frigid

fri‧gid

1 a woman who is frigid does not like having sex

2 literary not friendly or kind [= cold, icy, frosty]:

The guard looked at us with a frigid stare.

3 formal very cold [= icy]:

the frigid air

—frigidly adverb

—frigidity noun [uncountable]

Neptune has a very frigid climate

sporadically

spo‧rad‧ic

happening fairly often, but not regularly [= intermittent]:

There has been sporadic violence downtown.

—sporadically adverb:

The fighting continued sporadically for several days.

Her attendance at school was sporadic

pigment

pig‧ment [uncountable and countable]

a natural substance that makes skin, hair, plants etc a particular colour:

Melanin is the dark brown pigment of the hair, skin and eyes.

The artist Sandy Lee uses natural pigments in her work.

You need to mix pigments with varnishes and a drop of oil

ample

am‧ple

1 more than enough [= sufficient; ≠ insufficient]

ample time/evidence/opportunity

You'll have ample time for questions later.

There is ample evidence that climate patterns are changing.

ample room/space etc

She found ample room for her things in the wardrobe.

2 literary large in a way that is attractive or pleasant:

an ample bosom

—amply adverb:

Recent US history has amply demonstrated the risks of foreign intervention.

I have ample So-ju in my fridge.

strategy

strat‧e‧gy plural strategies

1 [countable] a planned series of actions for achieving something:

the government's long-term economic strategy

a company's business strategy

strategy for doing something

a strategy for dealing with crime

strategy to do something

a strategy to attract younger audiences to jazz

2 [uncountable and countable] the skill of planning the movements of armies in a war, or an example of this:

military strategies

It is the general's role to develop overall strategy.

3 [uncountable] skilful planning in general:

The company must first resolve questions of strategy.

For this reason, it is a powerful strategy.

prospect

pros‧pect

1 [uncountable and countable] the possibility that something will happen

prospect of doing something

I see no prospect of things improving here.

There is every prospect (=a strong possibility) of the weather remaining dry this week.

prospect for

There are good prospects for growth in the retail sector.

prospect that

There's a real prospect that England will not qualify for the World Cup.

2 [singular] a particular event which will probably or definitely happen in the future - used especially when you want to talk about how you feel about it

prospect of

The prospect of marriage terrified Alice.

Greeks face the prospect of new general elections next month.

He relishes the prospect of a fight.

daunting/exciting etc prospect

be excited/alarmed/concerned etc at the prospect (of something)

She wasn't exactly overjoyed at the prospect of looking after her niece.

3

 prospects

 [plural] chances of future success:

I had no job, no education, and no prospects.

job/career prospects

Job prospects for graduates don't look good.

4 [countable] a person, job, plan etc that has a good chance of success in the future

5

 in prospect

formal likely to happen in the near future:

A new round of trade talks is in prospect.

6 [countable usually singular] formal a view of a wide area of land, especially from a high place

he has no prospect

entice

en‧tice [transitive]

to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere, usually by offering them something that they want

entice into/away/from etc

The birds were enticed back into Britain 40 years ago.

entice somebody/something to do something

Our special offers are intended to entice people to buy.

—enticement noun [uncountable and countable]

He was enticed to steal the money.