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Word of the Week
appropriate
1. To set apart for a specific use:
appropriating funds for education.
2. To take possession of or make use of
exclusively for oneself, often without
permission: Lee appropriated my unread
newspaper and never returned it.
[Middle English appropriat, from Late Latin
appropritus, past participle of approprire, to make
one's own : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin proprius, own; see
per1 in Indo-European roots.]
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consequence
1. Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or
condition. See Synonyms at effect.
2. The relation of a result to its cause.
3. A logical conclusion or inference.
4. Importance in rank or position: scientists of consequence.
5. Significance; importance: an issue of consequence.
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Synonyms: effect, importance.
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Perceive (v)
1. To become aware of directly through
any of the senses, especially sight or
hearing.
2. To achieve understanding of;
apprehend.
[Middle English perceiven, from Old French perceivre,
from Latin percipere : per-, per- + capere, to seize; see
kap- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonym :see
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resource
1. Something that can be used for support or help: The
local library is a valuable resource.
2. An available supply that can be drawn on when
needed. Often used in the plural.
3. The ability to deal with a difficult or troublesome
situation effectively; initiative: a person of resource.
4. Means that can be used to cope with a difficult
situation. Often used in the plural: needed all my
intellectual resources for the exam.
5. a. resources The total means available for economic
and political development, such as mineral wealth, labor
force, and armaments.
b. resources The total means available to a company for
increasing production or profit, including plant, labor, and
raw material; assets.
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conduct (v)
1. To direct the course of; manage or control.
2. To lead or guide.
3. Music To lead (an orchestra, for example).
4. To serve as a medium for conveying; transmit:
Some metals conduct heat.
5. To comport (oneself) in a specified way: She
conducted herself stoically in her time of grief.
v.intr.1. To act as a conductor.
2. To lead.
n.1. The way a person acts, especially from the
standpoint of morality and ethics.
2. The act of directing or controlling;
management.
Synonyms: accompany, conduct, direct, manage,
control, steer
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potential (n)
1. Capable of being but not yet in existence; latent:
a potential problem.
2. Having possibility, capability, or power.
3. Grammar Of, relating to, or being a verbal
construction with auxiliaries such as may or can; for
example, it may snow.
n.1. The inherent ability or capacity for growth,
development, or coming into being.
2. Something possessing the capacity for growth or
development.
3. Grammar A potential verb form.
4. Physics The work required to move a unit of
positive charge, a magnetic pole, or an amount of
mass from a reference point to a designated point in
a static electric, magnetic, or gravitational field;
potential energy.
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survey
1. To examine or look at comprehensively.
2. To inspect carefully; scrutinize: "Two women were
surveying the other people on the platform"
3. To determine the boundaries, area, or elevations
of (land or structures on the earth's surface) by means
of measuring angles and distances, using the
techniques of geometry and trigonometry.
4. Chiefly British To inspect and determine the
structural condition of (a building).
5. To conduct a statistical survey on.
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