n. hard monotonous routine work
E.g. Cinderella's fairy godmother rescued her from a life of drudgery.
a. easily influenced; flexible; pliable
E.g. Copper is an extremely ductile material: you can stretch it into the thinnest of wires, bend it, even wind it into loops.
a. lasting; long-lasting; enduring
E.g. Most goods are durable goods to a certain degree.
a. energetic; vigorously active
E.g. The dynamic aerobics instructor kept her students on the run.
n. having few teeth; lacking teeth
E.g. The main reason people loose all their teeth, become edentate, is tooth decay, not gum disease.
a. eatable; substance that can be used as food
E.g. US scientists develop edible wrap made of fruit, vegetables.
a. informed; learned; having an education, especially one above the average
E.g. The United Nations is hoping that educated Afghans will return from abroad to aid Afghanistan's reconstruction effort.
a. efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
E.g. The Department of Homeland Security says it has effective control of less than 15 percent of our southern border with Mexico.
n. efficiency; quality of being effective
E.g. These resources would help you maximize the effectiveness of the internal audit team in your organization.
n. effectiveness; quality or property of being efficient; ratio of useful output to the total input in any system
E.g. The program was implemented with great efficiency and speed.
a. effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
E.g. To make it more efficient and receive much needed World Bank funds, the government wants to shed 14,000 jobs.
n. exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object
E.g. As the school quieted down, Tom made an honest effort to study, but the turmoil within him was too great.
n. thin, brittle, exterior covering of the egg of a bird or reptile; pale yellow to yellowish white
E.g. The Kalahari Television Network is broadcast on a big eggshell screen.
n. hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm
E.g. Sid yawned, stretched, then brought himself up on his elbow, and began to stare at Tom.
n. elementary particle with negative charge
E.g. The teacher is showing how an electron, a negatively charged subatomic particle, to move in such condition.
n. fundamental or essential constituent of a composite entity; basic assumptions or principles of a subject
E.g. There's always an element of danger in mountain climbing.
v. draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer
E.g. The detectives tried to elicit where he had hidden his loot.
v. eradicate; abolish; rule out
E.g. So the EU’s offer to eliminate the subsidy was almost universally welcomed.
a. vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
E.g. My cousins, full of exhilaration, were so eloquent in narrative and comment, that their fluency covered him.
v. free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
E.g. At first, the attempts to emancipate the slaves were unpopular in New England as well as in the South.
n. freeing someone from the control of another
E.g. Mr. Jefferson did not mean to say, nor do I, that the power of emancipation is in the Federal Government.
v. humiliate; shame; cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert
E.g. Walk naked has serviced you, or does the idea embarrass you?
v. enclose; place in something; fix firmly in surrounding mass
E.g. The legends embed actual historical figures like King Alfred in tales.
v. give a bodily form to; represent in bodily or material form; incorporate
E.g. Cheering on his rival Mark McGwire's efforts to break Roger Maris's home run record, Sammy Sosa did embody the spirit of true sportsmanship.
v. hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection
E.g. We allowed the warm water to embrace us.
n. elaboration by the use of decorative detail; ornamentation of fabric with needlework
E.g. Please show some of the lovely detail on the coat - the embroidery is gorgeous.
a. in early stage of development; of an organism prior to birth; related to embryo
E.g. The evil of race hatred must be eliminated while it is still in an embryonic state; otherwise, it may grow to dangerous proportions.
n. fame; high status importance owing to marked superiority; rise of ground; hill
E.g. The two great commanders sat at together on an eminence and conducted the field operations by orders delivered through aides-de-camp.
v. give off; send out; give out as sound
E.g. Yesterday, I posted that the total budget of fossil fuel emissions we can ever emit is 1 trillion tones of Carbon.
n. feeling; mood; state of mental agitation or disturbance
E.g. To win they are trying to capitalize on the raw emotion that voters are feeling, and that is anger.
v. embed; enclose in or as if in a case
E.g. She attempt to encase each bill or portion of a bill in plastic wrap for preservation.
v. include; surround on all sides; close in
E.g. All of us see the darkness begin to enclose him.
v. face; confront; meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon
E.g. Even children who can swim are at risk as they often move too far away from their families and then encounter difficulties getting back to dry land.
v. intrude; invade; take another's rights gradually; advance beyond proper or former limits
E.g. The protester says Cambodia is using the world heritage status to encroach on Thai land.
a. in danger, at risk; small in numbers, with significant possibility of extinction, of species
E.g. These could destroy the habitats of endangered species on the river, including the Yangtze River dolphin, of which only a few dozen remain.
n. earnest activity intended to do or accomplish something; exertion powers to attain an object
E.g. If the endeavor is a group project, the letter should describe what the students did and any results from the students' actions.
ad. in an endless manner
E.g. The girl talked endlessly and her mother had to choke her off.
v. grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
E.g. Furthermore, Patricia has established the terms for the student award that the policy will fully endow when she passes away.
n. gift; donation; funds or property donated to an individual or group
E.g. His generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time.
a. lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
E.g. Keats believed in the enduring power of great art, which would outlast its creators' brief lives.