Precision [prı'sıʒən]

 

=>Noun

1. The state or quality of being precise.

2. Accuracy; exactness:

To arrive at an estimate with precision

3. Mechanical or scientific exactness:

A lens ground with precision

4. Punctiliousness; strictness:

Precision in one's business dealings

5. Mathematics: The degree to which the correctness of a quantity is expressed.

6. Chemistry, Physics: The extent to which a given set of measurements of the same sample agree with their mean.

 

=>Adjective

Of, pertaining to, or characterized by precision:

Precision swimming; precision instruments for aircraft

 

 

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Fiction ['fıkʃən]

 

=>Noun (No plural)

Stories that somebody writes and that are not true:

They enjoy reading fiction.

 

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Anguish ['æŋgwıʃ]

 

=>Noun

1. Excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain:

The anguish of grief

 

=>Verb (Used with object)

1. To inflict with distress, suffering, or pain.

 

(Used without object)

2. To suffer, feel, or exhibit anguish:

To anguish over the loss of a loved one

 

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Hostile ['hɒstəl, 'hɒstaıl]

 

=>Adjective

Very unfriendly:

A hostile crowd

 

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Overlap [,əʋvər'læp]

 

=>Verb (Overlaps, Overlapping, Overlapped [,əʋvər'læpt])

When two thing overlap, part of one thing covers part of the other thing:

The tiles on the roof overlap.

 

=>Overlapping [,əʋvər'læpıŋ](Adjective)

 

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Gamely [geımli]

 

 

=>Adverb

In a game or plucky manner:

They struggled gamely.

 

 

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Whip [wıp]

 

=>Noun

A long piece of leather or rope with a handle, used for making animals move or for hitting people.

 

=>Verb (Whips, Whipping, Whipped [wıpt])

1. To hit an animal or a person with a WHIP:

The rider whipped the horse to make it go faster.

2.To mix food very quickly with a fork, for example, until it is light and thick:

Whipped cream

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