IMPORTANT VOCABULARIES FOR THE DAY
1. SWAY- Being Controlled or Influenced/persuade
-He is easily swayed by movies.
-It eventually passed under the sway of the rulers of Khwarizm (Khiva).
2. SURREPTITIOUS- Secrect/ Stealthy/ Sneaky
- She completed the assignment in a surreptitious, secret manner.
-There was a lot of surreptitious advertising for the hidden cafe!
3. ASSIDUOUS- Diligent/ Careful/ Hardworking/ Attentive
-He was assiduous in his attendance on Queen Hortense until the Hundred Days brought him into active service again.
4. OVERSEE- Supervise
-As a manager, you can oversee a small healthcare organization and its staff.
5. ABHOR- To Hate
-I abhor this type of insulting behavior.
-People who seek peace abhor violence.
6. ABRIDGE- To Cut Down/ Shorten
-He thought his essay was much too long and abridged it.
-This work was abridged by Bleek for his college lectures, and was published in that condensed form in 1868.
7. ACCESSIBLE- Obtainable/ Reachable
-The inn is accessible by train and bus.
-The mall is accessible from the highway.
8. ACUTE- Sharp/Severe
- He had had a short illness, there had been a brief time of acute suffering.
-The branches grow at a more acute angle.
9. ADROIT- Skillful/Dexterous
-It was the adroit way to solve the problem.
-Proverbs aims to show a person how to become adroit at the greatest skill of all, the skill of living.
10. ARID- Excessively Dry
-The reason for the arid climate differs in different sections.
-The great deserts are the most arid places on our whole planet.
-loopser Bloopser
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