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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Morsel Morsel (noun) /ˈmɔː.səl/ US /ˈmɔːr-/ a very small piece of something, especially food – bit – piece – fragment, crumb, scrap, tidbit, speck A morsel of bread and cheese cannot make a hearty breakfast. Antonym: chunk
Estimate Estimate (noun & verb) /ˈes.tɪ.mət/ noun: a rough guess or calculation – wild guess – estimation – approximation – educated guess, evaluation, assessment, appraisal A rough estimate of 15 to 25 students are expected to register for the English course. Noun: estimation Noun: estimator Adjective: estimative
Absorb Absorb (verb) /əbˈzɔːb/ US /-ˈzɔːrb/ to take something up or in, attract, soak up a liquid, take up, understand something, grasp, learn Being an ingenious student, his mind absorbs every thing very fast. Antonyms: exude, bore Noun: absorption Noun: absorber Adjective: absorbable
Calculate Calculate (verb) /ˈkæl.kjʊ.leɪt/ to count the number of something using mathematics, work out, compute, analyze, assess, evaluate, weigh up In the past, people used to use abacuses to calculate things. Adjective: calculative Adjective: calculated
Encourage Encourage (verb) /ɪnˈkʌr.ɪdʒ/ US /-ˈkɝː-/ to give someone motivation, hope and confidence – inspire – hearten – urge – foster – assist – support: The idle student needs to be encouraged by his teacher and parents to become more active. Antonym: discourage Noun: encouragement Adjective: encouraging Adverb: encouragingly
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
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
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:…
Wail Wail (noun & verb) /weɪl/ verb: to cry out loudly in a mournful and high-pitched manner – sob – weep – howl – complain – fuss, moan, scream The lost little child was wailing nonstop, searching for his mom. Noun: wailer