Check Your Vocabulary

 Enjoy this task and check your vocabulary knowledge!

conjure up

decrapulate

dignified

disarray

divulge

embezzlement

impeccable

rebate

1. Set in autum and winter, Miss plum and Miss Penny allows the author to ___ evocative scenes of Greeth transformed by snow, where "every window framed a frozen picture of the most perfect artistry", of a Christmas  Eve carol - singing expedition, and of the whole village forsaking their daily tasks to ice-skate on the frozen Tarn.
2. Have you looked into Director Jin's ____?
3. Let's ____!
4. He is also charged with receiving ____ from businesses of two million dollars. 
5. The hospital is in ____.
6. People say I'm _____ and charismatic.
7. She pictured Stanley to herself, ______ dressed as always, and looking more like a retired bank manager than any retired bank manager had ever looked, sitting in Daddy's wing chair, his well- kept hands folded upon his stomach, his handsome grey head politely inclined toward the television screen, calmly and dispassionately evaluating the worth of the performers.
8. Be secret not to ____ secret information today.

Key: 1. conjure up; 2. embezzlement; 3. descapulate; 4. rebates; 5. disarray; 6. dignified; 7.impeccably; 8.divulge.

Check Your Vocabulary

 Hello guys! Enjoy these new words!

alienated 

bullion

cochlear

corral

fumble

implication

recracement

scrutinize

1. There can be a ____ within a trend.

2. ETFs that track silver prices or futures could be a better bet versus physical ____, as they can be sold quite easily if investors think prices are too frothy.

3. But we must ___ not only unnecessary actions but unnecessary thoughts, too, so needless acts don't tag along after them.

4. Her romantic life consists of an annual Christmas card from her old flame George, and her social swirl involves Stanley, a prissy neighbour who keeps her in wind for a future wife, and Hubert, a neurotic widowed priest with an ____son. 

5. Until he'd met Bethany, he'd never heard of  ____ implants.

6. he wanted to believe her, but the ___ were grim if he did.

7. She ___ with her phone and heldit out to him.

8. But when someone suggested that he take up biking, Thorp ____ the number  of "deaths per hundred million passenger miles for cycling" and "decided that the risk was too high."

Key: 1. retracement; 2. bullion; 3. corral; 4. alienated; 5. cochlear; 6. implications; 7. fumble; 8. scrutinize.

Check Your Vocabulary

 Hello guys! Some new words for you to enjoy! Enjoy!!!

bole

brocade

cheesy

clog

condescendng

craggy

flatulence

flog-flogger

fradulent

grimoire

impasse

intimidate

islet

kick ass

nick

pandemonium

petty

plunder

putrefy

ravine

remit

slammer

slumber

sombre

squander

swag

turd

twat

1. Our food ____ our bodies, and then, because we're clogged, we start to feel bad and we take measures to feel better, but, at the same time, we're still eating foods that are clogging up the system.
2. Therefore, both proteins ___ in the system.
3. You may be eating fruit absolutely correctly and still develop this gas and ____.
4. According to the legend, John the Baptist himself set foot on the ___.
5. She worked all week, and every Saturday she went to the market to sell her ____.
6. The vines stopped their fall, but it was a long way down to the bottom of the ____.
7. I'm ____
8. She's still very ____.
9. You take the money and just ____ it and have us fool ourselves.
10. You're so ____.
11. Valiant men lie ____, they sleep their last sleep; not one of the warriors can lift his hands.
12. Now as we move inexorably into the twenty first century, we are delighted to be widening out ____ even more.
13. Then, among the wet grey shapes of the trees, ___ rocks began to appear.
14. The honey is black as night, thick as sin, and sweet as ____.
15. The bees of Death are big and black, they buzz low and ____, they keep their honey in combs of wax as white as altar candles.
16. The scythe that had done the work leaned against the gnarled ___ of a pear tree.
17. ___ will always exist.
18. I've been ____ for this guy since I can ever remember.
19. This is so ____.
20. But I'd forgotten to take a flashlight with me, and it turned out that the clothes I'd ___ were a bunch of babies' bibs and toddlers' underpants.
21. I might as well have tried to sell a ___.
22. I was just lying there in this ditch full of nettles, feeling like a ____.
23. The cops came to my house a few days later and found the gloves and my pile of  ____.
24. Ankh- Morpork gradually awoke from its ____.
25. In the Library above, the ____  creaked and rustled their pages in astonishment as the invisible runner passed straight through the books he lives and disappeared, or rather, disappeared even more.
26. As the VBB approached, I' d reached an ____.
27. I couldn't truthfully present my vision, not did it seem wise to craft a ____ board.
28. Winson Green was an old Victorian ____ that had been built in 1849.
29. It was ____.

Key: 1. clogged; 2. putrefy; 3. flatulence; 4. islet; 5. brocade; 6. ravine; 7. intimidate; 8. condescending; 9.squander; 10. petty; 11.plundered; 12. remit; 13. craggy; 14. treacle; 15. sombre; 16. bole; 17. floggers; 18. kick ass; 19. cheesy; 20. nicked; 21. turd; 22.twat; 23. swag; 24. slumber; grimoires; 25. impasse; 26. fraudulent; 27. slammer; 28. pandemonium.

My Daily Vocabulary

 Hello guys! I hope you enjoy your English and find time to complete this vocabulary activity! Mind parts of speech!

abysmal

audacity

bling

brat

brocade

cheesy

clog

comply

damsel

exquisite

finicky

flatly

flatulence

gloat

indimidate

inexorably-inexorable

islet

iterate

outrightly

on the rampage 

petty

putrefaction

ravine

resplendent

revamp

valiant

squander

swot

1. Most of the food we eat in this country is of a ___ nature.
2. Because there's this ____, fermentation, and resulting acid, what actually is in the stomach at that time is a mass of spoiled, rotting, foul-smelling food.
3. On occasion the introduction of fruit, properly eaten, will cause some gas and ____.
4. Today's building is perched a top the ___ and is accessible by a narrow path that includes 241 steps.
5. Each ____ took five days to weave.
6. The men heard the sound when Hayes hit the north wall of the ____ hard.
7. He is the most ____ person that has ever walked the surface of this earth.
8. You're about to go ____ again, aren't you?
9. I'm not a ____ in distress.
10. I'm ___.
11. If I have to turn down the Rene holdings measure, I have to come up with an alternative plan and funding to save the company, and also to ____ our stock value in the market.
12. She is very ___.
13. So, now you have known me, when am I getting my ___?
14. I had my doubts though, because you know Satoen is very ___.
15. Your records are ___.
16. The financials show that you ____  every dime.
17. Sell the company ____.
18. Let him ____.
19. You are the one giving him the  ___ to insult me.
20. If a week passes and you don't ____, I will see you in  court.
21. She's just a spoiled ___ who always gets away with things.
22. He is such a ___!
23. You're so ____.
24. You are ___ with light, more majestic than mountains, rich with the game.
25. ___ men lie plundered, they sleep their last sleep; not one of the warriors can lift his hands.
26. Now, as we move ____ into the XXI century, we are delighted to be widening our remit even more.
27. I ___ refused.
28. The way you serve your drinks is ____.
29. This whole process passed for me as long ____ and reading of a lot of stories in a lot of languages hundreds of times.  

Key: 1. clogging; 2. putrefaction; 3. flatulence; 4. islet; 5. brocade; 6. ravine; 7. cheesy; 8. on the rampage; 9. damsel; 10. intimidate; 11. revamp; 12. condescending; 13. bling; 14. finicky; 15. abysmal; 16. squandered; 17. outrightly; 18. gloat; 19. audacity; 20. comply; 21. brat; 22. swot; 23. petty; 24. resplendent; 25. valiant; 26. inexorably; 27. flatly; 28. exquisite; 29 iterations.

Synonyms Letter C

 cajole—coax, persuade, wheedle (to convince by asking nicely)

 camaraderie—friendship, companionship, togetherness

 candid—truthful, straightforward, unrehearsed

 candor—honesty, directness, veracity (truthfulness)

 capricious—willful, arbitrary, impulsive (acting without thought)

 captivate—dazzle, enchant, fascinate

caustic—burning, hurtful, sarcastic (cutting or mocking)

 chaos—disorder, confusion, pandemonium (an uproar or hubbub)

 circumvent—go around, avoid, elude (to get away from)

 clandestine—secret, undercover, covert, surreptitious (hidden)

 cloying—sticky, sentimental, clingy

 coerce—force, bully, pressure 

cogent—powerful, logical, persuasive

 cognizant—aware, informed, sentient (conscious)

 coherent—understandable, clear

 cohesive—close-knit, unified, interconnected

 collaborate—work together, cooperate, join forces

 commend—praise, applaud, honor

 compatible—harmonious, well-suited, congenial (friendly)

 compel—force, require, pressure

 competent—skilled, qualified, proficient (good at)

 complacent—self-satisfied, comfortable, smug (self-satisfied)

 comply—obey, conform, follow

 comprehensive—thorough, inclusive, complete

 concise—short, to the point, succinct (brief)

 condescending—rude, snobbish

 confident—sure, convinced, positive

 conform—comply, submit, follow

 conformity—compliance, submission

 congested—packed, jammed, blocked

 congruent—alike, matching, harmonious (goes well together)

 consensus—agreement, compromise, harmony

 consequential—important, major, meaningful

 conservative—traditional, old-fashioned, conventional

 constant—steady, persistent, incessant (unceasing)

 constrain—hold back, restrict, inhibit (to slow down or prevent)

 consummate—ideal, perfect, superlative (the best)

contaminate—pollute, spoil, taint (to spoil or damage)

 contemporary—modern, up to date, new

 contradict—disagree, oppose, challenge

 conventional—usual, established, typical

 converge—meet, come together, join

 convey—tell, express, communicate

 convoluted—complex, difficult

 corroborate—confirm, support, substantiate (to back up with evidence)

 corrupt—dishonest, shady, crooked

 covert—secret, hidden, underground

 criticize—disparage (to cut down), denigrate (to put down)

 culpable—responsible, guilty, at fault

 curtail—cut back, limit, shorten, restrict

Synonyms Letter B

 baffle—confuse, stump, puzzle

 banal—usual, common, ordinary 

barren—lifeless, empty, unfruitful (not able to support life)

 belated—late, overdue

 benevolent—kind, good-hearted

 benign—mild, peaceable, harmless

 berate—scold, criticize, reprimand (to scold or blame)

 bleak—grim, hopeless, desolate (deserted 

and empty)

 boisterous—noisy, loud, rambunctious (uncontrolled)

 bombastic—boastful, ostentatious (showy), pompous (full of oneself)

 buttress—bolster, reinforce, support

Synonyms Letter A

 abbreviate—shorten, make concise

 abrasive—harsh, rough, irritating

 abstain—refrain, give up, hold back

 acclaim—praise, approve, applaud

 accumulate—acquire, gain, hoard

 accuse—challenge, blame, incriminate (to attribute responsibility)

 adaptable—flexible, changeable

 adept—skillful, proficient, competent

 adhere—attach, stick, follow, uphold

 adversary—enemy, opponent, foe, nemesis (an arch enemy)

 adverse—bad, negative

 aggressive—combative, belligerent (hostile)

 agitate—irritate, anger, upset, stir

 agreeable—pleasant, likeable, delightful

 ambiguous—unclear, vague

 ambitious—determined, driven, motivated 

ambivalent—indecisive, wishy-washy, unsure

 amplify—expand, heighten, enlarge 

animated—energetic, lively, spirited 

animosity—hostility, resentment, hatred

 anomalous—odd, inconsistent, irregular, unusual 

anonymous—nameless, unknown, unidentified

 antagonize—irritate, bother, annoy

 apathy—indifference, unconcern, disregard (lack of interest)

 arbitrary—random, chance, inconsistent

 arid—dry, barren, parched (lacking water)

 attentive—interested, observant, aware 

astute— quick-witted, intelligent, smart 

atypical—not normal, uncommon, unnatural

audacious—outrageous, bold, daring

 audible—perceptible, discernible, distinct (able to be heard)

 authentic—original, trustworthy, credible 

autonomous—independent, self-governing 

My Daily Vocabulary

 Hello guys!!! Hope you enjoy your weekend and find time to complete this vocab activity! The words in bold are of high frequency. Mind the grammar!!

awry

brine

daily

eggnog

feisty

festoon

finicky

flutter

gruff

guffaw

hinged lid

hoopla

inkling

legacy

niggle

no-brainer

nonchalance

pinch

plaintive

pose

recliner

savor

shove

stark

tally

travesty

whiz

1. She is ___ and curt, but I know she misses me.

2. You're kind of ___ today.

3. He dipped his hand into one of the bags and pulled out a half gallon of ___.

4. Caitlyn carefully opened the ___.

5. Today is his four hundredth and thirty-fourth day in space, a ____ arrived at over three different missions.

6. Nine full cycles, of course, of the moon, their silver companion moving placidly through its phases while the days go ___.

7. The ceiling was ____  with navy glittering fabric and twinkle lights, reminding her of the night sky, and each square coffer was designed in such a way that it looked like small peaks, making the ceiling seem higher, and the room larger, than it was.

8. No flowers, ___, or throw rugs.

9. Jenny was a ___ in home economics class.

10. Caitlyn _____ the words.

11. This was a ___.

12. After all, she loved party planning, and this should have been a ___.

13.  The salty kiss of the sea air and the ____ cry of the distant gulls were the first to welcome Luella Jameson as she stepped out onto the gravel road of Polk Island.

14. The scent of ____ and blooming hydrangeas filled her nostrils, stirring memories of a father she has yet to meet.

15. She forgot about the ___ in her chest that had been getting louder since passing thirty.

16. She all but ____ Krista toward the group, then scrolled her emails for her contact at the balloon company.

17. Bless her heart, Linda had insisted that the timing of her own daughter's engagement party wouldn't ____ a problem.

18. He looked happy and at peace, a ____ contrast to the only other photograph she'd seen of Leroy, the one her mother kept.

19. Here he was, living his life, forming connections and leaving a ____.

20. Sasha's beautiful face ___.

21. She shrugged, but inside she felt no such ____.

22. These parties the ____... they're not me.

23. Her eyes ____ upward to his face, and he was seized with the honesty in them.

24.  People turned ____.

25. Cole had the ____ to gently take those fingers and hold them to soothe her worry.

26. She ___.

27. Noah introduced Luella to his mother, June, and his father, Daniel, who set in a ____, looking happy to see them.

Key: 1. gruff; 2.feisty; 3. eggnog; 4. hinged lid; 5. tally; 6. awry; 7.festooned; 8. doily; 9. whiz; 10. savored; 11. travesty; 12. no-brainer; 13. plaintive; 14. brine; 15. niggle; 16. shoved; 17. pose; 18. stark; 19. legacy; 20. pinched; 21.nonchalance; 22. hoopla; 23. flutter; 24. finicky; 25. inkling; 26. guffawed; 27. recliner.

Typical Recent Mistakes

 1. Remember that when an "i" and "e" are next to each other in a word the "I" usually comes before the "e", unless it is after a "e".

Ex: achieve, receive

2. Semicolon usage

- To avoid confusion with numbers:

Add the following: $ 1.25; $ 7.50; and $ 12.89.

- Before explanatory words or abbreviations - namely: We are able to supply you with two different gauges of nylon stockings; namely, 45 and 51.

- To separate short Statements of contract:

War is destructive; peace is constructive.

3. Still

The word "still" is used as a transition word to show exception.

Ex: I tried again and still I failed.

My Daily Vocabulary

 Hello guys!!! Hope you enjoy your holidays and find some time to do this short activity.))) The words in bold are of high frequency. Don't forget about the grammar!

bash

console

fumble

grueling

jittery

linger

locum

ogle

one's heart in one's throat

rimmed

slump

soar

stint

swipe (at)

worried sick

1. He still had another three months of his ___ position left.

2. He had one more ___ on the island, so they had to continue to work together.

3. Since he'd left the island, she'd tried her best to ___ herself with his friendship, but a part of her knew she'd taken the coward's way out that day.

4. Meg started running too, ____.

5. Summer wanted to trace it with her fingers, then immediately commit it to canvas so she could ___ it for the rest of her life.

6. She wasn't expecting anyone, and since receiving a disturbing call from a prosecuting attorney last week, her nightmares and ____ nerves had returned with a vengeance.

7. Meg's heart ____.

8. Sam ____ next to Paula's chair.

9. Her red ___ and swollen eyes spoke of the tears she had shed.

10. Paula ____ in her chair.

11. I'm ____ about Derrick.

12. Her frustration grew as she ____ with the lock.

13. It was ___.

13. It was going to be the best surprise fortieth birthday ____ ever.

14. Paula ____ at her eyes.

Key: 1. locum; 2. stint; 3. console; 4. her heart in her throat; 5. ogle;6.littery; 7.soared; 8.lingered; 9. rimmed ; 10. slumped; 11. worried sick; 12. fumbled; 13. grueling; 14. bash; 15. swiped.

 

My Daily Vocabulary

 Hello guys!!! Enjoy this new vocabulary task!! Fill the gaps with suitable words. Mind the grammar!

adamant

casualty

confide (in)

DOA-dead on arrival

dogsbody

foul play

knoll

muster

nascent

offal

shove

skid

* words in bold are of high-frequency

1. As the Southern REscue helicopter took their ___ over the Foreaux Strait, the sea separating Stewart Island from the larger South Island of New Zealand, Cam turned to Meg.

2. To his right he saw a high, steep ___ covered with scrubby grass.

3. Although many of Lomb's principles have been corroborated by SLA research, the preceding points- the value of extensive reading at ___  learning stages - remain relatively unexplored.

4. Today's star is beef ____ for 512 yen.

5. Like Meg, Harold had been born on the island and following his diagnosis, was ____ he wanted to die there, surrounded by the place and people he loved.

6. Two passengers had been ____ at the hospital.

7. Any evidence of ___ in the van or at the scene?

8. My parents went out to dinner, ___ on ice, and rolled off the road.

9. Maybe he shouldn't have ____ in her about his past, his fiance, whose love was also ripped away while Cam had been distracted by grief.

10. But Cam's mind cleared as he ____ his pain down where it belonged.

11. As a full-time manager, part-time therapist, housekeeper, general ___ to her baby sister, Summer thought she'd seen it all from behind the scenes in the comfort of jeans, sweaters, and, most importantly, comfy sneakers.

12. It was as if neither of them had been able to ____ the will to fight for a future.

Key: 1. casualty; 2. knoll;3. nascent;4. offal; 5.adamant; 6. DOA; 7. foul play;8. skidded; 9.confided; 10.shoved; 11. dogsbody; 12. mustered

My Daily Vocabulary

 Fill the gaps with suitable words.

adamant

alleviate

confide (in)

dire

don

graft

offal

on-ramp

pertinent

shove

skid (mark)

square

smattering

wince

* words in bold are of high-frequency

1. We'll look at doing some skin ____ at a later date, but hopefully Miss Chloe will be out of here soon.

2. The Battalion had a few older men, veterans of the Great War, but most of the soldiers were working-class boys without even the Officer Training Corps experience that Bernie and the ___ of other public -  school men possessed.

3. But the Russian was ____, his face set.

4. Put the garlic on top of the ___.

5. Meg ___ at the panicked tone of Jan's voice, abandoned her breakfast and stood.

6. To her relief, Cam quickly ____ his coat.

7. Panic froze Meg's veins as she navigated the short drive to the Stevenses' home, outlining Harold's ___ medical history for Cam.

8. He'd often ____ in Meg that he hated hospitals.

9. It was only a few hundred yards from the ___ to the interstate.

10. The black ____ suggested the driver had tried to make a sudden stop.

11. His prognosis was ___.

12. Cam ___ his fingers through his hair.

13. The disease has obviously advanced since he last saw the respiratory specialist, but there are things that could be done to ___ his current symptoms.

14. She ____ her shoulders.

Key:1. grafts;2. smattering; 3.adamant;4. offal; 5. wince; 6. donned; 7. pertinent; 8. confided; 9. on-ramp; 10. skid marks; 11. dire; 12. shoved; 13. alleviate; 14. squared.

 

New Vocabulary Task

Fill the gaps with suitable words.

 abate

buck

casualty

corroborate

DOA

femur

knoll

rear

slit

squeal

throb

topple

1. As they fitted the splint together and prepared their ____ for transportation to hospital, Cam watched Meg with fascination.

2. The Republic had held a strong opposition, on top of a hill that sloped down steeply to the Jarama river valley, dotted with little ___ and planted with olive trees.

3. Although many of Lomb's principles have been ____ by SLA research, the preceding points - the value of extensive reading at nascent learning stages - remain relatively unexplored.

4. Two ____, one in critical condition.

5. He felt the ____ of them in his brain.

6. He tried to open his eyes, but he couldn't manage, more than a narrow ____ that allowed the flashing lights to pierce his head.

7. The ___ of a tow truck jerked her attention back to the ongoing activity only yards away.

8. It's enough that we go into each and every day knowing that there is no one to pass the ___ to.

9. With a shriek and flailing of arms, the woman ____ into the water.

10.  The highest calling of a physician has always been to identify the disease process at its earliest moment of inception through skill, judgment, and wisdom, and to ____ the problem with surgery, medicine, or irradiation.

11. When she cut the damp trousers from his injured leg with scissors, the compound fracture of the ___ gave both Meg and him pause.

12. A breeding pair will reunite year after year to ___ their chicks.

Key: 1. casualty; 2. knoll; 3 .corroborate; 4. DOA; 5. slit; 6. squel; 7. buck; 8. topple; 9. abate; 10. femur; 11. rear

Check your vocabulary

 Hello guys!!! Let's revise our vocabulary!!! complete the gaps with the given words.  Mind the grammar and enjoy!!!

affluent

beau 

blurt out

brine

callow

corral

cove

delude

dispense (with)

dissuade

frond

glazier

impeccable

invincible

lanky

lavish

meddlesome

muse

oblong

on a whim

rueful

shoddy

suffuse

tangles

1.  The ___ was scared of me.
2. How can such a person not be ___?
3. But we must ____ not only unnecessary actions but necessary thoughts, too, so needless acts don't tag along after them
4. As much as Maria loved her ____ aunts, there was no denying that they were the bane of her existence.
5. That time had chiseled his features and smoothed away the youthful ____ in his limbs so that he looked like an overly flattering portrait of himself.
6. There was no graceful, polite way to extricate herself from the prospect of spending the remainder of the afternoon in the company of her former ___.
7. She trailed after him, aware of the ___ nature of this place.
8. The deep ___ quiet of it all.
9. It was palatal - though not, she ____, for a person who had his own palace.
10. Perhaps this was the equivalent of a ____ old hostel for a man like Cajetan.
11. Cajetan gazed at the feast, then at her, and there was something almost ___ in his gaze.
12. "Oh, don't", Maria ___, half a second before her brain caught up with her mouth.
13. Not that I don't appreciate the effect, but could we ___ with the pleasantries?
14. Only Cajetan who had to remind himself that he was a grown up man, not a ___ adolescent who had never been in the presence of a woman before.
15. At least, that was what the prolonged silence indicated as the two of them continued making their way through ___ of palms and vines.
16. The truth, which she hadn't bothered to share with her aunts, or anyone else in her family lest they try to ___ her, was that was no ordinary walk.
17. Pushing one last palm ___ aside, Maria stepped through the tangle of gree and emerged into a spot on a cliff above a sheltered cove.
18. The last time Maria had seen it, it had lain beneath the brilliant blue waters of the ___, its broken mast jutting out so close to the surface that Maria had been able to dive down and touch it.
19. The landed far below, in a cramped, airless space that smelled of ____ and seaweed.
20. I don't ever do things ____.
21. In addition to all above-mentioned fruits and nuts, half of an ____ Russian olive stone was recorded from Rabat - 4.
22. "A shipwreck?" Enrique repeated, his voice ____ with fury.
23. I saw I had been ___ in thinking that we would've been anything, but a mistake.
24. Half a dozen young ladies of good families and ___ manners, all of whom sported smooth air, delicate gold jewelry and impeccable frocks in shades of white and ivory.

Key: 1 glazier; 2 invincible; 3 corral; 4 meddlesome; 5 lankiness; 6 beau; 7 lavish; 8 affluent; 9 mused; 10 shoddy; 11 rueful; 12 blurted out; 13 dispense; 14 callow; 15 tangles; 16 dissuade; 17 frond; 18 cove; 19 brine; 20 on a whim; 21 oblong; 22 suffused; 23 deluded; 24 impeccable.

When to double the final consonant?

 If a word of more than one syllable ends with a short vowel and one consonant,

• DOUBLE THE FINAL CONSONANT before adding a suffix that begins with a

vowel if the accent is on the last syllable.

• DO NOT DOUBLE THE FINAL CONSONANT if the accent is not on the last syllable or if the suffix begins with a consonant.

Double the Final Consonant

-ing, -ed -ence, -ent -ance -al

befitting abhorrence acquittance acquittal

befogged concurrent admittance transmittal

committing excellence remittance noncommittal

compelled intermittent transmittance

controlling occurrence

impelling recurrent

incurred

omitting -er -en -able

permitted beginner forbidden controllable

propelling propeller forgotten forgettable

regretted transmitter regrettable

submitting

Do NOT Double the Final Consonant

ENDING IN TWO VOWELS ACCENT NOT SUFFIX BEGINS

TWO CONSO- BEFORE THE ON THE FINAL WITH A

NANTS CONSONANT SYLLABLE CONSONANT

-ing, -ed -ing, -ed -ing, -ed -ment

consenting concealing benefiting allotment

converted contained blossomed annulment

demanding detaining differed commitment

diverted disdained gathered deferment

requesting refraining limiting equipment

subsisted remounted profited interment

supplanting restraining quarreling preferment

supported retained soliciting

transcending revealing summoned

My Daily Vocabulary

 adversity

bail

bleak

brisk

commotion

crude

deter

fleck

flinch away

fling

forensics team

foundling

gorge

harrumph

impede

incinerator

light beacon

penance

postmortem

self-flagellation

tend

tut

1. About Mrs. Arbuthnot there was nothing bright and ____, though much in her way with the Sunday school children that was automatic; but when Mrs. Wilkins, turning from the window, caught sight of her in the club she was not being automatic at all, but was looking fixed at one portion of the first page of the Times, holding the paper quite still, her eyes not moving.

2. Between two great mountains of grey and green as the rock cropped out between the tufts of emerald verdure, the valley, almost as narrow as a ___, ran due west towards the sea.

3. She leaped over the coffee table, with its heat stack of Las Vegas magazines and a tray of complimentary Debauve& Gallais truffles, her name written in chocolate ganache ___ with edible gold.

4. Life had been so damn hard, and she'd clawed her way up only to ____ herself back down.

5. How you handle even minor ___ might seem like nothing, but, in fact, it reveals everything. 

6. He was no longer he, it was a body, an "it, in domestic ____ beside a barn in a field beside a house at the end of a lane, off a minor road.

7. one man was able to put up ___,  and he was released.

8. Philosophy calls for simple living but not for ___ - it's quite possible to be simple without being ____.

9. There was no self- flagellation, no paying ___, no self-esteem issues from guilt or self- loathing.

10. Laying into yourself, unduly depriving yourself, punishing yourself  - that's ____, not self-improvement.

11. While it's true that someone can impede our actions, they can't ___ our intentions and attitudes, which have the power of being conditional and adaptable.

12. I had long since been disabused of the notion that I was a ____ child.

13. Nothing will ___ them from what is honorable, and nothing will lure them into what is base.

14. I'm confident the ___ will show that he was already dead.

15. She reached out, but I ___ from her.

16. Oh, these ____ winds, and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!

17. They said they would have to get a ___ straight away and that  I needed to pack a bag and leave the house, but that I must leave out the clothes I had worn the day my father died.

18. The woman guard followed me, ___.

19. The man said they'd do their best and the woman made a ___ noise.

20. They set up these huge ___ pointing towards the house and the barn.

21. I heard some ____ outside the bedroom door.

22. She walked their dogs and ___ to their chickens and designed furniture for their job.

Keys:

1. brisk; 2. gorge; 3.flecked; 4. fling; 5.adversity; 6. incinerator; 7. bail; 8. crude; 9. penance; 10. self-flagellation;11. impede; 12. foundling; 13. deter; 14. postmortem; 15. flinched away; 16. bleak; 17. forensics team; 18. tutting; 19. harrumph; 20. light beacons; 21. commotion; 22. tended

My Daily Vocabulary

Complete the gaps with the correct words

abate

adversity

bail

brisk

chamber pot

disabuse

flap

fling

horrendous

impede

incinerator

malice

nexus

ordeal

penance

pick at

promontory

self-flagellation

take a toll (on)

twinge

verdure

1. Combination used to make Mrs Wilkins wonder, for she had been told by Mellersh, on days when she had only been able to get plaice, that if one were efficient one wouldn't be depressed, and that if one does one's job well one becomes automatically bright and ___.
2. Between two great mountains of grey and green as the rock cropped out between the tufts of emerald ____, the valley, almost as narrow as a gorge, ran due west towards the sea.
3. We were rapidly descending the valley, and, as we got lower, the ____ seemed to take a bolder shape and was beginning to stand out as a round-topped hill of somewhat noble proportions.
4. ____ of every sort had there been her portion; aches, hurts, discouragement, and she the whole time being steadily unselfish.
5. She dodged the edge of the giltwood settee, ____ its pillow over her shoulder.
6. Even after she has laid the received in its cradle, Dede goes on elaborating the root system of her anacahuita tree, shading the branches, and then for the fun of it, opening and closing the ____ of the envelope to watch the tree come apart and then back together again.
7. He was the nexus of my world, a ____ of the world.
8. This is more fit for a king - to seize your ____ head on.
9. I knew that corpses decomposed and began to rot and smell, so I carefully placed the bag into the ___ barrel.
10. School had been ____.
11. Weekly shopping trips were always an ____.
12. Dad said there was not ____ in it.
13. I would buy what we needed for the week and get home again, nerves ____ as I turned into the lane.
14. Suppose that two men were booked on the same charge at the same time and that the same ___ was set for both of them.
15. We swapped duties as age ____ on him.
16. And then he stopped coming out of his room and he wrote his prescriptions with a shakier hand, and he only _____ food.
17. I fed it to him sometimes when his hands shook too much and I changed his bed linen on the days when he could not control himself and didn't make it into the ____ under his bed, which I emptied every morning and rinsed out with bleach.
18. Philosophy calls for simple living but not for _____ - it's quite possible to be simple without being crude.
19. There was no ____, no paying penance, no self-esteem issues from guilt or self-loathing.
20. While it's true that someone can ____ our actions, they can't impede our intentions and our attitudes, which have the power of being conditional and adaptable.
21. I had long since been ____ of the notion that I was a foundling child. 

Keys:

1. brisk; 2.verdure; 3.promontory; 4. twinge; 5. fling; 6. flap; 7. nexus;8. adversity; 9. incinerator; 10. horrendous; 11. ordeal; 12. malice; 13.abate; 14. bail; 15. take a toll; 16. pick at; 17. chamber pot; 18. penance; 19. self-flagellation; 20. impede; 21. disabused

My Daily Vocabulary

 Hello guys!!!

Enjoy this simple vocabulary activity!!! Just fill in the gaps with the correct words.)))

adversity

beaker

bluntness

buttonhole

combustion

dawdle

flap

fling

frock

gorge

heave

impregnable

incinerator

intimidating

mitigate

nexus

remorse

secluded

settee

sheath

slander

tweak

twinge

vengeance

1. She, therefore, though prepared to _____ her last penny into the adventure, was not prepared to ___ into it a single farthing that was not demonstrably her own; and she felt that if her share of the rent was reduced to fifteen pounds only, she would have a safe margin for the other expenses.

2.  It's not a ___.

3. She had not one ____.

4. She dodged the edge of the giltwood ___, flinging its throw pillow over her shoulder.

5. On the back of an envelope left beside the museum phone, she has sketched an enormous tree, laden with flowers, the branches squirreling over the ____.

6. Not only is he saying that the more you struggle with fortune, the more vulnerable you are to it, but he also says that the better path to security is in the ____ wall  "of philosophy".

7. She too had on a white ____, and her head was bare.

8. Abundantly as she was used to it, it surprised her to be told it with such ____, and by a woman.

9. Nothing bored her so much as people who insisted on being original, who came and ____ her and kept her waiting while they were being original.

10. So by focusing exclusively on the present, we're able to avoid or remove those ____ or negative thoughts from our frame of view.

11. Today, I won't ____ myself.

12. We must consciously opt to do things differently - to ____ and change until we actually get the result we're after.

13. He was ferocity ____ in elegance, perfection veined with flaws.

14. He was the ___ of my world, a nexus of the world.

15. Residents trickled onto the sidewalks, taking their dogs out or heading toward Central Park for an early-morning run, stealing what time they could before the workday kicked with a ____.

16. There was ____ there, and relief.

17. If gasoline vapor mixes with air, _____ will occur.

18. You will not have time to ____ or think too long, so go as fast as you can.

19. One way to ___ the problem, however could be to include components made with renewable resources.

20. I sat on the end, took the lid off his ____ and drank his tea, missing the sugar I put in mine.

21. ____ reveals.

22. The ground was frosted so I had to ____ the bag up on my shoulder every few minutes so that it wouldn't rip.

23. Once a month, when he was well, Dad would empty the bins into the ____.

24. He refused to pay the bin charges and we lived in such a ____ spot that the council didn't chase us about it.

Keys:

1. fling; 2. slander; 3. twinge; 4.settee;5. flap; 6.impregnable; 7. frock; 8. bluntness; 9. buttonholes; 10. intimidating; 11. gorge; 12. tweak; 13. sheathed; 14. nexus; 15. vengeance; 16. remorse; 17. combustion; 18.dawdle; 19. mitigate; 20. beaker; 21. adversity; 22. heave; 23. incinerator; 24. secluded 

Sentence Structure Practice - Verbs

 1. Almost everyone fails ___ the driver's test on the first try.

a. passing

b. to have passed

c. to pass

d. in passing

2. If endangered species ___ saved, rainforests must be protected.

a. are to be

b. be

c. can be

d. will be

3. The average spoken sentence in conversational English takes 2.5 seconds ___.

a. for to complete

b. completing

c. to complete

d. by completing

4. Only twenty years ago, most doctors agreed ___ truthful with their terminally ill patients, a trend that has reversed itself in modern medical practice.

a. don't to be

b. not to be

c.we shouldn't been

d. not to been

5. William Torrey Harris was one of the first educators interested ____ a logical progression of topics in the school curriculum.

a. in establishing

b. for establishing.

c. establishing

d. to establish

Keys:

1c;2a;3c;4b;5a

My Daily Vocabulary

 Hello guys,

Here are your new words to enjoy!!! Fill in the gaps. Mind the grammar!!!

Adversity

Austerity

Battlement

Churlish

Complimentary

Dodge

Doodle

Fling

Impertinent

Ingenuity

Laden

Lithe

Propel

Puckered

Reconnaissance

Resilient

Slander

Tip over

Twinge

Ventable

Viable

1. Mrs. Wilkins was prepared to ____ her entire egg into the adventure, but she realized that if it were to cost even six pence over her ninety pounds her position would be terrible.
2. It is true that there were three sitting rooms besides the garden and the ____  at San Salvadore, so that there would be opportunities of withdrawal from MRS Wilkins; but it would be disagreeable to Mrs Fisher, for instance, if Mrs. Wilkins were suddenly to assert that she saw Mr. Fisher.
3. don't forget, though, that you can come from a long, unbroken line of ancestors who survived unimaginable ___, difficulty, and struggle.
4. You're an heir to an impressive tradition - and as their ___ offspring, you're capable oof what they are capable of.
5. You ___ me.
6. Which attitude will ___ you onward and upward?
7. Otherwise, they go on and on, asking the most ___ questions.
8. There is a ___ racket of gratitude on the other end, and Dede has to smile at some of the imported nonsense of this woman's Spanish.
9. Instead of looking for instruction, they cultivate skills like creativity, independence, self-confidence, ___, and the ability to problem solve.
10. In this way, they are ___ instead of rigid.
11. One must serve on watch, another in ____ another on the front line...
12. Domenico ____ ran up the last few steps ahead and pushed the door open.
13. Except for the beds, it suggested a happy ___.
14. According to everybody she had ever come across she ought at least to have ____.
15. Under the circumstances, I could only say "yes", as it would have been a ____ thing to refuse.
16. She moved about with quick, purposeful steps, her long thin body held up straight, her small face, so much ____ at home with effort and fear, soothed out.
17. She ____ the edge of the giltwood settee, flinging its throw pillow over her shoulder.
18. She leaped over the coffee table, with its neat stack of Las Vegas magazines and tray with ___ Debauve & Gallais truffles, her name written in chocolate ganache flecked with edible gold.
19. Her foot caught the bouquet of Juliet roses and the vase ____, scattering pink blossoms all over the carpet.
20. "We don't name them," Dede says, driven to ____ to contain her impatience.
21. On the back of an envelope left beside the museum phone, she has sketched an enormous tree ____ with flowers, the branches squirreling over the flap.

Keys

1. fling; 2. battlement; 3. adversity; 4. viable; 5.slander; 6.propel; 7. impertinent; 8.ventable; 9. ingenuity; 10. resilient; 11.reconnaissance; 12. lithe; 13.austerity; 14.twinge; 15. churlish; 16.puckered; 17. dodge; 18.complimentary; 19.tip over; 20. doddle; 21. laden