CMW #7 Definitions Test

Target Language or Knowledge:

descend to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down describe to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: description a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation. desirable worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: despair loss of hope; hopelessness. desperate reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: difference the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: develop to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state development the act or process of developing; growth; progress dictionary a book giving information on particular subjects or on a particular class of words, names, or facts, usually arranged alphabetically: different not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: dilemma a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives dining to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner. disappear to cease to be seen; vanish from sight. disappearance the act or an instance of disappearing; a ceasing to be seen or to exist. disappoint to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: disastrous causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: discipline training to act in accordance with rules; drill: discrimination treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: disease a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.