Grammar, etymologically speaking, is related to glamour. Though few people might claim that grammar is glamorous in the modern sense, there is considerable interest in English grammar today and no shortage of grammar books, ranging from small basic books aimed at children or elementarylevel foreign[r]
English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 155deride(v) To ridicule.--------------------derisible(adj) Open to ridicule.--------------------derision(n) Ridicule.--------------------derivation(n) That process by which a word[r]
English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 344ligament(n) That which binds objects together.--------------------ligature(n) Anything that constricts, or servesfor binding or tying.--------------------light-hearted(adj) Free from ca[r]
WorkbookMultiROMPackPrinted in Spain by Orymu. S. A.This book is printed on paper from certified and well-managed sources.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSmustrations by: Rob Hancock p.5; David OakJey pp.94. 95. 96. 98. 99. 100. 101.Cover photographs: Getty Images (Teens climbing rockfLigia Botero/Photonica).iStockp[r]
Comma with conjunctionsConjunctions do not normally cause major grammatical errors. However, students sometimes incorrectly use twoconjunctions to connect two clauses. In English, we need just one conjunction to connect two clauses. If there arefour clauses in the sentence, we n[r]
•Oxford English Grammar Course IntermediateTEST 13 • personal pronouns and possessivesName●1 The basics. Complete the table.memineyouheyouryourselfherselfitwe—youryourselvesthey●
English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 304ingraft(v) To set or implant deeply and firmly.--------------------ingratiate(v) To win confidence or good gracesfor oneself.--------------------ingratitude(n) Insensibility t[r]
English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 197enact(v) To make into law, as by legislativeact.--------------------enamor(v) To inspire with ardent love.--------------------encamp(v) To pitch tents for a resting-place.[r]
English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 010accredit(v) To give credit or authority to.--------------------accumulate(v) To become greater in quantity ornumber.--------------------accuracy(n) Exactness.-------------[r]
English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 108comprehension(n) Ability to know.--------------------comprehensive(adj) Large in scope or content.--------------------compress(v) To press together or into smallerspace.---------[r]
English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 148deject(v) To dishearten.--------------------dejection(n) Melancholy.--------------------delectable(adj) Delightful to the taste or to thesenses.--------------------delecta[r]
English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 166disavow(v) To disclaim responsibility for.--------------------disavowal(n) Denial.--------------------disbeliever(n) One who refuses to believe.--------------------disburden(v) <[r]
English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 117conscript(v) To force into military service.--------------------consecrate(v) To set apart as sacred.--------------------consecutive(adj) Following in uninterruptedsuccession.---[r]
English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 245fulminate(v) To cause to explode.--------------------fulsome(adj) Offensive from excess of praiseor commendation.--------------------fumigate(v) To subject to the a[r]
English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 202enthrall(v) To bring or hold under anyovermastering influence.--------------------enthrone(v) To invest with sovereign power.--------------------enthuse(v) To yield to<[r]
Grammar terms: simple sentence, singular, split infinitiveSimple sentenceA sentence which contains only one main clause. Examples are: She is coming; The king is dead; My brotherwants to buy a new car.SingularThe simplest form of an English noun. This is the form which is entered in a[r]
English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 252germane(adj) Relevant.--------------------germinate(v) To begin to develop into an embryoor higher form.--------------------gestation(n) Pregnancy.--------------------gesticulate[r]
English Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com andenglishteststore.com File 167disciplinary(adj) Having the nature of systematictraining or subjection to authority.--------------------discipline(v) To train to obedience.--------------------disclaim(v[r]