UFS201 - 4th VOCABULARY ENTRY

1. Preposition: A function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word.

Ø  I hesitate to add that 'about' in this case is used as a preposition.

2. Separate:  Separate into parts or portions.

Ø  About $500 billion resides in separate accounts.

3. Frequently:  Many times at short intervals.

Ø  Again, that's in people who are eating fish very frequently and eating fish that are generally high in mercury.

4. Native: Belonging to one by birth.

Ø  A native named Akva came stumbling into the military post at Ponthierville.

5. Idiomatic: Of or relating to or conforming to idiom.

Ø  PTI denies any ribald intention in translating Pliny's phrase as it did holds that idiomatic sense is more sacred than a literal translation, and a damn sight less harmful.

6. Colloquial: Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation.

Ø  John's colloquial style of writing has won him many admirers.

7. Involve: Connect closely and often incriminatingly.

Ø  If needed, such a process could involve subpoena powers and even the authority to obtain immunity from prosecution in order to get to the whole truth.

8. Combination: The act of combining things to form a new whole.

Ø  We combine the chicken into the soup.

9. Insulting: Expressing extreme contempt.

Ø  Never mind insulting someone else; in the land of hara-kiri, it's even more devastating when you use such language to insult yourself.

10. Consistent: The same throughout in structure or composition

Ø  Mike always consistent in his exam result.