n. act of proceeding; continued forward movement; a series of actions
E.g. In short, I began the process of ruining myself in the received style, like any other spoony.
v. declare; announce
E.g. But one year on, the company did proclaim it a success.
v. bring forward; lead forth; offer to view or notice; exhibit; cause to be or to happen
E.g. She can produce delicious meal from very simple ingredients.
a. deep; not superficial; far-reaching
E.g. Volunteers return to their normal lives in profound silence, as if they had been on a sacred retreat.
ad. deeply
E.g. Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting.
v. ban; taboo; forbid
E.g. The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled that public schools must prohibit the distribution of candy canes or Christmas cards.
n. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; program; plan; scheme
E.g. The project is run by the top-secret Phantom Works in Seattle, the part of the company which handles Boeing's most sensitive programmes.
a. conspicuous; immediately noticeable; sticking out; widely known
E.g. The most prominent is the almost total domination of the top overall rankings by smaller communities.
a. being on time; punctual; performed without delay
E.g. Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage.
a. clear; distinct; strongly marked; easily noticeable; spoken; voiced
E.g. So pronounced is this class distinction that some races will not go near another for fear of being polluted.
v. cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number
E.g. Since bacteria propagate more quickly in unsanitary environments, it is important to keep hospital rooms clean.
a. belonging to one; one's own; individual; belonging to natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular
E.g. As soon as she had made out the proper way of nursing it, she carried it out into the open air.
n. any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
E.g. US officials fear that the treaty might undermine the commercial protection afforded to gene tech companies through the World Trade Organisation deal on intellectual property rights.
n. an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
E.g. From a legal viewpoint, there are three common types of businesses: sole proprietorship, partnership and corporation.
n. an advocate of protectionism
E.g. Our global team of market strategists at Morgan Stanley is in broad agreement that protectionist risks are not being discounted in the markets they follow.
n. any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells
E.g. The proposal for genetic modification involves inserting a fluorescent protein into the virus.
a. arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate
E.g. Even more provocative is the promise of a Russian nuclear power plant for Venezuela.
a. cautious; careful in regard to one's own interests
E.g. The new senior leader is picked based on expertise in prudent lending and integrity.
n. a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
E.g. His physician recommended psychoanalysis.
v. broadcast; announce; make public
E.g. What we will talk is how to publicize your Web site over the Internet.
n. beat; rhythm; rate at which heart beats;
E.g. I now clapped my hands in sudden joy--my pulse bounded, my veins thrilled.
v. blow; drive forcibly; pierce; hit with a sharp blow of the fist
E.g. His dimensions helped him punch his way to victory over the previous WBA world champion.
v. a small hole made by a sharp object; pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
E.g. If they get a nail, it is easy to puncture a tire.
n. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
E.g. I remained an inmate of its walls, after its regeneration, for eight years: six as pupil, and two as teacher; and in both capacities I bear my testimony to its value and importance.
n. act of purging of sin or guilt; the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
E.g. Water purification is the process of removing contaminants from a raw water source.
n. chromatic color between red and blue; belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
E.g. When mists as chill as death wandered to the impulse of east winds along those purple peaks, and rolled down till they blended with the frozen fog of the beck!
n. difficult question or problem
E.g. I noticed that she was working on the crossword puzzle from the Post when were first got there.
v. baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter; clarify or solve something confusing by reasoning or study
E.g. He will puzzle out the significance of the statement at coming meeting.
n. a massive memorial with a square base and four triangular sides; built as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
E.g. Half a million guns and more than 800 million rounds of ammunition were looted in 1997, when thousands of Albanians, furious over losing their life savings in fraudulent pyramid investment schemes, stormed army barracks.
n. any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae
E.g. One of the big issues in raising quail is that predators eat the young birds about as fast as you can release them.
n. an attribute that must be met
E.g. On top of it all, it appears that Serbia and Montenegro's withdrawal will allow their old enemy, Croatia, to skip qualification and go straight to the final.
n. a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form
E.g. Quartz is the most common material identified as a mystical substance in Australian Aboriginal mythology.
n. act of searching for something
E.g. The majority of the searchers had given up the quest and gone back to their daily avocations, saying that it was plain the children could never be found.
a. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
E.g. After the great eruption, fear of Mount Etna was great; people did not return to cultivate its rich hillside lands until the volcano had been quiescent for a full two years.
n. bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing
E.g. Having spread the quilt and folded my night-dress, I went to the window-seat to put in order some picture-books and doll's house furniture scattered there.
a. brilliant; delighted
E.g. And then she would pout like a disappointed child; a pensive cloud would soften her radiant vivacity; she would withdraw her hand hastily from his, and turn in transient petulance from his aspect, at once so heroic and so martyr-like.
n. a flat float made of logs or planks; a large number or amount or extent
E.g. They saw a fire smouldering upon a great raft a hundred yards above, and they went stealthily thither and helped themselves to a chunk.
n. arc of colored light in sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
E.g. Do two people ever see the same rainbow?
v. call up or summon; call together for a common purpose
E.g. Washington quickly decided to rally his troops to fight off the British attack.
v. approve formally; confirm; verify
E.g. Party leaders doubted that they had enough votes in both houses of Congress to ratify the constitutional amendment.