front 1 TERMED/ TERM | back 1 to give something a name or to describe it with a particular expression:Technically, a horse that is smaller than 1.5 metres at the shoulder is termed a pony. |
front 2 ATTITUDE | back 2 a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused by this: It's often very difficult to change people's attitudes. |
front 3 DEPICT | back 3 to represent or show something in a picture or story: Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century. |
front 4 CATCH | back 4 to discover, see, or realize something, especially someone doing something wrong |
front 5 RESTLESS | back 5 unwilling or unable to stay still or to be quiet and calm, because you are worried or bored: He's a restless type - he never stays in one country for long. She spent a restless night (= she did not sleep well), tossing and turning. |
front 6 SPIRIT | back 6 the characteristics of a person that are considered as being separate from the body, and that many religions believe continue to exist after the body dies: in spirit Although he's now living in America, I feel he's with me in spirit (= I feel he is present and is influencing me, in a way that is not physical). |
front 7 DISILLUSIONMENT | back 7 a feeling of being disappointed and unhappy because of discovering the truth about something or someone that you liked or respected: disillusionment with There is increasing disillusionment with the government.He left the company, expressing his bitter disillusionment. |
front 8 UNADORNED | back 8 plain and simple, with little or no decoration: |
front 9 SET A PATTERN | back 9
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front 10 SATIRIZE | back 10 to use satire to show that people or ideas have bad qualities or are wrong |
front 11 DISSECT | back 11 to cut open something, especially a dead body or a plant, and study its structure:In biology classes we used to dissect rats. |