John Wiley And Sons Webster''''s New World - Essential vocabulary I

John Wiley And Sons Webster's New World - Essential vocabulary

... or registeredtrademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and/ or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the prop-erty of their respective owners .Wiley Publishing, Inc. is not associated with any ... PM Page iiiWebster’s New World Essential Vocabulary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley, Hoboken, NJPublished by Wiley, Hoboken, NJPublished simultaneously in CanadaNo part of this publication may be ... Cataloging-in-Publication Data:Herzog, David Alan.Webster’s New World essential vocabulary / by David A. Herzog.p. cm.ISBN 0-7 64 5-7 16 5-6 (pbk.)1. Vocabulary. 2. Vocabulary Problems, exercises,...

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... 3. a light musical composition • Moorish architecture is distinguished by its arabesques, which might be carved into the stonework or might be in relief. • A ballet dancer’s arabesque is a pose ... kee AHL ij ee) n. the scientific study of the past (especially of past civilizations and cultures through excavation of their cities, their artifacts, and so on) • Archaeology is responsible for ... a contradiction of the facts. • The history of Germany in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is a series of contradictions. • Racism is a contradiction to the principles expressed in the U.S....

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... singer’s voice is almost inaudible, but the sound engineer will amplify it to make it stand out. [amplified, amplifying, amplification, amplifier n.] amusement (uh MYOOZ mnt) n. 1. the condition ... Territory by purchasing it from France. • An appreciation for caviar is an acquired taste, unlike a love for creamed corn, which is, of course, innate. [-d, acquiring] acquisition* (AK wuh zi shuhn) ... otherwise impossible. • Having a conversation with the founding fathers or interviewing Abe Lincoln or Marie Curie are but three literary uses for anachronism. [anachronistic adj., anachronistically...

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... used in writing and printing; 3. style of printing or handwriting; 4. a magical symbol or mystic emblem; a code or cipher; 5. a distinctive quality or trait; an attribute; a characteristic; 6. essential ... Education is a case lawyers often cite when arguing for equal educational opportunities in court. [-d, citing, citation n.] civil (SI vil) adj. 1. of a citizen or citizens; 2. of a community of citizens ... of citizens or their interactions; 3. cultured; 4. courteous or polite • All citizens are entitled to certain civil rights. • Civil war is an oxymoron, like military intelligence. • Civil people...

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... centimeters and 1 inch is a well-known relationship. • A generic drug has the chemical equivalence of its brand-name cousin at a lower price. equivocal (ik WIV ik il) adj. 1. capable of being interpreted ... Essential Vocabulary 1. diatribe 2. diffidence 3. digress 4. diminutive 5. dirge 6. disabuse 7. disburse 8. discontent 9. disinter 10. disinterestedness 11. disputatious 12. dissonance a. contentious ... debilitating (di BIL i TAYT ing) adj. weakening; making weak and feeble; ennervating • Lou Gehrig was a great baseball player before developing the debilitating disease, ALS, which carries his...

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... her handicaps or inabilities. [-d, deriding, derision n., derisive adj., deridingly adv.] [Syn. ridicule] derivative* (di RIV a TIV) adj. 1. using or taken from other sources; 2. not original ... wine, Judy has very discriminating taste (among bottles costing $6 or less). [-d, discriminating] [Syn. distinguish] discussion (dis KUSH in) n. talking or writing in which the pros and cons and/ or ... between; differentiate; 2. to notice the difference between; to distinguish —vi. 1. to be discerning; 2. to treat differently; show partiality —adj. involving making distinctions; distinguishing carefully...

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... cultural heritage or nationality • Being of Ethiopian descent is an ethnicity. • Having a Lithuanian heritage is an ethnicity. • Speaking Spanish or English is a commonality of language but is not ... admire. • The Guggenheim collection is exhibited daily in a museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. • Lawrence is exhibiting a good deal of irritation with the automobile cleaning service. [-ed, ... condensers and resistors. ecological* (ek uh LAH ji kl) adj. having to do with the relations between liv- ing things and their environment or a certain organism and its environment • The plants and animals...

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... same thing. 114 Essential Vocabulary 1. fabrication 2. factor 3. fallacious 4. fallibile 5. falsification 6. fathom 7. feasible 8. felicitous 9. fiction 10. figurative 11. financial 12. firebrand ... duplicating machine. • Some of Harry’s paintings imitate those of Mondrian. [-d, imitating, imitation, imitator n.] [Syn. ape, mimic, emulate] immerse (i MOERS) vt. 1. to plunge, drop, or dip into ... gardening. • An electric drill is the preferred hole-boring woodworking implement. [-ed, -ing, -ation* n.] implication (IM pli KAY shn) n. 1. an involvement or connection with some- thing, such...

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... are infirm in their voting records on civil rights. [-ly adv.] [Syn. weak] inimitable (in IM it uh bl) adj. incapable of being imitated; too good to be copied • Certain products, which we will ... thing. 296 Essential Vocabulary 1. iconoclast 2. idyll 3. igneous 4. immaculate 5. impede 6. impenetrability 7. imperious 8. imperturbable 9. impinge 10. implacable 11. implausible 12. implosion ... their mission. • Indonesian troops made an incursion into East Timor, seeking to capture a wanted revolutionary. indefatigable (IN di FAT ig uh bl) adj. never growing tired; unyielding to fatigue...

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... • Many claim that the income tax code is mystifying by design rather than circumstance. [-ly adv., mystification n.] mythical (MITH i kil) adj. 1. imaginary; fictitious; not scientifically proven; ... outstandingly beautiful bird, while the pigeon is consid- erably more mundane. [-ly adv.] [Syn. earthly] munificent (myoo NIF is int) adj. 1. very generous; giving lavishly; 2. distinguished ... of its environment is the way in which it protects itself, keeping it hidden from potential predators. mineral (MIN oer il) n. 1. an inorganic substance in nature with certain physi- cal and/ or...

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