v. go, move, or travel back and forth by
E.g. Our customers are supposed to be business people who shuttle between European capitals.
n. feeling of fear of embarrassment
E.g. In humans, shyness is the feeling of lack of confidence experienced in regard to social association with others.
a. fairly large; important in effect or meaning
E.g. This kind of planning presents the government with a significant problem.
a. exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish; stupid
E.g. "Pooh! you can't be silly enough to wish to leave such a splendid place?"
n. easiness; plainness; absence of luxury or showiness; lack of good sense or intelligence; foolishness
E.g. If simplicity is the goal I would recommend the single non-transferable vote, which is probably the simplest system there is.
a. existing, happening, or done at the same time
E.g. In 1985, in Hamburg, I played against thirty-two different chess computers at the same time in what is known as a simultaneous exhibition.
n. framework; internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
E.g. The building has a steel skeleton.
n. doubt about the truth of something; doubting or questioning attitude or state of mind
E.g. The poll indicates that the rise in skepticism is mostly due to a shift among Republicans and independents.
v. draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of
E.g. I offered to sketch their portraits; and each, in turn, sat for a pencil outline.
v. jump lightly; hop; bypass
E.g. It appears that Serbia and Montenegro's withdrawal will allow their old enemy, Croatia, to skip qualification and go straight to the final.
v. increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
E.g. Since last year we all see house prices skyrocket.
n. almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
E.g. “Countries like France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, and the UK were all essentially flat or even in slight decline,” Telegeography says.
a. slanting; inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon
E.g. This is an area of gently sloping hills.
n. laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals
E.g. The sloth is at its busiest at sunset, using the word busy here in a most relaxed sense.
a. lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
E.g. Lying idly on the sofa while others worked, Reggie denied he was slothful: "I just supervise better lying down.".
a. lazy; with little movement; very slow
E.g. Technological advance is also a major factor in sluggish wage growth in the United States.
v. import or export without paying customs duties
E.g. She wanted to smuggle cigarettes across the border.
a. gregarious; friendly; inclined to or conducive to companionship with others
E.g. She was a sociable and pretty young girl; I saw her talk with everyone in this room.
a. isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
E.g. I cannot tell what sentiment haunted the quite solitary churchyard.
n. kind or species; a class of;
E.g. And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way.
a. insulate against noise; impermeable to noise
E.g. The room is not soundproof, you have to change drywall if your TV is usually on after 11 pm.
a. having supreme rank or power; self governing; excellent; independent
E.g. Belarus, Albania, the Ukraine also have sovereign currencies, not using euro, they also have crashed.
n. duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
E.g. Scientists predict that the average human life span will grow to 130 years.
v. give up what is not strictly needed; hold back from; withhold or avoid; save or relieve from action
E.g. The terms of their new mandate were hard for Iraq to accept, but it had no choice to spare the country war.
n. flash; sparkle; emit or produce sparks
E.g. As for USA history of 18th century, the main spark was Lincoln winning in 1860 and trying to ban slavery.
v. lay eggs; produce offspring in large numbers
E.g. Fish ladders had to be built in the dams to assist the salmon returning to spawn in their native streams.
n. instruction; description; act of specifying, or making a detailed statement
E.g. For web developers interested in HTML5, this article looks at support for the specification from the view of industry.
a. given; thoroughly explained; adequately commented
E.g. The six countries likely to be denied debt cancellation maybe eligible once they take specified steps to tighten controls on government spending.
a. impressive or sensational; lavishly produced performance; grand
E.g. Although the continent has been the worst affected by AIDS, it also boasts some of the world's most spectacular success stories.
ad. in a spectacular manner; extraordinarily, amazingly
E.g. With what I can only describe as spectacularly poor timing, my friends came back two days before we were due to move to Brussels.
a. fast; rapid; accomplished or arrived at without delay; prompt
E.g. They've raised serious objections, removing any hope of a speedy breakthrough.
v. go bad; rot; decay; become unfit for consumption or use
E.g. I couldn't somehow bear to spoil this party, that Russell prepared for 3 weeks.
n. naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated
E.g. Next to his spontaneity is his rare simplicity, his gift of speaking straight from a heart that never grew old.
ad. in irregular or unpredictable manner
E.g. He only works sporadically, no one knows his plan or schedule.
n. lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; focus of public attention
E.g. No single nation wants to be put in the spotlight as the swing vote that could give the US the nine votes to get a new resolution through.
v. extend; stretch; spread; sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly
E.g. When they were well exhausted, they would run out and sprawl on the dry, hot sand.
v. have new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud; shoot up
E.g. The plant will sprout early this year.
v. force something into or through a restricted space; compress with violence
E.g. It uses its market power to squeeze the incomes of farmers and other suppliers.
a. discolored; dirty; having a stain
E.g. A few strange, antique portraits of the men and women of other days decorated the stained walls.
v. go through an area in search of prey; pursue; walk with a stiff or angry gait; move threateningly
E.g. I was obliged to stalk from the room in righteous fury.