affinity n.

  1. N-SING If you have an affinity with someone or something, you feel that you are similar to them or that you know and understand them very well.
  2. N-COUNT If people or things have an affinity with each other, they are similar in some ways.

accelerate vt./vi.

  1. V-ERG If the process or rate of something accelerate or if something accelerate it, it gets faster and faster.
  2. VERB When a moving vehicle accelerates, it goes faster and faster.

hatred n.

  1. N-UNCOUNT Hatred is an extremely strong feeling of dislike for someone or something.

temperament n.

  1. N-VAR Your temperament is your basic nature, especially as it is shown in the way that you react to situations or to other people.
  2. N-UNCOUNT Temperament is the tendency to bahave in an uncontrolled, bad-tempered, or unreasonable way.

attorney n.

  1. N-COUNT In the United States, an attorney or attorney at law is a lawyer.

spacious adj.

  1. ADJ-GRADED A spacious room or other place is large in size or area, so that you can move around freely in it.

predominantly adv.

  1. ADV-GRADED You use predominantly to indicate which feature or quality is most noticeable in situation.

inventory n./vt.

  1. N-COUNT An inventory is a writtenlist of all the objects in a particular place.
  2. N-VAR An inventory is a supply or stock of something.

molecule n.

  1. N-COUNT A molecule is the smallest amount of a chemical substance which can exist by itself.

flighty adj.

  1. ADJ-GRADED If you say that someone is flighty, you disapprove of them because they are nor very serious or reliable and keep changing from one activity, idea, or partner to another.

thaw n./v.

  1. VERB When ice, snow, or something else that is frozen thaws, it melts.
  2. N-COUNT A thaw is a period of warmer weather when snow and ice melt, usually at the end of winter.
  3. V-ERG When you thaw frozen food or when it thaws, you leave it in a place where it can reach room temperature so that it is ready for use.

pollutant n.

  1. N-VAR Pllutants are substances that pollute the environment, especially gases from vehicles and poisonous chemicals produced as waste by industrial processes.

accusation n.

  1. N-VAR If you make an accusation against someone, you criticize them or express the belief that they have done something wrong.
  2. N-COUNT An accusation is a statement or claim by a witness or someone in authority that a particular person has committed a crime, although this has not yet been proved.

impromptu adj./adv.

  1. ADJ An impromptu action is one that you do without planning or organizing it in advance.

orchid n.

  1. N-COUNT Orchids are plants with brightly coloured, unusually shaped flowers.

forfity vt./vi.

  1. VERB To fortify a place means to make it stronger and more difficult to attack, often by building a wall or ditch round it.
  2. VERB If food or drink is fortified, another substance is added to it to make it healthier or stronger.
  3. VERB If you are fortified by something such as food, drink, or an idea, it makes you feel more cheerful, determined, or energetic.
  4. VERB To forfity something means to make it more powerful and more likely to succeed.