a. acceptable; passable
E.g. If she is in a position to give satisfactory references as to character and competency, a situation can be offered her where there is but one pupil, a little girl, less than ten years of age.
n. case for sword blade; sheath
E.g. The drill master told the recruit to wipe the blood from his sword before slipping it back into the scabbard.
v. climb up or over; alter according to a standard; estimate or measure; remove in layers
E.g. We scale the model to be one tenth of actual size.
a. bright red
E.g. Seeing them descend to the drawing-room, dressed out in thin muslin frocks and scarlet sashes.
n. animal that eats other decaying organic matter; someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
E.g. Scavenger plays an important role in the ecosystem by contributing to the decomposition of dead animal remains.
a. academic; scientific; characteristic of scholars or scholarship
E.g. Much of scholarly research is learning what others have discovered and building on it.
n. act of getting point in a game or sport; facts about an actual situation
E.g. Also, you guys talking about how much you despised the score is also quite good.
v. abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
E.g. You have to scrape the wallpaper off before painting the wall.
n. deep bow with the foot drawn backwards
E.g. All that bowing and scraping did not impress him.
v. cut the surface of; cause friction
E.g. "Hey, Huck!--you hear that?" Huck began to dig and scratch now.
n. cause to penetrate with a circular motion; fastener with shank and slotted head
E.g. He was held in his precarious position by ice screw and rope.
n. a hand tool for driving screws
E.g. What are some general tips to know when using screwdriver?
n. a device that lets divers breathe under water
E.g. A scuba set is an independent breathing set that provides a diver with the breathing gas necessary to breathe underwater during diving.
v. create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
E.g. She planned to sculpt a swan out of a block of ice.
n. artist who creates sculptures
E.g. A person who creates sculptures is called a sculptor.
n. bottom of a sea or ocean
E.g. However, officials have been saying that the well-head, almost a mile down on the seabed, should not be damaged as it was not directly beneath the platform.
n. coast; beach; the shore of a sea or ocean
E.g. The father finally let his son leave the seashore.
a. consisting of or divided into sections; separating into sections
E.g. You can arrange this sectional sofa as you need.
n. deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
E.g. Its effects are made worse as the ground is made up of sediment rather than hard rock and can in effect swallow buildings much like quicksand.
ad. apparently; supposedly
E.g. The new eleven hour curfew has been brought in by an administration seemingly desperate to stop what has now become a wave of demonstrations against King Gyanendra, his son Crown Prince Paras and increasingly, in favor of a republic.
a. caused by earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
E.g. The Richter scale is a measurement of seismic disturbances.
n. branch of geology that studies earthquakes
E.g. Seismology is the study of earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the earth.
n. choice; variety; collection
E.g. But on Tuesday, the board of directors overwhelmingly affirmed her selection.
a. able to provide for your own needs without help from others
E.g. The book tries to explain the basics of self-sufficient farming.
n. barely able to read and write; able to read but not to write
E.g. This paper examines some of the problems and difficulties experienced in undertaking surveys among illiterate and semiliterate commuters.
n. a member of a senate; a member of the king's council; a king's councilor
E.g. We are very privileged to have Senator Dobbs with us this evening.
a. able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
E.g. A spokesman for the airline said the passengers were innocent in the issue and she hoped the staff would be more sensible than to take industrial action.
a. able to feel; responsive to external conditions; susceptible to attitudes of others
E.g. Making this situation extra sensitive is the fact that while benchmark interest rates have continued to rise over the course of the week.
a. completely clear and fine
E.g. The storms that once characterized their relationship seem to have abated, perhaps leading to an unusually serene last summit in Paris.
n. context and environment in which something is set
E.g. Just how much the times have changed could be seen from the setting of this concert.
n. a slight amount or degree of difference; shadow; protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
E.g. The other guests had taken advantage of the Queen's absence, and were resting in the shade.
n. axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
E.g. We don't know if we're going down to the ground floor or to the basement or whether the entire lift shaft is empty and we're plunging to our doom.
v. destroy; break up; break into many pieces
E.g. We saw the wine glass shatter.
v. cut or clip hair; strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
E.g. You may not care to cut a sheep's hair, but they shear sheep for Little Bo Peep.
n. ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge; usually hard outer covering that encases certain organism
E.g. So today, we dumped another 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet, as if it were an open sewer.
n. a herder of sheep; someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
E.g. I should have been a careless shepherd if I had left a lamb so near a wolf's den.
n. amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
E.g. We also provide traditional and conventional partial and full shipload cargo service, for example for individual projects or bulk hauling.
n. destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision; complete failure or ruin
E.g. No, the one that licked me was a lifeboat after a shipwreck, that is.
n. carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
E.g. Mark Wallace is a fully qualified Shipwright specializing in complete restorations of classic wooden boats.
n. a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
E.g. He told me a shortcut to school; it saved one hour.