Jessire's+Glossary

​ Teacher's check on Nov.28th, 2009! Comment: Just 5 words in 10 weeks??? Pay attention to corrections!

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**Sponsor**: A person or group that provides funds for an activity/ A commercial organization that pays all or part of the cost of putting on a concert, sporting event, etc./ A person who donates money to a charity when the person requesting the donation has performed a specified activity as part of an organized fund-raising effort. =====

Example: A well-known game called sim's is a metaverse game because it is a virtual world associated with the real world.


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**Method**: a way of doing something, a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps). Example: She's following a new method to teach her class. Brief**: a condensed written summary or abstract. Example: A brief report on weather conditions. Drawing**: a represetation of forms or objectes on superface by means of lines. Example: Drawings of abstract forms. Conquer**: to put down by force or authority. Example: Conquer one's desires. Achieve**: 1. to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish. 2.to get or attain by effort; gain; obtain. 3.to bring about an intended result; accomplish some purpose or effect. Example: The oral presentation in english class room has achieved it's purpose. Example: The length of a river. Widely**: Having considerable or great extent from side to side. Example: A plant is widely distributed. Isolated**: separated from other persons or things; alone; solitary. Example: is an isolated building. Managing**: 1. to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship. 2. to take charge or care of. 3. to dominate or influence (a person) by tact, flattery, or artifice: He manages the child with exemplary skill. 4. to handle, direct, govern, or control in action or use. 5. to wield (a weapon, tool, etc.) 6. to handle or train (a horse) in the exercises of the manège. 7. Archaic. to use sparingly or with. Example: She managed the boat efficiently. Example: I need a pithy comment. Example: You are acting a punchy all day Rants**: to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave. Example: The director ranted for hours. Puns**: The humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. Exampe: The only thing that Carlos does with their brother is pun all day. Witty**: 1.British Dialect. intelligent; clever. 2. Possessing wit in speech or writing; amusingly clever in perception and expression Example: my cousin is a witty writer. Wornout**: 1.Worn or used beyond repair. 2. Depled of energy, strength, or enthusiasm; exhausted; fatigued. Example: My bike is wornout. Issue**: 1.the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution 2.something that is printed or published and distributed, esp. a given number of a periodical 3.something that is sent out or put forth in any form Example: Have you seen the latest issue of the magazine?
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 * Length**: The longest extent of anything as measured from end to end.
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 * Pithy:** Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief.
 * Punchy**: unstable; stupid acting; bewildered. (From a term describing a boxer suffering from brain damage.)
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