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English Brushup
Week 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Propitious | Favorable conditions; Auspicious |
| Inveigh | Attack vehemently with words |
| Abrogate | To abolish by formal or official manner |
| Altruistic | Devoted to the welfare of others |
| Perpetrate | To commit:to present,execute,or do in a poor or tasteless manner. |
| Prefix: Ab Examples | off,away from, apart,down Abduct,abhor,abolish,abstract,abdicate,abscond |
| Abate | To subside;to reduce |
| Abhor | To hate very very much;to assent |
| Acquiesce | To comply passively;to accept;to assent |
| Acumen | A keenness of judgment;mental sharpness |
| Laconic | Using few words;concise |
| Anthrop | Human---Anthropology,Misanthrope,anthropomorphism |
| Noun | person,place,object,idea |
| Pronouns | word that stands for a noun |
| verbs | show action-helping verbs being verbs-are is has there are have |
| Adjective | describes a noun |
| Adverb | describes a verb,an adjective,or another adverb many end in ly. |
| Preposition | is a word that connects a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence. |
| Conjunction | words that connect |