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

... when it is read.Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo,Webster’s New World, the Webster’s NewWorld logo, and all related trademarks, logos, and trade dress are trademarks or registeredtrademarks ... object.Consider the following sentence: Peter ate a grape. In that sentence, the grapereceives the action of the transitive verb, to eat (past tense, ate). The verb, to eat, canals...

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... a great deal of animosity between Boston Red Sox fans and New York Yankee fans. • Veterans from Germany and America have met each other in the cemeter- ies of France to show that they have no ... U.S. armed forces were used to coerce Iraq to leave Kuwait. • The Internal Revenue Service is expert at coercing delinquent taxpayers to part with their funds. • Police frequently find it neces...

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... of a leader or a plan • Peanut butter will adhere to one’s teeth almost every time. • The candidate adhered to her promise to support the health plan, even after she was elected. • The secretary ... the liberated concentration camp inmates affects many people. • As the voice of Shrek, Mike Meyers affects the role of a lovable green ogre. [-ed, -ing, affectable adj.] [Syn. assume (sense 3)] .....

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... confidence • The gate is between the third and fourth fence posts. • Lunchtime comes between breakfast and dinner times. • That color is between blue and green. • Second gear is between first and ... close the dis- tance between them. • Joe was on the extreme right, Debbie was on the extreme left, and Mike compromised, midway between them. • Being seen with you might cause my reputa...

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... Does reading degenerate magazines corrupt one, or must one be degenerate to buy such magazines? • Helen, mentioned above, is a degenerate. • As one ages, one’s sense of humor tends to degenerate, ... free] embezzle (em BEZ il) vt. to steal by fraud; to take money from someone on false pretense and then spend it on oneself • Several corporate executives spent the late 1990s embezzling their...

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... Page 73 deceive (di SEEV) vt. to cause (a person) to believe what is not true; delude; mislead —vi. to use deceit; lie • Flattery is a time-tested device to deceive one into thinking he or she ... see) n. 1. government by the people, with the popu- lace holding the reins of power, either directly or through elected representatives; power in the hands of the ruled; 2. a country, state, etc. .....

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... Preheating the oven will expedite dinner after mom brings the frozen pizza home. • Paying for overnight delivery will expedite your receiving the new software package. [-d, expediting] experience ... [-ed, -ing, -able adj., -ation n.] elite (e LEET) n. 1. those selected or regarded as the finest, best, most distin- guished, etc.; 2. a size of type for typewriters (remember them?) measuring...

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... Sundays, he is really a hypocrite because he drinks, cusses, and chases loose women the rest of the week. • Used-car salespersons have a well-deserved reputation for being hypocrites, guaranteeing ... certain specified time frame; number of oscillations per time period; 2. a repeated or repeating occurrence • When something vibrates between about 30 and 16,000 times per second, its freque...

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... example, cleverness, shrewd- ness, eloquence; 3. quick; quick witted; changeable; fleeting • Fever thermometers used to be mercurial, but now, few are. • A speedy messenger could be called mercurial ... five minutes in the freezing water rendered him insensible to the temperature of the air. • Congresswoman Lorraine’s self-centeredness caused her to be insensible to the wishes of her constitu...

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... • Years of experience are required to refine one’s taste buds to the point where (s)he can qualify as a judge of fine wines. • When it comes to movies, everyone’s a judge. [-d, judging, -ment ... States are driven by advertising dollars. • Since the advent of television, the roles played by the print media have tended to become more specialized. mediocre (MEE dee OH kir) adj. 1. of average .....

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