crumble v.

  1. V-ERG If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
  2. VERB If an old building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off.
  3. VERB If something such as a system, relationship, or hope crumbles, it comes to an end.
  4. VERB If someone crumbles, they stop resisting or trying to win, or become unable to cope.
  5. N-VAR A crumble is a baked pudding made from fruit covered with a mixture of flour, butter, and sugar.

morphology n.

exhaustive adj.

  1. ADJ-GRADED If you describe a study, search, or list as exhaustive, you mean that it is very through and complete.

armament n.

  1. N-NVR Armament is used to refer to weapons and bombs carried by an aircraft or other military vehicle.
  2. N-UNCOUNT A country's increase in the number and effectiveness of its weapons is its armament.

proprietor n.

  1. N-COUNT The proprietor of a hotel, shop, newspaper, or other business is the person who own it.

curriculum n.

  1. N-COUNT A curriculum is all the different course of study that are taught in a school, college, or university.
  2. N-COUNT A particular curriculum is one particular course of study that is taught in a school, college, or university.

grudge n./vt.

  1. N-COUNT If you have or bear a grudge against someone, you have unfriendly feelings towards them because of something they did in the past.

monarch n.

  1. N-COUNT The monarch of a country is the king, queen, emperor, or empress.

imaginative adj.

  1. ADJ-GRADED If you describe someone or their ideas as imaginative, you are praising them because they are easily able to think of or create new or exciting things.

prosecute vt./vi.

  1. VERB If the authorities prosecute someone, they charge them with a crime and put them on trial.
  2. VERB When a lawyer prosecutes a case, he or she tries to prove that the person who is on trail is guilty.

Paleolithic adj.

hideous adj.