《Verbal Advantage Level 3》.doc

VERBAL ADVANTAGE Level III By Charles Harrington Elster Verbal Advantage Level Three With Pronunciations, Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Information Listed in Order of Presentation, by Level and Number. The abbreviation N.B. stands for the Latin nota bene and means note well, take good note of. 1. DEFRAY (di-FRAY) To pay, provide money for, cover the cost or expenses of. 2. TACITURN (TAS-i-turn) Silent, not talkative, holding ones tongue, habitually silent and withdrawn. Synonyms: reserved, uncommunicative, reticent. Antonyms: garrulous (Level 4, Word 8), loquacious, effusive, voluble (Level 5, Word 1). Related word: tacit (Level 2, Word 9), unspoken, done or made in silence. 3. TERSE (rhymes with curse) Brief and to the point, free of superfluous words, expressed in a pointed and polished way. Synonyms: concise, pithy, succinct, laconic (Level 3, Word 18). Antonyms: long-winded, redundant, verbose (Level 2, Word 30), prolix (Level 9, Word 1). Beastly mispronunciation: suh-SINGKT for succinct. Take care to pronounce the double C like KS: suhk-SINGKT. 4. BOON (rhymes with moon) A blessing, timely and welcome benefit, something beneficial bestowed upon one, something to be thankful for. Additional useful words: yore, time long past; supplicant, a person who begs for something; supplication, the act of begging for something humbly and earnestly; archaic, old-fashioned, of a former time. 5. PROLETARIAT (PROH-Iuh-TAIR-ee-it) The working class, especially the industrial wageearning class, which earns its living by manual labor, the lowest and poorest class of people in society. Corresponding adjective: proletarian, of or relating to the working class. Verbal Advantage Level Three 6. HETEROGENEOUS (HET-uh-roh-JEE-nee-us) Varied, composed of parts of different kinds, made up of unrelated or diverse elements, mixed, dissimilar, miscellaneous. Antonym: homogeneous (HOH-moh-JEE-nee-us). Useful information: The prefix homo- means same, similar, like; the prefix hetero- me