v. darken; exceed in importance; outweigh
E.g. The new stock market high would eclipse the previous record set in 1995.
n. biologist who studies relation between organisms and their environment
E.g. The ecologist was concerned that the new dam would upset the natural balance of the creatures living in Glen Canyon.
n. branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
E.g. The incident triggered an intense debate on levels of airport security and the economics of running both airports and airlines.
n. brink; perimeter; margin
E.g. She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom.
n. act or process of educating; the result of educating
E.g. I believed he was naturally a man of better tendencies, higher principles, and purer tastes than such as circumstances had developed, education instilled, or destiny encouraged.
a. basic; fundamental
E.g. Every American boy and girl receives the world's best elementary and middle school education.
n. altitude; height
E.g. He wanted to train me to an elevation I could never reach; it racked me hourly to aspire to the standard he uplifted.
n. act of removing or getting rid of something
E.g. Another benefit for business is the elimination of currency risk in the Euro area - the possibility that you might lose money in cross border trade because of exchange rate movements.
n. a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
E.g. House-hunting with the new Russian elite is a disconcerting experience.
a. difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind
E.g. Trying to pin down exactly when the contractors would be finished remodeling the house, Nancy was frustrated by their elusive replies.
v. adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
E.g. The costume designer can embellish the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
n. a superfluous ornament; elaboration by the use of decorative detail
E.g. The mystery has been heightened by embellishment in subsequent retellings.
v. decorate with needlework; add details to
E.g. John asked what made her late getting home, and heard Jo embroider her account with tales of runaway horses and rescuing people from a ditch.
n. completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
E.g. Chinese scientists said they’ve produced a cloned embryo of a giant panda.
a. branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms
E.g. This will play an important role later on in directing embryological changes.
v. come into prominence; spring up; appear
E.g. New cases continue to emerge on an almost daily basis.
n. appearance; becoming visible
E.g. In philosophy, systems theory and the sciences, emergence refers to the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions.
a. coming to maturity; coming into existence
E.g. In his speech, he emphasized the power of the Olympic brand in China's emerging market.
n. a person or firm that employs workers
E.g. Such was her obsession for collecting any memorabilia of her heart throb, that she stole about a million dollars from her employer, North Kesteven District Council, to fund her habit.
a. containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents
E.g. There were empty dry goods boxes under the awnings, and loafers roosting on them all day long, whittling them with their Barlow knives.
v. activate; stimulate
E.g. This did not seem to encourage the witness at all: he kept shifting from one foot to the other, looking uneasily at the Queen, and in his confusion he bit a large piece out of his teacup.
n. a reference work containing articles on various topics
E.g. A current and comprehensive encyclopedia covers all the major branches of knowledge from astrophysics to Zimbabwe.
v. attempt by employing effort
E.g. We endeavor to make our customers happy.
a. active; brisk; vigorous
E.g. 'In that case,' said the Dodo solemnly, rising to its feet, 'I move that the meeting adjourn, for the immediate adoption of more energetic remedies--' .
a. charming; tending to draw attention or affections
E.g. Everyone liked Nancy's pleasant manners and engaging personality.
v. carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving
E.g. Engrave the pen with the owner's name.
v. absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
E.g. We see the bright light engulf him completely.
n. an intricate trap that ensnares its victim
E.g. But its biggest challenge to the current form of monarchy is to its entanglement with the Church of England.
n. company; firm; organization created for business ventures
E.g. Huck was always willing to take a hand in any enterprise that offered entertainment and required no capital, for he had a troublesome superabundance of that sort of time which is not money.
v. amuse; host
E.g. I suppose I should now entertain none but fatherly feelings for you: do you think so? Come--tell me.
n. amusement; fun
E.g. We feasted that evening as on nectar and ambrosia; and not the least delight of the entertainment was the smile of gratification with which our hostess regarded us, as we satisfied our famished appetites on the delicate fare she liberally supplied.
n. admission; entrance; item inserted in a written record
E.g. Beggars waited just outside the entry way to the cathedral.
n. any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
E.g. The firm, Mars, had said it would change the whey used in some of its products from a vegetarian source to one with traces of the animal enzyme, rennet.
n. a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
E.g. But Mr Chissano said he respected the views of others in the Commonwealth and didn't think the episode should bring about enmity between member states.
n. apparatus
E.g. On the southern end of Sakhalin island, giant bulldozers and earth moving equipment are ripping up the ground.
v. completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
E.g. President Mbeki said that, for the first time in human history, society has the capacity, the knowledge and the resources to eradicate poverty.
v. construct; stand; set up
E.g. Up the blood rushed to his face; forth flashed the fire from his eyes; erect he sprang; he held his arms out; but I evaded the embrace, and at once quitted the room.
n. corrosion; a gradual decline of something
E.g. After the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors.
n. act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil
E.g. So if we don't GIVE them notice there won't be nobody or nothing to interfere with us, and so after all our hard work and trouble this escape will go off perfectly flat.
n. composition of any particular subject, usually shorter than formal paper
E.g. The student has to finish his essay before Sunday.