The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 11

... have the same meaning as the sum of the meanings of their parts. In fact, on occasion words can have the opposite meaning of their parts. For example, by word analysis the word AWFUL should mean ... primogeniture Word Analysis Word analysis (etymology) is the process of separating a word into its parts and then using the meanings of those parts to deduce the meaning of th...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 17:15

... volley, gunfire sanctify consecrate sanctimonious self-righteous sanction approval sanctuary refuge sang-froid coolness under fire sanguinary gory, murderous sanguine cheerful sans without sapid ... subordinate subsidize financial assistance substantiate verify substantive substantial subterfuge cunning, ruse subterranean underground subvert undermine succor help, comfort succulent juicy, del...

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 22:15

... copy transfigure transform, exalt transfix impale transfuse insert, infuse transgression trespass, offense transient fleeting, temporary 94 Vocabulary 4000 transitory fleeting translucent clear, lucid transpire ... triple terpsichorean related to dance terrain the feature of land terrapin turtle terrestrial earthly terse concise testament covenant testy petulant tether tie down theatri...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 17:15

... CIRCUMNAVIGATE Analysis: Meaning: 2. MISANTHROPE Analysis: Meaning: 3. ANARCHY Analysis: Meaning: 4. AUTOBIOGRAPHY Analysis: Meaning: 5. INCREDULOUS Analysis: Meaning: 6. EGOCENTRIC Analysis: Meaning: 7. ... INFALLIBLE Analysis: Meaning: 8. AMORAL Analysis: Meaning: 9. INFIDEL Analysis: Meaning: 10. NONENTITY Analysis: Meaning: 11. CORPULENT Analysis: Meaning: 12. IRREPARABLE Analysis: Meani...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 15:15

... becoming less tolerant, and therefore that (B) indicates that the country is becoming less tolerant, and therefore (C) indicates that the country is becoming less tolerant, and therefore that (D) ... of the verb. He will be preparing thoroughly for the SAT. PASSIVE VOICE The passive voice removes the subject from the sentence. It is formed with the verb to be and the past...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 15:15

... and the past participle of the verb. b. Used to form the past perfect tense, which indicates that an action was completed before another past action. It is formed using had and the past participle of ... succeed. Farther/Further: Use farther when referring to distance, and use further when referring to degree. 136 Vocabulary 4000 They went no further (degree) than necking. He t...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 22:15

... vanquished aggressor; so after the war, they enacted the Marshall Plan to rebuild Germany. (A) after the war, they enacted the Marshall Plan to rebuild Germany. (B) after the war, the Marshall Plan was enacted ... that the country is becoming less tolerant, and therefore that (B) indicates that the country is becoming less tolerant, and therefore (C) indicates that the count...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 22:15

... by planting a mole on the Democrat’s planning committee and then used the information obtained to sabotage the Democrat’s campaign. (A) used the information obtained to sabotage (B) used the information ... not express the fact that the homes had been built before the fire destroyed them. 156 Vocabulary 4000 Choice (B) merely rearranges the wording while retaining the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 19:15

... BOOK 5 THE WORDS 7 WORD ANALYSIS 103 IDIOM AND USAGE 117 About This Book English offers perhaps the richest vocabulary of all languages, in part because its words are culled from so many languages. ... using. However, there is a bounty of choice words between the common and the esoteric that often seem be just on the tip of our tongue. Vocabulary 4000 brings these...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 14:20

... formed by rearranging the letters of another word analgesic pain-soother The Words 13 Quiz 2 (Antonyms) Directions: Choose the word most opposite in meaning to the capitalized word. Answers are ... chaos anathema curse, abomination anecdote story aneurysm bulging in a blood vessel angst anxiety, dread animadversion critical remark animated exuberant animosity dislike animus hate an...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 14:20