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

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Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2012, 09:47

... Germany was required to pay reparations to her former enemies, which sent her economy into total ruin. • Barney brought his torn trousers to the tailor for reparation. [Syn. compensation] repress ... nearly the same thing. Q – R: GRE Words 327 1. receptor 2. recitation 3. recluse 4. recondite 5. redemptive 6. refractory 7. relapse 8. relentless 9. reparation 10. repress 11. repulse 12. resil...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... very similar Japanese soroban that has rows of beads split into fours and ones. aberration (ab oer AY shin) n. 1. a departure from the normal; 2. a deviation from what is right or correct • Barbara’s ... shopkeepers and self-employed persons between the aristocracy and the workers (or proletariat). [-e fem., -ie n.] brazen (BRAY zin) adj. 1. showing no shame; bold; impudent; 2. of brass...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... brought there from your heart as part of your pulmonary circulation. • Soft drink makers aerate their drinks by forcing carbon dioxide to dissolve under pressure. [-d, aerating, aeration n.] ... correct or exact; exactness, preciseness • Weather forecasts are not renowned for their accuracy. • Robin Hood could shoot an arrow with great accuracy. accurate (AK yur it) adj. 1. careful and ......

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... or fangs, is a carnivorous trait. cartographer (kahr TOG ruh fuhr) n. a person who designs and makes maps or charts • Mercator is the name of the man who is probably the best-known cartogra- ... lan- guages, both in grammar and vocabulary. • The comparative degree in grammer goes from tall to taller, as opposed to the superlative, which is tallest. • Bigger, smaller, newer, and older a...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... by freeze- drying, or just drying it • Cranberries are completely washed and then dessicated before they are packaged for shipping. • Coffee dessicated by freeze-drying is as popular as the brewed ... years by the Colorado River. [-d, eroding] [Syn. wear (away)] erudition (ER yoo DISH in) n. learning acquired through scholarship (by read- ing and study) • Everything we know about ancient...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... normal shape, form, or appearance of; 2. to misrepresent; misstate; pervert • Rubber dolls and action figures are easy to distort. • Martin’s report on Korea seriously distorts the facts. [-ed, ... used for any of the above • Clydesdale horses are used for draft, not for riding. • Nora took a draft from her glass of root beer. • Shakespeare wrote drafts of all his plays, over and over. •...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... exploitation of undocument- ed workers. • The United Farmworkers union was built to stop the exploitation of Mexican and other migratory workers by large corporate farmers. express (eks PRES) vt. 1. to ... South were embroiled in the bloody Civil War. [-ed, -ing, -ment n.] emend (ee MEND) vt. 1. to make scholarly corrections or improvements to a text; 2. (rare) to correct or improve • Loren...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... being free from the control of other persons, or certain laws or regulations; 2. a right or privilege • The nations of the Americas value their freedom from their former European colonizers. • ... by Clifford Irving, who later wrote the forgery of Howard Hughes’s autobiography. • The Secret Service’s main task is to stop forgery of U.S. currency. [forgeries pl.] forlorn (fawr LAWRN) adj. ......

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... for bringing about a peaceful solution to a problem between two or more persons, groups, companies, and so on • The Taft-Hartley Act calls for strikers to return to work for an 80-day cooling-down ... for high pay. • High steelworkers are not just mercenary but rather have a knack for work- ing in high places. • Hessian troops were mercenaries who fought for the British during the American...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20