1. Advancing Vocabulary Skills Third Edition (Chapter 16)
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2. Word: adept Definition: highly skilled; expert
Part of Speech: adjective
Derivatives: adeptly,
adeptness
Link: accept
Sentence: Please accept that you are adept at surfing!

3. Word: encompass Definition: to include; contain Part of Speech: verb
Link:
Derivatives: encompasses,
encompassed, encompassing
Sentence: My babies were so cute when they decided to encompass each other with a hug to hide the fact that they made a mess.

4. Word: entrepreneur
Definition: a person who organizes, manages, and takes the risk of a business undertaking
Part of Speech: noun
Derivative: entrepreneurs
Link:
Sentence: It’s not enough that Donald Trump, the entrepreneur, has made millions in real estate, now he has the number one show, “The Apprentice.”

5. Word: eradicate Definition: to get rid of altogether; wipe out
Part of Speech: verb
Derivatives: eradicates,
eradicated, eradicating
Link: quickly ate
Sentence: To eradicate the evidence of the piece of pie I took from my brother, I quickly ate it before he came back.

6. Word: homogeneous Definition: made up of similar
or identical parts; uniform
throughout
Part of Speech: adjective
Derivatives: homogeneously,
homogeneousness
Sentence: Wouldn’t it have been
amazing if we had identical geniuses
of Albert Einstein? That would have
been some homogeneous miracle!
Link: genius

7. Word: presumptuous Definition: too bold; overly confident
Part of Speech: adjective
Derivatives: presumptuously,
presumptuousness
Link:
Sentence: Some people are presumptuous and think that blindness also means deafness and people talk louder to you just because you are blind.

8. Word: sordid Definition: indecent; morally low; corrupt
Part of Speech: adjective
Derivatives: sordidly,
sordidness
Link:
Sentence: Some people think the camera phones are sordid because people take pictures without permission and can use them for blackmail purposes.

9. Word: standardize Definition: to make uniform;
cause to conform to a model
Part of Speech: verb
Derivatives: standardizes,
standardized, standardizing
Link: standardize
the franchise
Sentence: We decided to standardize the franchise by making all our stores identical down to the last detail.

10. Word: stint Definition: a period of work or service
Part of Speech: noun
Derivative: stints
Link: stint of service
Sentence: The Desert Seals had two months left of their stint of service when this photo was taken.

11. Word: stringent Definition: strictly controlled
or enforced; strict; severe
Part of Speech: adjective
Link: drill
sergeant
Derivative: stringently
Sentence: The drill sergeant had very stringent rules that were followed or else.