[29:39] 30-Minute Daily Immersive English Listening Practice to Double Your Listening Skills

noun

1. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

e.g. in his haste to leave he forgot his book

Synonym: hastehurryrushing

2. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

e.g. the linebackers were ready to stop a rush

Synonym: rushing

3. a sudden burst of activity

e.g. come back after the rush

4. a sudden forceful flow

Synonym: spatesurgeupsurge

5. the swift release of a store of affective force

e.g. they got a great bang out of it
what a boot!
he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
he does it for kicks

Synonym: bangbootchargeflushthrillkick

6. grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

noun

1. the act of rotating rapidly

e.g. he gave the crank a spin
it broke off after much twisting

Synonym: spintwirltwisttwisting

2. a usually brief attempt

e.g. he took a crack at it
I gave it a whirl

Synonym: crackflinggopassoffer

3. confused movement

e.g. he was caught up in a whirl of work
a commotion of people fought for the exits

Synonym: commotion

4. the shape of something rotating rapidly

Synonym: swirlvortexconvolution

noun

1. cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person

Synonym: wrapper

2. the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

Synonym: wrappingwrapper

3. a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla

noun

1. travel via aircraft

e.g. air travel involves too much waiting in airports
if you've time to spare go by air

Synonym: air travelaviation

2. a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing

e.g. an air of mystery
the house had a neglected air
an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters
the place had an aura of romance

Synonym: auraatmosphere

3. medium for radio and television broadcasting

e.g. the program was on the air from 9 til midnight
the president used the airwaves to take his message to the people

Synonym: airwave

4. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

e.g. she was humming an air from Beethoven

Synonym: tunemelodystrainmelodic linelinemelodic phrase

5. the mass of air surrounding the Earth

e.g. there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere
it was exposed to the air

Synonym: atmosphere

6. the region above the ground

e.g. her hand stopped in mid air
he threw the ball into the air

7. a slight wind (usually refreshing)

e.g. the breeze was cooled by the lake
as he waited he could feel the air on his neck

Synonym: breezezephyrgentle wind

8. a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing
the stuff that the wind consists of

e.g. air pollution
a smell of chemicals in the air
open a window and let in some air
I need some fresh air

9. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)

noun

1. a pitch that is not in the strike zone

e.g. he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him

2. the game of baseball

3. round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

e.g. the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve
the mayor threw out the first ball
the ball rolled into the corner pocket

4. a spherical object used as a plaything

e.g. he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub

5. a solid projectile that is shot by a musket

e.g. they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball

Synonym: musket ball

6. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

e.g. she kicked him in the balls and got away

Synonym: testistesticleorchisballockbollocknutegg

7. a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass

e.g. the ball at the base of the thumb
he stood on the balls of his feet

8. a lavish dance requiring formal attire

Synonym: formal

9. a compact mass

e.g. a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder

Synonym: clodgloblumpclumpchunk

10. the people assembled at a lavish formal dance

e.g. the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded

11. an object with a spherical shape

e.g. a ball of fire

Synonym: globeorb

noun

1. the act of beating to windward
sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

2. a stroke or blow

e.g. the signal was two beats on the steam pipe

3. a regular rate of repetition

e.g. the cox raised the beat

4. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

e.g. the piece has a fast rhythm
the conductor set the beat

Synonym: rhythmmusical rhythm

5. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Synonym: metermetremeasurecadence

6. the sound of stroke or blow

e.g. he heard the beat of a drum

7. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

e.g. he could feel the beat of her heart

Synonym: pulsepulsationheartbeat

8. a regular route for a sentry or policeman

e.g. in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name

Synonym: round

9. a member of the beat generation
a nonconformist in dress and behavior

Synonym: beatnik

10. a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies
has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

noun

1. a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

2. the flared opening of a tubular device

3. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer
used as an orchestral instrument

Synonym: chimegong

4. a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

Synonym: doorbellbuzzer

5. the sound of a bell being struck

e.g. saved by the bell
she heard the distant toll of church bells

Synonym: toll

6. the shape of a bell

Synonym: bell shapecampana

7. (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell
eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.

Synonym: ship's bell

noun

1. something that hinders as if with bonds

noun

1. a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet

Synonym: dummyblank shell

2. a piece of material ready to be made into something

3. a blank gap or missing part

Synonym: lacuna

4. a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing

e.g. he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet

Synonym: space

noun

1. an escape from jail

e.g. the breakout was carefully planned

Synonym: breakoutjailbreakgaolbreakprisonbreakprison-breaking

2. any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

e.g. the break in the eighth frame cost him the match

Synonym: open frame

3. a sudden dash

e.g. he made a break for the open door

4. the act of breaking something

e.g. the breakage was unavoidable

Synonym: breakagebreaking

5. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

e.g. it was presented without commercial breaks
there was a gap in his account

Synonym: interruptiondisruptiongap

6. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

e.g. he was up two breaks in the second set

Synonym: break of serve

7. the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

8. a pause from doing something (as work)

e.g. we took a 10-minute break
he took time out to recuperate

Synonym: respiterecesstime out

9. an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)

e.g. then there was a break in her voice

10. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

e.g. they hoped to avoid a break in relations

Synonym: rupturebreachseveranceriftfalling out

11. an unexpected piece of good luck

e.g. he finally got his big break

Synonym: good luckhappy chance

12. the occurrence of breaking

e.g. the break in the dam threatened the valley

13. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

e.g. the telephone is an annoying interruption
there was a break in the action when a player was hurt

Synonym: interruption

14. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

e.g. they built it right over a geological fault
he studied the faulting of the earth's crust

Synonym: faultfaultinggeological faultshiftfracture

15. breaking of hard tissue such as bone

e.g. it was a nasty fracture
the break seems to have been caused by a fall

Synonym: fracture

16. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

Synonym: pauseintermissioninterruptionsuspension

noun

1. a group of many things in the air or on the ground

e.g. a swarm of insects obscured the light
clouds of blossoms
it discharged a cloud of spores

Synonym: swarm

2. a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude

3. any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

4. out of touch with reality

e.g. his head was in the clouds

5. suspicion affecting your reputation

e.g. after that mistake he was under a cloud

6. a cause of worry or gloom or trouble

e.g. the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French

noun

1. evidence that helps to solve a problem

Synonym: clewcue

2. a slight indication

Synonym: hint

noun

1. the act of colliding with something

e.g. his crash through the window
the fullback's smash into the defensive line

Synonym: smash

2. a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)

e.g. they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane

Synonym: wreck

3. a loud resonant repeating noise

e.g. he could hear the clang of distant bells

Synonym: clangclangorclangourclangoringclankclash

4. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

Synonym: collapse

5. (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative

e.g. the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since

noun

1. the act of damaging something or someone

Synonym: harmhurtscathe

2. any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

Synonym: wronglegal injury

3. loss of military equipment

Synonym: equipment casualty

4. the occurrence of a change for the worse

Synonym: harmimpairment

5. the amount of money needed to purchase something

e.g. the price of gasoline
he got his new car on excellent terms
how much is the damage?

Synonym: priceterms

noun

1. light during the daytime

2. the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside

e.g. the dawn turned night into day
it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime

Synonym: daydaytime

noun

1. the act of apportioning or distributing something

e.g. the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions

2. the act of distributing playing cards

e.g. the deal was passed around the table clockwise

3. a particular instance of buying or selling

e.g. it was a package deal
I had no further trade with him
he's a master of the business deal

Synonym: tradebusiness deal

4. an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each

e.g. he made a bargain with the devil
he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals

Synonym: bargain

5. the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)

e.g. he got a good deal on his car

6. the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time

e.g. I didn't hold a good hand all evening
he kept trying to see my hand

Synonym: hand

7. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

e.g. a batch of letters
a deal of trouble
a lot of money
he made a mint on the stock market
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
it must have cost plenty
a slew of journalists
a wad of money

Synonym: batchflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmountainmucklepasselpeckpileplentypotquite a littleraftsightslewspatestacktidy sumwad

8. wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

Synonym: softwood

9. a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

noun

1. (American football) a complete play to advance the football

e.g. you have four downs to gain ten yards

2. soft fine feathers

Synonym: down feather

3. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

Synonym: pile

4. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

noun

1. a container that has been emptied

e.g. return all empties to the store

noun

1. (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage

e.g. no one wanted to play end

2. the part you are expected to play

e.g. he held up his end

3. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

Synonym: remainderremnantoddment

4. a final part or section

e.g. we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus
Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end

5. the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it

e.g. the ends justify the means

Synonym: goal

6. the last section of a communication

e.g. in conclusion I want to say...

Synonym: conclusioncloseclosingending

7. the concluding parts of an event or occurrence

e.g. the end was exciting
I had to miss the last of the movie

Synonym: lastfinal stage

8. a boundary marking the extremities of something

e.g. the end of town

9. either extremity of something that has length

e.g. the end of the pier
she knotted the end of the thread
they rode to the end of the line
the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix

Synonym: terminal

10. the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object

e.g. one end of the box was marked `This side up'

11. one of two places from which people are communicating to each other

e.g. the phone rang at the other end
both ends wrote at the same time

12. (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage

e.g. the end managed to hold onto the pass

13. a final state

e.g. he came to a bad end
the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end

Synonym: destructiondeath

14. the point in time at which something ends

e.g. the end of the year
the ending of warranty period

Synonym: ending

noun

1. a quantity sufficient to satisfy

e.g. he ate his fill of potatoes
she had heard her fill of gossip

2. any material that fills a space or container

e.g. there was not enough fill for the trench

Synonym: filling

noun

1. the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

e.g. he gave me an assist with the housework
could not walk without assistance
rescue party went to their aid
offered his help in unloading

Synonym: aidassistassistance

2. a means of serving

e.g. of no avail
there's no help for it

Synonym: availservice

3. a resource

e.g. visual aids in teaching

Synonym: aidassistance

4. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

e.g. my invaluable assistant
they hired additional help to finish the work

Synonym: assistanthelpersupporter

noun

1. a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating

e.g. the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice

Synonym: ice rinkice-skating rink

2. an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride
used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

Synonym: methamphetaminemethamphetamine hydrochlorideMethedrinemethdeoxyephedrinechalkchicken feedcrankglassshabutrash

3. a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)

Synonym: frappe

4. a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes

Synonym: frostingicing

5. the frozen part of a body of water

6. diamonds

e.g. look at the ice on that dame!

Synonym: sparkler

7. water frozen in the solid state

e.g. Americans like ice in their drinks

Synonym: water ice

noun

1. a flight maneuver
aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane

Synonym: loop-the-loop

2. a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates

Synonym: closed circuit

3. fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

Synonym: cringleeyeletgrommetgrummet

4. an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop

5. the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component

Synonym: loop topology

6. a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied

7. the basic pattern of the human fingerprint

8. an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)

e.g. he's no longer in the loop

9. (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated

e.g. the solution took hundreds of iterations

Synonym: iteration

10. anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)

noun

1. distance measured by the time taken to cover it

e.g. we live an hour from the airport
its just 10 minutes away

Synonym: hour

2. a short note

e.g. the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting

3. a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree

Synonym: arcminuteminute of arc

4. a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

e.g. he ran a 4 minute mile

Synonym: min

5. a particular point in time

e.g. the moment he arrived the party began

Synonym: momentsecondinstant

6. an indefinitely short time

e.g. wait just a moment
in a mo
it only takes a minute
in just a bit

Synonym: momentmosecondbit

noun

1. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

e.g. they went to a movie every Saturday night
the film was shot on location

Synonym: filmpicturemoving picturemoving-picture showmotion picturemotion-picture showpicture showpicflick

noun

1. musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)

e.g. his music was his central interest

2. punishment for one's actions

e.g. you have to face the music
take your medicine

Synonym: medicine

3. any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds

e.g. he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes

Synonym: euphony

4. (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)

5. an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

noun

1. a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement
a rod of marking substance encased in wood

2. a cosmetic in a long thin stick
designed to be applied to a particular part of the face

e.g. an eyebrow pencil

3. a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point

4. graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication

e.g. the words were scribbled in pencil
this artist's favorite medium is pencil

noun

1. scale drawing of a structure

e.g. the plans for City Hall were on file

Synonym: architectural plan

2. an arrangement scheme

e.g. the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult
it was an excellent design for living
a plan for seating guests

Synonym: design

3. a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

e.g. they drew up a six-step plan
they discussed plans for a new bond issue

Synonym: programprogramme

noun

1. causing to move repeatedly from side to side

Synonym: wagwaggle

2. a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

Synonym: trembleshiver

3. grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

Synonym: handshakehandshakinghandclasp

4. a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

Synonym: trill

5. frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

Synonym: milkshakemilk shake

6. building material used as siding or roofing

Synonym: shingle

noun

1. the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination

Synonym: blastoff

2. the act of firing a projectile

e.g. his shooting was slow but accurate

Synonym: shooting

3. (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

e.g. it took two strokes to get out of the bunker
a good shot requires good balance and tempo
he left me an almost impossible shot

Synonym: stroke

4. the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe

e.g. the nurse gave him a flu shot

Synonym: injection

5. informal words for any attempt or effort

e.g. he gave it his best shot
he took a stab at forecasting

Synonym: stab

6. an attempt to score in a game

7. a blow hard enough to cause injury

e.g. he is still recovering from a shot to his leg
I caught him with a solid shot to the chin

8. a solid missile discharged from a firearm

e.g. the shot buzzed past his ear

Synonym: pellet

9. an explosive charge used in blasting

10. sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put

e.g. he trained at putting the shot

11. an informal photograph
usually made with a small hand-held camera

e.g. my snapshots haven't been developed yet
he tried to get unposed shots of his friends

Synonym: snapshotsnap

12. an estimate based on little or no information

Synonym: guessguessworkguessingdead reckoning

13. a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

Synonym: scene

14. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

e.g. his parting shot was `drop dead'
she threw shafts of sarcasm
she takes a dig at me every chance she gets

Synonym: shaftslamdigbarbjibegibe

15. a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)

e.g. he is a crack shot
a poor shooter

Synonym: shooter

16. a small drink of liquor

e.g. he poured a shot of whiskey

Synonym: nip

17. a chance to do something

e.g. he wanted a shot at the champion

Synonym: crack

noun

1. the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

e.g. they tested his ability to locate objects in space
the boundless regions of the infinite

Synonym: infinite

2. (printing) a block of type without a raised letter
used for spacing between words or sentences

Synonym: quad

3. a blank area

e.g. write your name in the space provided

Synonym: blank spaceplace

4. a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing

e.g. he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet

Synonym: blank

5. one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff

e.g. the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E

6. any location outside the Earth's atmosphere

e.g. the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether
the first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth

Synonym: outer space

7. an area reserved for some particular purpose

e.g. the laboratory's floor space

8. an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)

e.g. the architect left space in front of the building
they stopped at an open space in the jungle
the space between his teeth

9. the interval between two times

e.g. the distance from birth to death
it all happened in the space of 10 minutes

Synonym: distance

noun

1. water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

noun

1. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

e.g. the situation called for strong measures
the police took steps to reduce crime

Synonym: measure

2. the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down

e.g. he walked with unsteady steps

3. a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance

e.g. he taught them the waltz step

Synonym: dance step

4. support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

e.g. he paused on the bottom step

Synonym: stair

5. a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed

6. a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

e.g. the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window

Synonym: footprintfootmark

7. a musical interval of two semitones

Synonym: tonewhole tonewhole step

8. the sound of a step of someone walking

e.g. he heard footsteps on the porch

Synonym: footfallfootstep

9. the distance covered by a step

e.g. he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig

Synonym: footsteppacestride

10. a short distance

e.g. it's only a step to the drugstore

Synonym: stone's throw

11. relative position in a graded series

e.g. always a step behind
subtle gradations in color
keep in step with the fashions

Synonym: gradation

noun

1. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

e.g. what level is the office on?

Synonym: floorlevelstorey

2. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

e.g. he writes stories for the magazines

3. a record or narrative description of past events

e.g. a history of France
he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
the story of exposure to lead

Synonym: historyaccountchronicle

4. a short account of the news

e.g. the report of his speech
the story was on the 11 o'clock news
the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious

Synonym: reportnews reportaccountwrite up

5. a trivial lie

e.g. he told a fib about eating his spinach
how can I stop my child from telling stories?

Synonym: fibtaletarradiddletaradiddle

6. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events
presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

e.g. his narrative was interesting
Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children

Synonym: narrativenarrationtale

noun

1. use of physical or mental energy
hard work

e.g. he got an A for effort
they managed only with great exertion

Synonym: effortelbow greaseexertiontravail

2. salty fluid secreted by sweat glands

e.g. sweat poured off his brow

Synonym: perspirationsudor

3. condensation of moisture on a cold surface

e.g. the cold glasses were streaked with sweat

4. agitation resulting from active worry

e.g. don't get in a stew
he's in a sweat about exams

Synonym: fretstewlatherswither

noun

1. the act of putting two things together with no space between them

e.g. at his touch the room filled with lights

Synonym: touching

2. a distinguishing style

e.g. this room needs a woman's touch

Synonym: signature

3. the feel of mechanical action

e.g. this piano has a wonderful touch

4. deftness in handling matters

e.g. he has a master's touch

5. the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)

e.g. only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us

Synonym: sense of touchskin sensestouch modalitycutaneous senses

6. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

e.g. she likes the touch of silk on her skin
the surface had a greasy feeling

Synonym: touch sensationtactual sensationtactile sensationfeeling

7. a suggestion of some quality

e.g. there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone
he detected a ghost of a smile on her face

Synonym: traceghost

8. the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)

e.g. he watched the beggar trying to make a touch

9. a communicative interaction

e.g. the pilot made contact with the base
he got in touch with his colleagues

Synonym: contact

10. the event of something coming in contact with the body

e.g. he longed for the touch of her hand
the cooling touch of the night air

Synonym: touching

11. a slight but appreciable amount

e.g. this dish could use a touch of garlic

Synonym: hinttingemitepinchjotspecksoupcon

12. a slight attack of illness

e.g. he has a touch of rheumatism

Synonym: spot

noun

1. large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail
widely domesticated for food

Synonym: Meleagris gallopavo

2. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

e.g. the first experiment was a real turkey
the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned

Synonym: bombdud

3. flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted

4. a person who does something thoughtless or annoying

e.g. some joker is blocking the driveway

Synonym: joker

noun

1. (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision
can be used in formulating a judgment

Synonym: finding of fact

noun

1. a facility that provides a source of water

e.g. the town debated the purification of the water supply
first you have to cut off the water

Synonym: water systemwater supply

2. a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants

e.g. he asked for a drink of water

3. the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

e.g. they invaded our territorial waters
they were sitting by the water's edge

Synonym: body of water

4. binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid
freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade
widely used as a solvent

Synonym: H2O

5. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)

6. liquid excretory product

e.g. there was blood in his urine
the child had to make water

Synonym: urinepisspeepiddleweewee

noun

1. the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

e.g. they were hoping for good weather
every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception
the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow

Synonym: weather conditionconditionsatmospheric condition

noun

1. an artifact that is heavy

2. sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting
it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms

Synonym: free weightexercising weight

3. the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

4. the relative importance granted to something

e.g. his opinion carries great weight
the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed

Synonym: weightiness

5. an oppressive feeling of heavy force

e.g. bowed down by the weight of responsibility

6. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

Synonym: weighting

7. a unit used to measure weight

e.g. he placed two weights in the scale pan

Synonym: weight unit

8. a system of units used to express the weight of something

Synonym: system of weights

noun

1. vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar

2. informal terms for a difficult situation

e.g. he got into a terrible fix
he made a muddle of his marriage

Synonym: fixholejammessmuddlekettle of fish

noun

1. a large ladle

e.g. he used a scoop to serve the ice cream

2. the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe

Synonym: scoop shovel

3. street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

Synonym: soapmaxliquid ecstasygrievous bodily harmgoopGeorgia home boyeasy lay

4. a news report that is reported first by one news organization

e.g. he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials

Synonym: exclusive

5. the quantity a scoop will hold

Synonym: scoopful

6. a hollow concave shape made by removing something

Synonym: pocket

adj

1. pressed together or compressed

e.g. packed snow

2. filled to capacity

e.g. a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes
stands jam-packed with fans
a packed theater

Synonym: jammedjam-packed

adj

1. quick and energetic

e.g. a brisk walk in the park
a lively gait
a merry chase
traveling at a rattling rate
a snappy pace
a spanking breeze

Synonym: alertbrisklivelymerryrattlingspankingzippy

2. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

e.g. a dapper young man
a jaunty red hat

Synonym: dapperdashingjauntynattyraffishrakishspiffyspruce

3. apt to speak irritably

e.g. a snappish tone of voice

Synonym: snappish

4. pleasantly cold and invigorating

e.g. crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
a nipping wind
a nippy fall day
snappy weather

Synonym: crispfrostynippingnippy

5. smart and fashionable

e.g. snappy conversation
some sharp and whipping lines

Synonym: whipping

noun

1. the most recent news or development

e.g. have you heard the latest?

noun

1. performance of moral or religious acts

e.g. salvation by deeds
the reward for good works

Synonym: deeds

2. buildings for carrying on industrial labor

e.g. they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles

Synonym: plantindustrial plant

3. the internal mechanism of a device

Synonym: workings

4. everything available
usually preceded by `the'

e.g. we saw the whole shebang
a hotdog with the works
we took on the whole caboodle
for $10 you get the full treatment

Synonym: whole shebangwhole kit and caboodlekit and caboodlewhole kit and boodlekit and boodlewhole kitwhole caboodlewhole worksfull treatment

noun

1. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

e.g. cooking can be a great art
people are needed who have experience in cookery
he left the preparation of meals to his wife

Synonym: cookerypreparation

noun

1. confidential information about a topic or person

    e.g. he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner

adj

1. equally distant from the extremes

Synonym: center(a)middle(a)midway

2. including only half or a portion

e.g. halfway measures

3. at a point midway between two extremes

e.g. at the halfway mark

noun

1. the act of consuming food

Synonym: feeding

adj

1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

    e.g. it used to drive my husband balmy

    Synonym: balmybarmybatsbattybonkersbuggycrackedcrackersdaftdottyfruityhaywirekookykookielocoloonyloopynuttyround the bendaround the bendwackywhacky

noun

1. the act of counting
reciting numbers in ascending order

e.g. the counting continued for several hours

Synonym: countnumerationenumerationreckoningtally

noun

1. gases ejected from an engine as waste products

Synonym: exhaustexhaust fumes

noun

1. the act of cracking something

Synonym: fracturecrack

2. a sudden sharp noise

e.g. the crack of a whip
he heard the cracking of the ice
he can hear the snap of a twig

Synonym: cracksnap

3. the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)

adj

1. on equal terms by payment or requital

e.g. we're now quits
finally quits with the loan

noun

1. the act of departing

Synonym: departuregoing awayleaving

2. advancing toward a goal

e.g. persuading him was easy going
the proposal faces tough sledding

Synonym: sledding

3. euphemistic expressions for death

e.g. thousands mourned his passing

Synonym: passinglossdepartureexitexpirationrelease

noun

1. the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

    e.g. the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender
           they were charged with the starvation of children in their care

    Synonym: starvation

noun

1. the act of breaking something

e.g. the breakage was unavoidable

Synonym: breakagebreak

noun

1. a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)

2. the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception

e.g. he used his wits to get ahead
I was scared out of my wits
he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind

Synonym: wits