Words I didn't understand in Encyclopedia
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*stand for
it is an abbreviation of a word or phrase:
VAT stands for 'Value Added Tax'.
*abbreviate
to make a word or phrase shorter by using only the first letters of each word:
"Daniel" is often abbreviated to "Dan".
*slightly
a little:
She's slightly taller than her sister.
*tip
the usually pointed end of something, especially something that is long and thin:
If I stand on the tips of my toes, I can just reach the top shelf.
*moderately
in a way that is neither small nor large in size, amount, degree, or strength:
The company remains moderately profitable, but it is not making as much money as it should.
*simplify
to make something less complicated and therefore easier to do or understand:
He tried to simplify the story for the younger audience.
*adapt
to change, or to change something, to suit different conditions or uses:
Many software companies have adapted popular programs to the new operating system.
*morse code
a system used for sending messages, in which letters and numbers are represented by short and long marks, sounds, or flashes of light:
*braille
a system of printing for blind people, in which each letter is represented as a raised pattern that can be read by touching it with the fingers:
The book has been printed in six languages and in Braille.
*semaphore
a system of communication using two flags held in your hands that are moved into different positions to represent different letters, numbers, or symbols:
*optically
in a way that relates to light or the ability to see, or to what someone sees:
The substance is polished to give an optically smooth surface.
an association of alcoholics who try, esp by mutual assistance, to overcome alcoholism:
*date
to say how long something has existed or when it was made:
An antique dealer had dated the vase at (= said that it was made in) 1734.
*ailment
an illness:
Treat minor ailments yourself.
*settlement
*imaginatively
*geometric
*tuberculosis sanitarium
*municipal
*civic
*facade
*wedge-shaped
*snout
*burrow
*settler
*coarse
*molar
*hind feet
*rip open
*lap up
*mane
*tawny-colored
*tipped-bushy tail
*prophet
*in later tradition
*high priest
*run batted
*address
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