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meat eating
carnivorous
v. to remove, pull out (s.t. firmly fixed): The dentist ~ed a bad tooth.
extract
n. the study of how the body needs and uses food: She's taking a course in ~ in college.
nutrition
adj. slightly wet: From working hard, she became ~ with sweat.
moist
n. a collection of articles in short form: Here is a ~ of today's news.
digest
v. to produce, create: The local power station ~s electricity.
generate
v. to be beneath the surface, esp. in reasoning: Many reasons, including low pay, ~ her thinking about finding a new job.
nderlie
adj. equal, the same: The two computers are ~ in speed.
equivalent
v. to speed up, move faster: The automobile ~d to a speed of 100 miles (160 km) per hour.
accelerate
v. to change the condition or status of s.t.: The owner ~ed the hotel into an apartment building.
convert
v. to eat and drink: That big guy ~ed six bottles of beer and three hamburgers. See: eat.
consume
v. to use, to bring into use: We ~d an old building to store our business files.
utilize
n. money spent on s.t. in the hope of making more money: His ~s in the stock market have made him a millionaire.
investment
n. an advantage, an important person, thing, or quality: She is very talented and is a real ~ to our company.
asset
n. a worker for a cause, a supporter: He is an ~ of human rights.
v. to propose or support an idea: She ~s lower taxes.
advocate
v. lates to add up, increase: Interest ~s in my savings account month by month
accumulate
v. to change, move up and down: During this past week, temperatures have ~d 50 degrees.
fluctuate
v. to balance, (syn.) to compensate for: His bad behavior is ~ by his hard work.
offset
adj. strong, steady: a ~ table with four thick legs
stable
v. to last in spite of, (syns.) to endure, to tolerate: She is strong and can ~ pain.
withstand
adj. pointing out faults, derogatory, disparaging: The teacher wrote ~ remarks on my paper about mistakes that I made.
critical
n. the halfway point in an ordered array of numbers: The income of people in this city ranges from zero to $250,000 per year; the ~ is $125,000.
median
adj. clear, direct, without complications: Your directions for changing a tire were ~; it was easy!
straightforward
v. to rot: Fallen leaves and trees ~ into the ground over time.
decay
v. to keep in existence by providing support, strength, or necessities: This poor diet is not enough to ~ the population in this country.
sustain
v. to start, put into action: The meat company ~ed a new advertising plan for low-fat beef.
implement
n. one's general condition, (syn.) well-being: The mother is concerned about her son's ~.
welfare
adj. last, highest: The ~ responsibility for this project belongs to the boss.
ultimate
n. a characteristic, quality of a person or thing: He is a handsome man with many other good ~s.
attribute
v. to provide paid work to people: That company ~s 1,000 workers.
employ
v. [T] 1 to change, (syn.) to falsify: A student ~ed the grade on his paper to make it seem higher than it actually was.
alter
adj. going across a continent: The ~ railroad united the USA in the nineteenth century.
transcontinental
v. to twist, bend out of shape: Anger ~ed his face.
distort
n. usu. sing. tiny pieces of rock, sand, dirt, food, etc., that collect at the bottom of a liquid: I washed the ~ out of my wine glass.
sediment
adj. much, a lot: That family owns a ~ amount of land.
considerable
adj. naturally belonging to or part of s.t.: Love is ~ in a good marriage.
inherent
n. good productivity or performance: Management praised the workers for their ~.
efficiency
adj. slanted, tilted: The road is ~ steeply upward.
inclined
n. a rise in prices and lowering of currency's value: ~ was so great that bread cost twice as much in June as it did in May.
inflation
v. to make s.o. do s.t., (syns.) to persuade, coax: His wife's love of the ocean ~d him to take a vacation at the seashore.
induce
v. to pay s.o.: That company ~s its employees well.||The insurance company ~d the man for his injuries.
compensate
n. public disagreement, usu. involving strong opinions and an important subject: There is a lot of ~ about the effect of television violence on children.
ontroversy
v. to handle, change the position of s.t.: A worker ~s the levers of the bulldozer.||A musician ~d the strings of a guitar.
manipulate
n. the mental act or process of becoming aware of a thought or sensation: That scientist studies ~ in animals.
perception
v. to hide s.t.: The thief ~ed a pistol under his coat.
conceal
n. the result of doing s.t.: He drank heavily and died as a ~.
consequence
n. a statement saying that s.t. is not true: The Senator issued a ~ of the story connecting her to organized crime.
denial
n. an act of choosing to leave one's job or post: He handed in his ~ as ambassador to Japan.
resignation
n. an opinion, about the quality of s.t., such as a person's character: She guards her ~ by being honest with everyone.
reputation
n. sadness without hope of relief: When she learned that she had cancer, she fell into the depths of ~.
despair
v. to demand that s.o. explain s.t. that he may have done wrong: The owner ~ed the employee with the stolen supplies found in his desk.
confront
v. to govern or treat cruelly and unjustly, (syn.) to subjugate: The upper classes ~ the poorer people by taking land away from them.
oppress
v. to go beyond or above a measure or standard, (syn.) to surpass: His concern about his business ~s money; he thinks of the benefits to his customers.
transcend
adj. belonging naturally to s.o. or s.t., (syn.) inherent: Hunting mice is ~ behavior in most cats.
intrinsic
as the representative of: As her lawyer, I act ~~~ Mrs. Jones by going to court.
on behalf of
adj. exposed, unprotected: The soldiers were in a position ~ to attack by the enemy.
vulnerable