captive "captives"1. (ADJ) A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.E.X: Her heart had begun to pound inside her chest like a captive animal.2. (PHRASE) If you take someone captive or hold someone captive, you take or keep them
Read more…robbery "robberies"(NOUN) Robbery is the crime of stealing money or property from a bank, shop, or vehicle, often by using force on threats.E.X: The man was serving a sentence for robbery with violence.robber "robbers"(N-COUNT) A robber is someone wh
Read more…cottage "cottages"(N-COUNT) A cottage is a small house, usually in the country.E.X: My sister also came to live in cottage with me.giddy "giddier, giddiest"(ADJ, = dizzy) If you feel giddy, you feel unsteady and think you are about to fall over, usua
Read more…greed(N-UNCOUNT, =avarice) Greed is the desire to have more of something, such as food or money, than is necessary or fair.E.X: I get fed up with other people's greed.…an insatiable greed for personal power…greedy "greedier, greediest"(ADJ) If you de
Read more…deadline "deadlines"(N-COUNT) A deadline is a time or data before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done.E.X: We were not able to meet the deadline because of manufacturing delays.imprint "imprints, imprinting, im
Read more…equip "equips, equipping, equipped"(VERB) If you equip a person or thing with something, you give them the tools or equipment that they are needed.E.X: Owners of restaurants would have to equip them to admit disabled people.equipment(N-UNCOUNT) Equip
Read more…valley "valleys"(N-COUNT) A valley is a low stretch of land between hills, especially one that has a river flowing through it.hostile1. (ADJ, =aggressive, =/cordial) Someone who is hostile is unfriendly and aggressive.E.X: Drinking may make a person
Read more…prerequisite "prerequisites"(N-COUNT, =precondition) If one thing is a prerequisite for another, if most happen or exist before the other thing is possible.E.X: Good self-esteem is a prerequisite for a happy life.self-esteem(N-UNCOUNT) Your self-este
Read more…terror "terrors"1. (N-UNCOUNT) Terror is very great fear.E.X: I shocked with terror whenever I was about to fly in an aeroplane.2. (N-COUNT) A terror is something that makes you very frightened.E.X: As a boy, he had a real terror of facing people.fri
Read more…achieve "achieves, achieving, achieved"(VERB, =accomplish) If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.E.X: There are many who will work hard to achieve these goals.achieve
Read more…butcher "butchers, butchering, butchered"1. (N-COUNT) A butcher is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies.2. (VERB) To butcher an animal means to kill it and cut
Read more…destroy "destroys, destroying, destroyed"1. (VERB, = wreck) To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any move.E.X: No one was injured in the explosion, but the building was completely des
Read more…Sorry for late today, but I was shopping :Dembroider "embroiders, embroidering, embroidered"1. (VERB) If something such as clothing or cloth is embroidered with a deign, the design is stitched into it.E.X: I have a pillow with my name embroidered on
Read more…tempt "tempts, tempting, tempted"(VERB) Something that tempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful.E.X: It is the fresh fruit that tempts me at this time of year.temptation "temptations"(N) If you feel you wa
Read more…milestone "milestones"1. (N-COUNT) A milestone is an important event in the history or development of something or someone.E.X: Starting school is a milestone for both children and parents.2. (N-COUNT) A milestone is a stone by the side of a road sho
Read more…overestimate "overestimates, overestimating, oeverestimated"1. (VERB, =/ underestimate) If you say that ,someone overestimates something, you mean that they think it is greater in amount or importance than it really is.E.X: With hindsight, he was ove
Read more…hazard "hazards, hazarding, hazarded"1. (N-COUNT, oft N to/for n, N of n) A hazard is something which could be dangerous to you, your health or safety, or your plans or reputation.E.X: A new report suggests that chewing-gum may be a health hazard.2.
Read more…adjust "adjusts, adjusting, adjusted"1. (VERB) When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behavior or your ideas.E.X: I felt I had adjusted to the idea of being a mother very well. (V to n)It has been hard to adjust but n
Read more…shed "sheds, shedding"NOTE: The form shed is used in present tense and in the past tense and past participle of the verb.1. (N-COUNT) A shed is a small building that is used for storing things such as garden tools.E.X: … a garden shed.2. (N-COUNT, us
Read more…nought "noughts"NOTE: The spelling naught is also used for meaning 2.1. (NUMBER, = zero) Nought is the number 0.E.X: Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month.Houses are graded from nought to ten for energy efficiency.When you write down in
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