2017年4月20日木曜日

Vocabulary3

              Word: morbid
      Definition: suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude
Part of speech: adjective
        Sentence: He has a morbid fear of women.
    Collocation: morbid growth, unhealthily 

              Word: pacify 
      Definition: to make somebody who is angry become calm and quiet
Part of speech: verb
        Sentence: His mother pacifies his baby.
    Collocation: placate, put down

              Word: aide 
      Definition: a person who helps another person, especially a politician in their job
Part of speech: noun 
        Sentence: She is a nurse's aide
    Collocation: White House aides

              Word: stipulate
      Definition: to state clearly and firmly something must be done, or how it must be done
Part of speech: verb
        Sentence: The guarantee stipulates how much money is taken.
    Collocation: declare, state

              Word: aversion
      Definition:  a strong feeling or not linking somebody, something
Part of speech: noun
        Sentence: He has aversion to talk with children
    Collocation: a strong aversion, aversion to V

               Word: loath
      Definition:  not willing to, reluctant
Part of speech: adjective
        Sentence: The event was fun, so he was loath to go home.
    Collocation: adjective to V

              Word: tarry
      Definition: to stay in place, especially person ought to leave
Part of speech: verb
        Sentence: He tarries at cafe. 
    Collocation: tarry at, tarry in 

              Word: prowess
      Definition: great skill at doing something
Part of speech: noun
        Sentence: He has a great prowess at engineering.
    Collocation: prowess at, prowess in

              Word:  enigma
      Definition:  a person, thing or situation that is mysterious and difficult to understand
Part of speech:  noun
        Sentence:  His behavior is always strange and scary, so he is a enigma.
    Collocation:  stranger

              Word: prospective
      Definition:  expand to do something or to become something
Part of speech: adjective (usually use before noun)
        Sentence:  The company focus on prospective gain.
    Collocation: forward, hopeful











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