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Ancient Life. ESL 201/202 Week #4. Accuracy (n). Precision; exactness Accurate ( adj ); accurately (adv) Your writing is graded for both content and accuracy. Adjacent ( adj ). Next to Adjacency (n) The primary school is adjacent to the high school. Compress (v). To press together
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Ancient Life ESL 201/202 Week #4
Accuracy (n) • Precision; exactness • Accurate (adj); accurately (adv) • Your writing is graded for both content and accuracy.
Adjacent (adj) • Next to • Adjacency (n) • The primary school is adjacent to the high school.
Compress (v) • To press together • Compression (n); compressed (adj) • The math course compressed both algebra and geometry into a single year.
Feasibly (adv) • Practically; in a way that can work • Feasibility (n); feasible (adj) • The boss’ created a feasible plan to make more money.
Gut (v) • To empty or hollow out • Gut (n); gutted (adj) • Before building the upstairs of the U.S. Program, first it had to be gutted.
Integrally (adv) • In a whole or complete manner • Integrate (v); integrity (n); integral (n); integral (adj) • Students in universities in America must have integrity.
Overlap (v) • To lie over part of something; to have elements in common • Overlap (n) • The skills we learn overlap between reading, writing, listening, and speaking class.
Retain (v) • To keep or hold • Retainer (n); retention (n) • You must retain what you have learned, even over holiday weekends.
Seep (v) • To pass slowly for a long time, as a liquid or gas might • The pollutants had begun to seep into the reservoir.
Structure (n) • Something constructed, such as a building • Structure (v); structural (adj); structurally (adv) • The building was not structurally sound, so it fell down in the earthquake.