Glossary

transitive verb

1 **:** to cut with care or precision  2 **:** to make or get by or as if by cutting —often used with //out//  3 **:** to cut into pieces or slices 

Definition of // COMPUTER //
one that computes; //specifically// **:** a programmable usually electronic device that can store, retrieve, and process data



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Transitive verb

1 **:** to make or form by combining or arranging parts or elements 2 **:** to draw (a geometrical figure) with suitable instruments and under specified conditions 3 **:** to set in logical order

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1 **:** the act or result of construing, interpreting, or explaining

2 //a// **:** the process, art, or manner of constructing something //b// **:** the construction industry

3 **:** the arrangement and connection of words or groups of words in a sentence

4 **:** a sculpture that is put together out of separate pieces of often disparate materials

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1: The act or process of decorating 2 **:** something that adorns, enriches, or beautifies 3 **:** a badge of honor (as a United States military award)

Definition of // GROUND FLOOR [[image:http://www.whitby-cottage-holiday.co.uk/images/rooms/holiday-cottage-ground-floor.jpg width="199" height="207" align="right"]] //
1 **:** the floor of a building most nearly on a level with the ground

2 **:** a favorable position or privileged opportunity usually obtained by early participants

Definition of // HARMONY [[image:http://drishtikone.com/files/images/9077%7EYin-Yang-Harmony-Posters.jpg width="143" height="180" align="right"]] //
1 //archaic// **:** tuneful sound **:** __melody__

2 //a// **:** the combination of simultaneous musical notes in a chord //b// **:** the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords //c// **:** the science of the structure, relation, and progression of chords

3 //a// **:** pleasing or congruent arrangement of parts  //b// **:** __correspondence__, __accord__  //c// **:** internal calm **:** __tranquility__

Definition of // HIDDEN //


1 **:** being out of sight or not readily apparent 2 **:** obscure, unexplained, undisclosed

Definition of // HOUSE [[image:http://www.plu.edu/%7Eallenka/img/House_Front.jpg width="191" height="152" align="right"]] //
1 **:** a building that serves as living quarters for one or a few families **:** home

2: //a// //(1)// **:** a shelter or refuge (as a nest or den) of a wild animal //(2)// **:** a natural covering (as a test or shell) that encloses and protects an animal or a colony of zooids //b// **:** a building in which something is house d 

Definition of // ITALIC [[image:http://www.identifont.com/samples/adobe/TimesItalic.gif width="177" height="105" align="right"]] //
1 //.- a// **:** of or relating to a type style with characters that slant upward to the right (as in “ //these words are italic // ” ) — compare //roman // //b// **:** of or relating to a style of slanted cursive handwriting developed in the 15th and 16th centuries

2.- //capitalized// **:** of or relating to ancient Italy, its peoples, or their Indo-European languages

Definition of // IVORY [[image:http://awf.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ivory-bust-1.jpg width="275" height="187" align="right"]] //
1 //a// **:** the hard creamy-white modified dentine that composes the tusks of a tusked mammal (as an elephant, walrus, or narwhal) //b// **:** a tusk that yields ivory

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1 //a// //(1)// **:** the elements, constituents, or substances of which something is composed or can be made //(2)// **:** matter that has qualities which give it individuality and by which it may be categorized

Definition of // MOCK-UP [[image:http://www.insidepassage.ca/images/329-Juans-mock-up.jpg width="145" height="191" align="right"]] //
1 **:** a full-sized structural model built to scale chiefly for study, testing, or display 2 **:** a working sample (as of a magazine) for reviewing format, layout, or content

Definition of // PROJECT [[image:http://www.epmguidance.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/project_management.jpg width="230" height="240" align="right"]] //
1 **:** a specific plan or design **:** __scheme__ 2 //: obsolete// **:** __idea__ 3 **:** a planned undertaking: as //a// **:** a definitely formulated piece of research //b// **:** a large usually government-supported undertaking //c// **:** a task or problem engaged in usually by a group of students to supplement and apply classroom studies 4 **:** a usually public housing development consisting of houses or apartments built and arranged according to a single plan

Definition of // RESIDENTIAL [[image:http://inrnews.com/indianrealestate/images/orchid_springs_residential_township_padi_chennai.jpg width="257" height="190" align="right"]] //
1 //a// **:** used as a residence or by residents //b// **:** providing living accommodations for students

2 **:** restricted to or occupied by residences 

3 **:** of or relating to residence or residences

Definition of // SIGHT // [[image:http://www.rblewis.net/technology/EDU506/WebQuests/sightwords/eye.jpg width="140" height="160" align="right"]]
1 **:** something that is seen **:** __spectacle__

2 //a// **:** a thing regarded as worth seeing —usually used in plural  //b// **:** something ludicrous or disorderly in appearance 

Definition of // STUDY [[image:http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/images/boystudy.gif width="293" height="198" align="right"]] //
1 **:** a state of contemplation **:** __reverie__

2 //a// **:** application of the mental faculties to the acquisition of knowledge //b// **:** such application in a particular field or to a specific subject //c// **:** careful or extended consideration //d// //(1)// **:** a careful examination or analysis of a phenomenon, development, or question //(2)// **:** the published report of such a study

Definition of // TEMPLE [[image:http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/7temple.gif width="205" height="167" align="right"]] //
1 **:** a building for religious practice: as //a// //often capitalized// **:** either of two successive national sanctuaries in ancient Jerusalem //b// **:** a building for Mormon sacred ordinances //c// **:** the house of worship of Reform and some Conservative Jewish congregations

2 **:** a local lodge of any of various fraternal orders; //also// **:** the building housing it

Definition of // UNDERLINE [[image:http://www.baycongroup.com/word97/underline.gif width="275" height="182" align="right"]] //
1 **:** to mark (as a word) with a line underneath

2 **:** to put emphasis on **:** stress

3 **:** to show clearly or emphatically

Definition of // UNIVERSITY [[image:http://www.grape.uji.es/erasmus/Manchester/Imagenes/Manchester_Metropolitan-University-Library.jpg width="250" height="159" align="right"]] //
1 **:** an institution of higher learning providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees; //specifically// **:** one made up of an undergraduate division which confers bachelor's degrees and a graduate division which comprises a graduate school and professional schools each of which may confer master's degrees and doctorates

2 **:** the physical plant of a university