extra (zinnen) Flashcards
adjacent
What side is adjacent to x, that isn’t the hypotenuse?
proximity
I’m sure the proximity sensor was trigged by a meteor again.
to exploit
Skills needed to exploit opportunities may be in short supply.
to coincide with
To coincide with the duration of the 10th European Development Fund (2008 to 2013) (10th EDF) and the multiannual financial framework 2007 to 2013, it should be extended until December 2013.
a coup
When there was a coup in Burma, now Myanmar, in 1988, they closed the universities.
realignment
For some patients, the jaw slides back too far while the person is sleeping, making jaw realignment the ideal approach.
to discard
She started the coffee and picked up an empty pop bottle from the counter to discard in the trash.
to deploy
The decision has been made to deploy extra troops/more powerful weapons.
to penalize
Conclusion: Sometimes a strict regulation is indispensable to penalize unpunctuality due to the inertia of people.
to forego
Mickey agreed to forego his holiday for the new project.
to implement
Like all other major charities, we are employing increasingly expert staff to implement and disseminate the product of expensive information technology.
prerequisite
Passing a written exam is a prerequisite for taking the advanced course.
to supersede
In the latter sense, modern usage tends to supersede “officinal” by “official.”
a tie- a draw
The math ended in a tie-a draw
cumulative
Depression is often caused by the cumulative effects of stress and overwork.
to decrease
Better health education should help to decrease the incidence of heart disease.
ongoing effects
What ongoing effects did the doctor say this medicine has on people?
aggregate
It imposed fines totalling ￡328,500 on 105 solicitors, compared with 76 solicitors fined an aggregate of ￡216,000 the year before.
equilibrium
I paused in the hall to take three deep breaths to restore my equilibrium.
to meddle
Already some people are asking whether scientists have any right to meddle in such matters.
contentious
Smog and acid rain, water pollution and sewage disposal, dams and river-flows will become ever more contentious issues.
to disenchant
It is necessary to disenchant this mysticism aesthetics of practical aesthetics
to reestablish
Objective To reestablish cell polarity of hepatocytes cultured in vitro
to dissuade
Doctors had tried to dissuade patients from smoking.
abdication
This time, she promise the promise, can’t again abdication second time.
to prevail
Your inner strength will enable you to prevail over life’s obstacles.
allure
The allure of diamonds lies at the heart of the issue.
confines
. Hypothetical thinking goes beyond the confines of everyday experience.
deterrent
The bodies of executed criminals were hung on the city gates as a deterrent.
subjugation
These are the implements of war and subjugation ; the last arguments to which kings resort.
overt
In such a day, wars are usually the overt result of hopelessly confused covert causes.
to be compelled to
The students ought not to be compelled to go back of academic titles to find out what they mean.
apex
As if this were an apex of this island, its source of gravitational pull.
non-proliferation
We must also pursue nuclear non-proliferation as vigorously as we can.
penchant
If Patsy had a penchant for a pretty frock, Hughie Gallacher had a drink problem.
military junta
The country was ruled by a military junta from 1974 until 1982.
to intertwine with
The town’s prosperity is inextricably intertwined with the fortunes of the factory
to instigate
bjective: To instigate both prescription and stability of galanthamine hydrobromide dispersion tablets.
preponderance
With the continuing preponderance of the agricultural population this aspiration was not then as unrealistic as it might seem today.
to elicit fear
Since the scary holiday is a good excuse for television programmers to try to elicit fear, two ancestors of “Vampire Bats” are also being shown this week.
vulnerable
Babies are weak and vulnerable in the presence of huge shapes that they can only dimly perceive.
to follow suit
Did an accumulation of arms contribute to national security or undermine it by encouraging opponents to follow suit?
insurgency
A communist group is waging a 21-year insurgency against the national government.
quagmire
Since the coup, the country has sunk deeper into a quagmire of violence and lawlessness.
foreign oppressor
Lee is a powerful figure for the Chinese because he emphasised power and resolve in the face of adversity, particularly from foreign oppressors.
to ratify a treatment
Mr Bush also wants Congress to ratify a free-trade deal with Colombia.
ascendant power
It’s useful to keep that in mind as the trope about soft power again gets earnestly bandied about, only this time with China as the newly ascendant power.
to oust
Last week they tried to oust him in a parliamentary vote of no confidence.
massacre
The perpetrators of the massacre must be brought to justice as war criminals.
ardent
The ardent hope for the future brought them through all the sufferings during the war.
turmoil
He shivered, his thoughts in turmoil, his pulse racing.
ambivalence
The document expressed some ambivalence over the doctrine of predestination.
surveillance flights
Iraq is blocking U - 2 surveillance flights requested by the United Nations.
