A

Accuracy – Freedom from mistake or error.

Alliteration – the repetition of the same beginning
consonant sound of several words in a line.
Aloud – with the speaking voice in a way that can be
clearly heard.
Analyze – to study or determine the nature and
relationship of the parts of something.
Antonyms – a word of opposite meaning.
Appropriate – especially suitable or compatible.
Argument – the act or process of arguing, reasoning,
or discussing.
Aspects – A particular status or phase in which
something appears or may be regarded.
Assonance – As the repetition of the vowel sounds
to increase feeling.
Automatically – having self-acting or self-regulating
mechanism.
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Barrel – container made of wood.

Bask – to expose oneself to pleasant warmth.

Beautify – to make beautiful.

Beating – an act of striking with repeated blows so as to

injure or damage.

Became – to come into existence.

Beyond – to come into existence.

Bitterness – marked by intensity or severity.

Block – A compact usually solid piece of substantial material

especially when worked on altered to serve a particular
purpose.

Budge – To move slightly.

Building – a usually roofed and walled structure.

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Campaign – A connected series of operations designed to
bring about a particular result.

Cleaner – One whose work is to clean.

Compose – To form by putting together.

Congruent – supposable so as to be coincident throughout.

Conjunctions – words that join other words, phrases,

clauses in a sentence.

Connotation – refers to the shades of meaning associated

with the word.

Coordinating – equal in rank, quality, or significance.

Correction – The action or an instance

Create – to bring into existence.

Customs – A usage or practice common to many or to a

particular place.
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Dangerous– involving possible injury, pain, harm or loss.

Deliberately – with full awareness of what one is doing.

Denotation – is the meaning of a word from the dictionary.

Descriptions – a statement or account giving the

characteristics of someone or something.

Determine – To fix exclusively or authoritatively.

Dictionary – A reference book listing alphabetically the

words of one language.

Differentiate – to mark or show a difference in constitute a

contrasting element that distinguishes.

Directions – Guidance or supervision of action or conduct

During – At a point in the course of the process

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Eager – wanting to do or have something very much.
Effect – cause (something) to happen; bring about.
Either– used to indicate a similarity with a statement
just made.
Elite – a select group that is superior in terms of ability
or qualities to the rest of a group or society.
Excitement – a feeling of great enthusiasm and
eagerness.
Exercise – engage in physical activity to sustain or
improve health and fitness; take exercise specially
suitable or compatible.
Exhibition – a display or demonstration of a particular
skill.
Explain – To make known
Explanation – a statement or account that makes
something clear.
Expressing – convey (a thought or feeling) in words or
by gestures and conduct.
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Fainted – lose consciousness for a short time because of a

temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain.

Fasten – close or join securely.

Fatal – Causing death.

Favor – approval, support, or liking for someone or

something.

Features – a distinctive attribute or aspect of something.

Fearful – feeling afraid; showing fear or anxiety.

Founded – establish or originate especially by providing an

endowment.

Foul – offensive to the senses.

Friction – the resistance that one surface or object

encounters when moving over another.
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Gaunt – thin and bony

Gears – A wheel having pointed parts

Generalization – a general statement or concept obtained

by inference from specific cases.

Glimpse – a momentary or partial view.

Gloating – dwelling on one's own success or another's

misfortune

Government – the governing body of a nation, state, or

community.

Gratitude – the quality of being thankful

Growth – the process of increasing in physical size.

Gruel – a thin liquid food of oatmeal or other meal boiled in

milk or water.

Guarantee – a formal promise or assurance

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Happen – be experienced by (someone); befall.

Harmony – the combination of simultaneously sounded

music

Highlight – an outstanding part of an event or period of

time.

Homonyms – each of two or more words having the same

spelling

Honesty – the quality of being honest

Host– a person who receives or entertains other people as

guests.

However – used to introduce a statement that contrasts

with or seems to contradict something

Human – relating to or characteristic of people or human

beings.

Humongous – huge; enormous.

Hungry – feeling or displaying a need for food

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Icon – an image or representation

Immediately– occurring at once.

Immense – Huge

Import – To bring in from a foreign country

Impoverished – Poor

Inaccurate – Not correct

Incubate – To develop in the body

Indisputable – Beyond doubt

Inspector – someone who inspects

Interrupt – cut short

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Jacket – an outer garment extending either to the
waist or the hips
Jealous – feeling or showing envy of someone or
their achievements and advantages.
Jeer – make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a
loud voice.
Joy – a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.
Judged – form an opinion or conclusion about.
Juice – the liquid obtained from or present in fruit or
vegetables.
Jump – push oneself off a surface and into the air by
using the muscles in one's legs and feet.
Junk– old or discarded articles that are considered
useless or of little value.
Just – based on or behaving according to what is
morally right
Jungles - an area of land overgrown with dense
forest and tangled vegetation, typically in the
tropics.
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Karst – landscape underlain by limestone which has been
eroded by dissolution

Keen – (of a sense) highly developed.

Kettle – Causing death. a container or device in which water

is boiled, having a lid, spout, and handle; a teakettle.

Killed – put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of

(something).

Kind – a group of people or things having similar

characteristics.

Kitten– a young cat.

Know – be aware of through observation, inquiry, or

information.

Knowledge – facts, information, and skills acquired by a

person through experience or education; the theoretical or
practical understanding of a subject.

Known – recognized, familiar, or within the scope of knowledge.

L
Land – The part of the earth's surface that is not
covered by water, as opposed to the sea or the air.
Last – coming after all others in time or order; final.
Lead – cause (a person or animal) to go with one by
holding them
Leisure – free time.
Line-up – arrange a number of people or things in a
straight row.
Limericks – a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of
three long and two short lines
Legend– a traditional story sometimes popularly
regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
Listen– give one's attention to a sound.
Livelihood– a means of securing the necessities of
life.
Looking– direct one's gaze toward someone or
something or in a specified direction.
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Magnate – a wealthy and influential person, especially in
business.

Maize – a Central American cereal plant that yields large

grains set

Malice – the intention or desire to do evil; ill will.

Makeshift – serving as a temporary substitute; sufficient for

the time being.

Manuscript – a book, document, or piece of music written

by hand rather than typed or printed.

Media – the main means of mass communication

Might – used in questions and requests.

Mitten – a glove with two sections, one for the thumb and
the other for all four fingers.

Mixing – combine or put together to form one substance or

mass.

Month– each of the twelve named periods into which a year is

divided.
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Naist – Jump to navigation

Nest – a structure or place made or chosen by a bird

Necklace– an ornamental chain or string of beads, jewels, or

links worn around the neck.

Nectarine – a peach of a variety with smooth, thin, brightly

colored skin and rich firm flesh.

Needle – the pointed hollow end of a hypodermic syringe.

Neither – not the one nor the other of two people or things;
not either.

Newt – a small slender-bodied amphibian

Nickel– a silvery-white metal, the chemical element of

atomic number 28.

Nothing– not anything; no single thing.

Nowhere – not in or to any place; not anywhere.

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Observe – Failed to observe the law

Obstacle – Something that impedes progress or

achievement

Omnivore – One that is omnivorous

Onomatopoeia – use of words whose sound suggests the

sense

Opposite – opposite interior angle

Ordinance – a municipal order

Originate – start off

Outline – a line that marks the outer limits of an object or

figure

Outreach – to surpass in reach

Overwhelmed – overcome by force or numbers

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Pale – Weak

Pasture – land covered with grass and other low plants

suitable for grazing animals, especially cattle or sheep.

Perspective – Point of view

Plunge – To dive

Politicians – Persons actively involved in politics

Population – The number of people living in one place

Pound– to hit with force again and again

Primitive – People in their original state

Properties – Things owned by someone

Provoke – To stir action

Q

Quadrilateral – a polygon of four sides

Quail – Any of numerous small gallinaceous birds

Quart – A unit of capacity equal to ¼ gallon

Question – an interrogative expression often used to test

knowledge

Quill– a float for fishing line

Quilt – something that is quilted.

Quiver – the arrows in a quiver

Quite – to a considerable extent

Quiz – a short oral or written test

Quote – to cite an illustration

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Rabid– affected by rabies

Rabies– a fatal viral disease of dogs, transmissible

Recover – To regain

Refugees – People who seek protection in another country

Relatives – people related to one another

Remarks – a brief statement

Remodel – to make over structure

Replace – to take the place of something

Replenish – to replace

Resolution –a formal decision

Retire – to stop working

Ritual – ceremony

- ceremony
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Satisfied – pleased or content with what has been
experienced

Semicircular – half of a circle

Sensible – acting with good sense/perceptible by the mind

Severely – harshly/violently

Sizzling– the sound of hot oil in the pan

Soloist – a single individual

Stubborn – unreasonably or persevere yielding

Surgery – an operation

Syllabication– dividing a word by its syllables

Synthetic– not natural; artifical

System – a group of elements working together in an

orderly process
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Techniques– Tactics

Tend – To pay attention to.

Testimony – A declaration given in the count.

Travel – To go on or as if in a tour

Treasure – a wealth

Trend – A general direction

Thesaurus – A book of information source

Tourist – One that makes a tour for a pleasure or culture

Throwing – to propel through the air by a forward motion of

the hand and arm

Twine – A strong string made of two or more threads

twisted together
U

Uncle – The brother of one’s mother or father

Underwear – clothing or an article of clothing worn next to

skin

Underground – beneath the surface of the earth

Unicycle – A vehicle that has a single wheel

Ugly– A persons whose unattractive

Upset – Not happy about something

Ultrasound – vibrations of same physical nature as sound

but with frequencies

Utensils – a useful tool or implement

Unhappy – not satisfied or pleased with a situation.

Unique – being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.
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Vehicle – a thing used for transporting people or goods,
especially on land, such as a car, truck, or cart.
Victory – an act of defeating an enemy or opponent in a
battle, game, or other competition.
Viking– any of the Scandinavian seafaring pirates and
traders
Village – a group of houses and associated buildings, larger
than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural
area.
Violet – a bluish-purple color seen at the end of the
spectrum opposite red.
Violin – a stringed musical instrument of treble pitch
Vintage – the year or place in which wine, especially wine of
high quality, was produced.
Virtuous – having or showing high moral standards
Vulnerable – offensive to the senses.
Vulture – a large bird of prey with the head and neck more or less
bare of feathers
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Wand – a long, thin stick or rod.
Wardrobe – a large, tall cabinet in which clothes may be
hung or stored.
Wasp – an upper- or middle-class American white Protestan
Waves – move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a
signal.
Weary – feeling or showing tiredness, especially as a result
of excessive exertion
Web – a network of fine threads constructed by a spider
from fluid secreted by its spinnerets
Welfare – the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or
group.
West – the direction toward the point of the horizon where
the sun sets
Wick – a strip of porous material up which liquid fuel is
drawn by capillary action to the flame in a candle, lamp, or
lighter.
Widow – a woman who has lost her spouse by death and
has not remarried.
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Xenops– s a genus in the bird family Furnariidae, the
ovenbirds

Xenopus– the African clawed frog, much used in

embryological research and formerly in pregnancy testing

Xerox – a xerographic copying process.

Xerxes – disputed

Xenon – the chemical element of atomic number 54, a

member of the noble gas series

Ximenia– a small genus of widely distributed tropical shrubs

or trees

Xiphias – a genus

Xystus– Greek architectural term for the covered portico of

the gymnasium

Xylophone – musical instrument played by striking a row of

wooden bars
Y
Yacht – a medium-sized sailboat equipped for cruising
or racing.
Yak – a large domesticated wild ox with shaggy hair,
humped shoulders, and large horns
Yam – the edible starchy tuber of a climbing plant that is
widely grown in tropical countries
Yarn – spun thread used for knitting, weaving, or
sewing.
Yardstick– a measuring rod a yard long, typically divided
into inches.
Yeast – a microscopic fungus consisting of single oval
cells
Yell – a loud, sharp cry, especially of pain, surprise, or
delight; a shout.
Yogurt– a semisolid sourish food prepared from milk
fermented
Yolk– the yellow internal part of a bird's egg
Young– having lived or existed for only a short time
Z
Zeppelin – a large German dirigible airship of the early
20th century, long and cylindrical in shape
Zodiac – a belt of the heavens within about 8° either
side of the ecliptic
Zone– an area or stretch of land having a particular
characteristic
Zombie – a corpse said to be revived by witchcraft,
especially in certain African and Caribbean religions.
Zoology– the scientific study of the behavior, structure,
physiology, classification, and distribution of animals.
Zoological – relating to zoology.
Zygomatic – The part of the temporal bone of the skull
that forms the prominence of the cheek.
Zygote – a diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two
haploid gametes; a fertilized ovum.
Zymolytic – The process of fermentation Also called:
zymosis.
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DICTIONARY

Kirk Russel R. Marasigan