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urge

[ɜ͟ː(r)ʤ]
 ♦♦
 urges, urging, urged
 1) VERB If you urge someone to do something, you try hard to persuade them to do it.
  [V n to-inf] They urged parliament to approve plans for their reform programme...
  [V n to-inf] He urged employers and trade unions to adapt their pay settlements to the economic circumstances.
 2) VERB If you urge someone somewhere, you make them go there by touching them or talking to them.
  [V n prep/adv] He slipped his arm around her waist and urged her away from the window...
  [V n] `Come on, Grace,' he was urging her, `don't wait, hurry up.'
 3) VERB If you urge a course of action, you strongly advise that it should be taken.
  [V n on n] He urged restraint on the security forces...
  [V n] We urge vigorous action to be taken immediately.
 4) N-COUNT: oft N to-inf If you have an urge to do or have something, you have a strong wish to do or have it.
  He had an urge to open a shop of his own...
  I have often talked about why we want to be mothers, but none of us can describe the urge exactly.
  Phrasal Verbs:
  - urge on

to break new ground

phrase

If you break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.

[approval]

Gellhorn may have broken new ground when she filed her first report on the Spanish Civil War.

amendment

/əmendmənt/
(amendments)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.
An amendment is a section that is added to a law or rule in order to change it.
...an amendment to the defense bill.
N-VAR

2.
An amendment is a change that is made to a piece of writing.
= alteration
N-COUNT

superficial

[su͟ːpə(r)fɪ̱ʃ(ə)l]
 1) ADJ-GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as superficial, you disapprove of them because they do not think deeply, and have little understanding of anything serious or important.
  This guy is a superficial yuppie with no intellect whatsoever...
  The tone of his book is consistently negative, occasionally arrogant, and often superficial.
  Derived words:
  superficiality [su͟ːpə(r)fɪʃiæ̱lɪti] N-UNCOUNT oft N of n He hated the superficiality, the neon glamour and the cheap prettiness of life in L.A.
  superficially ADV-GRADED ADV after v Hill cannot write badly or superficially; his characters and plotting are, as usual, admirable.
 2) ADJ-GRADED If you describe something such as an action, feeling, or relationship as superficial, you mean that it includes only the simplest and most obvious aspects of that thing, and not those aspects which require more effort to deal with or understand.
  Their arguments do not withstand the most superficial scrutiny...
  His roommate had been pleasant on a superficial level...
  Father had no more than a superficial knowledge of music.
  Derived words:
  superficiality N-UNCOUNT oft N of n His assessment only serves to demonstrate the superficiality of the judgements we make when we first meet people.
  superficially ADV-GRADED ADV with v The film touches on these difficult questions, but only superficially.
 3) ADJ-GRADED Superficial is used to describe the appearance of something or the impression that it gives, especially if its real nature is very different.
  Despite these superficial resemblances, this is a darker work than her earlier novels...
  Spain may well look different but the changes are superficial.
  Derived words:
  superficially ADV-GRADED ADV with cl/group, ADV with v Many of these killers are frequently glib and superficially charming... Superficially there have been many changes in Britain in recent years.
 4) ADJ-GRADED Superficial injuries are not very serious, and affect only the surface of the body. You can also describe damage to an object as superficial.
  The 69-year-old clergyman escaped with superficial wounds...
  The explosion caused superficial damage to the fortified house.
  Syn:
  slight
 5) ADJ: ADJ n The superficial layers of the skin are the ones nearest the surface. [MEDICAL]
  ...superficial blood vessels in the forearm.

superficial

[su͟ːpə(r)fɪ̱ʃ(ə)l]
 1) ADJ-GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as superficial, you disapprove of them because they do not think deeply, and have little understanding of anything serious or important.
  This guy is a superficial yuppie with no intellect whatsoever...
  The tone of his book is consistently negative, occasionally arrogant, and often superficial.
  Derived words:
  superficiality [su͟ːpə(r)fɪʃiæ̱lɪti] N-UNCOUNT oft N of n He hated the superficiality, the neon glamour and the cheap prettiness of life in L.A.
  superficially ADV-GRADED ADV after v Hill cannot write badly or superficially; his characters and plotting are, as usual, admirable.
 2) ADJ-GRADED If you describe something such as an action, feeling, or relationship as superficial, you mean that it includes only the simplest and most obvious aspects of that thing, and not those aspects which require more effort to deal with or understand.
  Their arguments do not withstand the most superficial scrutiny...
  His roommate had been pleasant on a superficial level...
  Father had no more than a superficial knowledge of music.
  Derived words:
  superficiality N-UNCOUNT oft N of n His assessment only serves to demonstrate the superficiality of the judgements we make when we first meet people.
  superficially ADV-GRADED ADV with v The film touches on these difficult questions, but only superficially.
 3) ADJ-GRADED Superficial is used to describe the appearance of something or the impression that it gives, especially if its real nature is very different.
  Despite these superficial resemblances, this is a darker work than her earlier novels...
  Spain may well look different but the changes are superficial.
  Derived words:
  superficially ADV-GRADED ADV with cl/group, ADV with v Many of these killers are frequently glib and superficially charming... Superficially there have been many changes in Britain in recent years.
 4) ADJ-GRADED Superficial injuries are not very serious, and affect only the surface of the body. You can also describe damage to an object as superficial.
  The 69-year-old clergyman escaped with superficial wounds...
  The explosion caused superficial damage to the fortified house.
  Syn:
  slight
 5) ADJ: ADJ n The superficial layers of the skin are the ones nearest the surface. [MEDICAL]
  ...superficial blood vessels in the forearm.

exquisite

[ɪkskwɪ̱zɪt, e̱kskwɪzɪt]
 1) ADJ-GRADED Something that is exquisite is extremely beautiful or pleasant, especially in a delicate way.
  The Indians brought in exquisite beadwork to sell...
  Mr Zhang's photography is exquisite.
  ...her exquisite manners.
  Derived words:
  exquisitely ADV-GRADED usu ADV adj/-ed ...exquisitely crafted dolls' houses. ...an exquisitely beautiful young woman.
 2) ADJ: ADJ n (emphasis) Exquisite is used to emphasize that a feeling or quality is very great or intense. [LITERARY]
  The words issuing from her lips gave exquisite pleasure as they flowed over him...
  She peeled it with exquisite care.

progress

 ♦♦
 progresses, progressing, progressed
 (The noun is pronounced [pro͟ʊgres, AM prɑ͟ː-]u>. The verb is pronounced [prəgre̱s]u>.)
 1) N-UNCOUNT Progress is the process of gradually improving or getting nearer to achieving or completing something.
  The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer...
  The two sides made little if any progress towards agreement.
 2) N-SING: the N, oft N of n The progress of a situation or action is the way in which it develops.
  The Chancellor is reported to have been delighted with the progress of the first day's talks...
  Ellen would keep me abreast of the progress by phone.
 3) VERB To progress means to move over a period of time to a stronger, more advanced, or more desirable state.
  He will visit once a fortnight to see how his new staff are progressing...
  Were you surprised that his disease progressed so quickly?...
  [V to n] He started only five years ago, sketching first and then progressing to painting.
 4) VERB If events progress, they continue to happen gradually over a period of time.
  As the evening progressed, sadness turned to rage...
  Life was hard, and it became harder as the war progressed.
 5) PHRASE If something is in progress, it has started and is still continuing.
  The game was already in progress when we took our seats...
  The diaries are a mixture of confession, work in progress and observation.