Homework (10 words)

1.
Word: assail
Definition: to attack someone or something violently
Part of Speech: verb
Sentence: The thief assailed an innocent civilian.
Other information: The noun form ‘assailant’ means ‘someone who attacks another person’.
 
2.
Word: famine
Definition: a situation in which a large number of people have little or no food for a long time and
                  many people die
Part of Speech: noun
Sentence: There are so many people who are facing famine in the world.
Collocation: facing famine
 
3.
Word: squeeze
Definition: to strictly limit the amount of money that is available to a company or organization
Part of Speech: verb
Sentence: The private enterprise’s profit margin can be squeezed by the government.
Collocation: squeeze
 
4.
Word: predicament
Definition: a difficult or unpleasant situation in which you do not know what to do, or in which you have to make a difficult choice
Part of Speech: noun
Sentence: How can we get out of this predicament?
Collocation: in a predicament
 
5.
Word: advocate
Definition: to publicly support a particular way of doing something
Part of Speech: verb
Sentence: The people who are in the environment group advocate the goverment's eco-friendly
                 policy.
Other information: The noun form of this word is also ‘advocate’.
                              The noun ‘advocate’ means ‘someone who publicly supports
                               someone or something’.
 
6.
Word: levy
Definition: an additional sum of money, usually paid as a tax
Part of Speech: noun
Sentence: The government imposes a levy on the waste of furniture.
Collocation: a levy on sth
 
7.
Word: quota
Definition: an official limit on the number or amount of something that is allowed in a particular period
Part of Speech: noun
Sentence: The opinion that the government has to limit the immigration quotas has the pros and cons.
Collocation: quota on, quota for
 
8.
Word: provision
Definition: the act of supplying sb with sth that they need or want
Part of Speech: noun
Sentence: The provision of high-tech machines is very helpful to employees.
Collocation: provision of, provision for
 
9.
Word: priority
Definition: the thing that you think is most important and that needs attention before anything else
Part of Speech: noun
Sentence: We have to decide the top priority to solve this problem.
Collocation: first/top/main priority
 
10.
Word: pervade
Definition: to spread through and be noticeable in every part of sth
Part of Speech: verb
Sentence: The mistaken information should not have been pervaded all around the world.
Other information: The adjective form of this word is ‘pervasive’.
                               The noun form of this word is ‘pervasiveness’.

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  1. Language Trainer2017년 4월 27일 PM 12:57

    Great work on this word list, especially with your 'other information' category.

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