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Week 14
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1. readily

Explain: easily.

Example: Some computer instructions cannot be readily understood.

2. on the go

Explain: Very busy or active.

Example: I've been on the go since six o'clock this morning.

3. exception

Explain: Someone or something that is different in some way from other people or things and so cannot be included in a general statement.

Example: There is an endless list of possible exceptions to this general outlook that may arise during the game.

4. drawback

Explain: A feature of something that makes it less useful than it could be

Use the word in a sentence.

Example: While many of the objectives in these codes are positive, their main drawback is that they are voluntary.

5. distracted

Explain: Not able to concentrate on something

Example: All that summer Rosie seemed distant and distracted.

6. responsible

Explain: Deserving to be blamed for something that has happened

Example: The manager is responsible for the general running of the theater.

7. long-term

Explain: Continuing to exist, be relevant, or have an effect for a long time in the future.

Example: Her long-term goal is to move into other sectors such as manufacturing and electronics.

8. lame

Explain: Unable to walk normally because of an injury or illness affecting the leg or foot.

Example: However he realized that it just would not be that easy, for he himself had a lame leg and could only move slowly.

9. rotate

Explain: To move in a circle around a fixed central point, or to move something in this way

Example: The eight of us try to rotate the different jobs.

10. abandon

Explain: To leave someone when you should stay with them and take care of them.

Example: George almost persuaded me to abandon my studies and join him.

11. accordingly

Explain: as a result of something.

Example: They have broken the rules and will be punished accordingly.

12. conventional

Explain: of the usual, traditional, or accepted type, instead of being new and different.

Example: He wanted a conventional marriage with a wife and kids.

13. company

Explain: An organization that provides services or makes or sells goods for money.

Example: She acknowledges she would never have become an opera singer if the company had not given her the opportunity.

14. devote

Explain: To spend a lot of time or effort doing something.

Example: The newspaper has begun devoting more review space to children's books.

15. enterprising

Explain: Willing to try or think of new ideas or methods.

Example: To a contrary effect, the press has grown far more enterprising as it has become much more difficult to keep in line.

16.devour

Explain:to waste or destroy.

Example:The house was devoured by flames and collapsed in less than an hour.

17.bandage

Explain:a strip of cloth or other material used to bind up a wound.

Example:The doctor put a clean bandage on the patient’s wounds.

18.dressing

Explain:a sauce for food.

Example:The salad was served with a delicious dressing made from berries and vinegar.

19.dwell

Explain:to live or stay as a permanent resident.

Example:The old man has dwelt in the same small village all his life.

20.edible

Explain:fit to be eaten as food.

Example:I’m not sure if this pie is still edible because it sat in the sun all day.

21.embark

Explain:to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.

Example:The passengers embarked on the ship for Alaska.

22.emigrate

Explain:to leave one country or region to settle in another.

Example:His grandfather emigrated from Hong Kong to America fifty years ago.

23.fabric

Explain:a cloth made by weaving, knitting, or felting fibers.

Example:These curtains are made of imported fabric.

24.grease

Explain:the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.

Example:Bacon releases a lot of grease when cooking.

25.debt

Explain: something, especially money, which is owed to someone else, or the state of owing something.

Example: The company is deep in debt.

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