n. an unbridgeable disparity as from a failure of understanding
E.g. There is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy.
n. a longing for something better than the present situation
E.g. The streets around Place de la Republique are quiet once again - but like a genie unleashed from its bottle, the deep discontent across France is proving hard to subdue.
v. depress; take away hope from
E.g. This is partly because it wants to discourage people from smoking, since smoking causes so much illness, but also to protect the health of the staff who works there.
a. causing people to lose interest and enthusiasm, the opposite of encouraging
E.g. Human rights watch says that the US is discouraging popular to support for its war on terror by supporting oppressive regimes in countries like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
v. destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
E.g. The huge amount of work she had left to do might dismay her.
v. cut into small parts; withdraw or exclude from membership, as of a society or body
E.g. Who did dismember the Austrian Empire? Several new countries were established.
n. act of sending off something; property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste
E.g. He sent a dispatch to headquarters informing his commander of the great victory.
v. complete, transact, or dispose of promptly; send on specific business; eat up; finish off dish or meal
E.g. We hope service person to dispatch a new book today.
n. act of removing from office or employment
E.g. The humanitarian community is increasingly aware of the crisis of internal displacement which affects over 20 million people worldwide.
n. argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate
E.g. Both the local workers' union and some of the foreign workers trapped aboard the rig have accused the management of Transocean of heavy handedness in its approach to resolving this dispute.
a. different; unlike
E.g. But overall, the new parliament will not be too dissimilar from the old.
a. definite; separate; different
E.g. The UN has always been at pains to say that its role in occupied Iraq is distinct from that of the US-led forces, and many ordinary Iraqis appreciated that the primary UN role was humanitarian.
ad. clear to the mind; in a distinct way
E.g. I caught scraps of their conversation, from which I was able only too distinctly to infer the main subject discussed.
v. characterize; differentiate; recognize
E.g. They can't distinguish between legitimate discs and pirated ones and despite their super-sensitive noses they still can't tell the difference between movies that are worth watching and the real stinkers.
n. act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
E.g. Uruguay has often been described as the Switzerland of South America: it has a stable democracy, a relatively equitable distribution of wealth and the most generous welfare state in the region.
n. difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in different direction
E.g. An angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines.
a. differing; tending to move apart in different directions
E.g. Since graduating from medical school, the two doctors have taken divergent paths, one going on to become a nationally prominent surgeon, the other dedicating himself to a small family practice in his home town.
a. differing in some characteristics; various
E.g. The professor suggested diverse ways of approaching the assignment and recommended that we choose one of them.
n. act of turning aside; pastime; activity that relaxes or entertains
E.g. Fargo-Moorhead area officials already have decided that a diversion is the best option but are debating the size and location of the channel.
n. act or process of diving anything into parts; state of being divided; separation
E.g. Is that a fair division of the money?
n. confirmation that some fact or statement is true
E.g. His documentation of the results was excellent.
a. determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
E.g. Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert's long, dogged pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean.
n. belief; doctrine
E.g. Celibacy is a discipline, he said; it's not a dogma of the church.
v. cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
E.g. They planned to domesticate the wild horses.
n. a college or university building for student living; a large bedroom where several people sleep
E.g. The demonstrations started after students from Tehran University staged a protest on their dormitory campus against privatization plans.
n. being in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything
E.g. There could be no doubt that it had a VERY turn-up nose, much more like a snout than a real nose.
n. commercial center of a town or city
E.g. From a distance, downtown Johannesburg looks impressive, a collection of skyscrapers and neon lights.
v. cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; pull along; haul; drag
E.g. When a sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: a large pigeon had flown into her face, and was beating her violently with its wings.
n. boxlike container in a piece of furniture, made so as to slide in and out
E.g. She peered at me over her spectacles, and then she opened a drawer and fumbled among its contents for a long time, so long that my hopes began to falter.
n. creation of artistic drawings
E.g. He learned drawing from his father.
v. bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train
E.g. Don't drill here, there's a gas pipe.
v. cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of
E.g. The giant redwoods and high cliffs dwarf the elegant Ahwahnee Hotel, making it appear a modest lodge rather than an imposing hostelry.
n. abnormally small person; atypically small animal or plant
E.g. Because on the internet, a one legged dwarf is as tough as a 300 lb linebacker.
n. a person who inhabits a particular place
E.g. The insects are found everywhere, from the homes of the wealthiest industrialists to the lowliest slum dweller.
v. color a material, especially by soaking in a coloring solution; take on or impart color
E.g. On this wise he abode years and years, till it fortuned one day that he received cloth to dye from a man of wrath and sold it and spent the proceeds.
n. branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies
E.g. We present a simple and rapid implementation of a fluid dynamics solver for game.
a. avid; enthusiastic
E.g. There was a sound of many footsteps, and Alice looked round, eager to see the Queen.
n. ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat
E.g. Nearly all ancient, medieval, Middle Eastern, and European painted ceramics are earthenware, as is a great deal of contemporary household dinnerware.
a. departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
E.g. People came up with some eccentric ideas for dealing with the emergency: someone even suggested tieing a knot in the comet's tail!.
a. composed of elements from a variety of sources
E.g. His style of interior decoration was eclectic: bits and pieces of furnishings from widely divergent periods, strikingly juxtaposed to create a unique decor.