dismount verb

/dɪˈsmaʊnt/ v [I]

to get off a horse, bicycle or motorcycle

oven noun

/ˈʌv.ən/ n [C]

the part of a cooker with a door, which is used to cook food

a conventional/gas/fan-assisted oven

a microwave oven

a cool/medium/hot oven

Place the cake in the oven at 200°C.

Calcutta in summer is like an oven (= extremely and uncomfortably hot).

apparatus noun ( EQUIPMENT )

/ˌæp.əˈreɪ.təs//-ˈræt ̬.əs/ n (plural apparatus or apparatuses)

[C or U] a set of equipment or tools or sometimes a machine which is used for a particular purpose

a piece of apparatus

The divers checked their breathing apparatus.

apparatus noun ( ORGANIZATION )

/ˌæp.əˈreɪ.təs//-ˈræt ̬.əs/ n (plural apparatus or apparatuses)

[C usually singular] an organization or system, especially a political one

The whole apparatus of communism was already falling apart.

conspire verb

/kənˈspaɪər //-ˈspaɪr/ v [I]

to plan secretly with other people to do something bad, illegal or against someone's wishes

[+ to infinitive] He felt that his colleagues were conspiring together to remove him from his job.

As girls, the sisters used to conspire with each other against their brother.

reiterate verb

/riˈɪt.ər.eɪt//-ˈɪt ̬.ɚ.eɪt/ v [T] formal

to say something again, once or several times

The government has reiterated its refusal to compromise with terrorists.

[+ that] She reiterated that she had never seen him before.

daunting adjective

/ˈdɔːn.tɪŋ//ˈdɑːn.t ̬ɪŋ/ adj

making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability to achieve something

In spite of unification, the country was still faced with the daunting prospect of overcoming four decades of division.

daunt verb

/dɔːnt//dɑːnt/ v [T often passive]

to make someone feel slightly frightened or worried about their ability to achieve something; to discourage

She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem.

traitor noun

/ˈtreɪ.tər//-t ̬ɚ/ n [C] disapproving

a person who is not loyal or stops being loyal to their own country, social class, beliefs, etc.

The leaders of the rebellion were hanged as traitors.

The Chinese Communist Party branded (= called) Mr Gorbachev 'a traitor to socialism'.

traitorous adjective

/ˈtreɪ.tər.əs//-t ̬ɚ-/ adj formal disapproving