Realm (n.)
1. A kingdom (now mainly in Law); a territory or state, as ruled by a specific power.
2. A sphere of activity or influence; a field, domain or province.
Ex: He made outstanding contributions in the realm of foreign affairs.
Nausea (n.)
1. A feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit.
2. Strong dislike or disgust.
3. sea-sickness
Ex: Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.
Ambiguous (adj.)
1. Open to multiple interpretations
2. Vague and unclear
Ex: This is a morally ambiguous world yet le carré never lets us forget that the other side is worse, just.
Connotation (n.)
1. A meaning that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal definition. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
Ex: Thirty years ago smoking had no clear social class connotations.
Crescent (n.)
1. (n.) The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
2. (a.) crescent-shaped: Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon
3. marked by an increase, Waxing, as the moon
Ex: We'd had our see the crescent the mediterranean or will be transferred.
Debris (n.)
1. Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
2. Litter and discarded refuse.
3. (geology) Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.
Ex: Clean out the accumulated debris to open up the drainage holes.
Pamper (v.)
1. To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence
2. (dated) to feed luxuriously
Ex: If you want to be truly pampered, a parade is one of the very best places of all to indulge yourself.
Etiquette (n.)
1. The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.
2. The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.
Ex: But first, please click on the link and read our guide to “forum etiquette.”
Confiscate
1. To take possession of by force or authority; expropriate.
Ex: They also face having their passports confiscated to stop them taking foreign holidays.
Ex: He also confiscated property from the roman catholic church in sweden to pay sweden's war debts.
Hygiene (n.)
1. The science of health, its promotion and preservation.
2. Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
Ex: Finally, an improvement in denture hygiene was observed.
Monsoon (n.)
1. Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
2. Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.
3. The rains themselves.
4. Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.
Ex: April is the onset of the southwest monsoon over southern Somalia.
Shrewd (adj.)
1. showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
2. artful, tricky or cunning
3. streetwise
Ex: Anyone who has worked on a labor ward gets a pretty shrewd idea about this.
Criterion (n.)
1. A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.
Ex: Criterion will be awarded in each class for the bear which fulfills the winning criteria.
Neutrality (n.)
1. The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference.
2. Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad.
Ex: Some airlines, for example, may choose to take advantage of carbon neutrality schemes being offered by some ngos.
Subside (v.)
1. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
2. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
3. To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.
Ex: His anger subsided.
Abridge (v.)
1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to labor; to power or rights.
2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to a history or dictionary.
Ex: He wrote because he liked to write; he did not abridge, because he cared not to abridge.
Retrospection (n.)
1. act, instance, or faculty of looking back on or reviewing past events, experiences, etc.
2. reference to a past event
3. a survey of past life or experiences
Extort (v.)
1. to get (money, etc.) from someone by violence, threats, misuse of authority, etc.; exact or wrest (from)
Ex: Extort vast sums of money both before and after the hazardous journeys they arrange.
Exhort (v.)
1. to urge earnestly by advice, warning, etc. (to do what is proper or required); admonish strongly
Ex: After all, widening access is something that the educational and political establishments constantly exhort us to do.
Retrogress (v.)
1. to move backward, esp. into an earlier, less complex, or worse condition; decline; degenerate
Predicament (n.)
1. a condition or situation, now specif. one that is difficult, unpleasant, embarrassing, or, sometimes, comical
2. ARCHAIC category (sense )
Ex: With no money and no job, he found himself in a real predicament.
Complexion (n.)
1. (HISTORICAL) the combination of the qualities of cold, heat, dryness, and moisture, or of the four humors, in certain proportions believed to determine the temperament and constitution of the body
2. (OBSOLETE) the temperament or constitution of the body
3. the color, texture, and general appearance of the skin, esp. of the face
4. general appearance or nature; character; aspect
Ex: The first offender is described as having a tanned complexion and short black hair.
Rejuvenation (n.)
1. The process of rendering young again.
2. The process of producing beneficial changes.
Ex: They promote economic rejuvenation in the regions.
Smuggle (v.)
1. To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties
2. (slang) To thrash or be thrashed by a bear's claws, or to swipe at or be swiped at by a person's arms in a bearlike manner.
Ex: He was caught trying to smuggle goods across the border.
Perky (adj.)
1. Lively or enthusiastic.
2. Standing upright; firm.
Ex: Kimberly burst in with a crowd of perky teenagers.
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