Book Vocabulary I

noun

1.  belief about (or mental picture of) the future

2.  anticipating with confidence of fulfillment

3.  the feeling that something is about to happen

4.  the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

adv.

1.  almost; nearly

2.  in a practical manner

3.  (degree adverb used before a noun phase)  for all practical purposes but not completely

adj.

1.  showing concern for the rights and feelings of others

verb

1.  speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

2.  pronounce judgment on

noun

1.  a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident

2. something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

3.  any clever maneuver

noun

a feeling of craving something

noun

1.  the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

2.  a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

3.  a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grass fire by clearing a burned area in its path

4.  a miscalculation that recoils on it maker

noun

a short newspaper arcticle about a particular person or group

adj.

1.  concerning or affecting a particular person or his or private life and personality

2.  of or arising from personality

3.  indicating grammatical person

4.  particular to a given individual

5.  intimately concerning a person's body or physical being

noun

1.  a decree that prohibits something

• verb
• 1.  forbid the public distribution of

2.  prohibit expecially by legal means or social pressure

3.  ban from a place of residence as for punishment

4.  expel from a community or group

noun

the action of attacking an enemy

adj.

1.  for the purpose of attack rather than defense

2.  causing anger or annoyance

3.  morally offensive

4.  unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

5.  substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one

6.    causing or able to cause nausea

noun

1.  a vote to select the winner of a position or political office

2.  the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice

3.  the status or fact of being elected

noun

an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds

noun

1.  a deliberately false or improbable account

2.  writing in a fictional form

3.  the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

4.  the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

noun

the act of making something completely wet

noun

money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

verb

1.  release after a security has been paid

2.  empty (a vessel) by bailing

verb

1.  elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

2.  come up with an idea, plan, explanation, theory or principle after a mental effort

3.  put into words an expression

4.  prepare according to a formula

noun

1.  a kind of literary or artistic work

2.  a style of expressing yourself in writing

3.  an expressive style of music

4.  a class of art (or artisitic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique

adj.

full of showing high-spirited merriment

• verb
• 1.  discuss the terms of an arrangement

2.  succeed in passing through, around, or over

noun

1.  a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria (pursuit of knowledge)

2.  the act of searching for something

verb

1.  make a search (for)

2.  search the trail of (game)

3.  seek alms, as for religious purposes

4.  express the need or desire for; as for