The depletion of the Earth's oil reserves poses a threat to our current style of life. finite adj. of a certain amount; having an end; not infinite Syn. limited There were a finite number of explanations for the unusual reactions. Is there a finite number of stars in the universe? perceive v. to sense; to become aware of adv. perceptibly Syn. observe adj. perceivable adj. perceptive adv. perceptively n. perception We perceive major differences between the two political parties. Porpoises are very perceptive mammals. security n. the feeling of freedom from danger, adv. securely doubt, or worry adj. secure Syn. safety v. secure Her sense of security increased as her grades improved. We secured all of the doors of the lab before leaving. toxic adj. harmful; capable of being fatal
fine texture generally longest on the neck but also on the tail". In the early days of the cat fancy, longhaired breeds competed against each other; the Persian was preferred over the Turkish Angora and the Russian Longhair (Russian Angora), so much so that any resemblance to the Angora was later frowned upon by cat fanciers. In 1870, the Honourable Lady Cust produced a book called "The Cat" (in which she perceptively wrote "In the present day, a love for cats appears chiefly permitted to 'elderly spinsters,' and is often even ridiculed") in which she described the longhair thus: "Of the wild cat, there is supposed to be only one species, which extends with trifling variety of colour over all parts of the world, the difference from the tame variety being more in the internal than in the external structures, its intestines being the shortest and smalles of all the quadrupeds
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