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Vocabulary Week 4

Vocabulary Week 4. Complement/Compliment. compliment : nice things said about someone "She paid me the compliment of admiring the way I shined my shoes.” c omplement - matching or completing. Alice’s love for entertaining and Mike’s love for washing dishes complement each other.

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Vocabulary Week 4

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  1. VocabularyWeek 4

  2. Complement/Compliment • compliment: nice things said about someone • "She paid me the compliment of admiring the way I shined my shoes.” • complement- matching or completing. • Alice’s love for entertaining and Mike’s love for washing dishes complement each other. • the full number of something needed to make it complete: “My computer has a full complement of video-editing programs.” If it is preceded by “full” the word you want is almost certainly “complement.” • If you’re “making nice” you might be “Li”ing (compliment)

  3. Conscience/Conscious • Conscious – aware, having mental faculties, known. • If you are awake, you are conscious. • Although it is possible to speak of your “conscious mind,” you can’t use “conscious” all by itself to mean “consciousness.” • Conscience – inner sense of right and wrong. • Your conscience makes you feel guilty when you do bad things. “Science” makes you feel guilty!

  4. Council/Counsel • Council– an assembly, a body of people • I went to the city council meeting. It was boring. • Counsel– advice, to give advice • I could counsel you not to speak to him anymore. • You go to visit a COUNSELOR for help, and a city has a council.

  5. Continually/Continuously • Continually means "repeated again and again." • I was continually interrupted by the telephone. • Continuously means "uninterrupted." • It rained continuously for forty-eight hours. • When you think –ually, think USUALLY. When you see -ously, think without interruption (uninterrupted).

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