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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Vain 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /veɪn/ (adj) extremely proud of one’s appearance, narcissistic, self-important, arrogant, conceited – abortive, futile, without any good result, otiose, fruitless, unsuccessful, worthless, ineffective, unproductive, in vain Vain: having or showing an excessively high opinion of one’s appearance, abilities, or worth. So vain is definitely not the right word…
Exempt 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /ɪgˈzempt/ (verb) Verb: to excuse someone or something from a duty, responsibility, payment, and the like, let go, forgive, except, free, pardon, discharge, relieve, release Adjective: exempted or excused from a payment, duty or responsibility, off the hook, excepted, released, freed, relieved, not liable Veterans, generally exempt from…
Final 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /ˈfaɪ.nəl/ (adj & noun) Adjective: last, ending, concluding, closing, eventual, conclusive, finishing – allowing no further change, ultimate, absolute, definitive, decisive, irrefutable, irrevocable, unalterable Noun: end of series, last leg For the nearly 20 million college students in the U.S., one of the most stressful times of the…
Commend 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /kəˈmend/ (verb) to praise someone or something formally, extol, speak well of, honor, applaud, compliment, salute, laud, pat on the back, acclaim – give, consign, entrust, convey, hand over for safekeeping Complimentary words are those that we use in a conversation to commend someone and make them feel…
Comprehend 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /ˌkɒm.prɪˈhend/ (verb) to understand something, construe, see, decipher, grasp, know, perceive, make sense of, realize, make head or tail of, apprehend, figure out Many educators today would agree to some extent that there has been a shift in mathematics education on many levels and across all grade levels.…
Subside 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 səbˈsaɪd/ (verb) to become smaller and less effective, decrease, undermine, wane, diminish, sink to a lower level, dwindle, reduce, lessen, weaken, die down, abate, recede – collapse, fall down, descend, settle The critical flood situation stemmed from a series of depressions that have hit Thailand since Oct 7,…
Mourn 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /mɔːn/ (verb) to grieve and show great sadness usually due to someone’s death, grieve for, weep for, lament, cry over, grieve over, bewail, bemoan – deplore, regret, rue This article reports empirical research into public books of condolence signed following two key mourning events within British culture: the…
Daze 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /deɪz/ (noun & verb) Noun: confused state, confusion, perplexity, bewilderment, astonishment, bafflement, stupor, bemusement Verb: to confuse someone, stun, stupefy, stagger, knock out, startle, astonish, shock, astound Golden Retriever Puppy Is Really Dazed By Lemon Slice Gunnar the 8-week-old Golden Retriever challenges a harmless lemon (and loses) in…
Blunder 504 Absolutely Essential Words lesson 29 /ˈblʌn.dəʳ/ (noun & verb) Noun: a big and blatant mistake, gaffe, flagrant mistake, slip, egregious mistake, blooper, error, faux pas Verb: to make a big mistake, err, screw up, get it wrong, blow it, goof, miscalculate – to move in an awkward way, stagger, trip, stumble Much has…
Toil 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /tɔɪl/ (noun & verb) Noun: hard work, drudgery, labor, chore, slog, donkeywork Verb: to work very hard especially physically, slave, labor, sweat, strive, work one’s fingers to the bone – move with difficulty, drag oneself, struggle Robots take toil from the agricultural fields Le Plan Medoc, France–Repetitive and…