Homework (10 words)

1.
Word: comparative
Definition: measured or judged by how similar or different it is to sth else
Part of Speech: adjective
Sentence: The problem about what which one is better is comparative.
Collocation: comparative data
 
2.
Word: subsidy
Definition: money that is paid by a government or organization to make prices lower, reduce the cost of producing goods etc
Part of Speech: noun
Sentence: The subsidy given by the government can be helpful.
Collocation: government subsidy
 
3.
Word: denote
Definition: to represent or be a sign of something
Part of Speech: verb
Sentence: The mark deonotes the place.
Other information: The word can be replaced by ‘indicate’.
 
4.
Word: respectively
Definition: In the same order as the things you have just mentioned
Part of Speech: adverb
Sentence: The books and pencils are Mary’s and mine.
Other information: adjective. respective
 
5.
Word: overtake
Definition: to go past a moving vehicle or person because you are going faster than them and want to get in front of them
Part of Speech: verb
Sentence: The person who was behind me ran to overtook me.
Other information: The word has also another meaning that ‘to develop or increase more quickly than someone or something else and become more successful, more important, or more advanced than them.’
      
6.
Word: stern
Definition: serious and strict
Part of speech: adjective
Sentence: The news about that many people were injured made Mary’s face stern.
Collocation: stern face
 
7.
Word: vain
Synonym: useless
Part of speech: adjective
Sentence: He didn’t want to do the vain efforts.
Collocation: vain attempt
 
8.
Word: rim
Definition: the outside edge of something circular
Part of speech: noun
Sentence: The rim of a knife is very sharp.
Other information: The verb ‘rim’ means that ‘to be around the edge of something’.
 
9.
Word: scramble
Definition: to move somewhere in a hurried awkward way
Part of speech: verb
Sentence: The people scrambled to inside to avoid the rain.
Other information: The noun form ‘scramble’ means that ‘a situation in which people compete with and push each other in order to get what they want’.
 
10.
Word: commitment
Definition: a promise to do something or to behave in a particular way
Part of speech: noun
Sentence: We have to make a commitment that can be kept.
Collocation: make a commitment
 

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  1. Language Trainer2017년 4월 20일 PM 12:26

    Good work here but I think you forgot a vocabulary word in this sentence: "The books and pencils are Mary’s and mine." 10/10

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