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Crucial /ˈkruːʃəl/
# Syllables and Main Stress
Adjective
Something that is crucial is extremely
important, because everything else
depend on it.
cru‧cial (2,1)

Latin
Greek Roots
From New Latin (īnstantia) crucis, (experīmentum) crucis,
crossroads (case), crossroads (experiment), from Latin crux, cruc-,
cross. Sense 2, French, from Old French, from Latin crux.]

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Verb Conjugation Noun (s) Adjective (s) Adverb (s)

Vital, essential, Inessential,

high-priority, optional, trivial,
- - Cruciality Crucial Crucially important, urgent, unimportant,
etc. minor, etc.
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1. Play a crucial role.
2. Absolutely crucial. Learning to work together is a crucial factor when working on projects.
3. Prove crucial.
4. A crucial factor/part/element.

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Confront /kənˈfrʌnt/
# Syllables and Main Stress
Verb
(1) If a problem, difficulty, etc. confronts you,
it appears and needs to be dealt with. (2) To
accuse someone of doing something,
especially by showing them the proof.
con‧front (2,2)

Latin
Greek Roots
Mid 16th cent.: from French confronter, from medieval Latin
confrontare, from Latin con- ‘with’ + frons, front- ‘face’.

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Verb Conjugation Noun (s) Adjective (s) Adverb (s)

Accost, defy, deal Avoid, evade,

with, cope with, surrender, etc.
Confront, Confronts, trouble, etc.
Confront Confronted, Confrontation Confrontational -
confronting
Recording
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Sentence
1. Be confronted with something . The people of Venezuela is confronting the terrible consequences of its bad Government.
2. Confrontation with/between.

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Conserve /kənˈsɜːv $ -ɜːrv/

# Syllables and Main Stress
Verb To protect something and preserve it from
changing or being damaged.
con‧serve (2,2)

Latin
Greek Roots
Late Middle English: from Old French conserver (verb), conserve
(noun), from Latin conservare ‘to preserve’, from con- ‘together’ +
servare ‘to keep’.

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Conjugation Noun (s) Adjective (s) Adverb (s) Synonyms Antonyms
Verb

Preserve, maintain, Ignore, neglect,

Conserve, save safeguard, destroyed, use,
conserves, Conservation protect sustain, waste, spend, etc.
Conserve Conservational -
conserved, Conserver etc.
conserving

Collocations Sentence Formation Recording Word Recording

Sentence
This weekend, I rested and relaxed to conserve my energy for next week.
1. Conserve energy.
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Dominate /ˈdɒməneɪt $ ˈdɑː-/

# Syllables and Main Stress
Verb
To control someone or something or to
have more importance than other people
or things
dom‧i‧nate (3,1)

Latin
Greek Roots
Early 17th cent.: from Latin dominat- ‘ruled, governed’, from the
verb dominari, from dominus ‘lord, master’.

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Command, control, Follow, obey, go

rule, monopolize, away, neglect, etc.
Dominate, Dominates, Dominance Dominant influence, etc.
Dominate Dominated, Dominating. -
Domination Dominating

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Sentence
1. Dominate the market. In my last job, I allowed my job to dominate my life.

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Devote dɪˈvəʊt $
# Syllables and Main Stress
Verb
To use all or most of your time, effort, etc,
in order to do something or help
someone.
de‧vote (2,2)

Latin
Greek Roots
Late 16th century (in the sense ‘dedicate formally, consecrate’):
from Latin devot- consecrated, from the verb devovere, from de-
formally + vovere to vow.

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Verb Conjugation Noun (s) Adjective (s) Adverb (s)

Dedicate, give, Disloyal,,

Devote, Devotes commit, apply, indifference,
Devote Devoted, Devotion Devoted Devotedly reserve, etc. disrespect, etc.
Devoting.
Recording
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1. Devote your time/energy/attention to When my children were young, I devoted all my energy to educate them.
something.

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Erosion /ɪˈrəʊʒən $ ɪˈroʊ-/

# Syllables and Main Stress
e‧ro‧sion
Noun
(1) The process by which rock or soil is
gradually destroyed by wind, rain, or the
sea. (2) The process by which something is
(3,2) gradually reduced or destroyed.

Latin
Greek Roots
Mid 16th century: via French from Latin erosio(n-), from erodere
wear or gnaw away (see erode).

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Verb Conjugation Noun (s) Adjective (s) Adverb (s)

Corrosion, Building,
decrease, construction,
Erode, Erodes, Erosion Erosional destruction, etc. rebuilding, etc.
Erode Eroded, Eroding -
Erosivity Erosive

Collocations Sentence Formation Recording Word Recording

Sentence
1. Cause erosion. The value of Venezuela’s Bolivar is being eroded by a high inflation rate.
2. Significant erosion.
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Inevitable /ɪˈnevətəbəl/
# Syllables and Main Stress
Adjective
(1) Certain to happen and impossible to
avoid. (2) That you cannot avoid or
prevent
in‧ev‧i‧ta‧ble (5,2)

Latin
Greek Roots
Late Middle English: from Latin inevitabilis, from in- not + evitabilis
avoidable (from evitare avoid).

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Imminent, Avoidable, distant,

inexorable, preventable,
- - Inevitability Inevitable Inevitably irresistible, unsure, etc.
necessary, etc.
Recording
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Sentence
1. Inevitable consequence. The poverty in Venezuela is inevitable because of poor political decisions.

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Mission /ˈmɪʃən/
# Syllables and Main Stress
Noun
An important job that someone has been
given to do, especially when they are sent
to another place.
mis‧sion (2,1)

Latin
Greek Roots
Mid 16th century (denoting the sending of the Holy Spirit into the
world): from Latin missio(n-), from mittere send.

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Task, job, quest, Avocation, etc.

vocation, goal, etc.
Mission
- - - -
Missionary

Collocations Sentence Formation Recording Word Recording

Sentence
1. Diplomatic mission.
2. Military mission. When I see how much my children have achieved, I say “mission accomplished Jackie!”
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Navigate /ˈnævɪɡeɪt/
# Syllables and Main Stress
Verb
To find which way you need to go when
you are travelling from one place to
another. To understand or deal with
nav‧i‧gate (3,1) something complicated.

Latin
Greek Roots
Late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘travel in a ship’): from Latin navigat-
‘sailed’, from the verb navigare, from navis ‘ship’ + agere ‘drive’.

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Verb Conjugation Noun (s) Adjective (s) Adverb (s)

Drive, operate, Get loss,

maneuver, neglect,
Navigate, Navigates,   Navigation  handled, etc. Forget, etc.
Navigate Navigated, Navigating Navigational -
Navigator

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Sentence
1. Navigate through. The streets in Bala are easy to navigate.
2. Navigate by.
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Vulnerability \ˌvəl-n(ə-)rə-ˈbi-lə-tē\
# Syllables and Main Stress
vul‧ne‧ra‧bil.ity
Noun
(1) The quality of being weak and easily
hurt physically or emotionally. (2) Place,
thing, or idea that is vulnerable is easy to
(5,4) attack or criticize.

Latin
Greek Roots
early 17th cent.: from late Latin vulnerabilis, from Latin vulnerare ‘to
wound’, from vulnus ‘wound’.

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Verb Conjugation Noun (s) Adjective (s) Adverb (s)

Susceptibility, Invulnerable
unprotected, Well-protected
Vulnerability exposed, unexposed,
- - Vulnerabilities Vulnerable Vulnerably
Undefended, etc. unsusceptible, etc.
Recording
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Sentence
1. Be vulnerable to something. The most vulnerable person in my family is my 4 year old grandson Mathias.
2. Financial vulnerability.
 References
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. (n.d). Retrieved October 8, 2016,
from http://www.ldoceonline.com/
 
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries. (n.d.). Retrieved October 8, 2016, from
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/about/

Thesaurus.com. Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition (2013). Retrieved

October 8, 2016, from http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/expect
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FORMAT # Syllables and Main Stress

Latin
Greek Roots

Family Words
Synonyms Antonyms
Verb Conjugation Noun (s) Adjective (s) Adverb (s)

Vital, essential, Inessential,

high-priority, optional, trivial,
important, urgent, unimportant,
etc. minor, etc.

Recording
Collocations Sentence Formation Recording Word
Sentence