504 Absolutely Essential Words is one of the best-selling vocabulary books in the market published by Barron’s Educational Series and written by Murray Bromberg, Julius Liebb and Arthur Traiger.
In this vocabulary book, there are 42 lessons and in each lesson, you learn 12 vocabulary items in 3 examples or sentences. Each lesson comes with exercises to test your word mastery. 504 Absolutely Essential Words includes some short quizzes and review exercises as well. This vocabulary book also includes answer keys at the end where you can check whether you have completed the exercises correctly.
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Sneer Sneer (noun & verb) /snɪəʳ/ US /snɪr/ verb: to show, feel or say something with contempt, scorn or hostility – scorn – mock – deride – laugh at, scoff, disparage We all sneered at his odd idea, but in the end, it turned out that he was right. Adjective: sneering Adverb: sneeringly
Detest 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 24 /dɪˈtest/ (verb) to hate someone or something very much, dislike, shrink from, abhor, despise, loathe, abominate, averse Just about everyone has a dream job they would love to do. The reality, however, is that you can’t always have your dream job. Sometimes you have to put up with…
Fierce Fierce (adj) /fɪəs/ US /fɪrs/ aggressive and angry, violent, brutal, severe, ferocious, intense, profound There’s such a fierce competition among the numerous job applicants. Antonym: gentle Noun: fierceness Adverb: fiercely
Partial Partial (adj) /ˈpɑː.ʃəl/ US /ˈpɑːr-/ incomplete and not total – affecting only some part of something – biased – limited – one-sided – fond of something, subjective, prejudiced I just have some partial information about the project. So, I need to perfect my information about it. Antonyms: impartial, complete Noun: partiality Noun: partialness Adverb:…
Valiant Valiant (adj) /ˈvæl.i.ənt/ very brave – audacious – fearless – courageous – heroic – gallant, intrepid Robert made a valiant attempt to become self-employed from technically nothing. Antonym: cowardly Noun: valor Noun: valiance Adverb: valiantly
Embrace Embrace (verb) /ɪmˈbreɪs/ to hold someone with your arms to show love – hug somebody – cuddle – accept an idea – make use of something: Betty warmly embraced her daughter after her successful surgical operation. Antonym: reject Noun: embracement Noun: embracer Adjective: embraceable
Prior Prior (adj) /praɪəʳ/ US /praɪr/ happening or existing before something else – earlier in sequence or time previous – preceding – more important, previous, earlier Mr. Richardson was fired from the firm without any prior warning. Antonym: subsequent
Extract Extract (noun & verb) /ɪkˈstrækt/ verb: to pull something out usually by force – obtain something from its source – take out – remove – dig out – unearth – extort – excerpt, quotation, citation The dentist used so much force to extract my spoiled tooth. Antonyms: source, put in Adjective: extractable
Precaution Precaution (noun) /prɪˈkɔː.ʃən/ US /-ˈkɑː-/ cautious actions taken to prevent future disasters – preventive measure – protection – safety measure: Saving my academic articles on Google drive was a wise precaution against losing my precious data. Adjective: precautious Adjective: precautionary Adjective: precautional
Proceed Proceed (verb) /prəʊˈsiːd/ US /proʊ-/ to continue doing something – go on – advance – carry on – keep on: The CEO of the company forbade his employees to proceed with any further interrogation. Antonym: recede