n. written instructions from doctor; written order; act of establishing official rules, laws, or directions
E.g. It won't detect prescription drugs or medication such as cold or flu tablets.
n. state of being present; current existence
E.g. Your presence is a gift, your being with us a joy.
n. something used to preserve, especially a chemical added to foods to inhibit spoilage
E.g. I have had some previous experience in this branch of what I call preservative chemistry.
v. uphold; retain; maintain in safety from injury, peril, or harm
E.g. The doctors need to preserve and re-route those veins or both twins risk suffering a stroke.
n. stress; tension; condition of being pressed
E.g. Spain's biggest fashion retailers have bowed to Government pressure to standardize their sizes.
a. supposed to be true; reasonable as a supposition
E.g. Forty per cent of the US population are women 25-65 years old, presumable the target audience.
a. widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
E.g. A radical committed to social change, Reed had no patience with the conservative views prevalent in the America of his day.
n. target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
E.g. Although their main prey is the soft tissue of red corals, they eat other types of corals as well.
a. serving as an essential component
E.g. He is a primal member in our team.
a. uncorrupted by civilization; primitive; remaining free from dirt or decay
E.g. He has opposed building dirty coal-fired power plants in pristine landscapes.
n. special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all; right reserved exclusively
E.g. David Beckham said it had been an honour and a privilege to have captained England.
n. a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
E.g. Moreover the recent decisions from the Judiciary also reflect their reluctance in proceeding with the case.
v. stir up; urge; goad to action; incite
E.g. If you prod him hard enough, he'll eventually clean his room.
n. skillfulness in command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; expertise
E.g. Practice greatly improves proficiency.
a. skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
E.g. He is a proficient engineer.
n. sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
E.g. To remain in good academic standing, a student must meet all progression milestones and maintain an overall average of at least B.
a. tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding
E.g. The intent, however, was to make the taxes and terms prohibitive to all non-medical use.
n. something that propels or drives forward
E.g. The missile, which has liquid propellant, is the naval version of India's surface-to-surface missile system.
n. something proposed; act of making a proposal; an offer of marriage
E.g. The argument that the proposal is an anti-poor measure is both in contradiction to the evident facts and extremely insulting.
v. seek to obtain or enforce by legal action; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
E.g. The decision to prosecute is totally up to the discretion of the police.
v. search for or explore for mineral deposits or oil
E.g. Then they prepared to prospect from the Los Angeles suburbs, a tough area for any explorers.
n. someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
E.g. Years before he was to discover gold on Bonanza Creek, prospector George Carmack found a seam of coal near Five Finger Rapids.
a. successful; thriving; having or characterized by financial success or good fortune
E.g. The earthquake has struck one of India's most prosperous and economically significant states.
n. stipulated condition; act of supplying or fitting out; something provided
E.g. For young people entering the workforce in a bad economy, this provision is a critical safety net.
n. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
E.g. It urges the immediate cessation of all acts of violence, provocation, incitement and destruction, and calls upon to return to negotiations.
v. stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
E.g. Today, another American legend, Mark Twain, celebrated for the power of his language and his ability to delight and provoke, is also under attack.
n. state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
E.g. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the proximity of objects around them.
n. science that deals with mental processes and behavior
E.g. One of the things we always focus on in psychology is that you have to separate the behavior from the person.
n. state of being public; information to attract public notice
E.g. No one would be interested so the publicity is the only way to build a base of buyers.
n. something resembling a pool of liquid; a small body of standing water
E.g. Stop at a rain puddle and see how far you can make the water splatter away.
n. usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family
E.g. Although the pumpkin is botanically classified as a fruit, it is widely regarded as a vegetable.
a. stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
E.g. I'm bracing myself to be met by heat, humidity and what Kerry describes as a pungent odor.
n. sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
E.g. My main qualm is the lack of consistency and logical plotting.
n. victim; object of hunt; hunted animal
E.g. You mention you intend to start hunting, but you didn't say whether your quarry is small game or medium game.
a. subject to question; admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry
E.g. International Development Agency awards funding after a series of what they call questionable decisions.
v. spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
E.g. You can fell heat is going to radiate from the metal box.
n. very small particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
E.g. At least forty nine people were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
n. something that is desired intensely; state of extreme anger
E.g. The sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks.
a. torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
E.g. They think of the word only as connected with ragged clothes and scanty food: poverty for me was synonymous with degradation.
n. search without warning; surprise attack by a small armed force
E.g. Mr. Lebedev is referring to a raid last year on his father's bank, National Reserve Bank in Moscow, by masked Russian police.