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✍️ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
From the Latin inimicus, meaning "unfriendly or hostile". In- means "not", and amicus means "friendly".
📌 In this passage, a beach crab risks harm to catch glimpse of its overhead predators.
📄 It darts out of the meter-deep beach burrow. Rotating stalked eyes at the pirouetting gulls, the white-clawed ghost crab steals a glance at its predators and envies their carefree squawking. 'So easily do they make friends', the crab gasps while risking the daylight it usually avoids. Although the hard-shelled creature has changed its color to match the sand, it still retreats back to the safety of its solitary haven. 📃
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🔗 Association (reading) 🔗
Benefits➕:
📖 Master new words and expand your vocabulary ;
🔍 Decipher unfamiliar words by associating them with words you know ;
📚 Become a more confident and perceptive reader .
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the option with the same meaning as the verb above.
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✍️ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
From the Latin speciosus, meaning "beautiful or fair-seeming". Adjectives often end in -ous.
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5️⃣ Frank knew he wanted to [ adopt ] a dog and was sure he would quickly [ adapt ] to a new lifestyle as a pet owner.
KEEP ✅ or SWAP 🔄 the words?
KEEP ✅
TIP: Adapt means "to modify", while adopt means "to take by choice into a relationship".
✔️ Frank knew he wanted to adopt a dog and was sure he would quickly adapt to a new lifestyle as a pet owner.
3️⃣ The newspaper staff was [ unanimous ] in its decision that it would keep the story's source [ anonymous ] .
KEEP ✅ or SWAP 🔄 the words?
KEEP ✅
TIP: Anonymous means "not named or identified", while unanimous means "agreed to by everyone".
✔️ The newspaper staff was unanimous in its decision that it would keep the story's source anonymous .
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5️⃣ Dutch colonization of Mauritius in the 1600s led to the decline of the native dodo bird. ___________ , the dodo is extinct.
🚩 Currently, ... ;
🚩 Previously, ... .
3️⃣ Sand mandalas are designs of colored sand that are wiped away once complete. ___________ , ice sculptures are made in the knowledge that they will eventually melt.
🚩 In the same way, ... ;
🚩 Even so, ... .
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Select the transition that logically connects the two sentences.
1️⃣ The Svalbard Global Seed Vault near the Arctic circle aims to collect every variety of crop seed. ___________ , it has more than 150,000 types of wheat alone.
🚩 For example, ... ;
🚩 Equally, ... .
🔗 Transitions (speaking) 🔗
Benefits➕:
✏️ Become a more persuasive writer ;
🎤 Give more engaging talks and presentations ;
⛓ Learn new transitions to connect complex ideas .
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Select the transition that logically connects the two sentences.
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5️⃣ wordy
💠 modes:
[HINT] — finish the word: ram... ;
✅ rambling is the correct word.
[50/50] - loquacious < OR > hoary ❓
✅ loquacious is the correct synonym.
🔖 Suggestions: garrulous, repetitive .
3️⃣ cruel
💠 modes:
[HINT] — finish the word: bar... ;
✅ barbaric is the correct word.
[50/50] - abominable <OR> beneficent ❓
✅ abominable is the correct synonym.
🔖 Suggestions: inhumane, ruthless .
PASSAGE 2️⃣
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Read a short passage and answer the related questions to each category: Overview, Technique, and Details.
📌 In this passage, the author reflects on his decision to live off the grid.
📄 As I stood, a warm breeze brought the smell of rain. Directly ahead, a deer and her fawn paused from grazing to inspect me. Suddenly, I was transported back to the family reunion where I had told everyone my plans to travel and live off the grid. That was a year and thousands of kilometers ago. Even without a mobile, I'm more connected with the world today than I've ever been. All the white noise of modern society has been drowned out by the powerful silence and solitude of Mother Nature.📃
📕 Comprehension (reading) 📕
Benefits➕:
📖 🧠 Improve your reading comprehension ;
📚 📰 Remember more details you read in magazines, books, and, journals .
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Read a short passage and answer the related questions to each category: Overview, Inference, and Details.
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✍️ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
From the Latin austerus, meaning "strict or severe".
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⚡️ Agility (reading)⚡️
Benefits➕:
📖 Master new words and expand your vocabulary ;
📚 Understand more of what you read in advanced books and magazines .
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the matching word.
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✍️ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
From the Latin insinuare, meaning "to creep in". Sinuare means "to wind or curve" and is related to sinus.
4️⃣ The German-born professor's thick [ ascent ] didn't impede his [ accent ] to chair of the American university's English department.
KEEP ✅ or SWAP 🔄 the words?
SWAP 🔄
TIP: An accent is "a distinctive way of pronouncing words, while an ascent is "an upward movement".
✔️ The German-born professor's thick accent didn't impede his ascent to chair of the American university's English department.
🔄 Word Swap (writing) 🔄
Benefits➕:
❎ ✅ Stop mixing up commonly confused words ;
📄✔️ Eliminate distracting errors in your writing .
❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Decide if the highlighted words are to be SWAPPED or KEPT in given sentences.
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✍️ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
From the Latin parodia, meaning "a satirical poem or song".
4️⃣ Iceland grows about 2 inches per year as two tectonic plates drift. ___________ , Britain is shrinking because of erosion.
🚩 In contrast, ... ;
🚩 In addition, ... .
2️⃣ Since 2005, marine mammals have returned to London's Thames river. ___________ , it was too polluted to support life.
🚩 Currently, ... ;
🚩 Previously, ... .
‼️ Poll feature doesn't seem to work properly today, Telegram crashes as soon as I attempt to do it.
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✍️ Word of the Day 📎
Etymology
From the Old French obeissance, meaning "obedience".
4️⃣ lazy
💠 modes:
[HINT] — finish the word: let... ;
✅ lethargic is the correct word.
[50/50] - sluggish < OR > negligible ❓
✅ sluggish is the correct synonym.
🔖 Suggestions: unindustrious, lackadaisical .
2️⃣ best
💠 modes:
[HINT] — finish the word: fin... ;
✅ finest is the correct word.
[50/50] — impious < OR > consummate ❓
✅ consummate is the correct synonym.
🔖 Suggestions: sublime, unparalleled .