lesson 18

• Baste


  (v.) to sew together with loose, temporary stitches, to moisten food with liquid or oil as it roasts or bakes; to attack verbally
• Baste


  • Baste the zip under the edges so that it is concealed.
  • Baste the turkey frequently to keep it moist.
• Diminish


  (v.) to make or become smaller; to decrease from the authority of
• Diminish


  • The pain will gradually diminish.
• Dismantle


  (v.) to tear down; to take apart; to strip of furnishing or equipment
• Dismantle


  • The mechanic dismantled the engine to repair it.
• Embarrass


  (v.) to cause someone to feel ill at ease and self-conscious
• Embarrass


  • He didn't want to embarrass her by asking questions.
• Populate


  (v.) to furnish with inhabitants; to inhabit
• Populate


  • Strange creatures populate the ocean depths.
• Prearrange


  (v.) to prepare in advance or beforehand; to plan ahead
• Prearrange


  • When you prearrange your wedding, you can pick your own flowers and music.
• Remote


  (adj.) distant; isolated or out of the way; not obvious; slight; cool and aloof
• Remote


  • The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter.
• Rigid


  (adj.) stiff; firmly fixed; very strict
• Rigid


  • Several colleges in our study have rigid rules about student conduct.
• Saturate


  (v.) to soak thoroughly; to fill completely; to drench
• Saturate


  • The grass had been saturated by overnight rain.
• Sedate


  (adj.) serious and unemotional; quiet; composed; (v.) to administer a tranquilizer
• Sedate


  • We spent a sedate evening at home.
  • A vet was called to sedate the animal.