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Alias
Guy
Appropriate
Cite
Integrity
Matrix
Contemporary Pendant Determination Qualify Effective Robust Explicit Subsequent Facility Unique Flag
ALIAS
NOUN: a name that has been assumed temporarily
APPROPRIATE
ADJECTIVE: suitable for a particular person or place or condition ANTONYM: inappropriate In one of the few official references to population control at the conference, the Declaration called on government to promote appropriate demographic policies.
CITE
VERB: refer to
SYNONYM: reference Maybe I can cite Page because he was someone who understood the studio so well.
CONTEMPORARY
ADJECTIVE: belonging to the present time
SYNONYM: present-day Despite economic pressure to do otherwise, a handful of recent films capture raw and contemporary images of Latin America.
DETERMINATION
NOUN: a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration SYNONYMS: decision, conclusion Once the determination has been made, two consequences follow.
EFFECTIVE
ADJECTIVE: producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect SYNONYMS: effectual, efficacious
Effective water management is literally vital to our existence and yet, perhaps, taken for granted by many.
EXPLICIT
ADJECTIVE: precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable ANTONYM: implicit Narrative dance applies to those phrases of conversation between individuals or between dancers and public, where the dancer uses explicit gestures.
FACILITY
NOUN: a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry SYNONYM: installation
I am writing to apologise for not having been in touch to arrange a time to visit your new editing facility in Wellington Square.
FLAG
NOUN: emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design Suddenly it dawned on Ramsay that this flag was considerably larger than that flown by the Regent.
GUY
NOUN: an informal term for a youth or a man
SYNONYMS: cat, hombre, bozo Im supposed to find a guy in a white coat who could pass for a hospital attendant.
INTEGRITY
NOUN: an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting SYNONYMS: unity, wholeness
The State shall protect and uphold the institution of kingship and the independence and integrity of its territories.
MATRIX
NOUN: a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns A square matrix having zeros everywhere except in the principal diagonal is called a diagonal matrix and is clearly symmetric.
PENDANT
NOUN: an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry such as a necklace or earring Around his neck is a gold, Sphinx-head pendant and on his right hand a ring in the shape of the Arabic crescent moon and star.
QUALIFY
VERB: pronounce fit or able
ANTONYM: disqualify
In Australia, only 1,600 Britons have registered even though two million retain British citizenship and up to a third are thought to qualify under the 20-year rule.
ROBUST
ADJECTIVE: sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction ANTONYM: frail About forty of these robust and successful aircraft were built and they became the forerunner of a considerable output of flying-boats produced by this Company.
SUBSEQUENT
ADJECTIVE: following in time or order
ANTONYM: antecedent
The use of oils in the kitchen has greatly increased in the last few decades, influenced by foreign travel and the subsequent awareness of international cuisine.
UNIQUE
ADJECTIVE: single one of its kind Once again this year the quiet Moorland Village of Grosmont hosts this unique festival.