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Omni-present The uprising of economic distress has to do with the ubiquitous recession |
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| 1. | a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter. The vingette of the old book consisted of vines crawling up the border | |
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forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, esp. from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence. The child chose abstain from sexual encounters in his hope for becoming a priest one day |
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having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision. The clarvoiyant cop saw the face of the murderer once shes saw the crime scene |
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| The solution wass tested and was found to have a ph greater than seven hence it was an alkali solution. |
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| A class of Jewish or Christian writings that appeared from about 200 b.c. to a.d. 350 and were assumed to make revelations an apocalyptic ending |
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| The fundraisor was conducted under the auspices of the town |
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| The boreal winds would be good to convert energy utilizing wind turbines |
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| The carnage in mumbai left a feeling of vulnerability that terrorism coud happen anywhere |
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| In the old days the chatelaine was the mistress of a castle |
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| The clathrate foliage had a latticelike structure |
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The iq test proved that the student had average cognitive abilities
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My mom solves the cryptic codes in the news paper every saturday morning |
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To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame. The womens gossip dengegrated the mans reputaion |
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obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance. He surreptitiously stole the blueprints for the science fair project |
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a formal discourse or treatise in which a subject is examined and discussed; dissertation. the doctural student went attended a diquisition on his disertation |
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| The draconian budget cuts costed the livings of many city workers |
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capacity for producing a desired result or effect His efficacy prompted his employer to give him a raise |
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