inadequate /nd..kwt/ adjective 1.

not good enough or too low in quality This work is woefully (= extremely) inadequate - you'll have to do it again. tenderize , UK USUALLY tenderise /ten.d r.az/ /-d.raz/ verb [ T ] to make meat easy to cut or chew (= crush with the teeth) by beating it or preparing it in a particular way tenderness /ten.d.ns/ /-d-/ noun [ U ] tender /ten.d r / /-d/ verb 1. [ I ] If you tender for a job, you make a formal offer to do it for a stated price Five companies have tendered for the hospital contract. 2. [ I ] SPECIALIZED If you tender for something such as shares , you make a formal offer to buy them for a stated price. 3. [ T ] FORMAL to give or offer something Please tender the exact fare. The health minister has tendered her resignation (= has offered to leave her job) . tender /ten.d r / /-d/ noun [ C ] OFFER 1. a written or formal offer to supply goods or do a job for an agreed price The council has invited tenders for the building contract. 2. SPECIALIZED a written offer to buy or sell shares in a company 3. put sth out to tender UK If you put work out to tender, you ask people to make offers to do it Education departments in all the prisons are being put out to tender. chomp /tmp/ /tmp/ verb [ I or T ] ( ALSO champ ) INFORMAL to chew food noisily He was chomping away on a bar of chocolate. There she sat, happily chomping her breakfast. arise /raz/ verb [ I ] arose , arisen HAPPEN 1. FORMAL to happen Should the opportunity arise, I'd love to go to China. Could you work on Saturday, should the need arise (= if it were to be necessary) ? Are there any matters arising from (= caused by) the last meeting? arise /raz/ verb [ I ] arose , arisen GET UP 2. LITERARY to get out of bed

We arose early on Christmas morning. modification /md..fke. n/ /m.d-/ noun CHANGE 1. [ C or U ] a change to something, usually to improve it Modification of the engine to run on lead-free fuel is fairly simple. A couple of modifications and the speech will be perfect. modification /md..fke. n/ /m.d-/ noun LANGUAGE 2. [ U ] SPECIALIZED when one word or phrase modifies another entail /ntel/ verb [ T ] FORMAL to make something necessary, or to involve something Such a large investment inevitably entails some risk. [ + -ing verb ] Repairing the roof will entail spend ing a lot of money. tissue /t.u/ , /ts.ju/ noun CELLS 1. [ U ] a group of connected cells in an animal or plant that are similar to each other, have the same purpose and form the stated part of the animal or plant human tissue plant tissue brain/lung/muscle/fat tissue His face is covered with scar tissue where he was badly burned. post-mortem (examination) /ps t m.tm.gzm.ne. n/ /pos t mr.tm-/ noun [ C ] 1. a medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out the cause of death; an autopsy 2. INFORMAL a discussion of an event after it has happened, especially of what was wrong with it or why it failed After we've played a match, there's usually a post-mortem over a few beers. inadequate /nd..kwt/ adjective 1. not good enough or too low in quality This work is woefully (= extremely) inadequate - you'll have to do it again. 2. too small in amount She rejected the $2 million offer as totally inadequate. 3. not confident enough to deal with a situation Maddie's a real expert on art, so I feel completely inadequate whenever I talk to her about it. achieve /tiv/ verb [ T ]

to succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim, especially after a lot of work or effort The government's training policy, he claimed, was achieving its objectives . She finally achieved her ambition to visit South America. I've been working all day, but I feel as if I've achieved nothing. See also underachieve peculiar /pkju.li. r / /-kjul.j/ adjective STRANGE 1. unusual and strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way She has the most peculiar ideas. What a peculiar smell! It 's peculiar that they didn't tell us they were going away. UK The video on road accidents made me feel rather peculiar (= ill) . sprinkling /spr .kl. / noun [ C usually singular ] small pieces or drops of something that are dropped over a surface Top each bowl with a generous sprinkling of fresh mint.
FIGURATIVE The audience were mainly women with a sprinkling (= a small number) of earnest-looking men.

young for his forty years, he has just a sprinkling (= a small number) of grey hairs at the temples. See picture amounts of food dippy /dp.i/ adjective INFORMAL silly You dippy thing! That's the dippiest thing I ever heard! chunk /t k/ noun [ C ] 1. a roughly cut piece a chunk of cheese/meat pineapple/tuna chunks See picture amounts of food 2. INFORMAL a part of something, especially a large part a chunk of text a substantial chunk of our profits Three hours is quite a chunk out of my working day.

FIGURATIVE Looking

household /has.hld/ /-hold/ noun [ C + sing/pl verb ] a group of people, often a family, who live together By the 1960s, most households had a TV. household chores household expenses aid /ed/ noun 1. [ U ] help or support He gets about with the aid of a walking stick. She went to the aid of a man trapped in his car. A woman in the street saw that he was in trouble and came to his aid. 2. [ C ] a piece of equipment that helps you to do something teaching aids, such as books and videos A thesaurus is a useful aid to writing. 3. [ U ] help in the form of food, money, medical supplies or weapons that is given by a richer country to a poorer country The Vatican has agreed to donate $80 000 in humanitarian/emergency aid to countries affected by the war. About a fifth of the country's income is in the form of foreign/overseas aid. 4. in aid of sb/sth UK in order to collect money for a group of people who need it a concert in aid of famine relief discard /dskd/ /-skrd/ verb 1. [ T ] to throw something away or get rid of it because you no longer want or need it Discarded food containers and bottles littered the streets. 2. [ I or T ] to get rid of a card you are holding during a card game amenable /mi.n. l/ adjective willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion She might be more amenable to the idea if you explained how much money it would save. Do you think the new manager will prove more amenable to our proposals? silage /sa.ld/ noun [ U ] grass or other green plants that are cut and stored, without being dried first, to feed cattle in winter abattoir / ..tw r / /-twr/ noun [ C ] MAINLY UK ( MAINLY US slaughterhouse ) a place where animals are killed for their meat

metabolism /mt . l..z m/ noun [ C ] SPECIALIZED all the chemical processes in your body, especially those that cause food to be used for energy and growth Exercise is supposed to speed up your metabolism. confectionery /knfek. n.ri/ /-er.i/ noun [ U ] sweets (= small pieces of sweet food, made with sugar) or chocolates recovery /rkv. r.i/ /--/ noun [ S or U ] the process of getting back something lost, especially health, ability, possessions, etc Mira made a full/speedy, etc. recovery from (= became well again after) the operation. At last the economy is showing signs of recovery (= is starting to improve) . The police arranged the recovery (= the getting back) of her body from the river. scrap /skrp/ verb -pp- THROW AWAY 1. [ T ] to not continue with a system or plan They're considering scrapping the tax and raising the money in other ways. We scrapped our plans for a trip to France. 2. [ T ] to get rid of something which is no longer useful or wanted, often using its parts in new ways Hundreds of nuclear weapons have been scrapped. nutrient /nju.tri. nt/ /nu-/ noun [ C ] SPECIALIZED any substance which plants or animals need in order to live and grow It's good soil - full of nutrients. A healthy diet should provide all your essential nutrients. utilize , UK USUALLY utilise /ju.t.laz/ /-t l.az/ verb [ T ] FORMAL to use something in an effective way The vitamins come in a form that is easily utilized by the body. discard /dskd/ /-skrd/ verb 1. [ T ] to throw something away or get rid of it because you no longer want or need it Discarded food containers and bottles littered the streets. 2. [ I or T ] to get rid of a card you are holding during a card game amenable /mi.n. l/ adjective willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion She might be more amenable to the idea if you explained how much money it would save.

Do you think the new manager will prove more amenable to our proposals? immune /mjun/ adjective 1. protected against a particular disease by particular substances in the blood Most people who've had chicken pox once are immune to it for the rest of their lives. He seems to be immune to colds - he just never gets them. 2. [ after verb ] not affected or upset by a particular type of behaviour or emotion The press had criticised her so often that in the end she had become immune ( to it). 3. [ after verb ] not able to be punished or damaged by something Journalists, he insisted, must be immune (= protected) from prosecution. allergy /l..di/ /--/ noun [ C ] a condition that makes a person become ill or develop skin or breathing problems because they have eaten certain foods or been near certain substances an allergy to wheat a wheat allergy afflict /flkt/ verb [ T ] If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they suffer from it It is an illness which afflicts women more than men. a country afflicted by civil war enhance /nhn t s/ /-hn t s/ verb [ T ] to improve the quality, amount or strength of something These scandals will not enhance the organization's reputation. inflammation /n.flme. n/ noun [ C or U ] a red, painful and often swollen area in or on a part of your body Aspirin reduces pain and inflammation. an inflammation of the eye/toe/ear arthritic / rt.k/ /r rt-/ noun [ C ] a person who suffers from arthritis Many arthritics find it difficult to climb stairs.