vocabulary+bank-Winson

=Vocabulary 14-10-08=

// –adjective //
 * bizzarre**
 * markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd: //bizarre clothing; bizarre behavior.// ||

// –adjective  // // –adjective //
 * strange**
 * 1. || unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: //a strange remark to make.// ||
 * 2. || estranged, alienated, etc., as a result of being out of one's natural environment: //In Bombay I felt strange.// ||
 * 3. || situated, belonging, or coming from outside of one's own locality; foreign: //to move to a strange place; strange religions.// ||
 * 4. || outside of one's previous experience; hitherto unknown; unfamiliar: //strange faces; strange customs.// ||
 * 5. || unaccustomed to or inexperienced in; unacquainted (usually fol. by //to//): //I'm strange to this part of the job.// ||
 * 6. || distant or reserved; shy. ||
 * surreal**
 * 1. || of, pertaining to, or characteristic of surrealism; surrealistic. ||
 * 2. || having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic: //surreal complexities of the bureaucracy// ||

// –adjective //
 * hollow**
 * 1. || having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: //a hollow sphere.// ||
 * 2. || having a depression or concavity: //a hollow surface.// ||
 * 3. || sunken, as the cheeks or eyes. ||
 * 4. || (of sound) not resonant; dull, muffled, or deep: //a hollow voice.// ||
 * 5. || without real or significant worth; meaningless: //a hollow victory.// ||
 * 6. || insincere or false: //hollow compliments.// ||
 * 7. || hungry; having an empty feeling: //I feel absolutely hollow, so let's eat.// ||

// –noun //
 * soul**
 * 1. || the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part. ||
 * 2. || the spiritual part of humans regarded in its moral aspect, or as believed to survive death and be subject to happiness or misery in a life to come: //arguing the immortality of the soul.// ||
 * 3. || the disembodied spirit of a deceased person: //He feared the soul of the deceased would haunt him.// ||
 * 4. || the emotional part of human nature; the seat of the feelings or sentiments. ||
 * 5. || a human being; person. ||
 * 6. || high-mindedness; noble warmth of feeling, spirit or courage, etc. ||
 * 7. || the animating principle; the essential element or part of something. ||
 * 8. || the inspirer or moving spirit of some action, movement, etc. ||
 * 9. || the embodiment of some quality: //He was the very soul of tact.// ||
 * 10. || (// initial capital letter [[image:http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png]]//) //Christian Science// . God; the divine source of all identity and individuality. ||
 * 11. || shared ethnic awareness and pride among black people, esp. black Americans. ||
 * 12. || deeply felt emotion, as conveyed or expressed by a performer or artist. ||

// –adjective // // –noun //
 * unnecessary**
 * 1. || not necessary or essential; needless; unessential. ||
 * 2. || **unnecessaries,** things that are not necessary or essential. ||

// –noun // // –verb (used without object) // // –verb (used with object) //
 * dialogue**
 * 1. || conversation between two or more persons. ||
 * 2. || the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc. ||
 * 3. || an exchange of ideas or opinions on a particular issue, esp. a political or religious issue, with a view to reaching an amicable agreement or settlement. ||
 * 4. || a literary work in the form of a conversation: //a dialogue of Plato.// ||
 * 5. || to carry on a dialogue; converse. ||
 * 6. || to discuss areas of disagreement frankly in order to resolve them. ||
 * 7. || to put into the form of a dialogue. ||

Vocabulary 16-10-08
**Vicious**   // –adjective //    // –noun // // –verb (used with object) // // –noun //  **Hoaxer**  // –noun // // –verb (used with object) // // –noun // // –adjective //
 * 1. || addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: //a vicious life.// ||
 * 2. || given or readily disposed to evil: //a vicious criminal.// ||
 * 3. || reprehensible; blameworthy; wrong: //a vicious deception.// ||
 * 4. || spiteful; malicious: //vicious gossip; a vicious attack.// ||
 * 5. || unpleasantly severe: //a vicious headache.// ||
 * 6. || characterized or marred by faults or defects; faulty; unsound: //vicious reasoning.// ||
 * 7. || savage; ferocious: //They all feared his vicious temper.// ||
 * 8. || (of an animal) having bad habits or a cruel or fierce disposition: //a vicious bull.// ||
 *  Venom **
 * 1. || the poisonous fluid that some animals, as certain snakes and spiders, secrete and introduce into the bodies of their victims by biting, stinging, etc. ||
 * 2. || something resembling or suggesting poison in its effect; spite; malice: //the venom of jealousy.// ||
 * 3. || //Archaic// . poison in general. ||
 * 4. || //Archaic// . to make venomous; envenom. ||
 * V illa **
 * 1. || a country residence or estate. ||
 * 2. || any imposing or pretentious residence, esp. one in the country or suburbs maintained as a retreat by a wealthy person. ||
 * 3. || //British// . a detached or semidetached dwelling house, usually suburban. ||
 * 1. || something intended to deceive or defraud: //The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.// ||
 * 2. || to deceive by a hoax; hoodwink. ||
 * Amateur  **
 * 1. || a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons. Compare [|professional]. ||
 * 2. || an athlete who has never competed for payment or for a monetary prize. ||
 * 3. || a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity: //Hunting lions is not for amateurs.// ||
 * 4. || a person who admires something; devotee; fan: //an amateur of the cinema.// ||
 * 5. || characteristic of or engaged in by an amateur; nonprofessional: //an amateur painter; amateur tennis.// ||

// –noun // //–adjective//  //Archaic//. **–noun** –verb (used without object) –verb (used with object)
 * Strait**
 * 1. || Often, **straits.** (// used with a singular verb [[image:http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png]]//) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water. ||
 * 2. || Often, **straits.** a position of difficulty, distress, or need: //Ill and penniless, he was in sad straits indeed.// ||
 * 3. || //Archaic// . a narrow passage or area. ||
 * 4. || an isthmus. ||
 * 5. || narrow: //Strait is the gate.// ||
 * 6. || affording little space; confined in area. ||
 * 7. || strict, as in requirements or principles. ||
 * Voyage**
 * **1.** || a course of travel or passage, esp. a long journey by water to a distant place. ||
 * 2. || a passage through air or space, as a flight in an airplane or space vehicle. ||
 * 3. || a journey or expedition from one place to another by land. ||
 * 4. || Often, voyages. journeys or travels as the subject of a written account, or the account itself: //the voyages of Marco Polo.// ||
 * 5. || //Obsolete// . an enterprise or undertaking. ||
 * 6. || to make or take a voyage; travel; journey. ||
 * 7. || to traverse by a voyage: to voyage the seven seas. ||

verb, trekked, trek·king, noun  –verb (used without object) –verb (used with object) –noun
 * Trek**
 * 1. || to travel or migrate, esp. slowly or with difficulty. ||
 * 2. || South Africa . to travel by ox wagon. ||
 * 3. || South Africa . (of a draft animal) to draw (a vehicle or load). ||
 * 4. || a journey or trip, esp. one involving difficulty or hardship. ||
 * 5. || South Africa . a migration or expedition, as by ox wagon. ||
 * 6. || South Africa . a stage of a journey, esp. by ox wagon, between one stopping place and the next. ||

=Vocabulay 21-10-08=

// –noun // // –verb (used with object) // // –verb (used without object) //
 * raid**
 * 1. || a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: //a police raid on a gambling ring.// ||
 * 2. || //Military// . a sudden attack on the enemy, as by air or by a small land force. ||
 * 3. || a vigorous, large-scale effort to lure away a competitor's employees, members, etc. ||
 * 4. || //Finance// . a concerted attempt of speculators to force stock prices down. ||
 * 5. || to make a raid on. ||
 * 6. || to steal from; loot: //a worry that the investment fund is being raided.// ||
 * 7. || to entice away from another: //Large companies are raiding key personnel from smaller companies.// ||
 * 8. || to indulge oneself by taking from, esp. in order to eat: //raiding the cookie jar.// ||
 * 9. || to engage in a raid. ||

// –noun // // –verb (used with object) //
 * brigade**
 * 1. || a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions. ||
 * 2. || a large body of troops. ||
 * 3. || a group of individuals organized for a particular purpose: //a fire brigade; a rescue brigade.// ||
 * 4. || [brigade|bucket brigade.] ||
 * 5. || //History/Historical// . a convoy of canoes, sleds, wagons, or pack animals, esp. as used to supply trappers in the 18th- and 19th-century Canadian and U.S. fur trade. ||
 * 6. || to form into a brigade. ||
 * 7. || to group together. ||

// –noun // // –verb (used with object) // // –verb (used without object) // // –adjective // –verb (used with object) // // –verb (used without object) // // –noun //
 * spot**
 * 1. || a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck. ||
 * 2. || something that mars one's character or reputation; blemish; flaw. ||
 * 3. || a small blemish, mole, or lesion on the skin or other surface. ||
 * 4. || a small, circumscribed mark caused by disease, allergic reaction, decay, etc. ||
 * 5. || a comparatively small, usually roundish, part of a surface differing from the rest in color, texture, character, etc.: //a bald spot.// ||
 * 6. || a place or locality: //A monument marks the spot where Washington slept.// ||
 * 7. || Usually, **spots.** places of entertainment or sightseeing interest: //We went to a few spots to dance and see the floor shows.// ||
 * 8. || [announcement|spot announcement.] ||
 * 9. || a specific position in a sequence or hierarchy: //The choral group has the second spot on the program, right after the dancers. He moved up from second spot to become president of the firm.// ||
 * 10. || //Cards// . || a. || one of various traditional, geometric drawings of a club, diamond, heart, or spade on a playing card for indicating suit and value. ||
 * b. || any playing card from a two through a ten: //He drew a jack, a queen, and a three spot.// ||  ||
 * 11. || a pip, as on dice or dominoes. ||
 * 12. || //Slang// . a piece of paper money, almost always indicated as a five- or ten-dollar bill: //Can you loan me a five spot until payday?// ||
 * 13. || Also called [illustration|spot illustration.] a small drawing, usually black and white, appearing within or accompanying a text. ||
 * 14. || //Chiefly British// //Informal// . || a. || a small quantity of anything. ||
 * b. || a drink: //a spot of tea.// ||  ||
 * 15. || a small croaker, //Leiostomus xanthurus,// of the eastern coast of the U.S., used as a food fish. ||
 * 16. || **spots,** //Informal// . commodities, as grain, wool, and soybeans, sold for immediate delivery. ||
 * 17. || [price|spot price.] ||
 * 18. || //Informal// . [|spotlight] (def. 1) . ||
 * 19. || to stain or mark with spots: //The grease spotted my dress.// ||
 * 20. || to remove a spot or spots from (clothing), esp. before dry cleaning. ||
 * 21. || to sully; blemish. ||
 * 22. || to mark or diversify with spots or dots, as of color: //We spotted the wall with blue paint.// ||
 * 23. || to detect or recognize; locate or identify by seeing: //to spot a hiding child.// ||
 * 24. || to place or position on a particular place: //to spot a billiard ball.// ||
 * 25. || to stop (a railroad car) at the exact place required. ||
 * 26. || to scatter in various places: //to spot chairs here and there in the room.// ||
 * 27. || //Informal// . [|spotlight] (def. 5) . ||
 * 28. || //Military// . || a. || to determine (a location) precisely on either the ground or a map. ||
 * b. || to observe (the results of gunfire at or near a target) for the purpose of correcting aim. ||  ||
 * 29. || //Photography// . to remove spots from (a negative or print) by covering with opaque color. ||
 * 30. || //Sports// . to give or grant a certain margin or advantage to (an opponent): //He spotted the tyro 12 points a game. The champion won, although spotting the challenger twenty pounds.// ||
 * 31. || (in gymnastics) to watch or assist (a performer) in order to prevent injury. ||
 * 32. || //Slang// . to lend: //Can you spot me twenty for tonight's game?// ||
 * 33. || to make a spot; cause a stain: //Ink spots badly.// ||
 * 34. || to become spotted, as some fabrics when spattered with water. ||
 * 35. || //Military// . to serve or act as a spotter. ||
 * 36. || //Radio,// //Television// . || a. || pertaining to the point of origin of a local broadcast. ||
 * b. || broadcast between announced programs. ||  ||
 * 37. || made, paid, delivered, etc., at once: //a spot sale; spot goods.// ||
 * launch** //
 * 1. || to set (a boat or ship) in the water. ||
 * 2. || to float (a newly constructed boat or ship) usually by allowing to slide down inclined ways into the water. ||
 * 3. || to send forth, catapult, or release, as a self-propelled vehicle or weapon: //Rockets were launched midway in the battle. The submarine launched its torpedoes and dived rapidly.// ||
 * 4. || to start (a person) on a course, career, etc. ||
 * 5. || to set going; initiate: //to launch a scheme.// ||
 * 6. || to throw; hurl: //to launch a spear.// ||
 * 7. || to start (a new venture) or promote (a new product): //They launched a new breakfast cereal.// ||
 * 8. || //Computers// . to start (a software program). ||
 * 9. || to burst out or plunge boldly or directly into action, speech, etc. ||
 * 10. || to start out or forth; push out or put forth on the water. ||
 * 11. || the act of launching. ||

=VOCABULARY 11-11-08= // –noun // ** **// –noun //** **// –adjective //**
 * suspense
 * **1.** || **a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.** ||
 * **2.** || **a state of mental indecision.** ||
 * **3.** || **undecided or doubtful condition, as of affairs: //For a few days matters hung in suspense.// ** ||
 * **4.** || **the state or condition of being suspended.** ||
 * perspective**
 * **1.** || **a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare [|aerial perspective], [|linear perspective].** ||
 * **2.** || **a picture employing this technique, esp. one in which it is prominent: //an architect's perspective of a house.// ** ||
 * **3.** || **a visible scene, esp. one extending to a distance; vista: //a perspective on the main axis of an estate.// ** ||
 * **4.** || **the state of existing in space before the eye: //The elevations look all right, but the building's composition is a failure in perspective.// ** ||
 * **5.** || **the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship: //You have to live here a few years to see local conditions in perspective.// ** ||
 * **6.** || **the faculty of seeing all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship: //Your data is admirably detailed but it lacks perspective.// ** ||
 * **7.** || **a mental view or prospect: //the dismal perspective of terminally ill patients.// ** ||
 * **8.** || **of or pertaining to the art of perspective, or represented according to its laws.** ||

**demonstrate** **// –verb (used with object) //** **// –verb (used without object) //**
 * **1.** || **to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: //to demonstrate a philosophical principle.// ** ||
 * **2.** || **to describe, explain, or illustrate by examples, specimens, experiments, or the like: //to demonstrate the force of gravity by dropping an object.// ** ||
 * **3.** || **to manifest or exhibit; show: //He demonstrated his courage by his actions in battle.// ** ||
 * **4.** || **to display openly or publicly, as feelings: //to demonstrate one's anger by slamming a door.// ** ||
 * **5.** || **to exhibit the operation or use of (a device, process, product, or the like), usually to a purchaser or prospect: //to demonstrate an automobile.// ** ||
 * **6.** || **to make, give, or take part in, a demonstration: //The pickets required a license to demonstrate.// ** ||
 * **7.** || ** //Military// . to attack or make a show of force to deceive an enemy.** ||