v. confront; oppose
E.g. Now act as you please: write and contradict my assertion--expose my falsehood as soon as you like.
n. act of distinguishing by comparing differences
E.g. In contrast, the Prime Minister's aides are preparing his defense, saying that at the time, the entire cabinet backed the move to war, and that he's willing to implement all the committee's recommendations.
a. controvertible; disputable
E.g. In fact one of the main criticisms of Mr. Brown is that throughout the last ten years he's been particularly adept at avoiding association with some of Mr. Blair's more controversial decisions.
n. contentious speech act; argument
E.g. Information minister Jerry Gana released a statement in which he says there has been an international media conspiracy against Nigeria, to highlight the controversy surrounding the beauty pageant and fanning the flames of violence.
a. based upon tradition rules; formed by agreement or compact
E.g. Meanwhile, In Russia, hardliners contend that their nation should rely more on nuclear weapons to offset NATO's superiority in conventional military forces and to cope with the U.S. missile defense program, now creeping toward Russia's borders.
v. approach; tend to meet; come together
E.g. African-American men from all over the United States will converge on Washington to take part in the historic Million Men march.
a. characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
E.g. The solo over, a duet followed, and then a glee: a joyous conversational murmur filled up the intervals.
v. chat; talk informally; engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts
E.g. Eva is all ears while Lulu and Lola converse.
n. change; transformation
E.g. Professor Olssen says the conversion technique would be cost-effective and would take about an hour at room temperatures.
n. change something into another form; transform
E.g. However, he suggests that this only be done if the convert is also willingly accepted into his position by the community.
n. a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
E.g. A converter glowing red-hot or evidence of heat discoloration confirms this situation.
a. curving outward; having surface that bulges outward, as the exterior of sphere
E.g. He polished the convex lens of his telescope.
a. certain, sure
E.g. Although a majority of countries are in favor, some Arab states are apparently not convinced that Israel needs to be accommodated in this way.
n. barrel or cask for liquor; enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals
E.g. I would say they are very valid from a quality price point of view, you see them in coop supermarkets priced at 5-6 Euros.
v. bring order and organization to; harmonize
E.g. The second way of specifying star positions is the equatorial coordinate system.
n. basic, center, or most important part; essence
E.g. But at the core is a story about two men who can't let go of the sense that they are dreaming their way through what might be an ultimately meaningless life.
n. a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone
E.g. I love to play cornet - and it is a very versatile instrument.
n. an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions; a body of people associated together
E.g. In 1944-45 Monsignor Angelo Rotta served in the Vatican diplomatic corps in Sofia, Bulgaria.
v. be compatible, similar or consistent; exchange messages
E.g. My Russian pen pal and I correspond for several years.
a. accompanying
E.g. She pointed to a wide arch corresponding to the window, and hung like it with a Tyrian-dyed curtain, now looped up.
v. destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
E.g. The girders supporting the bridge will corrode so gradually that no one suspects any danger in future 10 years.
n. decay; erosion
E.g. Humans have most likely been trying to understand and control corrosion for as long as they have been using metal objects.
n. bribery; fraud
E.g. Aircraft carrying ballot boxes were shot at amid allegations of corruption and vote rigging.
v. advise; suggest
E.g. A pilot study has seen tribal chiefs agree to the training of local community teams, who counsel women and have their violent husbands arrested.
n. a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another
E.g. He catched amarried couple from Chicago.
n. building that houses judicial courts
E.g. Years ago the theatre was a courthouse and a school.
n. a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman
E.g. "What tale do you like best to hear?" "Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same theme -- courtship; and promise to end in the same catastrophe--marriage."
n. a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
E.g. After a long spell on the trail or the far reaches of a cattle ranch, the numerous entertainments of a town were very much appreciated by a cowhand.
a. comfortable; relaxing
E.g. While designing the house, one of the few disagreements the Qualeys and I had was over what I called the cozy room.
n. a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
E.g. He caught a crab and lost the race.
v. break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split; hit forcefully; pass through
E.g. Now the Gates Foundation hopes that its funding will help co-ordinate large scale collaborative projects that can crack the major scientific problems.
n. a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
E.g. At least one village about three kilometers from the crater has been covered in a dusting of volcanic ash.
n. credit; faith
E.g. A letter of credence is a letter sent by one head of state to another formally accrediting a named individual, usually but not always a diplomat.
n. certificate; warrant
E.g. With the right licensing credential, customers will look to you to help them make intelligent buying decisions.
n. arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
E.g. The proposed treaty would give credit to peasant farmers who developed the crops in the first place.
n. a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
E.g. It would be a very remarkable circumstance if the balance due from any debtor bank should be exactly the same as the balance due to some creditor bank.
a. bloody
E.g. The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, screamed 'Off with her head! Off--'
a. a diagonal path; a route shorter than the usual one
E.g. Then use a combination square to determine the point where the rip line meets the crosscut line.
v. break into small pieces; cause to fall in pieces
E.g. The earthquake made the wall sink and start to crumble.
a. consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
E.g. Quartz is the most common form of crystalline silica.