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    This document provides pronunciations and definitions for several English words that are commonly mispronounced or whose meanings are misunderstood. It begins by asking the reader to guess the pronunciations of some words like "family" and "vegetable" and then provides the correct pronunciations. It continues by defining words like "abandon," "abash," "abdicate," and "academic." It concludes by listing some common English expressions like "barking up the wrong tree" and "close but no cigar" and thanking the reader.

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    This document provides pronunciations and definitions for several English words that are commonly mispronounced or whose meanings are misunderstood. It begins by asking the reader to guess the pronunciations of some words like "family" and "vegetable" and then provides the correct pronunciations. It continues by defining words like "abandon," "abash," "abdicate," and "academic." It concludes by listing some common English expressions like "barking up the wrong tree" and "close but no cigar" and thanking the reader.

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    Common Mispronounced: Meeting Vi Mec Online Learning Class

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    This document provides pronunciations and definitions for several English words that are commonly mispronounced or whose meanings are misunderstood. It begins by asking the reader to guess the pronunciations of some words like "family" and "vegetable" and then provides the correct pronunciations. It continues by defining words like "abandon," "abash," "abdicate," and "academic." It concludes by listing some common English expressions like "barking up the wrong tree" and "close but no cigar" and thanking the reader.

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    COMMON

    MISPRONOUNCED
    PART I
    MEETING VI
    MEC ONLINE LEARNING CLASS
    * HOW DO YOU USUALLY PRONOUNCE THESE
    WORDS?
    - FAMILY
    - INTERESTING
    - COMFORTABLE
    - VEGETABLE

    *TRY TO GUESS!
    PRONOUNCE THESE
    WORDS!
    *THE CORRECT ONES
    *LET’S PRACTICE TO
    PRONOUNCE THESE
    WORDS!
    *THE CORRECT ONES
    * HOW TO PRONOUNCE THESE WORDS?

    *HOMEWORK!
    * abandon
    v. to leave behind; to give something up
    After trying in vain for several years, Julie abandoned her dream of setting up an
    online bookstore.
    * abandon
    n. freedom; impetuosity; enthusiasm
    Lucy embarked on her new adventure with abandon.

    abash
    * v. to lose self-confidence; to confuse; to put to shame; to disconcert; to
    embarrass
    There was no bewilderment or imbecility about the face that looked at him; rather
    there was a highness, almost an arrogance, in it which abashed him.

    abdicate
    v. to reject; to renounce; to abandon; to give up
    Due to their poor payment record, it may be necessary to abdicate our business
    relationship with the Durmount corporation.
    * abet
    v. to encourage; to support
    The law of complicity enables the conviction of people who aid and abet others to
    commit offenses, and spreads a fairly wide net in doing so.
    * abridge
    v. to shorten; to limit; to condense
    The editor abridged the story to make the book easier to digest.
    * abrogate
    v. to cancel by authority; to terminate; to abolish
    The judge would not abrogate the law.

    abstemious
    adj. sparing in use of food or drinks; satisfied with little; moderate

    If we become stranded in the snow storm, we will have to be abstemious with our
    food supply. In many abstemious cultures the people are so thin due to the belief
    that too much taken into the body leads to contamination of the soul.
    * academic
    adj. describing school and university activities; educated; scholastic
    It's hard to strike a balance when it comes to measuring your child's academic
    ability and achievement.
    *Barking up the wrong tree = to make
    a wrong assumption about someone
    or something
    *Cup of Joe = a Cup of coffee
    (American Style)
    *Close But No Cigar = Coming close to
    a successful outcome only to fall
    short at the end
    *COMMON
    EXPRESSIONS
    THANK YOU

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