Week 4

Word: Insatiable

Definition: Incapable of being satisfied or appeased

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: Because of her insatiable appetite for shopping, Casey ultimately ended up in deep financial trouble.

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Word: Nuance

Definition: A subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response

Part of Speech: Noun.

Sentence: Some children do not understand the nuances of the meanings of words and they might take what you say to them literally.

Collocation: "understand- nuance", "slight-nuance"


Word: Penchant

Definition: A strong inclination or liking for something.

Part of Speech: Noun.

Sentence: I have a penchant for chocolate whenever I see one in the grocery stores I buy one.

Collocation: "penchant for"


Word: Plethora

Definition: Overabundance or excess

Part of Speech: Noun.

Sentence: At the holiday season, people are busy with a plethora of activities such as holiday parties, family gatherings, decorating and shopping for gifts.

Collocation: "plethora of"


Word: Reverence

Definition: A feeling or attitude of deep respect.

Part of Speech: Noun.

Sentence: I have deep reverence towards holy places.

Collocation: "deep-reverence", "hold- reverence", "with reverence"


Word: Umbrage

Definition: The slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion or doubt

Part of Speech: Noun.

Sentence: Some people take umbrage at any suggestion for improvement in their work.

Collocation: "take umbrage at"


Word: Grumble

Definition: To murmur or mutter in discontent

Part of Speech: Verb.

Sentence: Many employees grumbled when their boss asked them to work during the weekend.

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Word: Strive

Definition: To exert oneself vigorously; try hard; to make strenuous efforts toward any goal

Part of Speech: Verb.

Sentence: Driving is a privilege young people yearn for and a freedom older people strive to keep.

Collocation: "strive hard", "always-strive", "strive after", "strive towards"


Word: Succumb

Definition: To give way to superior force; to yield to disease, wounds, old age, ect

Part of Speech: Verb.

Sentence: A submissive person could easily succumb to any one's orders.

Collocation: "easily succumb", "succumb to", "eventually succumb"


Word: Inhibit

Definition: To restrain, hinder; to prohibit; forbid

Part of Speech: Verb.

Sentence: The boss' strict supervision and unwillingness to delegate responsibility inhibited his employees' ability to grow and develop.

Collocation: "inhibit from", "tend to inhibit", "slightly inhibit"

Week 3

Word: Allegation

Definition: a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong usually without a proof, accusations or charges

Part of Speech: Noun.

Sentence: The allegation about the students' cheating was false; the dean of the school has vindicated them from these charges.

Collocation: "make- allegation", "withdraw- allegation", "deny allegation"


Word: Anonymity

Definition: Not identified by name, hidden identity.

Part of Speech: Noun.

Sentence: Some customers review the restaurants that they had visit before anonymously.

Collocation: "anonymous web surfing", "complete anonymity", "relative anonymity","ensure anonymity", "anonymous web"


Word: Subtle

Definition: fine or delicate in meaning or intent; delicate or faint and mysterious.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: When people sniff two almost identical scents that have only one subtle chemical variation, the people usually can't tell the two scents apart.

Collocation: "seem-subtle", "quite-subtle", "fairly-subtle"


Word: Submissive

Definition: Inclined or ready to submit; unresistant or humbly obedient.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: Dogs are submissive to their human owners.

Collocation: "submissive to"


Word: Surreptitious

Definition: Obtained, done, made, etc, by stealth; secret or unauthorized.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: Students who are bored in the classroom, they gave their watch a surreptitious glance.

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Word: Phenomenon

Definition: Remarkable thing.

Part of Speech: Noun.

Sentence: The four year old boy was considered a phenomenon because he could play the piano like a master pianist. 

Collocation: "common phenomenon", "unique phenomenon", "phenomenon occur"


Word: Enormous

Definition: Extraordinarily large.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: Jill made an appointment with her doctor to see what could be done about the enormous pimple that had developed on her nose.  

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Word: Controversial

Definition: Something that is controversial causes a lot of disagreement, a heated conversation between parties with different opinions. 

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: The team owners engaged in controversy about whether or not they should give the star athlete his desired salary.

Collocation: "be controversial", "became controversial", "highly controversial"


Word: Sophisticated

Definition: Advanced or complex.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: The event will focus on some of Platos's theories and is best suited for sophisticated adults.

Collocation: "get sophisticated", "highly sophisticated", "technically sophisticated"


Word: Reticent

Definition: Disposed of to be silent or not to speak freely; describes one who restrains him/herself.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: Many people are reticent to discuss their personal problems with people they don't know well.

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Week 2

Word: Amicable

Definition: Friendly, especially regarding an agreement.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence:  Some parent divorces in an amicable way because they do not want to give their children hard time and cause psychological illness to the children.

Collocation: "seem-amicable", "perfectly amicable", "amicable enough"

Word: Benevolent

Definition: Characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feeling.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence:  I admire the benevolent work of organs donors, it is nice of them to give their organs to someone else.

Collocation: "benevolent-person", "benevolent-purpose", "benevolent-prompt"


Word: Brusque

Definition: Abrupt, blunt, .or rough in manner.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: Some customers would think that waiters behave in a brusque way where in fact they were busy and did not think that they were rude to the customers.

Collocation: "brusque-manner", "brusque-reply", "brusque-gesture"



Word: Cumulative

Definition: Increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: A cumulative GPA is a calculation of all the student's grades for all semesters and courses completed up to a given time,

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Word: Diligent

Definition: Constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: In an attempt to accumulate the high GPA, the students would do diligent work by doing extra credits and studying hard for their courses.

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Word: Deferential

Definition: Showing respect.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: The children have a deferential attitude toward their parent.

Collocation: "deferential-attitude"


Word: Bellicose

Definition: Eager to fight.

Part of Speech: Adjective.

Sentence: Some people have a hard time making friend because of their bellicose nature.

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Word: Alacrity

Definition: Cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness.

Part of Speech: Noun.

Sentence: The customer service representatives trained to respond to customers with alacrity.

Collocation: "with alacrity"


Word: Compassion

Definition: A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.

Part of Speech: Noun.

Sentence: As humans we should have deep compassion for under privilege people.

Collocation: "deep compassion", "for compassion", "with compassion", "towards compassion"


Word: Digression

Definition:  the act of going off topic.

Part of Speech: Noun.

Sentence: A number of students digress in their writing assignment .

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