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MEANING:

judge

Noun

public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court.

he is due to appear before a judge and jury on Monday

a High Court Judge

person who decides the results of a competition.

a distinguished panel of judges select the winning design

1.2 A person able or qualified to give an opinion on something.


she was a good judge of character

kind

noun

group of people or things having similar characteristics.

all kinds of music

more data of this kind would be valuable

mass noun Character or nature.

the trials were different in kind from any that preceded them

Each of the elements (bread and wine) of the Eucharist.

communion in both kinds

LEAD :
The initiative in an action; an example for others to follow
mass noun A soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number
82. It has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields,
etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol,
and (formerly) in paints.
lift

verb

with object Raise to a higher position or level.

list1

noun

1A number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively, typically one below the
other.

list2

verb

[NO OBJECT]

(of a ship) lean over to one side, typically because of a leak or unbalanced cargo.

the ship was listing badly

noun

mass nounarchaic

Desire or inclination.

I have little list to write

lone

adjective

1attributive Having no companions; solitary or single.

I approached a lone drinker across the bar

we sheltered under a lone tree

1. 1.1 Lacking the support of others; isolated.

I am by no means a lone voice

1.2British (of a parent) not having a partner to share the care of one's child or children.
poverty among lone mothers

2.

2literary attributive (of a place) unfrequented and remote.

houses in lone rural settings


manufacture

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1Make (something) on a large scale using machinery.

firms who manufacture ball bearings

even in manufacturing they no longer dominate

(of a living thing) produce (a substance) naturally.

most plants use the sun's light to manufacture their food through photosynthesis

Make or produce (something abstract) in a merely mechanical way.


manufactured love songs

Invent (evidence or a story)

claims that the entire row had been manufactured by the press

mention

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1Refer to (something) briefly and without going into detail.

I haven't mentioned it to William yet

with clause I mentioned that my father was meeting me later

with object Refer to (someone) as being noteworthy, especially as a potential candidate for a
post.

he is still regularly mentioned as a possible secretary of state

noun

1A reference to someone or something.

their eyes light up at a mention of Sartre

mass noun she made no mention of her disastrous trip to Paris

A formal acknowledgement of something noteworthy.

he received a special mention and a prize of 100


mass noun two other points are worthy of mention

minister

noun

1(in certain countries) a head of a government department.

the Defence Minister

2A member of the clergy, especially in the Presbyterian and Nonconformist Churches.

a minister of the Lutheran church


a Unitarian minister

1. 2.1 The superior of some religious orders.

1.

3A diplomatic agent, usually ranking below an ambassador, representing a state or sovereign in a foreign
country.

4archaic A person or thing used to achieve or convey something.

the Angels are ministers of the Divine Will

moderate

adjective

Pronunciation /md()rt/

1Average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.

we walked at a moderate pace

1. 1.1 (of a person, party, or policy) not radical or excessively right- or left-wing.

a moderate reform programme

motion

noun

1mass noun The action or process of moving or being moved.

the laws of planetary motion

a cushioned shoe that doesn't restrict motion

flowing blonde hair that was constantly in motion

Murder
noun

mass noun

1The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

the brutal murder of a German holidaymaker

he was put on trial for attempted murder

informal A very difficult or unpleasant task or experience.

the 40-mile-per-hour winds at the summit were murder

count noun A group of crows.

a murder of crows flew past the window

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1Kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.

he was accused of murdering his wife's lover

native

noun

A person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident
there or not.

a native of Montreal

local inhabitant.

New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives

dated, offensive A non-white original inhabitant of a country, as regarded by European colonists or


travellers.
he led an expedition to New Guinea and was wounded by a native's spear
An animal or plant indigenous to a place.
the marigold is a native of southern Europe..
neglect

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1Fail to care for properly.

the old churchyard has been sadly neglected

Not pay proper attention to; disregard.

you neglect our advice at your peril

with infinitive Fail to do something.


he neglected to write to her

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