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Unit Target Words Page 4000 Essential English Words 16 amid, backstage, billionaire, brute, clumsy, collide, culprit, evacuate, ...

About the Vocabulary The 600 words in each book of this series along with the additional target words presented in the appendice ...

It should be noted that words have more than one grammatical category. However, this series focuses on the word’s most common fo ...

alleviate [aii vieit] v. To alleviate pain or suffering means to make it less intense or severe. —► She needed something to alle ...

I improvise [impravaiz] V. To improvise something is to do it with whatever is available or without planning. —► There was no me ...

Exercise 1 Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part. He chose to paint a picture on the main body of the ...

Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the word bank. ....................................................( Ward Bank %. ...

I The North Star Among the multitude of stars in the universe, there are a couple that are of great importance to people on Eart ...

Reading Comprehension ISH PART O Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true. ...

UNIT Word List arduous [d:rd3uas] adj. When something is arduous, it demands great effort or labor. —► The explorers began their ...

jagged [d 3 £fegid] adj. When something is jagged, it has a tough, uneven shape or edge. —► The swimmer was hurt when he fell on ...

Exercise 1 Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part. He chose to make his sculpture out of a smooth paste ...

Exercise 3 Write C if the italicized word is used correctly. Write I if the word is used incorrectly. The alarm clock was set t ...

The Fossil Hunters Tim and Dean were great fossil hunters. They were the very best at finding dinosaur bones. Although Tim and D ...

Mmnrwcmrehension PART O Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true. Tim and ...

absurd [absaxd] ad/'. If something or someone is absurd, they are ridiculous. —► That group o f people making animal noises soun ...