vocabulary spelling success in 20 minutes a day, 5th edition

... my diving adventure in Indonesia, I purchased some state of the art radar gear 45 If you want something done quickly, you may ask for it ASAP 46 At the new planetarium, I saw an amazing laser ... compact disc that contains data a computer can read self-contained underwater breathing device 10 English as a second language 13 a company that provides access to the Internet 14 a device that ... doesn’t mean your vocabulary and literacy won’t benefit from visiting a scuba website to learn how all the gear is a selfcontained underwater breathing apparatus Flipping through Wired magazine or...

... E I A U E C H A P T E R 13 Vocabulary List 10: Short Words That Mean a Lot CHAPTER SUMMARY Sometimes, we may falsely assume that vocabulary building means learning a host of long, multisyllabic ... qualify and clarify the subject at hand Consider a mental image coming into focus as additional information is put forth: “There was a man There was an old man There was an old, dolorous man.” In ... (noun) fatal injury or ruin; a cause of harm, ruin, or death; a source of persistent annoyance or exasperation The persistent beetles that continued to eat away at the crop of string beans in spite...

... usually in drama, to reveal thoughts without actually addressing the listener 13 short tale relating an incident 14 main character – VOCABULARY LIST 9: TERMS RELATING TO LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ... Practice Activities Read an article about a current or historical court case and see how many of the vocabulary words from this chapter appear in the article Write down any additional legal words ... questions Vocabulary List 8: Legal Terms abrogate adjudicate appellate affidavit bequest contraband deposition exhume extradite intestate ipso facto larceny lien litigious jurisprudence malfeasance...

... anything concerning processing or managing information 56 bitmap p the capacity of data transfer 57 cookie q a program that performs a certain task on a computer 58 download r a computer on a ... 44 q 35 keywords 45 s 36 search engine 46 h 37 database 47 b 38 plug -in 48 r 39 information technology 49 d 40 server 50 p 51 t 52 m 53 n 54 f 55 o 56 g 57 i 58 a 59 j 60 c 126 – VOCABULARY LIST ... boss cautioned her against committing an act of nepotism He explained that it was important that every potential employee had a fair chance of employment and that, as store manager, it was her...

... deregulation of economic matters 60 blasé t innocent, simple a young girl 43 avant-garde c 44 élan d apathetic 45 gauche e spirit 46 naïve f a complicated misunderstanding 47 vendetta g a meeting ... especially in the arts (adj.) relating to a group of people who develop innovative and experimental concepts, especially in the arts As part of the , Abe’s paintings have always been on the cutting ... something 22 c conventional Avant-garde means original and creative, so conventional is not a synonym because it means lacking originality 97 – VOCABULARY LIST 5: FOREIGN LANGUAGE TERMS USED IN...

... is a human astronaut who lands on a strange planet where apes venerate their own kind by offering praise and promotions for negative actions taken against humans Leo’s antagonist, General Thade, ... each part of a word in order to analyze its meaning And similarly, just as the end of a movie is as important as its beginning, a word ending plays an important role in determining its part of speech ... are using this information as an inducement for vaccinating incoming freshman Many universities are now offering this vaccine either free or for a nominal fee The vaccination’s protracted effectiveness...

... disgraceful Spelling Practice 21 finally 22 submitting, submitted 23 thinking 24 roaming, roamed 25 controlling, controlled 26 plainness 27 rebelling, rebelled 28 throbbing, throbbed 29 legally 30 raining, ... definitions and create drawings that remind you of their meanings Example: neutral hindsight 40 Definition against Illustration (draw a no smoking sign) m to show you are against smoking – VOCABULARY ... curricula data Singular fungus medium stratum analysis axis basis oasis parenthesis thesis Plural fungi media strata analyses axes bases oases parentheses theses 78 She was (irreverent/ireverent) in...