choice adj./n.
- N-COUNT If there is a choice of things, there are several of them and you can choose the one you want.
- N-COUNT Your choice is someone or something that you choose from a range of things.
- ADJ-GRADED Choice mean of very high of quality.
- PHARSE If you have no choice but to do somethingor have little choice but to do it, you cannot adoid doing it.
- PHARSE The thing or person of your choice is the one that you choose.
- PHARSE The item of choice is the one that most poeple prefer.
balmy adj.
- ADJ-GRADED Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
gauche adj.
- ADJ-GRADED If you describe someone as gauche, you mean that they are awkward and uncomfortable in the company of other people.
accidental adj.
- ADJ An accidental event happens by chance or as the result of an accident, and is not deliberately intended.
recluse adj./n.
- N-COUNT A recluse is a person who lives alone and deliberately avoids other people.
unveil vt./vi.
- VERB If someone formally unveils something such as a new staute or or painting, they draw back the curtain which is covering it.
- VERB If you unveil a plan, new product, or some other thing that has been kept secret, you introduce it to the public.
polymerization n.
doleful adj.
- ADJ-GRADED A doleful experssion manner, or voice is depressing and miserable.
insufficient adj.
- ADJ Something that is insufficient is not large enough in amount or degree for a particular purpose.
antique adj./n.
- N-COUNT An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
beneficiary n.
- N-COUNT Someone who is a beneficiary of something is helped by it.
- N-COUNT The beneficiaries of a will are legally entitled to receive money or property from someone when that person dies.
guileless adj.
- ADJ-GEADED If you describe someone as guileless, you mean that they behave openly and truthfully and do not try to deceive peolple.
baboon n.
- N-COUNT A baboon is a large monkey that lives in Africa.