arrogant
Outstanding leaders are self-confident without being arrogant; They are aware of their strengths and
their position of influence, yet use these for the benefit of their organization and its people.
assert
They assert that only THEY are True Americans and able to save the Nation, while the rest of us
are like Abortion Providers — to be stopped at all cost and using any means necessary!
await
A few weeks back, Karen Tumulty and I wrote a piece about the health care reform payday that appears
to await the producers of biotechnology drugs.
beneath
Drilling tunnels beneath the wooden pillars that support one of Europe’s oldest cities sounds mad.
Yet this is what Amsterdam decided to do in 2002, when it chose to build a new metro line.
collapse
The headquarters of the United Nations mission was seriously damaged, the United Nations said in a
statement, and many employees were missing. Part of the national palace had collapsed, The
Associated Press reported.
commerce
The term e-commerce embraces all the ways of transacting business via electronic data. But it is most
closely identified with commerce transacted over the internet.
commit
Farooq's father, Khalid, was also detained, but the court ordered him released Monday because of a
lack of evidence that he committed any crime, said police officer Amir Shirazi.
compress
The process required to capture and then compress carbon dioxide at a conventional coal-fired plant
will need much more water than the same plant without carbon capture technology because carbon
capture technology is energy-intensive.
overflow
A: Watch out for the overflowing hot water!
B: Thanks for reminding me. It nearly burnt me.