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- Glossary
- aisle/aɪl/ Architectural element.
- arduouslyin an arduous manner.
- asbestos/æzˈbestɔs/ Group of highly stable, non-flammable silicate minerals with a fibrous structure.
- blot/blɔt/ A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
- bygone/ˈbaɪgɔn/ Having been or happened in the distant past.
- convertible/kənˈvə:təbl/ Automobile body style that can convert between an open-air mode and an enclosed one.
- debit/ˈdebɪt/ In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
- denial/dɪˈnaɪəl/ Psychological defense mechanism postulated by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.
- dock/dɔk/ Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially the common dock, and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
- dory/ˈdɔ:rɪ/ (nautical) A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
- downy/ˈdaunɪ/ A brand name of fabric softener produced by Procter & Gamble.
- fable/ˈfeɪbl/ Short fictional story that anthropomorphises non-humans to illustrate a moral lesson.
- flee/fli:/ (intransitive) To run away; to escape.
- grey/greɪ/ Intermediate color between black and white; color of a cloud-covered sky, ash and lead.
- grit/grɪt/ A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
- idea/aɪˈdɪə/ Mental image or concept.
- inflationary/ɪnˈfleɪʃnərɪ/ Causing or liable to cause inflation.
- insincerity/ɪnsɪnˈserɪtɪ/ Property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness.
- loin/lɔɪn/ The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips.
- mare/mɛə/ Female horse.
- negligentlyFailure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances.
- nugget/ˈnʌgɪt/ (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
- nursery/ˈnə:sərɪ/ A place where nursing is carried on.
- recliningCapable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.
- sage/seɪʤ/ Wise.
- sari/ˈsa:ri:/ Woman's draped garment of South Asia.
- scalp/skælp/ Anatomical area bordered by the face anteriorly and the neck to the sides and posteriorly.
- shoe/ʃu:/ Footwear.
- shun/ʃʌn/ (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently.
- slug/slʌg/ Common name for an apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc.
- smother/ˈsmʌЗə/ Condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body.
- snob/snɔb/ (informal) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes.
- sonnet/ˈsɔnɪt/ Form of poetry with fourteen lines; by the thirteenth century it signified a poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme and specific structure.
- stewingCombination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy.
- umpire/ˈʌmpaɪə/ Person of authority, in a variety of sports, who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view.
- veto/ˈvi:təu/ Legal power to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation.
- vitamin/ˈvɪtəmɪn/ Organic compound and a vital nutrient that an organism requires in limited amounts.
- waft/wa:ft/ Pass or cause to pass easily or gently through or as if through the air.
- zinc/zɪŋk/ Chemical element with the atomic number of 30.