6 Flashcards
Chiefly
Chief adj.
Mostly
The most important or most common
Coarse adj.
coarsely
Coarseness
Rough
Not delicate
Wool clothing has a certain coarseness in texture.
Commonplace
Frequent
Female lawyers are commonplace in the United States.
Complex adj.
complexity n.
Complicated
The universe has a complexity beyond comprehension.
Conventional
Convention
Conventionally
Tranditional
To become integrated into a society, you must learn the conventions of that society.
Curious adj.
curiously
Curiosity n.
Peculiar (naader)
Odd or strange, eager to learn (konjkaav)
A curious object was discovered in the remains.
Emit v.
Emission n.
Emitter n.
Release
To send out, give off
The raging (very great and harf to control) forest fire emitted a dense, white smoke.
Exceedingly Exceed Excess n. Excessive adj. Excessively
Extremely
It’s not safyto exceed the speed limit.
Exclusively
Exclusive adj.
Exclusion n.
Exclude v.
Restrictively
No one else, nothing else, not shared with others.
They excluded everyone under 21 from the contest.
Extinguish v.
Extinguishable adj.
Extinguishment n.
Terminate
The firefighters quickly extinguished the flames.
Immense adj.
Immensely adv.
Immensity n.
Massive
Extremely large
From the mountaintop you can see the immense valley.
She was immensely interested in the idea of teaching a foreign language.
Instantaneous adj.
instantly
Instant n.
Immediate
Occurring in an instant
A lightbulb turns on nearly instantaneously when you flip the switch.
Rigid adj.
Rigidity
Stiff
Not easy to bend, firm, inflexible
Routinely
Routine adj. , n.
Ordinarily
It is routine for students to become homesick at times.
Stamina
Endurance
Lasting physical or mental strength
The Olympic runner demonstrated incredible stamina.