Vocabulary
ab:
away from
abolish
meaning: to
officially end or stop (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with
(something)
Example: The
senate vote to abolish the death
penalty.
abdicate
meaning: to leave
the position of being a king or queen
Example: The king abdicated the throne.
ad:
toward
advance
meaning: to move
(someone or something) forward
Example: You need
to pay in advance.
advocate
meaning: a person
who argues for or supports a cause or policy
Example: He is an advocate.
al: standing
for noun
removal
meaning: the act
of moving or taking something away from a place
Example: He needs
the removal van.
approval
meaning: the
belief that something or someone is good or acceptable : a good opinion of
someone or something
Example: He
murmured his approval.
fraud:
mistake
fraudulent
meaning: done to
trick someone for the purpose of getting something valuable
Example: To make fraudulent copies of something valuable.
com:
with together
compliment
meaning: a remark
that says something good about someone or something
Example: He used a
compliment.
sub:
under
subject
meaning: the
person or thing that is being discussed or described
Example: Which subject do you like?
subordinate
meaning: in a
position of less power or authority than someone else
Example: It is a subordinate clause.
repair
vs. impair
repair-- to restore by replacing a part or
putting together what is torn or broken
impair-- to make (something) weaker or worse
learn—In business
English, it means get informed and get information
Additional Supplement
Ethnic
group
is a category of
people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural
or national experience. Unlike most other social groups, ethnicity is primarily
an inherited status.
Harriet
Tubman
She was
an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and, during the American Civil
War, a Union spy. Born into
slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue
approximately seventy enslaved family and friends, using the network of
antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She
later helped abolitionist John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry,
and in the post-war era was an active participant in the struggle for women's
suffrage.
reach
the goal/ agreement/ target/ opinion
Thanks
for your compliment
checkmate- to arrest, thwart, or counter completely
statesman-- a usually wise, skilled, and respected
government leader
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The
history of English
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