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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Skim 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 34 /skɪm/ (verb) to read a passage as fast as possible to get the main gist, browse, speed-read, glance at – remove solid, e.g. fat or oil on top of something usually a liquid – to move very fast on top of something without touching its surface, glide, float,…
Radical 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 34 /ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/ (adj & noun) Adjective: relating to the most important part of something, fundamental, basic, rudimentary, integral, essential, deep-seated, profound, drastic – believing strongly that there must be some major political or social changes, pervasive, thorough, uncompromising, fanatical, revolutionary Noun: a radical person who strongly believes that there…
Coeducational 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 34 [ˌkəʊedʒʊˈkəɪʃənl] (adj) (of an education system) including both male and female genders in the curriculum and classes, education for both sexes or genders Single-gender universities and colleges in a segregated system, compared to a coeducational system, have always had a strong presence on the UAE education landscape. For…
Adolescent 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 34 /ˌæd.əˈles.ənt/ (adj & noun) Noun: a young person preceding adulthood, youngster, youth, minor, juvenile Adjective: of an adolescent, related to an adolescent, juvenile, teen, pubertal, teenage, young, youthful – childish, immature Adolescents tend to experience more extreme emotions, both negative and positive, than their parents even in response…
Precede 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 34 /prɪˈsiːd/ (verb) to come first, come before, be higher in rank or importance, be prior to, introduce, lead, usher in, go first, go before, pave the way, head Described as one of the most dramatically appealing English operas, the opera in two acts has a prologue and sixteen…
Candidate 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 34 /ˈkæn.dɪ.dət/ (noun) a job applicant who is competing with other applicants to get a job, job seeker, contestant, aspirant, interviewee, contender, nominee – a person who takes an exam or test, testee, examinee, entrant You’ve scoured hundreds of resumes and pre-screened a number of candidates over the phone.…
Retain 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 33 /rɪˈteɪn/ (verb) to keep or maintain something, continue to have something, hang on to, sustain, keep hold of, hold on to, maintain the status quo – remember something, recall, recollect, keep in mind, bear in mind Have you ever found yourself in a zoned out state while attempting…
Wad 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 33 /wɒd/ (noun & verb) Noun: a stack of small and flat objects placed tightly on each other, clump, lump, pad, bundle, mass, chunk, roll, pile, piece of soft materials Verb: to make a wad of something, compile, accumulate, amass, to crush into a small mass, press, compress COUNTING…
Mute 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 33 /mjuːt/ (adj, noun & verb) Adjective: (of a person) either unable or unwilling to speak, quiet, unspeaking, dumb, silent, speechless, voiceless, taciturn, wordless Verb: to mute a noise or make it less loud or severe, muffle, soften, dampen, stifle Noun: a mute person who cannot speak – a…
Mumble 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 33 /ˈmʌm.bļ/ (verb) to speak quietly and utter the words in a way that is difficult to hear or understand, murmur, speak indistinctly, mutter, stutter, talk under your breath, babble, stammer Often when speaking I mumble my words or speak too quickly. How do I slow down the velocity…