v. break into pieces; crack; destroy; violate or abuse
E.g. You are going to fracture the balance of power.
v. cause to break; undergo a break in bone; abuse or misuse flagrantly, as by violating rules
E.g. He criticized some ignorant writers who fracture the language.
n. battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
E.g. The three musketeers were in the thick of the fray.
v. convey commercially as cargo; load with goods to be transported
E.g. A stretch of firm sands forms a primitive highway for the heavily-laden wagons to freight from the harbor to the town.
n. cargo ship
E.g. The eight-meter waves also sank a Russian freighter nearby.
n. cool, refreshing state of air; art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries
E.g. The cathedral is visited by many tourists who wish to admire the fresco by Giotto.
n. clash in opinion; rubbing against; conflict
E.g. The main cause of the friction is the simple reality that "Law and Order" has lost audience.
v. cover with frost; damage or kill by frost; anger or upset
E.g. What would really frost me about the incident is the fact that you want to hide.
n. a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; emit a cloud of fine particles
E.g. But, the fume gas control techniques of most of them are highly advanced, where dioxins emission is usually controlled within standard.
n. act of financing; financial resources provided to make some project possible
E.g. Even so, the National Cancer Institute is intrigued enough to be providing a million dollars of funding to produce enough of the genetically engineered cold virus.
v. combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
E.g. The substances will fuse at a very high temperature.
a. courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility
E.g. Distinguishable above all, though not loud, was the sonorous voice of the master of Thornfield Hall, welcoming his fair and gallant guests under its roof.
n. bravery
E.g. I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination.
n. costume; dress
E.g. I was glad to accept her hospitality; and I submitted to be relieved of my travelling garb just as passively as I used to let her undress me when a child.
n. an idea having general application; reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
E.g. In this case, generalization now can be a big timesaver over refactoring later.
v. bring into being; give rise to; produce
E.g. Their primary concern is not the health of the American people it is to maximize the revenue they can generate from the American people.
n. coming into being of something; origin
E.g. But let's rewind, back to the beginning, as their genesis is available for all to read online.
ad. by genetic mechanisms
E.g. They have used a genetically engineered form of the common cold virus to destroy human brain tumor cells that had been injected into mice.
n. branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
E.g. Oswald Avery was a bacteriologist and laid the foundation for later discoveries that launched the science of molecular genetics.
a. authentic; real; true
E.g. Previous efforts at establishing a framework for joint action foundered on the rocks of lingering suspicion and genuine differences over issues like the crisis in the Balkans.
n. bacteria; earliest form of an organism; seed
E.g. He finds that his diet of wheat germ and organic honey isn't nutritious at all.
n. coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
E.g. Gilding is the art of applying a thin layer of gold or something simulating gold to a surface.
n. beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as main horizontal support in building
E.g. Discovery astronauts spent six and a half hours today unhooking a huge girder from the backbone of the International Space Station.
a. attractive; charming
E.g. It promises to be one of India's most glamorous events of the year.
n. any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
E.g. Located at the base of the brain, the pituitary gland is protected by a bony structure.
n. an article of tableware made of glass
E.g. This company plans to manufacturer and distributor of promotional glassware and ceramic products.
n. aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
E.g. A small, self-guided glider, designed to fly at very high altitudes.
v. cause to seem more splendid; beautify
E.g. You are going to glorify a rather mediocre building.
v. bite or chew on with the teeth
E.g. I leant against a pillar of the verandah, drew my grey mantle close about me, and, trying to forget the cold which nipped me without, and the unsatisfied hunger which began to gnaw me within.
a. dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent
E.g. Just one word of warning: a Swiss team has actually qualified for the World Cup - so those Swiss men, gorgeous or otherwise, might all be watching the match.
n. chart; a drawing illustrating the relations
E.g. This graph is a couple years old, but the point is valid today.
n. ability or power to seize or attain; understanding; comprehension
E.g. The government does, however, want them to have a decent grasp of what customs and values make this country tick.
v. crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
E.g. He planned to grind the spices in a mortar.
n. an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
E.g. Hurricane Katrina, which lashed the gulf coast of America in late August was the costliest natural disaster in US history.
n. blast; outburst
E.g. If a gust of wind swept the waste, I looked up, fearing it was the rush of a bull; if a plover whistled, I imagined it a man.
n. act of rotating in a circle or spiral
E.g. A center of actual rotation as well as rotational symmetry may be called gyration center.
n. call for; salute; greet; praise vociferously
E.g. The US Embassy in Manila found itself under a hail of rotten fruit early today, the latest symptom of anti-American feeling reverberating across Asia in recent days.
n. a fried bread of minced beef served on a bun
E.g. Health concerns among the big food firms are driven by legal worries as well consumer pressure - last year the hamburger chain McDonalds fought off a lawsuit by children who blamed their weight problems on its products.
n. a small number
E.g. This text book is a new edition of a work that has been used for the last four years in a handful of schools around the country.
v. cause to be at a disadvantage; impede; cripple; hinder
E.g. I agree with Ontario Hunter, because I do not feel the need to handicap myself by using anything less than the best rifle available when hunting deer.