29/11/2015 evening Flashcards
moderate
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immerse
- to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
- to involve deeply; absorb: immersed in her law practice.
- to baptize by immersion.
wholesome
conducive to or suggestive of good health and physical well-being:
the food is plentiful and very wholesome.
▪ conducive to or characterized by moral well-being:
good wholesome fun.
enterprise
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prominent
something that stands out-she had prominent lips it was inexplicable how they where natural.
domestic
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temperate
Temperate is used to describe a climate or a place which is never extremely hot or extremely cold. The Nile Valley keeps a temperate climate throughout the year.2 showing restrain
Charles was temperate in his consumption of both food and drink.
puncture
- To pierce with a pointed object.
- To make (a hole) by piercing.
- To depreciate or deflate: cutting remarks that punctured my ego.
To be pierced or punctured: The tire punctured when it hit the curb.
abundance
A great or plentiful amount: an abundance of rain.
b. The condition of being in rich supply: bananas growing in abundance.
2.
a. Degree of plentifulness: “Species of low abundance are ignored in the calculation of predominance” (William M. Lewis).
3. Affluence; prosperity: living in abundance.
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