General Flashcards
immerse
to put someone or something deep into a liquid so that they are completely covered.
immerse somebody/something in something.
“Immerse your foot in ice-cold water to reduce the swelling.”
turret
1 a small tower on a large building, especially a castle
2 the place on a tank from which guns are fired
elongate
to become longer, or make something longer than normal
“Her legs were elongated by the very high heels which she wore.”
dusk
the time before it gets dark when the sky is becoming less bright
SYN twilight
“The street lights go on at dusk.”
commence
begin; start:
“his design team commenced work” · “a public inquiry is due to commence on the 16th”
smear
coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance.
his face was smeared with dirt
damage the reputation of (someone) by false accusations; slander.
someone was trying to smear her by faking letters
gam‧ut /ˈɡæmət/
the complete range of possibilities
“College life opened up a whole gamut of new experiences.”
monolithic
A monolithic screen for example
~Yekparche~
Zenith
the point in the sky or celestial sphere directly above an observer.
the time at which something is most powerful or successful.
“under Justinian, the Byzantine Empire reached its zenith of influence”
coincide
to happen at the same time as something else, especially by chance
“When our vacations coincided, we often holidayed together.”
delimiter
A delimiter is a sequence of one or more characters for specifying the boundary between separate, independent regions in plain text, mathematical expressions or other data.
“channel delimiter”