Showing posts with label E. Show all posts
Showing posts with label E. Show all posts

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Epitome

[e-pi-de-me]

n.
1. A representative or example of a class or type: "He is seen . . . as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual" Paul Kennedy.
2. A brief summary, as of a book or article; an abstract.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Euthanasia

[u-the-nei-sure]

安乐死

noun
1. Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, esp. a painful, disease or condition.
2. painless death.