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1、ContentsABOUTTHISBOOK5................................THEWORDS.............................................7WORDANALYSIS...............................103IDIOMANDUSAGE............................117AboutThisBookEnglishoffersperhapstherichestvocabularyofalllanguages,inpartbecauseitsword
2、sareculledfromsomanylanguages.Itisashamethatwedonottapthisrichsourcemoreofteninourdailyconversationtoexpressourselvesmoreclearlyandprecisely.Thereareofcoursethesaurusesbuttheymainlylistcommonwords.Othervocabularybookslistdifficult,esotericwordsthatwequicklyforgetorfeelself-conscioususi
3、ng.However,thereisabountyofchoicewordsbetweenthecommonandtheesotericthatoftenseembejustonthetipofourtongue.Vocabulary4000bringsthesewordstothefore.Wheneverpossible,one-worddefinitionsareused.Althoughthismakesadefinitionlessprecise,italsomakesiteasiertoremember.Manycommonwordsappearinth
4、elistofwords,butwiththeirlesscommonmeanings.Forexample,thecommonmeaningofchampionis“winner.”Alesscommonmeaningforchampionistosupportorfightforsomeoneelse.(Thinkofthephrase“tochampionacause.”)Thisisthemeaningthatwouldbeusedinthelist.Asyoureadthroughthelistofwords,markanythatyoudonotknow
5、withacheckmark.Thenwhenyoureadthroughthelistagain,markanythatyoudonotrememberwithtwochecks.Continueinthismanneruntilyouhavelearnedthewords.Therearefourtypesofquizzesinterspersedinthewordlist:Matching,Antonyms,Analogies,andSentenceCompletions.TheMatchingquizzes,reviewwordsthatwerejustin
6、troduced.Alltheotherquizzescontainwordsfromanypartofthelist.THEWORDSTheWords9Aabominabledetestableaboriginalindigenous,nativeacappellawithoutaccompanimentabortiveunsuccessfulàlacartepricedseparatelyaboundbeplentifulapriorireasoningbasedongeneralprinciplesabreastside-by-sideabackunexpec
7、ted,surprisedabridgeshortenabacuscountingdeviceabroadoverseasabandondesert,forsakeabrogatecancelabasedegradeabruptendingsuddenlyabashhumiliate,embarrassabscessinfectedandinflamedtissueabatelessen,subsideabscondtorunaway(secretly)abatementalleviationabsolveacquit,freefromblameabbeymon
