The speaker waited until the applause had abated before he continued speaking.
To become weaker; to decrease
The teacher acknowledged my mother in back to school night by shaking her hand.
To admit the existence of.
Dwight Howard's agent will try to get him a better contract at the end of this season.
A person who acts or does business for another.
Only the Congress of the United States has the authority to declare war.
The right to give orders, make decisions, or take action.
The corn crop this year has been devastated by the fact that there has been very little rain to help it grow.
To ruin or destroy completely.
The flu epidemic of 1918 spread so fast that it killed over twenty million people in the northern hemisphere.
The rapid spreading of a disease to many people at one time.
After the accident, my dad went to five repair shops to get estimates of how much it would cost to fix the car.
A number that is not exact; a careful guess.
The landlord threatened to evict the tenants for not paying the rent.
To force out of property by taking legal action.
A judge should be impartial in the courtroom so that he could make good decisions.
Not favoring one side more than another; fair.
The more industrious workers in the clothing factory were rewarded with pay raises at the end of the year.
Hard working; not lazy.
Cruelty to animals infuriates most people.
To make very angry.
Her comment about cats was irrelevant because we were discussing the family trip.
Having nothing to do with the subject.
Do you know the precise time your plane will arrive so that I know what time to go to the airport to pick you up?
Exact; accurate.
Their offer to make us rich turned out to be a sham, so we felt like fools.
Something fake or false.
The hikers were exhausted after their thirty mile trek over the mountain.
A long, slow, and difficult journey.