Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary BuilderMerriam-Webster, 1998 - 558 Seiten The ideal book for people who want to increase their word power. Thorough coverage of 1,200 words and 240 roots while introducing 2,300 words. The Vocabulary Builder is organized by Greek and Latin roots for effective study with nearly 250 new words and roots. Includes quizzes after each root discussion to test progress. A great study aid for students preparing to take standardized tests. |
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... kind of sentence in which it often appears . It can also serve as a memory aid , since when you meet the word in the future you may recall the example sentence more easily than the definition . An explanatory paragraph rounds out your ...
... kind of sentence in which it often appears . It can also serve as a memory aid , since when you meet the word in the future you may recall the example sentence more easily than the definition . An explanatory paragraph rounds out your ...
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... kind that strongly links a suspect to a crime . Verbal testimony may incriminate by placing the suspect at the scene of the crime or describe behavior that involves him or her in it . We can also say that a virus has been incriminated ...
... kind that strongly links a suspect to a crime . Verbal testimony may incriminate by placing the suspect at the scene of the crime or describe behavior that involves him or her in it . We can also say that a virus has been incriminated ...
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... kind . Thus , a writer may be gravid with ideas as she sits down to write ; a speaker may make a gravid pause before announcing his remarkable findings ; and a cloud may be gravid with rain . gravitas \ ౹ gra - və- ౹ täs Great or very ...
... kind . Thus , a writer may be gravid with ideas as she sits down to write ; a speaker may make a gravid pause before announcing his remarkable findings ; and a cloud may be gravid with rain . gravitas \ ౹ gra - və- ౹ täs Great or very ...
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... kind . So very often what is perceptible to one person — a tiny sound , a slight change in the weather , a different tone of voice — will not be to another . susceptible \ sə - ౹ sep - tə - bəl ( 1 ) Open to some influence ; respon ...
... kind . So very often what is perceptible to one person — a tiny sound , a slight change in the weather , a different tone of voice — will not be to another . susceptible \ sə - ౹ sep - tə - bəl ( 1 ) Open to some influence ; respon ...
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American ancient ancient Greek ancient Rome animals ante meridiem basic behavior believe blank body called century Choose the closest church closest definition comes Complete the analogy correct definition correct letter correct word crime Croesus death decibel describe deus ex machina different meanings different same/different different same/different same/different disease English words epiphyte especially example feel following pairs formal give gods Greek mythology Greek word hematocrit human Indicate kind Latin verb Latin word living look lycanthropy Match the definition Match the word megalopolis metonymy noun Odysseus original pairs of words person physical plants political polyphonic prefix produce Quiz Fill refers Review Quizzes Roman root seems sense simply someone sometimes sound speak speech television term theocracy thermocline things tion topiary triceratops United usually word meaning writing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 215 - Our new Constitution is now established, and has an. appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Seite 152 - Trumpets sound throughout the Host proclaim A solemn Councel forthwith to be held At Pandaemonium, the high Capital Of Satan and his Peers...
Seite 429 - Webster, is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like a rose). A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in the ship plows the sea).
Seite 397 - For that matter, the skeptic has well pointed out that the "Holy Roman Empire" was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire.
Seite xi - ... mark of syllable division ... indicate that what is symbolized between is present in some utterances but not in others: factory...
Seite 52 - record' and the verb 'record' are homographs (of each other)" (this' definition is enlarged in the 1987 edition: "a word that has the same spelling as another, but is different in meaning, origin, grammar, or pronunciation...
Seite 425 - Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Seite 44 - act or practice of feigning to be what one is not or to feel what one does not feel; esp.
Seite 92 - I don't give a damn for a man that can spell a word only one way.
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