mislead |misˈlēd|
verb
(past and past part. -led ) [ trans.] cause (someone) to have a wrong idea or impression about someone or something: the government misled the public about the road’s environmental impact.
DERIVATIVES misleader noun
design |dəˈzīn|
noun
1 a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is built or made: he has just unveiled his design for the new museum.
• the art or action of conceiving of and producing such a plan or drawing: good design can help the reader understand complicated information | the cloister is of late twelfth century design.
• an arrangement of lines or shapes created to form a pattern or decoration: pottery with a lovely blue and white design.
2 purpose, planning, or intention that exists or is thought to exist behind an action, fact, or material object: the appearance of design in the universe.
verb
[trans.] decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), typically by making a detailed drawing of it: a number of architectural students were designing a factory | [as adj. with submodifier] (designed) specially designed buildings.
• (often be designed) do or plan (something) with a specific purpose or intention in mind: [trans.] the tax changes were designed to stimulate economic growth. See note at intend.
PHRASES
by design as a result of a plan; intentionally: I became a presenter by default rather than by design, have designs on aim to obtain (something desired), typically in a secret and dishonest way: he suspected her of having designs on the family fortune.
ORIGIN
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense [to designate] ): from Latin designare ‘to designate,’ reinforced by French désigner. The noun is via French from Italian.
![bicycle |ˈbīsikəl|
noun
a vehicle composed of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel.
bicycles
verb [intrans.] ride a bicycle in a particular direction: they had spent the day bicycling around the island.
DERIVATIVES bicyclist |-siklist| noun
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from bi- [two] +Greek kuklos ‘wheel.’](http://24.media.tumblr.com/89e6645965ad33f87c15404d6dcec8f2/tumblr_mlqdghnuVs1r40la9o1_250.jpg)
bicycle |ˈbīsikəl|
noun
a vehicle composed of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel.
verb [intrans.] ride a bicycle in a particular direction: they had spent the day bicycling around the island.
DERIVATIVES bicyclist |-siklist| noun
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from bi- [two] +Greek kuklos ‘wheel.’

wrath |raθ|
noun
extreme anger (chiefly used for humorous or rhetorical effect):he hid his pipe for fear of incurring his father’s wrath.
ORIGIN Old English wrǣththu, from wrāth (see wroth ).

lentil |ˈlent(ə)l|
noun
1 a high-protein pulse that is dried and then soaked and cooked before eating. There are several varieties of lentils, including green ones and smaller orange ones, which are typically sold split.
2 the plant that yields this pulse, native to the Mediterranean and Africa and grown also for fodder.
• Lens culinaris, family Leguminosae.
ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French lentille, from Latin lenticula, diminutive oflens, lent- ‘lentil.’
duality |d(y)oōˈalitē|
noun
(pl. -ties)
1 the quality or condition of being dual: the novel’s deep duality about human motive.
• Mathematics the property of two theorems, expressions, etc., being dual to each other.
• Physics the quantum-mechanical property of being regardable as both a wave and a particle.
2 an instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or two aspects of something; a dualism: the simple dualities of his youthful Marxism: capitalism against socialism, bourgeois against prole.
ORIGIN late Middle English : from late Latin dualitas, from dualis (see dual).



