UFS201 - 5th VOCABULARY ENTRY

1. Passive:  Expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb.

Ø  But Afghanistan could force the new government to rethink its passive approach to the rest of the world.

2. Omitted: Leave undone or leave out.

Ø  It has also omitted its stock dividend for the first time in 71 years.

3. Doer:  A person who acts and gets things done.

Ø  On the whole, though, he was a doer.

4. Fewer: Comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number.

Ø  They work only because there are things computers can't do, and there are fewer and fewer of those things all the time.

5. Clause: A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will).

Ø  Federrer make a legal passport for make him easy to go anywhere.

6. Similar: Having the same or similar characteristics.

Ø  A convenient, non-threatening way to connect to other people who share similar interests and live nearby.

7. Correlative:  Mutually related.

Ø  He was instrumental in starting a correlative agency in Canada.

8. Manner: A way of acting or behaving.

Ø  A manner makes a difference at the White House.

9. Subordinate: Make subordinate, dependent, or subservient.

Ø  The General asked his subordinate commanders to put into practice all that was assimilated during training.

10. Pair: A set of two similar things considered as a unit.

Ø  The final tally on Imelda's shoes was 1,060 pairs, less than the 3,000 originally reported.