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This is unit 28

effects E F F E C T S. Movable goods, belongings, personal property. The new president's effects included
an antique map collection. The music lovers personal effects were replete with expensive CDs and facts.
E F F E C T S. Movable goods, belongings, personal property,

effectual E F F E C T U a L effective capable of producing a desired result. The new medicine should prove
effectual in curing your illness. Our president is an effectual leader, sales and profits have improved
rapidly. Effectual E F F E C T U a L effective capable of producing a desired result.

Naughty N a U G H T Y. Mischievous disobedient bad. Or improper you naughty children will have to
stand in the corner for 10 minutes. The geneal matron never used naughty words, naughty, N a U G H T
Y mischievous disobedient, bad or improper

P R E. L U S O R Y. Introductory cut out the producery small talk and get down to business. After some
pre Lou Surrey remarks, the speaker got into the meat of his presentation for illusory, P R E L U S O R Y.
Introductory.

Revel R E V E L to take great pleasure or delight in something as an ardent gourmet. I reveled in fine food
and drink the cynical vice-president reveled in his role as corporate hatchet, man revel, R E V E L. To take
great pleasure or delight in something

well, let's review the five words you have just learned.

Effects

moveable goods, belongings, personal property effects,

factual,

effective, capable of producing a desired result. Factual


naughty

mischievous disobedient, bad or improper. Naughty

pre illusory,

introductory pre Lucerne.

To take great pleasure or delight in something revel.

If you haven't mastered some of the words yet, that's fine. Go back and listen to this unit as often as
needed. Remember, you can master these words

as you climb the vocabulary ladder, you will acquire more and more words with rich, multiple meanings,
one word like confound does the work of several words by itself, confound means to confuse amaz trick
and defeat and conveys all of this at once. If you confound your opposition, you not only beat them, but
you totally bewilder them with your unexpected tactics, frustrating their hopes and upsetting their
expectations.

Not only can they not defeat you, they can't figure you out. And speaking of figuring something out, how
about our earlier word caper? The meaning we gave was a wild prank or an antic. But another meeting is
a playful leap or skip. For example, children love to caper around the playground, meaning to skip or
leap about in a playful frolic and Christina, don't forget the other word, caper, the condiment or
seasoning.

This caper is actually the pickled flower of a Mediterranean shrub. These two words, Kapor are called
homographs meaning they are identical in spelling, but differ in meaning and origin. In this case, they
are also pronounced the same and that makes them also homophones. This may seem confounding, but
it is all part of what makes English such a rich and powerful language.

You're 140 words richer now.

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