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Ahmed Alrefaei

19-April-17

R/V

1- Word: surreptitious.

Synonym: secret, hidden.

Part of Speech: adjective.

Sentence: when students get bored in a class, they give their phone a surreptitious look.

Collocation: no collocation.


2- Word: shallow

Synonym: superficial, skin-deep, surface.

Part of Speech: adjective

Sentence: shallow thinkers do not realize the deep meaning of a decision, action, or ideas.

Collocation: verbs: seem+shallow.



3- Word: compensate.

Synonym: recompense, repay

Part of Speech: verb

Sentence: some companies compensate a customer when there is a problem with their product.

Collocation:Pre: compensate+for.


4- Word: scorn.

Synonym: mock, laugh at.

Part of Speech: noun.

Sentence: some scorn is considered as racism.    

Collocation: Phrase: an object of scorn.



5- Word: parasite.

Synonym: microorganism.

Part of Speech: noun.

Sentence: a parasite is a creature which relies on another organism for the living.  

Collocation: no collocation.



6- Word: decry.

Synonym: criticize, blame.

Part of Speech: verb.

Sentence: people decry the Saudi’ government decision for putting a tax in both soft drinks and cigarette.  

Collocation: no collocation.



7- Word: rigid.

Synonym: hard, solid.

Part of Speech: adjective.

Sentence: some phones are rigid, no matter how many times they slip from one’s hand, they won’t break.

Collocation: no collocation.



8- Word: self-esteem.

Synonym: pride, satisfy about self.

Part of Speech: noun.

Sentence: A study shows that self-esteem has a direct relationship with the productivity of employees.

Collocation: no collocation.



9- Word: boisterous.

Synonym: loud.

Part of Speech: adjective.

Sentence: Last night, I heard a boisterous noise came from outside, I figured out that it was a birthday party.

Collocation: no collocation.



10- Word: deduce.

Synonym: figure out, come up with.

Part of Speech: verb.

Sentence: I deduce from my friend’s face that he is somehow in trouble.

Collocation: deduce+ from.

Comments

  1. Language TrainerApril 20, 2017 at 12:03 PM

    10/10 Remember to capitalize the first letter of sentences.

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