create |krēˈāt|
verb
[ with obj. ]
bring
(something) into existence: he created a thirty-acre lake.
origin
late
Middle English (in the sense ‘form
out of nothing,’ used
of a divine or supernatural being): from Latin creat-
‘produced,’
from
the verb creare .
lament
|ləˈment|
noun
a
passionate expression of grief or sorrow: a song full of lament
and sorrow.
a
song, piece of music, or poem expressing sorrow.
an
expression of regret or disappointment; a complaint: there
were constant laments about the conditions of justice.
express
regret or disappointment over something considered unsatisfactory,
unreasonable, or unfair:
Thomas Jefferson later lamented, “Heaven remained silent.”
panegyric
|ˌpanəˈjirik|
noun
a
public speech or published text in praise of someone or something:
his panegyric on geography and memory.
origin
early
17th cent.: from French panégyrique,
via Latin from Greek panēgurikos
‘of public
assembly,’ from
pan ‘all’
+
aguris ‘agora,
assembly.’
time
|tīm|
noun
the
indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past,
present, and future regarded as a whole: travel through space and
time.
the
progress of time as affecting people and things: things
were getting urgent as time passed.
(a
time)
an indefinite period: traveling
always changes one's sense for a time.
(also
times)
a more or less definite portion of time in history or characterized
by particular events or circumstances: Victorian
times |
at the time of Galileo
|
(also
times)
the conditions of life during a particular period:
times have changed.
origin
Old
English tīma,
of Germanic origin; related to tide, which it superseded in temporal
senses.
pass
|pas|
verb
move
or cause to move in a specified direction: [ no obj. ] : he passed
through towns and villages |
the shells from the Allied guns were passing very low overhead
| [ with obj. ] : he
passed a weary hand across his forehead |
pass an electric current through it.
change
from one state or condition to another: lands that have
passed from private to state ownership.
go beyond the
limits of; surpass; exceed
elapse;
go by: the day and
night passed slowly |
the moment had passed.
spend
or use up (a period of time): this
was how they passed the time.
come
to an end: the
danger had passed.
noun
a
route over or through mountains: the pass over the mountain was
open again after the snows |
[ in place names ] : the Ubehebe Pass.
origin
Middle
English (in the sense ‘division
of a text, passage through’)
face
|fās|
noun
the
front part of an animal's head from the forehead to the chin, or the
corresponding part in a human.
a
manifestation or outward aspect of something: the
unacceptable face of social injustice.
the
surface of a thing, especially one that is presented to the view or
has a particular function, in particular: a vertical or sloping side
of a mountain or cliff: the south face of Funeral Mountain.
the
side of a planet or moon facing the observer.
confront
and deal with or accept: honesty forced him to face
facts
have
(a difficult event or situation) in prospect: each
defendant faced a maximum sentence of life without parole.
in-between
|ˌinbəˈˌtwēn| informal
adjective
situated somewhere between two extremes or recognized categories; I am not unconscious, but in some in-between state
noun
an intermediate thing; successes, failures and in-betweens
adjective
situated somewhere between two extremes or recognized categories; I am not unconscious, but in some in-between state
noun
an intermediate thing; successes, failures and in-betweens
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