n. head of a state government
E.g. It should be remembered that Hollywood has always been bound to its local politics, not only by providing governor - later President - Ronald Reagan.
v. take or grasp suddenly; snatch; capture
E.g. You can copy the list from that email, but it's also nice to grab from the collection on your hard drive.
n. elegance and beauty of movement or expression; short prayer of thanks before a meal
E.g. Miss Ingram had now seated herself with proud grace at the piano.
a. elegant; showing grace of movement, form, or proportion
E.g. She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in among the leaves.
n. art of drawing, particularly of precise mechanical drawing, as of architectural and engineering plans
E.g. In the process of creation for each game I learned a little bit more both in graphics and coding.
n. force of attraction between all masses in the universe
E.g. The gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
n. hold fast or firmly; seize as in a wrestling match
E.g. The pipeline is the first to directly link Kazakhstan's oil riches with the open sea and it decisively weakens Moscow's grip on Central Asia's oil reserves.
v. form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; judge of at random
E.g. "Come, we shall have some fun now!" thought Alice. "I'm glad they've begun asking riddles. - I believe I can guess that," she added aloud.
v. flow forth suddenly in great volume; make an excessive display
E.g. The president uses Twitter to inform followers about events he attends, to post articles he finds interesting, and to gush about famous visitors to campus.
n. disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede
E.g. The main handicap is uncertain rainfall, with the occurrence at irregular intervals of very serious droughts.
a. in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions
E.g. Strawberries are hardy and easy to grow.
n. gear or tackle with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or implement; something resembling gear or tackle, as straps
E.g. Always wearing the harness is my best form of safety.
n. quality or condition of being harsh; excessive sternness
E.g. I think the real cause of this online harshness is because it is anonymous.
v. gather; yield from plants in a single growing season
E.g. Farmers and packers have relied on casual labor for centuries to harvest in autumn.
n. hurry; rapidity of action or motion
E.g. Alice looked at the jury-box, and saw that, in her haste, she had put the Lizard in head downwards.
v. draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction
E.g. He tried to haul the huge companies into court.
n. grass or other plants, cut and dried for fodder
E.g. The hay was all got in; the fields round Thornfield were green and shorn; the roads white and baked; the trees were in their dark prime.
n. fog; mist; partially opaque covering; vague or confused state of mind
E.g. There is a wavering haze at the end of the long flat road that they are trying to reach.
n. expanse of space surrounding the earth; sky; place where the sun, moon, and stars appear
E.g. My mind made its first earnest effort to comprehend what had been infused into it concerning heaven and hell.
v. enhance; hoist; raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify
E.g. This action worried others because it might heighten political instability.
n. kind of gas they were using to fill the balloon
E.g. A big problem during the preparation of the world's largest helium balloon has forced the manned balloon altitude record attempt to be stopped.
a. giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary
E.g. I hired a car the day after landing and bought a comprehensive book of maps, which is most helpful on the cross country.
n. edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge
E.g. When seated, the dress hem is still nice and long.
n. halves; half of a sphere bounded by a great circle
E.g. Radiation reflected in the southern hemisphere is just as reflected as anywhere else in the globe.
a. displaying superhuman strength or power; of extreme difficulty
E.g. No one denied that is a herculean task.
n. flock; crowd; group of cattle or other domestic animals
E.g. The herd is too large in most parts of the state.
v. gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
E.g. You should herd the children into the auditorium before 10:30.
n. genetics; inheritance; genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring
E.g. For his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1933.
n. legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
E.g. UNESCO says it's confident that the US will take steps to protect Iraq's rich heritage.
v. make prominent; emphasize; stress
E.g. He said it was time to highlight the danger of the possibility of smaller radioactive sources falling into the hands of terrorists.
n. focal point; area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated
E.g. Another highlight is a feature that lets you dictate e-mails, Tweets and Facebook posts without having to type.
v. equalize; become similar, as by mixing
E.g. Television, fast food, the fashion industry all have served to homogenize our tastes and styles.
a. flat; level; parallel to or in a base line
E.g. It is very hard to get that horizontal surface.
a. having horn, or hornlike parts
E.g. Have any of you seen the mystical 3 horned deer that is parading around in there?
n. large stinging paper wasp; insect of the wasp family
E.g. This is the world's largest hornet and a native of East Asia.
a. disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
E.g. Until we see stability in the secondary markets, we're not going to see the kind of hospitable environment we need for IPOs.
v. hang about; wait nearby; remain floating
E.g. He held the aircraft to hover on the lake and listened over his headset.
n. kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth
E.g. Yugoslavia surrendered Mr Milosevic to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague, to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
a. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility
E.g. The hypersensitive response is an inducible plant defense mechanism.
a. duplicate; alike; being the exact same one
E.g. This is the identical room we stayed in before.