2013.12.30 word (week17-1)

1.tardy(n.)
formal
1) : slow in moving, acting, or happening
▪ tardy progress

2)

a : done or happening late
▪ a tardy payment/arrival
b : arriving or doing something late
▪ She was tardy to/for work. ▪ They were tardy in filing the application.

*tardily(adv.)
▪ arrived/responded tardily

*tardiness(n.)

[noncount]
▪ Please excuse my tardiness.

2.asset(n.)

[count] 1) : a valuable person or thing
▪ Good looks can be an asset [=advantage] in an acting career. 

▪ The state's natural assets include mountains and beautiful lakes.

— often + to 

 ▪ Good looks can be an asset to an actor. ▪ She is a great asset to the team. [=she's a valuable member of the team]

2)  : something that is owned by a person, company, etc.

— usually plural 

▪ The company had to sell some of its assets to avoid bankruptcy. ▪ a bank with billions of dollars in assets ▪ business assets and liabilities ▪ They bought the company and stripped it of its assets. [=they sold the property owned by the company]

 

3.bleach(v.)

[+ obj] : to remove color or dirt and stains from (hair, clothing, etc.) especially through the effect of sunlight or by using chemicals : to make (something) whiter or lighter in color
▪ Those pants will look nicer if you bleach them. [=use bleach to make them cleaner and whiter] ▪ bones bleached white by/in the sun ▪ She bleached her hair blonde.

4.solvent(a.)

[more solvent; most solvent] : able to pay debts
▪ He couldn't stay/remain solvent after losing his business.

*(n.)

[count, noncount] technical : a liquid substance that is used to dissolve another substance
▪ turpentine and other solvents

5.cocky(a.)

[also more cocky; most cocky] informal : having or showing confidence in a way that is annoying to other people
▪ a cocky young athlete ▪ Don't get too cocky about your chances of getting the job.

 *cockily(adv.)
▪ She's cockily confident about getting the job.

*cockiness[noncount]