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10/29/2015

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FILE

 

Definition
To put or keep (papers, for example) in useful order for storage or reference.
2. To enter (a legal document) as an official record.
3. To send or submit (copy) to a newspaper.
4. To initiate (a lawsuit): file a complaint; file charges.
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CONNECT

Definition
To join or fasten together: a bridge that connects the island with the mainland.
2. To associate or consider as related: no reason to connect the two events. See Synonyms at join.
3. To join to or by means of a communications circuit: Please connect me to the number in San Diego. Her computer isconnected to the Internet.
4. To plug in (an electrical cord or device) to an outlet.
Term


MAKE

Definition
1. To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create: made problems for us; making a commotion.
2. To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or
putting together material; construct: make a dress;
made a stone wall.
3. To form by assembling individuals or constituents: We made a temporary information center using savvy
volunteers.
4. To change from one form or function to another:
make clay into bricks
Term


DISASSEMBLE

 

Definition
 
 
To take apart:

1. To come apart.

2. To break up in random fashion.
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ASSEMBLE

Definition

1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: The bailiff assembled the jury.
 
2. To fit together the parts or pieces of: assemble a machine; assemble data.

To gather together; congregate: Protesters assembled on the common.
Term


CLEAN

Definition
1. Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled: a clean kitchen floor;
clean clothes.
2. Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:clean air;
clean drinking water.
3.Producing relatively little pollution: a clean fuel; a cleaner, more
efficient engine.
4. Producing relatively little radioactive fallout or contamination: a clean nuclearbomb.

Term



CHECK

Definition
a. The act or an instance of inspecting or testing something, as for accuracy or quality: gave the paper a final check.

b. A standard for inspecting or evaluating; a test: The condition of the wiring can serve as a check for the level of the seller's home maintenance.
 

Term


REPAIR

Definition

 

1. To restore to sound condition after damage or injury; fix: repaired the broken watch.
2. To set right; remedy: repair an oversight.
3. To restore or renew: repair the immune system.
4. To make up for or compensate for (a loss or wrong, for example).
Term


STORE

Definition
1. (tr) to keep, set aside, or accumulate for future use.

2. (Commerce) (tr) to place in a warehouse, depository, etc, for safekeeping.

3. (tr) to supply, provide, or stock.

4. To deposit or receive in a storehouse or warehouse for
safekeeping.
Term
WORK
Definition
 
1. (intr)toexerteffortinordertodo,make,orperformsomething.
 
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DESIGN

Definition
a. To conceive or fashion in the mind; invent: design a good excuse for not attending the conference.

b. To formulate a plan for; devise: designed a marketing strategy for the
new product.

c.Topreparethepreliminarysketchortheplansfor(aworktobe
executed):to design a new bridge
Term


PROVIDE

Definition
a.To make available (something needed or desired); furnish: provide
food and shelter for a family.

b. To supply something needed or desired to: provided her family with
food.

c.Tohaveasanavailableordesirablefeature;afford:a room that
provides ample sunlight through French windows.

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ENABLE

Definition
a. To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity (to do something); make able: a hole in the fence that enabled us to watch; techniques that enable surgeons to repair the heart.

b. To make feasible or possible: funds that will enable construction of new schools.

Term


INSPECT

Definition
1. To examine carefully and critically, especially for flaws.

2. To review or examine officially: The commander
inspected the troops.

3.Tolookcarefullyatorover:to inspect every part of a
motor.
Term


MANUFACTURE

Definition
a. To make or process (a raw material) into a finished
product, especially by means of a large-scale industrial
operation.
b. To make or process (a product), especially with the use of industrial machines.
c.To create, produce, or turn out in a mechanical manner:
"His books seem to have been manufactured rather than composed" (Dwight Macdonald).
d.To concoct or invent; fabricate: manufacture an excuse.
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CONTAIN

Definition

 

1. To hold or include within its volume or area: This glass
contains water.

2. To have as contents or constituent parts; comprise;
include.

3. To be capable of holding; have capacity for.

4. To keep under proper control; restrain: He could not
contain his amusement.
Term


FOLLOW

Definition
a. To come or go after; proceed behind: Follow the usher to your seat.

b. To go after in pursuit: would follow his enemy to the ends of the earth.

c. To keep under surveillance: The agent followed the suspect around town

d.Tocomeafterinorder,time,orposition:Night follows day.

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MAINTAIN

Definition
1. To keep up or carry on; continue: maintain good relations.

2. To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain: maintain
one's composure.

3. To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency:
maintain two cars.
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UPDATE

Definition
1. To alter so as to be up to date: update a textbook; update the
files.

2. To inform (someone) with the latest information.

3. To bring up to date; incorporate new information in.
Term


REQUIRE

Definition
1. To have as a requisite or necessity; need or
depend on: Do you require assistance? Most plants
require plenty of water.
2.To stipulate as obligatory by authority: The law requires full disclosure of charitable donations.
3.To demand as obligatory or appropriate:
Skiing requires practice.
4. To impose an obligation on; compel: The school
requires all students to study mathematics.
Term


ISSUE

Definition
a. To flow, go, or come out: water issuing from a spring;
voices issuing from a room.
b. To proceed from a source; emerge or come forth: ideas
issuing from a discussion.
c. To have as a consequence; result: discontent that issued in social unrest.
Term


DETAIL

Definition
1. To report or relate explicitly or in particulars:
detailed the charges against the defendant.
2. To provide with artistic or decorative detail: detailed the quilt with colorful appliqué.
3. To assign to a particular duty: "The musicians
and other non- combatants were detailed to carry
the stretchers" (Peter Cozzens).
4. To clean (a car interior, for example)
meticulously.
5. To market to (a physician) the drugs sold by one's company,
Term


SUPPLY

Definition
1. To make available for use; provide: Does the hotel
supply towels?
2. To provide something necessary or desired to;
furnish or equip: supplied the players with uniforms.
3. To have as a necessary or desirable feature: a crime scene that supplied valuable evidence.
4. To fill sufficiently; satisfy: supply a need.
5. To make up for (a deficiency, for example);
compensate for.
Term


FIND

Definition
1. To come upon by chance; meet with: to find a dime in the
street.
2. To locate, attain, or obtain by search or effort: to find an
apartment.
3. To recover (something lost).
Term


COVER

Definition
a. To place something upon or over, so as to protect or
conceal: covered the boat with a tarp; covered the photo with his
hand.
b. To overlay or spread with something: cover the potatoes
with gravy.
c. To put a cover or covering on: covered jar with a lid.
Term


VERIFY

Definition
1. To prove to be true; confirm; substantiate.

2. To check or determine the correctness or truth of by
investigation, reference, etc.

3.To insure, see to it, ensure, ascertain, check, assure, control, see - be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.
Term


INDICATE

Definition
1. To show the way to or the direction of; point out:
an arrow indicating north; indicated the right road by
nodding toward it.
2. To serve as a sign, symptom, or token of; signify:
"The cracking and booming of the ice indicate a change of
temperature"
3. To suggest or demonstrate the necessity,
expedience, or advisability of: The symptoms indicate
immediate surgery.
4. To state or express briefly: indicated his wishes in a
letter; indicating her approval with a nod.
Term


USE

Definition
1. To put into service or employ for a purpose: I used a whisk
to beat the eggs. The song uses only three chords.
2. To avail oneself of; practice: use caution.
3. To conduct oneself toward; treat or handle: "the peace
offering of a man who once used you unkindly"
4. To seek or achieve an end by means of; exploit: used their highly placed friends to gain access to the president; felt he was
being used by seekers of favor.
Term


CALL

Definition
1. To say in a loud voice; announce: called my name from
across the street; calling out numbers.
2. To demand or ask for the presence of: called the children to dinner; call the police.
3. To demand or ask for a meeting of; convene or convoke: call the legislature into session.
4. To order or request to undertake a particular activity or work; summon: She was called for jury duty. He was called to
the priesthood.
5. To give the command for; order: call a work stoppage.
Term


AVOID

Definition
1. to keep out of the way of

2. to refrain from doing

3. to prevent from happening: to avoid damage to machinery.
Term


CERTIFY

Definition

a. To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine: The police

certified that a suspect had been arrested.


b.To endorse or guarantee (that certain required standards have been met)


c. To attest as certain; confirm: He certified the truth of her claim.

Term


REINFORCE

Definition
1. To give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen: The
news reinforced her hopes.

2. To strengthen by adding extra support or material.

3. To increase the number or amount of; augment.
Term


ALLOW

Definition
1. To let do or happen; permit: We allow smoking only
in restricted areas.
2. To permit the presence of: No pets are allowed inside
3. To permit to have: allow oneself a little treat.
4. To make provision for; assign: The schedule allows
time for a coffee break.
5. To plan for in case of need: allow two inches in the
fabric for shrinkage.
6. To grant as a discount or in exchange: allowed me 20 dollars on my old typewriter.
Term


SHOW

Definition

a. To cause or allow to be seen; display: showed us his tattoo.

b. To make evident or reveal (an emotion or condition, for

example): showed displeasure at his remark; a carpet that shows

wear.

c.To make, be, or become visible or noticeable: to show one's dislike

d. To present to view; exhibit: he showed me a picture.

e. To indicate or explain; prove: to show that the earth moves round

the sun.

Term


ADAPT

Definition
1. (often foll by to) to adjust (someone or something, esp
oneself) to different conditions, a new environment, etc

2. (tr) to fit, change, or modify to suit a new or different purpose: to adapt a play for use in schools.

3. to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly.
Term


CARRY OUT

Definition
1. To put into practice or effect: carry out a new policy.

2. To follow or obey: carry out instructions.

3. To bring to a conclusion; accomplish: carried out the
mission successfully.
Term


COMPLY

Definition
1. To act in accordance with another's command, request,
rule, or wish: The patient complied with the physician's orders.

2. Obsolete To be courteous or obedient.
Term


QUALIFY

Definition
a. To make competent or eligible for an office, position,
or task: Your experience qualifies you for this job.
b. To declare competent or capable, as to practice a
profession; certify: This diploma qualifies you to teach in
public schools.
c. To render deserving of a descriptor by having or
enumerating certain necessary characteristics: Do the
student's ongoingdifficulties in classqualifyhissituation as a
medicalproblem?

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FACE

Definition
a. To meet or confront with self - assurance: How
can I face your parentswhentheyknowthatI'veletthemdown?
b. To acknowledge and accept or deal with: had to face the facts; must be willing to face our problems.
c.To be turned or placed with the front toward a specified
direction.
d.To turn the face in a specified direction.
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CONSIST

Definition
1. To be made up or composed: New York City consists of five
boroughs.

2. To have a basis; reside or lie: The beauty of the artist's style
consists in its simplicity.

3. To be compatible; accord: The information consists with her
account.
Term


REDUCE

Definition
1. (also intr) to make or become smaller in size, number,
extent, degree, intensity, etc

2. to bring into a certain state, condition, etc: to reduce a
forest to ashes; to reduce someone to despair.
 
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