myriad

19 07 2010

Nouns
1. (n.) myriad;
  - a large indefinite number;
  - “he faced a myriad of details”;

2. (n.) 10000, myriad, ten thousand;
  - the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable;
  - too numerous to be counted;
  - “incalculable riches”; “countless hours”; “an infinite number of reasons”; “innumerable difficulties”; “the multitudinous seas”; “myriad stars”; “untold thousands”;


   


asterisk

18 07 2010

Nouns
1. (n.) asterisk, star;
  - a star-shaped character * used in printing;

Verbs
1. (verb) asterisk, star;
  - mark with an asterisk;
  - “Linguists star unacceptable sentences”;


   


inept

17 07 2010

Adjectives
1. (adj.) awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept;
  - not elegant or graceful in expression;
  - “an awkward prose style”; “a clumsy apology”; “his cumbersome writing style”; “if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?”;

2. (adj.) feckless, inept;
  - generally incompetent and ineffectual;
  - “feckless attempts to repair the plumbing”; “inept handling of the account”;

3. (adj.) inept, tactless;
  - revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse;
  - “an inept remark”; “it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable”;


   


oblivious

16 07 2010

Adjectives
1. (adj.) oblivious, unmindful;
  - (followed by `to’ or `of’) lacking conscious awareness of;
  - “oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform”; “oblivious to the risks she ran”; “not unmindful of the heavy responsibility”;

2. (adj.) forgetful, oblivious;
  - failing to keep in mind;
  - “forgetful of her responsibilities”; “oblivious old age”;


   


exploit

15 07 2010

Nouns
1. (n.) effort, exploit, feat;
  - a notable achievement;
  - “he performed a great feat”; “the book was her finest effort”;

Verbs
1. (verb) exploit, work;
  - use or manipulate to one’s advantage;
  - “He exploit the new taxation system”; “She knows how to work the system”; “he works his parents for sympathy”;

2. (verb) exploit, tap;
  - draw from; make good use of;
  - “we must exploit the resources we are given wisely”;

3. (verb) exploit, overwork;
  - work excessively hard;
  - “he is exploiting the students”;