a. bare and pure; completely unclothed
E.g. The brightened comet in the constellation Virgo may even be visible to the naked eye, allowing members of the public around the world to join in this historic moment in astronomy.
n. biologist knowledgeable about natural history
E.g. Experts believe the elderly creature, that weighed a hundred and fifty kilograms, was once the personal pet of the British naturalist, Charles Darwin.
a. clean or orderly
E.g. As she said this, she came upon a neat little house, on the door of which was a bright brass plate.
v. cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
E.g. A sudden surge of adrenalin can negate the effects of fatigue: there's nothing like a good shock to wake you up.
a. adverse; involving disadvantage or harm; pessimistic
E.g. I think our countries are very similar in the negative attitudes that people have towards mathematics.
a. careless; inattentive
E.g. Did she like that negligent housekeeper?
a. characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style
E.g. In contrast to Shakespeare's plays, those of neoclassical playwrights such as Racine and Moliere develop a single plot line and are strictly limited in time and place.
n. colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube
E.g. From a distance, downtown Johannesburg looks impressive, a collection of skyscrapers and neon lights.
a. agitated; anxious
E.g. It was talking in a hurried nervous manner, smiling at everything that was said, and went by without noticing her.
n. cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
E.g. Neuron is the basic building blocks of the nervous system.
n. broadcast of news
E.g. He makes it look like a professional newscast.
n. a stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold
E.g. Enter your Massachusetts library card number here to gain access to Massachusetts Newsstand.
n. coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
E.g. The United States five-cent coin, commonly called a nickel, is a unit of currency equaling one-twentieth, or five hundredths, of a United States dollar.
n. an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco
E.g. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health measured the nicotine yield of different brands between 1998 and 2004 and found a worrying increase across the board.
v. designate; appoint
E.g. If you are ready to nominate someone, you must complete an application form in one of two ways.
n. appointee; candidate
E.g. Her nominee, who is thought to be the former finance minister Manmohan Singh, will also become prime minister.
ad. anyway; however
E.g. India hasn't been as successful, but the U.N. says it is nonetheless on track to cut its poverty rate from 51 percent in 1990 to 24 percent in 2015.
a. amateur; not professional
E.g. The nonprofessional wives of his male colleagues are hard to prepare this party.
n. convention; standard; rule
E.g. This was revoked after the scandals of the clean hands bribery scandal which caused a political earthquake at the time in a country where it had become the norm for businessmen to bribe politicians, but now it is back to square one.
n. a source of materials to nourish the body
E.g. Each may share equally in nourishment, sun, air, water, as long as they �keep their distance.�
n. beginner; person new to a field or activity
E.g. To do this appears so abrupt that the novice is apt to make a further effort to finish up the subject.
n. act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
E.g. Of course the objection wrought my eagerness to a climax: gratified it must be, and that without delay; and I told him so.
v. destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
E.g. The tidal wave would obliterate several island villages,.
v. darken; make dim or indistinct; conceal in obscurity
E.g. Because the smog will obscure our view, we have to adjust original plan.
n. act of obstructing; any structure that makes progress difficult
E.g. But if there had been no stony obstruction there the labor would have been useless still, for if the beam had been wholly cut away Injun Joe could not have squeezed his body under the door, and he knew it.
a. available; capable of being obtained
E.g. Savings of up to 50 percent are obtainable.
n. act of occupying or taking possession; control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
E.g. But last week, Israel warned that anyone involved in terrorism would not be allowed to travel to the meeting in Ramallah, a town that is still under Israeli occupation and regular curfews.
n. an event that happens
E.g. I believe she was happy in her way: this routine sufficed for her; and nothing annoyed her as much as the occurrence of any incident which forced her to vary its clockwork regularity.
n. any of several marine mollusks
E.g. hat octopus is now confined to a tiny corner of his aquarium where he's passing the hours bouncing a baseball against the wall.
ad. curiously; bizarrely; unusually
E.g. The names may now seem oddly grouped.
a. at some distance from the shore
E.g. It's now operating Russia's first offshore oil platform in the sea close to Sakhalin.
n. descendant
E.g. But now you know that it is the illegitimate offspring of a French opera-girl, you will perhaps think differently of your post and protegee.
a. continuous; existing
E.g. Now, don't forget on top of that you've still got the day-to-day waste being generated so it's an ongoing problem.
n. beginning or early stages; offensive against enemy
E.g. "An early summer onset is clearly no guarantee of a barbeque summer," the scientists say.
n. assault; attack
E.g. The islanders took shelter in mountain caves to escape the onslaught.
n. a drama set to music and consists of singing
E.g. The opera house was handed over by the builders nearly a year ago, but it's taken many months to install new stage machinery and to adjust the acoustics.
n. contestant; someone who offers opposition ; adverse; hostile; opposing
E.g. One opponent of the bill said government has bowed to pressure from the IMF at the expense of Argentina.
a. acting against an opposing force; located in front
E.g. These parties, include the National Party, considered to be one of the traditional parties and are the main opponent of the current government.
a. contradictory; conflicting
E.g. Some reports suggested the opposing sides were in fact evenly balanced.
n. condition of being in conflict; act of opposing something
E.g. In the end, the Southern Africa supporters of the Zimbabwe government under-estimated the opposition across the Commonwealth.