the regime to support the process.
v. retain; protect from loss or harm; preserve; use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste
E.g. One way to conserve is to make cars more efficient.
ad. substantially; significantly; to a degree worth considering
E.g. While their mood improved, consumers 'outlook has dimmed considerably from the mid-70s levels earlier in the year, when the economic recovery was faster.
a. thoughtful; marked by consideration or reflection; deliberate
E.g. I thanked her for her considerate choice, and as I really felt fatigued with my long journey, expressed my readiness to retire.
a. being in agreement with itself; coherent; regular
E.g. He's recently signed a new 120 million dollar contract with his British-based record company after more than five years of consistent album hits and number one singles.
ad. steadily; regularly; constantly; always
E.g. One of the top pianists of today, she is a giant, consistently brilliant.
v. restrain; keep within close bounds; confine
E.g. His idea is to constrain commercial banks' lending.
n. something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds
E.g. Given the budget constraint, it was impossible to accomplish my goals.
v. seek advice or information of; take into account; consider
E.g. I will consult with our friends, but it's going to be what's in the interests of our country first and foremost.
v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
E.g. Compact fluorescent light bulbs contaminate the environment with 30000 pounds of mercury each year.
n. volume; something contained; material, including text and images
E.g. The brain is hungry not for method but for content, especially the latter which contains generalizations that are powerful, precise, and explicit.
a. satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
E.g. When he heard this, he revealed a very contented smile.
a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
E.g. The two houses had contiguous yards so the families shared the landscaping expenses.
n. sequence; succession; continuous extent, succession, or whole
E.g. So the practical continuum is now laptop - iPad - phone rather than desktop - laptop - iPad - phone.
v. set in opposition in order to show or emphasize differences; show differences when compared
E.g. The siblings who contrast sharply in interests and abilities make a common decision.
n. state of being suitable
E.g. The popularity of convenience foods means that many people no longer eat enough fresh produce.
n. social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states
E.g. Moreover, following this convention is our friend's normal behavior when in such a mood.
v. work or act together toward a common end or purpose
E.g. The best way to get Pakistan to cooperate is to find the reasons why it is so keen to retain influence in Afghanistan and try to meet its concerns.
n. single seed of certain plants, as wheat; grain; small, hard particle
E.g. The English apply the name corn to wheat, and the Scotch, to oats.
a. sophisticated; of worldwide scope
E.g. Her years in the capitol had transformed her into a cosmopolitan young woman highly aware of international affairs.