HAI

L|hai
l
SCHEME|
scheme
noun:hai
l
noun:s
cheme;pl
uralnoun:s
chemes

HS
pel
let
soff
roz
enr
ainwhi
chf
alli
nshower
sfr
om c
umul
oni
mbusc
louds
. alar
ge-scalesys
temati
cplanorarr
angementforatt
aini
ngs
ome
• al
argenumberofobject
shur
ledf
orc
eful
lyt
hrought
heai
r. part
icul
arobjectorput
tingapart
icul
ari
deaintoeffect.
"ahai
lofbul
let
s" "acl
evermarketi
ngsc
heme"

HATRED|
ha·
tred
noun:hat
red;pl
uralnoun:hat
reds SCHORL|
schor
l
i
ntens
edi
sl
ikeorillwill
. noun:s
chor
l
"r
acialhatred" abl
acki
ron-
ri
chvar
iet
yoft
our
mal
ine.

HERBI
CIDE|
her
b·i
·
cide
noun:her
bici
de;pl
uralnoun:her
bici
des
SEI
ZE|
sei
ze
as
ubs
tancet
hati
stoxictopl
ants,usedt
odestr
oyunwantedveget
ati
on. ver
b:seize;3rdper
s onpresent
:sei
zes;pas
ttense:sei
zed;
"
far
merssprayedaprot
ec t
edwil
dflowermeadowwithherbi
ci
de" pastpar
tici
ple:s
eized;gerundorpres
entparti
ci
ple:sei
zing;

t
akehol
dofsuddenl
yandf
orc
ibl
y.
"s
hejumpedupandsei
zedhi
sar
m"
HOL
LOW |
hol
·
low
adject
ive:holl
ow;comparati
veadj
ect
ive:hol
lower
;
superl
ativeadj
ect
ive:hol
lowest
havi
ngahol
eorempt yspac
einsi
de. SEW |
sew
"eachfiberhasaholl
owcore"
ver
b:s
ew;3rdpers
onpresent
:sews;pas
ttense:sewed;
noun:hol
low;pl
uralnoun:hol
lows ger
undorpr
esentpar
tic
ipl
e:sewi
ng;pastpar
tici
ple:s
ewn
ahol
eordepr
essi
oni
nsomet
hing. j
oin,
fas
ten,orrepai
r(s
omet hi
ng)bymaki
ngs
tit
cheswithaneedl
eand
"aholl
owatt
hebas
eofalar
get
ree" t
hreadoras ewingmachi
ne.
"s
hes ewedtheseamsandhemmedtheborder
"

HURRI
CANE|
hur
·ri
·
cane
SHI
N|shi
n
noun:hur
ricane;pl
uralnoun:hur
ricanes
noun:s
hin;pl
uralnoun:s
hins
ast
orm wit
haviol
entwind,i
npar
tic
ularatropi
calcycl
onei
nthe
Car
ibbean. t
hef
rontoft
helegbelowtheknee.
"apower
fulhur
ric
anehi
ttheFlor
idacoast" • ac utofbeeffr
om t
helowerpar
tofac
ow'
sleg.
I
LL|
il
l RACI
AL|
ra·
cial
adj
ect
ive:i
ll
;compar
ati
veadj
ect
ive:i
ll
er;s
uper
lat
iveadj
ect
ive:i
ll
est adj
ect
ive:r
aci
al

IR
• noti
nfullheal
th;si
ck.
• r
elat
ingtorac
e.
"herdaughteri
sseri
ous
lyi
ll
"
"araci
alminor
ity"
• poori
nqual i
ty.
• ont
hegroundsoforc
onnect
edwi
thdi
ffer
enc
einr
ace.
"
il
ljudgmentdogst
heuns
ucc
ess
ful
"
"r
aci
alhat
red"

I
NMATE|
in·
mat
e
RAGE|
rage
noun:i
nmat
e;pl
uralnoun:i
nmat
es
noun:r
age;pl
uralnoun:r
ages
aper
sonc
onfinedtoanins
tit
utionsuchasapri
sonorhos
pit
al.
"i
nmatesoft
heLouis
ianaStat
ePeni
tenti
ary" vi
olent
,uncont
rol
labl
eanger
.
"herf
acewasdis
tor
tedwi
thr
age"

I
NTERI
OR|
in·
te·
ri
·or REF
EREE|
ref
·er
·ee
adj
ect
ive:i
nter
ior noun:r
efer
ee;pl
uralnoun:r
efer
ees
s
ituat
edwit
hinorinside;r
elat
ingtotheins
ide;i
nner
.
anoffic i
alwhowatchesagameormat c
hc losel
ytoens
urethattherul
esare
"
theint
eriorli
ghti
ngisnotadequate"
adheredtoand(insomes ports
)toarbitrat
eonmat ter
sarisi
ngfrom the
play
.rewordi
ngofsomethi
ngwr itt
enors pokenbysomeoneelse.
"
theref
ereebl
ewhi swhist
leforapenalt
y"

I
TINERARY|
i·
ti
n·er
·ar
·y
noun:i
ti
ner
ary;pl
uralnoun:i
ti
ner
ari
es
REL
Y|r
e·l
y
apl
annedrout
eorjour
ney
.
"
hisi
ti
ner
aryi
ncl
udedanoffic
ialvi
si
ttoCanada" ver
b:rel
y;3rdpers
onpresent
:rel
ies;pasttense:rel
ied;
pastpar
tic
ipl
e:r
eli
ed;ger
undorpr esentparti
cipl
e:relyi
ng

dependonwi t
hful
ltr
ustorconfidence.
"IknowIcanrel
yonyourdis
c r
eti
on"
I
NFL
ATI
ON|
in·
fl
a·t
ion
noun:i
nflat
ion
• t
heact
ionofinflat
ings
omethingort
hec
ondi
ti
onofbei
ngi
nflat
ed. RESTRI
CT|
re·
str
ict
"t
heinflati
onofabal
loon"
ver
b:restr
ict
;3rdpers
onpr es
ent:res
tricts;pas
ttense:r
est
rict
ed;
• agener
ali
nc r
easei
npri
cesandfal
lint
hepurc
has
ingval
ue pastpar
tic
ipl
e:r
estri
cted;gerundorpresentparti
ci
ple:r
est
rict
ing
ofmoney
"pol
ici
esaimedatc
ontr
oll
ingi
nflati
on" putal
imi
ton;keepunderc
ontrol.
"someroadsmayhavetobec l
osedatpeakt
imest
o
res
tri
ctthenumberofvi
sit
ors
"
J
ACTI
TATI
ON|
jac·
ti
·t
a·t
ion QUAY|
quay
noun:j
act
itat
ion noun:quay;pl
uralnoun:quays

JQ
aconcret
e,stone,
ormetalpl
atf
or mlyi
ngal
ongs
ideorpr
oject
ingi
nto
t
her
est
les
stos
singoft
hebodyi
nil
lnes
s. waterf
orloadingandunl
oadi
ngs hi
ps.
• t
het
wit
chi
ngofal
imbormus
cle.

QUAF
F|quaf
f
JOHNNYCAKE|
john·
ny·
cake
ver
b:quaff;3rdpersonpres
ent:quaffs;pas
ttense:quaffed;
noun:j
ohnnycake;noun:j
ohnnycake;pl
uralnoun:j
ohnnycakes pastpar
tic
ipl
e:quaffed;gerundorpres
entpart
ici
ple:quaffing
• aflatc
ornmealc
aket
ypi
cal
lybak
edorf
ri
edonagr
iddl
e. dr
ink(
somethi
ng,es
pec
ial
lyanal
cohol
icdr
ink)hear
til
y.
“hequaffedpi
ntaft
erpi
ntofgoodBerkshi
reale"
• as
mal
l,
thi
nunl
eavenedwheatl
oafbak
edi
nwoodas
hes

JOURNEYMAN|
jour
·ney·
man QUEEF|
queef
noun:j
our
neyman;pl
uralnoun:j
our
neymen noun:queef
;pl
uralnoun:queef
s

awor
kerors
portspl
ayerwhoisreli
ablebutnotout
standi
ng. anaudibler
eleas
eofai
rfr
om t
hevagi
na,
typi
cal
lydur
ingoraf
ter
"asol
idj
ourneymanprofes
sional
" sexuali
nter
course.

JURI
SPRUDENCE|
ju·
ri
s·
pru·
dence QUEER|
queer
noun:j
uri
spr
udenc
e
adject
ive:queer
;comparati
veadj
ect
ive:queer
er;
t
het
heor
yorphi
losophyoflaw. superl
ativeadj
ecti
ve:queer
est
"Ameri
canjuri
spr
udence"
s
trange;odd.
"
shehadaqueerf
eel
ingt
hatt
heywer
ebei
ngwat
ched"

JUSTI
FI
ABL
E|j
us·
ti
·f
i·
a·bl
e
QUI
D|qui
d
adj
ect
ive:j
ust
ifiabl
e
noun:qui
d;pl
uralnoun:qui
d
abl
etobes
hownt oberightorreasonabl
e;def
ens
ibl
e.
"i
tisnotfinanc
iall
yjus
tifiabl
e" onepoundster
li
ng.
"wepaidhi
mfourhundr
edqui
d"
KAL
PA|
kal
·
pa P
ACE|
pace
noun:kal
pa noun:pac
e;pl
uralnoun:pac
es

KP
(i
nHi nducosmology)aperi
odinwhi
cht
heuni
ver
seexper
ienc
esa as
ingl
est
eptakenwhenwal kingorrunni
ng.
cycl
eofcreat
ionanddest
ruct
ion • auni toflengthrepresenti
ngthedi
stanc
ebet
weent
wo
suc
cessivestepsinwalking.
• agai
tofahorseorotherani
mal
,es
pec
ial
lyoneoft
he
r
ecogni
zedtr
ainedgait
sofahor
se.
KANA|
ka·
na
noun:kana
P
ANEL|
pan·
el
thesyst
em ofs
yllabi
cwrit
ingus
edf
orJ
apanes
e,havi
ngt
wof
orms
,
hir
aganaandkatakana. noun:panel
;pl
uralnoun:panel
s

aflatorcurvedcomponent ,typical
lyrect
angul
ar,
thatformsoriss
eti
nto
t
hesurf
aceofadoor ,wal
l,orc ei
li
ng.
KEX|
kex "alay
erofinsul
atingmat eri
alshoul
dbeplacedbetween
thepanelsandthewal l"
noun:kex

• any of sever
al l
arge holl
ow-st
emmed umbel
li
fer
ous pl
ant
s,
suc
hasc owparsni
pandc hervi
l
P
ARAPHRASE|
par
·a·
phr
ase
• t
hedr
ieds
tal
ksofanyoft
hes
epl
ant
s
oun:par
aphr
ase;pl
uralnoun:par
aphr
ases

ar
ewor
dingofsomethingwri
ttenorspok
enbys
omeoneel
se.
KNUCKL
E|knuck·
l
e "t
hispar
aphraseofSt
. Paul
'
swords
"

noun:knuckl
e;pl
uralnoun:knuckl
es

apar
tofafingeratajointwher
ethebonei
snearthesur
face,
espec
ial
ly P
ATENT|
pat
·ent
wher
ethefingerjoi
nsthehand.
"Charl
otterappedonthewi
ndowwithherknuckl
es" noun:pat
ent
;pl
uralnoun:pat
ent
s

agovernmentaut hori
tyorl
icenseconf
erri
ngari
ghtortitl
eforasetperi
od,
es
peciall
yt hesol
erightt
oex cl
udeothersfr
om maki
ng, usi
ng,orsel
li
ngan
i
nventi
on.
KOS|
ko "hetookoutapatentforanimproveds
team hammer "
pl
uralnoun:KOs

• aknoc
kouti
naboxi
ngmat
ch.
PEAK|
peak
ver
b:3r
dper
sonpr
esent
:KOs
noun:peak;pl
uralnoun:peaks
• knoc
k(anopponent
)outi
naboxi
ngmat
ch.
t
hepoi
ntedtopofamount ai
n.
"thesnowypeaksros
eagai
nstt
hebl
ueofac
loudl
esss
ky"
L
EAGUE|
league OAF|
oaf
noun:l
eague;pl
uralnoun:l
eagues noun:oaf
;pl
uralnoun:oaf
s

LO
acoll
ect
ionofpeople,countries
,orgroupsthatcombi
nef
orapar
tic
ular as
tupi
d,uncul
tur
ed,orcl
ums yperson.
pur
pose,typi
cal
lymutualprotecti
onorcooperat
ion. "
theyar
ejustbi
g,c
lums yoafs
"
"theLeagueofNations"

L
IBERTY|
li
b·er
·ty OCCUR|
oc·
cur
ver
b:occur;3r
dpers
onpr esent:oc
cur
s;pasttense:occur
red;
noun:l
iber
ty
pastpar
tic
ipl
e:oc
curred;gerundorpr
esentparti
cipl
e:occurr
ing
thest
ateofbeingfr
eewi t
hinsoci
etyf
rom oppressi
verest
rict
ionsimpos
ed happen;
takepl
ace.
byauthor
ityonone'swayofli
fe,
behavi
or,
orpol i
ti
calvi
ews. "t
heacci
dentoc
cur
redatabout3:
30p.
m."
"compuls
or yr
eti
rementwouldi
nterf
erewi t
hindi
viduall
iber
ty"

L
ITI
GATE|
li
t·
i·
gat
e OPTI
MISTI
C|op·
ti
·mi
s·
ti
c
adj
ect
ive:opt
imi
sti
c
ver
b:lit
igate;3r
dpersonpresent
:li
ti
gates
;pastt
ense:l
iti
gat
ed;
pastpart
ici
ple:l
iti
gat
ed;gerundorpres
entpar
tic
ipl
e:li
ti
gati
ng hopef
ulandconfidentaboutt
hefutur
e.
"t
heoptimis
ticmoodoft
heSixt
ies
"
got
olaw;beapartytoalaws ui
t.
"thepl
aint
iffispreparedtol
it
igat
e"

L
OOSE|
loose
OUGHT|
ought
adject
ive:loos
e;comparat
iveadj
ect
ive:l
oos
er;
superl
ativeadj
ect
ive:l
oosest modalver
b:ought

notfir
mlyorti
ghtl
yfix
edinpl
ace;det
achedorabl
etobedet
ached. usedt
oindic
atedutyorc
orrect
ness,
typi
cal
lywhenc
rit
ici
zi
ng
"
alooset
oot
h" someone'
sacti
ons.
"t
heyoughttor
espectthel
aw"

L
UST|
lust
OUNCE|
ounce
noun:l
ust
noun:ounc
e;pl
uralnoun:ounc
es;s
ymbol
:oz
ver
yst
rongsexualdesi
re.
"
heknewt hathi
slus
tforherhadr
etur
ned" auni
tofwei
ghtofonesi
xteent
hofapoundavoi
rdupoi
s
(
appr
oximat
ely28grams
)
MATRI
CUL
ATE|
ma·
tri
c·u·
l
ate NAUSEA|
nau·
se·
a
ver
b:matri
cul
ate;3rdpersonpresent:matr
iculat
es; noun:naus
ea

MN
pastt
ens
e:matri
culated;pastparti
ci
ple:matri
culat
ed;
ger
undorpres
entpartic
ipl
e:mat r
iculati
ng af
eel
ingofsicknesswi thaninc
linat
iont
ovomit.
•loat
hing;revulsi
on.
beenr
oll
edatacoll
egeoruni
ver
sit
y. "
intendedt oinduceafeeli
ngofnos
tal
gia,
itonl
yinduc
es
"hemat
ric
ulat
edatt
heUniver
sit
yofVer
mont
” inmeaf eeli
ngofnausea"

METHANE|
met
h·ane
NEGL
IGENT|
neg·
l
i·
gent
noun:met
hane
adj
ect
ive:negl
igent
acolorless
,odorl
essflammablegaswhi
chisthemai
nconsti
tuentof
naturalgas.I
tist
hesimpl
estmemberofthealk
aneser
iesof f
ail
ingt
otakepr
opercareindoi
ngs omet
hing.
hydrocarbons. "
dir
ect
orshavebeennegl
igenti
ntheper
for
manc
eoft
hei
rdut
ies
"

METHYL|
met
h·yl NEUTRAL|
neu·
tral
modi
fiernoun:met
hyl adj
ect
ive:neut
ral

ofordenot
ingthealkylradi
cal—CH3,der
ivedf
rom met
haneand nothelpi
ngorsuppor
tingei
thers
idei
nac onflict
,di
sagreement,
etc.
;
pres
entinmanyor gani
cc ompounds
. i
mpar t
ial
.
"methylbromide" "
dur
ingtheSecondWorldWar,
Portugalwasneutral
"

MI
X|mi
x NEVERTHEL
ESS|
nev·
er·
the·
l
ess
ver
b:mix;3rdper
s onpres
ent:mixes;pasttense:mixed; adver
b:never
thel
ess
pastpar
tic
ipl
e:mixed;gerundorpresentparti
cipl
e:mixi
ng
i
nspi
teofthat
;notwi
ths
tanding;al
lthesame.
c
ombi
neorputtogethert
oform onesubst
anc
eormas s
.
"stat
ementswhic
h,alt
houghlit
eral
lyt
rue,
arenev
ert
hel
ess
"pepperc
ornsaresometimesmix
edwithot
herspi
ces
misl
eadi
ng"
f
oratablecondi
ment"

MUGGY|
mug·
gy NOTWI
THST
ANDI
NG|
not
·wi
th·
stand·
i
ng
adject
ive:muggy;comparat
iveadj
ect
ive:muggi
er; pr
epos
iti
on:not
wit
hst
andi
ng
superl
ativeadj
ect
ive:muggiest
i
nspi
teof
.
(
oft
heweather
)unpl
easant
lywar
m andhumid. "not
withs
tandi
ngtheevi
denc
e,t
hec
ons
ens
usi
sthatt
hej
ury
"
itwasahot,
verymuggyeveni
ng" wil
lnotr
eachaverdi
ct"