Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Test 2 Vocab
Words on pgs.298-300
17
Communication
Undergraduate 1
05/04/2010
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Communication Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
Different from
 Definition
Standard usage
Term
Different than
 Definition
used frequently in speech and formal writing.
Term
Disinterested/uninterested
 Definition
impartial or unbiased/lacking interest
Term
due to
 Definition
use instead of because of
Term
due to the fact that/owing to the fact that
 Definition
Wordy. Use because instead
Term
each other/one another
 Definition
use each other for 2/ use one another for more than 2
Term
elicit/illicit
 Definition
to get or draw out/illegal
Term
emigrate/immigrate
 Definition
to leave a country/ to move to another country
Term
eminent/imminent
 Definition
well known and noteworthy/ about to happen
Term
everyday/every day
 Definition
usual/expression of frequency
Term
explicit/implicit
 Definition
direct/implied
Term
few/a few
 Definition
some/hardly any
Term
"had better"
 Definition
include had in standard English
Term
"hisself"
 Definition
nonstandard use himself
Term
incredible/incredulous
 Definition
difficult to believe/skeptical
Term
kind/sort of
 Definition
use somewhat instead
Term
like/ as & as if
 Definition
preposition followed by a noun/ introduce an independent clause with a subject and verb
Supporting users have an ad free experience!