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The Academic Words for reading skill
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English
Undergraduate 1
07/01/2008

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Term

RELUCTANT

Definition

Definition:

Unwilling

 

Example:

I don't reluctant to go home

Term

MALIGN

Definition

Definition:

crtized

 

Example:

The student often maligned governmental policy

Term
BASHFUL
Definition

Definition:

Shy and self conscious

 

Example:

he very bashful when he meet his ex girlfriend

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MIX UP
Definition

Definition:

A state or instance of conclusion

 

Example:

She mix up this morning meeting

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QUIBBLING OVER
Definition

Definition:

Equivocate/Berdalih

 

Example:

She likes to quibbling over

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FASCINATE
Definition

Definition:

To hold an intense interest or attraction for

 

Example:

I fascinated she since firsh sight

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SAGACIOUS
Definition

Definition:

Shrewd and wise

 

Example:

This mousedeer is one of the sagasious animals

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AFFLUENT
Definition

Definition:

wealthy

 

example:

she is one of the affluent people in the world

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RUMBLING

Definition

Definition:

To make a deep long rolling sound

 

Example:

The rumbling voice come from machine room

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ASTONISH
Definition

Definition:

To fill with sudden wonder or amazement

 

Example:

I am very astonished to see him in Indonesia

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PLOD
Definition

Definition:

walking hardly

 

Example:

that elephant plod to the village and thieves villagers harvest

 

Term
FLEE
Definition

Definition:

Escape

 

Example:

The prisoners flee from the jail

 

Term

CALVES

Definition

Defintion:

Baby elepant

 

Example:

Two calves born in cisarua zoo

 

Term
IMPECCABLE
Definition
definition :
perfect
 
example :
she make fried rice with perfectly
 
Term
SHRINK
Definition
Definition :
to dwindle (menciut)
 
example :
 she was shrinkbecause cold weather
 
Term
exaggerate
Definition
Definition :
 to enlarge;increase
 
example :
news in magazine always exaggerate  about artist life
 
Term
TRIUMPH
Definition
Definition :
an important victory
 
example :
she celebrate her triumph in pizza hut
Term
PERILOUS
Definition
Definition :
danger (peril/noun)
 
example :
she was pass that perilous examination
Term
PILEUP
Definition
Definition :
a serious collision of several motor vechicle
 
example :
 seven cars ruin from pileup last night still there
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RIGOROUS
Definition
Definition :
 a harsh or trying circumstance(disiplin)
 
example :
she followed rigorous training schedule
Term
MODEST
Definition
Definition :
Having/showing a moderate estimation of oneself
(rendah hati
 
exampe :
 percy is modest man howeverhe realy succes
Term
MUTTER
Definition
Definition :
grumble (mengerutu)
 
example :
she always mutter when her mother tell she to study
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