n. director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
E.g. Suddenly, the new supervisor is now charged with a whole new range of responsibilities, many of which have little to do with technical expertise.
a. flexible; moving and bending with ease
E.g. The trees had long thin supple trunks and round compact crowns to withstand the winds.
v. imagine or admit to exist; assume to be true; believe; receive as true
E.g. One would hardly suppose that your eye was as steady as ever.
n. dominance; power to dominate or defeat
E.g. White supremacy is a racist ideology asserting white people are superior to other races.
n. exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; outside; outward or external appearance
E.g. Beneath that apparently calm surface is a man of fierce temper.
n. great swelling waves; rising of waves, or as if of waves
E.g. Surging waves may never actually break as they approach the water’s edge, as a result of the water being very deep beneath them.
v. guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
E.g. I surmise that he will be late for this meeting because of the traffic issue.
v. hand over, give up, give something into another's control
E.g. But analysts say national governments may prove highly reluctant to surrender control of their radio frequencies to Brussels.
n. existence; remaining alive
E.g. It’s a classic case of survival of the fittest and the fight for space between man and beast.
a. easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
E.g. We don't really know how our current immunization schedule might affect certain susceptible populations.
v. have doubts about; distrust
E.g. They suspect that new company is operating in the area, but don't know its name.
v. hang freely; postpone; delay
E.g. As the warning of earthquake, a number of train and subway lines had to suspend services.
n. elastic straps that hold trousers up; something suspends something else
E.g. Even if every other suspender rope deteriorated, the bridge wouldn’t fall down.
a. extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect:
E.g. His authority, at home and abroad, has been boosted by his sweeping victory in this month's election.
n. interdependent relationship between groups or species, often mutually beneficial
E.g. Before I read this book I knew nothing about wild mushrooms, how they live in symbiosis with trees.
a. expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings; approving; having similar disposition and tastes
E.g. With their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion.
n. large orchestra; harmony, especially of sound or color
E.g. We heard the Vienna symphony yesterday.
v. happen at the same time; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
E.g. We have to synchronize the data in different computers every morning.
v. integrate; compose; combine so as to form a new, complex product
E.g. His operas synthesize music and drama in perfect harmony.
n. electronic instrument that generates and modifies sounds electronically
E.g. In addition there is synthesizer that relies upon combinations of analog, digital and software, known as hybrid.
n. hill; relatively flat highland
E.g. The touristic village “Le Campole” lies on a tableland close to the Apennine chain of Campania, at an altitude of 650 meters.
v. record by making a mark; reckon or count; keep score
E.g. It's hard to characterize the cultural effects, although easier to tally the vital economic impact on China's neighbors.
a. domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften
E.g. While inflation is relatively tame, which is good for consumers, real wages are falling.
v. draw upon; strike lightly; make good use of
E.g. It will also develop techniques to locate and tap underground water reservoirs.
n. lateness; delay; sluggishness; state or quality of being tardy
E.g. Unless being precisely on time is important, don’t bring up the tardiness issue with an employee who is occasionally late.
a. late; delayed; moving slowly
E.g. We were kind of tardy with the hotel reservation, and the governor's suites are all booked.
v. have experience or enjoyment; take a sample of; have flavor
E.g. The sisters taste of the life of very rich from their birthdays.
a. lacking flavor; not having or showing good taste
E.g. Nobody will say good for that coarse and tasteless luxury.
a. having a pleasing flavor; savory
E.g. The bakers will provide him with the tasty treats he desires.
n. dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom
E.g. It is an excellent film that avoids the tedium of the conventional documentary.
ad. for a limited time only
E.g. He will work here temporarily, one or two weeks.
v. give rise to a desire by being attractive
E.g. Increased oil revenues can also tempt Gulf governments to spend more on arms.
a. easily crushed or bruised; fragile; easily chewed or cut
E.g. “I want to change,” says Sharra, her new skin tender under her scales.
n. gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
E.g. She advocated a high tone of sentiment; but she did not know the sensations of sympathy and pity; tenderness and truth were not in her.
n. end of something in time or space; result or outcome; conclusion
E.g. You see that you are the end of all plans, and, wherever they may begin, the termination is the same.
n. last stop of railroad; final point or end; boundary or border
E.g. After we reached the railroad terminus, we continued our journey into the wilderness on saddle horses.
a. earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
E.g. In many science fiction films, alien invaders from outer space plan to destroy all terrestrial life.
ad. dreadfully; frightfully; to a great extent; very much
E.g. She was terribly frightened all the time at the thought that her baby might be hungry.
v. frighten; fill with terror
E.g. Increasingly women are bearing the brunt of the epidemic, a pattern Mr. Annan says does terrify.
a. frightening or intimidating; of a formidable nature; terrific
E.g. The carriages were engulfed in flames with terrifying speed.