diff --git a/words.md b/words.md index 20b11fd..8a26613 100644 --- a/words.md +++ b/words.md @@ -947,4 +947,171 @@ Some Words - Managers must be accountable to their decisions. - The government should be accountable to all the people of the country. +## 2nd, October ++ contend +> (v)to compete against someone in order to gain something
+> (v)to argue or state that something is true + + - Inevitably, fights break out between the members of the contending groups. + - the two main groups contending for power + - Some astronomers contend that the universe may be younger than previously thought. + ++ perceptive +> (adj)someone who is perceptive notices things quickly and understands situations, people's feelings etc well + + - highly perceptive comments + - He was one of the most perceptive U.S. political commentators. + ++ spot-on +> (adj)exactly right + + - Judith is always spot-on with her advice. + ++ virtuous +> (adj)behaving in a very honest and moral way.(oppo) wicked + + - Sue considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked. + - steer yound men in virtuous directions + ++ abide +> (v)used to say that someone dislikes someone or something very much
+> (v)abide by: to accept and obey a decision, agreement etc, even though you may not agree with it + + - I can's abide that man -- he's so self-satisfied. + - You have to abide by the referee's decision. + +## 3rd, October + ++ reaffirm +> (v)to formally state an opinion, belief, or intention agian, especially when someone has questioned you or expressed a doubt + + - The party reaffirmed its commitment to nuclear disarmament. + - The government has reaffirmed that education is a top priority. + ++ disarmament +> (n)the act of reducing the number of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, that a country has. + + - The goal would be to increase political stability in the region and accelerate the pace of nuclear disarmament. + ++ dishonour +> (v)to refuse to keep an agreement or promise + + - The government has been accused of dishonouring its pledge to upgrade London's underground network. + ++ pledge +> (n)s serious promise or agreement, especially one made publicly or officially.
+> (v)to make a formal, usually public, promise that you will do something, promise. + + - the government's pledge to make no deals with terrorists + - Eisenhower fulfilled his election pledge to end the war. + - The new governor pledged to reduce crime. + - He pledged his cooperation. + ++ evade +> (v)to avoid talking about something, especially because you are trying to hide something.
+> (v)to not do or deal with something that you should do
+> (v)to avoid paying money that you ought to pay, for example tax. + + - I could tell he was trying to evade the issue. + - The minister evaded the question. + - You can't go on evading your responsibilities in this way. + - Employers will always try to find ways to evade tax. + ++ patchwork +> (n)a type of sewing in which many coloured squares of cloth are stitched together to make one large piece
+> (n)something that is made up of a lot of different things + + - beds covered in patchwork quilts + - a patchwork of woods and fields, typical of the English countryside + - The area was a patchwork of local industries. + ++ defy +> (v)to refuse to obey a rule or law, or refuse to do what someone in authority tells you to do, disobey
+> (v)defy description/analysis/belief etc: to be almost impossible to describe or understand + + - This was my first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother. + - The beauty of the scene defies description + ++ stake +> at stake: if someething is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
+> (n)the stakes involved in in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost
+> (v)if you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputationo on it.
+> (n)if you have a stake in a business, you have invested money in it.
+> have a stake in sth: if you have a stake in something, you will get advantages if it's successful, and you feel you have an important connection with it. + + - The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake. + - The game was usually play for high stakes between two large groups. + - He has staked his political future on an election victory. + - He holds a 51% stake in the firm. + - Young people don't feel they have a stake in the country's future. + ++ laureate +> (n)someone who has been given an important prize or honour, especially the nobel prize + + - Nigeria's Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka. + ++ hardline +> (adj)firm and uncompromising + + - a hardline politician + ++ rally +> (n)a large public meeting, especially one that is held outdoors to support a political idea, protest etc.
+> (v)to come together, or to bring people together, to support an idea, a political party etc.
+> (v)to return to a better condition + + - 5,000 people held an anti-nuclear rally + - We decided to hold a rally to put pressure on the government. + - The general rallied his forces to defend the town. + - The president has called on the people to rally behind the government. + - The nurse said my mother had rallied after a poor night. + - The team played badly in the first half of the game but rallied in the second. + ++ clamp +> (v)to hold two things together using a clamp
+> (v)to put or hold something in a position so that it cannot move
+> (v)to put limits on what some is allowed to do
+> (v)clamp down: to take firm action to stop a particular type of crime + + - She clamped her hands over her ears. + - The President clamped sanctions on the island after the bomb attack. + - The police are clamping down on drink-driving offenders. + ++ teamster +> (n)someone whose job is to drive a truck + ++ egregious +>(adj)extremely bad in a way that is very noticeable. + + - the most egregious abuses of human rights + - It was an egregious error for a statesman to show such ignorance. + ++ ignorant +> (adj)not knowing facts or information that you ought to know + + - Political historians are often rather ignorant of economics. + - an ignorant and uneducated man + ++ resort +> (n)last/final resort: what you will do if everything else fails
+> (v)resort to: to do something bad, extreme, or difficult because you cannot think of any other way to deal with a problem + + - Drug treatment should only be used as a last resort. + - Nuclear weapons should be used only as a last resort. + - Officials fear that extremists may resort to violence. + - His punishing work schedule had made him resort to drugs. + ++ constituent +> (n)one of the substances or things that combine to form something
+> (n)someone who votes in a particular area
+> (adj)being one of the parts of something + + - Oxygen is a constituent of air. + - Let's look at the constituent parts of this sentence. + - the EU and its constituent members + ++ superfluous +> (adj)more than is needed or wanted, unnecessary + + - a modern building with no superfluous decoration