a. not agreeing with tastes or expectations
E.g. He found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it.
a. exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; quick to understand
E.g. He said the carrier is ready for the transition and views it as an opportunity to attract discerning subscribers.
v. relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
E.g. There is a local warm water to discharge from a power plant.
a. not interested; indifferent; free of self-interest; impartial
E.g. Given the judge's political ambitions and the lawyers' financial interest in the case, the only disinterested person in the courtroom may have been the court reporter.
v. move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known
E.g. The police fired tear gas into the crowd to disperse the protesters.
a. prepared; inclined; be ready; being particular condition of body or of health
E.g. He is blessed, for he is wise, humble, and well disposed.
n. natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
E.g. I was endeavoring in good earnest to acquire a more sociable and childlike disposition.
n. one who differs in opinion, or one who declares his disagreement
E.g. Aside from a dissenter, speaker after speaker urged the federal government to adopt some or most of the report's 440 recommendations.
v. melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
E.g. Washington announced its decision to dissolve the core group of nations - the US, India, Japan and Australia - it had assembled to deliver aid.
a. prominent; celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements
E.g. Lord Oxburgh is a geologist; at the end of a long and distinguished career in science, he has now found himself in the Shell chairman's seat.
n. mistake of misrepresenting the facts
E.g. Couldn't the sellers afford a photographer with a decent shift lens to remove the vertical distortion from the image of their building?
v. plunge, especially headfirst, into water; plummet
E.g. She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in among the leaves.
n. one who works underwater
E.g. The scuba diver typically swims underwater by using fins attached to the feet.
n. point or respect in which things differ; difference
E.g. Canadian society allows for diversity, and in the evolution of our national aims it is a central feature.
n. whirling sensation in the head; feeling about to fall
E.g. Each year more than two million people visit a doctor for dizziness, and an untold number suffer with motion sickness.
a. obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
E.g. As docile as he seems today, that old lion was once a ferocious, snarling beast.
n. principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction
E.g. An essential element to the doctrine is the employer's "continued willingness to employ" the employee.
v. provide written evidence; record in detail
E.g. She kept all the receipts from her business trip in order to document her expenses for the firm.
a. major; important; outweighing
E.g. If the projects are successful, they will help place Russia firmly on the map as one of the world's dominant energy suppliers.
v. monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
E.g. People tend to have one side of their brain dominate their thought patterns.
a. near the back or upper surface
E.g. The dorsal fin is the vertical fin on the back of a fish and certain marine mammals.
v. move or bring by force or with great effort
E.g. We would drag the truth out of the reluctant witness before any decision.
n. play; literary work intended for theater
E.g. The Danes have now taken the top drama award at the Emmys for three out of the past four years.
a. radical; taking effect violently or rapidly
E.g. They faced the drastic social change brought by the French Revolution.
n. process of falling in drops; liquid or moisture that falls in drops; sound made by liquid falling in drops
E.g. He listened to the steady drip of the rain.
n. protective drip that is made of stone; Calcium carbonate in form of stalactite; filtering-stone
E.g. I drank the water the dripstone produced myself, naturally.
a. owed and payable immediately or on demand; proper and appropriate; fitting
E.g. We have due cause to honor them.
a. mute; lacking the power of speech
E.g. A ceremony followed, in dumb show, in which it was easy to recognize the pantomime of a marriage.
n. length of time something lasts
E.g. Because she wanted the children to make a good impression on the dinner guests, Mother promised them a treat if they'd behave for the duration of the meal.
n. quake from underground; disturbance that is extremely disruptive; temblor
E.g. The powerful earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale, struck a cluster of small villages and towns in the remote border region.
n. oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from center
E.g. Some of his friends tried to account for his rudeness to strangers as the eccentricity of genius.
a. of or relating to the science of ecology; characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment
E.g. Spanish authorities have prevented a major ecological disaster by diverting a flow of toxic spill away from one of Europe's leading national parks.
v. put out or expel from a place; discharge
E.g. This beveled design also helps automatically eject wood cuttings from the teeth while working.
a. marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
E.g. Fulton's strengths are in elaborate detail and delicate construction.
a. pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion
E.g. In 1897 Marconi had demonstrated that electromagnetic radio waves could be sent over short distances.
n. refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
E.g. When she stepped onto the floor each week, she was a vision in elegance, grace, and beauty.
a. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
E.g. Among jumbo jets, Concorde always looked astonishingly small; its slim elegant lines still the most stylish in the airport.
v. raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
E.g. It is true that fabric, construction, and a designer name on a label elevate the price of clothing.
n. lifting device consisting of a platform or cage
E.g. At least one elevator got stuck each day, trapping people inside, although no-one was injured.
a. qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
E.g. But turnout was extremely disappointing, only around forty five per cent of eligible voters.