vocabulary 10000 - Lesson24
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Terms | Definitions |
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 altar | a table or raised level surface on which things are offered to a god The woman knelt before the altar to pray to God for her son's safe return. |
| alter | change; make different; vary; modify If it rains we have to alter our plan to have a picnic on Sunday. |
| ascent | an act of going up; a rising; a climbing; (antonyms: descent) Chinese mountain climbers made a successful ascent of Mt. McKinley in North America. |
| assent | acceptance of a proposal; agreement; to agree to something especially after thoughtful consideration; concur; consent I won't give my assent to her plan, because it is not well prepared. |
| cannon | a large gun, often mounted on wheels; artillery There are several old cannons on the wall of the castle. |
| canon | a rule or law, especially of religious faith; a regulation or dogma decreed by a church council; an accepted principle or rule This canon has been enacted by the church council very recently. |
| canvas | strong rough cloth used for tents, sails, bags, etc.; sailcloth; tarpaulin The tops of my sneakers are made of canvas. |
| canvass | ask for political support or sales of one's goods, especially going from house to house; to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments <canvass voters> The salesman canvassed the whole city for subscriptions of the magazine. |
| cession | the act of giving up land, property, or rights, especially to another country after a war, or something that is given up in this way; a handing over to another; ceding; giving up; a yielding to another; concession; (v; cede) The cession of the territory could not be avoided, because they lost the war. |
| session | a formal meeting of an organization Be seated! The court is now in session. |
| faint | lose consciousness briefly; to lose consciousness because of a temporary decrease in the blood supply to the brain The soldier fainted at the sight of his own blood. |
| faint | not clear; plain; dim; hardly perceptible; vague The color became faint as the sun set. |
| feint | feign an attack; make a pretended blow; to make a pretense of He feinted with his left hand and hit me with his right. |
| intension | increase in degree; intensification; augmentation; intensity; connotation In recent years, there has been an intension of the struggle for political power in the country. |
| intention | a determination to act in a certain way; purpose; design; plan; what one intends to do or bring about She felt offended at my remarks, but it wasn't my intention to hurt her. |
| pray | speak to God in worship; offer worship; ask earnestly There is nothing that we can do now but pray God helps us in our troubles. |
| prey | an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal The lion seized its prey and ate it. |
| principal | most important; chief; main Chicago is the principal city in the Midwest of the United States. |
| principal | the head of an elementary or secondary school The principal told the teachers to dismiss school during the heavy snowstorm. |
| principle | a general rule or truth that is a foundation for other truths; a comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption This country was founded on the principle of individual freedom for all. |
| stationary | in a fixed position; standing still; not moving; fixed in a station , course, or mode; immobile; unchanging in condition <a stationary population>; motionless The population of France remains stationary almost for a century. |
| stationery | writing materials such as paper, cards, etc. Herbert bought a notebook at the stationery store. |
| address | the place to which one's mail is directed Please write your name and address on this paper. |
| address | make a speech to; to communicate directly <addresses his thanks to his host>; to speak or write directly to; especially : to deliver a formal speech to The President addressed the nation on the subject of war and peace. |
| attribute | a quality belonging to the nature of a person or thing; characteristic; an object closely associated with or belonging to a specific person, thing, or office <a scepter is the attribute of power>; especially : such an object used for identification in painting or sculpture Darkness is an attribute of night, as brightness is that of day. |
| attribute | believe something to be the result of; to explain by indicating a cause <attributed his success to his coach>; to regard as a characteristic of a person or thing We attribute Edison's success to intelligence and hard work. |
| committee | a group of people chosen to do a particular job; a group of fellow legislators chosen by a legislative body to give consideration to legislative matters The teachers appointed a committee of five members to plan the class picnic. |
| committee | a person entrusted by a court with care of a person or estate; a person to whom a charge or trust is committed The court appointed Mr. Lansing as the committee that would take care of the boy's property. |
| concert | a musical performance in which several musicians take part She likes music very much; she never misses a concert. |
| concert | arrange a matter or act by agreement with someone; to make a plan for <concert measures for aiding the poor>; to settle or adjust by conferring and reaching an agreement; to act in harmony or conjunction We concerted on the most proper methods for speedily executing the manager's instructions. |
| content | what is contained in anything; all things inside; something contained usually used in plural <the jar's contents> <the drawer's contents> I tried but couldn't understand the content of his speech. |
| content | make a person satisfied or happy; gratify; appease; (antonyms: malcontent, discontent) John contented himself with two glasses of beer even though he could have had more. |
| converse | the opposite of something; something reversed in order, relation, or action "Honest but poor" is the converse of "poor but honest". |
| converse | talk together in an informal way; chat; to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech; (n:conversation) He conversed with his wife about the summer vacation. |
| desert | a sandy region with very little rain and few trees The Sahara is a great desert in the northern part of Africa. |
| desert | go away and leave; abandon After the family deserted the farm, its buildings fell to ruin. |
| digest | [ `daɪdʒest] a short, condensed account; summary The publisher decided to publish a digest of international law. |
| digest | [ daɪ`dʒest ] to convert (food) into absorbable form; (n: digestion) I like milk very much, but I can't digest it very well. |
| instinct | inborn tendency to act in a certain way; a natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity <had an instinct for the right word>; behavior that is mediated by reactions below the conscious level Most animals have an instinct to protect their young. |
| instinct | charged or filled (with something); profoundly imbued Her face was instinct with benevolence and kindness. |
| intimate | very familiar; known very well; close and familiar Although the governor knew many people, he had few intimate friends. |
| intimate | suggest indirectly; hint; imply; to communicate delicately and indirectly; allude He intimated that he was dissatisfied with his job. |
| minute | one sixtieth of an hour; sixty seconds The train arrived at exactly four minutes past eight. |
| minute | very small in size or degree, tiny; diminutive There has been a minute improvement in the working conditions of the factory. |
| object | something that can be seen or felt; thing A dark object moved between me and the door. |
| object | give as a reason against something; to oppose something firmly and usually with words or arguments Do you object to my smoking in this room? |
| refuse | say no; decline to accept; reject He asked her to marry him, but she refused. |
| refuse | useless stuff; waste; rubbish; trash The street cleaning department took away all refuse from the street. |
| tear | a drop of salty liquid that flows from the eye during pain or sadness The little girl was in tears because she had lost her mother. |
| tear | [ ter ] pull apart or into pieces by force; to separate parts of or pull apart by force Don't tear up paper; put it in the wast basket. |
| used | not new; second-hand The janitor removed used towels from the rack. |
| used | accustomed; usual It took long to get used to foreign food. |
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