Glossary of 1,500 Common English Words
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I | ||
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the person speaking | ||
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Senate | ||
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the smaller of the two groups in the governments of some countries, such as in the United States Congress | ||
A |
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a (an) | ||
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one; any; each | ||
able | ||
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having the power to do something | ||
about | ||
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almost ("about half"); of or having a relation to ("We talk about the weather.") | ||
above | ||
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at a higher place | ||
accept | ||
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to agree to receive | ||
accident | ||
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something that happens by chance or mistake; an unplanned event | ||
accuse | ||
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to say a person is responsible for an act or crime; to make a statement against someone | ||
across | ||
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from side to side; to the other side | ||
act | ||
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to do something | ||
activist | ||
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one who seeks change through action | ||
actor | ||
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someone acting in a play or show | ||
add | ||
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to put (something) with another to make it larger; to say more | ||
administration | ||
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the executive part of a government, usually headed by a president or prime minister | ||
admit | ||
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to accept ("admitted to the United Nations"); to express one's guilt or responsibility ("He admitted that what he did was wrong.") | ||
adult | ||
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a grown person | ||
advise | ||
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to help with information, knowledge or ideas in making a decision | ||
affect | ||
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to produce an effect on; to influence ("A lack of sleep affected the singer's performance.") | ||
afraid | ||
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feeling fear | ||
after | ||
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later; behind | ||
again | ||
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another time; as before | ||
against | ||
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opposed to; not agreeing with something | ||
age | ||
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how old a person or thing is | ||
agency | ||
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an organization that is part of a larger group ("an agency of the United Nations") | ||
aggression | ||
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an attack against a person or country; the violation of a country's borders | ||
ago | ||
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of time past; before now | ||
agree | ||
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to have the same belief as someone; to be willing to do something | ||
agriculture | ||
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farming | ||
aid | ||
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to help; to support; n. help, assistance | ||
aim | ||
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to point a gun at; n. a goal or purpose | ||
air | ||
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the mixture of gases around the earth, mostly nitrogen and oxygen, that we breathe | ||
air force | ||
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a military organization using airplanes | ||
airplane | ||
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a vehicle with wings that flies | ||
airport | ||
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a place where airplanes take off and land | ||
album | ||
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a collection of recorded music | ||
alcohol | ||
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a strong, colorless liquid, usually made from grain, used as a drug or in industrial products | ||
alive | ||
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having life; not dead | ||
all | ||
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everything; everyone; the complete amount | ||
ally | ||
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a nation or person joined with another for a special purpose | ||
almost | ||
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a little less than completely | ||
alone | ||
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separated from others | ||
along | ||
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near or on ("along the road") | ||
already | ||
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before now; even now | ||
also | ||
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added to; too | ||
although | ||
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even if it is true that | ||
always | ||
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at all times; every time | ||
ambassador | ||
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a nation's highest diplomatic representative (to another government) | ||
amend | ||
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to add to or to change (a proposal or law) | ||
ammunition | ||
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the bullets or shells fired from guns | ||
among | ||
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in or part of (a group) | ||
amount | ||
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the number, size or weight of anything | ||
anarchy | ||
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a lack of order; lawlessness | ||
ancestor | ||
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a family member from the past | ||
ancient | ||
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very old; long ago | ||
and | ||
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also; in addition to; with | ||
anger | ||
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a strong emotion against someone or something | ||
animal | ||
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a living creature that moves, such as a dog or cat | ||
anniversary | ||
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a yearly celebration or observance of an event that happened in the past | ||
announce | ||
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to make known publicly; to declare officially | ||
another | ||
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one more; a different one | ||
answer | ||
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a statement produced by a question; v. to make a statement after being asked a question | ||
any | ||
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one or more of no special kind | ||
apologize | ||
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to express regret for a mistake or accident for which one accepts responsibility | ||
appeal | ||
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to take to a higher court, person or group for a decision; to call on somebody for help | ||
appear | ||
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to show oneself; to come into sight; to seem | ||
appoint | ||
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to name; to choose ("appoint a judge") | ||
approve | ||
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to agree with; to agree to support | ||
archeology | ||
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the scientific study of past human life and activities | ||
area | ||
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any place or part of it | ||
argue | ||
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to offer reasons for or against something; to dispute; to disagree | ||
arms | ||
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military equipment; weapons | ||
army | ||
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military ground forces | ||
around | ||
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on every side (of) | ||
arrest | ||
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to seize a person for legal action; to take as a prisoner | ||
arrive | ||
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to come to a place, especially at the end of a trip | ||
art | ||
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expressions or creations by humans, such as paintings, music, writing or statues | ||
artillery | ||
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big guns | ||
as | ||
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equally ("as fast as"); when; while | ||
ash | ||
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the part left after something burns | ||
ask | ||
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to question; to say something is wanted ("We ask the teacher questions every day.") | ||
assist | ||
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to help | ||
astronaut | ||
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a person who travels in space | ||
astronomy | ||
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the scientific study of stars and the universe | ||
asylum | ||
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political protection given by a government to a person from another country | ||
at | ||
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in or near ("at the edge"); where ("look at"); when ("at noon") | ||
atmosphere | ||
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the gases surrounding any star or planet | ||
atom | ||
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a very small part of all things; the smallest part of an element that can join with parts of other elements | ||
attach | ||
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to tie together; to connect | ||
attack | ||
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a violent attempt to damage, injure or kill; v. to start a fight | ||
attempt | ||
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to work toward something; to try; to make an effort | ||
attend | ||
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to be present at | ||
automobile | ||
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a vehicle with wheels used to carry people; a car | ||
autumn | ||
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the time of the year between summer and winter | ||
average | ||
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something (a number) representing the middle; ad. common; normal | ||
avoid | ||
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to stay away from | ||
awake | ||
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not sleeping | ||
award | ||
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an honor or prize for an act or service | ||
away | ||
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not near | ||
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baby | ||
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a newly born creature | ||
back | ||
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the part behind the front; ad. the other way from forward | ||
bacteria | ||
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living things that are one cell and can be seen only through a microscope; some cause disease | ||
bad | ||
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wrong; acting against the law; not good | ||
balance | ||
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to make two sides or forces equal | ||
ball | ||
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something round | ||
balloon | ||
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a device of strong, light material that rises when filled with gas lighter than air | ||
ballot | ||
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a piece of paper used for voting | ||
ban | ||
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to not permit; to stop; n. an official restriction | ||
bank | ||
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an organization that keeps and lends money | ||
bar | ||
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to prevent or block | ||
barrier | ||
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anything that blocks or makes an action difficult | ||
base | ||
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a military center; v. to establish as a fact ("Her research was based on experiments.") | ||
battle | ||
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a fight between opposing armed forces | ||
be | ||
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to live; to happen; to exist | ||
beat | ||
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to hit again and again | ||
beauty | ||
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that which pleases the eye, ear or spirit | ||
because | ||
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for the reason that ("He left because he was sick.") | ||
become | ||
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to come to be | ||
bed | ||
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a sleeping place | ||
before | ||
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earlier | ||
begin | ||
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to do the first part of an action; to start | ||
behind | ||
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at the back of; in back of | ||
believe | ||
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to think; to feel sure of; to accept as true; to trust | ||
bell | ||
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an instrument that makes a musical sound ("a church bell") | ||
belong | ||
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to be owned by; to be a member of | ||
below | ||
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lower than | ||
best | ||
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the most good | ||
betray | ||
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to turn against; to be false to | ||
better | ||
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more good than | ||
between | ||
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in the space or time that separates; from one to the other ("talks between two nations") | ||
big | ||
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of great size; not small | ||
bill | ||
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a legislative proposal | ||
biology | ||
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the scientific study of life or living things in all their forms | ||
bird | ||
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a creature that flies | ||
bite | ||
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to cut with the teeth | ||
black | ||
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dark; having the color like that of the night sky | ||
blame | ||
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to accuse; to hold responsible | ||
blanket | ||
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a cloth cover used to keep warm | ||
bleed | ||
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to lose blood | ||
blind | ||
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not able to see | ||
block | ||
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to stop something from being done; to prevent movement | ||
blood | ||
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red fluid in the body | ||
blow | ||
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to move with force, as in air ("The wind blows.") | ||
blue | ||
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having the color like that of a clear sky | ||
boat | ||
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something built to travel on water that carries people or goods | ||
body | ||
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all of a person or animal; the remains of a person or animal | ||
boil | ||
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to heat a liquid until it becomes very hot | ||
bomb | ||
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a device that explodes with great force; v. to attack or destroy with bombs | ||
bone | ||
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the hard material in the body | ||
book | ||
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a long written work for reading | ||
border | ||
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a dividing line between nations | ||
born | ||
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to come to life; to come into existence | ||
borrow | ||
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to take as a loan | ||
both | ||
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not just one of two, but the two together | ||
bottle | ||
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a container, usually made of glass, to hold liquid | ||
bottom | ||
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the lowest part of something | ||
box | ||
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something to put things into; a container, usually made of paper or wood | ||
boy | ||
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a young male person | ||
boycott | ||
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to refuse to take part in or deal with | ||
brain | ||
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the control center of thought, emotions and body activity of all creatures | ||
brave | ||
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having no fear | ||
bread | ||
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a food made from grain | ||
break | ||
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to divide into parts by force; to destroy | ||
breathe | ||
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to take air into the body and let it out again | ||
bridge | ||
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a structure built over a waterway, valley or road so people and vehicles can cross from one side to the other | ||
brief | ||
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short; not long | ||
bright | ||
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giving much light; strong and clear in color | ||
bring | ||
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to come with something | ||
broadcast | ||
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to send information, stories or music by radio or television; n. a radio or television program | ||
brother | ||
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a male with the same father or mother as another person | ||
brown | ||
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having the color like that of coffee | ||
budget | ||
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a spending plan | ||
build | ||
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to join materials together to make something | ||
building | ||
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anything built for use as a house, factory, office, school, store or place of entertainment | ||
bullet | ||
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a small piece of metal shot from a gun | ||
burn | ||
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to be on fire; to destroy or damage by fire | ||
burst | ||
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to break open suddenly | ||
bury | ||
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to put into the ground and cover with earth | ||
bus | ||
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a public vehicle to carry people | ||
business | ||
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one's work; buying and selling to earn money; trade | ||
busy | ||
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doing something; very active | ||
but | ||
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however; other than; yet | ||
buy | ||
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to get by paying something, usually money | ||
by | ||
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near; at; next to ("by the road"); from ("a play by William Shakespeare"); not later than ("by midnight") | ||
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cabinet | ||
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a group of ministers that helps lead a government | ||
call | ||
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to give a name to ("I call myself John."); to ask for or request ("They called for an end to the fighting.") | ||
calm | ||
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quiet; peaceful; opposite tense | ||
camera | ||
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a device for taking pictures | ||
camp | ||
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a place with temporary housing | ||
campaign | ||
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a competition by opposing political candidates seeking support from voters; a connected series of military actions during a war | ||
can | ||
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to be able to; to have the right to; n. a container used to hold liquid or food, usually made of metal | ||
cancel | ||
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to end; to stop | ||
cancer | ||
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a disease in which dangerous cells grow quickly and destroy parts of the body | ||
candidate | ||
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a person who seeks or is nominated for an office or an honor | ||
capital | ||
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the official center of a government; the city where a country's government is | ||
capitalism | ||
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an economic system in which the production of most goods and services is owned and operated for profit by private citizens or companies | ||
capture | ||
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to make a person or animal a prisoner; to seize or take by force; to get control of | ||
car | ||
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a vehicle with wheels used to carry people; an automobile; a part of a train | ||
care | ||
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to like; to protect; to feel worry or interest | ||
careful | ||
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acting safely; with much thought | ||
carry | ||
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to take something or someone from one place to another | ||
carry out | ||
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to do; to put into effect ("Please carry out the plan.") | ||
case (court) | ||
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a legal action | ||
case (medical) | ||
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an incident of disease ("There was only one case of chicken pox at the school.") | ||
cat | ||
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a small animal that often lives with humans | ||
catch | ||
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to seize after a chase; to stop and seize with the hands | ||
cause | ||
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to make happen; n. the thing or person that produces a result | ||
ceasefire | ||
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a halt in fighting, usually by agreement | ||
celebrate | ||
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to honor a person or event with special activities | ||
cell | ||
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a small mass of living material that is part of all plants and animals | ||
center | ||
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the middle of something; the place in the middle; a place that is the main point of an activity | ||
century | ||
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one hundred years | ||
ceremony | ||
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an act or series of acts done in a special way established by tradition | ||
chairman | ||
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a person leading a meeting or an organized group | ||
champion | ||
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the best; the winner | ||
chance | ||
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a possibility of winning or losing or that something will happen | ||
change | ||
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to make different; to become different | ||
charge | ||
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to accuse someone of something, usually a crime; n. a statement in which someone is accused of something | ||
chase | ||
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to run or go after someone or something | ||
cheat | ||
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to get by a trick; to steal from | ||
cheer | ||
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to shout approval or praise | ||
chemicals | ||
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elements found in nature or made by people; substances used in the science of chemistry | ||
chemistry | ||
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the scientific study of substances, what they are made of, how they act under different conditions, and how they form other substances | ||
chief | ||
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the head or leader of a group; ad. leading; most important | ||
child | ||
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a baby; a boy or girl | ||
children | ||
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more than one child | ||
choose | ||
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to decide between two or more | ||
chromosome | ||
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a line of genes; most human cells contain 46 chromosomes | ||
circle | ||
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a closed shape that has all its points equally distant from the center, like an "O" | ||
citizen | ||
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a person who is a member of a country by birth or by law | ||
city | ||
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any important large town | ||
civil rights | ||
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the political, economic and social rights given equally to all people of a nation | ||
civilian | ||
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not military | ||
claim | ||
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to say something as a fact | ||
clash | ||
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a battle; v. to fight or oppose | ||
clean | ||
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to make pure; ad. free from dirt or harmful substances ("clean water") | ||
clear | ||
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easy to see or see through; easily understood | ||
clergy | ||
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a body of officials within a religious organization | ||
climate | ||
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the normal weather conditions of a place | ||
climb | ||
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to go up or down something by using the feet and sometimes the hands | ||
clock | ||
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a device that measures and shows time | ||
close | ||
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to make something not open; ad. near to | ||
cloth | ||
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a material made from plants, chemicals, animal hair and other substances | ||
clothes | ||
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what people wear | ||
cloud | ||
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a mass of fog high in the sky | ||
coal | ||
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a solid black substance used as fuel | ||
coalition | ||
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forces, groups or nations joined together | ||
coast | ||
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land on the edge of the ocean | ||
coffee | ||
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a drink made from the plant of the same name | ||
cold | ||
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not warm; having or feeling great coolness or a low temperature | ||
collect | ||
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to bring or gather together in one place; to demand and receive ("collect taxes") | ||
college | ||
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a small university | ||
colony | ||
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land controlled by another country or government | ||
color | ||
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the different effects of light on the eye, making blue, red, brown, black, yellow and others | ||
combine | ||
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to mix or bring together | ||
come | ||
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to move toward; to arrive | ||
command | ||
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to order; to have power over something | ||
comment | ||
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to say something about; to express an opinion about something | ||
committee | ||
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a group of people given special work | ||
common | ||
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usual; same for all ("a common purpose") | ||
communicate | ||
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to tell; to give or exchange information | ||
community | ||
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a group of people living together in one place or area | ||
company | ||
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a business organized for trade, industrial or other purposes | ||
compare | ||
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to examine what is different or similar | ||
compete | ||
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to try to do as well as, or better than, another or others | ||
complete | ||
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having all parts; ended or finished | ||
complex | ||
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of or having many parts that are difficult to understand; not simple | ||
compound | ||
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a substance containing two or more elements | ||
compromise | ||
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the settlement of an argument where each side agrees to accept less than first demanded | ||
computer | ||
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an electronic machine for storing and organizing information, and for communicating with others | ||
concern | ||
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interest, worry ("express concern about"); v. to fear ("to be concerned") | ||
condemn | ||
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to say a person or action is wrong or bad | ||
condition | ||
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something declared necessary to complete an agreement; a person's health | ||
conference | ||
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a meeting | ||
confirm | ||
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to approve; to say that something is true | ||
conflict | ||
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a fight; a battle, especially a long one | ||
congratulate | ||
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to praise a person or to express pleasure for success or good luck | ||
connect | ||
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to join one thing to another; to unite; to link | ||
conservative | ||
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one who usually supports tradition and opposes great change | ||
consider | ||
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to give thought to; to think about carefully | ||
constitution | ||
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the written general laws and ideas that form a nation's system of government | ||
contain | ||
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to hold; to include | ||
container | ||
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a box, bottle or can used to hold something | ||
continent | ||
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any of the seven great land areas of the world | ||
continue | ||
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to go on doing or being | ||
control | ||
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to direct; to have power over | ||
convention | ||
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a large meeting for a special purpose | ||
cook | ||
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to heat food before eating it | ||
cool | ||
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almost cold | ||
cooperate | ||
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to act or work together | ||
copy | ||
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to make something exactly like another; n. something made to look exactly like another | ||
corn | ||
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a food grain | ||
correct | ||
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true; free from mistakes; v. to change to what is right | ||
cost | ||
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the price or value of something ("The cost of the book is five dollars."); v. to be valued at ("The book costs five dollars.") | ||
cotton | ||
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a material made from a plant of the same name | ||
count | ||
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to speak or add numbers | ||
country | ||
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a nation; the territory of a nation; land away from cities | ||
court | ||
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where trials take place; where judges make decisions about law | ||
cover | ||
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to put something over a person or thing; n. anything that is put over a person or thing | ||
cow | ||
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a farm animal used for its milk | ||
crash | ||
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to fall violently; to hit with great force | ||
create | ||
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to make; to give life or form to | ||
creature | ||
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any living being; any animal or human | ||
credit | ||
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an agreement that payments will be made at a later time | ||
crew | ||
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a group of people working together | ||
crime | ||
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an act that violates a law | ||
criminal | ||
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a person who is responsible for a crime | ||
crisis | ||
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an extremely important time when something may become much better or worse; a dangerous situation | ||
criticize | ||
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to say what is wrong with something or someone; to condemn; to judge | ||
crops | ||
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plants that are grown and gathered for food, such as grains, fruits and vegetables | ||
cross | ||
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to go from one side to another; to go across | ||
crowd | ||
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a large number of people gathered in one place | ||
crush | ||
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to damage or destroy by great weight; to defeat completely | ||
cry | ||
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to express or show sorrow or pain | ||
culture | ||
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all the beliefs, traditions and arts of a group or population | ||
cure | ||
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to improve health; to make well ("The doctor can cure the disease."); n. something that makes a sick person well ("Antibiotics are a cure for infection.") | ||
curfew | ||
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an order to people to stay off the streets or to close their businesses | ||
current | ||
|---|---|---|
movement of air, water or electricity; ad. belonging to the present time ("She found the report in a current publication.") | ||
custom | ||
|---|---|---|
a long-established belief or activity of a people | ||
customs | ||
|---|---|---|
taxes on imports | ||
cut | ||
|---|---|---|
to divide or injure with a sharp tool; to make less; to reduce | ||
D |
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dam | ||
|---|---|---|
a wall built across a river to hold back flowing water | ||
damage | ||
|---|---|---|
to cause injury or destruction; n. harm; hurt or injury, usually to things | ||
dance | ||
|---|---|---|
to move the body and feet to music; n. a series of steps, usually to music | ||
danger | ||
|---|---|---|
a strong chance of suffering injury, damage or loss | ||
dark | ||
|---|---|---|
having little or no light ("The room was dark.") | ||
date | ||
|---|---|---|
an expression of time; a day, month and year | ||
daughter | ||
|---|---|---|
a person's female child | ||
day | ||
|---|---|---|
twenty-four hours; the hours of sunlight | ||
dead | ||
|---|---|---|
not living | ||
deaf | ||
|---|---|---|
not able to hear | ||
deal | ||
|---|---|---|
to have to do with ("The talks will deal with the problem of pollution."); to buy or sell ("Her company deals in plastic.") | ||
debate | ||
|---|---|---|
to argue for or against something; n. a public discussion or argument | ||
debt | ||
|---|---|---|
something that is owed; the condition of owing | ||
decide | ||
|---|---|---|
to choose; to settle; to judge | ||
declare | ||
|---|---|---|
to say; to make a statement | ||
decrease | ||
|---|---|---|
to make less in size or amount | ||
deep | ||
|---|---|---|
going far down; a long way from top to bottom | ||
defeat | ||
|---|---|---|
to cause to lose in a battle or struggle; n. a loss; the condition of having lost | ||
defend | ||
|---|---|---|
to guard or fight against attack; to protect | ||
deficit | ||
|---|---|---|
a shortage that results when spending is greater than earnings, or imports are greater than exports | ||
define | ||
|---|---|---|
to give the meaning of; to explain | ||
degree | ||
|---|---|---|
a measure of temperature | ||
delay | ||
|---|---|---|
to decide to do something at a later time; to postpone; to cause to be late | ||
delegate | ||
|---|---|---|
one sent to act for another; one who represents another | ||
demand | ||
|---|---|---|
to ask by ordering; to ask with force | ||
democracy | ||
|---|---|---|
the system of government in which citizens vote to choose leaders or to make other important decisions | ||
demonstrate | ||
|---|---|---|
to make a public show of opinions or feelings ("The crowd demonstrated in support of human rights."); to explain by using examples ("The teacher demonstrated the idea with an experiment.") | ||
denounce | ||
|---|---|---|
to accuse of being wrong or evil; to criticize severely | ||
dense | ||
|---|---|---|
close together; thick | ||
deny | ||
|---|---|---|
to declare that something is not true; to refuse a request | ||
depend | ||
|---|---|---|
to need help and support | ||
deplore | ||
|---|---|---|
to regret strongly; to express sadness | ||
deploy | ||
|---|---|---|
to move forces or weapons into positions for action | ||
depression | ||
|---|---|---|
severe unhappiness; a period of reduced business and economic activity during which many people lose their jobs | ||
describe | ||
|---|---|---|
to give a word picture of something; to give details of something | ||
desert | ||
|---|---|---|
a dry area of land | ||
design | ||
|---|---|---|
to plan or create plans for | ||
desire | ||
|---|---|---|
to want very much; to wish for | ||
destroy | ||
|---|---|---|
to break into pieces; to end the existence of | ||
detail | ||
|---|---|---|
a small part of something; a small piece of information | ||
develop | ||
|---|---|---|
to grow; to create; to experience progress | ||
device | ||
|---|---|---|
a piece of equipment made for a special purpose | ||
dictator | ||
|---|---|---|
a ruler with complete power | ||
die | ||
|---|---|---|
to become dead; to stop living; to end | ||
diet | ||
|---|---|---|
usual daily food and drink | ||
different | ||
|---|---|---|
not the same | ||
difficult | ||
|---|---|---|
not easy; hard to do, make or carry out | ||
dig | ||
|---|---|---|
to make a hole in the ground | ||
dinner | ||
|---|---|---|
the main amount of food eaten at a usual time ("The family had its dinner at noon."); a special event that includes food ("The official dinner took place at the White House.") | ||
diplomat | ||
|---|---|---|
a person who represents his or her government in dealing with another government | ||
direct | ||
|---|---|---|
to lead; to aim or show the way ("He directed me to the theater."); ad. straight to something; not through some other person or thing ("The path is direct.") | ||
direction | ||
|---|---|---|
the way (east, west, north, south); where someone or something came from or went to | ||
dirt | ||
|---|---|---|
earth or soil | ||
dis | ||
|---|---|---|
not (dishonest, disobey) | ||
disappear | ||
|---|---|---|
to become unseen; to no longer exist | ||
disarm | ||
|---|---|---|
to take away weapons; to no longer keep weapons; to make a bomb harmless by removing its exploding device | ||
discover | ||
|---|---|---|
to find or learn something | ||
discuss | ||
|---|---|---|
to talk about; to exchange ideas | ||
disease | ||
|---|---|---|
a sickness in living things, often caused by viruses, germs or bacteria | ||
dismiss | ||
|---|---|---|
to send away; to refuse to consider | ||
dispute | ||
|---|---|---|
to oppose strongly by argument; n. an angry debate | ||
dissident | ||
|---|---|---|
a person who strongly disagrees with his or her government | ||
distance | ||
|---|---|---|
the amount of space between two places or objects ("The distance from my house to your house is two kilometers.") | ||
dive | ||
|---|---|---|
to jump into water head first | ||
divide | ||
|---|---|---|
to separate into two or more parts | ||
do | ||
|---|---|---|
to act; to make an effort | ||
doctor | ||
|---|---|---|
a person trained in medicine to treat sick people | ||
document | ||
|---|---|---|
an official piece of paper with facts written on it, used as proof or support of something | ||
dog | ||
|---|---|---|
a small animal that often lives with humans | ||
dollar | ||
|---|---|---|
United States money, one hundred cents | ||
door | ||
|---|---|---|
an opening for entering or leaving a building or room | ||
down | ||
|---|---|---|
from higher to lower; in a low place | ||
dream | ||
|---|---|---|
to have a picture or story in the mind during sleep; n. a picture or story in the mind during sleep; a happy idea about the future | ||
drink | ||
|---|---|---|
to take liquid into the body through the mouth | ||
drive | ||
|---|---|---|
to control a moving vehicle | ||
drop | ||
|---|---|---|
to fall or let fall; to go lower | ||
drown | ||
|---|---|---|
to die under water | ||
drug | ||
|---|---|---|
anything used as a medicine or in making medicine; a chemical substance used to ease pain or to affect the mind | ||
dry | ||
|---|---|---|
not wet; without rain | ||
during | ||
|---|---|---|
through the whole time; while (something is happening) | ||
dust | ||
|---|---|---|
pieces of matter so small that they can float in the air | ||
duty | ||
|---|---|---|
one's job or responsibility; what one must do because it is right and just | ||
E |
|---|
each | ||
|---|---|---|
every one by itself | ||
early | ||
|---|---|---|
at or near the beginning, especially the beginning of the day; opposite late | ||
earn | ||
|---|---|---|
to be paid in return for work done | ||
earth | ||
|---|---|---|
the planet we all live on; the ground or soil | ||
earthquake | ||
|---|---|---|
a sudden, violent shaking of the earth's surface | ||
ease | ||
|---|---|---|
to reduce; to make less difficult | ||
east | ||
|---|---|---|
the direction from which the sun rises | ||
easy | ||
|---|---|---|
not difficult; not hard to do | ||
eat | ||
|---|---|---|
to take food into the body through the mouth | ||
ecology | ||
|---|---|---|
the scientific study of the environment and links among living and material things | ||
economy | ||
|---|---|---|
the system by which money, industry and trade are organized | ||
edge | ||
|---|---|---|
the line where something ends or begins | ||
education | ||
|---|---|---|
the act of teaching | ||
effect | ||
|---|---|---|
the result or change caused by something ("The storm had a serious effect on the economy.") | ||
effort | ||
|---|---|---|
an attempt; the work necessary to do something | ||
egg | ||
|---|---|---|
the rounded object containing unborn young produced by female birds, fish or reptiles; a single cell in a female person or animal that can develop into a baby | ||
either | ||
|---|---|---|
one of two, but not the other | ||
elect | ||
|---|---|---|
to choose by voting | ||
electricity | ||
|---|---|---|
a form of energy that flows through wires to provide heat and light, and power to machines | ||
electron | ||
|---|---|---|
a small part of an atom that has an electrical force | ||
element | ||
|---|---|---|
one of more than 100 substances known to science that cannot be separated into other substances | ||
embassy | ||
|---|---|---|
the offices of an ambassador and his or her assistants | ||
emergency | ||
|---|---|---|
an unexpected and dangerous situation demanding quick action | ||
emotion | ||
|---|---|---|
a strong feeling such as love, hate, fear or sadness | ||
employ | ||
|---|---|---|
to give work in return for wages | ||
empty | ||
|---|---|---|
having nothing inside; v. to remove everything | ||
end | ||
|---|---|---|
to stop; to finish; n. the part which comes last | ||
enemy | ||
|---|---|---|
a person opposing or hating another; a person or people of the other side in a war | ||
energy | ||
|---|---|---|
power used to do work, usually with machines; the ability and willingness to be active | ||
enforce | ||
|---|---|---|
to make something be done | ||
engine | ||
|---|---|---|
a machine that uses energy to cause movement or to do work | ||
engineer | ||
|---|---|---|
a person who designs engines, machines, roads, bridges or railroads | ||
enjoy | ||
|---|---|---|
to be pleased or satisfied by something | ||
enough | ||
|---|---|---|
as much as necessary; pro. the amount needed | ||
enter | ||
|---|---|---|
to come or go into | ||
environment | ||
|---|---|---|
all surrounding things, conditions and influences that affect life; the natural world of land, sea, air, plants and animals | ||
enzyme | ||
|---|---|---|
a special kind of protein; it produces changes in other substances without being changed itself | ||
equal | ||
|---|---|---|
the same in amount, size, weight or value; having the same rights | ||
equipment | ||
|---|---|---|
things, tools or machines needed for a purpose or activity | ||
escape | ||
|---|---|---|
to get free; to get away from; to get out of | ||
especially | ||
|---|---|---|
more than others ("We liked the food, especially the fish.") | ||
establish | ||
|---|---|---|
to bring into existence; to create | ||
estimate | ||
|---|---|---|
to form an opinion about a value, size or amount using less than complete information | ||
ethnic | ||
|---|---|---|
of or concerning people belonging to a large group because of their race, religion, language, tribe or where their ancestors lived | ||
evaporate | ||
|---|---|---|
to change from a liquid into a gas | ||
even | ||
|---|---|---|
in a way not thought possible ("They survived, even though the building was destroyed.") | ||
event | ||
|---|---|---|
that which happens, especially something of importance | ||
ever | ||
|---|---|---|
at any time | ||
every | ||
|---|---|---|
each one; all | ||
evidence | ||
|---|---|---|
material or facts that prove something; a reason for believing | ||
evil | ||
|---|---|---|
not good; extremely bad | ||
exact | ||
|---|---|---|
having no mistakes; correct in every detail | ||
examine | ||
|---|---|---|
to study closely | ||
example | ||
|---|---|---|
a part that shows what the rest of a thing or group is like | ||
excellent | ||
|---|---|---|
extremely good | ||
except | ||
|---|---|---|
but for | ||
exchange | ||
|---|---|---|
to trade; to give or receive one thing for another | ||
excuse | ||
|---|---|---|
to take away blame; to pardon; to forgive; n. a reason (sometimes false) for an action | ||
execute | ||
|---|---|---|
to kill | ||
exercise | ||
|---|---|---|
an activity or effort for the purpose of improving the body or to stay in good health | ||
exile | ||
|---|---|---|
to force a person to leave his or her country; to expel; n. a person who is forced to leave his or her country | ||
exist | ||
|---|---|---|
to be; to live | ||
expand | ||
|---|---|---|
to make larger; to grow larger | ||
expect | ||
|---|---|---|
to think or believe that something will happen; to wait for an event | ||
expel | ||
|---|---|---|
to force out; to remove from; to send away | ||
experience | ||
|---|---|---|
to live through an event, situation or condition ("She experienced great pain."); n. something that one has done or lived through ("The experience caused her great pain.") | ||
experiment | ||
|---|---|---|
to test; n. a test or trial carried out to prove if an idea is true or false, or to discover something | ||
expert | ||
|---|---|---|
a person with special knowledge or training | ||
explain | ||
|---|---|---|
to give reasons for; to make clear; to tell about; to tell the meaning | ||
explode | ||
|---|---|---|
to break apart violently with a loud noise, like a bomb | ||
explore | ||
|---|---|---|
to travel in a place that is not well known to learn more about it; to make a careful search; to examine closely | ||
export | ||
|---|---|---|
to send to another country; n. something sent to another country, usually for sale | ||
express | ||
|---|---|---|
to say clearly | ||
extend | ||
|---|---|---|
to stretch out in area or length; to continue for a longer time | ||
extra | ||
|---|---|---|
more than normal, expected or necessary | ||
extreme | ||
|---|---|---|
more than the usual or accepted | ||
extremist | ||
|---|---|---|
a person with strong religious or political beliefs who acts in an extreme or violent way | ||
F |
|---|
face | ||
|---|---|---|
the front of the head: eyes, nose, mouth; v. to look toward; to turn toward; to have before you, such as a problem or danger | ||
fact | ||
|---|---|---|
something known or proved to be true | ||
factory | ||
|---|---|---|
a building or group of buildings where goods are made | ||
fail | ||
|---|---|---|
to not succeed; to not reach a goal | ||
fair | ||
|---|---|---|
just; honest; what is right | ||
fall | ||
|---|---|---|
to go down quickly; to come down; to drop to the ground or a lower position | ||
false | ||
|---|---|---|
not true; not correct | ||
family | ||
|---|---|---|
the group that includes children and their parents | ||
famous | ||
|---|---|---|
known very well to many people | ||
far | ||
|---|---|---|
at, to or from a great distance | ||
farm | ||
|---|---|---|
land used to grow crops and animals for food | ||
fast | ||
|---|---|---|
moving or working at great speed; quick | ||
fat | ||
|---|---|---|
tissue in the bodies of humans and animals used to store energy and to keep warm; ad. thick; heavy | ||
father | ||
|---|---|---|
the male parent; a man who has a child or children | ||
fear | ||
|---|---|---|
to be afraid; to worry that something bad is near or may happen ("He feared falling down."); n. a strong emotion when there is danger or trouble ("He had a fear that he would fall down.") | ||
federal | ||
|---|---|---|
of or having to do with a national or central government | ||
feed | ||
|---|---|---|
to give food to | ||
feel | ||
|---|---|---|
to have or experience an emotion; to know by touching | ||
female | ||
|---|---|---|
a woman or girl; the sex that gives birth; ad. of or about women | ||
fence | ||
|---|---|---|
something around an area of land to keep animals or people in or out | ||
fertile | ||
|---|---|---|
rich in production of plants or animals; producing much | ||
fetus | ||
|---|---|---|
unborn young | ||
few | ||
|---|---|---|
not many; a small number of | ||
field | ||
|---|---|---|
an area of open land, usually used to grow crops or to raise animals | ||
fierce | ||
|---|---|---|
extremely strong; violent; angry | ||
fight | ||
|---|---|---|
to use violence or force; to attempt to defeat or destroy an enemy; n. the use of force; a battle | ||
fill | ||
|---|---|---|
to put or pour something into a container until there is space for no more | ||
film | ||
|---|---|---|
to record something so it can be seen again; to make a motion picture or movie; n. a thin piece of material for making pictures with a camera; a movie | ||
final | ||
|---|---|---|
at the end; last | ||
financial | ||
|---|---|---|
of or about the system that includes the use of money, credit, investments and banks | ||
find | ||
|---|---|---|
to discover or learn something by searching or by accident; to decide a court case ("The jury finds the man guilty of murder.") | ||
fine | ||
|---|---|---|
a payment ordered by a court to punish someone for a crime; ad. very good; very small or thin | ||
finish | ||
|---|---|---|
to complete; to end | ||
fire | ||
|---|---|---|
to shoot a gun; n. the heat and light produced by something burning | ||
fireworks | ||
|---|---|---|
rockets producing bright fire in the sky, used in holiday celebrations | ||
firm | ||
|---|---|---|
not easily moved or changed ("She is firm in her opinion.") | ||
first | ||
|---|---|---|
coming before all others | ||
fish | ||
|---|---|---|
a creature that lives and can breathe in water | ||
fission | ||
|---|---|---|
a splitting; in atomic fission, the nucleus of an atom is split to produce nuclear energy | ||
fit | ||
|---|---|---|
to be of the correct size or shape ("These shoes fit my feet.") | ||
fix | ||
|---|---|---|
to make good or right again | ||
flag | ||
|---|---|---|
a piece of colored cloth used to represent a nation, government or organization | ||
flat | ||
|---|---|---|
smooth; having no high places | ||
flee | ||
|---|---|---|
to run away from | ||
float | ||
|---|---|---|
to be on water without sinking; to move or be moved gently on water or through air | ||
flood | ||
|---|---|---|
to cover with water; n. the movement of water out of a river, lake or ocean onto land | ||
floor | ||
|---|---|---|
the bottom part of a room for walking on ("The book fell to the floor."); the level of a building ("The fire was on the first floor.") | ||
flow | ||
|---|---|---|
to move like a liquid | ||
flower | ||
|---|---|---|
the colored part of plants that carry seeds | ||
fluid | ||
|---|---|---|
any substance that can flow, such as a liquid | ||
fly | ||
|---|---|---|
to move through the air with wings, like a bird or airplane; to travel in an airplane or flying vehicle | ||
fog | ||
|---|---|---|
a mass of wet air that is difficult to see through; a cloud close to the ground | ||
follow | ||
|---|---|---|
to come or go after; to accept the rule or power of; to obey | ||
food | ||
|---|---|---|
that which is taken in by all living things for energy, strength and growth | ||
fool | ||
|---|---|---|
to make someone believe something that is not true; to trick; n. a person who is tricked easily | ||
foot | ||
|---|---|---|
the bottom part of the leg; the part of the body that touches the ground when a person or animal walks | ||
for | ||
|---|---|---|
because of ("He is famous for his work."); in exchange ("Give me one dollar for the book."); through space or time ("They travelled for one hour."); representative of ("I speak for all people."); to be employed by ("She works for a computer company.") | ||
force | ||
|---|---|---|
to make someone do something or make something happen by using power; n. power, strength; strength used against a person or object; military power of a nation; a military group | ||
foreign | ||
|---|---|---|
of, about or from another nation; not from one's own place or country | ||
forest | ||
|---|---|---|
a place of many trees | ||
forget | ||
|---|---|---|
to not remember | ||
forgive | ||
|---|---|---|
to pardon; to excuse; to remove guilt | ||
form | ||
|---|---|---|
to make; to start; to shape ("They formed a swim team."); n. a kind ("Swimming is a form of exercise.") | ||
former | ||
|---|---|---|
earlier in time; not now | ||
forward | ||
|---|---|---|
the direction in front of; toward the front | ||
free | ||
|---|---|---|
to release; ad. not controlled by another or by outside forces; not in prison; independent; not limited by rules; without cost | ||
freedom | ||
|---|---|---|
the condition of being free | ||
freeze | ||
|---|---|---|
to cause or to become very cold; to make or to become hard by cold | ||
fresh | ||
|---|---|---|
newly made or gathered; recent | ||
friend | ||
|---|---|---|
a person one likes and trusts | ||
frighten | ||
|---|---|---|
to cause great fear | ||
from | ||
|---|---|---|
having a person, place or thing as a beginning or cause ("It is a message from the president."); at a place distant, not near ("The school is five kilometers from my home."); because of ("He is suffering from cancer.") | ||
front | ||
|---|---|---|
the forward part; the opposite of back; the beginning; the first part | ||
fruit | ||
|---|---|---|
food from trees and plants | ||
fuel | ||
|---|---|---|
any substance burned to create heat or power | ||
full | ||
|---|---|---|
containing as much as a person or thing can hold; complete | ||
fun | ||
|---|---|---|
anything that is pleasing and causes happiness | ||
funeral | ||
|---|---|---|
a ceremony held in connection with the burial or burning of the dead | ||
fusion | ||
|---|---|---|
a joining together; in atomic fusion, atomic particles are joined together to produce nuclear energy | ||
future | ||
|---|---|---|
time after now ("We can talk about it in the future."); ad. in the time to come ("All future meetings will be held in this room.") | ||
G |
|---|
gain | ||
|---|---|---|
to get possession of; to get more; to increase | ||
game | ||
|---|---|---|
an activity with rules in which people or teams play or compete, usually sports | ||
gas | ||
|---|---|---|
any substance that is not solid or liquid; any substance that burns to provide heat, light or power | ||
gather | ||
|---|---|---|
to bring or come together into a group or place; to collect | ||
general | ||
|---|---|---|
a high military leader; ad. without details; affecting or including all or almost all | ||
genes | ||
|---|---|---|
parts of cells that control the growth and development of living things; genes from the mother and father are passed to the child; genes contain nucleic acid | ||
genetic engineering | ||
|---|---|---|
the science of changing the genes of a living organism | ||
gentle | ||
|---|---|---|
soft; kind; not rough or violent | ||
get | ||
|---|---|---|
to receive; to gain; to go and bring back; to become; to become the owner of | ||
gift | ||
|---|---|---|
something given without cost | ||
girl | ||
|---|---|---|
a young female person | ||
give | ||
|---|---|---|
to present to another to keep without receiving payment | ||
glass | ||
|---|---|---|
a hard, clear material that is easily broken, used most often for windows or for containers to hold liquids | ||
go | ||
|---|---|---|
to move from one place to another; to leave | ||
goal | ||
|---|---|---|
that toward which an effort is directed; that which is aimed at; the end of a trip or race | ||
god | ||
|---|---|---|
the spirit that is honored as creator of all things ("They believe in God."); a spirit or being believed in many religions to have special powers | ||
gold | ||
|---|---|---|
a highly valued yellow metal | ||
good | ||
|---|---|---|
pleasing; helpful; kind; correct; not bad | ||
goods | ||
|---|---|---|
things owned or made to be sold | ||
govern | ||
|---|---|---|
to control; to rule by military or political power | ||
government | ||
|---|---|---|
a system of governing; the organization of people that rules a country, city or area | ||
grain | ||
|---|---|---|
the seed of grass plants used for food, such as wheat, rice and corn; those plants that produce the seeds | ||
granddaughter | ||
|---|---|---|
the daughter of a person's daughter or son | ||
grandfather | ||
|---|---|---|
the father of a person's father or mother | ||
grandmother | ||
|---|---|---|
the mother of a person's father or mother | ||
grandson | ||
|---|---|---|
the son of a person's daughter or son | ||
grass | ||
|---|---|---|
a plant with long, narrow, green leaves | ||
gravity | ||
|---|---|---|
the force that pulls things toward the center of the earth | ||
gray | ||
|---|---|---|
having the color like that made by mixing black and white | ||
great | ||
|---|---|---|
very large or more than usual in size or number; very good; important | ||
green | ||
|---|---|---|
having the color like that made by mixing yellow and blue; having the color like that of growing leaves and grass | ||
grind | ||
|---|---|---|
to reduce to small pieces by crushing | ||
ground | ||
|---|---|---|
land; the earth's surface; soil | ||
group | ||
|---|---|---|
a number of people or things together; a gathering of people working for a common purpose | ||
grow | ||
|---|---|---|
to develop or become bigger; to increase in size or amount | ||
guarantee | ||
|---|---|---|
to promise a result; to promise that something will happen | ||
guard | ||
|---|---|---|
to watch and protect a person, place or thing ("He guards the president."); n. a person or thing that watches or protects ("He is a prison guard.") | ||
guerrilla | ||
|---|---|---|
a person who fights as part of an unofficial army, usually against an official army or police | ||
guide | ||
|---|---|---|
to lead to; to show the way; n. one who shows the way | ||
guilty | ||
|---|---|---|
having done something wrong or in violation of a law; responsible for a bad action | ||
gun | ||
|---|---|---|
a weapon that shoots bullets | ||
H |
|---|
hair | ||
|---|---|---|
the fine material that grows from the skin, especially from the head | ||
half | ||
|---|---|---|
one of two equal parts of something | ||
halt | ||
|---|---|---|
to come or cause to come to a stop; to stop | ||
hang | ||
|---|---|---|
to place something so the highest part is supported and the lower part is not; to kill by hanging | ||
happen | ||
|---|---|---|
to become a fact or event; to take place | ||
happy | ||
|---|---|---|
pleased; satisfied; feeling good; not sad | ||
hard | ||
|---|---|---|
not easily cut or broken; solid; difficult to do or understand; needing much effort or force | ||
harm | ||
|---|---|---|
to injure; to damage; n. damage; hurt | ||
harvest | ||
|---|---|---|
to gather crops; n. the crop after it is gathered | ||
hat | ||
|---|---|---|
a head cover | ||
hate | ||
|---|---|---|
to have strong emotions against; to consider as an enemy; opposite love | ||
have | ||
|---|---|---|
to possess; to own; to hold | ||
he | ||
|---|---|---|
the boy or man who is being spoken about | ||
head | ||
|---|---|---|
to lead; to command; n. leader; chief; the top part of something; the highest position | ||
headquarters | ||
|---|---|---|
the center from which orders are given; the main offices of a business or organization | ||
heal | ||
|---|---|---|
to return to good health; to cure; to become well | ||
health | ||
|---|---|---|
the general condition of the body and mind; the condition of being free from sickness or disease | ||
hear | ||
|---|---|---|
to receive sound through the ears; to receive news about | ||
heart | ||
|---|---|---|
pumps blood through the body | ||
heat | ||
|---|---|---|
to make hot or warm; n. great warmth; that which is produced by burning fuel; energy from the sun | ||
heavy | ||
|---|---|---|
having much weight; not easy to lift; of great amount or force | ||
helicopter | ||
|---|---|---|
a machine without wings that can fly up or down or remain in one place above the ground | ||
help | ||
|---|---|---|
to give support; to assist; to make easier; n. support; aid | ||
here | ||
|---|---|---|
in, to or at this place | ||
hero | ||
|---|---|---|
a person honored for being brave or wise | ||
hide | ||
|---|---|---|
to prevent from being seen or found; to make secret | ||
high | ||
|---|---|---|
tall; far up; far above the ground; important; above others | ||
hijack | ||
|---|---|---|
to seize or take control of a vehicle by force | ||
hill | ||
|---|---|---|
a small mountain | ||
history | ||
|---|---|---|
the written record or description of past events; the study of the past | ||
hit | ||
|---|---|---|
to strike; to touch with force | ||
hold | ||
|---|---|---|
to carry or support, usually in the hands or arms; to keep in one position; to keep as a prisoner; to contain; to possess; to occupy; to organize and be involved in ("The two sides hold talks this week.") | ||
hole | ||
|---|---|---|
an opening; a torn or broken place in something | ||
holiday | ||
|---|---|---|
a day when one does not work; a day on which no work is done to honor or remember a person or event | ||
holy | ||
|---|---|---|
greatly honored in religion | ||
home | ||
|---|---|---|
the building where a person lives, especially with family; the place where one was born or comes from; the area or country where one lives | ||
honest | ||
|---|---|---|
truthful; able to be trusted | ||
honor | ||
|---|---|---|
to obey; to show strong, good feelings for ("to honor one's parents"); n. an award; an act of giving special recognition ("He received many honors for his efforts to help others.") | ||
hope | ||
|---|---|---|
to expect; to believe there is a good chance that something will happen as wanted; to want something to happen | ||
horrible | ||
|---|---|---|
causing great fear; terrible | ||
horse | ||
|---|---|---|
a large animal often used for racing, riding or farm work | ||
hospital | ||
|---|---|---|
a place where sick or injured people are given medical care | ||
hostage | ||
|---|---|---|
a person captured and held as a guarantee that a demand or promise will be honored | ||
hostile | ||
|---|---|---|
ready to fight; ready for war | ||
hot | ||
|---|---|---|
having or feeling great heat or a high temperature | ||
hotel | ||
|---|---|---|
a building with rooms, and often food, for travellers | ||
hour | ||
|---|---|---|
a measure of time; sixty minutes | ||
house | ||
|---|---|---|
a building in which people live; a country's parliament or lawmaking group ("House of Representatives") | ||
how | ||
|---|---|---|
in what way; to what amount | ||
however | ||
|---|---|---|
yet; but | ||
huge | ||
|---|---|---|
very big; of great size | ||
human | ||
|---|---|---|
of or about people | ||
humor | ||
|---|---|---|
the ability to understand, enjoy or express what makes people laugh | ||
hunger | ||
|---|---|---|
the need for food | ||
hunt | ||
|---|---|---|
to search for animals to capture or kill them; to seek; to try to find | ||
hurry | ||
|---|---|---|
to do or go fast | ||
hurt | ||
|---|---|---|
to cause pain, injury or damage | ||
husband | ||
|---|---|---|
a man who is married | ||
I |
|---|
ice | ||
|---|---|---|
frozen water | ||
idea | ||
|---|---|---|
a thought or picture in the mind; a belief | ||
identify | ||
|---|---|---|
to recognize someone or something and to say who or what they are | ||
if | ||
|---|---|---|
on condition; provided that ("I will go if you go.") | ||
illegal | ||
|---|---|---|
not legal; in violation of a law | ||
image | ||
|---|---|---|
a reproduction of the appearance of a person or thing | ||
imagine | ||
|---|---|---|
to make a picture in the mind; to form an idea | ||
immediate | ||
|---|---|---|
without delay; very near in time or place | ||
import | ||
|---|---|---|
to bring from another country; n. something brought from another country, usually for sale | ||
important | ||
|---|---|---|
having great meaning, value or power | ||
improve | ||
|---|---|---|
to make better; to become better | ||
in | ||
|---|---|---|
inside; held by; contained by; surrounded by; during | ||
incident | ||
|---|---|---|
an event or something that happens | ||
incite | ||
|---|---|---|
to urge or cause an action or emotion, usually something bad or violent | ||
include | ||
|---|---|---|
to have; to make a part of | ||
increase | ||
|---|---|---|
to make more in size or amount | ||
independent | ||
|---|---|---|
not influenced by or controlled by another or others; free; separate | ||
individual | ||
|---|---|---|
one person | ||
industry | ||
|---|---|---|
any business that produces goods or provides services; the work and related activity in factories and offices; all organizations involved in manufacturing | ||
infect | ||
|---|---|---|
to make sick with something that causes disease | ||
inflation | ||
|---|---|---|
a continuing rise in prices while the value of money goes down | ||
influence | ||
|---|---|---|
to have an effect on someone or something; to cause change | ||
inform | ||
|---|---|---|
to tell; to give knowledge to | ||
information | ||
|---|---|---|
knowledge; facts | ||
inject | ||
|---|---|---|
to force a fluid into, such as putting medicine or drugs into the body through the skin | ||
injure | ||
|---|---|---|
to cause harm or damage to a person or animal | ||
innocent | ||
|---|---|---|
not guilty of a crime; not responsible for a bad action | ||
insane | ||
|---|---|---|
mentally sick | ||
insect | ||
|---|---|---|
a very small creature, usually with many legs and sometimes with wings | ||
inspect | ||
|---|---|---|
to look at something carefully; to examine, especially by an expert | ||
instead | ||
|---|---|---|
in the place of; taking the place of | ||
instrument | ||
|---|---|---|
a tool or device designed to do something or to make something | ||
insult | ||
|---|---|---|
to say something or to do something that makes another person angry or dishonored | ||
intelligence | ||
|---|---|---|
the ability to think or learn; information gathered by spying | ||
intelligent | ||
|---|---|---|
quick to understand or learn | ||
intense | ||
|---|---|---|
very strong; extremely serious | ||
interest | ||
|---|---|---|
what is important to someone ("He acted to protect his interests." "She had a great interest in painting."); a share in owning a business; money paid for the use of money borrowed | ||
interfere | ||
|---|---|---|
to get in the way of; to work against; to take part in the activities of others, especially when not asked to do so | ||
international | ||
|---|---|---|
of or about more than one nation or many nations; of the whole world | ||
intervene | ||
|---|---|---|
to come between; to come between in order to settle or solve | ||
intestines | ||
|---|---|---|
tubes through which food passes after it is broken down in the stomach; part of the intestines also remove solid wastes from the body | ||
invade | ||
|---|---|---|
to enter an area or country by force with an army | ||
invent | ||
|---|---|---|
to plan and make something never made before; to create a new thing or way of doing something | ||
invest | ||
|---|---|---|
to give money to a business or organization with the hope of making more money | ||
investigate | ||
|---|---|---|
to study or examine all information about an event, situation or charge; to search for the truth | ||
invite | ||
|---|---|---|
to ask someone to take part in or join an event, organization or gathering | ||
involve | ||
|---|---|---|
to take part in; to become a part of; to include | ||
iron | ||
|---|---|---|
a strong, hard metal used to make machines and tools | ||
island | ||
|---|---|---|
a land area with water all around it | ||
issue | ||
|---|---|---|
an important problem or subject that people are discussing or arguing about | ||
it | ||
|---|---|---|
a thing, place, event or idea that is being spoken about ("The sky is blue, but it also has a few white clouds.") | ||
J |
|---|
jail | ||
|---|---|---|
a prison for those waiting to be tried for a crime or for those serving sentences for crimes that are not serious | ||
jewel | ||
|---|---|---|
a valuable stone, such as a diamond or emerald | ||
job | ||
|---|---|---|
the work that one does to earn money | ||
join | ||
|---|---|---|
to put together or come together; to become part of or a member of | ||
joint | ||
|---|---|---|
shared by two or more | ||
joke | ||
|---|---|---|
something done or said to cause others to laugh | ||
judge | ||
|---|---|---|
to form an opinion about; to decide a question, especially a legal one; n. a public official who decides problems of law in a court | ||
jump | ||
|---|---|---|
to push down on the feet and move up quickly into the air | ||
jury | ||
|---|---|---|
a group of people chosen to decide what is true in a trial | ||
just | ||
|---|---|---|
only ("Help me for just a minute."); very shortly before or after the present ("He just left."); at the same time ("He left just as I came in."); what is right or fair ("The law is just, in my opinion.") | ||
K |
|---|
keep | ||
|---|---|---|
to possess; to have for oneself | ||
kick | ||
|---|---|---|
to hit with the foot | ||
kidnap | ||
|---|---|---|
to seize and take away by force | ||
kidney | ||
|---|---|---|
cleans liquid wastes from the body | ||
kill | ||
|---|---|---|
to make dead; to cause to die | ||
kind | ||
|---|---|---|
sort ("What kind of dog is that?"); ad. gentle; caring; helpful | ||
kiss | ||
|---|---|---|
to touch with the mouth to show love or honor | ||
knife | ||
|---|---|---|
a tool or weapon used to cut | ||
know | ||
|---|---|---|
to understand something as correct; to have the facts about; to recognize someone because you have met and talked together before | ||
knowledge | ||
|---|---|---|
that which is known; learning or understanding | ||
L |
|---|
labor | ||
|---|---|---|
work; workers as a group | ||
laboratory | ||
|---|---|---|
a room or place where experiments in science are done | ||
lack | ||
|---|---|---|
to be without; n. the condition of needing, wanting or not having | ||
lake | ||
|---|---|---|
a large area of fresh water surrounded by land | ||
land | ||
|---|---|---|
to come to the earth from the air ("Airplanes land at airports."); n. the part of the earth not covered by water; the ground | ||
language | ||
|---|---|---|
words and their use; what people speak in a country, nation or group | ||
large | ||
|---|---|---|
big; being of more than usual size, amount or number; opposite small | ||
laser | ||
|---|---|---|
an instrument that makes a thin, powerful light | ||
last | ||
|---|---|---|
to continue ("The talks will last three days."); ad. after all others; the only one remaining ("She is the last person in line.") | ||
late | ||
|---|---|---|
after the correct time; near the end; opposite early | ||
laugh | ||
|---|---|---|
to make sounds to express pleasure or happy feelings | ||
launch | ||
|---|---|---|
to put into operation; to begin; to send into the air or space | ||
law | ||
|---|---|---|
all or any rules made by a government | ||
lead | ||
|---|---|---|
to show the way; to command; to control; to go first | ||
leak | ||
|---|---|---|
to come out of or to escape through a small opening or hole (usually a gas or liquid) | ||
learn | ||
|---|---|---|
to get knowledge about; to come to know a fact or facts | ||
leave | ||
|---|---|---|
to go away from; to let something stay where it is | ||
left | ||
|---|---|---|
on the side that is toward the west when one is facing north; opposite right | ||
legal | ||
|---|---|---|
of or in agreement with the law | ||
legislature | ||
|---|---|---|
a government lawmaking group | ||
lend | ||
|---|---|---|
to permit someone to use a thing temporarily; to make a loan of money | ||
less | ||
|---|---|---|
smaller in amount; not as much | ||
let | ||
|---|---|---|
to permit to do or to be; to make possible | ||
letter | ||
|---|---|---|
a message written on paper; a communication in writing sent to another person | ||
level | ||
|---|---|---|
the amount or height that something reaches or rises to; the position of something or someone | ||
liberal | ||
|---|---|---|
one who usually supports social progress or change | ||
lie | ||
|---|---|---|
to have one's body on the ground or other surface; to say something that one knows is not true | ||
life | ||
|---|---|---|
the time between being born and dying; opposite death; all living things | ||
lift | ||
|---|---|---|
to take or bring up to a higher place or level | ||
light | ||
|---|---|---|
a form of energy that affects the eyes so that one is able to see; anything that produces light; ad. bright; clear; not heavy | ||
lightning | ||
|---|---|---|
light produced by electricity in the air, usually during a storm | ||
like | ||
|---|---|---|
to be pleased with; to have good feelings for someone or something; ad. in the same way as; similar to | ||
limit | ||
|---|---|---|
to restrict to a number or amount; n. the greatest amount or number permitted | ||
line | ||
|---|---|---|
a long, thin mark on a surface; a number of people or things organized; one after another; the edge of an area protected by military forces | ||
link | ||
|---|---|---|
to connect; to unite one thing or event with another; n. a relation between two or more things, situations or events | ||
liquid | ||
|---|---|---|
a substance that is not a solid or gas, and can move freely, like water | ||
list | ||
|---|---|---|
to put in writing a number of names of people or things; n. a written series of names or things | ||
listen | ||
|---|---|---|
to try to hear | ||
literature | ||
|---|---|---|
all the poems, stories and writings of a period of time or of a country | ||
little | ||
|---|---|---|
not tall or big; a small amount | ||
live | ||
|---|---|---|
to have life; to exist; ad. having life; alive | ||
liver | ||
|---|---|---|
makes some proteins and enzymes; removes poisons from the blood | ||
load | ||
|---|---|---|
to put objects on or into a vehicle or container; n. that which is carried | ||
loan | ||
|---|---|---|
money borrowed that usually must be returned with interest payments; something borrowed | ||
local | ||
|---|---|---|
about or having to do with one place | ||
lonely | ||
|---|---|---|
feeling alone and wanting friends; visited by few or no people ("a lonely man") | ||
long | ||
|---|---|---|
not short; measuring from beginning to end; measuring much; for much time | ||
look | ||
|---|---|---|
to turn the eyes toward so as to see; to search or hunt for; to seem to be | ||
lose | ||
|---|---|---|
to have no longer; to not find; to fail to keep; to be defeated | ||
loud | ||
|---|---|---|
having a strong sound; full of sound or noise | ||
love | ||
|---|---|---|
to like very much; to feel a strong, kind emotion (sometimes involving sex); n. a strong, kind emotion for someone or something; opposite hate | ||
low | ||
|---|---|---|
not high or tall; below the normal height; close to the ground | ||
loyal | ||
|---|---|---|
showing strong friendship and support for someone or something | ||
luck | ||
|---|---|---|
something that happens by chance | ||
lung | ||
|---|---|---|
takes in and expels air from the body | ||
M |
|---|
machine | ||
|---|---|---|
a device with moving parts used to do work | ||
magazine | ||
|---|---|---|
a publication of news, stories, pictures or other information | ||
magnet | ||
|---|---|---|
a piece of iron or other material that has a pulling force; this pulling force is called magnetism | ||
letters, papers and other things sent through an official system, such as a post office | ||
main | ||
|---|---|---|
the most important or largest | ||
major | ||
|---|---|---|
great in size, importance or amount | ||
majority | ||
|---|---|---|
the greater number; more than half | ||
make | ||
|---|---|---|
to produce; to create; to build; to do something or to carry out an action; to cause to be or to become | ||
male | ||
|---|---|---|
a man or boy; the sex that is the father of children; ad. of or about men | ||
man | ||
|---|---|---|
an adult male human | ||
manufacture | ||
|---|---|---|
to make goods in large amounts | ||
many | ||
|---|---|---|
a large number or amount of | ||
map | ||
|---|---|---|
a picture of the earth's surface or a part of it | ||
march | ||
|---|---|---|
to walk in a group like soldiers; to walk together in a large group to protest about something | ||
mark | ||
|---|---|---|
to make a sign or cut on something | ||
market | ||
|---|---|---|
a place or area where goods are sold, bought or traded; an economic system in which the prices of things are decided by how many there are and how much money people are willing to pay for them | ||
marry | ||
|---|---|---|
to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife (usually in a religious or civil ceremony) | ||
mass | ||
|---|---|---|
an amount of matter having no special form and usually of a large size | ||
mate | ||
|---|---|---|
to bring together a male and a female to create another creature | ||
material | ||
|---|---|---|
the substance, substances or matter of which something is made or from which something can be made, such as wood, cloth or stone; anything that can be made into something else | ||
mathematics | ||
|---|---|---|
the science dealing with amounts, sizes and shapes, as explained by numbers and signs | ||
matter | ||
|---|---|---|
anything that can be seen or felt; what things are made of | ||
may | ||
|---|---|---|
a word used with an action word to mean permit or possible ("May I go?" "They may leave tomorrow.") | ||
mayor | ||
|---|---|---|
the chief official of a city or town government | ||
meal | ||
|---|---|---|
food eaten to satisfy hunger, such as dinner | ||
mean | ||
|---|---|---|
to want to; to give the idea of; to have the idea of | ||
measure | ||
|---|---|---|
to learn the amount, size or distance of something; n. an action taken; a legislative proposal | ||
meat | ||
|---|---|---|
the part of a dead animal used for food | ||
media | ||
|---|---|---|
all public information organizations, including newspapers, television and radio | ||
medicine | ||
|---|---|---|
a substance or drug used to treat disease or pain; the science or study of treating and curing disease or improving health | ||
meet | ||
|---|---|---|
to come together with someone or something at the same time and place | ||
melt | ||
|---|---|---|
to make a solid into a liquid by heating it | ||
member | ||
|---|---|---|
one of a group | ||
memorial | ||
|---|---|---|
something done or made to honor the memory of a person or event | ||
memory | ||
|---|---|---|
a picture in the mind of past events; the ability to remember; a thing remembered | ||
mental | ||
|---|---|---|
about or having to do with the mind | ||
mercy | ||
|---|---|---|
kindness toward those who should be punished; the power to be kind or to pardon | ||
message | ||
|---|---|---|
written or spoken news or information; a note from one person to another person or group | ||
metal | ||
|---|---|---|
a hard substance such as iron, steel or gold | ||
method | ||
|---|---|---|
the way something is done | ||
microscope | ||
|---|---|---|
a device used to make very small things look larger so they can be studied | ||
middle | ||
|---|---|---|
the center; a place or time of equal distance from both sides or ends; ad. in the center | ||
militant | ||
|---|---|---|
someone active in trying to cause political change, often by the use of force or violence | ||
military | ||
|---|---|---|
the armed forces of a nation or group; ad. of or about the armed forces | ||
milk | ||
|---|---|---|
the white liquid produced by female animals to feed their young | ||
mind | ||
|---|---|---|
the thinking, feeling part of a person | ||
mine | ||
|---|---|---|
to dig useful or valuable substances out of the earth; n. a place in the earth where such substances are found; a bomb placed under the ground or under water so it cannot be seen | ||
mineral | ||
|---|---|---|
a substance found in nature that is not an animal or a plant, such as coal or salt | ||
minister | ||
|---|---|---|
a member of a cabinet; a high government official ("prime minister,"foreign minister") | ||
minor | ||
|---|---|---|
small in size; of little importance | ||
minority | ||
|---|---|---|
the smaller number; opposite majority | ||
minute | ||
|---|---|---|
a measure of time; one of the sixty equal parts of an hour; sixty seconds | ||
miss | ||
|---|---|---|
to fail to hit, see, reach or meet | ||
missile | ||
|---|---|---|
any weapon that can be thrown or fired through the air and explodes when it reaches its target | ||
missing | ||
|---|---|---|
lost; not found | ||
mistake | ||
|---|---|---|
a wrong action or decision; an action done without the knowledge that it was wrong | ||
mix | ||
|---|---|---|
to put different things together to make one thing | ||
mob | ||
|---|---|---|
a large group of wild or angry people | ||
model | ||
|---|---|---|
an example; something, usually small, made to show how something will look or work | ||
moderate | ||
|---|---|---|
not extreme | ||
modern | ||
|---|---|---|
of the present or very recent time; the most improved | ||
molecule | ||
|---|---|---|
the smallest amount of a chemical substance that can exist | ||
money | ||
|---|---|---|
pieces of metal or paper used to pay for things | ||
month | ||
|---|---|---|
one of the twelve periods of time into which a year is divided | ||
moon | ||
|---|---|---|
the bright object often seen in the night sky that orbits the earth about every twenty-nine days | ||
moral | ||
|---|---|---|
concerning what is right or wrong in someone's actions | ||
more | ||
|---|---|---|
greater in size or amount | ||
morning | ||
|---|---|---|
the early part of the day, from sunrise until noon | ||
most | ||
|---|---|---|
greatest in size or amount | ||
mother | ||
|---|---|---|
the female parent; a woman who has a child or children | ||
motion | ||
|---|---|---|
a movement; a continuing change of position or place | ||
mountain | ||
|---|---|---|
a part of the earth's surface that rises high above the area around it | ||
mourn | ||
|---|---|---|
to express or feel sadness | ||
move | ||
|---|---|---|
to change position; to put or keep in motion; to go | ||
movement | ||
|---|---|---|
the act of moving or a way of moving; a series of acts or efforts to reach a goal | ||
movie | ||
|---|---|---|
a motion picture; a film | ||
much | ||
|---|---|---|
great in amount | ||
murder | ||
|---|---|---|
to kill another person illegally; n. the crime of killing another person | ||
music | ||
|---|---|---|
the making of sounds by singing or using a musical instrument | ||
must | ||
|---|---|---|
a word used with an action word to mean necessary ("You must go to school.") | ||
mystery | ||
|---|---|---|
something that is not or cannot be explained or understood; a secret | ||
N |
|---|
name | ||
|---|---|---|
to appoint; to nominate; to give a name to; n. a word by which a person, animal or thing is known or called | ||
narrow | ||
|---|---|---|
limited in size or amount; not wide; having a short distance from one side to the other | ||
nation | ||
|---|---|---|
a country, together with its social and political systems | ||
native | ||
|---|---|---|
someone who was born in a place, not one who moved there | ||
natural | ||
|---|---|---|
of or about nature; normal; common to its kind | ||
nature | ||
|---|---|---|
all the plants, animals and other things on earth not created by humans; events or processes not caused by humans | ||
navy | ||
|---|---|---|
the part of a country's military force trained to fight at sea | ||
near | ||
|---|---|---|
not far; close to | ||
necessary | ||
|---|---|---|
needed to get a result or effect; required | ||
need | ||
|---|---|---|
to require; to want; to be necessary to have or to do | ||
negotiate | ||
|---|---|---|
to talk about a problem or situation to find a common solution | ||
neither | ||
|---|---|---|
not one or the other of two | ||
nerve | ||
|---|---|---|
a thin piece of tissue that sends information through the body to and from the brain | ||
neutral | ||
|---|---|---|
not supporting one side or the other in a dispute | ||
never | ||
|---|---|---|
at no time; not ever | ||
new | ||
|---|---|---|
not existing before; not known before; recently made, built, bought or grown; another; different | ||
news | ||
|---|---|---|
information about any recent events, especially as reported by the media | ||
next | ||
|---|---|---|
coming immediately after; nearest | ||
nice | ||
|---|---|---|
pleasing; good; kind | ||
night | ||
|---|---|---|
the time between when the sun goes down and when it rises, when there is little or no light | ||
no | ||
|---|---|---|
used to reject or to refuse; not any; not at all | ||
noise | ||
|---|---|---|
sound, especially when loud | ||
nominate | ||
|---|---|---|
to name someone as a candidate for an election; to propose a person for an office or position | ||
noon | ||
|---|---|---|
the middle of the day; twelve o'clock in the daytime | ||
normal | ||
|---|---|---|
the usual condition, amount or form; ad. usual; what is expected | ||
north | ||
|---|---|---|
the direction to the left of a person facing the rising sun | ||
not | ||
|---|---|---|
a word showing that something is denied or untrue ("She is not going.") | ||
note | ||
|---|---|---|
to talk about something already known; n. a word or words written to help a person remember; a short letter | ||
nothing | ||
|---|---|---|
not anything; no thing | ||
now | ||
|---|---|---|
at this time; immediately | ||
nowhere | ||
|---|---|---|
not in, to or at any place | ||
nuclear | ||
|---|---|---|
of or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of or about weapons that explode by using energy from atoms | ||
nucleic acid | ||
|---|---|---|
a molecule that holds the genetic information necessary for life; there are two kinds of nucleic acid: DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (ribonucleic acid) | ||
nucleus | ||
|---|---|---|
the center part of an atom or cell | ||
number | ||
|---|---|---|
a word or sign used to show the order or amount of things | ||
nutrient | ||
|---|---|---|
a food or substance that makes plants, humans or animals grow | ||
O |
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obey | ||
|---|---|---|
to act as one is ordered to act | ||
object | ||
|---|---|---|
to show that one does not like or approve; to protest; n. something not alive that can be seen or touched | ||
observe | ||
|---|---|---|
to watch; to look at carefully; to celebrate or honor something ("They will observe the anniversary of the day she was born.") | ||
occupy | ||
|---|---|---|
to take and hold or to control by force | ||
ocean | ||
|---|---|---|
the area of salt water that covers almost seventy-five percent of the earth's surface; any of the five main divisions of this water | ||
of | ||
|---|---|---|
made from; belonging to; about; connected to; included among | ||
off | ||
|---|---|---|
away; at a distance; condition when something is no longer operating or continuing; not on; not connected | ||
offensive | ||
|---|---|---|
a military campaign of attack; ad. having to do with attacking | ||
offer | ||
|---|---|---|
to present or propose; n. the act of presenting or proposing; that which is presented or proposed | ||
office | ||
|---|---|---|
a room or building where business or work is done; a public position to which one is elected or appointed | ||
officer | ||
|---|---|---|
a person in the military who commands others; any person who is a member of a police force | ||
official | ||
|---|---|---|
a person with power in an organization; a representative of an organization or government; ad. of or about an office; approved by the government or someone in power | ||
often | ||
|---|---|---|
many times | ||
oil | ||
|---|---|---|
a thick liquid that does not mix with water and that burns easily; a black liquid taken from the ground and used as fuel | ||
old | ||
|---|---|---|
not young or new; having lived or existed for many years | ||
on | ||
|---|---|---|
above and held up by; touching the upper surface of ("The book is on the table."); supported by ("He is on his feet."); about ("The report on the meeting is ready."); at the time of ("He left on Wednesday.") | ||
once | ||
|---|---|---|
one time only | ||
only | ||
|---|---|---|
being the single one or ones; no more than ("We have only two dollars.") | ||
open | ||
|---|---|---|
to start ("They opened talks."); ad. not closed; not secret | ||
operate | ||
|---|---|---|
to do work or a job; to cut into the body for medical reasons | ||
opinion | ||
|---|---|---|
a belief based on one's own ideas and thinking | ||
oppose | ||
|---|---|---|
to be against; to fight against | ||
opposite | ||
|---|---|---|
different as possible; completely different from; exactly the other way ("North is the opposite direction from south.") | ||
oppress | ||
|---|---|---|
to make others suffer; to control by the use of unjust and cruel force or power | ||
or | ||
|---|---|---|
giving another of two choices; giving the last of several choices | ||
orbit | ||
|---|---|---|
to travel in space around a planet or other object; n. the path or way an object travels in space around another object or planet | ||
order | ||
|---|---|---|
to give a command; to tell someone what to do; n. a command; the correct or normal way things are organized; a peaceful situation in which people obey laws | ||
organ | ||
|---|---|---|
a part of the body that has a special purpose, such as the heart or brain | ||
organism | ||
|---|---|---|
a living thing, often so small it can be seen only through a microscope | ||
organize | ||
|---|---|---|
to put in order; to put together into a system | ||
other | ||
|---|---|---|
different; of another kind; the remaining one or ones of two or more ("That man is short; the other is tall.") | ||
our | ||
|---|---|---|
of or belonging to us | ||
oust | ||
|---|---|---|
to force to leave; to remove by force | ||
out | ||
|---|---|---|
away from the inside; opposite of in | ||
over | ||
|---|---|---|
above; covering; across, in or on every part of ("all over the world") | ||
overthrow | ||
|---|---|---|
to remove from power; to defeat or end by force | ||
owe | ||
|---|---|---|
to pay or have to repay (usually money) in return for something received | ||
own | ||
|---|---|---|
to have or possess for oneself | ||
P |
|---|
pain | ||
|---|---|---|
a hurt or suffering somewhere in the body | ||
paint | ||
|---|---|---|
to cover with a liquid color; to make a picture with liquid colors; n. a colored liquid used to cover or protect a surface | ||
pan | ||
|---|---|---|
a metal container used for cooking | ||
paper | ||
|---|---|---|
a thin, flat material made from plants or cloth often used for writing | ||
parachute | ||
|---|---|---|
a device that permits a person or thing to fall slowly from an airplane or helicopter to the ground | ||
parade | ||
|---|---|---|
a group of people and vehicles moving together to celebrate a special event or anniversary | ||
pardon | ||
|---|---|---|
to forgive for a crime and release from punishment | ||
parent | ||
|---|---|---|
a father or mother | ||
parliament | ||
|---|---|---|
a government lawmaking group | ||
part | ||
|---|---|---|
something less than the whole; not all of something | ||
particle | ||
|---|---|---|
a very small piece of matter | ||
party | ||
|---|---|---|
a group of people working together for a political purpose; a group of people or friends gathered together for enjoyment | ||
pass | ||
|---|---|---|
to go by or move around something; to move along; to cause or permit to go | ||
pass a bill | ||
|---|---|---|
approve ("Congress is expected to pass a bill to cut taxes.") | ||
passenger | ||
|---|---|---|
a person travelling by airplane, train, boat or car who is not the pilot or driver | ||
passport | ||
|---|---|---|
a document permitting a person to travel to another country | ||
past | ||
|---|---|---|
the time gone by; the time before; ad. recent; immediately before; former | ||
path | ||
|---|---|---|
a narrow way for walking; a way along which something moves | ||
patient | ||
|---|---|---|
a person being treated by a doctor for a health problem | ||
pay | ||
|---|---|---|
to give money for work done or for something bought | ||
peace | ||
|---|---|---|
the condition of freedom from war, fighting or noise; rest; quiet | ||
people | ||
|---|---|---|
any group of persons; all the persons of a group, race, religion or nation ("the American people") | ||
percent | ||
|---|---|---|
a part of every hundred ("Ten is ten percent of one hundred.") | ||
perfect | ||
|---|---|---|
complete or correct in every way; completely right or good; without mistakes | ||
perform | ||
|---|---|---|
to speak, dance or sing in front of others | ||
period | ||
|---|---|---|
an amount of time within events, restrictions or conditions | ||
permanent | ||
|---|---|---|
never changing; lasting for a very long time or for all time | ||
permit | ||
|---|---|---|
to let; to make possible | ||
person | ||
|---|---|---|
a man, woman or child | ||
physical | ||
|---|---|---|
of the body | ||
physics | ||
|---|---|---|
the study of motion, matter and energy | ||
picture | ||
|---|---|---|
something that shows what another thing looks like; an idea or representation of something as seen by the eye; a painting; what is made with a camera | ||
piece | ||
|---|---|---|
a part of something larger | ||
pig | ||
|---|---|---|
a farm animal used for its meat | ||
pilot | ||
|---|---|---|
one who guides or flies an airplane or helicopter | ||
pipe | ||
|---|---|---|
a long, round piece of material used to move liquid or gas | ||
place | ||
|---|---|---|
to put something somewhere; n. an area or a part of an area; space where a person or thing is; any room, building, town or country | ||
plan | ||
|---|---|---|
to organize or develop an idea or method of acting or doing something ">("They plan to have a party."); n. an organized or developed idea or method ("The plan will not work.") | ||
planet | ||
|---|---|---|
a large object in space that orbits the sun ("Earth is a planet.") | ||
plant | ||
|---|---|---|
to put into the ground to grow; n. a living growth from the ground which gets its food from air, water and earth | ||
plastic | ||
|---|---|---|
a material made from chemicals that can be formed and made into things | ||
play | ||
|---|---|---|
to have fun; to not work; to take part in a sport; to make music on an instrument; n. a story acted in a theater | ||
please | ||
|---|---|---|
to make one happy; to give enjoyment | ||
plenty | ||
|---|---|---|
all that is needed; a large enough amount | ||
plot | ||
|---|---|---|
to make secret plans; n. a secret plan to do something wrong or illegal | ||
poem | ||
|---|---|---|
words and their sounds organized in a special way to express emotions | ||
point | ||
|---|---|---|
to aim one's finger toward; to aim; n. the sharp end of something | ||
poison | ||
|---|---|---|
a substance that can destroy life or damage health | ||
police | ||
|---|---|---|
a government agency responsible for guarding the public, keeping order, and making sure people obey the law; members of that agency | ||
policy | ||
|---|---|---|
an established set of plans or goals used to develop and make decisions in politics, economics or business | ||
politics | ||
|---|---|---|
the activities of government and of those who are in public office | ||
pollute | ||
|---|---|---|
to release dangerous or unpleasant substances into the air, soil or water | ||
poor | ||
|---|---|---|
people with little or no money; ad. lacking money or goods; of bad quality | ||
popular | ||
|---|---|---|
liked by many people; generally approved by the public | ||
population | ||
|---|---|---|
all the people in a place, city or country | ||
port | ||
|---|---|---|
a city where ships load or unload goods; a place on a coast where ships can be safe from a storm | ||
position | ||
|---|---|---|
a place; the way of holding the body; the way a thing is set or placed; a job (or level of a job) in an organization | ||
possess | ||
|---|---|---|
to have; to own; to control or be controlled by | ||
possible | ||
|---|---|---|
able to be done; can happen or is expected to happen | ||
postpone | ||
|---|---|---|
to delay action until a later time | ||
pour | ||
|---|---|---|
to flow; to cause to flow | ||
power | ||
|---|---|---|
the ability to control or direct others; control; strength; ruling force; force or energy used to do work ("Water power turns the wheel.") | ||
praise | ||
|---|---|---|
to say good things about; to approve | ||
pray | ||
|---|---|---|
to make a request to a god or spirit; to praise a god or spirit | ||
pregnant | ||
|---|---|---|
carrying a child within the body before it is born; expecting to give birth to a baby | ||
present | ||
|---|---|---|
to offer for consideration ("We will present our idea to the committee."); n. a gift ("I gave them a present for their anniversary."); now ("The present time is a good time."); ad. to be at a place ("I was present at school yesterday.") | ||
president | ||
|---|---|---|
the chief official of a country that is a republic; the leader of an organization | ||
press | ||
|---|---|---|
to urge strongly; n. newspapers, magazines and other publications | ||
pressure | ||
|---|---|---|
the force produced when something is pushed down or against something else | ||
prevent | ||
|---|---|---|
to keep or stop from going or happening | ||
price | ||
|---|---|---|
the amount of money for which anything is bought, sold or offered for sale | ||
prison | ||
|---|---|---|
a place where a person is kept as punishment for a crime | ||
private | ||
|---|---|---|
of or about a person or group that is secret; opposite public | ||
prize | ||
|---|---|---|
something offered or won in a competition; something of value that one must work hard for to get | ||
pro | ||
|---|---|---|
for, supporting (pro-labor, pro-government) | ||
probably | ||
|---|---|---|
a good chance of taking place; a little more than possible | ||
problem | ||
|---|---|---|
a difficult question or situation with an unknown or unclear answer | ||
process | ||
|---|---|---|
an operation or series of changes leading to a desired result | ||
produce | ||
|---|---|---|
to make; to create; to cause something to be; to manufacture | ||
profession | ||
|---|---|---|
a job that requires special training | ||
professor | ||
|---|---|---|
a teacher at a college or university | ||
profit | ||
|---|---|---|
money gained from a business activity after paying all costs of that activity | ||
program | ||
|---|---|---|
a plan of action; the different events or parts of a meeting or show | ||
progress | ||
|---|---|---|
movement forward or toward improvement or a goal | ||
project | ||
|---|---|---|
a planned effort to do something | ||
propaganda | ||
|---|---|---|
ideas or information used to influence opinions | ||
property | ||
|---|---|---|
anything owned by someone such as land, buildings or goods | ||
propose | ||
|---|---|---|
to present or offer for consideration | ||
prostate | ||
|---|---|---|
a part of the male reproductive system | ||
protect | ||
|---|---|---|
to guard; to defend; to prevent from being harmed or damaged | ||
proteins | ||
|---|---|---|
substances responsible for the growth of tissue and for fixing damaged tissue | ||
protest | ||
|---|---|---|
to speak against; to object | ||
prove | ||
|---|---|---|
to show to be true | ||
provide | ||
|---|---|---|
to give something needed or wanted | ||
public | ||
|---|---|---|
of or about all the people in a community or country; opposite private | ||
publication | ||
|---|---|---|
something that is published such as a book, newspaper or magazine | ||
publish | ||
|---|---|---|
to make public something that is written; to include something in a book, newspaper or magazine | ||
pull | ||
|---|---|---|
to use force to move something toward the person or thing using the force; opposite push | ||
pump | ||
|---|---|---|
to force a gas or liquid up, into or through | ||
punish | ||
|---|---|---|
to cause pain, suffering or loss for doing something bad or illegal | ||
purchase | ||
|---|---|---|
to buy with money or with something of equal value; n. that which is bought | ||
pure | ||
|---|---|---|
free from anything that is different or that reduces value; clean | ||
purpose | ||
|---|---|---|
the reason or desired effect for doing something; goal | ||
push | ||
|---|---|---|
to use force to move something away from the person or thing using the force; opposite pull | ||
put | ||
|---|---|---|
to place; to set in position | ||
Q |
|---|
quality | ||
|---|---|---|
that which something is known to have or be ("An important quality of steel is its strength."); amount of value or excellence ("Their goods are of the highest quality.") | ||
question | ||
|---|---|---|
to ask; to express wonder or disbelief; n. a sentence or word used in asking for information; a problem; an issue to be discussed | ||
quick | ||
|---|---|---|
fast | ||
quiet | ||
|---|---|---|
with little or no noise; having little or no movement; calm | ||
R |
|---|
race | ||
|---|---|---|
to run; to take part in a competition to decide who or what can move fastest; to take part in a campaign for political office; n. one of the major groups that humans can be divided into because of a common physical similarity, such as skin color | ||
radar | ||
|---|---|---|
a device that uses radio signals to learn the position or speed of objects that may be too far away to be seen | ||
radiation | ||
|---|---|---|
waves of energy from something that produces heat or light; energy from a nuclear substance, which can be dangerous | ||
radio | ||
|---|---|---|
the system of sending and receiving signals or sounds through the air without wires | ||
raid | ||
|---|---|---|
to make a sudden attack; n. a sudden attack carried out as an act of war, or for the purpose of seizing or stealing something | ||
railroad | ||
|---|---|---|
a road for trains; a company that operates such a road and its stations and equipment | ||
rain | ||
|---|---|---|
water falling from the sky | ||
raise | ||
|---|---|---|
to lift up; to move to a higher position; to cause to grow; to increase | ||
rare | ||
|---|---|---|
not common; not usual; not often | ||
rate | ||
|---|---|---|
speed; a measure of how quickly or how often something happens; the price of any thing or service that is bought or sold | ||
re | ||
|---|---|---|
to do again (reorganize, reunite) | ||
reach | ||
|---|---|---|
to put a hand toward; to arrive at; to come to | ||
react | ||
|---|---|---|
to act as a result of or in answer to | ||
read | ||
|---|---|---|
to look at and understand the meaning of written words or numbers | ||
ready | ||
|---|---|---|
prepared; completed; organized; willing | ||
real | ||
|---|---|---|
true; truly existing; not false | ||
realistic | ||
|---|---|---|
in agreement with the way things are | ||
reason | ||
|---|---|---|
the cause for a belief or act; purpose; something that explains | ||
reasonable | ||
|---|---|---|
ready to listen to reasons or ideas; not extreme; ready or willing to compromise | ||
rebel | ||
|---|---|---|
to act against a government or power, often with force; to refuse to obey; n. one who opposes or fights against the government of his or her country | ||
receive | ||
|---|---|---|
to get or accept something given, offered or sent | ||
recent | ||
|---|---|---|
a short time ago | ||
recession | ||
|---|---|---|
a temporary reduction in economic activity, when industries produce less and many workers lose their jobs | ||
recognize | ||
|---|---|---|
to know or remember something or someone that was known, known about or seen before; to accept another nation as independent and establish diplomatic ties with its government | ||
record | ||
|---|---|---|
to write something in order to have it for future use; to put sound or pictures in a form that can be kept and heard or seen again; n. a writing that shows proof or facts about something | ||
recover | ||
|---|---|---|
to get again something that was lost, stolen or taken away ("The police recovered the stolen money."); to return to normal health or normal conditions She is expected to recover from the operation.") | ||
red | ||
|---|---|---|
having the color like that of blood | ||
reduce | ||
|---|---|---|
to make less or smaller in number, size or amount; to cut | ||
reform | ||
|---|---|---|
to make better by changing; to improve; n. a change to a better condition | ||
refugee | ||
|---|---|---|
a person who has been forced to flee because of unjust treatment, danger or war | ||
refuse | ||
|---|---|---|
to reject; to not accept, give or do something | ||
regret | ||
|---|---|---|
a feeling of sadness or sorrow about something that is done or that happens | ||
reject | ||
|---|---|---|
to refuse to accept, use or believe | ||
relations | ||
|---|---|---|
understandings or ties between nations; members of the same family; people connected by marriage or family ties | ||
release | ||
|---|---|---|
to free; to permit to go; to permit to be known or made public | ||
religion | ||
|---|---|---|
a belief in, or the honoring of, a god or gods | ||
remain | ||
|---|---|---|
to stay in a place after others leave; to stay the same | ||
remains | ||
|---|---|---|
a dead body | ||
remember | ||
|---|---|---|
to think about the past; opposite forget | ||
remove | ||
|---|---|---|
to take away or take off; to put an end to; to take out of a position or office | ||
repair | ||
|---|---|---|
work done to fix something | ||
repeat | ||
|---|---|---|
to say or do again | ||
report | ||
|---|---|---|
to tell about; to give the results of a study or investigation; n. the story about an event; the results of a study or investigation; a statement in which the facts may not be confirmed | ||
represent | ||
|---|---|---|
to act in the place of someone else; to substitute for; to serve as an example | ||
repress | ||
|---|---|---|
to control or to restrict freedoms by force | ||
request | ||
|---|---|---|
to ask for; n. the act of asking for | ||
require | ||
|---|---|---|
to need or demand as necessary | ||
rescue | ||
|---|---|---|
to free from danger or evil | ||
research | ||
|---|---|---|
a careful study to discover correct information | ||
resign | ||
|---|---|---|
to leave a position, job or office | ||
resist | ||
|---|---|---|
to oppose; to fight to prevent | ||
resolution | ||
|---|---|---|
an official statement of agreement by a group of people, usually reached by voting | ||
resource | ||
|---|---|---|
anything of value that can be used or sold | ||
responsible | ||
|---|---|---|
having a duty or job to do ("He is responsible for preparing the report."); being the cause of ("They were responsible for the accident.") | ||
rest | ||
|---|---|---|
to sit, lie down or sleep to regain strength; n. that which remains; the others | ||
restrain | ||
|---|---|---|
to keep controlled; to limit action by a person or group | ||
restrict | ||
|---|---|---|
to limit; to prevent from increasing or becoming larger | ||
result | ||
|---|---|---|
to happen from a cause; n. that which follows or is produced by a cause; effect | ||
retire | ||
|---|---|---|
to leave a job or position because one is old or in poor health | ||
return | ||
|---|---|---|
to go or come back; to bring, give, take or send back | ||
revolt | ||
|---|---|---|
to protest violently; to fight for a change, especially of government | ||
rice | ||
|---|---|---|
a food grain | ||
rich | ||
|---|---|---|
having much money or goods; having plenty of something | ||
ride | ||
|---|---|---|
to sit on or in and be carried along; to travel by animal, wheeled vehicle, airplane or boat | ||
right | ||
|---|---|---|
what a person legally and morally should be able to do or have ("It is their right to vote."); ad. agreeing with the facts; good; correct; opposite wrong; on the side that is toward the east when one is facing north; opposite left | ||
riot | ||
|---|---|---|
to act with many others in a violent way in a public place; n. a violent action by a large group of people | ||
rise | ||
|---|---|---|
to go up; to go higher; to increase; to go from a position of sitting or lying to a position of standing | ||
risk | ||
|---|---|---|
the chance of loss, damage or injury | ||
river | ||
|---|---|---|
a large amount of water that flows across land into another river, a lake or an ocean | ||
road | ||
|---|---|---|
a long piece of hard ground built between two places so people can walk, drive or ride easily from one place to the other | ||
rob | ||
|---|---|---|
to take money or property secretly or by force; to steal | ||
robot | ||
|---|---|---|
a machine that moves and performs tasks | ||
rock | ||
|---|---|---|
a hard piece of mineral matter | ||
rocket | ||
|---|---|---|
a device shaped like a tube that moves through air or space by burning gases and letting them escape from the back or bottom, sometimes used as a weapon | ||
roll | ||
|---|---|---|
to turn over and over; to move like a ball | ||
room | ||
|---|---|---|
a separate area within a building with its own walls | ||
root | ||
|---|---|---|
the part of a plant that is under the ground and takes nutrients from the soil | ||
rope | ||
|---|---|---|
a long, thick piece of material made from thinner pieces of material, used for tying | ||
rough | ||
|---|---|---|
not flat or smooth; having an uneven surface; violent; not made well | ||
round | ||
|---|---|---|
having the shape of a ball or circle | ||
rub | ||
|---|---|---|
to move something over the surface of another thing | ||
rubber | ||
|---|---|---|
a substance made from the liquid of trees with the same name, or a similar substance made from chemicals | ||
ruin | ||
|---|---|---|
to damage severely; to destroy | ||
rule | ||
|---|---|---|
to govern or control; to decide; n. a statement or an order that says how something must be done | ||
run | ||
|---|---|---|
to move quickly by steps faster than those used for walking | ||
S |
|---|
sabotage | ||
|---|---|---|
to damage or destroy as an act against an organization or nation ("The rebels sabotaged the railroad.") | ||
sacrifice | ||
|---|---|---|
to do without something or to suffer a loss for a belief, idea, goal or another person | ||
sad | ||
|---|---|---|
not happy | ||
safe | ||
|---|---|---|
away from harm or danger | ||
sail | ||
|---|---|---|
to travel by boat or ship | ||
sailor | ||
|---|---|---|
a person involved in sailing a boat or ship | ||
salt | ||
|---|---|---|
a white substance found in sea water and in the ground, used to affect the taste of food | ||
same | ||
|---|---|---|
not different; not changed; like another or others | ||
sand | ||
|---|---|---|
extremely small pieces of crushed rock found in large amounts in deserts and on coasts | ||
satellite | ||
|---|---|---|
a small object in space that moves around a larger object; an object placed in orbit around the earth | ||
satisfy | ||
|---|---|---|
to give or provide what is desired, needed or demanded | ||
save | ||
|---|---|---|
to make safe; to remove from harm; to keep for future use | ||
say | ||
|---|---|---|
to speak; to express in words | ||
school | ||
|---|---|---|
a place for education; a place where people go to learn | ||
science | ||
|---|---|---|
the study of nature and the actions of natural things, and the knowledge gained about them | ||
sea | ||
|---|---|---|
a large area of salt water, usually part of an ocean | ||
search | ||
|---|---|---|
to look for carefully | ||
season | ||
|---|---|---|
one of the four periods of the year that is based on the earth's position toward the sun (spring, summer, autumn, winter); a period of time based on different weather conditions ("dry season", "rainy season"); a period during the year when something usually happens ("baseball season") | ||
seat | ||
|---|---|---|
a thing to sit on; a place to sit or the right to sit there ("a seat in parliament") | ||
second | ||
|---|---|---|
the one that comes after the first | ||
secret | ||
|---|---|---|
something known only to a few and kept from general knowledge; ad. hidden from others; known only to a few | ||
security | ||
|---|---|---|
freedom from danger or harm; protection; measures necessary to protect a person or place ("Security was increased in the city.") | ||
see | ||
|---|---|---|
to know or sense through the eyes; to understand or know | ||
seed | ||
|---|---|---|
the part of a plant from which new plants grow | ||
seek(ing) | ||
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to search for ("They are seeking a cure for cancer."); to try to get ("She is seeking election to public office."); to plan to do ("Electric power companies are seeking to reduce their use of coal.") | ||
seem | ||
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to appear to be ("She seems to be in good health.") | ||
seize | ||
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to take quickly by force; to take control of quickly; to arrest | ||
self | ||
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all that which makes one person different from others | ||
sell | ||
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to give something in exchange for money | ||
send | ||
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to cause to go; to permit to go; to cause to be carried, taken or directed to or away from a place | ||
sense | ||
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to come to know about by feeling, believing or understanding; n. any of the abilities to see, hear, taste, smell or feel | ||
sentence | ||
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to declare the punishment for a crime; n. the punishment for a crime | ||
separate | ||
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to set or keep people, things or ideas away from or independent from others; ad. not together or connected; different | ||
series | ||
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a number of similar things or events that follow one after another in time, position or order | ||
serious | ||
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important; needing careful consideration; dangerous | ||
serve | ||
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to work as an official; to be employed by the government; to assist or help | ||
service | ||
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an organization or system that provides something for the public ("Schools and roads are services paid for by taxes."); a job that an organization or business can do for money; military organizations such as an army, navy or air force; a religious ceremony | ||
set | ||
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to put in place or position; to establish a time, price or limit | ||
settle | ||
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to end (a dispute); to agree about (a problem); to make a home in a new place | ||
several | ||
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three or more, but not many | ||
severe | ||
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not gentle; causing much pain, sadness or damage | ||
sex | ||
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either the male or female group into which all people and animals are divided because of their actions in producing young; the physical activity by which humans and animals can produce young | ||
shake | ||
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to move or cause to move in short, quick movements | ||
shape | ||
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to give form to; n. the form of something, especially how it looks | ||
share | ||
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to give part of something to another or others; n. a part belonging to, given to or owned by a single person or a group; any one of the equal parts of ownership of a business or company | ||
sharp | ||
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having a thin edge or small point that can cut or hurt; causing hurt or pain | ||
she | ||
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the girl or woman who is being spoken about | ||
sheep | ||
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a farm animal used for its meat and hair | ||
shell | ||
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to fire artillery; n. a metal container that is fired from a large gun and explodes when it reaches its target; a hard outside cover | ||
shelter | ||
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to protect or give protection to; n. something that gives protection; a place of safety | ||
shine | ||
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to aim a light; to give bright light; to be bright; to clean to make bright | ||
ship | ||
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to transport; n. a large boat | ||
shock | ||
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to cause to feel sudden surprise or fear; n. something that greatly affects the mind or emotions; a powerful shake, as from an earthquake | ||
shoe | ||
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a covering for the foot | ||
shoot | ||
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to cause a gun or other weapon to send out an object designed to kill; to use a gun | ||
short | ||
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lasting only for a small period of time; not long; opposite tall | ||
should | ||
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used with another verb (action word) to show responsibility ("We should study."), probability ("The talks should begin soon."), or that something is believed to be a good idea ("Criminals should be punished.") | ||
shout | ||
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to speak very loudly | ||
show | ||
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to make something be seen; to make known; n. a play or story presented in a theater, or broadcast on radio or television, for enjoyment or education; something organized to be seen by the public | ||
shrink | ||
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to make or become less in size, weight or value | ||
sick | ||
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suffering physically or mentally with a disease or other problem; not in good health | ||
sickness | ||
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the condition of being in bad health | ||
side | ||
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the outer surfaces of an object that are not the top or bottom; parts away from the middle; either the right or left half of the body | ||
sign | ||
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to write one's name; n. a mark or shape used to mean something; evidence that something exists or will happen; a flat piece of material with writing that gives information | ||
signal | ||
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to send a message by signs; n. an action or movement that sends a message | ||
silence | ||
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to make quiet; to stop from speaking or making noise; n. a lack of noise or sound | ||
silver | ||
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a valued white metal | ||
similar | ||
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like something else but not exactly the same | ||
simple | ||
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easy to understand or do; not difficult or complex | ||
since | ||
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from a time in the past until now ("I have known her since we went to school together.") | ||
sing | ||
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to make music sounds with the voice | ||
single | ||
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one only | ||
sink | ||
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to go down into water or other liquid | ||
sister | ||
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a female with the same father or mother as another person | ||
sit | ||
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to rest on the lower part of the body without the support of the legs; to become seated | ||
situation | ||
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the way things are during a period of time | ||
size | ||
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the space occupied by something; how long, wide or high something is | ||
skeleton | ||
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all the bones of a human or other animal together in their normal positions | ||
skill | ||
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the ability gained from training or experience | ||
skin | ||
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the outer covering of humans and most animals | ||
sky | ||
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the space above the earth | ||
slave | ||
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a person owned or controlled by another | ||
sleep | ||
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to rest the body and mind with the eyes closed | ||
slide | ||
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to move smoothly over a surface | ||
slow | ||
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to reduce the speed of; ad. not fast in moving, talking or other activities | ||
small | ||
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little in size or amount; few in number; not important; opposite large | ||
smash | ||
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to break or be broken into small pieces by force; to hit or move with >force | ||
smell | ||
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to sense through the nose; n. something sensed by the nose ("the smell of food cooking") | ||
smoke | ||
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to use cigarettes or other tobacco products by burning them and breathing in the smoke; n. that which can be seen rising into the air like a cloud from something burning | ||
smooth | ||
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having a level surface; opposite rough | ||
snow | ||
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soft, white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky, usually in winter or when the air temperature is very cold | ||
so | ||
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in such a way that ("He held the flag so all could see it."); also; too ("She left early, and so did we."); very ("I am so sick."); as a result ("They were sick, so they could not come."); conj. in order that; for the purpose of ("Come early so we can discuss the plans.") | ||