Deck 2: Intermediate Flashcards
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Welcome to Deck 2 Intermediate Tryout
This is a selection of 20-cards from our Intermediate Series.
In general, who can benefit from this work?
— Those who need more challenge than their school is offering and, or are being homeschooled.
— Non-Native speakers who need a boost in their English proficiency.
— And those that, through no fault of their own, have grown up in a vocabulary desert and need some sustained watering.
This card is a copy of card 1 in Deck 1 except, now we ask you to comment on side 2.
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We said these cards could benefit three types of students. Which of the three are you. Explain in your comment.
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Preserve n. or v.
Preservers n.
— The animal preserve of 20,000 acres is sufficiently large for what they need.
— The stawberry preserves your grandma makes are great.
— We preserved the fresh daisy in a wooden flower press.
—We threw the presever to the man who was flailing about desparately trying not to sink below the surface.
– He wanted to protect her and preserve her innocence.
preserved kept intact or in a particular condition.
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Preserve/Preserver
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Calm, Peaceful, Tranquil, Serene & Still
These adjectives describe the absence of any disturbance.
With Calm and Peaceful one is emotionally untroubled:
— The other children tried to annoy him but Kabir remained calm. With Tranquil it describes a more lasting calm:
— Anne looked forward to a tranquil life in the country.
With Serene there is a spiritual calmness.
— The artist captured her serene expression in the portrait.
Finally with Still that state of being is free from all disturbance and is peaceful.
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Please Comment: Open the five paintings below. Pick out your two favorite ones. How do they make you feel? Use Calm, Peaceful, Tranquil, Serene, Still or another word of you own that fits your feeling.
For example: “Acoustic 78 With painting 1 I feel stillness, while painting 3 just makes me happy.” There are no right or wrong answers. What you feel is what matters.
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1~2~3 along top row. FOUR~FIVEon the Bottom.
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Fierce is having a violent and savage nature, as in a fierce beast or a fierce storm.. Fierce is ferocious and forceful, like a lion.
Fierce can also be used to mean intense.
— The family was known for their fierce pride.
— If you have a fierce work ethic, you don’t rest until you finish the job.
— And a fierce storm can really devastate a community.
Or in a positive vein:
— “He was fiercely loyal to the king he could not be bribed by riches.”
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Now ferocious is fierce on steriods. If you’ve ever been so angry you’d swear you felt your blood boiling, you could reasonably say that you were furious. The word basically means “full of fury,” so you get the picture.Think about the angriest you’ve ever been. Now double it and you might be getting close to furious,
Fierce / Ferocious:
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In Rugby the Blacks, Fierce and Ferocious, they are feared by opponents
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Decision n / Decisive adj
Decision refers to the act of making a choice.
— Our friends have not come to a decision about going on the trip with us.
— The judge handed down a decision of not guilty.
— This might be the most difficult decision she would ever make.
— This is a big decision for you to make alone.
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Decisive describes someone or something that is able to make choices (decisions) quickly and confidently.
— The decisive moment has arrived.
— A decisive leader can quickly think through the options and then chose the best one.
Decision n / Decisive adj
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Polite /Civil: These adjectives all have similar meanings.
|Polite| is being mindful and considerate of the feelings of others.
— You don’t have to like all your relatives, but you must be polite to them.
|**Civil* | means having a minimal amount of good manners, neither polite nor rude:
— He is barely civil until he has his morning coffee.
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Also: Polite applies more to a specific acts while civil is a general term with a minimal amount of politeness.
Polite / Civil
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Believe v.
believed, believing, believes
Note: Believe sometimes acts as a Transitive Verb
and other times as an Intransitive one.
Transitive Verb:
To accept it as true or real: — Everyone believes matter is made of atoms. ‘Matter’ is the object of the action believes.
— I believe you.
Here, ‘you’ is the direct object.
— I believe it will snow tomorrow. ‘It’ is the direct object.
Intransitive Verb:
To have faith, trust, or confidence:
— I believe in God;
— I believe in getting plenty of sleep.
In both cases, Believe stands on its own. It does not need a direct object.
Or it also means just to have an opinion, think:
— They have already left, I believe.
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Write a comment defining in your own way the difference between Transitive and Intransitive Verbs. I looking forward to how you say it. Please try to find a way to say it in your own words not just copy my words.
Believe Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
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Cuticle
kyoo-ti-kuhl
Most commonly. refers to the hard skin around the sides and base of a fingernail or toenail. Or even a hair folicle.
— With a sharp set of cuticle scissors cut the sides of the finger nail.
— This method is all about helping your curls maintain their integrity by avoiding damage to their cuticle.
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kyoo-ti-kuhl
Pronunciation Question: Are the text pronunciation aids helpful? Or do you feel I should just pronounce the words with an audio file. We do that a lot in the Advanced card sets but you think that is necessary for most of these Intermediate words.
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Cuticle
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Reprieve n
— There will be no rescue for them, no last minute reprieve.
— Grief threatened to consume them, and there would be no reprieve from their anguish.
— He was sentenced to death but then reprieved.
— This warm spell has given us a reprieve from the winter cold..
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Reprieve
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Certified v.
certified, certifying, certifies
— Your license certifies that you know how to drive a car.
— The inspector certified the elevator as safe.
— This document certifies that she can practice dentistry in this state.
— Their fine work certifies to their ability.
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Certified v.
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Disentangle v
dis·en·tan·gle / ˌdis-in-ˈtaŋ-gəl
When you disentangle something, you free it from a tangle.
— If you have long hair and pierced ears, you’ve probably had to disentangle an earring from a curl of hair.
— Something that becomes tangled or twisted needs someone to disentangle it
— You might disentangle your kitten from a length of yarn, or disentangle your jacket from a thorny bush when you’re hiking through the woods.
Figuratively or Poeticly: You can also disentangle someone figuratively, helping them get out of an uncomfortable or difficult situation.
— It took years to disentangle ourselves from the troubles we had after someone started using our social security numbers.
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Disentangle v
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Besiege / Besieged
be·siege / bi-ˈsēj
To besiege means to attack with an army, or to pester with many requests.
— When all your teachers ask you to hand in assignments on the same day, you can end up feeling besieged.
— When an army settles down in front of a fort or other site of attack, they are besieging it.
— If you get a lot of spam in your e-mail, you are besieged with advertisements.
— The king’s troops besieged the city until it surrendered.
— A crowd of fans besieged the movie star.
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Besiege / Besieged
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Perceive / See & Observe
See is only the basic act of using your eyes to detect something, while observe means actively watching and paying attention to details, but perceive goes further.
We do perceive things by using our senses of sight, hearing, and smell. But more importantly, we can also use our minds to perceive things, which means that we can recognize or understand them.
— The storm is far too big for us to perceive its size from the ground.
— In the eye, the rods detect low light, while the cones in the eye perceive color.
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Word Choice: We say, “Do you see what I mean, or do you understand what I am saying?” Not—”Do you perceive what I am saying?” Using big words is not always effective. But in some cases, it helps to perceive the gravity of the situation, not just see it.
— Do you perceive how he is manipulating you, using you?
Perceive / See & Observe
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Habitual adj.
Of the nature of habit; done constantly or repeatedly:
— Matt’s habitual lateness annoyed everyone.
— The old man’s habitual route to the shopping center was much longer than necessary, but he always took that route as it was easy for him to remember.
Habitually adv
ha·bit·u·allee
— She habitually replied to the teacher’s question with, “I don’t know.” because she did not want to appear to be the ‘really smart girl’ which she knew herself to be.
habitualness noun
— His habitualness tardiness would eventually get him fired.
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Notice: Do you see how the suffixes‘ly’ and the ‘ness’ change the adjective to an adverb and then a noun.
Be Active Percieve what is happening.
Habitual adj. / Habitually adv.
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Fortified v.
fortified, fortifying, fortifies
Fortified means strengthened or protected. — When you’ve taken lots of vitamins, you should be fortified against getting sick!
— A fortified place is somewhere, like a military fort, where you are protected from danger, perhaps because you are high up on a hill or because your walls are built of iron.
— Fortified milk might include added vitamin D, to ensure that you are getting your recommended supply.
— The hikers fortified themselves with a hearty breakfast.
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Fortified v.
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Conceit n. / Conceited adj.
As a noun;
If you’re always boasting and can’t stop talking about yourself, you have that character flaw known as conceit. Your friends — if you have any — may also complain about your arrogance, vanity, and egotism.
— His conceit has earned him many enemies.
As a verb;
— He. is a brilliant but conceited musician
— This is the worst kind of football team: a conceited but objectively mediocre squad.
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Conceit n. / Conceited adj.
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Achieved v. / Achiever n.
As verbs: achieved, achieving, achieves
To succeed in accomplishing, producing, or gaining:
— We achieved our goal.
— It is true that there is much disagreement over how to achieve these ideals, but the fact remains we want a just society for all.
And as nouns:
— The club recognized Suzy for being a high achiever in cookie sales.
—- A low achiever is a person who does not work hard and has little succes.
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Achieved v. / Achiever n.
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Unnatural / Unnaturally
un natu ral / uhn-nach-er-uhl-lee
Naturally is an adjective while unnaturally is an adverb. Something unnatural is strange, fake, or abnormal.
— If you dye your hair hot pink, it’s going to look unnatural.
— It’s unnatural for a wild animal to live inside someone’s house.
— In a murder investigation the police first check to see if the death was unnatural.
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— If you feel unnaturally hot in a cool room, you may have a fever.
— A woman with unnaturally long fingernails might find it hard to tie her shoelaces or answer her phone.
— If your dog makes an unnaturally wolf-like sound in his sleep, you’ll wonder what he’s dreaming about.
Unnatural adj./ Unnaturally adv
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Rapport n.
ra-ˈpȯr — notice the ‘t’ is silent
Rapport is a good sense of understanding and trust.
— If you have good rapport with your neighbors, they won’t mind if you kick your ball onto their property every now and then.
— She can quickly establish a good rapport with the children she works with.
— In a moment of insight, she realized people who used similar language patterns quickly developed a deep rapport.
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Rapport / ra-ˈpȯr
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