Vocab-ability–244 (val, vail = valuable, strong) – A More Powerful Vocabulary (earn UpVotes with “Vocab Practice” exercise)
One “Vocab-ability” entry
By spending 5 minutes reviewing today’s “Vocab-ability” entry (below), you can learn the vocab roots and many high-level English words.
One “Vocab Practice” exercise (for UpVotes)
By spending another 10–15 minutes, you can practice using today’s words by composing your own sample sentences. Your practice efforts will be rewarded with UpVotes. (See “Vocab Practice” rules and notes below) Today’s “Vocab- ability” entry
(To facilitate your quick reference, the ‘Mini-Guide’ has been minimized. For the full "Guide to Entries," right-click here.)
Introduction – For "Intro to Vocab-ability," right-click here
Guide – For full "Guide to Entries," right-click here
Index– For "Index" to all Chapters and Sections, right-click here
Note re Copying each Entry
Each separate post in the “Vocab-ability” series consists of one entry (one text-box). To use any of these “Vocab-ability” entries for your personal study or in any classroom, you can download them by clicking and dragging the text-box that you want to use, and then print them out.
Note re Free Use
Please feel free to download the above text-box, copy it, print it out, and distribute it for any and all educational purposes. If “Vocab-ability” helps you or your students to increase your English vocabulary, it will have served its purpose.(I hold the copyright to the original “Vocab-ability” guide, which was published in 2002. I hereby grant free use of all the material contained in this post and in all other “Vocab-ability” posts on Steemit).
MY VOCAB PRACTICE:
Chivalric knights were expected to demonstrate valor in the field of battle.
At his annual appraisal his boss evaluated his job performance in order to decide whether he deserved a payrise.
Ten units plus two units are equivalent to twelve units.
The belief that Brexit would result in recession was prevalent amongst economists.
Good work!
p.s. Never trust an "economist."
MY VOCAB PRACTICE:
The soldier was given a Purple Heart medal as an award for his valor during his tour in Iraq.
The supervisor is required to evaluate his employees’ work progress annually.
One dollar is equivalent to fifty-five pesos in the Philippine currency.
It is prevalent and mandatory to drive on the left hand side of the road in the UK, whereas in the US driving is on the right hand side of the road.
Good work!
MY VOCAB PRACTICE:
Good work!
MY VOCAB PRACTICE:
Good work!
MY VOCAB PRACTICE
Gideon was described as a mighty man of valor.
The teacher didn't evaluate the Child's performance properly.
He got the equivalent pay for the amount of effort he invested in the business.
Indiscriminate sex is getting very prevalent among teens.
Good work!
MY VOCAB PRACTICE:
It's called valor to change yourself after a hard experience in your life.
The man who was supposed to evaluate my project was very exacting.
He didn't understand that not making half of the subjects, it's equivalent to not passing the exam.
The prevalent problem in Romania is corruption.
Good work!