English vocabulary note week 15

1.       endeavor

Definition: attempt, effort, try

For example: We endeavor to make our customers satisfied.

2.       enhance

Definition: improve, augment, increase

For example: The forest will enhance the attractiveness of the region.

3.       enormous

Definition: huge, vast, massive

For example: She was a shy, delicately pretty girl with enormous blue eyes.

4.       exception

Definition: exclusion, omission, exemption

For example: He also took exception to having been spied on.

5.       excerpt

Definition: a passage selected from a larger work

For example: This is an excerpt from a novel.

6.       exchange

Definition: conversation, argument, talk

For example: This could intensify the risk of a nuclear exchange.

7.       exhibit

Definition: exhibition, display, parade

For example: He seems to want to exhibit his shame.

8.       express

Definition: fast, rapid, direct

For example: He ran a newspaper stand outside the American Express office.

9.       expense

Definition: outflow, outlay, cost

For example: I'll try to save him the expense of a flight from Perth.

10.  capability

Definition: competence, ability, skill

For example: No one ever questioned her capability.

11.  unusual

Definition: rare, uncommon, odd

For example: Did you notice any unusual depression or dullness of mind?

12.  blast

Definition: a very long fly ball

For example: It's thought that the blast occurred when volatile chemicals exploded.

13.  facility

Definition: ability, capability, capacity

For example: This facility is open to both new and existing borrowers.

14.  firsthand

Definition: direct, actual, immediate

For example: I heard her news firsthand.

15.  flood

Definition: deluge, overflow, inundation

For example: The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.

16.  flow

Definition: movement, current, stream

For example: These dams have restricted the flow of the river downstream.

17.  fragile

Definition: delicate, brittle, breakable

For example: He remains the anchor of the country's fragile political balance.

18.  gather

Definition: fold, pleat, pucker

For example: I gather his report is highly critical of the trial judge.

19.  genius

Definition: mastermind, prodigy, brain

For example: I was hoping some of his genius might rub off.

20.  gossip

Definition: talk, chat, blather

For example: We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest.

21.  grasp

Definition: grip, hold, clutch

For example: His hand was taken in a warm, firm grasp.

22.  grin

Definition: beam, smile, smirk

For example: He had a grin on his face like a Cheshire Cat.

23.  scarcely

Definition: only a very short time before

For example: Scarcely had they left before soldiers arrived armed with rifles.

24.  hesitate

Definition: dawdle, delay, pause

For example: Do not hesitate to laugh at anything you find amusing.

25.  horizontal

Definition: flat, level, straight

For example: Stand the table on its legs, so that the top is horizontal.

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