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abandon (n) /ə'bændən/ - Syn. Relinquish - Ex: With her parents out of town, Kelly danced all night with abandon (n) lacking restraint or control;
feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
abstract (a) /'æbstrækt/ - Sy...
- Ex: With her parents out of town, Kelly danced all night with abandon ✅(n) lacking restraint or control;
feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
abstract (a) /'æbstrækt/
- Syn. theoretical; abstruse
- Ex: To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal ✅(a) theoretical; not
concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
academy (n) /ə'kædəmɪ/
- Ex: The mission of our academy is actually to ensure the health and the well-being of all children. ✅(n)
school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists
access (n) /'æksɛs/
- Syn. approach
- Ex: It remains to be seen whether the multinationals like Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and BP will give in to
Mr Chavez's brinksmanship as they know he needs them as much as they need access to his oil. ✅(n)
approach; entry; entrance
accommodate (v) /ə'kɒmədeɪt/
- Syn. adapt; oblige
- Ex: As for the stage in the public auditorium, it can easily be adjusted to accommodate from a full-scale
musical production to one by a solo vocalist ✅(v) do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with;
make suitable; adapt; allow for
accompany (v) /ə'kʌmpənɪ/
,-Ex: But the night being wet and inclement, Mr. Rochester did not accompany them. ✅(v) travel with;
be associated with
accumulate (v) /ə'kju:mjʊleɪt/
- Syn. collect
- Ex: The tendency of Capital to accumulate is a big threat to the free market. ✅(v) pile up; collect;
mount up; increase
accurate (a) /'ækjʊrət/
- Syn. precise; correct
- Ex: Very Interesting, can anyone tell me, how accurate is the English translation in the posted clip?
✅(a) capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
achieve (v) /ə'tʃi:v/
- Syn. accomplish; fulfill
- Ex: Water, energy, health, agriculture, and biodiversity, require the world's scientific community to
come up with the means to achieve sustainable development. ✅(v) gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill
acknowledge (v) /ək'nɒlɪdʒ/
- Syn. recognize; admit
- Ex: Although I acknowledge that the Beatles' tunes sound pretty dated today, I still prefer them to the
songs my brothers play. ✅(v) declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
acquire (v) /ə'kwaɪə(r)/
- Syn. obtain; gain
- Ex: As Norman Mailer once said to me, "One of the hardest things to acquire is a persona, and you've
got one." ✅(v) gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system
adapt (v) /ə'dæpt/
- Syn. alter; modify
,- Ex: One way to adapt is to become smaller, generation by generation. ✅(v) make fit for; change to suit
a new purpose
adequate (a) /'ædɪkwət/
- Syn. sufficient; enough
- Ex: England missed key players through injury, lacked adequate preparation and was unable to match
Australia's skill. ✅(a) sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
adjacent (a) /ə'dʒeɪsənt/
- Syn. adjoining; neighboring
- Ex: Philip's best friend Jason lived only four houses down the block, close but not immediately
adjacent. ✅(a) adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
adjust (v) /ə'dʒʌst/
- Syn. adapt; regulate
- Ex: The opera house was handed over by the builders nearly a year ago, but it's taken many months to
install new stage machinery and to adjust the acoustics. ✅(v) adapt; regulate
administrate (v) /əd'mɪnɪstreɪt/
- Ex: Remember that Democrats want to increase spending and create more laws which in turn create
more government to administrate and enforce. ✅(v) administer; supply
adult (n) /'ædʌlt/
- Ex: Not clear from the video if the adult is a man or woman, but he or she is facing charges of
endangering the welfare of a child ✅(n) one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
advocate (v) /'ædvəkət/
- Syn. urge; support
- Ex: The some doctors advocate a smoking ban in the entire house. ✅(v) speak, plead, or argue in
favour of; plead for; push for something
, affect (v) /ə'fɛkt/
- Ex: The move is likely to affect women and girls all over the world as international brands such as
Mango and Zara have signed up to the agreement ✅(v) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
aggregate (v) /'ægrɪgət/
- Syn. gather; accumulate
- Ex: Before the Wall Street scandals, dealers managed to aggregate great wealth in short periods of
time. ✅(v) gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
aid (n) /eɪd/
- Ex: The company has also asked for an additional 3.50 billion dollars in aid from the government. ✅(n)
person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; helper; assistant
albeit (ad) /ɔ:l'bi:ɪt/
- Ex: This question bothers me, albeit from a different perspective ✅(ad) even though; although;
notwithstanding
allocate (v) /'æləkeɪt/
- Syn. assign
- Ex: Even though the Red Cross did allocate a large sum for the relief of the sufferers of the disaster,
many people perished. ✅(v) assign; distribute according to plan
alter (v) /'ɔ:ltə(r)/
- Syn. modify; change; convert
- Ex: In public neither Mr. Blair's visit nor the regional summit in Nepal has done anything to alter India's
position on dialogue with Pakistan. ✅(v) modify; cause to change; make different; convert
alternative (a) /ɔ:l'tɜrnətɪv/
- Ex: Electron Instruments believed its desktop SEM was vastly superior to the next best alternative from
a Japanese competitor. ✅(a) one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used;
option; choice
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