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[
{
"word": "feed",
"context": "He feeds on her insecurity",
"definition": "profit from in an exploitatory manner",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "snap",
"context": "the waistband had lost its snap",
"definition": "the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "center",
"context": "the center fumbled the handoff",
"definition": "(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "dismiss",
"context": "She dismissed his advances",
"definition": "bar from attention or consideration",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "make",
"context": "This makes a fine introduction",
"definition": "to compose or represent:",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "job",
"context": "it is their job to print the truth",
"definition": "the responsibility to do something",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "notice",
"context": "we received a notice to vacate the premises",
"definition": "advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "bite",
"context": "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck",
"definition": "a portion removed from the whole",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "subject",
"context": "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject",
"definition": "something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "forward",
"context": "in a forward gear",
"definition": "of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "dip",
"context": "dip the sheep",
"definition": "immerse in a disinfectant solution",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "table",
"context": "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks",
"definition": "a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "still",
"context": "it's still warm outside",
"definition": "with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "rush",
"context": "Don't rush me, please!",
"definition": "urge to an unnatural speed",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "winning",
"context": "the winning team",
"definition": "having won",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "pass",
"context": "They passed the amendment",
"definition": "make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "value",
"context": "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds",
"definition": "a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "translate",
"context": "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.",
"definition": "restate (words) from one language into another language",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "melt",
"context": "her resistance melted under his charm",
"definition": "become less intense and fade away gradually",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "help",
"context": "offered his help in unloading",
"definition": "the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "fault",
"context": "it was John's fault",
"definition": "responsibility for a bad situation or event",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "material",
"context": "material needs",
"definition": "concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; ; - T.Roosevelt",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "form",
"context": "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached",
"definition": "the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "know",
"context": "She doesn't know this composer",
"definition": "be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "quiet",
"context": "quiet the dragons of worry and fear",
"definition": "make calm or still",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "cloud",
"context": "The stars are obscured by the clouds",
"definition": "make less visible or unclear",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "capacity",
"context": "the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity",
"definition": "the maximum production possible",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "middle",
"context": "the middle of the war",
"definition": "time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "slashed",
"context": "brown iris...slashed with yellow",
"definition": "patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes; - Willa Cather",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "master",
"context": "a master of the violin",
"definition": "an artist of consummate skill",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "cool",
"context": "he's a cool dude",
"definition": "fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "extract",
"context": "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions",
"definition": "get despite difficulties or obstacles",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "present",
"context": "the present leader",
"definition": "temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "capacity",
"context": "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons",
"definition": "the amount that can be contained",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "fit",
"context": "in no fit state to continue",
"definition": "(usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "leap",
"context": "a leap of 10 feet",
"definition": "the distance leaped (or to be leaped)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "near",
"context": "as the wedding day drew near",
"definition": "near in time or place or relationship",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "bother",
"context": "Don't bother, please",
"definition": "take the trouble to do something; concern oneself",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "order",
"context": "She ordered him to do the shopping",
"definition": "give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "track",
"context": "the track of an animal",
"definition": "a line or route along which something travels or moves",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "stream",
"context": "two streams of development run through American history",
"definition": "dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "run",
"context": "Does this old car still run well?",
"definition": "perform as expected when applied",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "body",
"context": "heavenly body",
"definition": "an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "buzz",
"context": "he buzzed the servant",
"definition": "call with a buzzer",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "touch",
"context": "at his touch the room filled with lights",
"definition": "the act of putting two things together with no space between them",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "scene",
"context": "he painted scenes from everyday life",
"definition": "graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "alive",
"context": "is alive to the moods of others",
"definition": "(followed by `to' or `of') aware of",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "intended",
"context": "your intended trip abroad",
"definition": "resulting from one's intentions",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "controlled",
"context": "controlled emotions",
"definition": "restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "catch",
"context": "Who is catching?",
"definition": "be the catcher",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "dress",
"context": "dress the plants in the garden",
"definition": "cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "bang",
"context": "The window banged shut",
"definition": "move noisily",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "deep",
"context": "deep carpets",
"definition": "relatively thick from top to bottom",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "fresh",
"context": "we are fresh out of tomatoes",
"definition": "very recently",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "good",
"context": "a good night's sleep",
"definition": "tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "separated",
"context": "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases",
"definition": "no longer connected or joined",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "fine",
"context": "a fine film of oil",
"definition": "thin in thickness or diameter",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "spoil",
"context": "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy",
"definition": "(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "indifferent",
"context": "a couple of indifferent hills to climb",
"definition": "neither too great nor too little",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "hold",
"context": "hold in place",
"definition": "keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "terminal",
"context": "freight pickup is a terminal service",
"definition": "of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "idle",
"context": "an idle laborer",
"definition": "not in action or at work",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "soft",
"context": "he was soft on his children",
"definition": "compassionate and kind; conciliatory",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "addition",
"context": "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect",
"definition": "the act of adding one thing to another",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "stretch",
"context": "there were stretches of boredom",
"definition": "an unbroken period of time during which you do something",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "relief",
"context": "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief",
"definition": "the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "sharp",
"context": "a sharp blow",
"definition": "quick and forceful",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "middle",
"context": "in the middle years",
"definition": "between an earlier and a later period of time",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "fly",
"context": "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic",
"definition": "travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "lost",
"context": "a lost child",
"definition": "no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "produce",
"context": "produce a movie",
"definition": "bring onto the market or release",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "level",
"context": "spoke in a level voice",
"definition": "not showing abrupt variations; ; - Louis Auchincloss",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "correct",
"context": "Correct the mistakes",
"definition": "make right or correct",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "fire",
"context": "Oil fires the furnace",
"definition": "provide with fuel",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "give",
"context": "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?",
"definition": "leave with; give temporarily",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "shock",
"context": "The news of the bombing shocked her",
"definition": "strike with horror or terror",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "march",
"context": "He marched into the classroom and announced the exam",
"definition": "walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "drawing",
"context": "it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7",
"definition": "an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "catch",
"context": "Did you catch the thief?",
"definition": "succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "raising",
"context": "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate",
"definition": "increasing in quantity or value",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "report",
"context": "he heard reports that they were causing trouble",
"definition": "the act of informing by verbal report",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "early",
"context": "at an early age",
"definition": "very young",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "open",
"context": "keep your eyes open",
"definition": "used of mouth or eyes",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "young",
"context": "a young hand at plowing",
"definition": "not tried or tested by experience",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "clear",
"context": "as clear as a whistle",
"definition": "clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "plan",
"context": "plan the new wing of the museum",
"definition": "make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "see",
"context": "I can't see him on horseback!",
"definition": "imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "rank",
"context": "the strike was supported by the union rank and file",
"definition": "the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "tease",
"context": "tease wool",
"definition": "disentangle and raise the fibers of",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "man",
"context": "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man",
"definition": "a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "ravening",
"context": "ravening wolves",
"definition": "living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "word",
"context": "he didn't say a word about it",
"definition": "a brief statement",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "second",
"context": "second, we must consider the economy",
"definition": "in the second place",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "green",
"context": "fried green tomatoes",
"definition": "not fully developed or mature; not ripe",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "dig",
"context": "Dig we must",
"definition": "turn up, loosen, or remove earth",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "shade",
"context": "they used umbrellas as shades",
"definition": "protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "slick",
"context": "slick seals and otters",
"definition": "having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "thick",
"context": "thick night",
"definition": "(of darkness) very intense",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "go",
"context": "These ugly billboards have to go!",
"definition": "be abolished or discarded",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "still",
"context": "a still wine",
"definition": "not sparkling",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "load",
"context": "load the bags onto the trucks",
"definition": "put (something) on a structure or conveyance",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "big",
"context": "think big",
"definition": "on a grand scale",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "animate",
"context": "the word `dog' is animate",
"definition": "belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "keep",
"context": "Keep the commandments",
"definition": "behave as expected during of holidays or rites",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "hold",
"context": "He can hold his liquor",
"definition": "drink alcohol without showing ill effects",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "dominating",
"context": "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside",
"definition": "used of a height or viewpoint",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "hold",
"context": "hold your tongue",
"definition": "lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "arts",
"context": "the college of arts and sciences",
"definition": "studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "pick",
"context": "you can take your pick",
"definition": "the act of choosing or selecting",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "offensive",
"context": "offensive remarks",
"definition": "causing anger or annoyance",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "spread",
"context": "they put out quite a spread",
"definition": "a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "jam",
"context": "Jam the Voice of America",
"definition": "interfere with or prevent the reception of signals",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "understanding",
"context": "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect",
"definition": "the cognitive condition of someone who understands",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "class",
"context": "there are two classes of detergents",
"definition": "a collection of things sharing a common attribute",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "pass",
"context": "The teacher passed the student although he was weak",
"definition": "accept or judge as acceptable",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "trench",
"context": "letters trenched into the stone",
"definition": "cut or carve deeply into",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "certain",
"context": "set aside a certain sum each week",
"definition": "definite but not specified or identified",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "false",
"context": "gave false testimony under oath",
"definition": "not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "lay",
"context": "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease",
"definition": "not of or from a profession",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "tape",
"context": "he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview",
"definition": "memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "model",
"context": "a model of clarity",
"definition": "something to be imitated",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "perverted",
"context": "perverted practices",
"definition": "(used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "master",
"context": "She mastered Japanese in less than two years",
"definition": "be or become completely proficient or skilled in",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "spell",
"context": "the workers spell every four hours",
"definition": "take turns working",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "command",
"context": "Command the military forces",
"definition": "exercise authoritative control or power over",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "around",
"context": "weighs around a hundred pounds",
"definition": "(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "farther",
"context": "farther north",
"definition": "to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "cut",
"context": "sold cut whiskey",
"definition": "mixed with water",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "reaction",
"context": "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water",
"definition": "(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "tear",
"context": "Her eyes were tearing",
"definition": "fill with tears or shed tears",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "clear",
"context": "a clear perfect diamond",
"definition": "free from flaw or blemish or impurity",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "collapse",
"context": "the roof is in danger of collapse",
"definition": "a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "stream",
"context": "a stream of people emptied from the terminal",
"definition": "something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "active",
"context": "active volcanos",
"definition": "(of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "point",
"context": "he knows my bad points as well as my good points",
"definition": "a distinguishing or individuating characteristic",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "search",
"context": "He searched for information on his relatives on the web",
"definition": "inquire into",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "much",
"context": "we enjoyed ourselves very much",
"definition": "to a very great degree or extent",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "nominal",
"context": "nominal phrase",
"definition": "pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "style",
"context": "the 1920s had a style of their own",
"definition": "the popular taste at a given time",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "operating",
"context": "the company had several operating divisions",
"definition": "being in effect or operation; - Leslie Marmon Silko",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "scratch",
"context": "a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course",
"definition": "(golf) a handicap of zero strokes",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "raise",
"context": "raise my salary",
"definition": "raise the level or amount of something",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "drift",
"context": "the laborers drift from one town to the next",
"definition": "move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "fit",
"context": "Can you fit the toy into the box?",
"definition": "insert or adjust several objects or people",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "admit",
"context": "The theater admits 300 people",
"definition": "have room for; hold without crowding",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "swing",
"context": "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's",
"definition": "engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "feel",
"context": "My cold is gone--I feel fine today",
"definition": "be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "dull",
"context": "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick",
"definition": "slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; ; ; - Thackeray",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "pull",
"context": "it was a long pull but we made it",
"definition": "a sustained effort",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "moon",
"context": "the average distance to the Moon is 384,400 kilometers",
"definition": "the natural satellite of the Earth",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "negative",
"context": "ran a negative campaign",
"definition": "having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "under",
"context": "we must keep our disappointment under",
"definition": "in or into a state of subordination or subjugation",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "drifting",
"context": "a drifting double-dealer",
"definition": "continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "warm",
"context": "warm-clad skiers",
"definition": "in a warm manner",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "smooth",
"context": "smooth the surface of the wood",
"definition": "make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "line",
"context": "draw a line",
"definition": "make a mark or lines on a surface",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "connection",
"context": "he has powerful connections",
"definition": "(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "floor",
"context": "he is a floor trader",
"definition": "a large room in a exchange where the trading is done",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "date",
"context": "what is the date today?",
"definition": "the specified day of the month",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "softness",
"context": "softness is not something permitted of good leaders",
"definition": "a disposition to be lenient in judging others",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "expect",
"context": "The are expecting another child in January",
"definition": "be pregnant with",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "like",
"context": "We'll not see his like again",
"definition": "a kind of person",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "march",
"context": "The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria",
"definition": "force to march",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "taste",
"context": "he got a taste of life on the wild side",
"definition": "a brief experience of something",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "factor",
"context": "make things factor into a company's profitability",
"definition": "be a contributing factor",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "purge",
"context": "he died in a purge by Stalin",
"definition": "an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "offer",
"context": "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages",
"definition": "make available; provide",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "divine",
"context": "the divine strength of Achilles",
"definition": "appropriate to or befitting a god; ; ; -R.H.Roveref",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "polished",
"context": "polished rice",
"definition": "(of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "abandon",
"context": "she danced with abandon",
"definition": "the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "bury",
"context": "He buried his head in her lap",
"definition": "embed deeply",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "cup",
"context": "he put the cup back in the saucer",
"definition": "a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "minor",
"context": "suffered only minor injuries",
"definition": "of lesser seriousness or danger",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "impulse",
"context": "profound religious impulses",
"definition": "an instinctive motive",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "melt",
"context": "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk",
"definition": "become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "bad",
"context": "a bad report card",
"definition": "having undesirable or negative qualities",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "honest",
"context": "my honest opinion",
"definition": "without dissimulation; frank",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "dress",
"context": "a full-dress uniform",
"definition": "suitable for formal occasions",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "outer",
"context": "outer reality",
"definition": "located outside",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "rotate",
"context": "Rotate the handle",
"definition": "cause to turn on an axis or center",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "go",
"context": "how did your interview go?",
"definition": "follow a certain course",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "melt",
"context": "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene",
"definition": "lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "dust",
"context": "the furniture was covered with dust",
"definition": "fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "present",
"context": "that is enough for the present",
"definition": "the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "issue",
"context": "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room",
"definition": "one of a series published periodically",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "wet",
"context": "a wet bathing suit",
"definition": "covered or soaked with a liquid such as water",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "roll",
"context": "The cameras were rolling",
"definition": "begin operating or running",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "cut",
"context": "The baby cut a tooth",
"definition": "have grow through the gums",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "train",
"context": "She is training for the Olympics",
"definition": "exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "help",
"context": "there's no help for it",
"definition": "a means of serving",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "gentle",
"context": "a gentle reprimand",
"definition": "soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "winning",
"context": "a winning personality",
"definition": "very attractive; capturing interest",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "ahead",
"context": "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring",
"definition": "toward the future; forward in time",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "knowing",
"context": "knowing instructors",
"definition": "highly educated; having extensive information or understanding",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "save",
"context": "This move will save money",
"definition": "spend sparingly, avoid the waste of",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "heavily",
"context": "she hit her arm heavily against the wall",
"definition": "with great force",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "block",
"context": "since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably",
"definition": "(computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "quality",
"context": "quality paper",
"definition": "of superior grade",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "house",
"context": "the children were playing house",
"definition": "play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "work",
"context": "work equals force times distance",
"definition": "(physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "fall",
"context": "in the fall of 1973",
"definition": "the season when the leaves fall from the trees",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "train",
"context": "Train your tastebuds",
"definition": "teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "shock",
"context": "he had an unruly shock of black hair",
"definition": "a bushy thick mass (especially hair)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "report",
"context": "One student reported the other to the principal",
"definition": "make known to the authorities",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "heart",
"context": "in your heart you know it is true",
"definition": "the locus of feelings and intuitions",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "way",
"context": "make way for",
"definition": "space for movement",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "dead",
"context": "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here",
"definition": "devoid of activity",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "trouble",
"context": "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday",
"definition": "take the trouble to do something; concern oneself",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "desiccated",
"context": "shredded and desiccated coconut meat",
"definition": "preserved by removing natural moisture",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "record",
"context": "he tied the Olympic record",
"definition": "an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "return",
"context": "the return of spring",
"definition": "happening again (especially at regular intervals)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "cold",
"context": "a cold audience",
"definition": "feeling or showing no enthusiasm",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "prime",
"context": "prime number",
"definition": "of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "corrupt",
"context": "`corrupt' is archaic",
"definition": "touched by rot or decay",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "drift",
"context": "caught the general drift of the conversation",
"definition": "the pervading meaning or tenor",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "crop",
"context": "This land crops well",
"definition": "yield crops",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "critical",
"context": "a critical element of the plan",
"definition": "urgently needed; absolutely necessary",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "middle",
"context": "Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500",
"definition": "of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "quiet",
"context": "the street was quiet",
"definition": "the absence of sound",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "ascend",
"context": "We ascended the mountain",
"definition": "travel up,",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "course",
"context": "if you persist in that course you will surely fail",
"definition": "a mode of action",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "state",
"context": "the state has lowered its income tax",
"definition": "the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "common",
"context": "a common friend",
"definition": "common to or shared by two or more parties",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "break",
"context": "then there was a break in her voice",
"definition": "an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "pool",
"context": "a car pool",
"definition": "an organization of people or resources that can be shared",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "national",
"context": "national interests",
"definition": "limited to or in the interests of a particular nation",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "ball",
"context": "the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded",
"definition": "the people assembled at a lavish formal dance",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "home",
"context": "the United States is the home of basketball",
"definition": "place where something began and flourished",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "sweep",
"context": "Please sweep the floor",
"definition": "clean by sweeping",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "stress",
"context": "he put the stress on the wrong syllable",
"definition": "the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "dark",
"context": "a dark scowl",
"definition": "showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "parts",
"context": "he hasn't been seen around these parts in years",
"definition": "the local environment",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "remit",
"context": "remit $25",
"definition": "send (money) in payment",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "wide",
"context": "stand with legs wide apart",
"definition": "with or by a broad space",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "hunt",
"context": "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland",
"definition": "pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "screen",
"context": "screen the blood for the HIV virus",
"definition": "test or examine for the presence of disease or infection",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "patch",
"context": "The field was patched with snow",
"definition": "provide with a patch; also used metaphorically",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "gain",
"context": "Gain an understanding of international finance",
"definition": "win something through one's efforts",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "clipped",
"context": "a clipped upper-class accent",
"definition": "(of speech) having quick short sounds",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "bag",
"context": "he scrambled to get back to the bag",
"definition": "a place that the runner must touch before scoring",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "last",
"context": "I had to miss the last of the movie",
"definition": "the concluding parts of an event or occurrence",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "lap",
"context": "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches",
"definition": "a flap that lies over another part",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "stiff",
"context": "the letter was stiff and formal",
"definition": "rigidly formal",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "touch",
"context": "He could not touch the meaning of the poem",
"definition": "comprehend",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "baby",
"context": "the baby began to cry again",
"definition": "a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "plain",
"context": "a plain hair style",
"definition": "lacking embellishment or ornamentation",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "pack",
"context": "The crowd packed the auditorium",
"definition": "press tightly together or cram",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "mastering",
"context": "his mastering the art of cooking took a long time",
"definition": "becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "energy",
"context": "he plays tennis with great energy",
"definition": "forceful exertion",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "break",
"context": "break a branch from a tree",
"definition": "break a piece from a whole",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "certain",
"context": "a quick and certain remedy",
"definition": "reliable in operation or effect",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "head",
"context": "a head of steam",
"definition": "the pressure exerted by a fluid",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "release",
"context": "release a hormone into the blood stream",
"definition": "generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "burn",
"context": "Maple wood burns well",
"definition": "undergo combustion",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "ascending",
"context": "the ascending plane",
"definition": "moving or going or growing upward",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "round",
"context": "the doctor made his rounds",
"definition": "the usual activities in your day",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "crawl",
"context": "My skin crawled--I was terrified",
"definition": "feel as if crawling with insects",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "chair",
"context": "he is second chair violin",
"definition": "a particular seat in an orchestra",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "knock",
"context": "Don't knock the food--it's free",
"definition": "find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "complete",
"context": "a complete meal",
"definition": "having every necessary or normal part or component or step",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "bubble",
"context": "bubble to the surface",
"definition": "rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "start",
"context": "they got an early start",
"definition": "the time at which something is supposed to begin",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "turn",
"context": "The water turned into ice",
"definition": "undergo a change or development",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "bright",
"context": "bright dress",
"definition": "having striking color",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "rough",
"context": "they were rough and determined fighting men",
"definition": "ready and able to resort to force or violence; - Herman Melville",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "wind",
"context": "trees bent under the fierce winds",
"definition": "air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "rolled",
"context": "his rolled umbrella hanging on his arm",
"definition": "rolled up and secured",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "best",
"context": "the White House thought it best not to respond",
"definition": "(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "subdued",
"context": "a subdued whisper",
"definition": "in a softened tone",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "award",
"context": "the referee awarded a free kick to the team",
"definition": "give as judged due or on the basis of merit",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "gentle",
"context": "the gentle touch of her hand",
"definition": "having or showing a kindly or tender nature",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "consume",
"context": "this car consumes a lot of gas",
"definition": "use up (resources or materials)",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "ending",
"context": "his death marked the ending of an era",
"definition": "event whose occurrence ends something",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "mind",
"context": "the great minds of the 17th century",
"definition": "an important intellectual",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "touch",
"context": "Touch the stone for good luck",
"definition": "make physical contact with, come in contact with",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "material",
"context": "writing materials",
"definition": "things needed for doing or making something",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "shower",
"context": "a little shower of rose petals",
"definition": "a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "function",
"context": "the function of a teacher",
"definition": "the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "fast",
"context": "fast friends",
"definition": "unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; ; ; - Campaign song for William Henry Harrison",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "take",
"context": "I don't take sugar in my coffee",
"definition": "serve oneself to, or consume regularly",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "regular",
"context": "following the regular procedure of the legislature",
"definition": "conforming to a standard or pattern",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "secret",
"context": "their secret communications",
"definition": "(of information) given in confidence or in secret",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "continue",
"context": "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles",
"definition": "span an interval of distance, space or time",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "distribute",
"context": "Values distribute",
"definition": "be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "lighting",
"context": "an interior decorator must understand lighting",
"definition": "the craft of providing artificial light",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "slip",
"context": "he blamed his slip on the ice",
"definition": "an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "position",
"context": "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils",
"definition": "a condition or position in which you find yourself",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "planted",
"context": "a deeply planted need",
"definition": "(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "turn",
"context": "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion",
"definition": "to send or let go",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "about",
"context": "about face",
"definition": "in or to a reversed position or direction",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "sound",
"context": "a sound title to the property",
"definition": "having legal efficacy or force",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "offer",
"context": "I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal",
"definition": "threaten to do something",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "actual",
"context": "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West",
"definition": "being or existing at the present moment",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "name",
"context": "name your accomplices!",
"definition": "mention and identify by name",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "reason",
"context": "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house",
"definition": "decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "sure",
"context": "a sure way to distinguish the two",
"definition": "reliable in operation or effect",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "rule",
"context": "he knew the rules of chess",
"definition": "directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "fall",
"context": "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall",
"definition": "a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "reflected",
"context": "reflected light",
"definition": "(especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "push",
"context": "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman",
"definition": "make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "show",
"context": "She showed her talent for cooking",
"definition": "make visible or noticeable",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "blue",
"context": "the Union army was a vast blue",
"definition": "any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "hand",
"context": "the big hand counts the minutes",
"definition": "a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "trench",
"context": "trench the fallen soldiers",
"definition": "set, plant, or bury in a trench",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "sharpen",
"context": "sharpen the knives",
"definition": "make sharp or sharper",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "flow",
"context": "Her long black hair flowed down her back",
"definition": "fall or flow in a certain way",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "develop",
"context": "develop land",
"definition": "change the use of and make available or usable",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "outside",
"context": "developing nations need outside help",
"definition": "from or between other countries",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "course",
"context": "the government took a firm course",
"definition": "a connected series of events or actions or developments",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "interest",
"context": "they have interests all over the world",
"definition": "(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "catch",
"context": "the catch was only 10 fish",
"definition": "the quantity that was caught",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "practice",
"context": "practice makes perfect",
"definition": "systematic training by multiple repetitions",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "far",
"context": "we come from a far country",
"definition": "located at a great distance in time or space or degree",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "get",
"context": "did you get it?",
"definition": "grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "pick",
"context": "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks",
"definition": "a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "arrange",
"context": "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?",
"definition": "make arrangements for",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "wild",
"context": "wild colors",
"definition": "(of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "rage",
"context": "his rage for fame destroyed him",
"definition": "something that is desired intensely",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "relief",
"context": "he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta",
"definition": "the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "charge",
"context": "his charge was deliver a message",
"definition": "a special assignment that is given to a person or group",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "patched",
"context": "patched jeans",
"definition": "mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "black",
"context": "black deeds",
"definition": "stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; ; ; ; ; ; ; -Thomas Hardy",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "good",
"context": "the experience was good for her",
"definition": "promoting or enhancing well-being",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "yet",
"context": "he was a stern yet fair master",
"definition": "despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "make",
"context": "what make of car is that?",
"definition": "a recognizable kind",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "size",
"context": "that's the size of the situation",
"definition": "the actual state of affairs",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "acquired",
"context": "acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on",
"definition": "gotten through environmental forces",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "pump",
"context": "Pump money into a project",
"definition": "supply in great quantities",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "critical",
"context": "a critical point in the campaign",
"definition": "forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "shift",
"context": "Shift one's position",
"definition": "change place or direction",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "accepted",
"context": "several accepted techniques for treating the condition",
"definition": "generally approved or compelling recognition",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "twist",
"context": "it broke off after much twisting",
"definition": "the act of rotating rapidly",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "thrust",
"context": "he made a thrusting motion with his fist",
"definition": "a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "cut",
"context": "The employer wants to cut back health benefits",
"definition": "cut down on; make a reduction in",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "head",
"context": "he stuck his head out the window",
"definition": "the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "late",
"context": "a late development",
"definition": "of the immediate past or just previous to the present time",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "unknown",
"context": "don't let anyone unknown into the house",
"definition": "not known before",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "dead",
"context": "they buried the dead",
"definition": "people who are no longer living",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "go",
"context": "This sofa won't go with the chairs",
"definition": "blend or harmonize",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "process",
"context": "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech",
"definition": "perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "tested",
"context": "a tested method",
"definition": "tested and proved useful or correct",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "buy",
"context": "This sum will buy you a ride on the train",
"definition": "be worth or be capable of buying",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "blast",
"context": "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us",
"definition": "apply a draft or strong wind to to",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "up",
"context": "they moved the meeting date up",
"definition": "to a later time",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "brush",
"context": "Her long skirt brushed the floor",
"definition": "sweep across or over",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "crashing",
"context": "a crashing bore",
"definition": "informal intensifiers",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "positive",
"context": "positive increase in graduating students",
"definition": "reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "fail",
"context": "Where do today's public schools fail?",
"definition": "be unsuccessful",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "hang",
"context": "This dress hangs well",
"definition": "fall or flow in a certain way",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "addition",
"context": "he was a new addition to the staff",
"definition": "something added to what you already have",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "roll",
"context": "She rolls her r's",
"definition": "pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "rolling",
"context": "she used rolling r's as in Spanish",
"definition": "uttered with a trill",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "basin",
"context": "she mixed the dough in a large basin",
"definition": "a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "bar",
"context": "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar",
"definition": "a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "develop",
"context": "Report the news as it develops",
"definition": "happen",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "average",
"context": "average people",
"definition": "lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "rent",
"context": "Let's rent a car",
"definition": "engage for service under a term of contract",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "play",
"context": "On weekends I play",
"definition": "engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "harsh",
"context": "a harsh penalty",
"definition": "severe",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "blaze",
"context": "the blaze spread rapidly",
"definition": "a strong flame that burns brightly",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "organization",
"context": "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality",
"definition": "an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "compact",
"context": "This powder compacts easily",
"definition": "have the property of being packable or of compacting easily",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "moved",
"context": "too moved to speak",
"definition": "being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "small",
"context": "a small car",
"definition": "limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "respect",
"context": "be sure to give my respects to the dean",
"definition": "a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "help",
"context": "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself",
"definition": "help to some food; help with food or drink",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "touch",
"context": "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone",
"definition": "a suggestion of some quality",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "detached",
"context": "she felt detached from the group",
"definition": "being or feeling set or kept apart from others; ; - Sherwood Anderson",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "well",
"context": "took the joke well",
"definition": "without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "tonic",
"context": "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word",
"definition": "used of syllables",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "buzz",
"context": "This office is buzzing with activity",
"definition": "be noisy with activity",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "do",
"context": "What makes her do this way?",
"definition": "behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "loop",
"context": "he's no longer in the loop",
"definition": "an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "block",
"context": "block the signals emitted by this station",
"definition": "interfere with or prevent the reception of signals",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "bound",
"context": "bound and gagged hostages",
"definition": "confined by bonds",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "solitary",
"context": "a man of a solitary disposition",
"definition": "characterized by or preferring solitude",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "influence",
"context": "she was the most important influence in my life",
"definition": "one having power to influence another",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "play",
"context": "play a hooked fish",
"definition": "exhaust by allowing to pull on the line",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "back",
"context": "we paid back everything we had borrowed",
"definition": "in repayment or retaliation",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "major",
"context": "a major earthquake",
"definition": "of greater seriousness or danger",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "hurt",
"context": "Were you hurting after the accident?",
"definition": "feel physical pain",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "badly",
"context": "the venture turned out badly for the investors",
"definition": "in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "twist",
"context": "they liked to dance the twist",
"definition": "social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "excuse",
"context": "excuse someone's behavior",
"definition": "excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "bright",
"context": "the room was bright and airy",
"definition": "having lots of light either natural or artificial",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "correct",
"context": "the stock market corrected",
"definition": "go down in value",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "lean",
"context": "We can lean on this man",
"definition": "rely on for support",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "upset",
"context": "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers",
"definition": "used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "time",
"context": "he had a time holding back the tears",
"definition": "a person's experience on a particular occasion",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "mature",
"context": "I need to mature my thoughts",
"definition": "develop and work out fully in one's mind",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "father",
"context": "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor",
"definition": "a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "staring",
"context": "staring eyes",
"definition": "(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "spoiling",
"context": "her spoiling my dress was deliberate",
"definition": "the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "see",
"context": "I see that you have been promoted",
"definition": "get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "works",
"context": "the reward for good works",
"definition": "performance of moral or religious acts",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "looking",
"context": "he gave it a good looking at",
"definition": "the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "sympathetic",
"context": "with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion",
"definition": "having similar disposition and tastes",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "double",
"context": "an egg with a double yolk",
"definition": "consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "intimate",
"context": "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife",
"definition": "involved in a sexual relationship",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "white",
"context": "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs",
"definition": "the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "heavy",
"context": "a heavy grade",
"definition": "sharply inclined",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "raised",
"context": "raised temperature",
"definition": "increased in amount or degree",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "writing",
"context": "the writing in her novels is excellent",
"definition": "the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "follow",
"context": "Can you follow her argument?",
"definition": "grasp the meaning",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "compound",
"context": "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; ",
"definition": "composed of more than one part; compound flower heads\"",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "shot",
"context": "he trained at putting the shot",
"definition": "sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "kill",
"context": "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods",
"definition": "destroy a vitally essential quality of or in",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "identified",
"context": "the identified bodies were released for burial",
"definition": "having the identity known or established",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "bond",
"context": "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them",
"definition": "a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "rate",
"context": "the literacy rate",
"definition": "a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "go",
"context": "His knowledge doesn't go very far",
"definition": "stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "beat",
"context": "he could feel the beat of her heart",
"definition": "the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "knock",
"context": "knock on the door",
"definition": "rap with the knuckles",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "place",
"context": "he lost his place on the page",
"definition": "the passage that is being read",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "neglected",
"context": "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'",
"definition": "disregarded",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "beat",
"context": "I beat the traffic",
"definition": "beat through cleverness and wit",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "fly",
"context": "Man cannot fly",
"definition": "travel through the air; be airborne",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "yielding",
"context": "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber",
"definition": "lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "building",
"context": "the entire building complained about the noise",
"definition": "the occupants of a building",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "hand",
"context": "give the little lady a great big hand",
"definition": "a round of applause to signify approval",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "substitute",
"context": "substitute coffee",
"definition": "artificial and inferior",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "result",
"context": "result in tragedy",
"definition": "issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "treat",
"context": "The doctor treated my broken leg",
"definition": "provide treatment for",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "small",
"context": "small beginnings",
"definition": "low or inferior in station or quality",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "handle",
"context": "Handle the press reporters gently",
"definition": "interact in a certain way",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "box",
"context": "I gave him a good box on the ear",
"definition": "a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "consider",
"context": "consider the possibility of moving",
"definition": "give careful consideration to",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "broken",
"context": "a broken man",
"definition": "subdued or brought low in condition or status",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "sweep",
"context": "a sweep of his arm",
"definition": "a movement in an arc",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "spot",
"context": "they changed his spot on the program",
"definition": "a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "beat",
"context": "I'm beat",
"definition": "wear out completely",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "gray",
"context": "gray flannel suit",
"definition": "of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "drift",
"context": "they dug a drift parallel with the vein",
"definition": "a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "seating",
"context": "there is seating for 40 students in this classroom",
"definition": "an area that includes places where several people can sit",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "stain",
"context": "the wine left a dark stain",
"definition": "a soiled or discolored appearance",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "needs",
"context": "we must needs by objective",
"definition": "in such a manner as could not be otherwise",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "square",
"context": "a square peg in a round hole",
"definition": "having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "approach",
"context": "approach a task",
"definition": "begin to deal with",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "dead",
"context": "came to a dead stop",
"definition": "complete",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "running",
"context": "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays",
"definition": "of advancing the ball by running",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "motion",
"context": "he made a motion to adjourn",
"definition": "a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "go",
"context": "Ready, set, go!",
"definition": "begin or set in motion",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "stock",
"context": "stock a rifle",
"definition": "equip with a stock",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "profess",
"context": "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt",
"definition": "state insincerely",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "decent",
"context": "from a decent family",
"definition": "socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "good",
"context": "a good mechanic",
"definition": "having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "outside",
"context": "in summer we play outside",
"definition": "outside a building",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "loss",
"context": "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather",
"definition": "the experience of losing a loved one",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "material",
"context": "she measured off enough material for a dress",
"definition": "artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "tight",
"context": "a tight roof",
"definition": "of such close construction as to be impermeable",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "booking",
"context": "the play had bookings throughout the summer",
"definition": "employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "extend",
"context": "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro",
"definition": "use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "exhausting",
"context": "an exhausting march",
"definition": "producing exhaustion",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "lick",
"context": "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast",
"definition": "take up with the tongue",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "burn",
"context": "The sun burned off the fog",
"definition": "cause to burn or combust",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "dark",
"context": "dark green",
"definition": "(used of color) having a dark hue",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "new",
"context": "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew",
"definition": "used of a living language; being the current stage in its development",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "stick",
"context": "he collected dry sticks for a campfire",
"definition": "an implement consisting of a length of wood",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "appeal",
"context": "I appealed to the law of 1900",
"definition": "cite as an authority; resort to",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "hunt",
"context": "The King used to hunt these forests",
"definition": "search (an area) for prey",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "place",
"context": "If you were in my place what would you do?",
"definition": "a particular situation",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "support",
"context": "his support kept the family together",
"definition": "the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "right",
"context": "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern",
"definition": "(of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "occult",
"context": "The beam of light occults every so often",
"definition": "become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "ready",
"context": "he seems to have ample ready money",
"definition": "(of especially money) immediately available",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "uprise",
"context": "The dead are to uprise",
"definition": "return from the dead",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "foot",
"context": "curled up on the foot of the bed",
"definition": "the lower part of anything",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "awful",
"context": "the awful war",
"definition": "causing fear or dread or terror",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "opening",
"context": "there was a small opening between the trees",
"definition": "an open or empty space in or between things",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "down",
"context": "was sent down to work at the regional office",
"definition": "away from a more central or a more northerly place",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "burn",
"context": "Witches were burned in Salem",
"definition": "burn at the stake",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "occupy",
"context": "he occupies the position of manager",
"definition": "assume, as of positions or roles",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "prime",
"context": "the prime minister",
"definition": "first in rank or degree",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "full",
"context": "a full glass",
"definition": "containing as much or as many as is possible or normal",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "preserve",
"context": "preserve the forest and the lakes",
"definition": "keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "utter",
"context": "He uttered a curse",
"definition": "articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "term",
"context": "a prison term",
"definition": "a limited period of time",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "well",
"context": "she dances well",
"definition": "with skill or in a pleasing manner",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "mention",
"context": "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention",
"definition": "make reference to",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "drift",
"context": "drift the cattle herds westwards",
"definition": "drive slowly and far afield for grazing",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "spill",
"context": "The former employee spilled all the details",
"definition": "reveal information",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "material",
"context": "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography",
"definition": "information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "cast",
"context": "Who cast this beautiful movie?",
"definition": "assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "deciding",
"context": "cast the deciding vote",
"definition": "having the power or quality of deciding",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "strike",
"context": "strike fire from the flintstone",
"definition": "produce by ignition or a blow",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "straining",
"context": "his final, straining burst of speed",
"definition": "taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; ; ; - F.D.Roosevelt",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "carry",
"context": "Sound carries well over water",
"definition": "transmit or serve as the medium for transmission",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "heavy",
"context": "heavy fog",
"definition": "permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "smash",
"context": "the fullback's smash into the defensive line",
"definition": "the act of colliding with something",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "check",
"context": "he asked the waiter for the check",
"definition": "the bill in a restaurant",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "strike",
"context": "strike coins",
"definition": "form by stamping, punching, or printing",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "play",
"context": "there was heavy play at the blackjack table",
"definition": "the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "life",
"context": "he got life for killing the guard",
"definition": "a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "stay",
"context": "The smell stayed in the room",
"definition": "stay behind",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "refine",
"context": "refine one's style of writing",
"definition": "improve or perfect by pruning or polishing",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "give",
"context": "This student gives promise of real creativity",
"definition": "manifest or show",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "yield",
"context": "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram",
"definition": "end resistance, as under pressure or force",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "raise",
"context": "he got a 3% raise",
"definition": "the amount a salary is increased",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "report",
"context": "Snow reported on China in the 1950's",
"definition": "be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "name",
"context": "he wanted to protect his good name",
"definition": "a person's reputation",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "dress",
"context": "dress the salads",
"definition": "put a dressing on",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "fellow",
"context": "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown",
"definition": "one of a pair",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "douse",
"context": "Douse the lights",
"definition": "put out, as of a candle or a light",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "comforts",
"context": "all the comforts of home",
"definition": "things that make you comfortable and at ease",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "single",
"context": "sex and the single girl",
"definition": "not married or related to the unmarried state",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "gather",
"context": "she gathered her shawl around her shoulders",
"definition": "draw and bring closer",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "indifferent",
"context": "an indifferent chemical in a reaction",
"definition": "having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "stuff",
"context": "it was stuff I had heard before",
"definition": "information in some unspecified form",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "minded",
"context": "civic-minded",
"definition": "(used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "dig",
"context": "dig the oars into the water",
"definition": "thrust down or into",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "treat",
"context": "Grandmother always treated us to the circus",
"definition": "provide with a gift or entertainment",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "grind",
"context": "grind the spices in a mortar",
"definition": "reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "box",
"context": "the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box",
"definition": "any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "spread",
"context": "she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread",
"definition": "the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "product",
"context": "that store offers a variety of products",
"definition": "commodities offered for sale",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "quick",
"context": "a quick inspection",
"definition": "hurried and brief",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "piece",
"context": "it was a nice piece of work",
"definition": "an instance of some kind",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "level",
"context": "the water reached ankle level",
"definition": "height above ground",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "integrated",
"context": "society as an integrated whole",
"definition": "resembling a living organism in organization or development",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "touch",
"context": "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch",
"definition": "the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "stake",
"context": "stake out the path",
"definition": "mark with a stake",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "snap",
"context": "children can manage snaps better than buttons",
"definition": "a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "base",
"context": "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage",
"definition": "debased; not genuine",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "structure",
"context": "his lectures have no structure",
"definition": "the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "exchange",
"context": "exchange prisoners",
"definition": "hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "beat",
"context": "The boat beat in the strong wind",
"definition": "sail with much tacking or with difficulty",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "date",
"context": "they are up to date",
"definition": "the present",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "drink",
"context": "We were up drinking all night",
"definition": "consume alcohol",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "one",
"context": "spoke with one voice",
"definition": "having the indivisible character of a unit",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "deal",
"context": "I can deal with this crew of workers",
"definition": "be in charge of, act on, or dispose of",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "clear",
"context": "a clear winner",
"definition": "free of restrictions or qualifications",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "third",
"context": "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement",
"definition": "one of three equal parts of a divisible whole",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "rear",
"context": "the chair's rear legs",
"definition": "located in or toward the back or rear",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "break",
"context": "he made a break for the open door",
"definition": "a sudden dash",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "hostile",
"context": "hostile naval and air forces",
"definition": "not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "mire",
"context": "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president",
"definition": "a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "shift",
"context": "his constant shifting disrupted the class",
"definition": "the act of moving from one place to another",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "space",
"context": "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether",
"definition": "any location outside the Earth's atmosphere",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "alert",
"context": "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries",
"definition": "warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "shock",
"context": "loss of blood is an important cause of shock",
"definition": "(pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "acceptance",
"context": "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club",
"definition": "the state of being acceptable and accepted",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "around",
"context": "He came all the way around the base",
"definition": "by a circular or circuitous route",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "roll",
"context": "roll out the paper",
"definition": "flatten or spread with a roller",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "completed",
"context": "a completed forward pass",
"definition": "caught",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "rough",
"context": "rough gemstones",
"definition": "not shaped by cutting or trimming",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "battered",
"context": "a battered old car",
"definition": "damaged by blows or hard usage",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "bed",
"context": "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed",
"definition": "a depression forming the ground under a body of water",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "cut",
"context": "he took a vicious cut at the ball",
"definition": "in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "grave",
"context": "he went to his grave without forgiving me",
"definition": "death of a person",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "number",
"context": "a number 13 shoe",
"definition": "a clothing measurement",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "bump",
"context": "My car bumped into the tree",
"definition": "knock against with force or violence",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "voice",
"context": "I gave voice to my feelings",
"definition": "expressing in coherent verbal form",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "deal",
"context": "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions",
"definition": "the act of apportioning or distributing something",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "bite",
"context": "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite",
"definition": "(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "build",
"context": "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation",
"definition": "found or ground",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "list",
"context": "the ship developed a list to starboard",
"definition": "the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "lost",
"context": "a lost battle",
"definition": "not gained or won",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "make",
"context": "I make the height about 100 feet",
"definition": "calculate as being",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "rare",
"context": "what is so rare as a day in June",
"definition": "marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; -J.R.Lowell",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "quarter",
"context": "a quarter of a pound",
"definition": "one of four equal parts",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "haunted",
"context": "her expression became progressively more haunted",
"definition": "showing emotional affliction or disquiet",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "painted",
"context": "in public he wore a painted smile",
"definition": "lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "waters",
"context": "before a woman gives birth her waters break",
"definition": "the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "apart",
"context": "These towns are many miles apart",
"definition": "separated or at a distance in place or position or time",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "drop",
"context": "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height",
"definition": "a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "testing",
"context": "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons",
"definition": "the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "out",
"context": "the cat came out from under the bed",
"definition": "moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "fit",
"context": "How does this shirt fit?",
"definition": "conform to some shape or size",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "stick",
"context": "The door sticks--we will have to plane it",
"definition": "be or become fixed",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "work",
"context": "he is working his servants hard",
"definition": "cause to work",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "stop",
"context": "his next stop is Atlanta",
"definition": "a spot where something halts or pauses",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "whipping",
"context": "some sharp and whipping lines",
"definition": "smart and fashionable",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "contain",
"context": "This can contains water",
"definition": "contain or hold; have within",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "dull",
"context": "a dull throbbing",
"definition": "not keenly felt",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "lay",
"context": "lay a responsibility on someone",
"definition": "impose as a duty, burden, or punishment",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "near",
"context": "near beer",
"definition": "closely resembling the genuine article",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "general",
"context": "general studies",
"definition": "not specialized or limited to one class of things",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "alive",
"context": "keep hope alive",
"definition": "in operation",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "action",
"context": "a man of action",
"definition": "the trait of being active and energetic and forceful",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "medium",
"context": "medium bombers",
"definition": "around the middle of a scale of evaluation",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "slick",
"context": "a slick commercial",
"definition": "having only superficial plausibility",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "low",
"context": "low comedy",
"definition": "unrefined in character",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "extend",
"context": "extend a loan",
"definition": "make available; provide",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "box",
"context": "he rummaged through a box of spare parts",
"definition": "a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "loose",
"context": "a loose ball",
"definition": "(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "irregular",
"context": "walking was difficult on the irregular cobblestoned surface",
"definition": "(of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "excuse",
"context": "Please excuse me from this class",
"definition": "grant exemption or release to",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "association",
"context": "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association",
"definition": "the act of consorting with or joining with others",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "dirty",
"context": "foul (or dirty) copy",
"definition": "(of a manuscript) defaced with changes",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "little",
"context": "what a big little boy you are",
"definition": "(of children and animals) young, immature",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "stroke",
"context": "You have to stroke the boss",
"definition": "treat gingerly or carefully",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "design",
"context": "design a new sales strategy",
"definition": "make or work out a plan for; devise",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "clean",
"context": "a clean (or uninfected) wound",
"definition": "free from sepsis or infection",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "claim",
"context": "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day",
"definition": "demand for something as rightful or due",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "grey",
"context": "he was dressed in grey",
"definition": "clothing that is a grey color",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "long",
"context": "took a long view of the geopolitical issues",
"definition": "planning prudently for the future",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "carry",
"context": "Do you carry kerosene heaters?",
"definition": "have on hand",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "smash",
"context": "He smashed a 3-run homer",
"definition": "hit hard",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "drive",
"context": "We drive the turnpike to work",
"definition": "proceed along in a vehicle",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "reference",
"context": "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic",
"definition": "a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "life",
"context": "he hoped for a new life in Australia",
"definition": "the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "root",
"context": "communism's Russian root",
"definition": "the place where something begins, where it springs into being",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "cool",
"context": "cool greens and blues and violets",
"definition": "(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "sweet",
"context": "sweet revenge",
"definition": "pleasing to the mind or feeling",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "loosen",
"context": "loosen the soil",
"definition": "make less dense",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "sign",
"context": "Have you signed your contract yet?",
"definition": "approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "house",
"context": "the House of York",
"definition": "aristocratic family line",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "keen",
"context": "keen winds",
"definition": "painful as if caused by a sharp instrument",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "engaged",
"context": "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight",
"definition": "involved in military hostilities",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "back",
"context": "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back",
"definition": "the part of a garment that covers the back of your body",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "built",
"context": "the built liquid detergents",
"definition": "(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "color",
"context": "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors",
"definition": "(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "fret",
"context": "fret a guitar",
"definition": "provide (a musical instrument) with frets",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "scale",
"context": "scale the gold",
"definition": "measure with or as if with scales",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "show",
"context": "I showed the customer the glove section",
"definition": "indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "practice",
"context": "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner",
"definition": "knowledge of how something is usually done",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "grant",
"context": "Funds are granted to qualified researchers",
"definition": "give as judged due or on the basis of merit",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "lowest",
"context": "the branch with the big peaches on it hung lowest",
"definition": "in the lowest position; nearest the ground",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "system",
"context": "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system",
"definition": "the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "change",
"context": "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic",
"definition": "a difference that is usually pleasant",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "use",
"context": "he put his knowledge to good use",
"definition": "a particular service",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "follow",
"context": "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano",
"definition": "perform an accompaniment to",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "thing",
"context": "a thing of the spirit",
"definition": "a special abstraction",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "service",
"context": "the Sunday service",
"definition": "the act of public worship following prescribed rules",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "head",
"context": "The list was headed by the name of the president",
"definition": "be in the front of or on top of",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "touch",
"context": "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy",
"definition": "affect emotionally",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "dealing",
"context": "he has always been honest is his dealings with me",
"definition": "the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "verbal",
"context": "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal",
"definition": "prolix; - Shakespeare",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "narrow",
"context": "won by a narrow margin",
"definition": "very limited in degree",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "visit",
"context": "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month",
"definition": "stay with as a guest",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "pursued",
"context": "running and leaping like a herd of pursued antelopes",
"definition": "followed with enmity as if to harm",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "beaten",
"context": "beaten gold",
"definition": "formed or made thin by hammering",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "suit",
"context": "This time suits me",
"definition": "be agreeable or acceptable",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "last",
"context": "the last time I saw Paris",
"definition": "coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "lick",
"context": "the dog licked her hand",
"definition": "pass the tongue over",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "leak",
"context": "The news were leaked to the paper",
"definition": "tell anonymously",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "close",
"context": "kept under close custody",
"definition": "strictly confined or guarded",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "book",
"context": "they run things by the book around here",
"definition": "a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "card",
"context": "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate",
"definition": "(baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "latest",
"context": "have you heard the latest?",
"definition": "the most recent news or development",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "hot",
"context": "you are hot",
"definition": "of a seeker; very near to the object sought",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "system",
"context": "he tried to understand their system of classification",
"definition": "an organized structure for arranging or classifying",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "dead",
"context": "passersby were dead to our plea for help",
"definition": "(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "deep",
"context": "a deep dark secret",
"definition": "of an obscure nature; ; ; ; - Rachel Carson",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "value",
"context": "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light",
"definition": "relative darkness or lightness of a color; -Joe Hing Lowe",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "field",
"context": "the set of all rational numbers is a field",
"definition": "(mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "hang",
"context": "This worry hangs on my mind",
"definition": "be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "longer",
"context": "a longer for money",
"definition": "a person with a strong desire for something",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "bite",
"context": "the bite of satire",
"definition": "wit having a sharp and caustic quality",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "tough",
"context": "a tough all-weather fabric",
"definition": "substantially made or constructed",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "out",
"context": "in our house dancing and playing cards were out",
"definition": "excluded from use or mention",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "play",
"context": "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop",
"definition": "a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "man",
"context": "the army will make a man of you",
"definition": "an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "exposure",
"context": "his exposure to ridicule",
"definition": "the state of being vulnerable or exposed",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "model",
"context": "his car was an old model",
"definition": "a type of product",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "standard",
"context": "standard procedure",
"definition": "commonly used or supplied",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "park",
"context": "they went for a walk in the park",
"definition": "a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "shock",
"context": "subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response",
"definition": "a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "slick",
"context": "slick one's hair",
"definition": "give a smooth and glossy appearance",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "hold",
"context": "please hold a table at Maxim's",
"definition": "arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "buy",
"context": "the stock was a real buy at that price",
"definition": "an advantageous purchase",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "trim",
"context": "a trim beard",
"definition": "neat and smart in appearance",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "high",
"context": "he lives high",
"definition": "in a rich manner",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "down",
"context": "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect",
"definition": "cause to come or go down",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "set",
"context": "before the set of sun",
"definition": "the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "carry",
"context": "The civil war carried into the neighboring province",
"definition": "continue or extend",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "tell",
"context": "I tell you that man is a crook!",
"definition": "inform positively and with certainty and confidence",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "form",
"context": "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility",
"definition": "a particular mode in which something is manifested",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "party",
"context": "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day",
"definition": "an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "deep",
"context": "penetrated deep into enemy territory",
"definition": "to a great distance",
"pos": "r"
},
{
"word": "extend",
"context": "The war extended over five years",
"definition": "span an interval of distance, space or time",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "regular",
"context": "the regular army",
"definition": "(used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces",
"pos": "a"
},
{
"word": "house",
"context": "the house gets a percentage of every bet",
"definition": "the management of a gambling house or casino",
"pos": "n"
},
{
"word": "foul",
"context": "a foul pond",
"definition": "disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter",
"pos": "s"
},
{
"word": "fall",
"context": "fall into a category",
"definition": "come under, be classified or included",
"pos": "v"
},
{
"word": "deal",
"context": "a deal of trouble",
"definition": "(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent",
"pos": "n"
}
]