Building Vocabulary SkillsThis is a featured page

The lists below are from unit 3 of Building Vocabulary Skills 3rd ed. by Nist and Mohr. Please provide definitions and sample sentences where you can.

Chapter 13

Accessible
Awe
Cite
Compatible
Exempt
Prevail
Propel - verb meaning to push forward. My fishing boat has an outboard motor that smoothly propels it across the harbor.
Rational
Retort
Retrieve

Chapter 14

Dubious
Ecstatic
Encounter
Evolve
Fallacy
Fictitious - adj. meaning false or not real. Similiar to the noun, fiction. When Max signed the hotel registry, he left a fictitious address and phone number because he did not want to recieve sales calls.
Gullible
Liable
Miserly
Pessimist

Chapter 15

Elapse
Evasive
Fluent
Futile
Harass - verb meaning to bother, disturb or annoy. As a child, Lee was constantly harassed by other children because he was the only Chinese student in his class.
Infer
Lethal
Obsession
Ordeal
Persistent

Chapter 16

Convey
Delusion
Devise
Savor
Stimulate
Subtle
Unique
Universal
Versatile
Vivid

Chapter 17

Defer
Endeavor
Equate - verb meaning to consider two things equal. It would be a mistake to equate wealth with happiness; rich people can be just as unhappy as poor people.
Impose
Indignant
Inevitable
Malicious
Option
Passive
Patron

Chapter 18 (provide examples of words using these word parts)

Con-
Dict
Dis-
Micro-
Ped
Script, scrib - script, scribble, postscript, scripture, scribe, describe, descriptive, conscription, prescription, ascribe, inscribe, inscription,
-ship
Tele-
Trans-
Tri-


aschwar
aschwar
Latest page update: made by aschwar , Feb 13 2007, 3:03 PM EST (about this update About This Update aschwar added link to publishers site - aschwar


view changes

- complete history)
Keyword tags: academic basic vocabulary
More Info: links to this page
There are no threads for this page.  Be the first to start a new thread.

Related Content

  (what's this?Related ContentThanks to keyword tags, links to related pages and threads are added to the bottom of your pages. Up to 15 links are shown, determined by matching tags and by how recently the content was updated; keeping the most current at the top. Share your feedback on Wetpaint Central.)