v. serve as an example of; embody
E.g. For a generation of ballet goers, Rudolf Nureyev might exemplify the ideal of masculine grace.
v. wear out completely; tire; drain of resources or properties; deplete; use up completely
E.g. At the mountain area, tobacco crops exhaust available soil.
a. tending to exhaust, enfeeble, or drain the strength
E.g. Apart from me being stupid, New York in summer is warm and exhausting, which is a new experience for me.
v. show, make visible or apparent
E.g. The Metropolitan Museum plans to exhibit Goya's works this month.
v. cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; fill with emotion
E.g. If this is true, that wine and strong drink have such virtue to expel fear and sorrow, and to exhilarate the mind, let's drink and be merry.
n. specialized knowledge; expert skill
E.g. Although she was knowledgeable in a number of fields, she was hired for her particular expertise in computer programming.
n. unfair use of someone’s work giving little in return
E.g. UNICEF defines child trafficking as the transportation and exploitation of unwilling or unknowing victims.
n. travel for the purpose of discovery
E.g. The international conservation organization has accused the Norwegian government of endangering a rare area of the Arctic sea by oil exploration.
n. someone who travels into little known regions
E.g. Roald Amundsen went missing in June 1928 while searching for an explorer, an Italian member of an airship crew which had disappeared in the Arctic.
a. tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
E.g. Edmonton police found what they describe as explosive devices in the car and on one of the suspects.
n. substance, especially a prepared chemical material, which explodes or causes explosion
E.g. Most potentially explosive is the announced intention of two major conferences, the Big Ten and Pacific-10, to explore expansion.
n. risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; act of laying something open
E.g. Peterson's investment has paid off both in exposure from the media and, more importantly, attention from many members of Congress.
n. supplement; act of extending or the condition of being extended
E.g. Micro credit is the extension of small loans to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans.
a. widespread; far-reaching; wide
E.g. The expedition worked in extensive cave systems as much as two kilometers long.
a. seizing the attention; visually attractive
E.g. He put up lights in the shape of an arrow pointing to the neighbor's eye-catching display.
n. small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface
E.g. The stonecutter decided to improve the rough diamond by providing it one bigger facet among several sides.
n. service, space, and equipment provided for a particular purpose
E.g. Reports say that three police officers guarding an oil facility were killed but no hostages were taken.
n. shortage of food; starvation
E.g. If they do, they may help to prevent famine in Africa.
n. style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model
E.g. Dress, and what we call fashion and taste altogether, you know, are mere matters of opinion, association of ideas, and so forth.
a. conforming to the current style; being or in accordance with current fashion
E.g. Will it suddenly be once-again fashionable for the minority party to say the majority is not operating in good faith?
n. physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
E.g. When it came to my turn, I drank, for I was thirsty, but did not touch the food, excitement and fatigue rendering me incapable of eating.
a. lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
E.g. General Anderson, who is in feeble health, has been superseded in command of the Federal forces in Kentucky by General Sherman.
n. conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast; state of being in high activity or commotion
E.g. It provided services within research and manufacture of fermentation based pharmaceutical products.
n. shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
E.g. The government's decision to impose restrictions on ferry sailings is intended to stop vessels from operating when the weather is at its most volatile.
a. rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
E.g. It provides a fertile idea for a group of entrepreneurs.
n. story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
E.g. It can be very inhibiting for an author if he or she knows that what happens in fiction is going to be taken so seriously.
n. token; figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
E.g. The figurehead embodied the spirit of a ship and was originally believed to placate the gods of the sea and ensure a safe voyage.
n. strain; pass liquid or gas through device that blocks some matter by particular criterion
E.g. This filter is able to detect invalid clicks in real-time, with the goal of removing them before they ever show up in the AdWords console.
n. subsidy; transaction that provides funds for a business
E.g. In its court filing, Air Canada revealed it had secured over seven hundred thousand US dollars in financing.
a. weak; lacking firmness
E.g. If they become too fat, that is a flaw and they are called flabby.
n. stage for drying fish; rack for storing
E.g. Do you remember a blue case that was on flake of storage?
v. sudden outburst of emotion; glare; shine; shine with sudden light
E.g. The night sky began to flare with the massive bombardment.
n. small portable battery-powered electric lamp
E.g. My dad retrieved a flashlight from the truck, and we found the deer within a 100 yards.
n. distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
E.g. Burgers are the restaurant’s specialty, and I sampled a big, juicy Island Burger that got its flavor from grilled pineapple and onions with tomato.
n. something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
E.g. This highly concentrated flavoring is available for home and professional use.
a. transient; brief; temporary; passing quickly
E.g. Sometimes, for a fleeting moment, I thought I caught a glance, heard a tone, beheld a form, which announced the realization of my dream.
v. gather in companies or crowds; coat a surface with dense fibers or particles
E.g. And people will again flock to it, ready to rearrange their social communications agenda, and spend their money on the new phone and all the apps.
v. rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
E.g. The water pressure in our shower does fluctuate wildly.
n. very small; minute or insignificant spot
E.g. The flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy.
n. warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone
E.g. A foghorn might not let a ship know exactly where land is.