Yi's English Daily Learning 27

Front 1

adage

Back 1

noun
a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.

Front 2

hone

Back 2

noun
1.
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
2.
a precision tool with a mechanically rotated abrasive tip, for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.
verb (used with object)
3.
to sharpen on a hone: to hone a carving knife.
4.
to enlarge or finish (a hole) with a hone.
5.
to make more acute or effective; improve; perfect: to hone one's skills.

Front 3

vigilance
vigilant

Back 3

Vigilance
noun
1.
state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
2.
Pathology , insomnia.

Vigilant
adjective
1.
keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
2.
ever awake and alert; sleeplessly watchful.

Front 4

entail

Back 4

verb (used with object)
1.
to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence: a loss entailing no regret.
2.
to impose as a burden: Success entails hard work.
3.
Law. to limit the passage of (a landed estate) to a specified line of heirs, so that it cannot be alienated, devised, or bequeathed.
4.
Law. to cause (anything) to descend to a fixed series of possessors.
noun
5.
the act of entailing.
6.
Law. the state of being entailed.
7.
any predetermined order of succession, as to an office.
8.
Law. something that is entailed, as an estate.
9.
Law. the rule of descent settled for an estate.

Front 5

credence

Back 5

noun
1.
belief as to the truth of something: to give credence to a claim.
2.
something giving a claim to belief or confidence: letter of credence.
3.
Also called credence table, credenza. Ecclesiastical . a small side table, shelf, or niche for holding articles used in the Eucharist service.
4.
Furniture. credenza ( def 1 ) .

Front 6

bellwether

Back 6

noun
1.
a wether or other male sheep that leads the flock, usually bearing a bell.
2.
a person or thing that assumes the leadership or forefront, as of a profession or industry: Paris is a bellwether of the fashion industry.
3.
a person or thing that shows the existence or direction of a trend; index.
4.
a person who leads a mob, mutiny, conspiracy, or the like; ringleader.

Front 7

cohort

Back 7

noun
1.
a group or company: She has a cohort of admirers.
2.
a companion or associate.
3.
one of the ten divisions in an ancient Roman legion, numbering from 300 to 600 soldiers.
4.
any group of soldiers or warriors.
5.
an accomplice; abettor: He got off with probation, but his cohorts got ten years apiece.

Front 8

interim

Back 8

noun
1.
an intervening time; interval; meantime: in the interim.
2.
a temporary or provisional arrangement; stopgap; makeshift.
3.
( initial capital letter ) Church History . any of three provisional arrangements for the settlement of religious differences between German Protestants and Roman Catholics during the Reformation.
adjective
4.
for, during, belonging to, or connected with an intervening period of time; temporary; provisional: an interim order.
adverb
5.
meantime.

Front 9

enumerate

Back 9

verb (used with object), e·nu·mer·at·ed, e·nu·mer·at·ing.
1.
to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list: Let me enumerate the many flaws in your hypothesis.
2.
to ascertain the number of; count.

Front 10

entrant

Back 10

noun
1.
a competitor in a contest.
2.
a new member, as of an association or school.
3.
a person who enters.