n. central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core
E.g. Instruments on board will analyze the chemical composition of the comet nucleus - the icy core in the head of the comet.
a. invalid; void; nullified; having no legal force; invalid
E.g. If any levels of corruption are proven, it's possible that the elections could be declared null and void.
a. healthy; nourishing; providing nutrition
E.g. UNICEF warns that failing to address these health and nutritional challenges will hamper any long-term development here.
n. act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt
E.g. The government has found it particularly hard to meet its benefit and pensions obligation.
v. force; bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; do a service or favor for
E.g. A friend would be very pleased to oblige her by taking on the morning's work.
a. having or showing excessive or compulsive concern; influenced or controlled by a powerful force
E.g. So when people say I'm obsessed, which is a clever way of saying please shut up, I don't like your facts.
v. get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
E.g. Congress exceeded its constitutional authority by requiring that all Americans obtain health insurance or pay a tax penalty.
a. exposed; easily discovered; plain
E.g. It is a stone pillar set up where four roads meet: whitewashed, I suppose, to be more obvious at a distance and in darkness.
v. inhabit; live in a certain place; be present in; be inside of
E.g. Interestingly, many other Great War memorials also occupy busy.
a. having no odor; devoid of odor or fragrance
E.g. It is odorless, colorless, tasteless, does not cause cancer, does not cause asthma.
a. causing anger, displeasure, resentment, or affront
E.g. The professional boxers are required by law to restrict their offensive impulses to the ring.
v. leave undone or leave out ; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
E.g. On this account we recommend to omit from the Swedish draft the paragraphs 5.
a. impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
E.g. The opaque window shade kept the sunlight out of the room.
n. favorable or advantageous circumstance; chance for progress or advancement
E.g. Though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over.
a. having an opponent; averse of
E.g. Americans remain opposed to closing the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
a. hopeful; positive; expecting the best in all possible ways
E.g. At the end of Youth Festival, the Pope gave a basically optimistic and realistic vision for the future of the Church.
n. garden; area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees
E.g. Before I left my bed in the morning, little Adele came running in to tell me that the great horse-chestnut at orchard had been struck by lightning in the night.
ad. in an organic manner, in the use of fertilizers or pesticides that are of animal or vegetable origin
E.g. Buying small startup and growing them organically is not real organic food.
v. focus toward; determine position with reference to another point; locate to face the east
E.g. Philip spent his first day in Denver to orient the telescope toward the moon.
v. initiate; invent; bring into being; create
E.g. The Japanese yen would face the uncertainty that would originate from the Greek uncertainty
n. large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
E.g. The osprey, also known as sea hawk, fish hawk or fish eagle, is a medium-large fish-eating bird of prey or raptor.
v. expel; eject from a position or place; force out
E.g. The world wondered if Aquino would be able to oust Marcos from office.
a. far most; utmost; outmost; most distant from the center or inside
E.g. Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels will produce a 3 percent reduction in the density of Earth's outermost atmosphere by 2017.
v. grow too large for; lose or discard in the course of maturation
E.g. Childhood allergies to milk and eggs appear to be harder to outgrow than in the past, US researchers said on Wednesday.
n. act of extreme violence or viciousness; offense
E.g. Breaking the silence and expressing our outrage is the only way to even begin to make a change.
a. given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
E.g. The candidate was too outspoken to be a successful politician; he had not yet learned to weigh his words carefully.
a. distinguished from others in excellence
E.g. The IAEA was faced with an outstanding bill of a million dollars on travel expenses, and risked defaulting on salary payments for its 2,100 staff.
v. go beyond; surpass; exceed
E.g. The benefits of antidepressant medications likely outweigh their risks to children with major depression and anxiety disorders.
a. elliptic; rounded like an egg
E.g. Instead of being perfectly round like a globe, the universe might be a bit stretched in shape like an oval.
a. general; comprehensive; from one end to the other; including everything
E.g. They are beginning the assessment of the overall need for reconstruction and rehabilitation.
n. excessive confidence; total certainty
E.g. Psychologists have determined that overconfidence causes people to overestimate their knowledge, underestimate risks.
v. ignore; disregard; fail to notice ; watch over
E.g. You failed because you did overlook this job.
v. heavily burden; tax in excess of what is considered appropriate or just; tax too heavily
E.g. It says that sometimes we have excess capacity, and sometimes we overtax capacity, but on average we get it right.
n. domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
E.g. Look, what a team of oxen in the farm!
n. drawing; picture or design in paint; action of applying paint to a surface
E.g. Some people believe the lady in the painting is the wife of Florence banker.
a. foremost in importance; supreme in rank
E.g. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the impact of the volcano ash cloud temporarily lessened, but stressed that passenger safety would remain paramount.
a. having the supreme legislative power
E.g. After December's parliamentary election it's dominated by deputies loyal to the Kremlin.
a. incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
E.g. These market price moves are reverses, but only partial reverses, of the shifts that happened when the conflict started last week.
a. lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
E.g. Mahatma Gandhi urged his followers to pursue a program of passive resistance as he felt that it was more effective than violence.
n. field covered with grass; meadow
E.g. This time every year the local farm moves its ewes and rams to fresh pasture land up on the high ground.