New Vocabulary

1. Attest: (verb) Authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity. "I attest this signature"// Establish or verify the usage of; "This word is not attested until 1993" // Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication".

2. Average: (noun) a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"

3. Axis: (noun) The center around which something rotates. // The 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head.

4. Crane: (noun) Large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world // Lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis // (verb) Stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"

5. Disclaimer: (noun) a written statement denying legal responsibility.//Denial of any connection with or knowledge of.

6. Doomed: (noun) People who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" // (adj.) Marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed" // (usually followed by `to') Determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness" // Marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance".

7. Ebb: (noun) The outward flow of the tide // A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) // (verb) fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away" // Hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb.
8. Fate: (noun) an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future. //Destine; the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny”

9. Fiery: (adj.) like or suggestive of fire; "the burning sand"; "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere"

10. Flare up: (verb) Erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism" // Ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down; "the fire flared up and died down once again"

11. Flee: (verb) run away quickly; leave; go forth; go away "He threw down his gun and fled"

12. Overlooking: (adj.) Used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom".

13. Plotted: (adj.) Planned in advance; "with malice aforethought”

14. Prolific: (adj.) Bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree".

15. Suck: (verb) draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"


American Pocket-Chambers English Dictionary, 2nd Edition, Larousse.
English Dictionary (2008)[http://www.wordreference.com/es] [Consulted on 26/05/08]