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| (verb) to have an effect on. (ex: It was too early to tell how the budget cuts would affect them.) |
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| a hint or an indirect reference. To allude to something is not to name the thing specifically or to refer to names specifically. (ex: The allusions to Moart's work in the new symphony are appearant to most music lovers.) |
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| a false belief, especially a psychotic one. (ex: he had delusions that he could be shot without being injured) |
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| an unreal impression, misconception or image perception. (ex: Pulling the rabbit of of the hat was one of the magician's most popular illusions. |
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| a graduate of a school. an alumus can be either gender but is typically male |
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| a group of female graduates |
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| refers to quantity (ex: Do you have any more cookies?) |
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| to take something as fact without a basis for belief (ex: i didn't think about there being a dress code," he said. "I just assumed I could where whatever I wanted." |
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| To believe something is true because there is reason to do so and no contrary evidence. (ex: She woke up, saw the sun shining and presumed it would be a great day to spend outside.) |
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| the adjective used for both genders and the noun used for a man |
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| (noun) the rump, lower or back part of a thing or a part of a gun. |
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| wealth; the city is the official seat of government. |
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| the building in which a state legislature meets. The word is capitolized when it refers to the building in which Congress meets in Washington D.C. |
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| a measure of the weight of precious stones. |
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| the proportion of gold used in an alloy; 24 karat is pure gold. |
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| (verb) to lean sideways or toss about like a boat under sail. (ex: As the wind kicked up, the tiny boat careened in the bay) |
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| (noun) a small room; material things are made of |
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| (verb) to condemn an act as wrong or to stronly disapprove (ex: the editor was censured for trying to censor the publication) |
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(verb) to ridicule good-naturedly (noun) husks or rubbish
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| (verb) to refer to or to quote |
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| used when looking at item in the same class or category without examining closely, as an analogy. (ex: With its friendly disposition, a llama can be compared to a cat with long legs.) |
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| Used when more carefully examining similarities and differences between items. (ex: Oukitten, Samson, is hyperactive compared with our older cat, Caboodle.) |
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| (noun) Praise. (verb) Giving praise. |
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| (noun) something that adds to another thing to make it complete. (verb) To add to, accent or complete. (ex:we complimented him on the way he had arranged the furnishings to complement the room.) |
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| to include !comprised of is always wrong! (ex: the United States comprises 50 states) |
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| (verb) the physical touching of things. ! do not use as a synonym for call or write! |
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| without stop (ex: Even her continual education had not prepared her for the continuous demands of her first graduate class.) |
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| a string or an anatomical structure such as a spinal or vocal cord. It is also a unit of wood. |
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| (noun) advice or a lawyer (verb) to advise (ex: The City Council voted to retain counsel in the matter) |
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| !it's not correct to write just couple, remember to include the of! |
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| (noun) legal term for money paid or ordered to be paid as compensation for loss or injury (ex: after the accident caused extensive damage to the property, Burton was ordered to pay $325,000 in damages.) |
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| like media, phenomena and criteria, data is plural. (Datum is the singular.) |
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| a type of reasoning that proceeds from general principles and applies them to specific instances. |
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| a type of reasoning that proceeds from general principles and applies them to specific instances. (ex: Once you know the principles of intercultural communication, it is easy to use deductive reasoning to apply them to a specific country.) |
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| reasoning that seeks to make generalizations from specific cases. (ex: Using inductive reasoning, the researchers were able to draw conclusions about the tribe after studying 12 members of it.) |
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| (noun) a dry land (verb) to leave |
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| to pay out (ex: security guards were called in to watch as officials disbursed money to the lottery winners.) |
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| detached or separate (ex: a computer typically includes four discrete parts: a CPU, a keyboard, a mouse and a monitor.) |
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| it is proper to say someone was drowned only when another person held his or her head under water |
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| should be used only when you can substitute "caused by", it is not a synonym for "because of" (ex: the drop in earnings was due to an accounting change) |
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| the study of the environment. Not a synonym for environment |
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| to provide insurance (ex: the president said he would do everything he could to ensure that all citizens would be insured in a health plan) |
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| when used as a synonym for thinking or believing , it should mean being convinced emotionally rather than intellectually (even though no one has ever made it to the top of the mountain, they feel sure that they will get there) |
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| use with collective nouns or mass nouns (ex: the school found itself with fewer teachers and less equipment than in years past.) |
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| (noun) a falme or an emergency signaling device (verb)to blaze with sudden light or to burst out in anger |
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| to mock or scoff (ex: the rich flaunted their wealth in flouting the president's call for belt tightening.) |
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| happening by chance (ex: It was fortuitous that he was walking under the open window at the moment the workers dropped the piano through it.) |
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to fetch !not a synonym for become!
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| related to history (ex: on our picnic at the historic battlefield, she read a historical novel.) |
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| (adverb) full of hope. !not a synonym for "I hope"! (ex: The hungry child sat hopefully on the steps of the candy shop) |
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| what a speaker does (ex: the supervisor implied that all employees would recieve raises.) |
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| to move into means from one place to another. A person who is in a boat and decides to go swimming will jump into the water, not in. |
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(adj.) unwilling
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| A suspended sentence (ex: because she has no record and the offense was minor, she received probation.) |
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| a figure derived by subtracting one number from another. (ex: The dip of two percentage points in the unemployment rate--- from 10 to 8 percent --- was a difference of 20 percent.) |
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| a slanted table (either floor-standing or desktop) on which speakers place their notes |
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a platform that can hold several people
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| (verb) to cause to happen earlier than anticipated, to throw violently |
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| a false show used to conceal feelings (ex: his praise of the book was all pretense) |
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| a motive put forward to conceal the real motive (ex: she was dismissed on the pretext of irresponsibility, but everyone knew the real reason was theft.) |
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| (noun) the head of a school; money. (adj.) Main |
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| one of a kind. the word never takes qualifiers. a good editor would cut the word rather from this example (San Francisco is a rather unique city) |
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| this plural verb is used with a singular noun when expressing an idea contrary to fact (ex: If I were a rich man, I could retire now rather than in 25 years) |
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| a measurement of how warm or cool it is, temperature can move only up or down weather can become warmer or cooler |
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| from a time in the past !not a synonym for because! |
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| gratifying the senses or appetite, including sexual appetite. (ex: during college, his life was devoted to sensual excesses.) |
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| pleasing the senses. When used to describe a person, sensuous means susceptible to the pleasures of sensation (ex: silk is a sensuous fabric) |
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| the part played by an actor, or a job given to a person |
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| !not synonymous with role! this is the one dealing with motion |
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showing respect
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| to dispute a claim or charge |
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| lying face down to show submission or adoration, overcome by heat. |
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| (verb) to predict, foretell or forecast (ex: The book claims that modern events were prophesied in ancient times.) |
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| a facility normally used to confine persons awaiting trial or sentencing on misdemeanors or felonies, persons serving sentences for misdemeanors, and persons confined for civil matters, such as failure to pay alimony. |
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