John Wiley And Sons Webster''''s New World - Essential vocabulary B

... Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:Herzog, David Alan.Webster’s New < /b> World < /b> essential < /b> vocabulary < /b> / by David A. Herzog.p. cm.ISBN 0-7 < /b> 64 5-7 < /b> 16 5-6 < /b> (pbk.)1. Vocabulary.< /b> 2. Vocabulary< /b> Problems, exercises, ... Page iii Webster’s New < /b> World< /b> Essential < /b> Vocabulary < /b> Copyright © 2005 by Wiley,< /b> Hoboken, NJPub...

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... Words 255 1. baste 2. benevolent 3. benign 4. bigotry 5. bland 6. boggle 7. bogus 8. boisterous 9. bolster 10. bombast 11. boor 12. bourgeois 13. brazen 14. broach 15. buoyant 16. burnish a. conventional ... shall bury you!” speech is a better-known exam- ple of bombast. [-ic adj., -ically adv.] boor (BOR) n. a rude, ill-mannered, or awkward person • Stop acting like a boor. • When Cindy turn...

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... A: SAT Words 9 1. abandon 2. abbreviated 3. ability 4. abridge 5. abscond 6. absolve 7. absorb 8. abstain 9. abstract 10. absurd 11. accentuate 12. acceptable a. condense b. refrain c. engross ... relevant facts. [-ed, -ing, abstraction n., abstractly adv.] absurd (ab SOERD or ab ZOEHRD) adj. 1. so obviously untrue as to be laugh- able; 2. laughably different from what is reasonable • The st...

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... thing. B: SAT Words 43 1. bereft 2. betray 3. between 4. bewilder 5. bias 6. bicker 7. bilk 8. biological 9. blueprint 10. bog 11. bore 12. brain 13. brandish 14. burden 15. burrow 16. buttress ... SAT Words 39 1. barricade 2. barter 3. basic 4. basis 5. battle 6. behalf 7. behavior 8. being 9. belie 10. belief 11. belligerent 12. beneficial 13. benefit 14. berate a. disguise b. conduct c....

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... of the contract made Harvey extricable from it. • A single rubber band is usually quite extricable from a ball of rubber bands. [extricably adv.] [Syn. escapable] extrovert (EKS tra VOERT) n. ... aban- doned property; 2. a destitute person with no home or job • The derelict boat bobbed up and < /b> down in the waves, just waiting to be swamped. • The reason the burglars gained access was bec...

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... tried -and-< /b> true way of cleaning a rug in the nineteenth century was to hang it over a rope and < /b> drub it with all your might. • The Mets were given an eight-to-one drubbing by the Braves. [-bed, -bing] ... to build the Tower of Babel. debatable (di BAYT i bl) adj. 1. arguable, having pros and < /b> cons on both sides; 2. something that can be questioned or disputed; 3. in dispute...

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... embraced his wife and < /b> child. • Phyllis embraced Cathy’s offer to help her with math. • Mr. Jones eagerly embraced his new < /b> profession. • The science of biology embraces zoology and < /b> botany. [-d, ... out; refuse to admit; bar; 2. to expel; to put out • The doorman at the entrance to the club is there to exclude all but mem- bers and < /b> their honored guests. • The bride-t...

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... having grandeur; 2. seeming important, pompous, and < /b> showy, or trying to so seem • The Breakers (built as a summer home by the Vanderbilts in Newport, Rhode Island) can only be described as grandiose. ... above the range of human hearing, while sub- sonic frequencies are below that range. • The frequency of car horn honkings in Amanda’s neighborhood is about five per hour. 116 Essentia...

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... same atomic number, but have different atomic weights • Carbon, atomic number 6, has two isotopes, C-12 and < /b> C-14, with atomic weights shown by their numbers. • U-235, U-238, and < /b> U-239 are three ... Bradley was anything but. [-ly adv., -ness n.] [Syn. masterful] imperturbable (IM poer TOERB i bl) adj. that cannot be disturbed or excited • Alice listened to all stories with an imp...

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... It used to be very difficult to get antismoking bills passed because of the strength of the tobacco lobbyists. • The word lobbyist is peculiarly American and < /b> originated with people but- tonholing ... like to eat and < /b> then ending up at your friend’s choice of restaurant? • As a general rule, country -and-< /b> western music lovers loathe hip-hop. [-d, loathing] [Syn. hate] lobbyi...

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