Vocabulary 3

KINDLE1 : to start (a fire) burning : LIGHT
2 a : to stir up : AROUSE b : to bring into being : START
3 : to cause to glow : ILLUMINATE

JERK

1 : a single quick motion of short duration

2 a : jolting, bouncing, or thrusting motions b : a tendency to produce spasmodic [...]

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INSCRIBE

1. to write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
b : to enter on a list
2. to write, engrave, or print characters upon
b : to autograph or address (a book) as a gift

FERTILIZERmeaning:a substance (as manure or a chemical mixture) used to make soil more fertile

GLIMPSE

to look briefly
to get a [...]

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Vocabulary

AFTERMATH

1. CONSEQUENCE, RESULT

Example: stricken with guilt as an aftermath of the accident

2 : the period immediately following a usually ruinous event

Example: in the aftermath of the war

BULLY

one habitually cruel to others who are weaker

CASCADE

1 : a steep usually small fall of water; especially : one of a series

a : something arranged [...]

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Commonly Mispronounced Words

1. CONTRIBUTE
2. INTERVAL
3. MOTHERBOARD
4. OPPORTUNITY
5. COMPANY
6. ACCESS
7. BUTTON
8. EXPERIENCE
9. COLON
10. CURSOR
11. TOLL
12. EXPIRATION
13. REPRESENTATIVE
14. HOUR
15. SUBSTITUTE
16. COLOR
17. WWW
18. COVER
19. CD–ROM
20. DIFFERENTIATE
21. VACATE
22. COMPENSATION
23. MODEM
24. DETERMINE
25. OF
26. COURTEOUS
27. EXCITED
28. DOT COM
29. EXERCISE
30. DUE

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The Five C’s of Communication

CLARITY – expressing your thoughts clearly through the following:
PRONUNCIATION – In the dictionary, to pronounce is simply to produce the spoken counterpart of the word. Correctly and clearly producing the vowel and consonant sounds greatly contribute to understandability . Incorrect pronunciation or production of sounds in words may lead to “miscommunication”.
INFLECTION – is defined [...]

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