Contaminate
Verb
1. to make inferior or impure by admixture
E.g. be careful not to allow bacteria to contaminate the wound.
Enact
Verb
1. to perform a story or event as a play
E.g. congress will enact legislation related to that issue.
Rascal
Adjective
1. a child who behaves badly but who you like too much to be angry with
E.g. which one of you rascals woke me up?
Deputy
Adjective
1. someone whose job is the second most important in a department or organization, and who takes the responsibilities of the most important person in some situations.
E.g. the club president sent a deputy to the conference to vote on our behalf.
Decisive
Adjective
1. making the final result of a situation completely certain.
E.g. you must be decisive and persistent to succeed in this competitive field.
Fumble
Verb
1. to try to hold, move, or find something using your hands in a way that is not skillful or graceful
E.g. she fumbled for her keys in her purse.
Grotesque
Adjective
1. extremely ugly and strange
E.g. the actors wore dark capes and grotesque masks.
Cluster
Noun
1. a small group of people or things that are very close to one another
E.g. people stood in clusters around the noticeboards.
Susceptible
Adjective
1. easily influenced or affected by something
E.g. police officers here are very susceptible to corruption.
Catastrophe
Noun
1. an event that causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of people suffer
E.g. the oil spill was an environmental catastrophe.
Crown
Verb
1. to place a crown or wreath on the head of
E.g. she crowned her long and distinguished career by designing the city's beautiful new bridge.
Monarch
Noun
1. a person who reigns over a kingdom or empire
E.g. the ruling monarch of Britain at that time was Queen Elizabeth I.
Legalize
Verb
1. to give legal validity or sanction
E.g. the government has legalized the use of the new drug.
Assembly
Noun
1. a company of persons gathered for deliberation and legislation, worship, or entertainment
E.g. the parts are made in this factory and then shipped to another country for assembly.
Conservative
Noun
1. tending or disposed to maintain existing views, conditions, or institutions
E.g. she is a liberal Democrat who married a conservative Republican.
Naughty
Adjective
1. guilty of disobedience or misbehavior
E.g. she gave him a naughty smile.
Supernatural
Adjective
1. of or relating to an order of existence beyond the visible observable universe
E.g. believes in ghosts, guardian angels, and other supernatural beings.
Inexhaustible
Adjective
1. incapable of being used up
E.g. the world's supply of oil is not inexhaustible.
Automatically
Adverb
1. acting or done spontaneously or unconsciously
E.g. without thinking, he gave an automatic reply.
Telecommunication
Noun
1. communication at a distance
E.g. in remote telecommunication units, and in central power stations to produce electricity.
Exist
Verb
1. to have real being whether material or spiritual
E.g. this program could not exist without the energy produced by photovoltaic.
Agenda
Noun
1. all the things that need to be done or that need to be thought about or solved
E.g. the committee set the agenda for the next several years of research.
Peddle
Verb
1. to sell something on the street or by going to customers, instead of in a store
E.g. they peddled fruits and vegetables out of their truck on the side of the road.
Attic
Noun
1. the top floor of a house, directly under the roof
E.g. mom stored the children’s old clothes in the attic above the garage.
Oath
Noun
1. a formal promise, especially one made in a court of law
E.g. don’ t forget that you took an oath not to reveal the secret.
