... more), and usually at least two sentences using the word Most entries also include synonyms and other forms of the word, such as past tense and gerund forms (for verbs) and adverbial and noun forms ... professional services If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought Neither the publisher nor the author shall be liable for damages arising ... tasteful artistic f evaluate artwork g element ascetic h debate ascribe i proud 10 aspect j dry 11 assert k sculptor 12 assess l noble assiduous (uh SID yoo uhss) adj gone about with constant and...
Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2012, 09:47
... alias was being reported in the press They had moved surprisingly fast "The FBI sought to question several hackers Tuesday in its investigation into last week 's attacks against major Web sites, ... their status.) Users trusted the staff designation and so, this program explained, you could use this status to "phish" for account information from other users Basically, you fooled them into handing ... overwhelmed with spam, worms, viruses, and other threats This wasn't the way the internet was supposed to work I believe I can play a role in helping raise awareness about online security, and teach...
Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2013, 17:05
AutoCAD 2004 activex and VBA developer's guide
... objects such as lines, arcs, text, and dimensions are objects Style settings such as linetypes and dimension styles are objects Organizational structures such as layers, groups, and blocks are ... PreferencesDrafting PreferencesFiles PreferencesOpenSave PreferencesOutput PreferencesProfile PreferencesSelection PreferencesSystem PreferencesUser Documents Document DatabasePreferences Plot Utility ... objects (lines, circles, arcs, and so forth) is provided through the ModelSpace and PaperSpace collections, and access to nongraphical objects (layers, linetypes, text styles, and so forth) is provided...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2013, 10:48
Dictionary of food compounds additives, flavors, and ingredients yannai s 2004
... agar Gelose Japan agar Bengal isinglass Ceylon isinglass Chinese isinglass Japan isinglass FEMA 2012 E406 See also Agarose, A-142 Consists of a mixt of polysaccharides, Agarose A142 and Agaropectin, ... been used as a food preservative since antiquity Used in - and contributes to - the flavour of pickles, sauces, mayonnaise and salad dressings Acts synergistically with lactic and sorbic acid, and ... 6.8.2 RTECS® Accession Numbers* Many entries in DFC contain one or more RTECS® Accession Numbers Possession of these numbers allows users to locate toxicity information on relevant substances from...
Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2013, 21:58
References and Resources
... biotechnology applications and research It serves as a simple-to-understand handbook of the techniques common to genomics and proteomics Most of the basic concepts needed to understand newsworthy biotechnology ... Science, Technology & Medicine London, UK: Free Press This classical book evaluates the strategies scientists use when making new scientific discoveries It helps explain why certain scientists ... Straus and Giroux This book is a good overview of the issues raised by biotechnology innovations The author briefly describes various biotechnologies and then discusses their implications on future...
Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 16:20
Nature and spirit - Hegel’s system
... regarded as the authors), and each must also regard himself as the author of those same laws to which he “subjects” the others; and each must regard himself as the author of those laws to which he subjects ... politics has long since been rejected, the idea that it is nonetheless a self-conscious statement of Prussian “conservatism” has nonetheless held its own Indeed, the book s structure suggests a ... individuals assumed for themselves As Hegel saw it, the estates fall into three classes in modern life: the peasant estate, because of its ties to the land, finds that what is good and best for itself...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 08:20
John Wiley And Sons Webster''s New World - Essential vocabulary_A -2
... relieve asperity d assert aspiration e passion assail f primitive tool assimilation g harshness assuage h enunciate aver i assault B baste (BAYST) vt to sew with long, loose stitches to keep ... expectations [-ly adv.] conspirator (kuhn SPEE rit er) n one who conspires; one who acts with others to plan a crime • Cassius and Brutus were the two most famous conspirators in the assassination ... both tips to the opposite sides of a glass, the glass s outside diameter can be measured • Disk brakes bring a car to a stop by the calipers pressing their pads against the captive rotors camouflage...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20
John Wiley And Sons Webster''s New World - Essential vocabulary_A
... tasteful artistic f evaluate artwork g element ascetic h debate ascribe i proud 10 aspect j dry 11 assert k sculptor 12 assess l noble assiduous (uh SID yoo uhss) adj gone about with constant and ... results of this process • The statement is undergoing detailed analysis to determine its true meaning • The specimen was sent to the laboratory for analysis • The historian s analysis of the spaghetti ... potter and an exceptional craftsman is that the latter is assiduous [-ly adv., -ness n.] [Syn busy] assist (uh SIST) vt to aid; give help to; to work as a helper —n helping someone to something...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20
John Wiley And Sons Webster''s New World - Essential vocabulary_B
... was customary at Vanessa s workplace to discuss plans for the weekend during the water-cooler conversations • Representatives of Russia and Japan have conversations now and again over Russia s ... nearly the same thing congruous a composed connection b effect consciousness c scornful consensus d simultaneous consequence e build consider f stare at consist g taint construct h suitable contaminate ... classic) lines • Shakespeare s tragedies followed those of Sophocles and Euripides as being both classical and timeless • Until the 195 0s, the college graduates of modern Europe and those from Ivy...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20
John Wiley And Sons Webster''s New World - Essential vocabulary_D -2
... correct disinter i lament 10 disinterestedness j dissatisfaction 11 disputatious k small 12 dissonance l expend D: GRE Words 273 distillation (DIS til AY shin) n a process by which a liquid is vaporized, ... overpreparing [Syn shyness] digress (di GRESS) vi to momentarily or temporarily stray from the main subject • Max Schulman s Dobie Gillis is famous for straying from his subject and then going ... waste material; worthless stuff; rubbish • In a steel mill or foundry, dross ends up on the rubbish heap • Good garage-sale shoppers learn to separate treasure from dross dubious (DOO bee is)...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20
John Wiley And Sons Webster''s New World - Essential vocabulary_D
... Hardness distinguishes real diamonds from fake ones • The Dewey Decimal System helps us to distinguish a book by its cover • “The distinguished senator from (your state)” is a title of rank and respect ... diagnose your business s problems, we must analyze your clientele, your expenditures, and your suntan • Steve s diagnosis of the cause of the computer s strange graphics was the Rhino virus, which ... 130-decibel sound can cause actual physical pain • Loss of electromagnetic energy as it passes through transmission lines is measured in decibels, with a loss of dBs equal to half the strength decline...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20
John Wiley And Sons Webster''s New World - Essential vocabulary_E
... International law is something that exists in essence, although it is not codified • Humor is the essence of satire and of satirical pieces • Oddly, a certain nastiness is the essence of satirists • Vanilla ... One s spouse shoud be one s exclusive soul mate The golf course is for the exclusive use of its members Sandy Hook s beach is for the exclusive use of people named Sandy The country club s exclusive ... Beethoven expresses great joy in his ninth symphony Steven gave Leonard express permission to use his tools Express regulations govern the registration of handguns The express train skips many of...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20
John Wiley And Sons Webster''s New World - Essential vocabulary_F
... makes a big show of his piety at church on Sundays, he is really a hypocrite because he drinks, cusses, and chases loose women the rest of the week • Used-car salespersons have a well-deserved ... epicure] gracious (GRAY shis) adj showing kindness, courtesy, charm, etc.; compassionate; merciful; showing kindness toward those in inferior positions; showing taste and luxuriousness appropriate ... grandiose (GRAN dee ohs) adj imposing; impressive; magnificent; having grandeur; seeming important, pompous, and showy, or trying to so seem • The Breakers (built as a summer home by the Vanderbilts...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20
John Wiley And Sons Webster''s New World - Essential vocabulary_I
... townspeople as philistines • Delilah was the Philistine woman who was responsible for Samson s haircut 316 Essential Vocabulary photosynthesis (foh toh SIN thi sis) n the chemical process by ... other; to describe the preceding • In times past, it was customary to parse sentences in English class, using a diagram • When a sentence is parsed, it is separated into subject, predicate, and ... foreknowledge] pressure (PRESH er) n a pressing, squeezing, compressing, or being pressed; compelling influence; demanding force; (physics) force per unit of surface area • Pressure is usually used to squeeze...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20
John Wiley And Sons Webster''s New World - Essential vocabulary_J-K
... showcasing artifacts, works of art, or items associated with a person, activity, etc • Museums can be as different as the District of Columbia s Air and Space Museum and its National Museum of ... The missing-man formation is used by combat pilots to honor a lost comrade • Frank was missing at his class s morning roll call mitigate (MIT i GAYT) vt to lessen; to make or become less severe; ... lamppost was just a mishap • When you’re dressed up, it s a good idea to drink nothing but colorless liquids, in case a mishap causes your drink to land on your clothes [Syn accident] misleading...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20
John Wiley And Sons Webster''s New World - Essential vocabulary_O
... pervasive nature of some diseases is the reason for isolating any suspected cases [-ly adv., -ness n.] pessimism (PES i mi zm) n expecting the worst at all times; the philosophy that evil always ... but speak no words; an actor or actress who performs in this way; actions and gestures without words used as a means of expression • It is customary in Japanese Kabuki theater for characters to ... seats • The United States is fortunate to have at least five world-class symphony orchestras • The instruments of the orchestra are divided into strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion ordain (awr...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20
John Wiley And Sons Webster''s New World - Essential vocabulary_Prefixes and Suffixes
... [Fr.] mother Missa solemnis [L.] High Mass (Roman Catholic) mitzvah [Heb.] blessing; commandment n’est-ce pas? [Fr.] Isn’t it so? nicht wahr? [Ger.] Isn’t it so? nil desperandum [L.] “never desperate”—Horace ... -lith, -lithic stone (batholith, neolithic) -logy study of (biology) Prefixes and Suffixes 377 Prefix/Suffix Meaning/Usage -lysis destruction; dissolving; loosening; dissolution (analysis) macro- ... semiannually) sub- under; beneath; below (subhuman); of lower rank than; inferior (subordinate); to a lesser degree (subpar); near; almost (substitute) suf- same as sub- before f sym- same as...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20
John Wiley And Sons Webster''s New World - Essential vocabulary_Q-R
... class, order, family, genus, species.) • Taxonomy was first developed by Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist of the eighteenth century • Linnaeus s taxonomy shows humans as genus Homo, and species, ... forts seen in the movies are stockades • A stockade is also a structure that used to detain prisoners • The stockade fences of today are not actually stockades because only occasional posts are ... scrutiny sedulous (SEJ oo lis) adj working steadily and hard; diligent; persistent • Mack was sedulous in his studies of Elizabethan poetry • Jeannie was sedulous in making sure that she got the best...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20
John Wiley And Sons Webster''s New World - Essential vocabulary_R
... into life scientists (botanists and zoologists), physical scientists (chemists and physicists), and earth/space scientists (geologists, meteorologists, and astronomers) scrutinize (SKROOT in ... recklessness (REK lis NIS) n foolhardiness; carelessness; rashness; disregard for consequences • Paul s mom was nervous about his going skiing—especially because he had a history of recklessness ... scientist • Social scientists, such as sociologists and psychologists, are not considered true scientists by the scientific establishment S: SAT Words 209 • Scientists divide their numbers into...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20