n. cold-blooded vertebrate including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles
E.g. The majority of reptile species are egg-laying although certain species of squamates are capable of giving live birth.
v. assign a new time and place for an event
E.g. We had to reschedule the doctor's appointment.
v. be similar to; take after; look like
E.g. John does not at all resemble his father, and I am glad of it: John is like me and like my brothers--he is quite a Gibson.
n. action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
E.g. They made it clear that by the time the Americans descended on the hospital by helicopter they were aware that they would face no resistance.
n. determination; resolving to do something; formal statement of a decision
E.g. Nothing could shake his resolution that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
n. determination; formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
E.g. Civic leaders say their resolve is as strong as it was when they rebuilt downtown.
n. breathing; process of inhaling and exhaling; oxidative process occurring within living cells
E.g. In the severe form of the disease, the respiration is arrested, while in the milder attacks, the breathing is difficult, slow, deep, and snoring.
a. accountable; held accountable
E.g. The incident now appears to be closed but it has left a sour taste among senior Italian diplomats responsible for relations with the Arab world.
n. act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
E.g. Here at the WACA we've witnessed the restoration of cricket's status quo.
n. act of keeping something within specified bounds; a principle that limits the extent of something
E.g. Now with the end of the quota restriction just a few weeks away, many smaller developing nations see them in a different light - as a kind of guaranteed share of the very profitable markets of the developed world.
n. company which sells goods
E.g. That puts it in the top ten of global firms, just behind energy giants like Royal Dutch Shell but ahead of the huge US retailer Wal-Mart.
n. a dog that can be trained to retrieve game
E.g. A retriever is a type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.
a. capable of being reversed
E.g. A reversible decision is one that can be appealed or vacated.
v. amend; change
E.g. Later, he would revise his position and said the reason why he couldn't meet the delegates was to do with security concerns.
n. bringing again into activity and prominence
E.g. Christians, Muslims and Druze were all grieving for the death of the Sunni Muslim billionaire who symbolized the revival of Lebanon after years of bloody civil war.
a. capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant.
E.g. The reason it was done this way was because, as noted before, here and here, the Bush Administration thought that Social Security benefits were a revocable promise.
n. act of revolving; motion of body round a fixed point or line; rotation; total or radical change; fundamental change in political organization
E.g. The invention of aircraft caused a revolution in our ways of travelling.
v. completely change; dramatically change
E.g. E-mail did revolutionize communication in academe.
n. art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
E.g. If his rhetoric is any indication, the president appears to be headed in the right direction.
a. completely lacking of wisdom or good sense
E.g. 'Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace,' said the Dormouse: 'not in that ridiculous fashion.'
v. cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
E.g. I saw her rinse hands at the stream.
v. compete; be equal to in quality or ability; match
E.g. The new company, to be called Sony BMG, will have roughly a quarter of global sales and will rival Universal Music for the number one spot.
n. competitor; conflicting; competing; someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another
E.g. But he’s not the only one; his main rival is an even bigger, stronger master named Raoh.
n. competition; the act of competing as for profit or a prize
E.g. As with almost any topic, differences are apparent, given the intense state of factional rivalry between reformists and hardliners.
n. bellow; rumble; make a loud noise
E.g. Although it was filmed from a distance, the roar as it thrust upwards was clearly audible.
v. cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; subject to laughter or ridicule
E.g. His former students roast the professor at his 60th birthday.
n. a list of names
E.g. The manner of his election will have failed to impress, with a hugely inflated voters roll, the theft of ballot boxes by the army.
n. adult male chicken
E.g. A rooster, cock or cockerel is a male chicken, the female being called a hen.
ad. approximately; more or less
E.g. The new company, to be called Sony BMG, will have roughly a quarter of global sales and will rival Universal Music for the number one spot.
ad. commonly; regularly; ordinarily
E.g. He routinely parked in a no-parking zone.
n. broken fragments; irregular pieces of rock
E.g. A Haitian woman covered in rubble is rescued in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation.
n. act of making a sudden noisy break
E.g. A steam rupture occurs within a nuclear power plant when the temperature of the nuclear reactor reaches a certain level too quickly.
a. country; relating to rural areas
E.g. In the last thirty years, more than a thousand rural workers and activists have been killed in land disputes in Brazil, seven hundred and seventy-two of those in Para.
v. become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid
E.g. The steady dripping of water will rust the metal stopper of the sink in one year.
n. bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases; enclosed space
E.g. There was a fifty-pound sack of corn meal, and a side of bacon, ammunition, and a four-gallon jug of whisky, and an old book and two newspapers for wadding, besides some tow.
a. concerned with religion; worthy of respect or dedication
E.g. The cleric remains in a strong position, with Shia Islam's holiest site under the rule of his militia and US-led forces reluctant to cause any damage to the sacred city.
n. any legend; long detailed report; Scandinavian myth
E.g. In very truth the saga is a prose epic, and marked by every quality an epic should possess.
n. approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
E.g. This rule change and new sanction is arguably one of the most significant developments to ever occur.
v. diminish; undermine the foundations; dig
E.g. The element kryptonite has an unhealthy effect on Superman: it can sap his strength.
n. a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
E.g. Sapphire can be found naturally or manufactured in large crystal boules.