Saturday, 29 March 2014

Vocabulary lesson 1









Definitions and samples
  • abandon (v.) to leave; to give up
- He says he was surprised to see the Five Plus One abandon the negotiating table.
  • adversely (adv.) in a harmful way; negatively
- What happened to my family adversely affected my whole childhood and later life.
  • aggregate (adj.) gathered into or amounting to a whole
- In aggregate, consumer Web companies raised less than $1 billion in the quarter.
  • cultivation (n.) preparing the land to grow crops; improvement for agricultural purposes
- Agricultural officials estimate that 170,000 hectares of paddy rice cultivation has been ruined.
  • fertilize (v.) to supply with nourishment for plants by adding helpful substances to the soil
- The compost will fertilize the soil as well as providing a layer of mulch to keep the soil moist.
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