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l Xes l

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Im just memorizing some vocabs from my class... test ur vocabs.. put ur score.. score for u if u know the definition of the word.. *honesty system

1.animosity
2.inadvertent
3.dogmatic
4.stoicism
5.contingent
6.succinct
7.ephemeral
8.contrite
9.hobnob
10.hermetic
11.aberrant
12.*know which is which* biennial/biannual
13.mete
14.shunt
15.circumspect
16.flippant
17.intransigent
18.infinitesimal
19.accolade
20.conclave
21.rigmarole
22.nonchalant
23.incarcerate
24.litigious
25.onus

... if i took this test w/ out my class.. i would've gotten 0/25.. :evil:
 
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mdchesne

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Originally posted by: krnxpride83
Originally posted by: mdchesne
i dunno a few, but i'll shunt you just the same lol
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i dont think u kno what dat means.. lol
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nope, but it sounds like it fits :)
like a hybrid of shun and bluntly smack someone
 
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BigPoppa

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I wasn't aware that you could have multiple vocabularies. Learn something new everyday.
 
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Minjin

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I'll tell you a little trick I learned a long time ago. When you are reading, be it a novel, magazine, newspaper, or whatever, keep a notebook handy. In that notebook, write down any words that you don't know. Next time you get a chance, look up the word and write the definition in your little book. Glance over this book occasionally and continue to add to it. I'd say that your recognition vocabulary (words that you understand but don't use in speech) comes with experience and that your conversant vocabulary (words that you are comfortable using in speech) comes with practice.

Of course, this has all been made much easier with the advent of the internet. Now when you're reading online, you just double click on the word, go to dictionary.com and paste it. I still do this with EVERY word I have a doubt about. THAT is how you learn...

Mark
 
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imported_Reck

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Originally posted by: Minjin
I'll tell you a little trick I learned a long time ago. When you are reading, be it a novel, magazine, newspaper, or whatever, keep a notebook handy. In that notebook, write down any words that you don't know. Next time you get a chance, look up the word and write the definition in your little book. Glance over this book occasionally and continue to add to it. I'd say that your recognition vocabulary (words that you understand but don't use in speech) comes with experience and that your conversant vocabulary (words that you are comfortable using in speech) comes with practice.

Of course, this has all been made much easier with the advent of the internet. Now when you're reading online, you just double click on the word, go to dictionary.com and paste it. I still do this with EVERY word I have a doubt about. THAT is how you learn...

Mark
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there's a plugin for firefox called "dict" which lets you highlight a word on a webpage and just right click>define it. very useful.
 
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l Xes l

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Originally posted by: Reck
Originally posted by: Minjin
I'll tell you a little trick I learned a long time ago. When you are reading, be it a novel, magazine, newspaper, or whatever, keep a notebook handy. In that notebook, write down any words that you don't know. Next time you get a chance, look up the word and write the definition in your little book. Glance over this book occasionally and continue to add to it. I'd say that your recognition vocabulary (words that you understand but don't use in speech) comes with experience and that your conversant vocabulary (words that you are comfortable using in speech) comes with practice.

Of course, this has all been made much easier with the advent of the internet. Now when you're reading online, you just double click on the word, go to dictionary.com and paste it. I still do this with EVERY word I have a doubt about. THAT is how you learn...

Mark
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there's a plugin for firefox called "dict" which lets you highlight a word on a webpage and just right click>define it. very useful.
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thx!.. any link?
 
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